Chapter 5

(A/N: Thanks guys for the reviews! I know the chapters are short, but I'm just trying to put some stuff out there that is (hopefully) good. But I will start making them longer!)

P.O.V of Cameron Morgan

It took us 31 minutes to get to our safe house. It could have taken 16 minutes if there wasn't a herd of goats in our way 13 minutes into our car ride. Our safe house was a cookie cutter type of cabin. It had stone walls on the outside, wood shutters on the windows with black piping into hearts, and a shingle roof with a brick chimney.

"What are we in, Snow White?" Macey said with a disgusted look. She always prefers modern and luxurious safe houses, unless there is a lake or river. But right now, there was none.

"I think it's adorable!" Liz exclaimed.

"Just watch out for the dwarfs Mace," Grant teased her. She just rolled her eyes but ended up laughing with the rest of us.

We walked inside; there were 4 bedrooms, and one and a half bathrooms. The bathroom situation is going to be a big problem with 8 20 year olds and 4 of them are girls.

"This is going to be fun," Nick said with complete sarcasm.

"Let's just put our stuff away and go get some information out of people," Macey said with complete dissatisfaction. And we did. Zach and I got stuck with smallest room since Macey and Nick needed the room with the biggest closet. I swear that boy likes clothes just as much as she does. Bex and Grant got the bedroom closest to the entrance, since they are both the type of spies who want to be the first to get into any action that may occur. Liz and Jonas got the room with the most electrical plugs for their computers and other fancy tech stuff that probably they made.

"Well you guys should head into town. They speak Icelandic, which is like Northern German to us. Liz and I will be in the van a couple of blocks from here, let's meet there in about 2 hours," said Jonas. So, we walked into town. Zach and I decided to interrogate the main square where we saw a bunch of merchants and locals.

"Do you think they will cooperate?" Zach asked me.

"Any locals are better than the ones we had to deal with in Prague,"

"Hmm what'd you say?" he joked. I laughed so hard at that inside joke I snorted. We reached the main square and the first thing we did was walk over to a fish stand with a friendly looking old man waiting for us to come over.

"halló" I said

„halló! Þú að leita að kaupa mér fisk?" He asked if we wanted to buy his fish.

„No, we just got into town and our friend is looking for empty buildings here to start a business. Do you know of any empty buildings around here?" Zach said to him in Icelandic.

„All building are occupied. Anything not being used around here is torn down," He told us.

„Okay, thank you," I said and handed him a 20 for the help. His smile was priceless. We went to the next stand which was selling jewlery. The mercahnt was a middle aged woman with a smile across her face just as big as the old man's.

„Hello! You buy your pretty girl something nice yes?," She said happily

„Of course. But before I do, is there any empty building around here. Our friend is looking for one to start a business," Zach told the lady. And she told us the exact same thing the old man told us. But Zach did buy me a pretty bead necklace, and he gave the lady a $5 dollar tip. We went to all the stands, asking the same thing. And all the people answered us with the same thing.

„Well we should probably start heading to the van," Zach said

„Hopefully the others were more successful than us," I said as he put his arm around me and I leaned my head onto his shoulder. We were both dissappointed that all we got was a necklace, apple, and a postcard that I'm going to send to my mother when this is all over.

„Don't worry about it. At least we got some cool stuff," I told Zach trying to cheer him up.

„I'm not, it's just..." Then he trailed off.

„It's just what?"

„Where could he be hiding if there is no empty buildings or houses?"

„Mountains, under houses, a tent? I bet the others found out something," I said trying to reaussure him.

„Let's hope so," he said. I kissed him on the cheek and the rest of our walk was silent. Grant and Nick got to the van before us, and Macey and Bex came 3 minutes after us.

„You guys got anything?" I asked them.

„People said anything not being used would be torn down," Bex said.

„That's what everyone told us," Zach said.

„Same here," Grant said.

„We did a scan of the area and there are no empty buildings or homes. The structures don't indicate underground space, and we looked at all the bills for everyone and nothing seems suspicious. Plus, every house or building is occupied by a local. Nabokov must really know what he is doing," Jonas told us.

„Let's just head back to the house and come up with something new there," I told them. It's so frustrating to have spent so much time on something and not get any new information! All I want to do is take a hot shower. But it's going to be a race to see who gets to the bathroom first, and I doubt hot water is common here. Once we got to the safe house I flopped onto the couch with Bex. Macey called dibbs on the shower first in the car. I was second thankfully.

„You guys!" Macey yelled.

„What is it?" Nick asked as we all ran over to the bathroom. All she had to do was point to the mirror. Just like at Zach and I's apartment there was writing in red lipstick covering our mirror.

I'm closer than you think, good luck finding me before I find you...

That was the message Nabokov must have written. We were all freaked. We checked the whole safe house. No forced entry, and nothing was taken. We secured the house but that didn't stop us being a little bit weary about this place. But that didn't stop us all from fighting for a hot shower.

(A/N: Hey guys! Hope that was a good chapter. It's longer too! Please leave a review so I know how you guys are liking this story. Thanks for reading!)