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We had followed the girls to a seemingly abandoned ruin…seemingly is the key word here. It was covered in motion sensors and every type of defensive technology available. We began deactivating them and soon realized that the girls were deactivating some for us too.

We quickly spread out and went to look for the girls, and maybe ask them what in the world they were doing.

It was dark. I was on the roof looking below. The wind howled around me and I walked quietly in the silence.

Then, I saw Cammie in between two buildings near me. The moonlight was dancing on her hair as she quietly sneaked in my direction, glancing at her watch. That must be where her trackers were.

Silently, I lowered my rappel-a-cord down and landed nimbly near her. Glancing at her watch, her eyes widened. Before she could yell, I quickly clamped my fingers over her mouth and wrapped my other arm around her waist. Then I clicked my rappel-a-cord to raise me back up to the roof. I gripped her tightly as our feet left the floor.

"Cam," I murmured gently as our feet touched the roof.

She said nothing. She didn't even turn around. She stared at her watch blinking like crazy and immediately she stepped back into me and tried to flip me over her head.

Instinctively, I countered my weight, stopping her attack.

"It's me. It's Zach," I whispered, trying to calm her down.

A searchlight swept over the building and Cam and I automatically dropped to the floor.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't throw you off this building right now," she growled.

The anger seeped into her voice and I knew she was completely serious.

"Give me one good reason why-" she started again, but I heard people coming and I rolled towards her, stopping her threat.

My arm fell around her shoulders as my body pressed against hers.

"I'll give you two," I whispered.

Two armed guards walked around the corner in the exact same place Cam had been before.

We lay in silence, listening to the footsteps fade away. As soon as they were safely gone she shoved herself away from me.

"What's going on Zach? Who was that man in town?" she said softly.

Then, in a flash, she cinched my arm behind my back and rolled me on my stomach.

Grant would have laughed. Good thing he wasn't here.

"How did you find this place? Who is down there, and what are they going to do with the list?" she asked, her voice rising in fury with each question.

"Well, first of all, ouch," I hissed.

But, she just glared at me.

"Second, I came back to school after you ditched me in town with Jimmy-"

"Josh!" she snapped.

"I came back to the school after you ditched me- thanks for that, by the way. Then it's all Code Black again and you and your whole class were gone. We figured you'd tracked us, so we tweaked the signal so we could follow your tracking mechanism. And here we are."

"Who's we?" she growled, gripping my arm tighter.

"Seriously, Gallagher Girl, that hurts like a—Ow!" I yelped as she twisted harder.

"Grant, Jonas, some of the juniors. They're here too. They're out there with your girls," I answered.

She glanced over the side of the building and I took that second of distraction to roll her under me and pin her hands down.

"Cammie. Look at me," I snapped.

She squirmed and kicked, but I held her down.

"Gallagher Girl," I begged gently.

She stopped moving and looked at me, hard. She gazed into my eyes and it seemed like she was searching for something, like she was searching…for me.

But, of course she could never find me, because I was supposed to be invincible, untouchable, and unemotional. I only took care of myself and I didn't care about anyone.

The ideal spy.

Allowing Cammie to sneak through my stone walls would only cause trouble for everyone involved.

So, I was better off never being found.

"You lied," she whispered, looking down.

Her eyes were swimming with tears, but I knew she wouldn't let them fall. She was too strong for that.

"I know you lied in town, Zach. I know you've seen the man who was on our tail."

Then, I caught my breath.

"That's what this is about?" I asked in disbelief. I couldn't help but exhale a laugh.

"You ditched me in town and organized a war party because I lied about knowing that guy?"

Her head snapped towards me and her eyes lit up with fury.

"No, I organized a war party because someone knocked Mr. Mosckowitz out and stole the Gallagher Academy alumni list!"

I stopped breathing and my eyes widened in terror. Without realizing it, I released the pressure on Cam's arms and just held her there. I ran through everything that we could do in my mind. But, I realized that before we could do anything, she would need to trust me.

Every person that looked at me, never saw just me. They always saw my mother. Some would try not to wince or glare, other wouldn't even try to stop themselves. No one had ever trusted me completely with the sick image of her in their minds.

But Gallagher girl didn't know her. When she looked at me, she only saw me. For who I was or for who I desperately tried to be.

I pulled her right hand in front of her face so she would see her lie detector ring.

"Here. Look at it," I snapped.

"Or better yet, look at me. Watch my eyes, Cammie. I'm not lying."

She glanced at the stillness of the ring and carefully looked at my eyes while I spoke.

"I'd seen that guy with Dr. Steve before and didn't want to blow his cover. I had no idea he was a threat. I thought he was on a training op or ... I don't know... Checking up on us or something. I didn't think it was a big deal."

I shrugged and moved beside her.

"I didn't think it was worth explaining in front of... " I trailed off.

"Josh and DeeDee."

"We're not the bad guys, Gallagher Girl," I said gently.

She looked at me.

"Then who is?"

I let go of her wrists and pointed into the darkness.

"Him."

One of the doors to the building across from us opened. Four armed guards walked out, and right before the door closed we heard a faint, "Excellent," and saw the face of Dr. Steve.

I never did like that guy.