A/N: Hey all. I am so sorry that this is so late. I went from having no jobs to having four, and becoming overwhelmed with work. But now that I've settled in, I've got things under control. Then I finally figured out where I wanted to go with this chapter and I ended up going to the secret Jonas concert in NYC on Thursday. Awesome show! Can't wait for the new album and the tour. Anyway, I finally sat myself down and managed to finish this chapter. Drama alert ahead.

Kadence

Disclaimer: Camp Rock and its characters are the property of the Disney Channel. I own nothing…I merely borrow for my amusement, as well as yours.

Chapter 9

"So Bailey," Tess sneered. "Did New York's prima ballerina get bored and want to slum it at a music camp?"

"Wow, Tess, you really are delusional," Mitchie said. "Now you have to make up stories about an instructor just to get the attention back on you?"

"You think I'm crazy?" Tess said. "Ask her. Ask Bailey how she really knew the routine to Joey Parker's song. Ask her why she was able to do that move she showed us in pointe class that no one other than the New York City's prima ballerina can do."

"God Tess, leave her alone," Caitlyn said.

"Well whether you believe me or not, a lot of the New York papers have been wondering why their prima ballerina disappeared, so they've been running to story on their websites, news updates, and all of tomorrow's papers," Tess practically sneered. "So tell us the truth Bailey. Or is it Mackenzie Grace?"

"Oh God, Tess, what have you done?" Bailey asked, tears filling her eyes.

By now, Bailey was visibly upset. Of course no one in camp knew that she was upset because she now feared for her life.

"Is this true?" Jason asked. "Are you so ashamed to be here that you had to call yourself someone else just to be here?"

"No, Jason, you don't…you don't understand," Bailey cried.

"What is there to understand? You're either this Mackenzie person, or your Bailey Madison, the girl I was falling in love," Jason said. "God, I can't believe I was so stupid. Was anything you said to me true? Do you care about me at all?"

"Jason, please, I just…" Bailey/Mackenzie cried.

"Which is it?" Jason yelled.

"What is going on here?" Brown shouted.

Bailey was crying, Jason was angry and confused, and Nate and Shane were trying to keep Caitlyn and Mitchie from tearing Tess's hair out.

"I was just explaining to everyone that Bailey Madison isn't who she said she is," Tess said. "And by tomorrow, everyone is going to find out that the prima ballerina had to make up an identity to hide away at Camp Rock."

"Oh Miss. Tyler, please tell me you didn't," Brown said.

"Wait, you knew?" Jason asked Brown.

Ignoring his nephew, Brown looked at Mackenzie.

"Where is Schiff?" he asked.

"I…I don't know," Mackenzie said, her voice shaking.

"We have to get you out of here," Brown said.

"Miss. Grace," one of the agents said, practically running towards her. "There's been a breach."

"Oh God," Mackenzie said, as two agents grabbed her arms.

"We've got her Agent Schiff," the third agent said into a radio. "We're heading to a safe house to await further instructions."

Before anyone could say anything else, the agents practically dragged Mackenzie away, leaving Brown, Jason, Nate, Shane and the campers standing in silence.

"What the hell is going on?" Jason finally said.

"Jason, I don't think you have any idea what that poor girl has gone through in the past few months," Brown said. "She finally had you to lean on and get some kind of normalcy in her life, and you just ripped that away from her. When this is all over, I just hope you can grovel enough for her to forgive you for tearing her heart out."

"What the hell did I do?" Jason asked, still angry. "She's the one who lied to me."

"Yes, she did, but she had a reason. And if you loved her as much as I heard you telling the boys you did yesterday, you would have listened to her instead of tearing into her because of what some camper said," Brown said. "If you lose her, you only have yourself to blame."

"Uncle Brown, what is going on?" Shane asked.

"It's not my story to tell," Brown said. "Now Miss. Tyler, you and I need to have a little talk and place a phone call to your mother. As of right now, you are officially expelled from Camp Rock."

"Expelled? You can't do that!" Tess exclaimed. "All I did was tell everyone her dirty little secret. What's the big deal?"

But before the crowd dispersed a scream followed by several loud pops then another scream.

"Oh please, no," Brown said, turning pale.

"What was that?" a bunch of campers said.

"Uncle Brown," Nate said. "Were those…"

"Gunshots," Brown finished. "Everyone stay right here, and do not move."

"Uncle Brown," Jason said.

"That means you three too," Brown said. "Nobody goes anywhere."

Brown grabbed a flashlight from the side of the stage area and headed towards where the gunshots had come from, afraid of what he would find.

It was a two-minute run before he reached the scene, and he had to fight the urge to vomit at the scene. All three agents who had been with Mackenzie were dead, a fourth man, apparently someone after Mackenzie was also dead, so one of the agents had gotten at least one shot off. A few feet away, Brown found Mackenzie. Her red hair was an even deeper red, matted with blood, she was face down on the ground and she wasn't moving.

"Oh please God, no," Brown said, kneeling by Mackenzie.

Brown carefully turned her over and felt her wrist, relieved to find a pulse, though it was weak.

Brown tried to dial Agent Schiff's number, but was getting no service. Stuffing his cell phone back into his pocket, Brown carefully picked Mackenzie up and began walking slowly back to camp. He knew Mackenzie had been shot, but he didn't know where or how bad it was.

Not wanting any of the campers, or Jason, to see Mackenzie in this condition, Brown stopped before reaching camp and quickly called Mitchie's mother Connie. Whoever had made it onto to camp property was long gone, thinking Mackenzie had been eliminated.

"Connie," Brown said.

"What is going on Brown?" Connie asked. "Mitchie said they heard gunshots."

"It's a long story," Brown said. "I need you to make sure all the campers and my nephews go back to their cabins. Find the nurse and go with her to the first aid cabin."

"Brown," Connie said, not knowing what was wrong yet, but knowing it was bad. She didn't want to say too much to alert the campers.

Hanging up with Brown, Connie turned to the campers.

"Alright, everyone get back to your cabins," Connie said.

"What did he say?" Jason asked, frantic. "Where is Bai…Mackenzie?"

"I don't know Jason," Connie said. "Just go back to the cabin with your brothers. Or you can go with Mitchie and Caitlyn to our cabin. But go, please."

"What happened?" Jason pressed on.

"Jason, come on," Nate said, pulling his brother's arm. "Brown will come find us. Let's go with the girls."

Almost as soon as everyone had dispersed, Connie saw Brown, carrying Mackenzie in his arms.

"Oh my God," Connie said, running towards him.

"Connie, this is bad," Brown said. "I need you to dial the number before yours in my phone. You'll reach an Agent Schiff. Tell him Mackenzie's been shot and his agents are dead."

Connie gasped, but did as Brown had asked.

"Schiff," a voice answered.

"Um, my…my name is Connie Torres. I'm at Camp Rock with Brown Cessario. He said to tell you that Mackenzie has been shot and your agents are dead. We need help," Connie said.

"Oh God," Jason said.

"Jason, I told you…" Brown said.

"Baby?" Jason said, approaching the table. "Oh God, is that blood? What happened?"

"Jason, you're supposed to be…" Brown tried again.

"Uncle Brown, please," Jason said, his eyes filling with tears. "What happened to her?"

"Um, Agent Schiff and his agents are on his way," Connie said, once again preventing any explanation from Brown.

The nurse, in the meantime, had been trying to examine Mackenzie, but there was so much blood it was hard to separate her injuries from the agents' blood.

Sitting down, looking defeated, Brown began to speak.

"Bailey Madison is really Mackenzie Grace. She is the prima ballerina for the New York City Ballet," Brown said. "I don't know all the details, but a mob family killed her entire family back in December. She testified at the trials and the FBI had her hiding here until sentencing was finished. It was almost over. But with Miss. Tyler having revealed her location, I guess the boss still had enough pull to set this up from prison."

"I'm such an idiot," Jason said. "I'll deserve it if she never forgives me."

"Jason, sweetheart, don't say that," Connie said.

"But it's true," Jason said. "She was hesitant to get involved with me from the beginning, but I kept pushing. She knew she'd have to lie to me from the beginning."

"She wanted to tell you," Brown said. "Every day she tried to get her handler to let her tell you, but it was too dangerous. The only reason I even knew was because of the changes that we needed to make to the camp for her to hide here. Look Jason, please go back to your brothers. Tell your brothers what is going on and have the campers start contacting their parents. But don't give the campers any details about Mackenzie yet. Just that camp is officially over and we'll be arranging for transportation in the morning, for those that came from a distance."

"Please let me stay with her," Jason said, tears finally falling as he held one of Mackenzie's bloodstained hands in his own.

"Where is she?" Agent Schiff said, running in, with a bunch of agents.

A/N: Again, sorry about the delay. Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Kadence