Cammie POV

*beep beep. Beep beep. Beep beep*

'Hey Kiddo' I turned to the direction the voice had come from.

'Hey mom' I grunted

'You gave us a hell of a fright' She had a sad smile on her face and stroked my hair.

'What happened? Why am I in a hospital?' I said looking around at the white sterile walls

'You had a strong sleeping pill, you've been out for a week'

'Oh'

'It could have been much worse if your friends didn't take you to the hospital'

'Where are they?'

'Their at the safehouse, we've taken turns watching over you in case-'

'Catherine decided to pay me a visit' My mum tensed, then she smiled.

'She had the cheek to send you flowers' I looked over at the bouquet of tiger lilies in a vase at the end of the room. Red like her hair. Red like the fire she should have died in.

'Did she leave a note?'

'She did.' My mom got up and walked over to the flowers, she picked the note off and handed it to me. It said: The deal is off

'Do you know that that means?'

'It means that Catherine will now try and kill me.'

'Hasn't she already don-'

'No. Catherine and I had a deal that I would work for her and she wouldn't hurt my loved ones. Now she'll do anything.'

'Don't worry kiddo we'll look after you'

'Okay' I yawned, drifting back off to sleep.

Zach POV

*Knock Knock* The door creaked open, I was face to face with my mother.

'Zachary! What a pleasant surprise! Come in' She let me move passed her.

'I want you to leave Cammie alone, she doesn't deserve this.'

'Oh she does. She took everything away from me.'

'She's doing what a Gallagher Girl should.'

'WHAT ABOUT ME ZACHARY! I WAS A GALLAGHER GIRL! I WAS THE ONE WHO'S BEEN HUNTED BY EVERY AGENCY IN THE WORLD. I WAS THE ONE THAT KILLED HER FATHER! I WAS THE ONE THAT SENT YOU TO BLACKTHORNE HOPING THAT YOU WOULD TURN OUT THE WAY I HOPED! I WAS THE ONE WHO WATCHED YOU CHOSE THAT BITCH OVER ME!'

'I had to chose her. I love her'

'YOU LOVE HER! YOU LOVE HER MORE THAN YOUR OWN MOTHER? GOOD TO KNOW ZACHARY. I was going to take it easy on you, but now. You deserve everything coming to you' Suddenly two guys came out of nowhere and started beating me up. 'GET HIM OUT OF MY SIGHT' She screamed as they dragged me away. They threw me into a little room with no windows and no lights.

'You should not have pissed her off Zach' I turned to my right and saw Joe Soloman bound against the wall with a black eye and bloody lip.

'How did you get here before me?' I asked

'Spy' I pointed to himself.

'Don't steal my trick'

'Don't run away from my step-daughter or break her heart'

'I had to. I need to protect her, this was the only possibility' Joe let out a long dry laugh at my response.

'No Zach. There were other ways, safer ways. And now the others will rescue us and fall right into Catherine's plan.'

'What is her plan?'

'I don't know. But she let Cammie live on multiple occasions.'

'Meaning that Cammie is part of her plan' I slapped myself across the face. 'How could I be so stupid?'

'Because you love her. You've seen her at her worst as well as her best. You don't want her to slip again.'

'She's different though. 18 months of nothing and then in the last few days she's gone from shooting me in the leg, to loving me and then believing my mother'

'Cammie feels in-debt to your mother, she saved her life and promised to keep us all protected'

'Joe...I've screwed up big time'

'Same'

'How so?'

'Rachel didn't want me to leave looking for you or Catherine. She said it was too dangerous and I didn't listen. I want to repay Matthew. After he died Cammie saw me as a father figure, still does more so now. I couldn't handle myself it I was responsible for anything to happen to Rachel and Cammie.'

'You've protected them more than anyone could. You're Joe freaking Soloman, CIA legend!'

'I don't feel legendary right now' He held up his bound wrists.

Then the two men came back and dragged me out again. They took me to another room; this room was just as plain as the other, only there was a chair in the center of the space, to which they tied me to. There was a table in the far left corner covered with equipment. This was a torture room.

My mother walked in and selected a knife from the table and waved it in front of my face.

'You will tell me where Cammie hid the alumni disk'

'I don't know what you're talking about' She slapped me across the face.

'Stop lying! She took it from me nearly a month ago, where is it?' She spat

'I have no idea' She slapped me again.

'Since you won't co-operate, we will make you co-operate' She placed the knife back on the table and turned to the men next to her. 'At the first sign of blood...keep going' She left the room and shut the door, the men advanced on me and began punching me all over my body, they stopped when I coughed up blood. Then they untied me and dragged my limp body back to the room with Joe.

'Catherine really isn't playing anymore' He said

'Yeah, she wants to know where Cammie's hidden the alumni disk'

'Cammie has the disk?'

'Apparently so'

'Then we better prepare for hell'

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