So I was able to update quickly because of a lovely spark of inspriration. But I know no one reads these when there is a awesome story to behold! Enjoy!
"What do you want," I said tensely.
"We should observe formalities Cameron, whatever would Madame Dabney think," she said with a serpentine grin on her face.
"Forgive me for not being gracious to the woman who wants me dead."
"Oh I don't want you dead, no that would defeat the whole purpose of this whole little game we play."
"Then what do you want form me," I growled.
"I want what your father refused to give us when we brought him down here," she said stepping towards me.
"You've known about this place," I asked.
"Of course, my only problem had been actually getting in," she spoke wistfully, as if this was the moment she had been waiting her whole life for, which it probably was.
"And that's where I come in."
"Exactly," she sneered.
"And what am I supposed to do to open the door? Speak some special language only Ioseph's descendants can speak?"
"You dare speak his name," she cried, looking as if she wanted to slap me.
"Yes I dare! I dare to finish what my father and Joe Solomon started! I'm going to bring you and your operation down!" Adrenaline coursed through my veins and my breathing came hard. Who did this woman think she was?
"Oh please. Now shut up and tell us the code we need. From the information we have gathered from your father and generous amounts of sodium pentothal, he didn't know the exact code, only that it was hidden in a nursery rhyme he started singing to you before he left."
On the outside I was silent on the inside I was going over the rhyme
"There's nothing hidden in that rhyme," I said after thinking it over.
"Oh I think there is but I guess our little Gallagher Girl needs a little persuasion. Marcus! Bring him here."
A man who I assumed was Marcus stepped forward and it was with a jolt I realized he was carrying Zach.
"Tape him to that wall and wake him up. Same with you Roger and you too Burns." The two men stepped forward. One help Bex's limp form and another held Aunt Abby. I watched in horror as the three men duct taped then to the wall from their chest to their feet. After they were done, they waved something with vapor coming out of it and the three woke up instantly. Each took a moment to realize what was happening.
"Hello Mother," said Zach icily.
"Oh Zachary, you know I prefer mommy," she said walking over and pinching his check. He tried to squirm away but somehow the duct tape held.
"Industrial strength honey, you won't be getting free unless I cut you out. And until your girlfriend starts talking, you're going to be a little stuck." With that she turned to me, "Thirty second to tell me Cameron. One six letter word and you and prevent the ones you love from feeling some pretty major pain."
"Don't tell her," chorused Zach, Abby and Bex at once.
"I don't know, I told you," I sobbed out.
"Think Cammie, is what's inside there more important?"
"I DON'T KNOW," I screamed.
"Pity." She walked over to Aunt Abby and flicked out a knife. "Let's see how pretty your face is when I'm done with you."
Next thing I heard was Abby's grunts as she suppressed screams of pain. I wanted to cry, I wanted to attack. I wanted to do something, but all I could do was riddle out the nursery rhyme. I went over it in my head, dissecting very words, every letter; but nothing stood out. My train of thought was disrupted when Zach's mother called my name, "Cammie! Have you decided to tell us what the word is?"
"I told you, I don't know!"
"STOP LYING," she shrieked.
"I'm not lying," I said my voice strong and even.
"Then let's see if this loosens your tongue." She turned to Bex who didn't look scared at all, in fact she looked proud.
"Such a beautiful girl, wouldn't want to ruin your face since that didn't work with Abigail over there."
I didn't see what she was doing; all I knew that whatever it was actually drawing whimpers from Rebecca Baxter. I began thinking even harder. What could the rhyme possibly mean? It was some stupid rhyme about a boy going to get milk for his mother for gods sakes! I knew spies used codes but at least they had meaning. I swore under my breath in Farsi. Then an idea hit me.
"HEY," I screamed and she turned away from Bex, the knife crimson. "What country was Ioseph from?"
"He was Russian, why do you care?" I ignored her question and quickly translated the poem in my head. I went over it again in it's Russian translation.
"You're wasting my time! Maybe this will get you to talk." She stalked over to Zach who was staring at me intently. I recited the poem under my breath in Russian. She was eye to eye with Zach. She whispered something to him and drew the knife back. I kept reciting the poem, thinking when it hit me. Every third word in Russian loosely translated into American as…
"Argh," I heard echo through the cavern.
"Master! The word is master, now leave him alone!" I looked up but I realized I had been seconds too late. She had plunged the knife into Zach's stomach and he was bleeding.
"Was that so hard Cameron," she taunted me. She dropped the knife and walked towards the door. When she reached it she began feeling around the edge. I heard her muttering something like, "Supposed to be right around here." I ran over to Zach and picked up the knife she had just dropped. I cut him out of the tape and he fell to his knees. I made a move towards Bex and Abby who were both bleeding badly, but I heard a gun cocked and looked up to see a burly guard pointing his gun at me.
"I don't think so," he sneered.
"Zach only," I said cautiously. He nodded so I kneeled beside Zach and gingerly peeled the duct tape off of him.
"Cammie," he whispered. "I'll survive, but you need to stop my mother. There's a gun, inside of my right thigh. Take it."
"You did this on purpose," I whispered as I kissed him and reached down his pants to grab the gun simultaneously. As we broke apart I heard him whisper, "I love you."
"I love you to Zach. I'll fix all of this."
I stood up and whipped around at the same time, pulling the trigger as I went.
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