Back again with Chapter 8! I realized doing somewhat cliffies are fun. More to come! OH MI GOD! THE CARDINALS WON THEIR 11TH WORLD SEIRES LAST NIGHT! SORRY TEXAS BUT WE WON! AND DAVID FREESE WAS MADE MVP! HE WAS AMAZING THE NIGHT BEFORE! TAKE THAT ZACH! (Guy at my school who's from Texas. Kinda a funny story that went on, on Facebook. I'll put it at the bottom) MAWHHAHAHAHAHA! DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING BUT THE PLOT!
Chapter 8 Cammie pov.
I was up to my neck in paperwork, I was five months pregnant and my husband was MIA. I was busy beyond any busy I've been before. And yet Macey still found time to hold a baby shower.
People were busy in mine and Zach's apartment and I was not allowed to be there, so I was staying at Macey's penthouse with her and Brady. They were working on the nursery. I had told Macey the gender of my baby but she was the only one who knew the details. (And me of course)
"Macey, No." I complained. "God, Cam no need to be difficult, get you mind of Zach, the baby and have some fun." "Mace, this party is about the baby!" "Oh right." At the moment she was trying to curl my hair. Since I wouldn't stay still she had burned my head several times and said so threats.
Grumbling I let her do her thing to me. But in the end I ended up looking beautiful in a simple way. "Come on Brady, let's go see how the food's going" Macey said lifting Brady up. "Bye, bye." He said waving over her shoulder. "Bye Brady." I said smiling as they left. They left me alone in Macey's bedroom.
Macey's bedroom was calm and soothing. Brady's toys were in there too, clothes everywhere and then her endless closet to add to that. She had drawers and drawer of makeup to add to it.
I plopped down on Macey's messy bed and ran my fingers over the textured black duvet. "CAM, LET"S GO!" Macey yelled. "COMING!" I stood up, soothed my shirt over my bump before hurrying out of the room.
Brady was already attracting attention by the other women and when I walked up to me congratulating me and say their regrets to me. Bex came up beside me.
"I don't need their sympathy." I muttered to her. Bex smirked.
I talked to a lot more people and found myself wanting to disappear but Macey wouldn't let me. "Sit, Sit, you get to open your presents now." Macey said. "Again, Macey, it's not my party." I protested. "Well than it's your baby's party." Macey sat me in a chair.
I felt a head ache growing slowly so I rubbed my temples. An hour later I had opened everything and my head ache was bigger. Bex was standing by the food table, a glass of punch (probably spiked) in her hand and a piece of Baklava (Greek pastry) in her other hand. She was showing off her engagement ring with Grants arm wrapped around her waist. She had dragged him here. He didn't look to happy.
Bex murmur something in his ear and he smiled a mischievous glint in his eyes. I made a face in my head. Than I felt a hand on my shoulder, causing me to jerk and grab the hand, preparing to flip them.
"Cammie, wait, wait, ow, ow, ow! Can you quit twisting my wrist?" It was Liz. "Oh, sorry Liz." I exclaimed standing up. Liz rubbed her wrist as she spoke. "Can we," she gestured to a quiet corner of the room where Jonas was pouring over a laptop. "Talk to you for a minute?" she asked quietly. "Sure."
I followed Liz's small frame through the throng of women. Liz nudged Jonas when we got to them. HE looked up and gave a shy smile to Liz. Her cheeks pinked a bit. I just laughed in my head. It was so obvious that they liked each other.
"What did you have to talk to me about?" I asked. Jonas pointed to the screen and muttered something to Liz who bent over and looked at the screen. They started murmuring to each other.
"Um, Hello? You had something to tell me?" I said. They both looked up. "Sorry, just deciphering this code." Liz said not looking up. "What do you need to tell me?" Jonas sat back in his chair and Liz straighten up. "Well… just about an hour and a half ago… Jonas… got a message. From Zach."
I blanched. "Wh… What?" I stammered. "It wasn't much. It was coded… sent from some location around the area he was assigned for the mission. He's still technically MIA but we might have more a lead." Jonas said.
"But we haven't heard from him in a month!" I said feeling anger rise to the surface. "Cam, it's something." "But it's not enough!" I crossed my arms over my chest.
"CAM! LIZ! JONAS! YOU ALL SHOULD BE HAVING FUN NOT WORKING!" Macey yelled. I motion for her to come over. "We need to talk. Now. It's about Zach." I said to Macey. Macey frowned than yelled. "OK! PARTY'S OVER, EVERYONE OUT! CAMMIE HERE IS NOT FEELING TOO GOOD! GET! GET! GET!" She yelled.
Everyone looking taken aback left with Macey shooing them out, Brady going "Bye bye." "Bye Bye." on her hip.
After everyone left Grant and Bex came over looking confused. "Why did everyone leave?" Grant asked. "I got a message from Zach earlier today." Jonas said. "What?" Bex yelled softly. "You heard him Bex." Macey said letting Brady down, who toddled up to Grant.
"Hold you. Hold you." He said to Grant arms in the air. Grant picked him up and threw him up in the air causing Brady to laugh and Macey to yell at him. After that Grant held Brady quietly Bex rubbing his back lightly.
"You got a message from Zach who we haven't heard from in a month and five days?" Bex said crossing her arms. "Way to exact there Bex." I said. "Well I'm working on his damn case so I have to know." She said. "What does the message say?" Grant asked, shifting Brady to the other arm.
"It's saying that he's ok and not to come looking for him." Liz said. "WHAT?" Bex yelled. Liz cringed. "Calm down a bit Bex." Grant said. "He's determined to make this hard isn't he?" Bex said.
"You don't think he knows, do you? About the baby?" I said quietly. "Cam, don't you dare think like that." Bex said hugging me. "It's always a possibility." Liz said. "Not helping." Bex said in singsong voice.
"Zach wouldn't leave Cammie because of the baby." Jonas said. "He loves you too much Cam. And if he was here he'd be doing everything he could to help you and make sure you were safe."
I took a deep breath trying to fight the anxiety that was crawling up my throat. Zach wouldn't leave me. Never. We'd been through so much, were going through so much, he wouldn't. He wouldn't.
"He would be so protective of you and the baby. Responsible too. I'm sure he'd try not and be too cocky and sarcastic too. So it won't rub off on the kid." Grant said. "Zach? Responsible?" Bex said. She wasn't in the best of moods right now.
"Zach is plenty responsible." I said. "Yea, whenever we go out he always makes sure no of us drink too much so we don't do anything we'll regret." Grant said. "He does way to much at home, he cleans all the time and cooks when I don't feel up to it and he is always keeping up with his work no matter how stressful it is." I said.
Bex shook her head. "I'm just going to take her home." Grant said handing Brady back to Macey. They left leaving me, Macey, Liz and Jonas. "Is that all?" I asked. "Yea, we're trying to trace the location." Liz said moving behind Jonas.
I sighed in my head running my hand through my hair. Macey sat with Brady in her lap eating a mini spinach artichoke calzone. "It can't be that hard can it?" she asked giving Brady a tiny bite. "Depends on where the message came from." Jonas said turning back to his laptop.
"This one's hard." Liz said sitting next to Jonas. "Well it is the COC." Macey said. I closed my eyes my head in my hands.
Zach pov.
"Where's Allison?" I asked Nick. "Somewhere." He said no turning his gaze away from the T.V. "When was the last time you saw her?" I asked. "This morning right after breakfast." He said. "So that means…" We heard a cry and the door slam. Nicks head snapped at the noise. "What was that?" he asked.
"Allison." I said. Nick may not like her but we couldn't have her dead, not with what she might be able to help us with. I hurried to the door.
Allison lay on the floor her arm at an awkward angle. She was unconscious. "NICK! COME HELP ME HERE!" I yelled. Nick came slowly out. "What happened to her arm?" he asked gesturing to Allison's bloody arm. I gently picked up Allison's arm.
There were tiny needle marks near the crook of her elbow and they had not been covered or treated at all. "Feel the back of her head, maybe a reason she's knocked out." I said. "Why do I have to do it?" "Cause you're the idiot." I said sarcastically. "Shut up." Nick said as he felt the back of Allison's head.
We moved her to the couch. We cleaned her arm and set the other. "Pretty sure that's a concussion." I said. We had a limited supply of medical supplies.
"We have got to bust out of here." Nick said rubbing his temples. "That's what we need her for." I said. "Need her for what?" Allison mumbled. "'bout time you came around." Nick said. "Shut up."
"Allison, what happened?" I asked. "They took me for testing, I think, I don't remember the rest." She mumbled having yet to open her eyes.
"Allison, can you hack computers?" I ask. "I can hack computers." Nick said. "Oh really? Than you should be putting that to good use to get us out of here instead of bragging about your nonexistent spy career." Allison said grimacing.
"Wow even banged up she packs a whop into her words." Nick said. "Make yourself useful and get me some pain meds." Allison said.
"Again Allison are you good at hacking computers?" I asked determined to get this plan to work. "That depends…"
Third person
Liz walking into her living room carrying a glass of water. "Anything?" she asked straightening her pajama's before pulling her laptop into her lap. Jonas shook his head pushing his glasses up.
Liz bit her lip while glancing at his computer. "Would it be… no never mind." Jonas said. They were currently working on decoding the location Zach's message had come from. They were not having much luck though.
"So many firewall and other things to hack into. Most of it stuff we have never seen before." Liz said. Jonas nodded and took a sip of the water Liz brought him.
"Jonas, what if we can't find him?" Liz asked tentatively. Jonas looked up and saw the worry in her eyes. He shook his head. "We'll find him even if it kills us." He said softly. Liz turned back to her computer.
She began typing furiously at the keyboard, her fingers seems to fly, a look of determination on her face. "I'm going to find him. Not for his own good… well partly for his own good but mostly for Cammie. And the baby."
"Liz, you don't have to do it alone." Jonas said setting his laptop on the coffee table. "Well right now you're not…" She was cut off by Jonas, who took her chin in his hand and kissed her lightly, just enough to shut her up.
"Sorry." He mumbled, looking away blushing. "I never said it was a bad thing." Liz said and turned his head back."
Cammie Pov.
"CAM!" I jumped at the sound of Bex's voice. "Holy shit, Bex." I said sitting up. I looked up at Bex. She looked horrible.
Her eyes were wild and had a hint of fear and hurt in them. "What happened?" I asked throwing the covers back.
Bex blinked, fighting unseen tears. "Grants gone."
And done. Another cliffe for you. What happened to Grant? Hummmm? What about Liz and Jonas there? Anyway you know already about the Card's winning the World Series and I have to say I am sorry for Texas.
Here's the conversation that went on, on Facebook.
Zach- Wahoo! Texas is winning! Go Rangers!
Ethan- I like Zach better when he's not talking about Texas
Oscar- fuck that go cards
Zach- oh ha forgot im in st Louis now
The other Ethan- punch yourself in the face Zach
Me- haha zach we won CARDNIAL NATION!
Hanna- go back to texas Zach
It was a funny conversation. Anyway… I'll stop talking and let you get reviewing!