It's that time again…

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DISCLAIMER: You probably noticed this, but I am not Miss Ally Carter. She is an adult and I am a teenager. She is a professional writer and I am an amateur. She owns the Gallagher Girls series and I don't.

I know I am posting many un-action chapters where the characters discover things. But there will be encounters later with the CU too, so just bear with me please. We need to find out a few things before the action comes. I hope you like this chapter! (Italics in Cam's POV are little flashbacks/dreams/visions! :D)

Cammie POV

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Among the weapons, pictures were also scattered on the floor. One of them made me stop dead in my tracks- it was a picture of my dad. There were a lot of pictures of him, in fact. I saw at least five- one with Mom, another with me, two with Joe, and the last one was a picture of him, dead. There was also a 'Chameleon List' with my name on it. Next to the list, there was a key with a large 'G' on it. That was all I could see before the lady with the china pale skin knocked me out.

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"Cameron, dear, can you hear me?"

I opened my eyes to find a nurse standing in front of my bed.

"Oh good, you're up. You gave me quite a scare there."

Huh? "What happened?"

"You were stirring and yelling something like 'night of the living dead'! You were probably having a nightmare," she explained.

Night of the living dead? That sounded very familiar.

"Oh, okay. Thank you, but I'm fine now."

"Well great! If you would go change now, your friend left you these clothes," the nurse said, gesturing to a bundle of fabric on my table.

"Why do I need to change, ma'am?"

She slapped her forehead with her palm. "Oh my! I forgot to mention that to you. You are being discharged from the Agency today! Abigail Cameron will be here to pick you up in fifteen minutes."

I smiled and nodded, but on the inside, I was having a party. I was finally escaping this cave! Leaving the hospital life behind, and the pitiful looks from my friends who thought I was crazy. Insane.

Picking up the clothes that Macey left, I headed towards the bathroom. She left me a black skirt and purple tank top. As I was tucking my shirt in, I noticed something in the stall behind me. Feet. But the shoes were short black boots with laces, and the person had black pantyhose. This scene seemed familiar, and I immediately knew what it was. Through the cracks of the stall, I saw her dark green eyes widen as they met mine. She was caught.

Hurriedly, the lady stood up, and my body acted before my mind could even process what was going on. I kicked the stall repeatedly until it opened, but by then it was too late- she was already in the vent. Well, almost in the vent- her feet were dangling off the edge. As she pulled herself up, something fell out of her shoe.

"Stalker!" I yelled out when she was completely gone. There was no use in chasing after her, but I did examine the object that fell out of her shoe. It was the key I saw on that night- the one with the large 'G'. Suddenly, my head swirled and I felt light headed. I've been getting this a lot lately, and shortly after each one, a flashback, vision, or a dream- the worst- came along.

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The key. It was silver and had a neon pink G in the middle. After I was knocked out with the shovel, the lady had picked up the key. I could hear it rattling in her hands as she carried me off. I opened one eye approximately twenty minutes later and found myself in the back of a van, tied up. I knew that I wasn't hallucinating- this all seemed too real.

I decided to keep quiet and observe the outside-there was a mirror in the back at the perfect angle to give me a clear view of everything (from every street to car we passed). I memorized how long the ride took and most of the route. When she parked the car in some alley, she got out a huge duffel bag. I pretended to be unconscious as she shoved me in the bag.

Turning the silver key in the lock of an abandoned building, I tried to take in everything about this lady and notice things- something Joey has been trying to get me do for years. It was easier said than done, though, seeing as the doors opened to reveal a huge lair. In the middle of the room was a sign that read CU HEADQUARTERS. Directly behind it, against the wall in the center of the room, was a range of computers and cameras. They focused on everything from the Institute to the Woods.

The lady must have noticed that I was awake, because she threw me on the couch and went to the other side of the room. She came back with some liquid- no doubt memory erase tea- and forced it down my throat. Somehow, the key managed to stay by her side this whole time.

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The key was important. It led to that lair. In that lair were countless secrets and mysteries that would help me end this. The key led to the answers I needed. They key was what filled the empty part of me.

And it was all mine now.

Clearly, the woman was careless to drop it. But was it on accident or on purpose? Seriously, a shoe of all places? Maybe she was an amateur who was more talk than walk, or maybe she wanted me to find it. Either way, I had an uneasy feeling about this, and her.

My internal clock signaled me that Abby was outside waiting. When I reached her, she smiled and gave me a hug.

"Glad to see you feeling better, Squirt."

"Thanks, Aunt Abby. Too bad I still have to see a therapist at Blackthorne at least twice a week."

"Hmm, still Townsend?"

I nodded and she sighed. "Did you know he was the boys' Cove Ops teacher?"

I widened my eyes at first, but then stifled a laugh. I hadn't known him for long, but I already got the impression he would rather be involved with the action than to teach it.

"He is the action, Cam," my aunt said, reading my thoughts.

It was a shame that neither one of us took those words into consideration.

XXX

"Cameron, tell me about your latest dreams."

"I haven't had any, sir," I lied as I sat in an office with Edward Townsend at Blackthorne.

He raised an eyebrow but let it slide. "Tell me again what you remember from that night, Cammie."

"It's simple: I saw someone outside in the woods, followed them, got hit in the head, and woke up hours later in a CIA hospital."

We both knew that wasn't it, but there was something in his gaze that made me confess to it.

"At least, that's what I tell everybody," I whispered.

"It's about time you're cooperating. So what's the full story?"

I hesitated before answering, "I was hit in the head by a shovel, but before I saw pictures of… my dad… scattered on the floor amongst other things. Then, I was…kidnapped… and fed memory erasing tea. Next thing I knew, I woke up to the stares of my friends and family."

"You were kidnapped?" he asked in a barely audible tone.

"Yeah, why?"

"No reason, but your information will help us catch the CU. So, let's carry on, shall we?"

I offered a weak smile and tried to tell him as little information as possible about my flashbacks. However, I knew that I had to tell somebody. But this wasn't the case to tell to my roommates, so who could I tell? And could they keep a secret?

CU Leader POV

"Mother, send the blonde in," I ordered when Elizabeth called me. She had perfect timing- I had already planned out my next plot with Linda and my other assistant.

"Okay, but don't forget your mask and here's your voice disguiser," she responded, tossing me the small device.

I placed it in my unicorn mask- the one Sutton demanded I wear because she was too scared of my baby face one.

"Did you bring the stuff?" I asked when she stepped in.

"Y-yes." She brought over the navy blue bag and I examined it. Everything was in there. Perfect.

"Excellent. Here's your list for this week. I expect it all within three days- they're not that hard to find."

She read the list out loud. "Nail filer and golden ring. Only two items?"

"Yup. The first one is Macey McHenry's and the second one, well that's harder to find."

"Can you at least tell me what it looks like?"

I yanked off my locket and showed her the design. She gave me a quizzical look.

"What is it, Blondie?"

"Did you misplace the ring or something? Am I just playing lost and found?"

"The nail filer, yes," I admitted. "But I need the locket."

"Fine," she said with a reluctant sigh.

"Oh, and Elizabeth," I called out as she crept closer to the door.

"Yes?"

"Glad to know that you have been leading Macey away from me. Such a shame you'll never know the real me, though. I think we could be good friends."

She gave a weak smile and left.

"Maybe we are already close friends," I whispered to no one.

Zach POV

"You called me, McHenry?" I inquired as I stepped into the girls' dorm. Cammie and Bex were talking to Mr. Solomon, so it was only Macey, Liz, and me.

"Actually, Liz did, but it involves me too."

"Okay. So what do you need?"

"We need to tell you something about Cammie," Liz blurted. She seemed a little shaken.

Macey continued from where Liz had begun, "So you see, there's a little terrorist group after Cammie. They go by the CU. And apparently, they need something from her. Actually, Liz predicted not so long ago that she just got caught in the middle of whatever game they are playing."

By the time Macey finished her little lecture, I knew more than I wanted to. Not too long after, Bex came bursting in.

"Cammie needs you, Zach."

I immediately got up and ran down to the subs, where Bex told me Cammie was.

"Cam? Are you fine?"

"Zach, I need to tell you something."

Cammie told me the same CU story but from a different perspective. The two stories clashed yet balanced each other perfectly. But hearing it from Cam's point of view was horrible- Macey and Liz's scientific data was nothing compared to what Cammie told me.

"Why did you tell me this, Gallagher Girl?"

"Because you're the only one I seem to trust now," she choked out.

The girl in front of me was not the same Cammie I met. That one was competitive and full of life- this one was broken glass. And she thought of me as the glue that held her together.

What do you think Cammie's story to Zach was? And is Liz really bad?

Just to clear up any confusion, Cammie is getting memories of the night in the woods by dreams.

Sorry if this is bad but I wrote this late at night!

Please review and tell me what you think of it!

xxxLizxxx