Alexa POV
I wasn't sure about this supposed safe house, it would probably be one of the places they would check. Cammie told us that at this time of night, we should be safe to have a quick drive, with no interruptions. Although with the state of this van, that was said with caution. We weren't exactly subtle, or stealthy. So, as we clunked along in our bullet riddled van, everyone prayed that we wouldn't be stopped, by the police or the Circle of Cavan.
I put my legs to my chest and buried my face in my knees, my life would have been simpler if I hadn't have taken up Zach's offer to go to Gallagher Academy. What went wrong? Cammie put her head on my shoulder and it occurred to me just how much I actually knew about everyone in the van right now. Me and Macey hadn't really spoken, I'd just stopped her from moving schools, though she'd have to move now, everyone would. And me and Bex had barely even said a few sentences to one another. Me and Cammie... had shared a good talk earlier but I really didn't know her that well. Seth, don't get me started, we'd kissed even, but he was a mystery. Even Zach, who I'd known for so long, I felt like I hardly knew.
Nevertheless, I let Cammie rest her head and sleep, I did the same, though I didn't sleep. Time seemed too slow, and I just wanted it to end.
"You asleep?" Zach asked, without looking next to him. I licked my dry lips.
"No." I whispered, "but I think Cammie is." Cammie scrunched her eyes.
"Nope, I'm awake." She lifted her head and her neck clicked, I sat straighter.
"How far do you think?" I asked him, squinting out into the dark road ahead, we could only see what the street lights and our one good head light would allow us. My blonde head fell front of one of my eyes, flicking it away I realised that I really needed a bath.
"A few hours, I think." He answered.
"I don't remember it taking so long." Cammie commented, rubbing her tired eyes.
"We're taking the back root, mostly, it's the only way to lay low. We can't risk being seen." Zach changed gear and turned a corner.
"Is it just me," Cammie complained, "or did being a spy suddenly get a whole lot more real. I mean, we've faced stuff before. Heck, we've faced the Circle of Cavan a few times before. But this just seems worse. Much worse." With one hand Zach touched her cheek, she smiled a bit.
"Everything will be okay, I swear." He muttered.
"Hey, do you think the house will have hot water?" I frowned at my bloody face and messy hair in the cracked wing mirror. Zach laughed and Cammie grinned.
"I hope so, and clean clothes. Maybe nice beds." She said dreamily.
"There won't be many beds to go around." He said. "There's what? 6 of us in this van and 3 of us there - we hope - That means we have 9 people to accommodate for." Seeing the look on Cammie's bruised face I said:
"We'll manage, hell, we are spies right?" They nodded to me and I looked back out the front window. I only saw a few cars on the road, a dark blue Ford and a black Mercedes. Even a red BMW. But there weren't any Circle, or any tell tale signs of Townsend, Liz or Anna either.
Where was everyone? Surely others from the school would have escaped. Even some from the hospital must have seen us. Or did the Circle get them first. Maybe they'd fled, not ready to do their duties yet. No a true spy. Or a Gallagher Girl. Was I really a Gallagher Girl though? I wondered again if I really deserved that title. For all I knew, it was my fault this was going on, maybe the school attack was because that finally had me and Cammie in the same place...
"Why us?" I asked out loud. Cammie blinked at me.
"You mean, me and you?" She replied. I nodded. "I'm not sure, we don't exactly have much in common."
"You look a like." Zach commented. "You also have good strategies, both of you." We looked at each other, how similar were we?
"And you both seem to fight the same." He carried on.
"We get it." Me and Cammie both said. Zach shrugged, like he'd made his point. Or, more that fact that we made it for him.
"I just wish we knew why they wanted us." She grumbled, twirling her blonde hair.
"Be careful what you wish for, I wished for a chance to meet people who knew who I was, and to be a spy. Look where that's got me. Got us." I said, like a weight had been lifted off my chest.
Cammie frowned at me. "It isn't your fault Alexa, how could you have known the Circle of Cavan would attack? You couldn't have." It didn't make me feel much better.
"But still, it just feels too much like we're just running away." I admitted. Cammie licked her lips, she felt it too. But Zach didn't by it.
"No, we're going to save them. All of them, wherever they may be. We will discover what the Circle wants with Gallagher Academy, and with the both of you." He said, like it was final.
I bowed my head low, looking at my scraped up hands and wishing we could save all of them. But you can't always do that, sometimes there must be sacrifices; there must. I just didn't want there to be anymore deaths.
Cammie must have felt the same, maybe we were thinking the same thoughts. Maybe. I quickly looked to her, and she was looking back, we both needed to make a plan. Together.