Chapter 19

Zach pov

I had to find her. I needed to find her. How could I be so stupid? We were too focused on thinking I was walking into a trap that we let them right out in the open with no defense. They had no back up, what if they were ambushed? This mission keeps finding new ways to harm us. We were too emotionally involved to think clearly and cunningly like a true spy does. They thought of everything, including the way we would react.

We were on our way to their last known coordinates. All communication was cut off once we exited the warehouse. Even before that Liz could notice something wrong with the radio but couldn't call it in because she was scanning the warehouse for any potential threats in there. I felt like such a fool for not going there with her. I felt like a fool for storming into an abandoned warehouse with dozens of CIA agents as back up to find no threat but some pesky thugs.

All we could pinpoint for their last location was the building. Liz pointed out that an outside source could be the cause of the lack of information. We know they were in the building the director was being kept, specifically the interrogation room. We already knew of this before the plan, but if anything happened, there is still a chance they would still be in there, hopefully. I don't think my mind could handle it if she disappeared again. I could barely hold it together the first two times.

I just hope she is still alive. Who knows what happened. Maybe nothing has happened yet and we could still be there in time to help her. I doubt it though. It's already been so long and they must have gotten word about us, that we beat their little distraction. Stupid distraction.

The car ride was touch. There was a tense atmosphere. No one wanted to admit the worry was on everybody's minds. It was a race against time. In my opinion, Bex could have drove faster, we could have run to the car sooner, we could have figured this all out from the beginning and saved us a lot of trouble.

I was out of the car before it was even parked. I practically jumped out and ran through the building. The first thing I noticed was the noise, or the lack thereof. It was quiet, too quiet. That was a bad sign, it means we were too late. They were walking into a trap. The director could be in on it, maybe the guards too. I wouldn't put it past them. Everyone else ran head first into the building after me. I didn't know where the interrogation room was held, so I followed the directions Liz was shouting. She must have pulled up a blueprint of the building.

The door was knocked down, that can't be a good sign. I braced myself for what I might see.

Imagine my surprise when I rush into the room and find everyone slumped against the wall and a dark pool of blood surrounding Cammie. What happened? Is she alive? I rushed over to her side immediately. I hear Liz scream as soon as she walks in. I don't blame her.

I checked for a pulse first. She was unconscious and was barely breathing. I took a deep breath, she was alive. That took care of one worry, however, I was worried she was losing too much blood. "Someone call a medic!" I shouted taking matters in my own hands before they arrive. My first priority was to try and stop the bleeding on my own.

I tore off the bottom of my shirt to use as a rag to try and stop the blood flow. The knife was she was stabbed with was on the floor next to her, she must have pulled it out herself. I shook my head, foolish girl. Now I had to make sure none of her vitals were damaged by the knife. In that case, there isn't much I can do for her to help.

It was hard for me to observe her wound without getting it dirty from my hands. I tried not to wake her up but I knew it would have to be done eventually. She looked so fragile and pale in my arms.

I don'tt want her to pass out again from blood loss if I wake her up again. Who knows how long she has been passed out for. The good news was that the knife did not hit any major organs or arteries. It was a close one. The bag news was that, every time I put a piece of cloth to her wound, it was soaked in blood instantly. How is blood still coming out at that rapid speed? I kept ripping my shirt to make for more cloth to push down on her wound.

Everyone else, like Cammie was knocked out. Bex, Liz, Townsend, and Abby were all checking up on them to make sure they were alive and try to wake them up. Someone needs to explained to us what happened and why.

Solomon was stirring, and so was Cammie. She moved in my hold of her and fluttered her eyelids trying to get used to the dim lighting in the room. Who thought that bad lighting would make them seem more intimidated?

"Zach?" She asked, her voice hoarse and strained. I shushed her when she tried to get up. "Lie down Cammie, don't waste your energy,"

"I need to tell you what happened." I shook my head at her. There would be plenty of time for that later. "Relax, the medics are going to arrive shortly." I tell her trying to be calm fo both our sakes. "Liz where are the paramedics?" I asked her.

"Three are on their way. One helicopter that is only a few minutes away and two by car which both still have a little while to go." I am hopeful that we could carry her onto the roof to get into the helicopter.

:"Zach let me tell you so I can sleep." I knew what she meant by sleep. I won't let her do it. "No Cammie you need to stay awake. You need to stay awake for me, I don't know what I would do without you." Tears sprung from my eyes onto her shoulder. "Please Cammie." I begged her as a few more tears escape from my tear duct. I didn't care if I looked weak, I needed to remind her that in the midst of all the craziness, we still had each other. And now, that might be taken away from me too.

"Ok Zach, I will." I know she was bleeding, I know this wasn't the right time, but I still kissed her. I don't want to think pessimistically, but she could die. She could lose a lot of blood. I could be wrong and the knife hit an organ and she could be bleeding internally. I can't allow myself to think that this may be the only time I have left with her. I don't want it to become reality.

In the corner of my eye, I could see someone crouched against the wall slowly get up. They gripped the wall for support. In all my years of knowing him, I never saw Solomon the way he did then. He looked so weak and hurt. Although, he took one look at Cammie bleeding and hurried over to her using speed I didn't know he had.

"Cammie!" Surprisingly it wasn't Solomon who shouted her name. It was Rachel who had awoken and screamed her daughter's name like she just remembered something. She came rushing over to Cammie as well. "I'm so sorry Cammie." She said stroking her hair. What happened to her? "Medics are on their way." Bex told them finally looking at her best friend in a fragile state.

"Can one of you explain what went wrong?" I asked them. One of them had to be able to fill in all the gaps. Solomon nodded, Rachel was almost in a state of hysterics. She was silently crying over Cammie. I wanted to remind her that she wasn't dead, but who knows what would happen in the future.

"I can tell you," Finally, now we are getting somewhere. "We stopped on our way here to get some truth serum to use on the director. When we got here, he refused to talk so we put the serum into a syringe and injected him with it. It didn't really effect him, but he still managed to talk. He told us that The Eye was started by a former Circle member, really just a nameless lowlife wanting the spotlight for themselves." Hearing about their connection to the circle gave me chills. I thought we had gotten rid of them for good. "That was why they had a vendetta against Cammie, for her part in bringing them down. He also told us where Luke was." Liz's head peaked up. "He was 5 miles away from your original location. Then he said it wouldn't make a difference if he told us or not, we wouldn't stop them anyway. Preston was the traitor and the guards were turned against us." Preston, but we knew him for years. Why would he want to betray us? I guess I should have trusted my instincts when he touched Cammie. He definitely deserved that punch now. Then the director stood in front of Cammie saying his part was complete as he stabbed her. The guards who were restraining us knocked us out and left." Those cowards! Especially the director, he was the biggest of them all. And they will all get what is coming to them.

I was going to tell Solomon that we already called for medics on the ground and from above who should be here shortly when Cammie tugged on my sleeve lightly. "I'm so tired Zach, I want to go to sleep." I shook my head immediately. "You can't go to sleep Cammie." I tell her.

"Why not?

"Because you are loved Cammie. I love you, your family loves you, your friends love you. We all love and care for you Cammie, you can't just leave us. Stay with me!" I shouted towards the end when her eyelids began to fall.

"I don't know if I have a choice." She says. "I love you Zach." Then she passed out in my arms. I was starting to grow more concerned about her health, blacking out twice can't be a good thing. Where were those stupid medics?! I held on to her so I could feel her heartbeat, it was faint but a heartbeat nonetheless. I cried silently into her hair. Why did it have to end like this? Will she recover? Will she survive?

No one else knew what to do, or how to react.

The medics came a short while after she passed out. It was fortunate that they did too, her heart beat was getting more faint by the minute. I had to help them carry her up to the roof where the helicopter was already waiting. Everyone else followed us up to the roof to see her off. We were all fearful about her life. She already lost too much blood. One of the EMT workers pulled me aside and told me from what she saw, it didn't look good for Cammie. I nodded, I already knew there was a chance she wouldn't make it. Then she asked me if I was going to go with Cammie to the hospital.

As much as I wanted to, I knew I couldn't. I wouldn't sit there idly and drive myself insane wondering if she was going to make it or if the people who did this to her would pay. I didn't want to see her die, I couldn't handle it if I was there if something worse happened. I was scared.

I shook my head, I needed to avenge her. I kissed Cammie's forehead before the helicopter left. She was in good hands. Now I have to return the favor to the person who stabbed her and left her to bleed out.

"Let's go." I tell everyone else one the helicopter was out of sight. There was no time to lose, we had to go to that warehouse and end this. It's time to end this.

A/N: Yay new chapter! I am so happy that this is not late surprisingly. It has been about 2 weeks since the last update. I think there might be 2-3 more chapters for this story.

So What did you guys think of this chapter? It was a little shorter, but I wanted to show Zach's reaction, his rage and his fear of losing Cammie. The next chapter will show Zach being ruthless. He is angry and out for blood. I am going to try and get the next chapter up by next week. So expect the next few chapters to be updated quickly.