Chapter 9

"That must've been fun!" said Bex, clapping her hands.

"Bex, I was terrified! I was a threat to national security and the whole government! I'm lucky I even survived and didn't get killed head on by all the guards working at the headquarters."

"Well, at least we all know your capabilities now," said Grant, joking around

"If you think this is funny, why don't you share your deep dark secret?" said Liz

"Fine, I will. If you must know, I was about 13 when this happened, right before going to Blackthorne. I hadn't been accepted yet because of my sister, Mia. My mom was considered a international spy by her country but she was considered an endangerment to world by U.S. government standards. On my mom's side, all the women pursued the career of being a spy or something that was undercover. My great-great-great-great grandmother came up with a secret society called the Confessors and they were assassins when it came to finishing a job or being a prostitute when it came at that time. My dad didn't know what he was getting into when he married my mom. My mom didn't tell him, fearing that he would reject her and my grandmother was waiting for my mom to give birth so they could protect her from the old ways. The new leader of the Confessors was this determined no emotion lady who would seek down the heirs to the throne of the coven and hold them hostage until they broke down and hardened with new confidence and everything like that. Once my sister and I were born, my mom kept my sister a secret, yeah she still went to school like me but when she was 12, she was pulled out of school and sent to VGA. Vickerman's Gymnastic's Academy and nobody thought to look there for a Confessor. My dad was angry at my mom for pulling a trick like that and I was mad at everyone because I didn't get accepted to Blackthorne like my dad all because of the women in my family. I was furious at everything, until my sister left the Academy and begged the government to accept me because it wasn't my fault that I was born into a assassin family. When my acceptance finally got pushed, my sister was found my the Confessors and taken away. I haven't seen her in three years until this summer when apparently she escaped the coven but decided to live by herself until she was sure nobody would take her back. So now my house is on lockdown and my mom and dad haven't budged from the house so my sister wouldn't get kidnapped again. I wish I was there too but I have a feeling they wouldn't need me."

"You have a sister?" asked Nick

"Yeah, her name used to be Alyssa May, but we had to change it so she chose Amelia or Mia for short."

"Cool," said Nick, "Who's next?"

"I am," said Bex, "And I am so not interested in telling everybody but here it goes. I was in elementary school going on to middle school when this happened. My parents were on a mission together and my aunt was staying at our house to take care of me and make sure I didn't injure anymore civilians at school. Once day when I came home, my aunt wasn't home so I figured she was out shopping. I had this crew I used to hang out with and we would play soccer and sometimes go to the Dragon and dance all night long. We had entered into this dance competition before and I belonged to a different crew just like Missy. Our rival was the 410 crew and they had own the competition year after year. When I started going to the private school, they kicked me out and Missy joined me. Tuck, our old leader was on a war path wanting to bring us down ever since we played a prank on him. That night at this fund raiser our school was holding all of us got a text saying tonight was the night to dance away and win the title of the best crew. We got there late and was the last to dance and out performance was held in the rain and boy was it amazing. Everybody crowded around us, telling us that we had won the title and we were all smiling. Tuck however was not, he was not very happy so the next week when we went to the Dragon, he pulled out a knife during a dance battle. None of us had seen this every happen and usually it was a safe place to be for us. The guys started punching and kicking. I joined in once this girl came at me with her fists. I knocked her out with a slap and she fell. Almost all of us had to be dragged apart by one member or another before the place was invaded by police and other officials. I grabbed everybody and some of us had severe injuries like blood everywhere. I was only in 6th grade at that time and new to the concept of actual major bleeding. One of our best dancers had to be carried out by tow other guys because he was stabbed in the leg by Tuck or somebody from the 410. The next morning, did I find out it was bigger than just a fight at the Dragon. My aunt was kidnapped and I didn't know what to do. I tried contacting the headquarters but no one was answering. A note was left saying she was taken and if I wanted her back I had to contact this number and to exactly as they say. I called the number and even though the caller was trying to disguise their voice I knew it was Tuck. He had taken my aunt and I wondered how? My aunt was also a certified spy working for MI6 so I was utterly confused until I found out that Tuck's uncle was the one of my aunt's enemies. I had my friends from the crew help me get her back and bring her down. My parents came home a week later and my aunt and I kept it a secret between us and we sealed it with a letter. My parents couldn't find out or they would hold me back from going to Gallagher like the plan said. I couldn't let that happen and it was like a household tradition for every person in the family to work as a spy or something."

"You must have a lot of experience then," said Macey

"Actually no, I didn't know what I was doing and now that I look back on it I made a lot of mistakes."

"Bet you did," said Zach, smirking

"Well if you're so good why don't you go? Huh?"

"I will when it's my turn but right now it's Jonas's."