Please go easy! This is my first story.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters; they all belong to Ally Carter and her amazing imagination.

"Cammie!" someone whisper yelled and I spun round, searching the street for the disembodied voice. But – as far as I could tell – there was no one there. I put my head down and tried to blend in. I hated being noticed; actually it wasn't that I hated being noticed, more that I hated having the attention forced upon me.

I was a normal teenage girl; with light blue eyes and dirty blond hair. There was nothing about me that made me stand out, nor did I want to stand out. I was never happier than when I was alone in a place that no one would find me. "Cammie!" the voice hissed again and I tried to convince myself that I was imagining it – which would mean that I was going crazy! "Cammie! Up here!" the voice sounded infuriated now and I shivered before I carried on walking. "HEY!" he said more forcefully as a boy dropped in front of me.

"AHH!" I screamed before he quickly clamped a hand over my mouth.

He raised his eyebrows, looked around checking if anyone heard and then smirked before removing his hand and saying, "I need to tell you something important." He grabbed my hand and pulled me in to a more concealed part of the street – an alleyway to be precise.

I had an immense urge to run and fast, yet it was like he knew what I was thinking because as soon as I made a more to run he had grabbed my hand and was constricting. I could feel the blood being squished out of my hand and it was turning white. I either went with him, or I lost a hand.

"Ok!" I said as I tried to push his large hand off my wrist; he loosened but didn't fully let go.

He yanked on my wrist and I followed. "Come on." He said and he finally stopped moving when we had reached the middle of the alley way.

"What?" I asked when he turned to stare at me and I finally realised that he was dressed fully in black – trousers, jumper, and gloves – even though it was like eighty degrees outside.

"I need you to listen to me," he paused waiting for me to nod. "Really well." He was talking like he was speaking to a baby, someone that would have trouble understanding him. I nodded and then he continued. "I need you to run." Run where? I wanted to ask but I couldn't because he had already started speaking again. "I need you to get away from here." he slipped something into my pocket and I looked down. "That is where you need to go."

I moved away from him, "What are you talking about?" I asked and he sighed impatiently.

"I need you to listen, I don't have much time." He said before looking around again, but he didn't check a watch. "Rule number one:" he said and I nodded to show I was listening. "Don't go home!" he warned and I nodded.

"Ok!" I said as if I was intending on doing the exact opposite – which was easy because I was, why would I listen to some cryptic boy?

"Rule number two:" he smirked and I looked around. "If you don't listen to me you will die. And I, for one, don't want that to happen." He pulled me to the end of the alley again. "Here." he said and he shoved a backpack in to my hand. "This will have everything you need. And I will find you again in a couple of days."

I nodded, not sure exactly what to think. "Ok." I said and for some reason I believed him, yet I still wasn't sure if I trusted him enough to follow his orders. I looked in to his eyes; the emerald irises were worried – scared even.

"Do you understand?" he asked and I nodded. "What was rule number one?"

"Don't go home." I repeated and he smiled – well smirked, I don't think that this boy did smiles.

"Good girl." He said and then he started to walk away, "Please listen." He looked at the ceiling and then took a running jump and leaped above me.

When I realised that I was officially alone I pulled out the paper.

Cammie, listen to me. Do as I have said, and don't trust anyone.

This house in Maine is safe for you. Catch the 1 o'clock train and someone will meet you at the station. They know who you are.

I looked up and then turned to the right. I still had a good ten minutes to decide what I was going to do.

As I said before this is my first story and I hope that you like it, please review and tell me what you think! :)