I have no idea how long I was out for. I woke up to the sound of my phone across the room. BEEP! BEEP! I opened my eyes and looked at my phone. It read One New Text From Cole. I read the text and sat there and thought about the text. A movie night with everyone plus the guy Zoe met. One hour. I might as well. I got up and took a shower. After, I put on a pair of jeans and solid blue top. I slipped out the door and went up to Cole's floor. As I walked down the hall, I got a text from Zoe. As I looked down, I crashed into something and fell flat on my butt. "Caviar. I'm so sorry," I said. I looked at the boy that I had rammed into. He looked about my age with deep brown hair and hazel eyes. He was holding a soccer ball and his cell phone. "It's cool but you should probably watch where your going in this town," he said as he put his hand out. I took his hand and stood up. "Thanks....." "Oh names Carter," he said. "Ok thanks Carter," I said as began to walk back toward Cole's room. "May I have your name Princess?" I turned around and looked at him and said, "it isn't princess, it's Lotte." "Well nice running into to you Lotte," he said as he began to walk in the other direction. I stood there for a second and thought about what had happened but decided to kept walking. When I got to the door, I looked back at phone. I had almost forgotten about the text. All it said was got sidetracked with Nathan be there soon. I decided to ignore it and knock on the door. My cousin, Trevor, answered. "Hey cuz come on in," he said as I walked in. He shut the door behind him and went back to the couch. He sat right next to Jillian and they began to talk. Dexter walked into the room and waved hello and said, "Cole and Cassandra are in the kitchen." I walked into the kitchen and saw Cole by the microwave. Cassandra was being a perfectionist and making a tower of chocolate chip cookies. As she put another cookie in top, Cole turned around and said, "hey Lotte." He said it just loud enough to topple the tower of cookies. She stared at the plate of cookies with a mad/frustrated look on her face. A few seconds later, she looked over at me and said, "hey Lotte want a broken cookie?" "Nah I'm good what movie are we watching?" I asked. "Apparently Frozen," Cole said as the microwave dinged. He went over to the microwave and pulled out a bag of popcorn. "Ok but only if we can quote the movie and sing along as we watch," I said. We all laughed for a second until Cole went and poured all the popcorn in a bowl and took it back into the living room. As soon as he left, Cassandra said, "did u get that text from Zoe about her and Nathan being late?" "Yea I did," I said as I walked over to the fridge. "I'm really worried about her. What if Nathan isn't who he says he is?" she said. I grabbed a bottle of water and thought about the thought. "I guess you have a point but if she needed us, she would call or send out a distress signal." "Yeah I guess," she said as she walked back over to the plate of cookies. She picked up the tray and said, "you're right she'll probably be here soon." We both walked back into living room. The others were watching the news on the t.v. "Cassandra. Lotte. I think I found Zoe," Jillian said as she pointed toward the screen. We stood there and listened to the newscaster. "Yes there have been more disappearances all over the U.S. this past week as the terrorist group The Followers of the Eye have used young men to persuade powerful young girls. Many girls have gone missing such as Rebecca Allen from Mobile,Alabama." A picture of the redheaded girl I had met before I left appeared on the screen. I heard Dexter say, "That's my brother's girlfriend." The newscaster continued, "there have been many other cases like this and they seem to be going north toward Europe but no one is for sure why." Just as he said that, my phone beeped. I looked on the screen and saw a distress signal from Zoe. "Looks like Zoe needs us," Cassandra said. I called the First Lady and told her everything. She told us all to come to White House now. We each got on a motorcycle and rode for about half an hour until we reached the White House. Once we got there, we were escorted to the Oval Office. The First Lady, President, and two other fellows with their backs turned sat on a couch. The man that turned around looked to be in his 30s. He stood up and walked over to us with the First Lady. "Cole,Lotte, and friends may I introduce General Boon," she said. We all said our hellos, when the other boy stood up and walked over to us. He had deep brown hair and hazel eyes. "Hey princess," he said. "Hello Carter," I said. "You know this guy?" Cole asked. "Sorta we collided when I was heading to your room," I said and I looked back over to Carter. "Since when do you work for the Pentagon?" I asked. "To be honest, you never asked. My turn to ask a question. Since when are you a spy?" he asked. "You never asked," I asked. "Ok back on subject, was your friend taken by a fellow that looks like this?" the First Lady asked as she showed us a picture of Nathan. "Yes," Cassandra said. "Well the Followers of the Eye have somehow been mass producing this charming,handsome young men. They have using these men to lure powerful girls into traps and your friend was an easy target," she said. "So what's he plan?" Trevor asked. "To stop this before it gets out of hand and before they start producing different boys. Cole,Lotte, and Carter will go to Germany and meet with some German spies to discuss this matter. Everyone else we stay here and train," General Boon said. I thought about what had to be done and decided I had no other choice. "When do we leave?" I asked. "9 o'clock tomorrow morning," he said.
