The Secret Daughter

Chapter 8

"Mica to Liam," I say into the walkie talkie app on my phone.  

"Code names please! Over." Liam hisses through the other end.   

"Ugh, Cobra to Superman." I huff.   

"This is Superman, what's your situation? Over."

  "I'm at the red base with Curly and Chica. Where are you?"

  "Please end your sentence with 'over' so I know you haven't been compromised. We don't want any casualties, over."  

"Okay, where are you? Over." I growl. 

  "Currently I'm heading toward the blue base camp. I believe it's near the pond."   

"Good. What do you want us to do? Over."   "You leave Curly and Chica there. I need you to create a diversion. You might get yourself captured, but I think you can make it away."   "I'm good with distractions. Besides, nobody can catch the cobra. Over."

  "Okay, If you go west past the swings about 3 hundred yards, Niall is posted as a lookout. He nearly caught me, over."   "I'll be careful." I say.  

"Wait there for a while, Niall will get bored. He'll switch out with Zayn as lookout. Follow Niall, he'll lead you straight to the base."  

"And that's when I create the distraction?"  

"Yes, I'll see you then." Liam says.  

"No, you won't. Over." I shove my phone in my pocket.

"Don't you dare lose that baby." I hiss at Harry. He nods. I take off toward the playground and slip past the swings into the wooded area. Just about   300 hundred yards away, A flashlight cuts through the darkness. Niall.   

"This is Nando's to Carrots, Is Mirror almost here?"

"Carrots to Nando's he'll be there soon, over."  Zayn is coming. Soon there is crashing throught the brush.  

"Give me the torch," Zayn says. Niall hands it over and takes off the way Zayn came. I quietly take off after him. We walk for a few minutes, him trampling brush and me slipping quietly behind.   "Finally!" Louis says. "You need to take this one to prison!" I look up to see Louis holding Liam by the wrist and gasp. Everyone falls silent.  

"Did you hear that?" Zayn shines the flashlight around and I dodge behind a tree. 

  "Yes.." Louis say, looking around. I silently run in the other direction, first out of fear, then a plan starts to form. I lie on the ground and smear my face and shorts with dirt. I add a few leaves to my hair, and scream a terrified wail. And again. And again. And again. Soon, there's cracking branches.  

"MICA!" Liam is there first, closely followed my Zayn and Louis. I scream again and squirm on the ground.

  "MICA!" Now Harry and Lux come running up with Niall on their tails. Louis and Zayn walk forward to help me up. In one fluent motion I grab their wrists and pull myself up, then twist their arms around. Niall turns to run, but Liam grabs him.

  "We win." I say simply. Harry and Lux high-five and we take off toward the playground.

  "That was so unfair," Louis whines, but I laugh. The moon is out now and we make our way to the car sleepily.

  "Can we get something to eat before we go?" Niall begs as I push Louis out of the driver's seat. Harry takes his place.  

"I'm starving too." I moan, lying my head on Liam's shoulder. He flashes a smile at me.  

"Sure we can," Harry turns into the parking lot of a fast food chicken place. He orders way more than any human being should be allowed to eat in one night and we take off toward the house.   

"Harry, turn up the radio!" Zayn says suddenly. Harry does as he says.   "It's us!" Liam cries. Lux claps her hands. 

  "One Direction One Direction!" She chants, giggling. 

  "I've tried playin' it cool, but l when I'm looking at you, I can never be brave cuz you make my heart race." Liam sings to me and I just look away, annoyed. Whatever he's trying to do, it's not working. I pull out my phone and pretend to text as Zayn finishes his line.

  "Get out, get out get out of my head and fall into my arms instead, I don't I don't don't know what it is but you've got that one thing!" Liam pushes my phone onto my lap and I look up into his brown eyes.   

"Stop it!" I yell, overwhelmed by the power of his gaze.  

"Stop what?" 

  "Looking at me like that.. Like you.. Like me or something!" I shout as everyone stares.

  "I do like you."