Agent 1 (Book 3)

22. Are you using me as a human shield

So I wasn't planning on updating until I had a few more chapters completed to post, but I figured I'd post this one anyways.

I'm still super busy, and I'm still dealing with a lot of stuff so I don't know when the next update will be. I apologize.

Thirteen's POV

"Wait." Zack says as he grabs hold of my arm again. He looks back at the body and grimaces, his face turning even paler than before.

I look over again but I don't see what he sees. "What?" I question.

He takes several reluctant steps towards it and points. "Didn't Lydia have a bullet wound in her shoulder because of Sam?"

I look at where he's pointing as I mover closer. I kneel back down and probe at the shoulder with my fingers. Zack gags.

"I didn't point it out so you could do that!" He shouts in complete panic.

I roll my eyes at him but continue picking through the slash wounds on the shoulder. They're all just that, slash wounds. No bullet holes.

"You're right." I tell him as I push myself back up so I'm standing. I look back at the necklace in my hand. Zack eyes it too.

"So..." He trails off. "What does this mean?"

I stare at the necklace a while longer. It was a gift from my mom to Lydia, that much I remember her telling me. And she never took it off, even if you couldn't see it, she was always wearing it.

Finally I reply to Zack. "It means someone seriously pissed off Lydia."

Zack pales further. "She did this!?"

"They want her dead," I reply "so she gave them a body." I toss the necklace back onto the body.

"Who did she kill?"

"Probably a guard that came in. Without them running a DNA test they'll assume its her. That buys her some time. Of course the body would have to be unrecognizable."

"I hate your family." Zack mutters quietly.

"Come on." I grab his sleeve and pull him back into the hallway.

"Where are we going now?"

"Did we find Lydia?"

"Well I guess not."

"Then where do you think we're going?"

"After seeing that, I don't want to find Lydia."

I roll my eyes and glare at him, but it's wasted since it's so dark, he can't see me anyway. We move quickly further down the hallway when I hear it. Footsteps coming towards us. I start to call out a warning to Zack but before I get the chance we collide with whoever was moving down the hallway towards us.

I'm thrown backwards into Zack and he can't keep his balance. We go falling over with me landing on top of him.

He lets out a high pitched screech as he lands in the sludge on the floor.

"And here I was worried you were a couple of guards. After that screech I'm assuming not."

"Lydia?" I question.

"Yeah." I hear her grumble as she gets back to her feet. "Which one of the boys did you bring down here that screamed like that? Cause no matter how girly that sounded I know it wasn't you or Lily."

"Zack." I reply as I help him back to his feet.

"Is there an exit back the way you came?" Lydia asks. "There isn't one that way."