The Forgotten Gallagher Girl

Part One

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Cammie

I walk into the Gallagher mansion with my mom trailing behind me. "CAMS!" Yells a familiar British accented person. "Good to see you too Bex." She grabs one of my suitcases and helps me lug them up the staircase to our new dorm for the year. It's beside the picture of the first Gallagher girl to MIA that was still under The Gallagher Girl training. She went on a mission for the CIA and never returned. Her name is a legend here and reminds us of what can happen, except is happened to her, Carla Knewno. She went in 8th grade but has been declared MIA the year after she was supposed to return. It's quite sad really. She would be in my class this year if she was still alive. I gaze at the picture a second longer then turn back to Bex. "Let's go in, Macey and Liz should be here soon and we both know we don't want Macey unpacking our stuff." Bex nods and we both begin to unpack our clothes and put them in drawers or the closet. I am hanging up my last Gallagher skirt when Macey flies in. With Liz dazed behind her. "Ah Bex and Cams! How was your summer? Especially you Cam, we defeated the COC in Freshman year so how does it feel to be normal?" We all laugh at the joke and know that you can never be normal when your a spy. "But did you guys see? We are right next to the painting of Carla Knewno. It's wicked!" Replays Bex. They nod and we begin to help them unpack and soon we are done and walking down to the Gallagher Mansion mess hall. "Hey Cammie!" "Hey Tina." "Is it true that your mom picked a lock using bones of a fish? Or that-" "No Tina." She sighs and we walk to our usual table. Already in front of us are the appetizers. There is a green salad and all the different crackers and cheeses you could ever eat. Bex sits right down and grabs for food filling her plate up. "Bex... You know that we still have a main course and dessert right?" "Of course I do." She scoffs. "I'm hungry." We look at each other knowingly. Typical Baxter. I sit down and just as I am placing a serving of salad on my plate my mom steps to the stage. "Who are we?" "We are the sisters of Gillian." "And what do we do here?" "Fight for our honor and by her sword." We sit back down and my mom starts her speech that she makes up on the spot. "Good evening girls I am happy to see you all back here for this semester. Some quick things going on. 5 Gallagher Girls will be going to Blackthorne from our Sophomore class." Everyone glares jealous of our luck. "And that-" "CODE RED CODE RED CODE RED. SECURITY BREACH BY MAIN WING." The alarms blair and the screen behind us lights up to see a girl that is covered in blood, scrapes, and bruises. Her shirt is barely hanging on and everything is dirty. Her hair is matted and covered in mud and blood. The girls gasp and my mom runs for the door. Soon her figure appears on the camera. "Hello what can I do for-" "Rachel. It's me." The girl does some weird thing with her hands and my mother pales. She then grabs the girl and rushes her inside. Soon my mother's voice is over the intercom. "All Doctor personals to the medical bay. Alpha team to infirmary to do blood testing." We all jump up and run to the infirmary the teachers just behind us. My mother is drawing blood from the girl and basically throws the vial at Liz. "Get the blood type because only one person in the Gallagher history has had her blood type." Liz takes the vial and we all run down to the lab. "Macey get a syringe, Cam a microscope, Bex a slide and also a mask." Quickly I get a high tech microscope as Liz is putting a drop of blood on a slide. I plug in the microscope and Liz goes to work. She scribbles things on a paper and then crosses them out just to write the same things again. Suddenly she jumps up and rushes out the door. Quickly the rest of us run after her and quickly catch up. "What's her blood type?" "You won't believe me but it's AB-." Even I am shocked, that's one of the rarest blood types on the world. We round the corner and burst into the infirmary. "AB-" we say collectively. "It's true then, she's not dead!" My mother grins a huge grin and turns to us. "She's back, Carla Knewno is back!" All of our jaws drop and my mom just smiles. "Mrs.Morgan? You may want to look at this." She motions us to follow and the girl is lying on her back. Along her right arm is a scar that has been clearly cut by a knife. It reads "Property of Catherine Goode." I also notice about 5 gunshot wounds. My mom nods and signals for us to leave. We walk to CoveOps in silence but when we get to the elevator Bex yells. "OMG SHES ALIVE. LIKE LIVING AND BREATHING!" The words settle over us and this time Liz talks. "What if she gets to dorm with us! I bet we can fit another bed in there. Oh and we can show her around and-" the elevator opens and Mr.S stops mid sentence. "Class dismissed, Cammie, Bex, Macey, and Liz please stay." The girls file out and we sit down in front of Mr.S. "So the news is already out about Carla Knewno to all the teachers. You four will be showing her around and she will be forming with you." Liz is smiling like a real smile right now and Bex is awe struck. "But, most importantly she will be going with you four to Blackthorne. At first it was going to be Tina but now the tables have turned. You will be leaving tomorrow at 6pm so start packing. Oh and Macey put some clothes off to the side so she can have some clean ones. Preferably lose one's due to her injuries. The rest of you need to think up a plan for a stunning entrance." We nod and leave when my mother's voice for the second time echoes through the loud speaker. "Alpha team to infirmary, Alpha to infirmary." We walk down the halls to the infirmary and see my mother with Carla. The blood has been wiped away and now just minor cuts cover them. Her back and stomach are different stories though. They are covered in scars and hundreds of bruises but other than that she looks normal. Her shoulders are broad and I can tell she can pack a punch just by looking at her arms. You can't see the muscles vividly but they are there. The same with her legs. She basically looks like us just more skinny due to malnourishment I guess. "Girls this is Carla Knewno, Carla these are Cammie, Bex, Liz, and Macey." We smile at her but when she looks at Liz she pales. "Лиз изглеждаш точно като Мая" Whos Maya and why does she say she looks like Liz. "Мая, Кристин, Елизабет, всички са мъртви." A single tear goes down her face but she doesn't notice it. "The past is the past and I can't change it by will." She says under her breath. They must be her teammates. But, to have all of your teammates die. Wow. If I did not have Macey, Liz, and Bex then I don't know what I would do. "Yes I can see the resemblance. Girls show Carla to her dorm and that's it. We turn to leave and Carla trails along behind us. We climb up the staircase is silence then Carla breaks it. "I'm just going to get some things out of my dorm." She mumbles then disappears into the dorm beside us. Liz shrugs then we all walk inside our dorm. There is a new bunk bed inside already, a small bookcase, four drawer vanity and some simple toiletries on top. Liz and I begin strategizing how to make a stunning entrance while Macey is going through our clothes. "We could blare music and them jump down from the rafters. Or we could jump glass ceiling! They have a retractable roof." "We should do the roof thing!" Liz nods and we turn to see a bed made up neatly, 3 empty suitcases laying on top, a picture of 4 girls on the nightstand, and Carla neatly putting books on the shelf in alphabetical order. "Okay here you go Carla, these should for for you." Macey comes out with 5 hoodies in varying colors and some athletic pants. "谢谢，这是梅西的权利吗?" Macey nods then turns to us, Carla looks at her as if waiting for commands. "Okay we are leaving for Blackthorne tomorrow and we need to be prepared. Everyone start packing!" Macey pulls Carla over and starts figuring out what makeup tone she is. I turn and begin to throw clothes into my bag and about 3 hours later all of us are packed. "That's it now I want to sleeeeeeep!" Says Bex we all laugh including Carla. Wow she is coping with this really well. Liz looks at her questingly and then speaks. "You read our files." She says flatly. Carla blushes for a second then nods. "Your mom gave them to me. She told me to try and remember what I could from the files." "Well science you know all about us tell us something about you!" She nods. "My code name is Mockingjay and I was part of Le team. The girls in the pictures are Maya, Elizabeth, and Cristine. They tried to save me but ended up inhaling a toxic gas and they were killed." Pain fills her eyes but she presses on. "Catherine Goode tried to get information about Gallagher by tout urging me but the only thing I would speak to her was no. Soon she was overthrown and a bomb was set off causing me to be thrown into the woods. After I awoke I was determined to find my way back to my sister hood. I was in North Carolina when I was finally able to squire a map and finally found myself here. Back where I belonged." Bex is grinning like a mad person and speaks up. "All in favor of another Alpha team member say "I"." All of us say I and Carla just stands there stunned. "Well it's unanimous. Welcome to the Alpha team Carla Knewno!" She stares at us happily then we all group hug. "I vote we get some sleep. We could try to convince Mr.S to let us leave early." States Macey. We all nod and change into our pajamas. Then Carla starts up the new conversation. "So what's the plan for tomorrow's entrance." "Well Blackthorne has a retracting roof that's made of glass. We could jump in doing some sort of flip and each of us land on a different table." We all nod but Carla thinks for a second then she lights up. "You know what would make this better? Black bodysuits." "OMG yes it would!" Squeals Macey. Carla looks embarrassed and pink starts to creep up her cheeks. "Carla, you look so cute when you blush. When we get to Blackthorn I will make sure all of the guys are drooling." She jerks her head up and in one motion is on the other side of the room. "No, no not guys." She says trembling. "Just, let me blend in I really don't want to stand out." We nod and she relaxes. "Sorry but Cathrine would only let males torture me and I'm still not used to it." "Okay, if we get to leave early we should leave at 10am because it takes 2 hours to get there and they start lunch at 12:30. That should give us plenty of time to get onto the roof." We all nod and Liz sets the alarm for 5:45am. "Night." And we all fall into a deep slumber.

Carla

I dream that I am back at Catherines and she's threatening again. "I will have one of my men mark you saying your mine." I shake my head again and she just huffs in annoyance. "Well, I will let Kyle do this so it's painful." She leaves and Kyle walks in with a silver knife. He grabs my arm and begins to cut into my flesh. I choke back a sob and I feel my blood seep out of the wound. Suddenly the alarm goes off and I wake up to Miley Cyrus and see Liz turn it off. The others get up slowly and I head for the shower. Quickly I wash the blood and grime out of my hair thoroughly and cleanse my body with a soap that smells like green tea. The water is cold and I like it like that because it reminds me how alive I am.

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