DISCLAIMER: I don't own the amazing Gallagher Girl books – Ally Carter does.

"Oof!" Suddenly there were three other bodies in the room. As they untangled themselves, I stood there with my jaw about ten feet from my mouth. A small bundle crashed into me and screamed "CAMMIE!" at the top of her lungs. I picked myself off the floor and returned the hug to Liz. The siren was still wailing in the background, but none of my friends seem fazed. On the contrary, they seemed cool and calm, waiting for me to do something.

"What are you guys doing here?" I managed eventually.

"Is that all we get? No 'hello-my-wonderful-friends-how-nice-it-is-to-see-you-again'?" demanded a dishevelled Macey. I gave a shaky laugh.

"Um, hi? You do realise that you set an alarm off, so anytime soon this cosy reunion will be interrupted?" Bex just grinned. I had a sneaky suspicion that she was looking forward to something like that.

"We came to rescue you, so get yourself up that shaft and outta here!" Macey said. I began peering up into the hole they had created. It was far from neat, and I doubted that we would all be able to hoist ourselves up, but I gave it a go...

Fifteen minutes and three seconds later we were getting our breath back at the end of the tunnel. You know what everyone says about there being a light there? Well, whoever came up with that expression was wrong. It was as dark as night. Several times we heard an 'oopsy-daisy!' from in front, where Liz was leading us out. She was using her new infra-red sensor that beeped louder every time you got closer to your target. We all had comms units on and the repetitive beeping was driving my head in. After several months of having one person to talk to, it was hard getting used to so much noise.

We froze as we heard a crash behind us. There was a shout, and a shriek of anger and annoyance. They had obviously found the hole in the roof! We scrambled along on our hands and knees, trying to get to wherever the tunnel ended. There was one question I didn't want to ask, for fear of no answer: we might have got out of the building ok, but how would we get back to the Gallagher Academy? Was there anyone else out there? Or was it just four teenage spies trying their luck?

I was about to find out. I clambered out of the shaft after Bex and stood squinting through the night. Except we weren't outside. Far from it. Even though there were no lights on, and there was one less bed in it, I felt a tear welling up in my eye. It was the place I loved, the place I could call home...

Dun dun duh! Where is it? It's probably fairly obvious, but maybe I'll twist the plot a little... :) Please review; good and bad comments are both appreciated!

-wolfergirl