A/N
I switched up the point of views in this one (don't worry, it's marked) hope you guys like it.

Unknown Location
Building That Looks Like A School
Somewhere in The World
February? March?
0830 Hours

Joshua was strong. And I mean really over the top strong. The you-shouldn't-be-this-strong kind of strong. He yanked me back by my shoulders, so hard that it hurt. But I didn't bother trying to fight back. I knew I didn't need to. Erica would come running out the door any second and save me, just like she always did, and then we'd escape and find a phone. Just like the plan. I looked in the direction of the door. No Erica. 1, 2, 3 seconds later, no Erica. I started twisting now, flailing my body to escape, frantically trying to keep the door in sight so I knew when Erica would come to my rescue. But she never showed. I felt a small flicker of hope when a figure moved in the darkness, but it was squashed when Murray Hill walked out of the door.
"Looking for you girlfriend, Ben?" He taunted. "You think she's gonna save you like she always does? Ha! She lounging around in there without a care in the world. I wouldn't be surprised if she was glad you got captured!"
I tried to convince myself he wasn't referring to Erica. He just couldn't be. She always, always came to my rescue. But, there's no one else Murray calls "my girlfriend." Before I could think anything else, Joshua dragged me through the hallways.

Erica's POV

I should have gone after Ben. I shouldn't have let him believe the plan. I heard what Valerie told him--it's not Valerie's fault, she thought that was the plan too--I should have interfere and told him the real plan. I should have grabbed him from Joshua and punched his lights out. Ben couldn't handle the situation on his own, he needed someone to protect him. That's not your job, I told myself. I had repeated this phrase over and over again in my mind, waiting for it to stick (it hasn't.)
I needed it to stuck if I was going to get anywhere on this mission. But don't worry, I hadn't left Ben to the wolves just so that I could be the one in charge on this mission--not even I was that mean--I was already in charge. Basically in charge. Okay, no, I wasn't really put in charge, because this wasn't a mission that was cleared by the administration, Mom and I just did what we wanted and staged it to look like we accidentally got captured. And my mom made me promise not to take control over the mission and not to put myself in danger. Despite popular belief, I was still a normal teenage girl. Maybe not normal, but I still had to listen to my mother. Of course, like most teenagers, I still rebelled. She hadn't noticed it yet, but the entire everything so far has been my idea. I was in charge.
"--and why are you just standing there stone-faced? You should be going after Ben!" Zoe was yelling at me. Everyone was yelling actually, I could just hear Zoe's words clearly (she was the loudest.) I hadn't been trying to be stone-faced, it had just become my normal facial after years of practicing.
"You were supposed to stick to the plan!" Mike jumped in.
"Oh please," I snapped, "Why would the plan be to just run, do you realize how stupid that plan is?" I'll admit, I didn't expect anyone to know that I was lying when I told them the plan (I was a phenomenal liar) but did that really sound like something I would come up with?
"Oh, but you let everyone believe that was the plan and you let Ben just run out there? Teammates are supposed to be on the same team and know what's going on!" Mike again exclaimed. I ignored him and instead turned my attention to Zoe, who had mutter something under her breath.
"What did you say?" I asked, somewhat menacingly. Was that unnecessary? Yes. I had heard what Zoe said, it was "she probably let them capture Ben so she could take control over the mission." Not true. "I let them take Ben for other reasons," I stated, she tried (and failed) to hide her cringe when she realized I had heard what she'd said.
"Oh yeah," She fired back, trying to regain her confidence, "What is that then?"
"To get SPYDER off our backs," I told her. Everyone's eyes went wide when they noticed what was happening. "I figured they had to be listening in on our plans, because why wouldn't they? I'm sure they figured we would try to escape, which is why Joshua was ready to catch Ben. But, now they think they've conquered our plans, even though those weren't our plans in the first place."
"You gotta be one step ahead of 'em," Mia pitched in. She was always there with her unhelpful backup.
"So, what's the real plan?" Zoe asked meekly.
"Well," I began, "Contrary to what they said, there is absolutely no way SPYDER has spent all their money. They may have a lot of fancy things but they are rich. And SPYDER is a clever group, why would they tell us there actual plans? So, of course, other motives are suspected. I think they want the CIA to know that they have us-" My mom butted in at this point.
"But we don't want them to know we've been captured, because they might send someone after us, falling right into SPYDER's hands," She said. "So, we need to delay them letting anyone know they have us as long as we can. Once someone figures out how to do that, let me know, because I have nothing." Everyone dispersed. I had business to attend to.

I found Valerie standing with Scarlett and Mia. No surprise there, they tended to group together.
"What did you tell Ben?" I demanded in a harsh whisper. She sucked in a breath.
"What makes you ask that?" She asked.
"He wouldn't tell me what you told him, so it was obviously a secret, so what is it and why can't you tell me?"
"Okay, just remember, I'm your best friend, so don't get mad at me. We were just talking, and you got brought up in the conversation, and I just kept talking, and-"
"She told him about you and Joshua," Mia interrupted her. I was internally screaming. This was just great. Valerie stared at Mia in disbelief. "What?" Mia asked, "You weren't getting to the point fast enough. And you called yourself your best friend when I'm obviously her best friend."
I took a deep breath. There were more important things to attend to. "And why," I asked, "Did you tell him?"
"He needed to know! He was really upset with you because you were acting so cold and I figured you wouldn't want him to be mad at you," Valerie told me. I'll confess, I have talked to ten about Ben before (and maybe--maybe--more than once) but I promise, that was strictly for business matters. I wasn't sure if Valerie knew that, though.
"I'm always cold around them, they literally call me the Ice Queen." All of them smirked, slightly at the name. "And it doesn't matter to me if he was upset with me, that's not my problem!"
"If you want him to like you it is!"
"I don't want him to like me!"
"Wait," Scarlett said, her hands forming a "T" to signal "time out." "I thought you liked him. Don't you?"
I should have yelled "no!" right away. But I didn't. I hesitated, and it was a second too long. Long enough for them to know I was pondering it, long enough to know that I was carefully choosing my words. So, rather than answer "yes" or "no," I did my best to change the subject. "It doesn't matter if I like him or not, I'm a spy, I can't be in a relationship, it gets in the way of spying, much like it's doing now. So, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to do my job!" I tried to walk away, but Mia grabbed my hand and held on tight.
"Nope! You can't leave until you answer yes or no," She exclaimed. Quite childish of her.
I looked her directly in the eyes and managed to declare, "no," without changing my facial expression. Mia let go off my hands and held hers up in surrender.
"But if you do like him," Valerie began, not nearly as eager as I was to drop the subject, "I suggest you change your attitude before he falls for Zoe over there." I shouldn't have told them about that.
This time I did manage to storm off, aggravated to say the least, because as much as I hate to admit it, they were right.

Ben's POV

I was tied down to a chair back in the room we had been in before. I didn't even bother struggling. What was the point!? If my team didn't care enough to save me after obviously not telling me what the real plan was, then I didn't care enough to get back to them any time soon. But when Emily burst through the door, I knew I had to warn them.
"They've changed their plans!" She exclaimed, "And I think they're onto us."

Side note: sorry if that's not how you imagined Erica's inner thoughts to be. It never mentions her thoughts in the actual books, so I was just making things up.