Niall Horan
I had blacked out. The last thing I remembered was being dragged rapidly down a flight of stairs by my feet and then through a dark and cold hallway down another fight of stairs barely able to move my jaw muscles. The place was pitch dark when I opened my eyes- I was under the impression I had gone blind for a minute- but that wasn't my biggest worry at that point. It was creepily quiet and cold like I was near a supermarket fridge. I instantly noticed I was lying on concrete and when I felt around me with my hands as I sat up, there was a bit of liquid around me- I must have peed. I had a headache the size of the moon and I could tell my nose was bleeding. My heart rate began to speed up and that's when I thought scared, frightened and petrified: where are my friends?
"Liam!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and my voice echoed around me, confirmation that I was surrounded by some sort of metal.
Remembering I was with him when I started to get sick, I quickly got to my feet bellowing his name once more with my anxiety coming back. I felt unbalanced because I couldn't see, as well as I panted so much I felt like I needed an asthma pump. Next thing I knew I heard a gasp to my right.
"N-N-N - Niall ?" Harry whispered weakly. "Is that you?"
"Harry?" I said turning to face the direction in which I heard his feeble voice.
"Over here," he whispered like he was crying and or in pain.
"I can't see, Harry. Harry are you alright? Are you hurt? Oh man, I don't know how to get over to you. Where are the rest of the boys?"
"I don't know," he replied sounding now like he was definitely crying, "first that psychopath tasered me then she hit me over the head knocking me out, and after that when I woke up she injected me with something and it made me sick."
"Harry? Niall?" I heard Zayn's voice call from the left of me, almost as feebly as Harry's.
"Zayn? Oh my gosh are you alright?" My voice trembled. "Where's Louy and Liam?"
"I'm over here," I heard Louy's voice say. He sounded a little bit better than Zayn and Harry but still sounded weak.
"Oh my God," Harry sobbed, "my head feels like it's going to explode. It hurts so bad. Louy? Where are you?"
"I'm over here Harry," Louy said anxiously, "just keep talking and I'm going to follow your voice and try to get over to you."
"Liam!" Zayn called as I sat back on the floor.
"I'm here!" Liam responded from the south of me sounding sick. "I was out, I just woke up. Where are we? Why is it so dark?"
"It was that crazy bitch!" Zayn spat,"she's doing this!"
"I don't know where we are." Louy responded. "I think we're in some sort of cellar. "
Louy bumped into me feet first as he tried to make his way over to Harry who was singing the English national anthem to get Louy over to him. Louy grabbed my arm and put himself on my level.
"Niall?"
"Yes." I said anxiety still taking me over as I helped Louy bend down next to me.
"Harry stop singing, it'll make your headache worse. I can't get over to you yet. Right, now I want all of you to listen to me carefully- " Louy said in leadership, still shaky but staying strong for us.
Harry stopped singing and everyone's breathing got softer including mine.
"Right- now I want you all to check your pockets for your phones." Louy instructed.
"I don't have mine!" Harry said crying louder now.
"Me neither," Zayn said sounding freaked out. "I think that bitch took it!"
"I don't," Liam said now crying. "I only have my wallet."
"What does this girl want from us?" Zayn cried.
"Boys stay calm alright." Louy soothed still gripping my arm tightly in fear. "Look what we need to do is come together- follow my voice over here-"
Before Louy could finish his sentence we suddenly heard music. Our music, our song 'I would' in particular.
"Louy, I'm scared." Zayn cried in a whisper. "What does she want?"
Before anyone else could react the lights came on. They were bright and blinding. I shut my eyes tightly trying to have my eyes adjust to the sudden light. The music had gotten a bit louder and that's when I opened my eyes and observed my new surroundings. The place looked like a rather large kitchen sink with a grey concrete floor. I could see in the far corner five white bunk beds, looking exactly like the ones we had back at the contestants' house. As a matter of fact the section where the beds were was an exact replica of the room we had on the show, there were bars separating us from what looked like a basement too. In the basement there were masks, make up, loads of wigs of many colors, things that looked like voice amplifiers and fake skins for movie characters, tools, pitchforks and much more.
The boys got suddenly hysterical with fear. I got to my feet and I turned to look at each of their faces: Zayn had a cut on his forehead with puffy tear filled eyes, Louy had a cut on his lip, Liam had bruises all over his eyelids almost like he was pepper sprayed. Harry had several small cuts on his face as well. And I could feel that I was hit in the nose.
"Guys," Harry sobbed getting over to Louy to have him hug him.
"Liam, " I said to Liam who was examining the room with wide eyes. "What happened?"
"I-I-I-I," he stammered as tears rolled down his cheeks.
"Guys," Zayn said still having a full blown tear off, "we need to get out of here."
Suddenly we heard footsteps coming from a staircase at the far right hand corner of the basement and with my heart hammering in my chest like an 808 Drum, I backed up against the wall and the boys followed. Harry held on to Louy like he were his first born son. Liam and Zayn were hugging in fear like two little girls that were sharing their mutual fear of the dark. And I stood as the fifth wheel in the middle of them all. We watched in fear as Marium approached.
"Hello boys," she said casually and my heart leaped.
She was now perfectly groomed dressed in black, like she was showered and ready for a party, with makeup and all. There was a psychotic glint in her brown eyes as she stared at us. And I also couldn't help but notice that she looked somewhat different in her facial structure.
"What the fuck do you want with us you crazy bitch!" Louy spat as he comforted the still crying Harry. "Let us the bloody hell go!"
"Louy, Louy," she said pacing a bit with her nail file in her hand. "You know something? You were always the one I hated. You and your pesky control freak attitude. But don't worry living here with us in due time we'll 'break it out of you', soon enough."
"What the fuck do you mean 'us'?" Zayn spat.
I was wondering the same thing about that 'us'. Why did she say us? My goodness was her parents in on this too? Was this some sort of prank or something? Because if Nickelodeon or some sort of reality show was behind this I am not laughing, I thought. I was still in denial that this was actually happening to us.
"Zaynie baby," Marium tutted with a creepy smile,"you're being a very bad boy right now, and that simply won't do. You really don't want to be an example to your friends, of what happens to bad boys in this house. I'm your biggest fan you shouldn't be disrespectful!"
"Why are you doing this?" Liam asked.
"Seriously the number of times I've heard that fucking line!" She spat having a psycho tantrum. "I'm doing it because I want to fucking do it!" She laughed then she added. "Because I'm your most dedicated fan is why!"
We all jumped in fear.
"Now since you boys need a first lesson in manners before we can begin our new life together let me get my toys-"
We all looked at each other. I could have sworn I heard the guys' heartbeats. I'm not sure how that was possible but I heard it.
"So," she said as she cranked up what looked like a gun! "Who wants to play 'Hop Scotch?'
I involuntarily bent down grabbing Louy's shirt in fear. Zayn and Liam hugged each other in utter fear as they screamed. Harry jumped on Louy, and Louy just stood there giving her the evil eyes.
"Bitch got a gun!" Zayn screamed.
"You won't shoot us," Louy said trembling.
"Oh really?" She said coldly with arched eyebrows.
She pointed the gun at Louy from what I could see, and pulled the trigger! Harry screamed a most high pitched scream I had never heard before and I the same without even noticing it until it echoed. The loud shot echoed around us as well, and when I looked up Louy was quivering, my hand was still on his shirt and he was just fine. The bullet had landed not five centimeters away from his head, over his head!
I watched as Marium blew on the tip of the pistol with her red lipstick lips and breathed:
"Try me."
She sounded different too I couldn't help but notice as well.
"Seriously!" Louy said challengingly instead of scared, which shocked me considering this nut job was trying to kill him. "What do you want from us? Hmm, money, fame, policy? What do you want? If you want money Niall has a half a million dollar car down the road you can have it!" He threw the keys to the car on the floor to her.
"Look- look, if you want money we have loads of it we can just give to you. If you just let us go-"
"Money!" She said through a bark like laugh.
"I don't want your stupid money Lou-Lou. I want something much more valuable : All of you."
"Why do you want us?" Harry sobbed.
"Because," She said with a smile, "you're my friends! Except for you Zayn, I have a bit more than friendship on my mind for the both of us."
"Me?" Zayn whispered through his tears.
I was confused- I thought she wanted Harry. I thought that was the reason she slept with him.
"Now, sister don't scare the boys off before they get a chance to feel at home." Said another person's voice- the voice of the person we were all talking to earlier.
I couldn't believe my eyes when she showed herself. There were two of them! Louy gasped wide eyed, Harry shook his head in denial. Zayn cried harder and Liam had an anxiety attack just like mine.
"Hello boys," the other twin that just arrived said. I was pretty sure she was the one we met earlier. She was Marium. "I hope Aiden here didn't scare you too much."
She was dressed identical to her twin, but had a much kinda face, but still psychotic looking at that point.
"You - you- " Louy stammered, as he moved forward toward the bars. "You're Aiden!"
"Oh my God!" Harry shouted as snot ran from his nose.
"YOU!" Louy said his eyes now filling with tears. "You set up everything! You fucking tricked us you planned out everything didn't you!"
"She disguised herself!" Zayn spat. "Posing as a boy! I knew something was up!"
"You did?" Aiden asked taken aback. "Then why did you fall right into it then? God you guys are dumb. And you Louis- my God, I can't believe it took you of all people this long to figure it out? You didn't even suspect a thing, until you were bitch slapped. What? Was your brain on buffering or something?"
"Why are-" Louy tried to ask looking defeated.
"- we doing this?" Aiden interjected finishing his sentence. "Because we're your biggest fans silly! And we wanna keep you for ourselves, here, forever." She smiled a most psychotic smile.
"Exactly," Marium added with folded arms, "all we want to do is play with you guys. Play 'contestants' house'."
"You can't keep us here forever!" I spat feebly. "Once our families, our friends, Michelle and the fucking world realizes we're gone- they'll come looking for us!"
"True," Marium said with a frown as she paced, "but see Niallie, there's just one tinci problem with that nicely put together 'fool's comfort' - how can one find something when they have no idea where to look for it?"
"They will find us anyway!" I spat angrily as my thoughts traveled to Andy. I hoped to God that she saw the message. When people start to realize we're gone she is brave enough to go to the police or something. I hoped that whatever we felt for each other for that short time we were together in that hotel room would make her care enough about me to want to find me.
"Keep telling yourself that Niallie," Marium laughed."And probably after being here a few years, you may just believe it."
"See, we've been planning all this," Aiden said using her index finger to gesture around the room, "for years!"
"And guess what boys?" Marium added, "you made it way too easy. We studied your every move figured out what each of your weaknesses are and we played on it to a T."
"Yup, " Aiden said in agreement, "Harry you really shouldn't fuck random bitches you found in the woods! Nor should you decide to go meet some random 'fan'."
"And Niallie, you really shouldn't be so quick to accept food from strangers!" Marium added with a laugh.
"You evil bitches!" Liam spat. "You fooled us!"
Marium and Aiden looked at each other then they looked at Liam. Aiden seemed to have been holding Liam's phone and looking at his pictures.
"You know Liam," Aiden began, "your son and baby mama are really cute. It makes me wonder just how cute they'd both look if they were dead!"
That was it for Liam, he huffed and charged against the sturdy metal bars shaking them frantically.
"Don't you dare threaten my family you fucking bitch! You go anywhere near my family and I swear to God I'll 'do you in' myself. "
Zayn quickly tried to restrain Liam as the twins laughed. Marium was holding a camera, something I didn't notice until that moment. It looked as though she was videoing us!
"Good job boys," Marium said as though she was a director, "now with any luck we may get all the good stuff we do on tape for this video diary."
Aiden clapped with a smile, cheering her twin on. And the music suddenly came into focus once more. It was the same song playing repeatedly.
"Are you psychopaths videoing us?" Zayn spat.
"Yup," they answered in unison. "Pretty much. "
"And Zaynie, baby," Aiden pouted. "That is not something nice to say to your future wife and sister-in-law!"
I watched as Marium gave the camera to Aiden to hold. Zayn shot Aiden the evil eyes in a manner I had never seen before.
"Now Harry," Marium said moving over to the metal bars, "I want to tell you the good news-"
I looked at Harry who had slid down the wall leaning on it, crying as he sat on the floor.
"I'm working on getting pregnant right now, see-" She held up a condom which was swimming with semen. "I'm just going to use the turkey baser. Before they die. Because if they do, then I'd have to milk you again." She laughed perkily.
"You're sick!" Harry spat.
"Or maybe I should just drink it?" Marium said as she put the condom up to her mouth. She stuck out her tongue and let three drops of the semen fall on the tip of her tongue. "Hmm," She said closing her eyes, "essence of Harry, so good. I gotta save the rest for the pregnancy."
I was passed sickened as I watched her. I gaged because I needed to throw up.
What if she actually impregnated herself? I was just on the verge of throwing up at the thought of all that too. I looked at all the boys : Louy looked as though he had smelled a rather unpleasant smell, Zayn the same and Liam, why, he could just about kill her.
"It's ironic isn't it? Millions of fans out there would kill to have Harry Styles the way I did. And who should get you? Me-me-me-me!" She cackled insanely. "Oh my God," she gasped, "I need names for the baby!"
"She's out of her mind-" Zayn whispered over his sobs.
"You need to go to a psychiatric institution is what you need!" Harry spat once again.
"Oh Harry," Marium said dreamily, "I love your husky voice!"
The music got extremely high and both twins sat on chairs with crossed legs watching us. Marium was now holding the camera once more videoing us.
"Would he say he's in L-O-V-E. . . . .if it was me then I would, I would. . . ." Aiden sang.
I sat on the floor, and stared at them- with hate. I couldn't believe a few hours ago I was worried about my liking for Andy and people as well herself being alright with me wanting to court her; and also worried about our next album, now I was worried about my literary fighting for my life.
"Sing along!" Marium said with a laugh, humming the tune of the song. "You all of all people should know the words."
"Go to hell!" Louy spat as he sat next to Harry letting him rest his head on his shoulder trying his best to comfort him.
"Oh Lou-Lou," Aiden tutted, "don't get feisty now!"
"Suck my dick!" Louy spat.
"Gladly," Aiden laughed sticking out her tongue at Louy.
"This bitch is crazy!" Liam mumbled.
We had no idea how long we had all been out for but I was starting feel hungry and like I needed to pee. After what felt like three hours of listening to the same song I felt like I was going nuts. It got so bad for each of us that Zayn sat in a corner staring in space rocking as he said in a whisper, "turn it off." Liam had put one of the pillows from the bed over his ears after a few minutes of sadly looking at his son's and Teresa's picture in his wallet with tears in his eyes. Louy was rubbing Harry's head trying to comfort him because he was still crying because of his headache. All I could think about was Andy and my family at this point how I may never see them again and vise-versa. After I looked over at Liam, my main thought changed.
"Listen," I said to him as I moved over to him, after I realized he was still crying about his family, "Micah is safe do you hear me? He's at home with his mom warm in his cot do you hear me? Teresa is fine. She's worried sick about you, but she is okay!"
Liam sobbed and I gave him a hug.
". . .you know Amber's pregnant. . ." I heard Louy whisper to Harry during their conversation where he was trying to comfort Harry.
". . . .really Louy? That's wonderful. . . ." I heard Harry whisper back.
I would have been heartbroken shattered and passed pissed if I had heard about this three days ago, but now, I was just happy for them; mixed with fearful that Louy may never know his son or daughter.
"Could you please turn the music off?" Louy said loudly to the twins with tears in his eyes.
The twins were now knitting what looked like jumpers for us. I could tell because they had our initials on them.
"Are you kidding me?" Marium laughed. " This is my favorite song!"
"Just turn it off," Harry whispered still crying as Louy rubbed his head which was in his lap.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day when I hated the sound of my own voice!" Liam screamed. "Turn the fucking music off! -just turn it off!"
"Oh my gosh, I'm going crazy! Just turn it off!" I said finally.
"Or just change the song please!" Louy pleaded.
"Alright boys," Marium said ignoring Louy getting to her feet, "dinner and bathroom breaks."
As much as I wanted to slit her throat I was happy and relieved to know that she was going to feed us. I saw a sort of relief in Louy eyes as well for the fact of it. I watched her move over to the left side of the basement and she pulled something, a sort of lever and that's when I smelled something weird and I blacked out before I could react.
Louis Tomlinson
I woke up to the smell of food- salsa to be exact. I was sat in a chair at a table bound at the arms and feet to the chair. I had a terrible headache. My vision was blurred for a minute until it got focused I realized I was surrounded by the boys back in the dining room. I felt extremely were all wearing different clothes and smelled like we were showered with women's bath products. For some strange reason my itch to go for a wee was gone. I guess I went on myself back in that awful basement place, and now I was showered and changed? I remembered what had happened when I ran downstairs and raced to Harry's screams. Zayn and I were hit over the head from behind.
"Niall," I tried whispered to him because he was the closest to me. He was was still bordering on unconsciousness. But I couldn't speak, there was something over my mouth blocking my speech.
I thought for a minute about Amber again, how she was pregnant and would be stressed and worried sick about me. My family- how my mother would be having a fit right then. Zayn's eyes were open and so were Harry's, but they were both gaged with a piece of cloth and I realized so was I. We were all wearing a white jumpsuit and barefooted. Liam woke up next and he looked around as he shook the chair frantically and tried in vain to speak and get free. Zayn looked at him trying to tell him with his eyes to be quiet. Harry looked at me in despair as though he were trying to say he was sorry. Somehow Liam removed the gag from his mouth and Zayn's eyes widened and he shook his head frantically trying to tell him not to scream but alas Liam did anyway.
"Help!" He screamed. "Help us!"
Zayn's eyes filled with tears as one of the twins re-entered the room.
"Now-now-" said the one called Aiden who was wearing an apron. "You can scream all you want Lee-Lee. I'm sure as you can remember there ain't even a freaking deer out here for miles!"
She kissed Liam on the forehead and gave him a hug and rubbed his cheek. He flinched at her touch.
"Don't bloody touch me!" He spat.
"You'll be fine. As soon as you get some water and a hot meal that pesky idea of leaving here will be long since forgotten. We gaged you because you were trying to bite us, not to keep you quiet. Dinner in five minutes. " she said with a fake motherly aura.
"Why don't you remove it from their mouths then?"
"Nah, I'll do it when I'm feeding you guys." I watched her walk away back to the kitchen.
"Lads are you alright?" Liam asked weakly.
Niall woke up, but he looked like he could barely hold his head up. Liam looked like he was having an allergic reaction to whatever she gave us because his eyes looked puffy. I felt extremely weak, I had no idea what she was doping us with but whatever it was, it was really strong.
Harry nodded weakly and so did Zayn.
"I promise you, we're going to get out of this alright?" Liam soothed. "Just try to bare through-"
"What's all this nonsense about 'getting out of this?' " Marium asked entering the dining room with a bowl of spaghetti and another with meatballs and salsa.
"Absolutely nothing I hope. It's after eight and too late for this nonsense." Said Aiden in tow of Marium holding a tall jug of ice cold water and five glasses which made me realize just how thirsty I was.
"Okay boys," Marium said putting a plate before each of us, "since there's only two of us and five of you, here's how this is going to work: who's the hungrier? "
"Harry should g-g-go first," Liam said feebly, "he barely had anything to eat this morning."
"Wow," said Aiden in administration, "self sacrifice, see that's why I worship you guys."
"Tell you what sis," said Marium,"I feed Hazza over here and you feed Liam since he's being such a good boy right now. Then we feed Louis and Zayn and I'll just feed Niall after that since he's still a bit out of it."
I watched as the twins fed Liam and Harry. All the while I was praying to God Harry was smart enough not to try anything yet just so he can get some food in his system to get his strength up. I watched Marium feed him as if he were her child in a high chair; it disgusted the shit out of me. Her wiping his mouth as she did it and playing choo-choo train with him. At least Aidan just put the food and water into Liam's mouth casually and wiped it. I couldn't help but stare at the jug, I was just so thirsty.
"You need water sweety?" Marium asked when she noticed I was looking. I cooperatively nodded.
She quickly left Harry's feeding and made her way around to me and poured me water. She pulled down my gag and fed it to me. Water had never tasted so good to me before, it was like heaven, I finished the entire glass before I knew it.
"You need more honey?" She asked being creepily nice.
"Yes, please." I nodded.
And yet again I finished that glass and I was satisfied. Before Marium headed back to feed Harry she fixed the camera which was on top of the furniture videoing the scene. She left it and quickly rubbed Harry's back like she was burbbing him. When she turned to feed me I noticed she showed Harry much more care than she did me. Zayn was being fed by Aiden who was showing him more care than she did Liam. I felt much better after I had eaten I almost felt like myself, except I was tied to a bloody chair.
Niall was to be fed next, he was pale white and he looked at Marium with daggers. In a minute Zayn looked at me then I felt Niall poke me with something under the table as he was being fed. I thought fast and didn't look down. One couldn't tell he was calling my attention by looking at his face. He put what felt like a tiny knife into my hand. What it had seemed was that: they had rotated it from Zayn to Harry, from Harry to Liam and from him to Niall, and from Niall to me! It felt really tiny not more than two centimeters for the blade. Where did Zayn get it? And didn't they take our stuff? Then I remembered Zayn telling me - a few years ago why he grew his hair out : ". . .so I can hide things in it mate. . . ."
Bingo! He grew it out again this year! I sat there for fifteen minutes and Niall purposely ate slowly to buy me time. Aiden took up the dirty dishes and took them to the kitchen, she was doing the dishes I could hear. I then sat and cut through the ropes that bound me. The one on my hands first. Then I sat waiting once they were freed. Marium was not through feeding Niall, she went to the kitchen to fetch him a brownie because he asked for it. And that was my queue I freed my feet so fast it amazed me; the boys hurried me frantically in whispers. Their hands were all untied but they were unable to untie the rope on their feet with their bare hands. I quickly moved around to Niall and cut him loose in what felt like two seconds; he flew to his feet untying Harry who flew to the floor untying Zayn who then flew to Liam's feet untying him. We all headed for the exit but then Marium came back shocked filling her face as Liam tackled her to the floor screaming.
"Go!" Liam shouted at us."I'll catch up! Just go!"
We stood frozen in shock for a second, then we snapped out of it and headed for the door with our hearts hammering.
But there were a bars on the door, it was locked. Smack! Aiden hit Zayn in the back from behind with a cricket bat. I was starting to feel sick again they drugged the food, I knew it! Harry began to fall to the ground in sickness but he got back up determined to leave, he was helping me search for the keys. Meanwhile a weakened Niall wrestled with Aiden along with a now weakened Zayn. Liam was choking Marium on the floor and screaming 'crazy bitch!'. My headache started to come back and I felt faint but I was determined to leave and that's when I found the brass key on the mantle. I quickly opened the bars with shaky hands.
"No!" Aiden screamed as the now choking Niall pinned her roughly against the wall.
I was on the veranda in seconds with Harry behind me. It was raining like mad, then I heard Niall scream:
"Me leg!"
I was standing in the rain inches from Harry who was supporting Niall toward me. The drug was taking over, I could feel it. The rain ran down my arrow straight nose as I turned to see if Liam and Zayn were behind us, they were not. Instead I saw Aiden running towards Harry in the rain with her gun.
"Freeze," she said putting the gun directly on his back.
Harry froze and Niall fell in the mud crying in pain for his leg.
I was inches from the gate, to leave, inches, just inches. My God! Just inches!
"Louy!" Marium called from the veranda holding a weakened Zayn with a knife to his throat, "you can go! But just know if you do I slit his throat!"
"You wouldn't!" I spat at her.
"Oh really?" She said.
I watched terrified as she put the knife to Zayn's throat and he screamed. I could see beads of blood coming from his neck! I looked from the gate to Zayn then:
"Alright!" I shouted moving towards the house. "Alright! I'm here! Just don't hurt him."
"Get inside!" Aiden commanded Harry with her gun in his back.
"Okay," Harry said crying with surrendering hands. "Just let me help Niall inside, please!"
"Make it quick!" She spat as he bent shakily to help up Niall.
I turned to help Harry help Niall as well but: "Don't stop come straight here!" Marium commanded.
I walked shakily back to the veranda, and the sickness made me fall helpless to the floor choking. Marium let Zayn fall to the ground giving me several kicks in the stomach.
"I knew you'd be the one to fucking try something like this!" She said between kicks. " And I didn't even get all this on camera"
I saw Zayn sobbing weak on the floor next to me holding his slightly bleeding neck. Harry was now making his way to the veranda with Niall over his shoulder and Aiden pointing her gun at their backs.
Was this the beginning of the end? I thought as I laid there in pain. Was this how our lives would end? After all we've been through. Was this is how we'd go down? Now way! I'd kill one of them long before they kill me or one of my cubs- because in this situation like all the rest, I am Papa Bear and I always figured a way out - always!