Immortal Affliction (Sequel to Immortal Perfection)

Chapter Ten.

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Chapter Ten:

Sunday: February 15, 2015

Zayn’s POV:

Five days. Five fucking days have passed and there has been nothing. He hasn’t moved. He hasn’t spoken. He hasn’t even twitched a little bit. Every single bad thought that I could possibly think of was running through my mind. I had some faith until the third day in. Usually it wouldn’t take this long for a newborn to wake up. On most occasions they would wake up with solid black eyes begging for something to make their intense hunger go away but not in this case. Harry was obviously out cold and I wasn’t sure if he was actually dead or not. It was hard to tell if a newborn was actually going to survive the turning and it was destroying me not knowing if it was successful. 

I was sitting on the floor next to our bed with my knees pulled up to my chest as I kept a close eye on Harry. Pyro, Mavis, and Sagi also had their eyes glued to him as they lay on the bed with worried thoughts running through their minds. I had told them that we shouldn’t worry yet but even I couldn’t believe that my hope was still at full force. 

I heard a knock on the bedroom door and muttered, “Come in.”

Louis opened the door and gave me a sad look as he saw my current state, “Any progress?” I just shook my head with my gaze still locked on Harry. “Why don’t you come out and talk to me and Niall for a little while? You need to get out of this room for some time. You’ve been sitting there for days now.”

Had I been sitting here that long? It seemed like I had just sat down but then again I could spend eternity staring at my curly haired beauty. Even if I was here for days I didn’t want to leave Harry’s side. I needed to stay here for him.

“I’m fine.”, I mumbled with no emotion in my voice.

Louis stepped closer to me and put a hand on my shoulder, “Look man. I know that you’re worried. We are too. But you can’t lock yourself up like this. You haven’t eaten and if you don’t get some blood in your system soon then you won’t be able to do anything for him when he wakes up.”

I sighed knowing that he was right about that. If I was too weak then I wouldn’t be prepared for what might happen when Harry awoke. And I knew that his awakening might not be so pretty. I slowly stood up and looked at the furry trio, “Watch him for me ok? And if something happens one of you alert me.”

They all gave me reassuring looks so I turned to Louis and we walked out of the dark room. I winced at the light that flooded the living room. I hadn’t seen any sort of light for a little while so it came as quite a shock to me. As we sauntered into the kitchen I saw Niall sitting at the table and there was a cup of blood next to the seat across from him. I grabbed the glass and put it up to my lips trying to drink it as fast as possible so I could get back to Harry.

Louis grabbed the cup out of my hand and set it on the table, “Don’t drink it so fast. It’ll make you feel nauseous. Take a seat.” He motioned to the chair in front of me and I hesitantly sat down. 

I watched him take a seat next to me and he spoke up after a moment of semi awkward silence, “Zayn I think we need to have a serious talk.”

I shook my head, “I don’t want to hear it right now Louis.”

“We need to talk about it. We can’t just let him lay on that bed forever.”

I gritted my teeth, “I said that I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Zayn! Open your eyes! Don’t you understand that his body may reject this lifestyle?!”

I slammed my hands on the table making the edge break off, “Shut up! Don’t fucking say things like that! You don’t know-“

Before I knew it I was on the ground and my eyes widened when I realized how I had gotten there. Niall was standing above me with a look of pure rage on his face. “No! You shut up Zayn! You need to listen to what we have to say! No more beating around the bush! It’s bullshit! Get yourself together, swallow your fucking pride and have this damn conversation!”

For a few seconds all I could do was stare at him in pure shock but I slowly got up from the floor and shook my head, “You’re right.” 

The look of pure terror that was once on Louis’ face had disappeared with shock. Niall had never spoken out of turn let alone attack someone like that. He was usually so kind and gentle and this whole thing made me respect him in a way that I never did before. 

Niall stuttered, “I-I am?”

I nodded, “Yes. I’ve been useless and stupid and we need to figure this out.” I sat back down on the chair and the other two did the same. “I’m sorry Louis. You can continue.”

Louis, who still looked absolutely confused, nodded, “Umm…yea. So I think that maybe we should just figure things out more. Like I don’t think that we thought it through enough. If he does wake up then is this apartment in the middle of a big city full of people really the place that he should be? It’s just full of temptation and he could easily escape. We don’t know how he’s going to be during the first few days or even weeks of his awakening. We need to be more prepared.”

Niall nodded in agreement and I spoke up, “I agree with that. We really didn’t have the time to think this over. Are you proposing that we move somewhere more remote?”

“Yes. And we need to do it fast. If he wakes up in the next day then we need to be at our new destination. It’ll be dangerous for everyone if we aren’t fully prepared.”

I knew that Louis had a good point and there was no arguing with any of this. I got up from my seat, “You find the place and I’ll be ready. Just let me do some packing and we’re ready to go.”

Louis and Niall both looked at each other and started to discuss the best place to go as I walked down the hall to our bedroom to get ready. I hated moving so much but he was right. Things could definitely go south if Harry was a difficult newborn and I didn’t want to be in the middle of a slaughter. 

I opened the door slowly, hoping that Harry would be sitting up in bed rubbing his eyes like he always did when he first woke up but just like I assumed he was still laying there, eyes closed and body still. 

I kissed his cheek and half smiled, “You’re gonna be alright baby. Everything is going to be alright.”