I read over the letter again and again. This cannot be happening right now.
Dear Jessica,
I don't know what else to do. I really don't. I haven't talked to you about the whole mask situation because I already know what you were going to say. I know you want to keep your life. I also know you. You want to do everything in your power to keep your loved ones safe as much as possible. That is why I have taken Niall. Don't worry. I haven't hurt him and i don't intend on hurting him. Unless you don't show up. We need to get this over with and move on with our lives. I'm truly sorry but I don't know what else to do. There's is an abandoned dollar store 3 blocks down from the apartment. Go around back to get in. If you go to where they would keep inventory in the back, there will be a secret door behind a metal shelf. We'll be waiting for you.
~Harry
"Louis!" I shout, taking the note and running to his apartment door. I frantically knock on his door until he answers.
"What do you want?" He says as he opens the door.
"Jess? What happened to you? What's wrong? What happened? Are you okay? Why are you crying?" Louis asks concerned as he pushes me into the room and he closes the door.
I can't say anything. I know that if I do, I'll just end up crying more and Louis wont be able to hear or understand me through the tears. So I just give him the note. He looks at me for a second before grabbing the note. He reads it all. His facial expressions changing throughout different parts of the letter. You can tell he's finished reading when he drops the letter and rubs his face.
"He has officially lost it." Louis mumbles loud. Enough for me to hear.
"Okay so,we know where they're at. We just have to go get them. Uh... I'll go get Liam and Zayn. Come with me." Louis says. I follow him to Liam's room first.
"Liam! Hurry up! Open the door!" Louis says banging on the door.
"Coming! Coming!" I faintly hear.
"Why so loud, mate?" Liam says after he opens the door.
"Not a lot of time. Harry kidnapped Niall. Left a note. We have to get him. Now." Louis says. He doesn't even finish talking before he goes over and knocks on Zayn's door.
"Wait. Wait. Wait. What's going on?" Liam says obvious to the situation.
"We'll explain on the car. Just follow us." I say jogging to keep up with Louis.
"Louis! Why the hell are you banging on my door. Don't you know after the second or third time you knock, and nobody answers, they're probably busy?" Zayn complains as he opens the door.
"Did I do something wrong?" Zayn asks tiredly.
"Harry kidnapped Niall and we need to go get them. We're gonna need your help so... Go put on a shirt." I say to Zayn. He just gives us a blank stare for what seems like forever but only lasts a few seconds.
He blinks. "Okay."
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"Turn here!" I shout to Louis, who is driving.
"I see it!" Liam says as he points to the only unused dollar store.
After a few seconds we reach the back of the dollar store. I get out before the car stops and run to the back door.
"Jess! Wait!" Zayn calls for me. They quickly get out of the car and follow a few paces behind me. I climb up the fee steps leading up to the door. I turn the knob.
It's locked.
"Niall!" I shout banging on the door and turning the knob as if it would magically open.
"Harry! Open the door!" I shout as I keep banging and turning.
"Move." Zayn says ad he picks up a brick. I jump down the few stairs and everyone steers clear of the line of fire. He aims and throws the brick at the window and we all watch ad the window smashes into a million pieces. He goes up to the door and reaches his hand through the hole and opens the door.
I push Zayn out of the way and head to where Harry told me to go in the letter. Everyone follows me to the back of the store
"He said that there's a secret passage thing in the stock room behind a metal shelf." I say catching them up a little. I realized that we didn't tell Liam and Zayn about why we woke then up out of a dead sleep.
I head to the back and search for what I'm looking for. But there are so many metal shelves that I don't know which one is blocking me from saving Niall.
I start throwing and moving everything that is made out of metal.
"Jess! Jess! Wait! Calm down!" Louis says grabbing my arms.
"How could you tell me to calm down right now? Your best friend could literally be seriously hurt and you're telling me to calm down?!" I say through my tears.
"Trust me. I'm just as scared and freaked out as you are. Hell, maybe even more. But destroying everything that you see isn't going to make us get any closer to them any faster. So I need you to calm down and Trust me. Jessica, do you trust me?" Louis says looking straight into my eyes. I don't know why, but I feel like he's trying to tell me something that's deeper than trying to get me to calm down. Like he's trying to say to not only trust him now but in the future when we come face to face to Niall and Harry.
"Guys. I found it." Zayn says and I immediately snap my head towards the direction of his voice. Him and Liam are looking at a dark passageway that looks really old.
"That has to be it." Louis mumbles.
"Niall!" I shout running into the tunnel. Louis, Zayn and Liam follow behind.
"Niall are you down here?" I shout. I feel like I have been running for ages.
"How long is this tunnel?" I complain right before I fall. My legs hurt too much. I just collapsed.
"Jess! Are you okay?" Zayn leans down beside me.
"Yeah. I'm fine." I say before taking a deep breath and standing up. Zayn helps me up and throws my arm around the back of his neck to keep me up and standing. We walk a few more minutes until we hear a voice.
"Well, well, well. It took you long enough."
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