ANON. || l.s.

Nuclear planning. -H

I got a tortured mind
And my blade is sharp

A bad combination in the dark
If I kill a man in the first degree
Baby would you, would you flee with me?

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Harry's POV

The sound of my footsteps echoed through the hallway as I clutched the paper Niall left on my desk this morning. The cement floors did nothing to prevent sounds from echoing through this building. Every step I took bounced off of the bare walls. I'd gotten used to it. When I first got here I despised this stark place without windows. I counted my blessings though. The echoes in this hallway always told me who - and what - to expect: the fast footsteps of a new anxious member, the confident steps of a regular or ofcourse, the lazy, strolling steps of Niall.

We occupied this building for over four years now, even before "ANON." was a thing to civilians. It was located at an abandoned site, about an hour from town. It was a weird location, smack in the middle of dense woods. Initially, a nuclear power plant was to be built here, hence the distance to the town, but after a serious radiation hazard in the initial building stages, it was to be avoided at all costs. At least, that's what the records said. In reality they just stopped building and only a few people high-up knew about the ploy. A few people who also happened to be members of ANON. It provided us with complete privacy.
With all those yellow signs screaming "CAUTION RADIATION HAZARD" not even a stray hiker dared to come close. It was a clever trick.

It was a huge, black and boxy building, surrounded by tall iron fences plastered with the same yellow warning signs that littered the surrounding area. The construction was left unfinished, so I guess it was meant to be even bigger. On the outside, it looked like a ruin, but when you entered the underground area it was actually pretty decent. We contemplated moving into the main floor, but out of caution we eventually decided underground was safer. You never know, right?

Cement hallways stretched out to multiple area's, which we turned into places to work at, or live.
The majority of members from our precinct lived in town, blending in, to not raise suspicion. Only the most important members lived on this site, and I was one of them. I guess I married my work. It was a weird change, from living in a one-bedroom apartment to living at an abandoned nuclear site. But I liked it. Except that it drove me crazy not being able to look outside since there were no windows underground.

I reached the end of the main hallway and turned left, straight towards my office. I knew Niall was there before I even saw him. He was dressed in a light blue suit with tan dress shoes that were kicked up onto my desk. Boredly he scrolled through his phone, occasionally grinning at it. When he spotted me he quickly sat up and straightened his jacket. Even though he was my best friend, he still had the habit of putting on his "professional" face at the office. One of the things I so deeply respected him for.

   'Nialler. We need to talk' I took my seat opposite from him, and threw the paper towards Niall. It whirled in front of his eyes and he glanced at it before shrugging his shoulders.
   'What about it?'
   'The name, Niall, the name.' I gestured to the paper. 'You do remember which names you wrote down, don't you?'
Niall gave me a knowing look. 'You mean Tomlinson?'
I nodded. 'Yes. Tomlinson. What the fuck?'
   'I know right?' Niall carefully took the note and studied the name as if he hadn't written it down himself. 'I had to double-check too before I wrote it down.' His eyes furrowed and a disgusted look crossed his face. 'I guess that old fucker has a son, ey? Poor lad.'
   'You don't say.' I huffed. 'Any information on the boy?'

Niall raised an eyebrow. 'I thought that was your job?' He looked at me amusingly. 'But from what I can tell...', he put down the note and looked at me knowingly, '...is that this the boy has potential.' He tapped on the note. 'Let's hope the boy isn't too fucked up to carry a sentence.'
   'I highly doubt it, given that man's reputation...' I sighed. I felt bad for the kid. Even if it turned out the man was a model parent, he still was a sick fuck.

I grabbed my laptop and pulled up all the known information about this boy. The file contained his address, age and school information. He probably didn't even know he was about to be tagged since it was the weekend.

   'Hey, Niall?' I squinted my eyes at the address. 'How come this guy is still alive if we have the address of his offspring?' I started up Maps to locate the address.
Niall shrugged. 'Honestly, I don't know man. I guess because he's been quiet the last year?'
I shook my head in disbelief and zoomed in on their house.
   'Unbelievable...' I mumbled, eyes glued to the screen.
   'No worries H, the fact that we knew his name means he is on somebody's list, somewhere. I'm sure we'll hear about it soon.'
   'Good.' I scribbled the address on a piece of paper and folded it up neatly before putting it in my back pocket.
   'Do me a favour Niall? Handle the other two, will ya?'
   'Are you promoting me, Styles?' Niall grinned.
   'Jezus Christ, this again...' I chuckled, '...Yeah, fine, consider yourself on a probationary period.'
   'Nice! Thanks ma-'
   'Remember...' I cut him off and stood up whilst pointing a finger. 'No funny business. No one sees you. You do nothing. Talk to no one. You only gather information, understand?'
   'Yes, sir, Harry, sir.' Niall saluted and I laughed.
   'Dickhead.'
   'What about Tomlinson though?'Niall stood up and grabbed the list containing the names.
   'Don't worry about that. I'll handle him.'

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Aaaah okay, so that happened! I'm pretty happy about this chapter. I tried to write from H's perspective as much as I could (He formulates things a bit different), but let me know if you have any feedback! You are my guineapigs after all hehe:)

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Also, trigger warning for the next chapter. I'm gonna continue from where we left off with Louis.... I'll put one at the top also.

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