Chapter 39

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Zayn's POV

"Can't you go any faster?"

"Liam, I'm practically flooring it! I'm driving as fast as this truck can go."

I'm not kidding either, but I know why Liam keeps asking. It wouldn't matter if we were traveling in a rocket going 500km an hour, it still wouldn't be fast enough. There's not a speed on this Earth that could get us to Niall and Harry fast enough.

I hope they're alright. All I can remember seeing is Niall tied up and Harry getting stabled and thrown in the van. It seems like so long ago, yet it only just happened. It's crazy how fast I repressed that memory.

I hear Liam sigh in defeat.

"Okay.." He mutters under his breath.

"Come on mate, don't give u-up on us. We've come this fa- ahh.. far. We can't give up hope." Louis stutters through gritted teeth while fighting back the pain. "Besides it's not Zayn's fault their truck is a piece of sh- shit."

I can't help the chuckle that escapes my lips. Only Louis could make us laugh in a situation like this.

"I know," Liam laughs along with us "I'm just..." he trails off.

"Just what?" Louis pushes for him to finish his sentence.

"I'm, I'm just scared. All that time I spent alone with nothing but my thoughts, I kept thinking up all these awful situations that I hoped would never happen. I did my best to push them back and think positive I really did, but once they took Jackie away it was hard. I didn't have anyone there to tell me otherwise. No one was there to tell me everything was gonna be okay. And this...this is all to close to what I imagined in my head. I- I'm sorry."

"Liam, you don't have to apologize for being afraid." I say.

"Zayn's right. To be honest we're all pretty afraid right now."

I nod my head in agreement to Louis' words. I'd be lieing to not only the boys, but also to myself if I said I wasn't terrified right now.

"We've all had those thoughts cross our mind Liam, and none of us could predict any of this, but we just can't give up. Not now." I say softly to try and relieve his fear, well at least some of it.

"I know." He mutters with a slight smile on his face, looking a little more clam. "Thanks guys."

We sit in silence for what seems like hours, but really it's only a few minuets. The rain has finally let up, and the thunder and lightning have subsided into the distance, leaving behind a grey, and gloomy sky. Funny how the weather around us just seems to fit our current situation.

"ZAYN STOP THE TRUCK!"

I slam on the breaks at the sound of Charlotte's voice, skidding the tires in the soft gravel, and sending Liam and Louis flying forward.

"What the hell Zayn?" Louis screams out in pain. But I jump out of the truck before he can curse me out anymore.
Whoops.

I hop into the back where Charlotte is standing with wide eyes.

"What is it?" I ask nervously.

She doesn't say anything. She just raises her arm and points towards an old building sitting a couple miles down a backroad cutting through a field.

"That's where they are." She states, almost too quiet for me to hear.

"How can you tell?" I say back just as soft. Mostly from the mix of panic and adrenalin running through my body at this new information.

She turns around to face me, locking her deep blue eyes onto my dark brown ones, and with a single breath and taking a step closer to me, she says the words that she's been saying to us from the very beginning.

"Trust me."

I don't move. All the other times she has said those two little words to me, I'd always second guess myself. I mean she was a stranger, and I was told she was holding my best friends hostage, and earlier, with all the words that Sammy had said. What did she mean by them? There's so many things I don't know, so many questions without answers. How am I supposed to give all my trust to this girl I barely know anything about?
But this girl has also saved us, she has risked her life to help us get home. Us, five strangers she's never met before, yet she still took us in, healed us, trained us for this day, she's done everything she possibly could to help us escape from this hell. There should be no questions in my mind about trusting her anymore. I shouldn't have to worry about whether or not she is on our side... so I won't. Because although I may not know her, and although she may be a stranger, she's been a friend from day one.

And with that, I look into her soft blue eyes and take her hand in mine. "I do," I whisper back, "and I always will."

* * * *

"Okay, Liam I want you to stay out here with Louis. Me and Zayn will go in and search around for Niall and Harry." Charlotte states.

"But..."

"No Liam. Louis can't stay out here by himself and you don't have any protection like Zayn and I. Your staying here."

Liam lets out a long breath of frustration before answering.
"Okay." He says understandingly.

"If we aren't out in 10 minuets, then I want you to take the truck and drive to the location that we are supposed to meet the police at. Louis will tell you the way."

Me and Liam look at each other then back to Charlotte. Both of us having a look of confusion and panic.

"Look guys, I want to promise you that everything is going to work out in the end more then anything, but I can't. I'm not going to make a promise that I know I won't be able to keep." Charlotte states. "That being said, Zayn you stay out here with Liam and Louis instead."

What?
"Not a chance Charlotte!" I burst out. There's no way in hell I'm letting her go in there alone. I understand why she wants Liam to stay back, but she has no reason to not let me go in there with her.

"You've seen what Dan is capable of Zayn. He's dangerous and won't hesitate to kill you! I can't bring you into something like that, because if he did hurt your or kill..." she hesitates to say the word. "I- I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

I look over to Liam, both of us understanding why she wants to go in there alone. Even someone as tough as Charlotte can be scared.

I walk over to her and put my hand on her shoulder for comfort.
"I know you want to protect us Char, but Harry and Niall are my friends. I'm coming to help whether you let me or not, because I wouldn't be able to live with myself if you got hurt trying to save our brothers." I gesture to Liam who puts his hand on her other shoulder.

She stares down at the ground thinking over my words, then a slight smile comes over her face.

"I guess I can't argue with that." She quietly giggles and starts walking back over to the tuck.

"Uh Charlotte? Where are going?" Liam questions. "The building is this way."

" I know!" She yells back turning around to face us. "But if we're going to do this then we need a plan."

I look over to Liam who has the same smile as I do, and then we both start running back to the truck to hear the rescue mission Charlotte has in mind.

AN:
First things first! I am really really sorry this chapter took forever to post! I just got back from my school trip to Hawaii yesterday, and I was going to put the chapter up before I left but I didn't have it done so I'm really sorry! Second thing, Zayn has left the band :'( but he is not going to leave this story! So just as a heads up, No I'm not going to kill off Zayn just because he left 1D haha.

Also, there are only a few chapters left of this story. I don't want to drag out the ending because that would just make it boring. I'm not sure how many there are going to be, but I do know there's not going to be more then 4 more left.
I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter the next one should be up shortly. And thank you all so much for the comments and the votes!!! I appreciate it soooo much!! Ily guys!!
-Lyndsey <3

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