Thunder {Louis Tomlinson AU}

prologue

Screaming.

That's all I heard when I woke up. I shot up in bed and looked beside me, only to find Louis missing. I instantly began to panic, my heart pounding against my chest and preventing me from breathing properly. Something was happening and I had no idea what. I slipped on Louis' T-shirt and ran out the door, not bothering to check if Louis was still in the house.

I walked out of the shack and instantly felt the cool sand in-between my toes. As much as I enjoyed the feeling, I was searching for Louis.

In the blink of an eye, the scenery in front of me changed, the beautiful sandy area turning into a grey wall with wooden stakes scattered around my feet on the concrete floor. I looked around quickly, a smell of wet wood and mold filling my nostrils.

"Louis?" I yelled, spinning in a small circle and listening for signs. "Anyone here?"

Another scream.

I ran towards the direction of the scream, my heart pounding hard enough to make my chest ache. I yelled for Louis a few more times, before tripping on something hard and falling onto my back. I groaned in pain, before opening my eyes to find me laying on top of a body.

I quickly scooted away, before a gasp fell from my mouth and tears welled up in my eyes. Louis was bleeding out, a small rusted metal pipe piercing his stomach. "Louis!" I yelled panically, crawling towards him and cupping his face. "Oh my God." I sobbed, Louis' eyes closing slowly. "No, no, no! Stay awake. I can't lose you."

"I said.. I'd always.. protect you." He mumbled, my heart breaking even more. "I love.. you."

"I hate love. Y'all make me wanna gag." A familiar voice said, as I slowly looked up and saw Niall slowly walking towards me. "Surprise dearie. Thought you'd seen the last of me."

"But... You're dead. I watched you die!" I yelled, standing up from the floor and standing near Louis. Niall laughed, before shaking his head. "Stay away from us."

"You see, I would, but I really need to have a chat with your husband." He replied, before I was pushed away from Louis with Niall's power and slammed against the wall. I kicked and squirmed but it was too strong. Just as I saw Niall bend down to the floor to Louis, he pulled a gun out and aimed it at me, causing Louis to try and fight Niall, only to fail. Niall laughed before standing up and looking at me directly, aiming the gun at Louis' head and smiling at me wickedly. I heard the bang-

"Athena! Wake up!" I heard, before shooting straight up in bed, my heart pounding and sweat pouring down my skin. I looked beside me and saw Louis, his face full of worry and concern. "Baby, are you okay?" I shook my head, before collapsing into his arms and hugging him for dear life.

It had been a year since the Niall incident and I was still having nightmares. I thought they would stop after a period of time, but they didn't. It's like Niall was haunting me. They would come and go, but when they happened, they always ended the same way and I hated it. But Louis was there to comfort me each time, assuring me that he hadn't been hurt and that it was all just a dream.

It was the third night of our honeymoon and I had another nightmare. Fabulous.

He kissed my forehead, rubbing his hands on my back up and down slowly, as he instructed me to take deep breathes. He reminded me he was very much alive and that it was a nightmare. I honesty think he's getting tired of having to soothe me all the time. "We need to figure out how to stop these nightmares." I whispered to him, lifting my head off his chest and looking at him. He nodded slowly, before telling me to lay down and get some sleep. He pulled my back close to his chest once I laid down, and draped his arm over my side, lacing our fingers together and kissing the back of my neck gently, before I fell back asleep.

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Welcome to Thunder. Kind of a weird way to begin it but, oh well.

In regards to the prequel, Irish:

I have no inspiration to write it. I lost all my ideas after I posted the prologue to it and I just could never figure out what else to write. I know you guys want to know Niall's life and secrets, but I just can't find the words to write. So, I will most likely be deleting it.

I will, however, reveal his secrets in Thunder. I will put his supposed-to-be love interest in this and have her explain some secrets, and I'll have Logan in this to reveal some secrets.

Sorry I couldn't write Irish. I've let y'all down.

Anyways, love you all and welcome to the sequel. It's gonna be one hell of a ride.

Logan, xx