alleyway [h.s]

chapter 52

NIALL'S POV

Everything hurts.

I can't see for shit.

My vision is blurry as I slowly open my eyes but I quickly shut them and cover my face with my hands when the stinging light hits my eyes.

I groan and try to turn over but I stop when I feel a sharp pain in my side. I try to slowly blink my eyes open again, getting adjusted to the light after a few seconds while I try to remember where I am.

"You in pain?" The unfamiliar voice speaks from over me.

At first, all I see his a dark silhouette but my eyes stop playing games with me and I see the same face that I saw before I passed out. I try to speak but nothing comes out and it's then I realize that my throat is dry and sore, so I just nod.

He chuckles and says, "I'll get you some water and jack up your drugs"

I watch as he walks away and my head snaps to its right when I hear someone coughing a bit. When I look over, I see Louis laying down in the same position as me, shirtless just like me and hooked up to a machine, just like me.

Well, it's not really a machine. It's more of a needle connected to a tube that's connected to a bag, hanging on a pole type of thing like you'd find at a hospital.

"Louis" I manage to say but it's barely audible.

I watch as he slowly opens his eyes and turns to look at me. He seems just as confused as I was at first but he quickly remembers where we are.

"Sup' irish fucker" his voice just as scratchy.

I chuckle a bit but wince in pain when that sharpness comes back into my side. I look down and see that I'm shirtless, a white bandage on my lower stomach.

"Try not to move too much" the man says, walking back over with two glasses of water.

He makes his way to stand in between me and Louis and he steps on a pedal, the beds slowly moving up. They crack as if they haven't been moved in forever and they stop so we're sitting up.

He hands us the water then goes to a counter and does what ever he has to do. He comes back over with two needles and I widen my eyes and my heart starts to beat quicker.

"Don't-" I say through choked breathing.

He furrows his brows but shrugs, "fine. I'll do it through the bag but it'll take longer for the drug to kick in"

I close my eyes in relief that I won't have a needle in my arm but I yell out and snap my eyes back open when I feel him jam the needle into my arm.

"What the fuck!" I exclaim when he pulls it out with a chuckle.

He doesn't answer me and turns to Louis, "you a pussy too?"

"Nope" Louis grins lazily as the needle gently gets pushed into his arm.

"Good" and he throws them both out.

He takes a stool and rolls it to the middle of us and says, "I didn't get to properly introduce myself last night. I'm Doc and I saved your lives"

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RUBY'S POV

Everything hurts.

My head is pounding as I slowly open my eyes. All I see is the smashed windshield and the upside down road ahead of us.

I bring my hand up to my head and feel a wet spot on my temple and I wince a little at the pain. When I bring my hand back down, it's covered in blood which makes my heart pound harder than it already was.