We will protect you

A waiting game

Ed Pov
I put my head up when I hear feet running on the Lino covered floor.

" How is he? "Harry said stopping beside me.

" He is still in surgery". I say meeting Harry's eyes, his face full of sadness.

" Anything at all to tell us what happened?".

" Not much to tell, we couldn't find any evidence of the shooter, no witnesses, nothing".

" This is starting to get really serious; I think we need to pull him out and take him to the cabin".

" I don't know if Mark will agree with that".

" I don't care what Marks has to say about it, we need to keep him safe and the only way to do that is on our terms, let's take him to the cabin and stay there while we look further into what is actually going on and who is behind this".

Mark and Matt are suddenly standing next to us.

" Any news yet?".

" No, he is still in surgery".

" We are going to have put the tour on hold for a while, while we try to clear this mess up" Marks said with frustration, " it's the worst time for this to happen, we have so much riding on this tour, we are going to take a big loss".

Harry and I share a look and Harry knows I am about to let loose.

"Loss, you talk about Loss, what if Louis loses his life because you want to keep on schedule, he should have never been out there filming in the first place, the risk was too high" I all but yell into Marks face.

" You don't understand the work and money that goes into a tour as big as this one" Matt joins in.

These two are really starting to piss me off, I swear if they say one more word about how it is an inconvenience to them that Lou has been shot, I will rip his head off, Harry must have read my mind and I feel his hand on my arm.

We look up as the doctor that took Lou into surgery walks towards us, then he is stopping in front of us.

" How is he? "I speak first.

" These people are. "He asks nodding towards Mark and Matt.

" We are his managers ".

" Right  Mr Tomlinson is in a very serious condition, we managed to get the bleeding under control, but he lost a lot of blood, one off his lungs was collapsed, he had internal bleeding, the bullet ripped right through his spleen which we had to remove.

We all share Looks of sorrow hearing this.

" We have him in an induced coma so his body can heal a bit, we nearly lost him a few times, but he fought hard to stay with us".

We are all shocked as the doctor continues on filling us in on Lou's condition.

" We will have him in a private room soon and you can see him then, I will have a nurse come and get you when it is ready".

We watch as the doctor walks away and we all turn to each other, all of us looking a little bit pale.

" Harry and I will take over the security of Louis,  we are going to do this our way and you both don't get a say it in,  we want to take Lou somewhere away, with only bare minimal of people are going to know where we are going , we are going to take him off the grid, for as long as we need to, Harry and I will not leave his side in here, one or both of us will be with him at all times, I want additional guards based out  the front of his room".