Night Changes

Chapter 2

Liam's POV

I was asleep when someone started touching my shoulder to wake me up. When I opened my eyes I found the same man again from before waiting impatiently for me to wake up. When he realised that I was awake he said:"Good you're awake. I am going to cut the zip ties to take you to the bathroom. I am going to handcuff your hand so don't try and do the stupid mistake of running. Am I understood?" "Yes sir"was my automatic reply. Once he mentioned that he was going to take me to the bathroom I realised that I really had the need to use the bathroom.

First he cut the zip ties from my hand and then immediately handcuffed them. Afterwards he cut the zip from my feet and then pulled me up on my feet. I felt lightheaded from sitting down for a long time without any movement and also from lack of water and food. He gripped my hand roughly and pulled me out of the door. I squeezed my eyes from all the exposure to the lighting in this narrow corridor. After rounding two corners we arrived in front of a door. He opened the door for me and turned me around to face him. He removed the handcuffs and said:"You have some clothes. Take a shower and do your business. Once ready knock on the door. Don't bother looking around. There are no windows from where you can escape. Once done we'll talk. Understood?" I looked at him and said. "Yes, thanks" I know it sounded lame and most probably like I am weak. But I want to live and escape here so it's best to try to behave and go with the flow for now for my own sake. While thinking this he replied:"Good go inside and don't do anything stupid"

He closed the door. It felt nice to be able to move again. The first thing I did was splashing my face with the water and drinking some water. It refreshed me a bit. I don't know for how long I have been here. It could be one day or a month. I did my business and then removed my clothes and entered the shower. The water was cold but it sille helped to refresh me. Once done I put on the clothes that were ready for me. Whilst putting them I realised that these were my actual clothes. Did they stole my clothes as well? Why? What's going? I started panicking realising that I might be stuck in here for a very long time. I went again to the sink and splashed water on my face whilst trying to calm myself down from this realisation. I will try to get it out of my kidnapper's mouth as to why I was kidnapped. I was determined to fight through this. I knocked on the door. A few minutes after the door was open. He handcuffed my hands again and pushed me through more corridors. We arrived at a small kitchen with a small table and a small cooker and oven. He sat me down on a chair and chained my legs with the table. I sat quietly there watching him going through the kitchen and cooking some pasta. He still had his face hidden behind a mask. My curiosity was killing me and without noticing I blurted out:"Who are you?"

He turned around and took off his mask.
"Josh!!!!" I exclaimed. Our drummer from the band One Direction. "What the hell? Why are you doing this? You know I have a son. And my family they must be devastated. Why??" I shouted and tried to stand up forgetting that my legs were chained to the table resulting in me falling again on the chair. Then I felt a punch straight to my stomach. The punch made me cough for air. My eyes started tearing up. This betrayal was hurting too much. I could not wrap my head around this. How could Josh do this?

Josh then let out a sigh and when I started to calm myself down. "Listen Liam, this is nothing personal. It's not revenge from my side. But when the band went on hiatus, I did not have a steady income and debt started piling up. I had creditors chasing me to pay and I borrowed a sum of money from a leader of a gangster. When I could not pay him up either was working from him or die. I chose to work him. Call me a coward call me what you want but I did what I had to survive. Liam, this is not me extracting revenge. This is coming from my leader. He wanted me to kidnap you. For what I don't know. He gives me tasks and I do them. I will try to help you as much as I can but you need to be compliant. Don't ask questions. As I told you yesterday he staged your death. And let me tell you, that all your guys including Zayn are devastated. Their Instagram posts were heartbreaking. Fans around the world are crying. Memorials are held at every corner of the world. I don't know what with this facade. He will come at some point to see you. For now it's just you and me. But anything suspicious from your end and I won't hesitate to rough you up. Understood, Liam?" I nodded my head still confused with this declaration. Josh then slapped me across my face again:"Liam, for god's sake use verbal communication. Or else you're going to end up with your face marked from all the slapping. Am I being clear?" I was shocked with his attitude but replied:"Yes, understood." My mind was in a whirlwind trying to comprehend the fact that my kidnapper is Josh, that my family, friends and fans crying for me all over the world. This is so wrong. Josh afterwards left me alone and he continued to cook.

I had nothing to do apart from either thinking and watching Josh cooking. I was getting impatient and started fidgeting on the chair. Josh turned around saying:"Liam, I know that your anxiety is being triggered, but stop fidgeting. I want you to survive this so I am going to train you to avoid being punished cruelly once the leader come here. Do you want to survive this?" I was surprised with this, but immediately replied:"Of course, I want to survive this. But I don't want to become a criminal."

Josh chuckled:"I was thinking about helping you become a bit more compliant and don't do stupid things to avoid the leader's punishments. I am not going to push you into joining the gang."
I sighed in relief. Josh took notice of this and continued:"So I will let you think about this today and give me an answer tonight. Now let's eat lunch." He put a plate of pasta in front of me. He released my hands from the handcuffs. I rubbed them a bit cause I noticed that they were minor burnt marks from the zip ties and handcuffs. Then I started to eat. I was hesitant at the beginning because I was thinking that it might be drugged. Josh noticed this and said:"Eat Liam. If you do that in front of the leader prepare yourself for a punishment. In fact I will punish you for this. It will be nothing compared to what our leader will do. Got it?" "Yes, Josh" I replied automatically.

"And that's another punishment, Liam?" He replied. "What? Why?" I replied. "Don't forget your place here Liam. I am still the person in charge of you hence you are required to address me as sir. I know we were past friends but if you don't want to end up punished by the leader you need to learn to call me sir for now. For both of our sakes. I am also risking myself by helping you being compliant. The leader is expecting a fight from you to punish you within an inch of your life. I don't want that. So if you want my help, think about this. I am not going to punish you after lunch. Think about this. If you agree that you want my help I will punish you tonight for both transgressions as I seem fit. If you don't agree, it's going to be hell for you. And you'll be punished as how we are required to punish our prisoners. Ok, Liam?"

I sighed. I need all the help I can to survive this. So without hesitation I replied:"Yes, sir. I will accept your terms to train me to become compliant to survive this. Can I ask you some things as friends without this gap between us? We were friends once. Can you give me at least this, please?" I pleaded with him.

Josh stared at me. "I'll make you a promise. If I see that you are adapting well, in two days time I'll give you 15 minutes to ask me anything you want. Do you think that is justifiable?"

I stared for a few seconds at him. There was no turning back. And replied:"Yes, sir". Then we continued to eat quietly while I was lost thinking. Soon we finished. And I stood there on the chair waiting for Josh to tell me what happens next.

A/N - That's it for today. Please, leave comments at what you think so far about this story. And also leave likes. Take care. Abi xx