Toy Soldiers (Tell me a lie- sequel)

Chapter 2

Edited.

Song: The Kill by Thirty Seconds to Mars

Liam’s POV

Ugh, there goes another day wasted. After the beach we went back to Zayn’s house and played on the X-box till I got so sick of it I went home and ate loads of food. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, no. I just needed something to do. Mum’s making me go back to school as well next Monday so …. Yea .-.

I check my phone to see if I have any messages. And I do. One though. It’s from Detective Button. He’s the main person on the case. He’s one of the best in the country apparently. I pick up the phone a read the message.

We have a lead on Horan, seen at 13:23 on Manmouth street. Was with 3 other men, come to the station at 3, we have pictures. – Button- sent at 13:30

Oh my cheese… they actually have a lead?!?! Trying not to jump in joy, I check the time and see I have an hour to get there. I run downstairs to tell Mum.

“Mum! Mum! Mum! Guess what!?” I yell very cheerfully. She jumped around to face me.

“What is it Lili?” She asks curiously.

“They’ve got a lead on Niall!” I squeal and her mouth drops open.

“Really?!” She said shocked. I nod happily and she brought me into a bone crushing hug. “That’s great news hunny.” She whispered and let go of me. “Have you told the others?”

“Nope, I was gonna do that next.” I smile and kiss her on the cheek before running around the estate telling the boys. They were just as shocked and happy as I was. We all left to get down to the station. We arrive there on time and are taken straight into an interrogation room where around 15 pictures are scattered about the table. Each one is from a different angle of the people.

“Sit down boys.” Detective Button sternly says. We do as we are told and sat down at the table, scanning our eyes over the pictures. “Can you recognize any of these men?” He asks.

“That one,” I pointed at, “is David for sure.” I said and the boys agreed.

“But who are those other men?” Button asked. I look over to the boys to see if they have any idea. Lou looks clueless, Harry is trying to remember badly and Zayn looks scared.

“What is it Zayn?” I ask and all the attention is turned to him.

“It’s just that…one of them, they were one of the men who killed quite a lot of the SWAT team. He was the one who stabbed you Liam.” He whispers the ending. My eyes widen and I pick up the picture to get  a better look at it.

He’s right. It is the man who stabbed me.

“Do you know his name?” Button questions.

“Nope, but he is Scottish.” Harry said.

“Fine, so that’s that sorted. What about Niall? Is he there?” I pick up another picture and it’s of him turning his head around. It was like he was facing the camera. Maybe he knew it was there when the picture was being taken.

His left eye is bruised badly and his facial tone is so pale. In the picture he is wearing some dirty joggers and a baggy hoodie. The hood on it was pulled up so not as many people could find him.

He looks sad in the picture. Torn, even. He wore no expression but a small frown. However his eyes tell a different story. They are filled with pleas and held back tears. He’s worse there, then he was when  he first arrived here.

“That’s him.” I mutter and throw the picture back on the table. “When was this taken?” I ask.

“1:23pm today near Queen Star’s Hotel. I think they are staying there. They walked into the Hotel seconds later and sources say that David booked out a room for two.” Button explains.