One Direction Vs. 5SOS

Chapter 20

Liam P.O.V.

"Holy shit. It's raining." Mr. Winter's said, looking out the window. "It never rains in L.A."

"Where's Niall?" Professor Walsh asked.

"Bathroom." Harry said, walking into the chill room.

I was sitting in a bean bag next to Zayn as we watched Louis flip through channels on the flat screen. Harry sat in the bean bag next to Louis as Mr. Winter's phone ringed.

"Hello?" He answered.

A moment of silence.

"Louis, turn the TV to channel 24." Mr. Winter's said.

Louis flipped it to that channel, it was the news and a young man was outside somewhere, talking on the microphone.

"This situation right now is unreal. Police have blocked the roads but have made no attempt to save the children."

The picture changed showing a bridge.

"As you can see here at the golden gate bridge. Two school buses are hanging at the top of one of the bridge towers on each side over the ocean. And as we zoom in you can see the terrorist group, 5SOS are standing on top of the bridge fully armed. Police have tried negotiating with them but, none have replied. The only thing we can do now is to ho-."

The man stopped talking and you can hear some kind of alarm going off in the background, the picture changed to him again. He was looking up at something and the camera moved up zooming in to the top of the bridge, Luke coming into visual with a microphone in his hand.

"ONE DIRECTION! COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE!" He singed.

Ashton came into the picture holding a crying little boy by the arm with a gun pressed to his head. Luke held the microphone in front of his mouth.

"YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES BEFORE WE START THE GAME!" He shouted.

Luke moved the microphone back to him.

"SO, HURRY THE FUCK UP BEFORE WE GET BORED!"

The camera zoomed out, moving to the reporter as he looked back at the camera.

"You heard it here folks. There are demanding for the British superhero group One Direction to come out and play. Who previously saved 10 people who were held hostage in a building full of explosives back in Washington D.C. So, One Direction if you're watching this, please come and save these innocent children."

The picture changed to a man in the news room and I finally blinked, soaking in everything that I just watched.

"Well."

I looked at the door, seeing Niall standing there.

"What are you waiting for?" He asked.

"He said you have 10 minutes to get there." Professor Walsh said. "But there's no way you can get there. If the roads are blocked then, traffic must be stretched on for miles. There's no way you can get there."

"We can fly. We'll be able to find the bridge if we get high in the sky." Louis said.

Professor Walsh ran to the window unlocking it and opening it up as wide as it can.

"Then go. We'll stay here and watch. Be careful."

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Louis's P.O.V.

Traffic really was stretched on for miles but at least it made finding the golden gate bridge faster. Which didn't take long to see. From above the bridge had a warm golden glow around it. I've always wanted to visit this place but not like this.

Tonight, there weren't no speeding lights from the cars going up and down the bridge. The whole bridge was empty and silent. It was raining hard now and my clothes were soaked.

We noticed the school buses on each end of one the bridge towers. It looked like the only thing that was holding them there was some kind of rope or metal. I could see Calum, Luke, and Ashton standing on the bridge tower.

But where's Michael?

We landed on top of the bridge tower, standing a few feet away from them. Ashton still held the little boy in front of him with his arm around him but the gun was at his side.

"Sad." Ashton said.

His hazel eyes staring at us and the rain made his hair look black as he pushed it back away from his face.

"We were just about to have some fun."

He looked over at Calum and he nodded, turning his back to us and climbed down the bridge tower.

"Sadly, Michael couldn't be here tonight but... Let's just say he's close by."

"Ashton." Liam said, his voice determined. "Don't do this. These are children. Just tell us what you want?"

"What we want?"

Luke eyed him a bit of worry on his face.

"What we want is to show the world who One Direction really is!" He yelled, waving his hand in the air causing me to stiffen when he aimed the gun at me for a second. "To make you see that you can't win all of your battles! To see you fail or die trying! And to see if the people will still look to you when you fall!"

Ashton pushed the little boy over to Luke. He held his arm as Ashton toke a step toward us, tapping the gun on the side of his lap.

"It's nothing personal. Really. It's just that. Everyone treats you like your something special! Yet we are all the same here!"

"So, is that it?" Zayn asked. "Your jealous?"

"Jealous? No no no." Ashton laughed. "We much rather be feared then loved."

"Ashton."

I looked behind him seeing that Calum was back, standing next to Luke. Ashton turned and looked at him and Calum lifted his arm, tapping his watch with his finger.

"Right." Ashton said and turned back to us. "Here is your final test."

He toke a step toward us as Luke turned and walked away with the little boy.

"When I pull the trigger, these buses will fall. Not all the way to the water but, halfway down. But, the second time I pull the trigger, the buses will fall again below the bridge. Then if I pull it a 3rd time... They'll hit the water and you would have killed 54 kids." Ashton said. "Are you really going risk that?"

Calum walked toward us and stopped beside Ashton.

"You don't have to fight. You can turn around now and be free. It's not like anyone will miss you." Calum said.

"We're not backing down." Niall said as a sudden energy shot through me.

My fingers started to warm up then my hands and up my arms. My whole body felt charged and the cold rain felt like nothing to me.

Ashton shrugged.

"Fine."

He raised the gun straight up in the air and pulled the trigger making a chorus of screams follow the gunshot.

End of chp.20

-Sorry it took me so long to update. This week has just been really down. A student at my school was shot and killed. Even though I didn't know him, my friend did so, I've been helping her through her loss. Thanks for being so patient. Also, Happy Halloween! -