Behind the Mask [Niam]

Chapter 10

Sorry it took so long for me to write this. I feel like a terrible person for making all you people wait.. well whoever is still gunna read this.

Recap;

Niall looked up and he eyes connected with Liam's. He saw mixed emotions before his eyes fluttered and he passed out.

Anger flashed through Liam's eyes as he yelled the last word Niall heard.

"NOW!"

Louis grabbed some arrows and mounted them on his bow, shooting the explosive arrows all round. With his speed, Harry ran and grabbed The Joker from behind. The crazed man struggled but with his strength Harry kept him in place.

Zayn and Liam ran over to Niall, looking at his pale and beaten body. The blood from the gash on his temple and cheek had become crusty and a trail of blood leaked from the side of his mouth. Over all he looked terrible.

Liam cringed and his eyes filled with tears. Niall's breathing was shallow, almost like he was going to die which was a possibility. "L-liam." Niall whispered and his dull eyes looked up at Liam. The brown eyed boy let out a sob and took off Niall's mask, taking his off as well. "I'm here Niall. I'm here."

Zayn looked at his bloody Irish friend with sad eyes. How could someone do this to him? He's loud, giggly and sweet. He'd never hurt a fly and The Joker, The fucking Joker, had to beat the poor lad. The tan boy stood up and let his friends have time alone, god only knows how much time they have.

Liam untied Niall and held him in his arms, trying not to disturb his gashes and bruises. He was going to pick the blond boy up bridal style when he saw his thigh. It had a gaping hole so deep you could see the bone. Liam covered his mouth and let out a strangled sob, "I'm so sorry Niall. Oh god I'm sorry." Liam's hands hovered over Niall, afraid to touch him because he was so messed up.

Closing his eyes, he slowly pick Niall up. The blonde boy didn't make a sound because he drifted into unconsciousness. The spandex clad lad then walked him down a corridor an out to the bat mobile, placing him in the seat and closing the door. He then ran back up to the other boys to see The Joker gone and the guys passed out. He shook each of them, waking them up so they could leave.

"Where the hell did he go?!" Liam cried as he speed down the street. "He must have had help from another person because next thing we knew there was smoke everywhere and we each got a good bash on the head." Louis said through the small communicator. "Yeah mate, I think he has Harley Quinn helping him." Zayn said and Harry shuttered, "She gives me the creeps, whenever I encounter her she's always trying to molest me." If the situation wasn't so serious right now Louis and Niall would have made fun of the curly haired lad.

"Li, I-I think he stopped breathing." Zayn said jabbing his fingers at Niall's neck to try and find a pulse. Liam's foot pressed the petal to the floor and they were flying down the street until they came to the bat cave. In a matter of seconds Liam was carrying Niall to one of the infirmary rooms and cutting his skin tight suit off, grabbing the defibrillator letting the paddles charge and wiping the blood off Niall's pale unmoving chest. He then hooked Niall up to a pulse machine, automatically getting a flat line.

"CLEAR!" Liam pressed the paddles to Niall's chest and let the electric charge make Niall's frail body jump. The line jumped but then flattened again. "Again." For five minutes the line jumped and flattened. The other three looked at Liam with tears in their eyes. He was sobbing and trying so hard to get Niall back.

Harry walked over and put his hand on Liam's shoulder. "Mate I-" "No! No no no, he's not gone. He can't be!" Liam pushed Harry's hand away and placed his palms on Niall's chest, doing CPR trying oh so hard to get one jump on that flat line.

Louis ran over, wrapping his arms around Liam's and pulling him away. He weakly struggled but gave up, limply leaning against Louis as he watched Harry and Zayn stitched Niall's gashes and scrapes. When they were done, a small beep permeated the silence.

Liam's eyes widened as more small beeps sounded. He ran over to the little fridge that held bags of blood and grabbed an IV, poking Niall's skin he hooked it up and waited.

••••In Niall's Mind••••

"L-liam! Stop, I c-can't breath." The blonde laughed breathlessly. Liam stopped his relentless tickling, smiling down at his angel. "Then say it."

Niall shook his head no, giggling in the process. The brunette wiggled his fingers, about to tickle the other again. The pale boy grabbed the tan ones hands. "Okay, okay! I love you so much." Liam smiled in victory and leaned down placing his lips on Niall's. "Good." He mumbled, lightly biting Niall's bottom lip. Niall moaned and opened his mouth, easily letting Liam's tongue slide and mingle with his.

He brought his hands up to run through Liam's short hair, feeling the soft and silky strands between his fingers. His thin legs wrapped around Liam's waist and pulled their bodies closer. Liam's lean and muscular body molded perfectly with Niall's somewhat muscular but small body. "I love you Liam." Liam gave Niall a dazzling smile after pulling away. "I love you too Ni."

••••••••

For a whole week Liam and the others had to lie about Niall's whereabouts. They kept saying he was too sick to go out, and that he could barley lift a finger. Twitter blew up, #feelbetterni was trending for the past three days.

Liam was also in bad shape, everyday he would visit Niall and talk to him. He would cry, tell him to wake up and finally kiss his pale unmoving lips before he would go home and have a restless sleep.

The boys were kind of scared. Never have they ever seen Liam look and act like this. He was not himself. His caring brown eye only held sorrow and misery, his skin completion was pale and he had bags under his eyes.

Little did they know that a certain crazy girl with a grin like the Cheshire Cat was observing their every move. Waiting and watching to see when she could strike and get them at their weakest.

Alright, that's all I have. Ill hand it off to Dani and hopefully she can make it better... please.