Hostage || Louis Tomlinson

C H A P T E R S E V E N

It's blurry afterwards.

I remember the captors being taken away.

I remember them taking Louis away, on a stretcher.

I remember the noise of the crowd, fading away as they followed Louis, presumably.

I remember lying on the cold, hard floor of the bank.

I remember a stinging pain in my shoulder, though I can't work out where it's come from.

But I can't stay awake long enough to to remember being taken away myself.

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My eyes are glued shut. I can't open them, no matter how hard I try. It's dark, so dark I can barely register that I'm anywhere at all. My limbs won't cooperate, either, and I can't seem to make a sound.

But I can hear everything, even if it's a little distant and echoey.

"She's gone into shock, sir, there's nothing we can do for now." The voice sounds official, the words almost practised. A doctor?

"But - surely there must be something..." I know that one. That's Louis.

"I'm afraid not until she's stable, sir. Her body has shut itself into a coma down due to shock, trauma or stress. We're monitoring her carefully, sir, and will inform you as soon as there is a change in her condition."

It's then that I realise, that's me. They're talking about me.

"And the bullet wound?" Louis asks worriedly.

"The one in shoulder? It should heal up eventually, but the pain of it is probably part of the reason she's in the coma."

"But -" Louis tries to protest.

"How long will it last? Her coma?" This voice is also new, but friendlier than the other. My guess is one of Louis' bandmates, maybe.

"Hopefully not too long; a week at the most."

A week? A whole week of this nothingness with only distant voices to keep me company.

"But she'll be okay, right?"

"She should be fine."

When their footsteps fade away, so does my awareness of my surroundings, and everything disappears into darkness once again.

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Plot twist right up there though! Lilli's in a coma! Bet you weren't expecting that. (I wasn't. I only came up with the idea ten minutes ago.)

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