Zalien Invazion

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Liam can't move, can't breath, can't think. He doesn't know what to do and feels empty like he was just torn open and left to rot away. His whole world was just stolen from him and he had no clue where to go from here.
So he finally does the one thing he always does when he has a serious problem: he calls Harry.
      He picks his phone from the bed side table and slowly slides down along the nearest wall until he was sat on the floor of the lonely bedroom. It was only 5:43 in the morning and he felt bad for disturbing Harry, but this was super important.
      "Hello?" Harry's tired voice says from the other end when he finally picked up after the 3rd time Liam tried to call him. He only sounded slightly annoyed, which is better than Liam assumed.
      "Harry!! They took Zayn!!" Liam cries into the phone, a little too loudly for it being so early.
      "What? Wait, Liam. Who took Zayn?" Harry asks in shock. "Liam what happened? Is everything ok?" Harry asks worriedly in concern for his friend.
      "No!! Nothing's okay Harry!! Zayn's gone!!" Liam repeats, panicking.
      "Liam! Calm down!" Harry insists. "Take a breath. Breath," he says. "Now, start from the beginning. What happened?" Harry repeats. Liam nods and takes a long deep breath of air and slowly let's it out, trying to steady his shaky nerves as he runs his fingers through his hair.
     "I don't know what happened," he admits, close to tears. "It happened so fast," he adds. "We were just sleeping and then all of a sudden Zayn woke me up and-" Liam starts frantically.
"Aw, you sleep together?" Harry asks with a slight smile.
"Yeah...." Liam says in a slightly annoyed tone.
"That's cute," Harry adds slowly.
"Why wouldn't we sleep together?" Liam asks in confusion. "But that's not the point!" He remembers, getting back on track.
"Oh yeah. Continue," Harry offers.
"But anyway, he woke me up and then all these guys with guns came and they just took Zayn this morning," he explains. "I'm so scared Harry. I think they're going to hurt him. They kept saying they wanted this one thing and would do anything to get it from him," Liam adds, his hands shaking again. "I tried to stop them but I- I couldn't. I did everything I could but I just couldn't. It wasn't enough. I wasn't good enough and now he's gone!! He's gone forever because of me! I couldn't save him! And now he could die harry'! He could die because I couldn't save him!!" Liam panics as he finally breaks and starts hyperventilating.
       "Hey!! Liam!! You couldn't do anything about it! They probably would have killed you!" Harry reasons and Liam nods and tries to hold back tears.
      "Do you have any idea who they were?" Harry wonders.
      "I don't remember....." Liam admits regretfully in remorse. "they said they were with some government agency but I don't know which one," Liam says.
       "Okay well.... There's 2 British governments agencies  relatively close by here so they probably took him to one of those. Probably the one specializing in defense and security," Harry says more to himself then to Liam.
      "Yeah!! That's it! that's it!!" Liam gasps suddenly in excitement.
      "Well lucky for you mate, I happen to know where that is," Harry says seriously.
       "Haz.... ?" Liam starts quietly.
        "We gotta get Zayn back," Harry tells Liam who is overjoyed by the news and can't help but cry tears of joy.
       "But how?" He wonders.
         "It doesn't matter. Well think of that later. Right now, Zayn's all that matters," Harry dismisses. "He's one of us now and we gotta bring him home."
        "Oh my god," Liam mutters.
        "You call Niall. I'm calling Lou. Tell him to meet at my place around dusk tonight. Zayn should be alright until then. I have an idea," Harry instructs.
      "Okay. Okay. But wait no. Harry. I can't call Niall," Liam says.
"Why not?" Harry asks in confusion.
"It's 6 o'clock in the morning! I can't wake him up!l Liam explains thoughtfully.
"You had no problem waking me up...." Harry mutters.
"That's different.... I mean, this is Niall were talking about," Liam explains.
"Wow. I guess Zayn isn't as important to you as I thought he was," Harry says.
"No! No he is!! He's my whole world!" Liam declares as he starts crying again just at the thought of Zayn.
"Well then. You need to call Niall. We need all of us for this plan to work," Harry says and Liam pulls himself together again.
"Okay I'll  call Niall now. Oh, and Thank you. Thank you so much Harry," Liam praises.
      "Don't mention it," Harry shrugs it off humbly.
      "I mean it. Thank you. Form the bottom of my heart. I love you so much. You're the best friend I've ever had," Liam adds and Harry smiles at the other end of the line.
      "Thanks mate," he says. "That means a lot. Now go call Niall," Harry instructs then hangs up.
Liam takes a deep quick breath And then dials Niall's number. He didn't expect him to pick up, but was surprised when he actually did.
"Hey Liam! Top of the Morning! What's up? What's happening? What's good?" Niall asks, sounding way to chipper and happy for it being so early.
"Uh hi Niall," Liam replies. "I need to tell you something. Well, ask for your help actually," Liam starts.
"Sure what's up Payno?" Niall wonders.
"It's about Zayn. He/" Liam starts but is interrupted.
"Zayn!! How's he doing? I haven't seen you guys in a while! What's new?" Niall gasps.
"Funny you should ask...." Liam mutters then starts to tell Niall the whole sTory of the earlier morning's happenings and the instructions Harry gave him.
"Oh my god...." Niall mutters seriously. "Liam are you just trying to trick me. Cuz this isn't funny," Niall says.
"Why would I joke about this Niall?" Liam asks frustratedly.
"I don't know.... It just seems a little crazy, is all," Niall admits. "Why would this even happen?" He asks.
"Zayn's different remember? I'm sure it has something to do with him being an Ali-..... Zalien. I just... Don't know how they even found out. He never did anything," Liam mutters to himself.
"Beats me," Niall replies with a shrug. "But yeah. I can meat you guys at Harry's house tonight. I got nothing better to do," Niall says with a grin.
"Sweet. That's perfect. Let's just hope Louis will thank about someone beside himself for once and want to help out," Liam mutters hopefully.
"Just give him some carrots and Harry and he'll be fine," Niall says jokingly and Liam laughs.
"I don't even think he likes carrots. Or Harry...." Liam suggests questioningly.
"Yeah right. That's what you think...." Niall mutters mischievously. "But I gotta go now. See you tonight Payno," Niall says before they hang up.
     Liam drops his phone next to him and leans back against the wall with a long hard sigh.
     Could it be possible? Could they actually get Zayn back?
      Liam closes his eyes and tries to convince himself that it was possible until he feels something hard peck at his foot.
     He jumps in surprise then Opens his eyes to see Duckie nibbling at the end of his pant leg.
      "Oh.... H-hello there," he says quietly and the duck looks up at him with a confused quack that breaks Liam's heart for some reason.
      "You probably miss him too, huh?" Liam guesses and the duck quacks sadly again with a little nod.
      Liam smiles slightly and picks the duck up, holding her carefully in his hands. Duckie quacks and cuddles into Liam's warm chest. Liam smiles and gently strokes the animal's  feathers until Watson slowly prods over to them and lies down next to Liam, resting his large head on Liam's leg, staring up at him with big worried eyes.
       "Don't worry guys. He'll be back. I promise. Harry has a plan. We're going to find him," Liam tells the animals. As much as he wanted to believe it, he just couldn't. He was still completely and utterly hopeless.

Random question, but I don't understand how people can ship people with other people and not just one person? Can someone explain that to me because I'm just so dedicated to ziam that it just blows my mind!!
    But thanks for reading loves :)