Captured [Narry]

Chapter 11

I think I'm actually pretty close to a finish here. It was a pretty short ride, but I loved writing this and I don't know, maybe I'll think of something to make it longer? We'll see.

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Niall was already ready to die, and he hadn't even made it through day one yet. First of all, Greg gave him a lot of water. Too much water. It tasted weird, like it wasn't even water- maybe like juice or something, grape juice, and Greg made him drink all of it. Second of all, Josh wasn't coming back. Niall found that out an hour earlier when Greg got a call from Josh, and Greg yelled for a moment, then took his anger out on water. He apologized a while later by giving Niall some more fucking water.

Niall was a bit disappointed that Josh wasn't coming back. Sure, it would be odd to have him here, especially since he had a hand in Niall's torture, but it was someone he knew- someone somewhat familiar. Niall wished he had someone familiar. Though, Greg was familiar, but he was familiar in ways that Niall didn't want anyone but his husband to be familiar.

Niall was alone right now. He was in the same room he's been in for a while now, though Greg was in the room with him for that while. Niall didn't want to think about that, though, so he cleared his mind and drank some more of the water that Greg ordered him to drink. It didn't actually taste too bad, considering there hadn't been anything too tasty in Niall's mouth for a good day or two.

Niall longed for home already, but he kept the self-pity thoughts out of his mind. He overrode them with thoughts of Lux, safe and sound in Louise's arms. He thought of Harry moving on and being happy and not constantly worrying himself over Niall. He thought of Harry living a life without being worried Niall would get kidnapped at any moment, and the thought made him smile. He let himself be selfish, sometimes, and think about him and Harry together, but he never let it go to the point of missing Harry. That was too selfish. He wasn't allowed to miss Harry. Not when Louise was happy with Lux again. Not when that meant wishing he was back in Harry's arms and Lux was back here.

Niall took another sip of his water to drown out his thoughts of missing Harry.

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Harry's tears fell like waterfalls. His throat was dry and his eyes hurt like motherfuckers. Louis sat with him and rubbed a hand over his back. He had Harry close, to the point where if Harry shifted he would end up on Louis' lap.

Louis wanted to tell Harry it would be okay, but he also didn't want to lie. He didn't know whether or not it would actually be okay, and he didn't know whether or not any of them would ever see Niall again.

There was a loud knock on the door, suddenly, and Louis stood up. Harry looked up.

"It's probably just the boys." Louis said. "I called them while you were asleep and told them what was going on- I hope that's okay. They said they'd be over a bit later to . . . eh, just be around you- help you out, you know?"

Harry just stared at him. Louis reached out a placed a hand on Harry's shoulder for a moment, then he pulled away and went to open the door. As soon as he saw who it was, though, he tensed up and glanced back at Harry nervously.

"Can I come in?" Josh asked, playing with his fingers. His face was dirty, there was blood on his cheek, and his hair was all over the place. He looked right into Louis' eyes, though, with confidence and boldness.

"It's not my house. It's not my place to invite you in." Louis said. He glanced back at Harry, who didn't seem to hear any of their conversation. He wasn't look at them, either, so Louis looked back at Josh, still tense.

"Look, if it was Liam or Zayn, you would invite them right in." Josh said, a bit snappy. Louis was about to tell him off for being so rude, but Josh sighed and began to talk again before Louis would get even a breath out. "Just- please? I really, really need to come in, and I really, really need to talk to Harry."

"Why?" Louis asked. He knew he was being difficult, but he had the same suspicions as Harry- that Josh was working with Greg. He couldn't make much sense of why Josh would be here, though, if he really was on Greg's side. Did Greg want Harry, too? Did he want Louis? It didn't seem likely, as Greg was so hooked on Niall.

Josh huffed, frustrated. Louis had been so deep in thought he nearly forgot Josh was there. "It's about Niall, okay? Look, I know where Niall is- exactly where he is, and I have a way to get him. I need to talk to Harry now before Niall ends up really hurt."

Louis looked over his shoulder at Harry again, then back at Josh. He stepped out of the way without a word and Josh walked inside. Louis closed the door behind him and followed him to where Harry was sitting, staring at the ground with his elbows on his knees.

"Harry," Louis said. Harry looked up. He noticed Josh immediately and his eyes widened. He stood up quickly, a look in his eyes that Louis knew meant he was about to seriously injure someone.

Everything happened at once, pretty much. Harry began screaming and tried to launch himself at Josh. Louis stepped in and grabbed Harry, holding him by the arms as Harry fought against him to probably rip Josh to shreds. Josh stepped away, flinching.

"Harry!" Louis shouted over Harry's screams, squeezing Harry's biceps to try to calm him down. "Harry! Harry, calm down! Harry, please! Harry! Fucking hell, stop shouting! Just fucking breathe! Harry!"

"You're working with him! I knew it! I knew it!" Harry said, but he did stop thrashing around and trying to grab at Josh's throat. "I swear to fucking god if I don't get Niall back in the next five hours I will make sure you regret the day you were born."

"You can get Niall back in the next five hours." Josh said. His voice was shaky, probably from a sudden fear of Harry, but he didn't let that get in his way. "I know where he is, and it's probably going to take some explaining to get you to trust me again, but unless you think that's important right now, I won't say anything."

Harry looked at him for a long, long moment, considering that. This could be a trap, but then again, what would Greg want with them? He didn't take Niall for ransom. He didn't even take Niall. Niall just walked right into him, the fucking idiot. Josh didn't look like he was lying, and Harry knew Josh pretty well, but not well enough to know when he was lying.

"You don't have to trust me yet. I'll understand if you don't." Josh said. Harry glanced at Josh and then at Louis. Louis looked confused, like he wasn't sure what to believe. He looked like what Harry was feeling and possibly what Harry looked like right now.

"You know where Niall is?" Harry asked, hope filling his quiet, beat-down voice. Josh gave him a nod, but he didn't say anything. It wasn't a trap. Harry decided. It couldn't be a trap, right? All he had to go on, though, was that Greg wouldn't want anything to do with them. He didn't actually know what Greg wanted. Maybe he wanted the other boys in his possession just so they wouldn't try to get help or try to rescue Niall back. Maybe he had friends who had their filthy needs and he wouldn't share Niall. Harry shivered.

"I promise." Josh said when Harry didn't say anything else. Harry wiped his mind of those terrifying thoughts and looked at Josh again. Please don't be lying. Harry thought, but he didn't let those words come out of his mouth.

"And you know a way we can get him back?" Harry asked, tilting his head slightly in curiosity. He studied Josh's eyes as Josh said "Yes. I swear." There was no flicker of guilt or any emotion other than fear and truth. But it could still be a trap.

Harry stopped thinking. Even if it was a trap, at least he wold be with Niall. He would be there and he would figure out another way to escape. He would be there to hold Niall through nightmares and pain. Niall wouldn't be alone.

"Okay." Harry agreed. He wiggled out of Louis' grip. Louis let go quite easily, obviously not thinking Harry was going to rip out Josh's throat anymore. "But my promise still stands. If I don't get Niall back in the next five hours, Devine, I will not hesitate to slaughter you."