The Frozen Heart (Ziall)

Chapter 10 ~ Escape

Chapter 10 ~ Escape

~Niall's POV~

"What do you mean, too late for him?" I start panicking. "We have to get him out of here too." I don't want Zayn to be stuck here forever. Or even a minute longer. Who knows what these bastards have done to him already. 

"I'm sorry, but we really have to go now, Niall." 

I shake my head. "No, not without Zayn." I stubbornly cross my arms over my chest. 

"Okay, listen." The man is standing in the open door to my cell. "How about I promise you we will get him as soon as you have escaped?" He looks back at me. "Together we can plan something grand to get Zayn out. Something that has no chance of failing." 

He has a point. If I get out, I have a better chance at freeing Zayn too. 

"Just, hurry up. Make a decision." He sounds scared. 

"Okay." I get up. "Just don't touch me." I warn him, in case he forgot. 

"Yeah, I know. Come on." He takes the lead as we walk away from my prison. 

We walk briskly through corridor after corridor, all decorated with nothing but the white paint I have seen numerous times before. This place is a maze. If it weren't for the kind scientist with me, I would have been lost a long time ago. 

"What's your name?" I ask, out of curiosity. He is helping me after all. 

He turns around to throw me a quick smile. "Now you want to find out?" He chuckles and takes a left. "My name is..." There are footsteps coming closer to us. My eyes widen and I look around for a place to hide. They are close. 

It's the man's quick reflexes that safe us. Not wasting any time, he swirls his body so he is now behind me. He grabs my naked wrists and pushes me so I am facing the ground, looking like his prisoner. 

I want to protest. I will kill him like this. He is touching my skin. I try to remember what Zayn taught me before we got captured and close my eyes. I try to keep my powers hidden in the deepest part of myself, willing to not let them freeze my only chance at getting away. 

A group of three guards comes around the corner a few seconds later. They see us and walk towards us surprised. "What are you doing here with this prisoner?" One of them asks. 

The man behind me doesn't even sound nervous when he replies. "My dad asked me to take him upstairs to him." 

The man frowns. "I thought our boss was in a meeting?" He looks at the other two, who shrug carelessly. "Well, I'm sure you know the commands involving the prisoners better. I'm sure Mr. Payne will have a lot of fun with this one." He chuckles darkly, making me shiver in unease. 

"I'll take him there now." The scientist is still holding my wrists tight. I can feel myself losing control over my powers slowly. I squeeze my eyes together and try to concentrate again. 

Mr. Payne's son gives me  a push, making me stumble forwards. When we pass them, I try not to trip. They are all glaring at me. I keep walking. 

"Wait!" 

The guard had spoken up again. My heart starts beating faster. "Why isn't he handcuffed? You do know the safety procedures, right?" 

The guard saw straight through the act. We are busted. 

The scientist curses under his breath. He starts backing up with me, basically dragging me along. 

"Liam! Come back here!" The security guards turns to his mates. "Call this in! This is treason!" 

At the same time, I feel the dam inside of me break. I push back Liam, who is still holding me, making him stumble back against a wall. Then, with the most powerful rush I have ever felt, my powers spread through my body once again. I throw forward my arms and with a scream, ice pushes forward at the speed of light, erupting from me like a an invincible lion. 

I can see it covering the walls and floor in nothing but pure ice and reaching the three security guards. There is nothing they can do to stop it from engulfing their bodies and taking their lives. 

I am panting, staring at what I have done with wide shocked eyes. Then I turn to look at Liam, who is shocked too. 

"Oh God." He whispers. Then he collects himself again. "We have to move on. If these guys don't react to the others' radio calls, they will know something is up. Come on." He goes to grab my wrist again, but I step away from him. 

"I told you not to touch me! Do you know how hard it was to keep myself from freezing you just now? Look at them!" I am upset. I killed again. 

"Well, you did save our asses." Liam notes. "But seriously, come on." He starts jogging now and I have to hurry to keep up. 

After a few minutes we reach double doors. He opens them with his key card, revealing a staircase that leads to what I hope is the way out. 

"You will have to be quiet now. There is no reason for you to be here. If someone sees you, you will have to freeze them." I don't like the instructions Liam gives me as we walk up the stairs, but I nod anyway. 

He opens the door. 

The first thing that hits me is the smell of burned flesh. 

"What is that?" I ask horrified and pinch my nose to keep myself from smelling it. 

Liam shakes his head. "I have no idea." He tells me and starts walking again. 

I follow him, not asking any more questions. 

The further we walk, the stronger the smell gets. Smoke starts to fill the corridor and I can see that Liam too knows that this shouldn't be happening. 

"Okay, It looks like the corridor on the way to the side door is on fire." He says. He opens a door to his right with the key card and mentions for me to come in. He closes the door behind me. 

"We will have to go through the window." 

I nod. We are still on the same level as the ground, so it won't be more than a one meter jump down. 

Liam takes on of the chairs and starts hitting it against the window. The glass won't break. He curses and tries to hit it again. 

"Let me try." I tell him and step forward. I place my hand on the glass and freeze it in an instant. I focus myself on trying to get the temperature of the glass down even more. The temperature in the room drops and the first cracks appear in the window. 

"Come on, come on." I whisper to myself as I push my hand against the window harder. 

Then it shatters. 

"Impressive." Liam states and wastes no time jumping out of the window and landing on his feet swiftly. 

I follow suit. Not a moment too early, as the alarm in the building starts blaring. "We have to go. People will turn up soon to see what is going on." 

I follow Liam over the grass field surrounding the large institution for research. "Wait? Don't you have to stay here?" I ask suddenly. 

"After betraying my father like that? No, I won't stay. He will have my head." 

We keep running until we reach the trees. 

"Would he do that to his son?" 

"I know he did it with other people." 

I nod and look back at the hell I stayed at for a horribly long time. I will be back soon, for Zayn. 

And right before the building disappears from sight, I see something move inside, touching people with a hand set ablaze and killing them slowly. 

No, it can't be. 

My eyes widen. 

My heart drops. 

"Zayn." 

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Oh no, Zayn, what will your boyfriend think of that behavior? 

;) 

xx Lisa xx