The Frozen Heart (Ziall)

Chapter 14 ~ Into the Eagle's Nest

Chapter 14 ~ Into the Eagle's Nest

~Niall's POV~

"I'm entering the eagle's nest." I hear Louis' voice in my ear. He is whispering and I can clearly hear he is entering the building as the window he is supposed to push open moves and creaks. 

"Shit." He then says and after that, he goes silent. I haven't even opened the door I should be going through with the equipment Liam gave me to open locks. The alarm won't be triggered by it and I have practiced this a lot. 

"Louis?" Liam asks. 

"Yes." His voice comes through. "There was a man in the room and I acted as a quisling and a raven to obtain counter-intelligence and eliminate him." 

The door in front of me clicks open as Harry replies. "No one knows that stupid spies' jargon, Louis, shut up and let us do our jobs." I can tell he is speaking fondly. 

"I'm sorry," Louis says. "I am just nervous. I ramble when I am nervous to ease the nerves." 

The line goes silent, but Louis is right. We are all nervous and his rambling helps us all calm down. 

"Wait, Niall. Are you in yet?" Liam speaks up

"No, just got the door off the lock." 

"Great," He replies. "I found the first camera. They are all connected to each other so if I disable this one, they should all turn off." 

There is a short silence. "Done, check if the light on your camera is off?" 

I step inside and look carefully at the camera in the corner. "It's off." 

"Woohoo, that means we are all safe," Louis speaks up. 

After that, I am alone in the scary dark corridors. I sneak through them, following the route we planned months ago as to bump into as little security guards as possible. 

"A defect? I thought they promised us good tech." 

I can hear the annoyed voice from around the corner. Footsteps are coming closer. I panic and look around for a hiding place. There is only one door to my right, so I dart to it and open it quickly, praying the room will be empty. 

I close the door softly behind me and look around. It's the utility closet. I breathe out in relief and try to keep silent as I hear the two guards pass. 

When I can't hear them anymore, I carefully peek out from the closet. "Guys? They are already on their way to fix the cams, just giving you a heads up." I tell them before continuing my way to the heart of the university where they should be keeping Zayn. 

"Okay, Niall, just be careful, all of you," Liam says. 

"Uhm, guys?" Louis speaks up. At that exact moment, an alarm starts blaring through the facility. "I have been discovered." 

"What the... Louis!" Harry says. "Let's all just hurry to our... Shit." He stops replying and I can hear gunshots from across the building. The fight has started. 

I start running through the corridors. 

Left, second door to the right, another left. 

"Freeze!" A security guard stands in front of me with his gun pointed at my chest. "I said freeze!" 

"Okay, just, let me carefully put my hands up so no one has to get hurt," I say and start raising my hands. 

The man is shaking, clearly scared of me. As his eyes are looking at my face and the movement of my hands, I let my ice form over the floor to his feet. Then in one swift movement, I capture his feet in a thick cube of ice. When the man looks down to see what is going on, I quickly move forward and slap the gun from his hands. The weapon lands on the floor and a gunshot sounds through the hallway. Luckily, the bullet doesn't hurt me. I grab the man's hands and form handcuffs around his wrists so he won't be able to move away or grab any other things he has with him.