The Chase [Watty's2018]

Eighteen

Liam

Harry looked at Louis then to me. "I'm pretty sure he doesn't want to go."

I turned slowly to look at where Louis was. He was shaking slightly and standing on his own. Within a few seconds Zayn started moving that way.

I turned back to Harry and walked towards him. "He doesn't want to because you got in his head. You were tricking us, trying to use Louis and Niall as the easiest targets. You got mad when it stopped working on Zayn, so you tried harder on Louis, right?"

That shocked him and you could see his confidence in the situation slipping. Harry angrily took a step forward. "You don't know anything," he seethed. "I wouldn't do anything to hurt any of you."

I almost scoffed. "That's what you keep saying. Its what you want us to believe. I can't believe I just now made the connection. Your dad runs all the labs, doesn't he?" I asked. "Daddy just doesn't test on you because he uses you."

I heard Louis yelling and instinctively looked back to see Zayn pulling him away.

"Liam!" Niall called. I turned to see Harry going to hit me, so I moved and felt him clip my shoulder.

"You don't know a bloody thing!" Harry exclaimed. He went to hit me again but I moved and managed to push him onto the ground.

I climbed on top of Harry and pinned him. Harry would try to throw me off but I managed to keep him down.

"You don't get it," Harry repeated, breathing heavily as he stopped fighting, allowing his body to go limp.

I evened out my breathing, still holding him down. He kept eye contact with me, looking away after a minute.

Niall walked over and set a rope next to me, looking unsure of what to think. He took a few steps back as I pulled Harry to a sitting position and moved to tie his arms around his back.

Harry stayed eerily still as I finished tying his hands.

Niall moved closer to me, wrapping his small hand around mine. I moved my hand so that our fingers interlaced.

"Now what?" Harry asked. "Are you just gonna leave me here? Take me with you? Kill me?"

I rolled my eyes. "Besides him being your dad, why do you work for the stupid company?"

Harry huffed. "You do what you have to to survive, don't you? You'll hurt people to protect them? I help my dad so he doesn't hurt me. I know its wrong, but everything you do is wrong as well. So don't go on this whole 'he's a bad person because he gives up others' thing."

Niall pulled my hand and stepped in front of me. "He's not lying," he whispered.

"How-?"

"Liam," Niall said, his grip tightening on my hand. "I just know. Believe me, please."

I sighed and looked over Niall at Harry. "He's just getting-"

"Shut it," Niall said. "I don't know why, but I can just feel his sincerity, the way I feel your anger, sadness, fear. Louis is scared to death that Zayn is going to do something, but he's letting his trust take over the fear. Zayn's hoping that you wont Kill him and that they're going to the right place."

"Your powers are developing. Since you haven't been under the stress of the labs, you've used them in more moderation, allowing them to strengthen and evolve," Harry explained. "Look, I know what I'm doing is wrong. The whole system is fucked up. I can't change it now, but if you bring me with you and leave that stupid ringing thing here, I can help you change it."