The Frozen Heart (Ziall)

Chapter 16 ~ As cold as Ice

Chapter 16 ~ As cold as Ice

~Niall's POV~

I am panting as the ice cage melts rapidly around me. 

The temperature rises. Drops of water are soaking through my suit. 

The fire will scorch me any second now. 

I close my eyes and wait for the end. 

Then I hear a loud thud. The blazing sound of the fire dies down immediately after and I open my eyes confused. 

"Niall! Are you okay?" A boot starts kicking at the remains of the shield I created around my body. 

"Liam?" I ask softly and soon I can see my friend's face as the shield breaks down. 

Liam offers me his hand, which I take gratefully. He helps me up and I look at an unconscious Zayn, laying next to the desk. Next to him is a candle holder. 

"Oh, Zayn." I quickly crouch down beside him and start checking him for serious injuries. 

"He is fine. I am a doctor in training, Niall. I know how to hit without killing. I had to, anyway. He would have killed you." I can see that Liam is worried about me. 

"It's fine. I believe you. We will just have to make sure he doesn't wake up anytime soon. He will try to kill the both of us." I say and sigh. "I don't want to keep hitting him over the head though." 

Liam shakes his head. "There should be enough anaesthesia in this building to keep him asleep for a while." 

"Your father got away," I say sadly and look up at the brown-eyed lad. "He killed Louis and Harry." Tears spring to my eyes. "All of it was for nothing." 

Liam widens his eyes. "He killed them?" He shakes his head. "No, no. I saw them. The guards shot them with sedative darts." He starts panicking. "They took them away after that. They can't be dead." 

I look at him... Maybe.... 

"Maybe they are alive then? But I saw them in body bags. There were no wounds on their body." I mumble pensively. 

"I can't believe I am his blood." Liam hisses. 

"He got away." 

Liam looks at me and smirks. "Oh hell no." He tells me. "I wouldn't ever let him get away with this." He points at the opened door. 

When I look over, I can see a body lying in front of it. It's doctor Payne, unconscious like Zayn. 

I gasp. "We got him. Amazing, Liam." I smile at him and hug him shortly. "Is he dead?" 

He shakes his head. "No. I promised Harry he would get to have his way with him." 

I nod. "So, what do we do now?" 

"I need you to check up on Louis and Harry. I need their bodies here to make sure they are dead. We can't just leave them there. Can you do that?" Liam asks. "In the meantime, I will make sure all the guards are locked out of the area we are in, and that we will have a safe way out when we finished our business here. I will also try to find something to tie up these two and to sedate Zayn for a while." 

I nod at the explanation. "Fine by me," I say in agreement to his new plan. 

Liam doesn't waste time and hacks his father's computer. After some typing, a beep sounds through the building and down the corridor, I can see steel security doors closing. 

"All clear, Niall. The way to the room you said Lou and Harry are in should be open. I will see you back here soon, okay?" 

I nod in agreement. "Good luck."