THEIR PURGE | One Direction AU

three; escaping.

12 / midnight.

"Are we ready to do this?" Liam asked the other four boys with a raised eyebrow, they were all at the back of the bus ready to open the doors and just run. He got a mixture of nods and 'mhm's, Louis looked him dead in the eyes and nodded.

All Liam could think about was the havoc they'd cause, the pain they'd cause to the people who made them suffer. It was clear in his eyes that he was looking forward to this.

"Lets go." he muttered, the doors of the bus swung open and each boy stepped out one by one, ever so quietly, they locked the door. Suddenly everything hit them, they were out now, slowly backing away from the tour bus in front of them.

Well, that was everyone but Niall. He was sort of just stood there, staring up at the tour bus that was 5x taller than him. "Ni, come on, we need to go." Liam said and rested a hand on his shoulder, looking at him.

"Sorry, it's just mad to think we're never going back." Niall whispered and smiled a little bit, before eventually walking with the other boys. "So exactly how are we going to get away?"

"You remember that boat?" Liam asked with a smirk, he knew they all did, they filmed on that boat. "Well, I have the keys to it." he whipped them out of his pocket and shook them about.

"How the fuck did you do that, you bloody magician." Louis exclaimed with raised eyebrows as he looked at Liam. "Payno's taking up the magic business."

"No time for sass Louis, seriously, we need to get on that boat. Before security patrols." he was whispering now, they all started walking before they heard someone shout 'oi!'

Liam made eye contact with Louis, before they started sprinting. Adrenaline started rushing through Liam's veins, he could see the boat. They needed to get to it. It wasn't long before each boy was now jumping up onto the boat and laughing to themselves.

Zayn took the keys and started the engine of the boat, and the boat started to move. Liam walked to the edge of the boat and stuck his middle finger up at the security that had chased them all the way down here. "Fuck you!"

Louis watched him and raised an eyebrow, then glanced round and furrowed them. "Hey, where's Harry?" this made Liam spin round.

"I watched him get on he's probably just, taking a breather." Liam reassured Louis and jumped down from the high spot he was on. "C'mon we'll find him." he muttered as he watched Niall and Zayn have the time of their lives driving a boat.

Maybe a few seconds later they saw Harry sat down on a seat in the boat, fidgeting with his hands. When he'd got on the boat his adrenaline was so high and he jumped on with no hesitation, he seemed like he was having a hell of a lot more fun than he was having.

"What's up H?" Li muttered and sat down, allowing Louis to sit next to him. "Something on your mind?" he asked, his voice was soft and calm. He didn't want to upset the youngest boy further, sometimes he forgets Harry is the youngest of the group.

"I don't want anything to go wrong, you know? What if something goes wrong?" Harry mumbled and leant back, sniffling a little bit.

"Listen, we're going to protect you with our lives, you're the youngest here but we all need you with us. We'd never let anything or anyone harm you." Li reassured him, smiling gently. Louis listened to him, nodding slightly and patting Harry's thigh.

"Now c'mon Hazza, there's something really fun we can do." Louis said with a laugh, pulling Harry up and bringing him to the end of the boat, They sat down on the little bench that was there, right before the edge, and let their hair go crazy in the wind.

Harry let out a laugh, which was encouraging to both Louis and Liam. They'd managed to calm him and reassure him, sometimes they really did forget he was the youngest, then again Louis didn't even act like the oldest half the time.

Zayn started speeding up the boat, smirking to himself as the boat sped across the open water. "This is fucking awesome." he muttered to himself and steered the boat to the left, receiving what sounded like a squeal from either Harry or Louis.

"Having fun there?" Liam asked as he poked his head round, spotting a mischievously smirking Zayn and Niall sat down eating a bag of crisps. "How the fu- I'm not even gonna ask."

"It gives you such adrenaline driving the boat man, controlling the speed and what it does. I'm having the best day of my life!" Zayn shouted the last bit and sped up the boat a little more, this just made Liam laugh to himself.

After a while they got to the place they needed to be, cautiously jumping out of the boat and running to the apartment Liam had always kept a secret. Once they got there, there seemed to be what was an array of weapons set across a large table.

"Holy shit.." Louis muttered and looked at Liam, trailing his fingers along some of the weapons that were there. "Do we choose or do you?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I mean, I guess you can choo-." but before he could finish, every body had a few weapons on them. Harry was anxiously holding a few guns and a knife that had been sharpened previously, Louis the same, Zayn had a bat alongside a gun and something else that Liam couldn't quite work out..while Niall simply took a knife, a gun and a- sandwich? The fuck?

When the time came to sleep, they each had bunks in the apartment. There were two sets of bunk beds and a large bed, which Zayn took without even asking so now that was his bed.

Louis wrapped himself up in his covers before he heard silence, usually he could hear Harry's little snores as he slept but he just heard silence. "Hazza, you okay?" he mumbled and poked his head down.

"I'm okay. Just anxious again." he whispered and looked up at him, smiling a little bit. "It feels weird knowing we have weapons now, I've never used a gun."

Louis laid back on his bed and nodded to himself, he understood. "I know, it's hard, but it'll all be over soon." he whispered and hung his pinky finger down. "I promise."

Harry looked and linked his pinky with Louis', but before he could let go he accidentally fell asleep. Louis just let him, he left his pink there and fell asleep himself, that was what best friends were for right? He always wanted to make sure he comforted Harry, they'd been best friends since early days, but it was weird. Complicated.

"Goodnight Hazza." Louis mumbled to himself, before properly drifting off to sleep.

Liam walked into the room to the turn the light off and looked, he started thinking to himself about how close they were. What if Louis stopped everything to protect Harry?

His thoughts began building up again, the darkness in his mind become a cloud of thick fog circling his brain. He had to come up with something that would, yes protect Harry, but also keep Louis on board with the plan; because he knew that when Louis gets angry he could be a good person to have with them.

Maybe, if something were to come in between them, it would cause Louis to flip. Maybe he could make Louis snap and keep him with them. It sounded cruel, yes, but how else were they meant to survive?

He laid down on his bunk, looking up at the ceiling and thinking of ways he could make any of the boys snap. He had the Louis situation wrapped around his little finger, he knew Louis' weak-spot, which was Harry. Now he had to work out what the others' weak-spots were.

Liam rested his hands behind his head, pursing his lips and breathing out. There was a certain darkness within him that was slowly taking over the happy ending of his plan, but maybe he needed that darkness to help him get through the events that would follow.

He knew what he needed to do now, and he was sure to make it happen.