Immortal Affliction (Sequel to Immortal Perfection)

Chapter Twenty Six.

Hey guys this chapter is kinda short so sorry. To make up for it I drew a picture for you. Lol. It's up above. I might have another update up tonight and if not then I'll definitely have one up tomorrow! Enjoy my loves! Love, Sami

October 19, 2015

Zayn's POV:

I need to find him. I have to. It's been nearly three days. Three days since Harry had gone missing and I had no idea where I should be looking for him. The only one who even had an inkling of where he might be was Liam and I still wasn't positive that he was trustworthy. I had to trust him though because if I didn't then I had zero hope of ever getting my Harry back. 

Three days and all I could think about was how I may never be able to run my hands through those gorgeous curly locks again. How I could possibly never have the chance to kiss his soft lips or or hold his hand in mine. These thoughts were exhausting but they were also fueling me to not give up. I would search to the ends of the earth. Every nook and cranny. No stone would go unturned until I found the love of my life.

"Z.", Louis mumbled softly. "You're hurting yourself again."

I looked down at my hands and saw that my nails were digging into my skin so deep that blood was dripping down my knuckles. I retracted them from my palms and shook my head, "I'm sorry Lou. I just can't stop thinking about..."

"Hey." He rested his hand on my back, "He's not dead, ok? We're going to find him and when we do we're gonna kill the bastard that took him."

I nodded in agreement. Louis was right. We were going to find him no matter what the cost. I knew I could trust Louis. He would do anything for me and I was pretty confident that he would do anything for Harry as well. 

Liam, who was leading our group, suddenly stopped and put his hand out to signal us to stop. "What's going on? Why have we stopped?", I wanted to yell at him but figured it wouldn't help the situation. 

He put his finger up to his lips to let us know we had to be quiet. We all stood there as still and as quietly as we possibly could. Liam turned to me and whispered, "The coven. I can sense them. We have to be careful."

I wanted to charge towards wherever they were and beat all of their asses but I knew that wasn't wise and would probably only end in my death. So I took a breath to calm myself down and nodded in understanding. I couldn't sense the coven like Liam could but he was really fucking old compared to me so it wasn't much of a surprise. He had years upon years of the best training and was regarded as one of the most powerful of our kind. That only made me more worried about the situation considering the man that took Harry was most likely the one that nearly killed Liam. 

I heard a noise through the trees a few feet away and I could tell the lads did as well because we all got in a stance, ready to fight. We were all skeptical when a small girl who appeared to be no older than the age of 10 walked out behind the trees. 

She put her hands together and bowed to us, "Simon will be seeing you now."

Liam and I looked at each other, trying to figure out what the other was going to do. Were we just gonna go with her or were we going to fight? Liam gave me a nod and we rested our arms at our sides, showing that we were not looking to battle. 

"Follow me.", she said softly. 

We did as we were told and even though I tried to make it seem like I wasn't ready to decapitate someone in an instant I was actually ready to decapitate a thousand of them if i had to. My nails were once again slicing into my palms but this time I didn't stop myself. I had to keep myself on my toes. I couldn't fuck anything up.

We came upon a dark cave and the girl stopped at the entrance, "You may proceed."

Liam and I made our way into the dark cavern first. If Harry was in here then maybe we had a shot of getting him back but if not then it was likely we would die without purpose. We walked for what seemed to be hours but I wasn't sure if it was the overwhelming anxiety or if it was actually a long tunnel. 

I thought we were getting nowhere until I heard a loud cry, "Zayn! Zayn help me!"

Harry!  Liam tried to stop me from running to the distraught cries of my fiance but I didn't let him. Harry was in trouble. He needed me. 

I ran until I reached an big empty spot in the cave. It was lit up with torches all around the area and in the middle was Harry. Chained to the ground and helpless. He looked paler than usual and just so tired. 

"Harry!", I ran to his aid, kneeling next to him. "Haz, oh my god are you ok?" I brushed the hair out of his eyes and looked at his face.

He coughed a few times, leaving traces of blood on the ground next to us. "Z...I knew you would find me."

I pulled him close to me and kissed the top of his head, "Of course I would. You're my everything. Let's get you out of here." 

I began tugging at the chains that were binding his limbs to the ground but they were remarkably strong. I couldn't believe I was about to do this, "Liam! Liam I need your help!"

I heard a deep chuckled come from behind me. It sent shivers down my spine and this was it. This is what I was fearing. I didn't know what he wanted from me or Harry. I just knew that he wanted something and it probably wasn't good. 

I stood up and turned to look at him. He wasn't very big but his demeanor was enough to make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. "You're Simon, yea? What do you want?"

He chuckled again, "Don't be so hasty, Zayn. I just want to talk."

"Then talk." I was trying really hard to seem like I could take him even though I knew I couldn't and he knew that I couldn't either. 

"You know, you should be more polite to your elders. We are the reason you're immortal."

"Just tell me what you want.", I scowled. 

I could see the anger in his eyes. "Be polite!", he screamed, holding his hand out in front of him and making a fist.

Harry yelled out in pain behind me and I rushed to him. "Stop! Please stop hurting him!", I pleaded. 

"That's better.", he said calmly and Harry stopped yelling. 

"Please just tell me what you want. I'll give you anything if you just let Harry go."

I shook his head, "Oh my dear boy, Harry is what I want."

"W-what do you mean? What do you want with Harry?", I stuttered.

He crossed his arms and started to walk towards us, "I'm sure you've noticed that harry is very special. He has powers that even I don't have. Harry is part of the prophecy. He can do exactly what we've wanted to do for hundreds of years."

I held Harry closer, "What do you want to do?"

"I want to make this world our own. I want to take the humans and force them to hide from us for a change. For years the vampire race has kept hidden, not able to come out into the daylight and live up to our full potential. We are the superior species. We should be the ones showing our faces while the humans cower inside of their homes."

He was crazy. This whole thing was crazy. "Harry will never help you with this plan! That isn't the type of person that he is!"

He laughed, "My dear boy, why do you think I've brought you here? You can either join me or I can torture you for eternity while you precious partner watches you suffer. So what's it gonna be?"

I looked at Harry. He looked so damn sick. So lifeless and for lack of a better word, dead. He wouldn't want this. He wouldn't want to turn against the humans. If he was coherent he would give this guy the finger and just choose to die instead. But my Harry deserved to live. He deserved to thrive and if that meant pushing my morals aside for a while then that's what I had to do. I would do anything for Harry. Anything.

"I'm in."