this is unedited and also written while im dead tired, so enjoy! :) ___________________________________________________________________
Niall crept inside Harry's room, peeking his head through the curtain and squinting his eyes in the darkness. He wanted to make sure Harry was asleep before he left, which he was.
"Night, Harry." Niall softly whispered, retracting his body back from Harry's room and heading towards his own room.
Niall had picked up all the supplies he needed, a bag for the diamonds, his water canteen, and a knife for protection. He left his gas mask on the hook, so if Harry wakes up, he can assume Niall is in the base since Niall isnt supposed to leave without the mask.
Niall praised himself for being so sneaky.
He filled his lungs with one last gasp of fresh air, then turned the knob.
His first thought was that he could see so much more without the thick, black borders of the gas mask preventing his line of sight. Secondly, he thought the air was just as fresh as it had been in the base.
Discovering these things gave Niall a false sense of confidence to move on, so he did.
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"Damn it!"
Niall turns his head towards the noise to grab a quick look at the disruption before crouching down by an old counter to conceal his presence.
He had just entered the mall a couple minutes ago and was immediately attracted to the 'Jewelry Store' where he found all sorts of diamonds and gems. Luckily, he made it to the mall safely, and he was ready to go home until he heard he had company.
He saw a person, heavily armed, banging on an old vending machine. The dim, blue light from the machine flickered as they messed with it.
Niall tried to be as quiet as he could, holding his breath until he felt his lungs would burst. He felt the cool tiles against his fingers as he crawled towards the exit doors of the store.
He just wanted to get back to his group and back to Harry. He had already grabbed the supply of diamonds he needed and a couple bracelets for Milly, Jenny and Smile.
The door was so close, all he had to do was inch a couple more feet and he was free. Growing confident as he reached the door, he quickened his pace but ended up regretting it.
His black, dirty combat boot slid against the tile, alerting the person where Niall was.
"Who's there?" The person growled, his hands flying to his holster.
"Damn it." Niall repeated the person from earlier, realizing he didn't have his own pistol with him and just a knife.
He heard the sound of a gun click, prepping it for fire. Niall froze in place, staring over at the space that didn't conceal him, hoping the person would leave.
Every footstep the person took closer to Niall, he felt his heart beat louder and louder. The squeak of the persons boots pinched Niall's eardrums, making him wince.
He felt his mouth go dry from having it open in fear, making him swallow a couple times to remoisturize the area.
Once he saw the toe-end of the boots by the counter, he held his breath.
He should have listened to Harry, Harry was always right. Why did Niall think this was ever going to work? Today, he was going to die from a raider in a jewelry shop.
The person went to look on the opposite side of Niall, making him internally sigh in relief.
Niall watched as the person, a male a couple years older than Niall, inspected the tables and cashier isle. He had a darker skin complexion that matched his black hair.
"What're ya doin?" A second person asks with a thick accent, presumably from up north.
"I thought i heard something...or someone." The first person responds, giving the corner he just inspected a once over before shaking his head.
"Someone here?" The second person sounds suspicious, stepping inside the store as well.
Nialls lips purse and he looks up at the ceiling in annoyance and fear.
The first person didn't respond, prompting Niall to look over towards him.
His breath caught in his throat, the person was staring right at Niall.
Niall's eyes grew wide and he instinctively shrank his neck to where his shoulders practically touched his ears.
The other seemed just as shocked as Niall, his eyes quickly analyzing Niall to check for any danger.
"Aye, Z, what're ya doin? You see somethin?" The second person asks, approaching 'Z'.
Z shakes his head and gives Niall one last look, "Nah, just a gun caught my eye, but it's broken."
"We ain't here for guns, remember? Here, carry dis." The second person cloaks Z in gold necklaces and charm, then smiles to himself. He picks up a bucket full of small, red berries, which Niall presumes is a food source for him and his group.
"We good," He proudly states, "We got the berries and gold, lets go."
Z lags behind the second person a little bit, rolling on his feet and debating if he should just murder and loot the kid but decides against it.
He didn't want to waste the bullet or alarm the ghouls of their whereabouts.
But, Z's caution was in vain, because once he stepped outside the store with all the necklaces on, he set off the security alarms.
"Shit!" He yelled, grabbing onto the sensormatic machines and trying his best to damage them.
Sirens blared though the store, traveling to the other side of the mall and lights flashed all around them.
"Nine!" Z called out but was left alone. The other person had already left, leaving Z to defend himself.
Niall was still on the ground, confused as to what was happening.
He peaked his head up above the counter and spotted Z pulling out his pistol and aiming in the hallway.
"Turn the sirens off, its going to attract more ghouls!" Z shouted at Niall, glancing back into the hallway and shooting a couple ghouls. He was obviously struggling with having to shoot ghouls and dismantle sirens at the same time.
Niall wanted to help Z, he really did, but the adrenaline in his body just forced him run out of the store and mall as fast as he could. Once he left the store with the diamonds, he set off even more alarms that were louder than the previous.
The chemicals in him were so powerful, he was able to run all the way back to his base without any breaks.
However, once he was calmed down, he was hit with a wave of exhaustion that pulled him directly into his cot.
He fell asleep so quickly, that he didn't even have time to notice that Harry, Milly and Jenny were all missing.
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:0 what do you think happened to them? oh shit.
hope you dudes enjoyeeeeed, im off to bed now bc its almost midnight where i am :)
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