Decrypted

Chapter 8

hope you dudes are doing okay. Im thriving, we just had a thunderstorm ayoo.

_______________________________________________________________________________

Both boys walked down the stairs on high alert, with Zayn, of course, being in front of Niall.

The lobby was untouched, besides a candy bar wrapper on the desk from a chocolate the front lady presumably ate. Plus, there was a small buzzing sound coming from the recreation room.

"Hmm, maybe it was an accident." Niall guessed, seeing how everything was fine.

Zayn took in a deep, annoyed breath, "Be quiet."

Niall decided that it was better than 'shut up' so he happily complied.

"We have to find the recreation room." Zayn whispered to Niall, his eyes scanning the wall for any signs.

"Divide and conquer?" Niall suggested, recalling what Zayn had suggested from the free range chamber.

A small smile tugged at Zayn lips, his boy was proving to be a fast learner. He nodded, "Not bad of an idea, cookie."

Niall beamed, loving the reassurance he got from Zayn. After all, it was rare with him. "Thanks! I remember its what you said to me earlier. It's different from what Harry had taught us-"

"Yea, yea." Zayn mumbled, swatting his hand as if to shoo Niall's speech.

"Hey, i was talking." Niall pouted, sticking up for himself this time.

"Well, i was going to say 'I dont give a fuck', but i decided 'Yea, yea' was nicer. Take it or leave it." Zayn smirked.

He carefully and slowly placed his weight on the floor, wincing when Niall hopped off the last step and made a sound.

Thinking the noise was coming from the recreation room, he directed Niall to inspect the bathrooms to keep him busy.

Zayn crouched beside the door leading to the rec room, waiting to see if he could eavesdrop.

"Liam, have you heard anything from J-F yet?"

"No, last time they contacted me was the night they left."

"Maybe our leader has heard something from them. Regardless, they should contact soon, im itching to get my hands on bloodblitz."

"I know, Lea, i know. Soon though, soon we'll restore order."

Zayn racked his brain for ideas, what the hell was bloodblitz?

"So, i didnt find anything in the bathrooms but i did find this little bobblehead. It reminded me of you because look, it has a little gun, just like you! So it can be like a mini monster hunter." Niall appeared, holding out a small bobble head with a ray gun attached to its hands.

Zayn's heart skipped a beat from the fright Niall gave him, he was so intent on listening he'd forgotten about the blonde.

"Thanks, now, be quiet." Zayn whispered back, not even glancing over the gift before shoving it in his pocket.

Niall was about to protest, saying it might break, but decided not to push Zayn. Instead, he turned his attention towards the scene infront of him.

Two people were seated across a table with a game of checkers in between them. They looked like humans, but Zayn was suspicious.

"I love checkers!" Niall whispered over to Zayn, distracting him from listening further.

"Thats nice, cookie." Zayn mumbled, trying to show his indifference. It wasnt quite disinterest since he did grow to care what the blonde had to say, but only because Zayn liked to irk and mess with what Niall said.

"I bet i could beat you in a game." Niall boasted, looking over at Zayn with a prideful smirk.

The black haired boy frowned, "One, you need to be quiet and two, thats never going to happen."

"Oh yea? Fine, then i challenge you to a game of checkers right now." Niall declared, standing up and making his presence know to the people.

"Excuse me, but you wouldn't happen to know of any other checker sets around here, would you?" Niall asked the pair, trying his best to sound polite.

The mental face palm Zayn did was so severe, he gave himself a headache.

The woman, Lea, looks over at Niall. Her movements seem a bit sharp and precise as she begins to speak.

"Name?"

"I'm Niall, what's your name?" Niall responds, a little confused as to why she wanted to know his name.

Zayn, still hidden in the corner, looked over at Niall. Having Niall's real name for the first time, he decided it fit him. But, he preferred to call Niall cookie.

"Species?" She continued to ask questions, her hand inching towards a weapon on her belt.

"Uh, human," Niall responded, itching his head, "Look, i just wanted to play checkers."

Lea narrowed her eyes, scanning Niall up and down and looking over to her male counterpart who had his hand on his gun.

Zayn inched closer, grabbing a glimpse at the pattern on their clothing and trying to fix the clues together.

"Unripe ghoul?" She questions, looking for his analysis, "I detect one."

Zayn suddenly stood up, pretending to bump into Niall. "Oh, there you are! Man, i have good news. The institute has just promoted you!"

"What?" Niall questioned, looking up at Zayn with confusion then realization, "What? I cant believe it! Yay!"

"Who were you-Oh, hi, Lea!" Zayn smiled and waved over at the synth with blonde hair, "Oh, i almost forgot, hey Liam!"

Zayn's eavesdropping paid off, as the people in front of him began to loosen their grip on their weapons.

Zayn noticed Lea's blonde hair, recalling what his father had said, but shook his head as it would be impossible.

"You're with the institute?" Liam asked, standing up to talk to them.

"Yes, a new faction. The two of us," He motioned between himself and Niall, "are on our own to find uh-," Zayn hesitated.

"My friends and his family." Niall butted in.

Zayn liked Niall, he did. Sometimes, he found Niall's innocence a bit cute, but now he was finding it very frustrating. These were the type of people you didn't want to mess with.

"Why does the institute care about them?" Lea scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Well, Harry is super close to finding a cure for ghouls-"

"Excuse my friend, he's very ill at the moment," Zayn interrupted Niall, throwing his hand over Niall's forehead, "So warm."

"Who is Harry? There's a cure for ghouls?" Liam asked suspiciously, not buying Zayn's acting.

"We arent sure, we're just looking for the creature of the said 'cure'." Zayn tried his best to be vague.

"Lea, alert our leader we're switching factions for orderly reasons. We're joining you on your quest."

_________________________________________________________________________

dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

what do you guys think is gonna happen with these two involved now?? :0

unedited asf

This shit is realistic right? The ziall relationship? The character actions?