Decrypted

Chapter 9

i sooooo dont wanna go back to work

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"Dont worry about that, Lea, because you guys arent joining us. No way." Zayn shook his head, a small smile on his lips. 

"For the succession of the institute, we are."Lea responded, typing away on a device she had. 

"We can handle this alone, we'll get the cure and bring it back. We dont need any more of you pest-," Zayn coughed, "workers to help us." 

"For better chances of success in retrieving the cure, we must join. It has been approved by the leader." Lea remarked, looking over at Zayn with a smug smile. 

"Fuck." Zayn hissed under his breath. He was entering some pretty deep waters by allying himself with them, only time will tell when they decide to kill him.

"What?" Niall whispered over to Zayn, "Im sure they can help." 

"And we will help," Liam smiled to Niall, "Anything for a fellow worker, congratulations on the promotion."

"Hey, thanks!" Niall beamed, feeling a little bad for lying to a nice guy like him. 

"To which faction do you work?" Liam asked, raising a brow. 

Niall looked over to Zayn, "It's classified." 

"Surely you can tell us, we're all institute members here, right?" Lea narrowed her eyes over at him. 

"Of course," Zayn smoothly responded, "But the leader had decided to keep our titles classified. I dont make the rules." 

Lea nodded, taking in a deep breath, "So, where are you thinking of going, anyways?" 

"Chamber 80," Zayn lies, "Niall and i have some other duties to fill, but we can meet you there." 

"We can wait." Lea responds.

"In fact, we can help if needed." Liam offers, looking between the two boys.

Zayn huffed in annoyance, when will these people quit? 

"You guys are so nice, thanks for the offer." Niall was radiating happiness, making Zayn feel a pang to his heart. 

Had he really been so mean to Niall, that a mere offering of help was something Niall was excited about? 

"What do you have to do?" Liam asked, looking over at Zayn. 

"Now that i think about it, nothing. We finished it earlier." Zayn lied again. 

"Then lets begin our search." Lea decided, motioning for Zayn to lead the way. 

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"Zayn, i'm tired." Niall whined, knocking his head against the older boys shoulder. They had began walking to chamber 11 to continue the search for the culprit.

"Hey, shush, cookie, we'll be there soon. Just keep quiet." Zayn soothed, reaching up and rubbing Niall's arm for a second. 

Niall kept his view downwards and saw something attached to Zayn's belt, jumping as he walked. The bobblehead had found a home.

"Its so hot out, i cant even see with the stupid sun, this stupid sand makes it hard to walk. Why didnt people just make roads?" Niall complained, being grumpy since he barely had any sleep last night. 

Zayn lightly laughed, "So people like you could suffer." 

"You're such an asshole." Niall pouted, hating Zayn's smart ass comments all the time.