Infinity //1D AU ✓

Chapter 15

~How many nights does it take to count the stars?,

That's the time it would take to fix my heart,

Oh, baby, I was there for you,

All I ever wanted was the truth, yeah, yeah~

"This may be the easiest thing I've ever done." Louis yawned. It only took three seconds for Ed to override the security system.

"You'd think that a security company would have better security." Niall joked, sweeping into the front lobby with a large stick as his weapon.

"Cameras are down." Ed told them through the walkie-talkie he had. Ed wasn't actually that far away - he was just in the car with Harry.

Louis, Liam, and Niall walked down the long hallway, towards Paul's office. It was Sunday - the one day that they could guarantee that no one would be there. There were pictures on the walls - the company was very close knit. There were company barbecues, and sure enough, pictures of the clan - Luke, Perrie, and Palmer, together.

"Niall, pop this door." Louis demanded, looking at the door to Paul's office.

"It's unlocked." Niall laughs nervously. "I want to go home."

Liam opened the door, stepping inside, prepared to protect the others. Louis flipped on the light switch, showing them an empty, standard office. "Okay. In and out as soon as we can." Liam told the group this, and they started searching through the files.

"Do you have your gloves on?" Harry asked through the walkie-talkie.

"Yes, Harold." Niall replied, looking at everyone's hands.

"If you see something important, just shove it into this folder." Louis said, dumping out an already full folder so that it was now empty. Niall began opening locked drawers, and Liam shifted through papers in the filing cabinet.

"Thank god they haven't gone paperless." He sighed, putting a handful of the stuff he saw in the designated folder.

"This one." Niall said, unlocking a drawer with his lock set. "There's several locks on it, and I can tell that there's case files inside."

"How?" Louis asked him.

"I've opened a lot of things with case files inside, okay? I just know." He smiled, opening the drawer. "Easy as pie."

"A piece of cake, you mean?" Liam laughed, helping him take all of the case files out. "Yes. These are all of the files from celebrities and bands they've been hired to protect."

"We need to go then." Louis told the group, looking at the mess. "Leave no trace behind obviously failed."

Liam laughed, a demented look in his eyes. Louis was really worried about him, especially considering him falling asleep on a park bench drunk, just a couple days prior. Then Liam picked up the sorry excuse for a weapon - the stick, and smashed it into the lamp.

Niall screamed, and then Louis pulled a can of spray paint out of the pocket of his cargo shorts - immediately spraying their logo on the wall.

1D.

Simon would probably fight them for this, but it was going to be worth it. Liam needed to get his anger out, and they were fighting the forces of evil - making sure that the money stayed in the hands of those that deserved it. Not those who stole it.

"Alarms reset in 60 seconds!" Ed screamed into the walkie-talkie. "I won't be able to hack them before you set them off! Run!"

Liam knocked over the file cabinet, and Niall pulled on his muscled arm. "We have to go now!"

"Let's go, Liam!" Louis screamed.

"Fine!" The three of them ran down the hall and out the front door.

As they got in the car, Harry speeding off, Ed and Louis began looking at the data they received. "This...this is...wow." Louis put his hand over his mouth.

"Simon's going to be so excited." Ed giggled. "We get back and I'll scan these in, and mail them to him."

"Well, we did it." Harry sighed. "But at what cost?"

"We'll leave Luke's information out of it. He can lie if everyone goes to trial. He's a good liar." Louis said. "How you doin', Liam?"

"Fine. I'm ready for this dumb wedding to be over so I can go home, gain two hundred pounds, and never leave my house. Maybe I'll become a youtuber or blog about my feelings."

"Good plan." Niall replied. "I'm going to buy an apartment in some small town in America. Maybe I'll live in like Idaho or something."

"Where even is Idaho?" Harry laughed.

"I wanna live in some beach house or something." Louis said. "Wake up every morning with a beautiful view."

"That sounds nice." Ed smiled.

Louis cringed. "Sorry, Ed."

"No, it's fine. I've traveled the world. I've seen the sights. I'm perfectly happy spending the rest of my life in dingy bars and working for the Peace Corps."

"Okay." Harry smiled at Ed.

"Can I spend the night, Louis? Then I'll head back up to London."

"Sure, Ed. Harry, you going back to your mum's?"

"Yeah. She's going to let Niall stay until the wedding, so I'll stay too. Come up tomorrow, though? All of us'll go to the park?"

"Sounds fun." Liam smiled.