Undercover (Larry Stylinson)

15. lost & found

"Harry Styles, a local Massachusetts security guard, found a woman giving birth in her car at a strip mall parking lot and was able to call an ambulance in time. But that's not all Styles has done. A recent investigation on his name has shown that Styles is linked to a kidnapping  scandal in Russia, which took place during the World Cup in July."

"Yesterday at 10:35pm, using a tip given by Styles several weeks ago, American feds made a shocking discovery. In a small town on the outskirts of Moscow, they found a warehouse full of 37 American and European citizens being held hostage. Among them, James Capriccio of New Jersey, Adam Freedom from Orlando, FL and Niall Horan from New York City. Here on the scene we have David Gibson, head officer of the investigation. David tell us, what did you find?"

"Well, we got this tip from Styles a while back. Didn't find anything so we closed the case. Then he came up in the news again. Around the same time we picked up suspicious activity on phone lines in New York, coming from Russia. So we decided to look again."

David paused, looking down at his hands. "It happened fast. We sent out our best spy and hoped for the best. Offered 10,000$ for whoever could show us the location of the hostages, if there were any. Calls came flooding in. We checked multiple sites based on false leads. Then we found them."

"And What did you see when you found them?"

"Horrible," David said, choking a bit. "Men chained up, with gags and handcuffs. Some had been blindfolded for months. They were lying in their own filth, wearing rags. The only food was a scrap or two of bread they'd throw down there. Had a bucket of water. Three were dead, surprised there weren't more. Seemed like the initial goal was to hold them hostage, but when no one came for them, they started to care less if they lived or died..."

"That's horrible. And how did you get them out?"

"They were expecting us. For the sake of everyone, we agreed on a negotiation. They got their Money, we got our men," David explained.

"That's all the time we have David, thank you so much. As of right now, the survivors are receiving medical treatment and are all in stable condition."

Silence. Complete silence.

Louis turned to look at Harry, whose face was frozen. He didn't move. He didn't breathe.

"Harry?" Louis asked gently. "Haz?"

He started to cry. First softly, then uncontrollably. At the top of his lungs.

"Hey, it's okay, he's safe, Niall's safe you heard it right there," Louis said, smoothing Harry's hair back.

"I know," Harry sobbed. "I can't believe it. I seriously can't believe it - I... He's back, Louis. He's back."

"I know and everything is gonna be okay," Louis said, planting a gentle kiss on Harry's cheek.

Harry curled up against Louis, nuzzling his head on the smaller lads shoulder.

But the truth was Louis wasn't sure if everything was going to be okay. If Harry was this damaged from a day with the Russians, he could only imagine how Niall would be after 4 months.

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"Do you think he'll call yet?" Harry chirped as he took another batch of cupcakes out of the oven.

Louis smiled and stretched his shoulders. "We talked about this, love. It may take a little bit. His doctors are still getting him back to health, but when he's cleared, he'll call you. He has your number."

"I know," Harry whined. "But i wanna see him now."

"Soon," Louis said. He stood behind Harry, grabbing him gently by the hips and kissing his neck from behind.