|What Happened to Niall| Niall Centric

Chapter 11 -»Louis Tomlinson«-

"Get down! Turn off that light!" Louis hissed when he saw a police cruiser slowly drive by. They all held their breath as Zayn quickly dropped what he was doing to turn the flashlight off. The chips made a small clinking noise as they hit the ground, making Louis flinch.

If Louis was caught hiding 3 non-first borns than he would be just as dead as them. It was just as illegal to harbor them as it was to be one. That was of course, if you couldn't pay the fine. And Louis' family was far from rich.

Everyone was statue still until Louis let out a sigh, watching the cruiser drive by. "We're good." He said lightly.

Zayn clicked the flashlight back on, looking for the chips on the floor. "Are they okay?" Liam wondered as Zayn inspected them.

"I think so." He muttered, looking intently at one under the light.

"Are they done?" Harry wondered and Zayn nodded slowly. "Now what?"

"Now we put them in." Louis turned around to say. He hesitantly stepped away from the window to sit next to his new accomplices.

"How do we-" Liam starts when Zayn picks up a needle. "Oh."

"You're not afraid of needles are you?" Louis asked carefully. "You aren't going to scream or anything, right?"

"R-right." Liam breathed out shakily before taking a deep breath. His face slowly went blank before he said more confidently, "Right, me first I suppose."

Zayn hesitated, searching Liam's face before nodding firmly. He picked up the needle and pushed the chip inside, it was a tight fit. Zayn waited until Liam situated himself beside him, looking away from all of them as Zayn counted from 3 before pushing the needle into Liam's left hand. Liam winced but other than that didn't react.

Harry seemed to relax at his reaction, sitting down quickly as Zayn counted down from 3 again. Harry flinched as Zayn quickly put in his chip. "Fuck." He muttered and rubbed his hand when it was done.

"One of you needs to do it for me." Zayn says quietly, looking to Louis. Louis looked between the three of them before shrugging his shoulders. He was terrified he would do it wrong but he still kept a straight face.

"Where do I put it?" He wondered steadily. Zayn pointed to a spot on his left hand before reaching it out to him. Louis picked up the needle shakily before taking Zayn's hand. "Right here?" Louis clarified before he did it. Zayn corrected him and then it was done. All three boys rubbed their hands where it was sore. "We should take a quick nap before heading out I suppose." Louis sympathizes.

No one argues as they all find a place to lay down. It's quiet for a few minutes before Harry speaks up. "Why do you think the chips are on the left hand?"

Zayn didn't even miss a beat as he clenched his hand into a fist. "Because it's not right. Nothing they do is."

No one argues with that either until Liam speaks up. "Do you know that they don't really care about chips? Yeah, sure they tell who is a first born and who isn't but the real reason they have them is because they're tracked. They use them as tracking devices to always know where you are. The government aren't the good guys, trust me."

Everyone is shocked into silence, no one even thinks about sleeping now.

"I don't think anyone's ever thought the government were the good guys." Louis says softly. Again, no one argues but they all agree vocally when Liam sits up 10 minutes later.