(1D) Saw ; The Beginning

(6) Chapter Five ; His Time to Pass .

Zayn Malik ;

Louis was bleeding way to quickly, but his stubborn attempt to prevent Harry from killing himself was stronger than the pain. I held him up by his sides trying to make it easier, but I honestly didn't know if it helped. None of us knew how long he had been holding up the bars, we just knew that it was saving Michael's life, and for that we were grateful. No matter how many times we tried to get him to stop, so that maybe one of us could help him ease the load, he wouldn't let us. He was too busy trying to keep Harry off the pedestal.

  

  "How you holding up?" I whispered in his ear, feeling his body start to tremor. "Y-you should let me do this, at least it's not Haz-"

  "No, it's okay" he stuttered weakly, his whole body shaking in shock. "I-I can do this...."

   "Lou you're bleeding, badly!" I growled keeping it soft. "It's seeping through your clothes! Just, stop it! You've already passed out from bleeding too much and you wanna do that again?"

  "Zayn it's too late," he mumbled out of breath. "I've already started this, there's no point in having someone else bleed out too-"

   "B-but, y-you could die!" I pleaded.

  "Better me than Harry-"

   "What??" I shrieked in disgust. "Are you serious?? You knock Haz down for trying to kill himself when you're trying to do the same thing!"

  "Lower your voice" Louis wheezed, trying not to alarm the others that were across the room trying to comfort Michael. "Th-they'll hear you-"

   "This is wrong, Lou, you can't do this" I started to get teary eyed. "Without anything to wrap you up with, you'll bleed out again! And I don't know if you'll survive it this time!"

  "Stop crying" he coughed, grimacing in pain. "I-I'll be fine, just please tell me it's almost over...."

   "I-I don't know!" I looked around trying to find a timer or something. "There's no way to tell-"

  "Great-"

Harry walked over alone, looking at Louis timidly. I stood between the two of them, not wanting Haz to do anything rash. Suddenly a loud mechanical sound clicked in the room, but none of us seemed to know what that meant.

  

   "Congratulations, you've seemed to do what many others have failed to-" the clowns voice filled the room. "Save your friends life...."

   

Louis released himself as the metal poles that jabbed into his sides slid out of him. He immediately stumbled towards the ground as I caught his fall. Michael's binding's fell off one by one as they other boys helped him to his feet.

  

  "Despite what you might think of me, the next room I give you is a gift" he went on. I looked at Haz who returned my puzzled look. "Use it wisely, for you will not be able to return to it-"

  

Everyone in the room eyed each other the same. Michael hugged Liam for gratitude, still clinging onto the fact that his life was almost ended.

I put Lou's arm around me, helping him walk as a timer now above the door started to count down. We all walked into the next room trickling in slowly, one by one. After Niall walked in last, the door swung closed on it's own again, mimicking again the loud explosion from the previous room. Dust and smoke rolled in a thick cloud from under the door. I gulped thinking that one of us could've been in there.