Once the words are out of Zayn's mouth, everyone moves as fast as lightening. Liam, who is still holding me, runs out of the door to the running car while everyone else follows. Zayn is in the driver's seat, Louis in the passenger seat, while the rest of us squeeze into the back.
In less than 5 minutes, we are on our way to the hospital.
"What the fuck happened, Zayn?" Louis asks the question that everyone wants to know.
Zayn shakes his head. "It was an ambush and we didn't have enough men. Harry thinks that one of our own betrayed us to help the Demons, but I don't know. Roxy was stabbed."
"Bloody hell. How did you get out of there alive?"
Zayn doesn't say anything and Louis repeats his question. Finally, Zayn spits out,
"Harry set the place on fire and called the police."
"What?!"
"What the fuck?"
Louis and Niall are in an uproar while Liam, Daria and I remain silent.
"Listen, Harry knows that no one, not even those pricks, fuck with the police so he knew they'd scatter. As for the fire, well, our supply is destroyed yes, but neither one of those pigs can get their hands on it."
Supply? Are they talking about drugs? A shiver overtakes my body, but I dare not ask.
Louis and Niall grumble and argue some more before grudgingly accepting Zayn's words.
The car is quiet once again which allows me to hear Daria make a choked sound. I look over to see tears falling silently over her cheeks, and I suddenly remember that she's only a fifteen year old girl who is terrified that her sister is going to die.
Instinctively, I hug her close to me to try and comfort her in some way. "Roxy is strong and a badass, don't worry." Daria doesn't respond to my weak attempt of comforting words, she just continues to cry.
After that no one talks and the air feels somber. While Zayn drives, I take the opportunity to study my surroundings, just to get an idea of where we are.
We pass by endless trees, woods, and some more trees. No other houses are in sight. I frown at the scene. There's supposed to be a hospital in all of this?
Plink!
Someone's phone goes off in the dead silence of the car, making me startle. Zayn pulls a sleek phone from his pocket and reads something. He puts the phone down and suddenly makes a sharp left onto a dirt road. Making everyone in the backseat slam into each other at the action. I catch Liam's eyes and look at him questioningly but he just shrugs.
I guess he doesn't know what's going on either. I'm not sure why I thought he would, just because he and Louis hung out at a strip club once.
As I survey everyone in the car, I realize that the only people who seem upset are me and Daria. Everyone else, even Liam, have carfully blank expressions.
Why the hell are they so calm?
'They're used to seeing death and carnage, dummy. This is a gang not some child's play.' The small voice in my head does have a point, but how does that explain Liam? Is he just used to it by now since he's delt with the Demons before?
As I sit in the back seat holding Daria close to me, I find myself questioning things I've never bothered with before and I don't know how to feel.
Zayn suddenly slams on brakes and puts the car in park. I look around and notice that we're parked outside of a small cottage.
Frowning, I study the house that seems almost hidden in the woods surrounding it. "Um, I thought we were going to the hospital?"
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