Voices Numb: Zayn Malik

Chapter 12.

ZAYN'S POV:

I handed Cole over to the two nurses and they placed her gently on the stretcher. Niall had cracked under the pressure and was now sitting beside Louis who were both in tears. 

He was taking deep gulping breathes and trying to process what had happened and I knew that my luck would have him go into shock as well. 

I had absolutely  no idea what had happened to Cole. She had welting red scratch marks all down the sides of her arms and deep incisions where the nails had been dug into her wrists to restrain her. 

She had been chocked and there were finger marks already starting to bruise on her throat. There was blood in her mouth but I couldn't see anywhere that I was coming from.

I argued with the ambulance driver to let me ride with Cole to the hospital. 

"You are not a family member."

"Do I look like I give a fuck."

The boys all looked stunned at me, and Cole was tended to by the second nurse. 

The nurse was stunned so I just kept talking. "Besides do you see any other 'family' members here?"

"Didn't think so."

The nurse gave a sigh and gestured for me to hope into the back of the ambulance. 

"Boys, I will call you as soon as I know anything.'

The back doors of the ambulance were closed and I watched as we drove away from our apartment complex. 

"Sir, can you tell us anything that happened?"

"No, I have no idea. We were having our Trove circle and we got into a fight. she stormed out and I assumed that she went to Austin's house, but then Louis started shouting and that's when we found her."

"Wait... hang on.. Trove circle?" 

"Our trust and love circle. It was Niall's idea."

The nurse nodded hesitantly, "Who's this Austin? Her boyfriend?"

I tensed my jaw at the mention of his name . "Look can we talk about this away from her?"

The ambulance swerved around the final corner and we arrived at the hospital. 

The nurses opened the back of the van and I got out, I watched them pull a still conscious Cole out on her stretcher and slowly wheel her towards the entrance.

I walked alongside the her and grabbed her hand. She flinched away from me and I gave her a puzzled look. I could tell that she had been crying, there were tears drying down her cheeks and her eyes were still red. 

We soon reached a room at the end of the hallway and the nurses finished pushing Cole. 

"Mr Malik, the injuries that Cole is suffering now are not life threatening. We are going to keep her in here for a while so that a doctor can see to her cuts but we are going to give her something for the shock. You have about ten minutes before the medication kicks in."

The nurse left and closed the door behind her so that it was just Cole and myself in the room. I walked over to the windows and quickly shut the blinds. 

"Z-Zayn, you can go, you don't need to sta.."

"Cole!" I spoke over the top of her. 

"You don't get it." I dragged the chair closer to the bed and sat down. 

"Look, I only have a certain amount of time to tell you this so I need you to be quiet."

"What I need to say takes longer than the amount of time I have but I will make it work...