Fame

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liam payne;

Liam got up way before the other boys, he didn't really sleep at all last night, so much worry on his mind, questions he needed answered. But he knew today they could finally do something about all this drama, get vengeance for the pain Niall went through.

He sharpened his knife, the jagged edges ripped the cloth he washed against the blade. That knife has been with him since he first started bounty hunting, rusty at the handle and the blade was a little warm down and curved but it still made a good slice through someone. And besides, weapons were limited at this time.

"Liam?" Liam blinked up and squinted into the mass of water, he was sitting by the waterfall, feet dangling off the rocks and into the water, he didn't realize one of the lads was up from the wall of water that separated them. He slowly got up and re-pocketed his knife in its little pouch on his belt, he could see a silhouette behind the water, walking into view.

"Couldn't sleep?" Louis asked as he stepped away from the water, hair damp from the steam. Liam nodded stiffly, slowly walking up the rocks till he was in front of his companion. Louis seemed to be entranced in Liam, staring into his eyes, searching for something. But then another silhouette came into view and soon Harry was walking out, sliding his gun into its pouch. "It's still dark out, looks like the suns going to rise in a few hours, we should wake Niall and Zayn-"

"Zayn's up and I'm ready, let's go." Niall said as he walked out also, Zayn right on his tail but his eyes were drooping and dark circles were under them. Niall was the total opposite, blue eyes sparkling under the moonlight, pale skin like a neon light shinning in their faces. Liam was surprised the other bounty hunters haven't caught Niall yet.

Niall grabbed his katana and slide it out of its pouch that was slung on his shoulder, he walked in front of the boys, rushing down the rocks and jumping off them, landing on the grass below. Niall didn't stop to give them a sign to follow, so Liam just rushed down the rocks with Louis by his side, Harry and Zayn both catching along.

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They were just at the edge of the forest when the sun started to rise, just a crescent along the land but by now, Sunny and Jock would be up, getting ready to travel their way.

Niall stopped them with his arm out, all of them hiding amongst the trees and waiting as Niall cautiously looked around in the opened, his eyes were squinted into slivers as he stared down the dirt road, footprints imprinted the road but they were already being covered up by the wind. And besides that, the place was deserted, probably for miles. Niall looked towards them, catching Liam's gaze and nodding, then walking out with his sword still clenching in his grip. "The zoms are probably going to start coming now that they can hear us, they'd probably come out of the forest, so just watch your backs and the edge of the tree lines." Niall said, the boys giving him acknowledged nods before following the small blonde down the road, picking up dirt with their soles and making it fly behind them as they jogged down the never ending road.

-x-x-x-

Their jogging slowly turned into walking as they followed the road, a calm but cautious silence among them. And there wasn't a lot of zombies out, some coming out of the trees, moaning and groaning at them but never really getting to them, they were already a mile down the road before the zombie could get them.

"So, tell me about your lives while I was in hell." Niall said, breaking the silence. And his voice hung in the air, Liam was hesitant to tell his blonde friend and he guessed the rest of the boys were just the same, judging by the silence that hung between them. And he really only was worried because he felt bad for having such a lovely life-as lovely as it gets during a zombie apocalypse-and not even knowing that one of his best mates were in pain. And Niall looked to have sensed the silence, "oh don't play all protective on me again, I want us to be like we were before, or at least, friends wise. Let's act like we just met after a few years apart, on vacation or something I don't know, just don't do that, I'm not fragile." Niall said, glaring behind him at the boys before turning back to look down the road.