Battle To Be Free (z.m) ✔️

Chapter 28

Zayn’s POV

What the fuck just happened?

One minute I was convincing Alanna not to go in the room in which they were about to kill the original, the next she was crying over a boy she called ‘brother’ and my Uncle tells me that she’s one of them too.

The only word I could think of was: what? 

 I was so confused and as the fire started to spread through the building I just stood there in shock. A part of me knew I should’ve done something when they began to corner Alanna but the other part of me couldn’t move.

I saw a shadow moving in the background but it seemed to move faster than my eyes and when I next looked it was gone. Niall began to tug me out of the building along with my Uncle and I allowed them too, not really feeling any particular emotions aside from the shock.

“I swear to God when I get my hands on that bitch I’ll kill her.” Uncle said venom dripping from his tone.

“I’ll help.” Niall added confidently.

I wanted to ask him how he could do that as less than 24 hours ago we were having breakfast with this girl. But the answer was obvious; she killed his brother and didn’t even bother denying it. Outside people were crowding around something and when I looked closer I recognised it to be Harry.

“Move.” I yelled obviously surprising my Uncle as he jumped back in shock.

Harry was one of my best friends and if any harm had come to him I would be there for him. He was laid on the floor, but there was no sign of blood. I checked his pulse and sure enough he was breathing; he was just unconscious.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

“I bet that whore did this.” One person said.

“Fucking bitch will get what’s coming to her.” Another added.

My head pounded and my heart hurt. For some reason unknown to me at the time, I couldn’t stand hearing them saying that about her. There must be something I didn’t know. There had to be, otherwise I trusted a girl that was probably using us for information this whole time.  

Harry started to stir. He sat up with a jerk and groaned. “Where’s Finn?” He asked looking around frantically.

“With Alanna.” I replied.

“Oh good. For a moment there I thought something bad had happened to him.”

I shook my head, sighing deeply. “Being with Alanna isn’t necessarily a good thing.”

“Not necessarily a good thing?” My Uncle sneered. “It isn’t a good thing.”

I stayed silent.  “Why not?” Harry asked.

“She killed my brother,” Niall stated but Harry didn’t appear to be as shocked by this information as he should’ve been. “And she’s an original.”

At that Harry let out a gasp. “But-,” He stammered.

“I know, I know she fooled us all.” Niall spat out in disgust.

Harry didn’t look convinced and his eyebrows wore a frown. He looked deep in thought, but there was no signs of shock or disgust in his eyes, he just looked thoughtful.

“We have to get her.” Liam grunted.

Harry, Louis and I stayed quiet. I figured Louis didn’t want to think about it, because he had gotten close to the girl too, but for me and Harry I knew that there was a slight distrust in my Uncles stories that he had told us about the originals.