1D | I'm Right Here

Liam Stabbed In A Crowd

Liam's POV
We were in Los Angeles for the American Music Awards and we had won the best band for the second year in a row. We were all thrilled and we had a great time at the after party.

Annoyingly, Paul eventually told us that the night was coming to an end and it was time for us to leave. We reluctantly agreed, especially as Paul was bigger and stronger than all of us put together.

The crowds were thick and unfortunately our car was quite a way from the entrance. There were a lot of our fans here, but we managed to weave our way through them as they tried to grab at our clothes.

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Suddenly, a fan pulled on my shirt so hard that I was forced into the barrier. I tried to push their hand away but I quickly felt a sharp pain in my abdomen before the air was forced out of my lungs.
"You should be with Zayn, not Niall," Came the fan's voice in my ear before they pulled something out of my abdomen. I looked down to see a knife in their hand that was dripping with blood. My blood. I looked up and I noticed that the fan had dark hair and brown eyes.

She was about 18 years old, and she was wearing a hoodie. Then she was gone and I gasped. I raised a hand to my abdomen while I gripped the barrier with my other. Fans around me were shoving cameras and posters into my face, before I heard Niall's voice.
"Liam?" Niall called, but all I could do was gasp. "Liam?" He called again but pain engulfed me and I felt tears welling up in my eyes. "Paul, I think that something's wrong..." Niall said before his voice faded out, blackness filled my vision and I collapsed onto the ground.

I heard commotion happening around me and there was some screaming, but the sounds were distant and hard to place. Then, there was someone beside me and there was pressure on my wound that caused pain to shoot through me.
"Argh!" I screamed with all the energy that I could muster. "Argh!"
"Liam!" I heard Niall shout and I tried to call back, but I was losing consciousness quickly.
"Stay awake Liam. Stay with me," A voice said above me.
Stay where? I didn't know what they were referring to. I wasn't sure where I was and I heard sirens in the distance before everything went black.

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Niall's POV
The fans had been thick but Paul had helped to usher us through them. Just as we came into sight of the car, I turned round and saw Liam holding onto the barrier. He looked like he was in pain and the fans were shoving stuff into his face.
"Liam?" I called as Paul stood between us. "Liam?" I asked again, but he didn't respond. "Paul, I think that something's wrong with Liam," I said and Paul looked round. I felt my heart drop in my chest as I watched Liam collapse onto the ground and immediately ran to him. A lot of security then appeared and Louis, Harry, Zayn and I were hurried to the car.

I saw Paul kneel beside Liam and put his hands onto his abdomen, before a security guard blocked my view. I stumbled and Louis caught my arm. We then got into the car by someone's instruction and the step up allowed me to glimpse Liam once more.

I saw blood. Lots of blood, and I only just noticed that the fans were screaming. The word 'ambulance' was said over the security's radios and my blood went cold.
"Liam!" I shouted before I felt Louis pull me into the car.
"We have to go Niall. Whatever's happened, it's not good," Louis told me before Zayn climbed in and closed the door.
"Ambulance. They were talking about an ambulance on the radios."
"I saw blood on the ground. You don't think that he's been attacked?" Zayn asked and we all went quiet for a moment.
"I tried calling his name, but he didn't respond," I said as tears formed in my eyes. Had Liam been attacked?
"It's going to be ok Niall. I'm sure that Paul's taking care of him," Harry reassured me before we heard ambulance sirens. Tears fell down my face and Zayn took me into his arms.

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Paul's POV
The ambulance arrived and two paramedics began treating Liam. I turned to see that the car the boys were in hadn't left yet, so I asked security to get them back to the hotel as fast as possible.