10:56pm

zayn stopped in the doorway of the workshop, looking back at the work table where his leather belt laid atop, unused. he had been assigned to strangle dr. morely with it, but the man had been a no-show. "maybe i should wait a bit longer and see if he gets here." the young man with raven hair offered. 

zayn malik had been at the hospital about as long as lou, harry, and liam. his family dropped him off one day when he became too much for them to handle. his only problem had been an addiction to nicotine cigarettes which his family wanted him to quit. when zayn wouldn't cooperate to terminate his addiction, the hospital guaranteed him a place. they assured his family that they would rid him of the filthy habit in no time. it had been around five years since he had been taken to the mental hospital, and he no longer smoked, but he had other problems as a result of the traumas of the treatments he received.

despite all of that, zayn was very artistic and very skilled with his hands. it was why they thought dr. morely would not question zayn's invitation for a new leather belt. 

harry gave a shake of his head. "we need everyone on the operating floor for the finale."

zayn nodded his head and followed the boys, not before he grabbed a piece of cotton cloth from a nearby table and jogged up to lou whose bloody hand was already leaving a trail of blood drops on the floor. the piece of his medical gown he had used to hold it together was no longer green, but crimson red with his blood. as they walked, he tied the cloth around his friend's hand.

10:59pm

the four boys were nearly on the operation floor when they ran into niall. he had been in charge of taking out the guard that was patrolling the hypnosis therapy floor. his pallid skin was sprinkled with blood that had probably come from the security guard. in his hand was a dulled silver fork with blood on it and on his face a grin at his success. 

he joined the group as they continued up the set of stairs that led to the higher floors where the doctors would perform operations on patients at odd hours of the night.

on the way there, they passed the floor where the patient rooms were located and harry thought of mary. he knew she would be terrified for him after he told her what they were planning on doing. the young man with green eyes got his stolen pocket watch out of his pocket once again. there was one minute until their plan would reach its final phase. and he needed to be on the operation floor with the others.

harry also knew that they had set a mistake margin of five minutes. that meant that the plan was scheduled for eleven at night, but they all had a margin of five minutes after eleven to get to the agreed upon place. that was for the key people in the plan to make it on time with the others. if they didn't arrive at eleven with five minutes, he would be presumed dead and the patients would continue without them. they called it the margin of error time.

but harry needed to see mary. and the patient rooms weren't too far from the operation floor. he thought he would have time to make it to see mary and back there in under five minutes.

"continue without me if you want." harry instructed the others. "i just need to check on mary for a moment."

liam rolled his eyes. "check on her when all of this is over and done, mate."

but harry refused. "i'll be just a minute."

without waiting for their response, he pushed the heavy metal door open that led into the patient dormitories. he found his way down the hallway expertly and opened the door with her name engraved onto a plaque, jane doe, or so the hospital workers called her. but her name was mary.

he found her sitting on her bed with her knees to her chest, still shivering from the cold after her hydrotherapy session. she looked up when she heard the door open and relief flooded her face and her eyes flashed with familiarity. a small smile even tugged at the corners of her mouth. it had only been about a half hour, but she thought he was already back to take her away from there.

harry cut the distance between them and knelt beside her. "i just came to check on you before everything got chaotic in the hospital." he told her with a gentle smile, placing a hand over hers. she was ice cold, but nearly dried from her encounter in the waters of the therapy pool.

she slipped her hand in his and gave it a small squeeze.

"no matter what happens, don't leave this room until i come back for you." he instructed her. taking the pocket watch out, he placed it on her shivering hand. he thought about the possibility that he might not be able to return for her because it was a risky plan they were dealing with. "keep an eye on this, mary. i'll try real hard to come get you. but if i'm not back for you by eleven fifty, that would mean i probably died and in that case i want you to hurry out of here and find help in one of the neighboring streets."

mary shook her head. she didn't want to leave the hospital without him.

but he insisted. "promise mary. promise you'll do this for me."

it took a minute for him to convince her, but she finally gave in. there was nothing he couldn't convince her to do with those beautiful green eyes of his. 

"thank you, love." he straightened up and pressed his lips to her cheek before hurrying out the door again.

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this update is a bit longer than the ones i normally post. but that's okay since i haven't posted in a while. and im sorry for that. i have been really busy with school. and now that im not as busy, i got really sick so i didnt feel like doing anything. thank you all so much for reading and supporting this story. it means alot .

i hope you like the update.

-clary xx