tbh i wish wattpad could let you do group chats!

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Zayn had woken up early that morning, hoping to get to Niall before Liam and Lea woke up.

He crept over to Nialls door turning the knob and rolling his eyes. Didnt Niall know to lock his doors? Someone could've killed him!

He pushed open the door slowly, peeking his head around. Liam was on the floor, asleep and Niall was in the bed, also asleep.

"Niall!" Zayn harshly whispered, trying to waken the boy. Niall didnt stir.

Zayn called a couple more times out to his boy, but he didn't even flinch.

Sighing, Zayn quietly walked over to a sleeping Niall. He took a moment to relish Niall's peaceful expression.

His eyes weren't glaring in anger, filled with tears in sadness, nor crinkling in happiness. They were just closed in slumber.

Zayn was feeling quite generous this morning, so he didnt resort to slapping nor splashing water in Niall's face to wake him.

"Hey, cookie," Zayn cooed, gently reaching out and caressing Niall's arm (he thought Niall's cheek was a little too far), "It's time to get up."

Niall let out a heavy sigh in his sleep, and swatted at his arm.

"Ni," Zayn lightly chuckled, "Come on."

Niall mumbled something incoherent and turned in his body.

Zayn frowned, deciding to wake Niall up another way.

He lightly started poking Niall with the pads of his fingers, tickling him.

"Oh my god, it looks like i really didnt clean out all the monsters!"Zayn gasped quietly, trailing his fingers across Niall's smooth skin and up to his neck.

Niall woke up instantly with his heart beating out of his chest, he was almost about to grab a pillow to defend himself but saw Zayn instead.

"Oh, hey." Niall greeted, his voice groggy from sleep.

"Hi." Zayn smiled down at the boy, watching as he rubbed his eyes.

"Are we going now?" Niall groaned, squinting up at Zayn.

"Well, yes, if you want to listen to the tape." Zayn spoke, waving the tape for Niall to see.

"I thought you said i wasnt-"

"No matter what i said," Zayn interrupted, shaking his head, "Are you coming or not?"

Niall glanced over at Liam, ripping the blanket from himself and tossing it over the sleeping boy.

"Yea, I'm coming."

A couple minutes later, both the boys were in Zayn's room, ready to listen.

"Are you gonna press play?" Niall quietly asked, leaning his head on his hand sleepily.

"Yea, I just-" Zayn cut himself off, sighing. He was trying to prepare himself for what he was about to hear.

He didn't know if he'd hear gunshots, his father pleading for help or ghouls feasting.

But he hoped for the best, just like Niall would.

"I dont know what the date is, but ive been
captive for four days now. I dont know where these people
have taken me, but i see a swamp of evil plants all around.
 Im beginning to think these kidnappers are women that
have known each other and plotted this for a while. They must
be working with some type of bigger cooperation, but i have no
idea what. Harry hypothesizes the brotherhood, a group that
would take our inventions and employ us. But, I can tell they

want to kill us, and destroy our research. They've shot dead every 
ghoul they've seen, they haven't even used our gun to cure them!
 I think they may be with the-"

The voice over is overrun by static and fades out. 

"They must be in chamber 22." Zayn speaks, his voice emotionless. 

"Let's go, then." Niall suggests, looking up at Zayn. 

"You'd need a gas mask." Zayn says, looking back down at Niall with a bummed expression.

"i'll be fine," Niall shrugs, "Let's just get going. I want to see Harry again." 

"Well, sorry for giving a damn about your safety," Zayn retorts, "I wont do it again."

"Fine," Niall replied, rolling his eyes, "I'll wake Liam and Lea up, people who are actually nice to me." 

Zayn wished he could've told Niall how wrong he was, how deceived he was, but kept his mouth shut. He didnt want to cause any more trouble with the boy. 

~*~ 

The group had finally made it to chamber 22, but only Zayn and Niall were to enter. Zayn had convinced the others that their leader had planned this mission out just for him and Niall. 

"Wow," Niall marveled, his eyes soaking in each and every detail from the new chamber they were in, "There are so many plants!"

Zayn was suspicious, grabbing a rifle that was propped up against the wall. Seedlings floated to the ground as he ran his hands across the metal.

"Hey, maybe we can take some of the seeds and plant them!" Niall suggested, picking up a couple grains from the ground.

"For looks, sure; but, they'd never be edible from the amount of radiation inside the soil." Zayn informed, crushing a seed in his hand. He checked the cartridge of the rifle, seeing there was no bullets inside.

Meaning, the gun must've been used to fight something inside this chamber. It looks like there weren't many survivors from the blood that was smeared across the metal walls. 

"Well, yea, i knew that. Im meaning on a clean patch of soil without any radiation." Niall defended.

"And how do you suppose you do that?" Zayn looked over, raising his brow.

"Fine, then i guess i wont grow it. I was just putting the idea out there." Niall sighed, defeated. He tossed the seeds on the ground,  staring at them a little before looking back over at Zayn.

Zayn ignored Niall, looking back down at the racks of rifles for any with bullets in it.

Niall had become thirsty, and pulled out his water canteen to take a quick drink. They were close to a fresh water source, so Niall was a little sloppy with his drinking. The drops of water trickled down his chin, falling onto the floor.

He hadn't even noticed that the water hit the seed until he felt a root poke his leg.

"Look! The plant grew!" Niall cheered, calling Zayn's attention and pointing at his creation.

Zayn had his mouth slightly ajar, studying the plant. He watched as the roots crawled over the grated floor and a mass of fungus sprouted from the center.

The black haired boy took in a sharp breath, feeling his stomach drop to his feet.

Suddenly, the blood on the walls made perfect sense, making Zayn realize exactly what happened here.

"Niall! Cover you nose and mouth!" Zayn practically yelled, rushing over to Niall and placing his hand over Niall's mouth and nose, "I told you that you needed a gas mask!"

"Ew! Get your nasty hand off me!" Niall shrieked, his voice muffled from Zayn's hand.

The fungus began spewing small, mushroom shaped spores that floated all across the chamber. They were white, making the room seem like a snow globe that had just been shaken.

Zayn squinted, taking the heel of his boot and kicking into the plant. The body of the fungus shrank under his force, bleeding juices in retaliation.

"Why'd you kill it?" Niall whined, having preferred to place his shirt over his nose rather than Zayn's hand.

"Be quiet." Zayn hissed through his teeth, staring down into the hallway of the chamber.

"Hey! Im just asking you a question, you dont have to be rude about it." Niall frowned, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I said, be quiet." Zayn's tune was almost sing-songish as he was becoming more apparent as to what was going to happen.

"Why dont you make me?" Niall taunted, making a face over at Zayn.

Zayn glanced over at Niall quickly, mentally debating his decision but soon acted upon impulse once he heard the hoard of footsteps.

"Get in the corner, right now." Zayn directed, practically shoving Niall backwards and pressing him up against the wall.

"And cover your goddamn mouth."

Zayn turned around, pulling out one of the guns he'd gotten from chamber 11 and cocked it, ready for action.

Three, giant human creatures ran out of the hallway, heading start for Zayn.

The monsters skin had been split open with plants and fungus flourishing out. Vines grew out of their head and nails, and they had large leaves covering their backside.

Zayn began loading the bodies with bullets as soon as they came into sight; Niall, however, was horrified and had to place his pinkey under his chin to prevent his mouth from falling open in shock.

Once the creatures were finally defeated, they blew up into a cloud of spores.

"Oh my god," Niall gaped, coughing at the moldy stench, "What? How did they become like that?"

"Well," Zayn began, looking over his shoulder at Niall, "With that precious seed you were so insistent on planting."

Niall pursed his lips, looking back at the main entrance where all spores had settled. The metal walls and floors were practically covered in white.

Zayn noticed Niall observing the spores and advised, "I wouldn't spend too much time staring at them, they come back alive if you do."

Niall's eyes widened and he instantly looked away, "They do?"

Zayn watched as Niall ran over to him, fear written all across his face.

"No, but saying that gets you to keep up."

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hope you dudes enjoy. It's gonna get a little spicy up in here (in a bit tho) 

i'll try my hardest to update wednesday but if i dont update then, then it'll be a while bc imma go on vacation soon yaayyyy and also i work ten hours a day (not yay) 

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