Summary : Someone mails Harry pictures .

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Harry walked out of the building with Liam by his side , the two were on the way to the training range to train with the new guns that Harry purchased .

"Mr. Styles , you're needed at the front gates ."

Harry took his radio out of his belt , "What is it ?"

"There's an envelope with your name on it . Quite suspicious ."

"I'll be there in five ." Harry said and motioned Liam to follow him as he pivoted towards the front gates . "Has anyone opened it ?"

"No Sir ."

"Good . Don't do anything with it ."

Harry and Liam reached the front gates , where a group of guards were waiting . Greg , one of the guards , handed Harry the envelope , "Victor already started investigating on who mailed it ."

"Who found it ?"

"I did , Sir ." Olly , another guard , raised his hand , "I was on my shift in the security checkpoint booth , and some kid stopped by and handed it over . He ran away , Victor ordered to find him ."

Harry examined the envelope ; it was brown paper , sealed with tape , his name was written on it with a black sharpie . He tried feeling it's content through the envelope , it felt like a book , or a bunch of carton papers .

He took his knife out of his belt and cut the top open , holding it away from his face - just in case it had toxic powder in it that he could accidentally inhale .

He looked inside and reached his hand in , pulling out a stock of pictures . He let go of the envelope and flipped the stock to see the pictures , feeling his heart skipping a beat . His blood boiled more and more with every picture he saw .

Louis was in every picture ; walking down the streets of the city , at the park , driving his car , shopping at stores . In every picture there was a red X mark across Louis' face .

Harry took his radio out as he and Liam raced to their Range Rovers , "All units we have a situation - the castle is crumbling . Louis is out in the city , I need someone to find him ."

Harry got into his Range Rover and quickly switched it on , pulling out of the parking spot with a screech of the wheels . He took his phone out and called Louis .

"Hey Hazzie ."

"Baby where are you ? We have a situation ."

"O-Oh -- I'm at the shopping centre , at the pet store . What's going on ?"

Harry took a deep breath . "I don't want to scare you , baby , I --"

"Harry you do realize I'm already scared , right ?" Louis cut him off , "Just tell me ."

Harry took a few seconds to collect his thoughts and choose his words . "Someone has been following you around the city , we don't know for how long . They mailed pictures of you with red X's on your face in every picture ."

Louis was silent on the other line .

"Don't move , don't go anywhere , the guards and I will be there soon . I'm three minutes away from where you are ." Harry said and pressed down on the gas pedal . "Baby talk to me . Let me hear you ."

"I-I -- I don't know what to say ."

"Are you inside the store ? Or outside ?"

"I-I'm outside , just by the entrace . I don't want to m-move ."

"Don't move . I'll be right there . Do you see any guards ?"

"I think so . -- Yes , they j-just arrived here ."

"Who is it ?"

"A-Axel , and - and Derek ."

"Good baby . Stay with them I'm a minute away ."

Harry arrived with three more Range Rovers , he jumped out of his seat and slammed his door shut , hurrying over to Louis , who was sitting inside of the bulletproof Range Rover that Axel and Derek arrived in .

Louis jumped out of his seat when he saw that Harry was there , Harry reached him and held his face in his hands , "Are you okay ? Are you hurt ?"

"I'm good ." Louis nodded , letting out a sigh , "Do you know who took the pictures ?"

"Not yet ." Harry shook his head , "We started investigating it already . I promise you we --" Harry stopped when he saw a red laser dot appearing on the side of Louis' head , slowly moving to his forehead .

He acted on instinct and wrapped his arms around Louis , "Sniper !!" He called out loud and lowered Louis down to the ground , just in time for a bullet to hit the Rover's window .

Louis' eyes widened , he grabbed at Harry's shirt with his fists , "H-Harry --"

"I've got you ." Harry reached his hand up and opened the car door , he picked Louis up and placed him inside the car , quickly shutting the door to keep Louis safe - the car was bulletproof .

"Harry !" Louis grabbed at the door , eyes wide in horror as to why would Harry stay out of the car when there was a sniper outside . He jumped and covered his mouth when a bullet went into Harry's shoulder , "N-No --"

He flinched when a bullet hit the window , though nothing happened to the glass . Then another bullet , and another one , and another one . He moved away from the window and sat on the floor of the car , arms covering his head - though never taking his eyes off the window that kept getting hit with bullets .

Harry had his gun in his hand as he looked around the area , trying to locate the sniper . He heard his helicopter from afar , heard the sirens and the loud engines of the Range Rovers driving around - but it was all background noises .

He quickly realized that Louis was the only target - the bullets were hitting the window , one after one , even though he and his guards were out in the open and could easily get shot . The only reason he was shot was because he stood in front of the window .

He snapped out when he heard the smallest sound of a crack coming from the Rover's window , turning his head to see the window slowly cracking as more bullets hit it .

He ran around the car to the driver's seat and sat inside , pressing down on the gas pedal and driving away . He grabbed his radio out of his belt , "I'm driving Louis away , taking him to the office building to the security room . Find the sniper , find the kid ."

Louis sat in the middle seat , his eyes were filled with tears , "H-Harry your shoulder -- take us to the hospital ."

"No ."

"Harry --"

"No . I'm taking you to a safe place ."

"You were shot , y-you're bleeding -- please can you at least tell Zayn to meet us there ?"

Harry looked at him for a second through the rearview mirror - the sight of Louis with tears in his eyes and a sad and scared look on his face made him crumple down . 

"Call him , tell him what happened . Tell him to get to the building , only him - no staff ." Harry took his phone out and handed it to Louis .

Louis sniffled and took the phone , making a quick phone call to Zayn .

Soon enough they reached the office building , Harry parked the Rover in the underground parking lot right in front of the elevators . He stepped out and opened the door to Louis , who took his hand and let Harry walk him to the elevators .

They reached floor -2 where the cyber security team was , Harry took a chair out , "Sit baby ." He let Louis sit down , then went to fetch a water bottle , coke can , a chocolate snack and some chips .

He went back to Louis and put the snacks and drinks on the table in front of him , Louis grabbed his hand and stood up , "Sit with me ."

Harry looked at him for a few seconds . "I need to go talk to --"

"Please , Harry , I need you to sit down - you were shot and the bullet is still in you . I can't -- I can't ..." He trailed off .

Harry sat down with him , "Okay . I'm here baby . I'm not leaving ." He grabbed his chin and pressed a kiss to his lips , "Breathe in , breathe out . You're okay , I'll make sure of it ."

Louis nodded , he pressed another kiss to Harry's lips before taking the water bottle , he opened it and handed it to Harry . Harry smiled , "I Brought the bottle for you ."

"I'm not drinking or eating anything before you drink some water ." Louis took Harry's hand and wrapped it around the bottle , "And drop that smile off , you were shot ten minutes ago ."

"I'm alright baby . Not the first time , not the last time ." Harry drank from the bottle , then handed it to Louis , "Drink ."

Louis took the bottle from his hand , "How much does it hurt in a scale of one to ten ?"

"Zero ."

"Harry ."

Harry only smiled and leaned in to kiss Louis' cheek , then stood up from his seat , "I need to go talk to my team now , I think they have a lead ." His nose scrunched up a bit when Louis pouted a bit , he leaned down to kiss him , "Eat your chocolate baby , call me for anything ."

Zayn arrived twenty minutes later escorted by three guards , he gave Louis a tight hug , "Is Harry the only one hurt , then ?"

"Yes ." Louis pouted as he squeezed him , "He was shot in the shoulder ."

Zayn squeezed back , "I'll take care of him , don't worry ."

Harry joined them , he sat on the chair with his back to Zayn , Louis in front of him . He let Louis feed him some chips and chocolate while Zayn took out the bullet , cleaned the wound the stitched it up .

Louis' face scrunched , "How are you sitting through this ."

Harry only smiled at him and opened his mouth for Louis to feed him more . Louis fed him a chip , "I'm serious , you're psycho ."

"A few years ago he had a wrist surgery ," Zayn told Louis , "He was given local anaesthesia but was awake for the whole operation . The 'psycho' held his gun in his other hand the entire time and watched everything that we did to him ."

"Jesus Christ , Harry ." Louis shook his head at him .

"Mr. Styles ."

Harry looked to the side when his name was called , he saw the head of the team and motioned him to come closer .

The man handed Harry some papers , "We found the kid , and the group responsible for the pictures . The sniper is one of them ."

"Who are they ?" Harry asked as he looked through the papers .

The man looked to Louis , then back to Harry . Harry looked up from the papers , seeing the man was looking to Louis .

"He can hear - he deserves to know . He was their target ."

The man nodded . "They don't have a name . The leader is Conan Lawson , the same guy who was in charge of the dog-fighting range in the slums of the city - the one Mr. Tomlinson found a few months ago and brought to shutting down ."

Harry nodded , "Did you send the report to the teams on patrol ?"

"Yes Sir , Victor confirmed he received the report and they're working on it ."

"Good ."

The man nodded once and excused himself , Harry turned to Louis and grabbed his hand with both his massive hands . "Baby look at me ."

Louis turned his head to Harry , he had a sad frown on and eyes a bit glossy . 

"He got away once , he's not getting away twice . Not him , not the sniper , not the rest of his group . I will personally take care of them both ."

Louis knew what it meant , yet didn't comment on it . He'd rather not know .

Zayn finished taking care of Harry's bullet wound , he placed a pad over it to protect the stitches and took his latex gloves off , "Done ."

Harry moved closer to Louis and wrapped his arms around him , "Baby ."

Louis turned his head to press his face to Harry's neck , "I don't want to talk about them anymore ." He said in a small voice .

"Okay ." Harry nodded , he leaned his head down and kissed Louis' shoulder , "Let me take you upstairs to the secret room , I'll run you a bath and you can nap while I take care of things ." He rubbed Louis' back , "Sounds good ?"

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