"hello, zayn malik here."

nora, ally and charlotte took a cab and quickly reached the farmhouse. nicole had informed that it could be anytime the boys would be back to their senses.

paying off the cab, the girls rushed out and rang the doorbell. moments later, akhu opened the door and moved aside to let them in. 

the five clowns walked in the living room where the boys were seated on the chairs with their hands held back and tied up with a rope. they had a blindfold on their eyes as well as one on their mouths. 

"niall would be the first to wake up." said nicole, stopping by the doorway. 

"we should keep quiet and just watch what he tries to do." akhu shrugged,"i mean what else can we do?"

"we still have to get zayn!" ally exclaimed. 

"calm down, i have planned everything about him." nora assured. 

"what's going on in your brain?" charlotte asked, narrowing her eyes at nora. 

"she doesn't have a brain." nicole frowned. 

"haha very funny nicole." nora sassed before turning to look at charlotte,"just trust me. i have everything ready."

"mhhh." niall murmured, stirring conscious causing the clowns to shut their mouths up. ally kept her index finger on her lips and motioned everyone to get out. they stood in the hallway and watched as niall tried to get up but when he couldn't, he started shifting in his spot until it struck him that he has been tied up. 

"mmmmmhhh." he tried to speak something but it wasn't audible. few more minutes of trying to get out of the mess, niall gave up and slumped back on the chair, breathing heavily. 

soon there was another round of struggle by liam. startled by the sudden sound, niall turned his head around, trying to decipher the struggle noises. he tried speaking something which wasn't clear but liam was sure that there was somebody else with him. 

nora looked over at her friends who had a kind of regretful and worried look on their faces. the clowns waited for another few minutes when finally all the boys were back to their senses and were struggling to get out. it seemed like they had recognized each other by the muffled sounds. this was their deep bond. 

"now?" ally whispered,"they all are awake!" 

"we get zayn." nora murmured, turning to look at her friends. she dragged them in the kitchen.  

"okay listen to me, we are gonna threat them that we'll hurt them if they don't ring up zayn and call him here, at the farmhouse." nora said,"this is a kind of test for zayn. everybody thinks that he hates the boys but no, we know that he loves them. so I'm sure that zayn would do everything to save the boys."

"what if he calls the police?" ally frowned. 

"he won't. we'll just tell one of the boys to call zayn and just tell him to come here urgently." nora explained,"hopefully, zayn would be worried and will not waste any time." 

"okay so who's gonna talk to them?" nicole questioned. 

"akhu?" nora asked,"can you?" 

"er. . sure." akhu hesitated for a minute before agreeing. 

"come on then, let's do it." ally mumbled, walking to the living room, closely followed by others.
the clowns removed the cloth from their mouths. 

"where are we!" niall shrieked. 

"why have you tied us up?" harry questioned, panic lacing his tone. 

"let us go!" liam matched the tone. 

"oh for god's sake. what the fuck is going on?" louis shouted. 

"listen here boys, don't shout." akhu said, trying to deepen his voice,"we're not gonna hurt you. we just need your help."

"what help?" the boys asked in unison. 

"we need you to call zayn and tell him to reach this place immediately and he shouldn't be with somebody else. tell him to come alone. and if he asks why, just tell him that it's an emergency. don't you dare to try anything else which might get you guys in trouble."

"but what do you want from us?" harry frowned. 

"you don't need to know harold. just call zayn." akhu said.

"what's the address?" liam asked. 

"just tell him that we'll message him." akhu answered. 

"could you take out my phone from my pocket?" Louis asked. 

akhu looked at the girls who gave him an encouraging nod and walked up to louis. with a little difficulty, he pulled out louis' phone. 

opening the contacts app, he scrolled down to find zayn's contact number. 

"I haven't talked to him in forever so I don't if that number still works." louis informed.  

"we'll see." said akhu, dialing the number which rung a few times before a voice received the call

"hello, zayn malik here." 

akhu shoved the phone close to louis and nudged him to speak. 

"hey zayn, it's louis."

"louis? why-"

"zayn I don't have time for that. we need your help urgently! can you please come over to where we are? I'll message you the address. just please be fast! zayn please come alone. and please don't take too much time. we need you!"

​​​​​​​"we?" zayn questioned but before louis could reply akhu hung up the phone and quickly texted the address to zayn.

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