"But I find out if I make the team today" Louis says frustratedly as the boys are all eating breakfast around the kitchen.

"I'm sure one of your friends can let you know kiddo" Drew says as he bites his toast.

"I want to go to school" Louis says angrily.

"You didn't sleep, again, you've developed a temperature and your chest is wheezy, you received some shit news last night and we don't want you going to school. We shouldn't have made you go back before the trial" Harry says.

"I'm fine, I don't care about the trial, I'm not testifying anyway, you can't make me and I'm not sick, just let me go to school" Louis yells as tears prick his eyes.

"We're sorry kid, we're calling it and the answer is no" Scott says firmly,

"This isn't fair, nothing is fair" Louis says angrily, he grabs a glass from the bench and throws it across the room and it hits one of the walls and smashes.

The boys turn silent, Louis can't believe he just did that. He's never acted so violent in his life.

"I'm I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't mean to to do that" Louis says brokenly

The boys know Louis is just trying to vent his frustration and that he's out of his depth right now. They aren't angry or upset they need to help Louis through his feelings.

"It's okay darling, don't be sorry, we can clean it up hey" Harry says as he grabs a dustpan and broom.

"I'm so sorry" Louis says as he walks over and starts picking up the glass.

"Hey, just let us do it kiddo, it's okay" Drew says.

"I didn't mean it" Louis says,

Scott comes over and picks Louis up, Louis latches on and Scott holds him close.

"Stop apologising we know you didn't mean it, we know how hard all of this is for you Lou" Scott says.

"I hate feeling like this" Louis says and Scott just holds him close.

A few hours later Harry and Scott are sitting with Louis in the lounge room, Louis curled up around them both. It's been pretty silent with the other boys at work and everyone just so drained. Harry is stroking Louis hair as he lays across Scott's chest.

"Will I go to jail if I don't testify" Louis asks out of the blue.

The boys thankful he wants to at least talk.

"You will, yes, you'll be charged and spend some time at the watch house" Harry says.

"Why, why are they making me do it" Louis asks,

"They want Troy put away, and they need you" Scott says.

"I can't look at him, he killed my parents and it's not fair, he ruined my life and I hate him, I hate him and I never hate anyone and it's not fair, he's ruining everything" Louis chokes.

"We know baby, we know, after this week is over though, Troy will be behind bars and you will never have to think of him again. Ever. This may be one of the hardest things you will ever have to do but we know you can do it" Harry says.

"We will be there, George is a wonderful lawyer and a good friend, he knows the case well and knows when to pull you out okay. It's important the jury sees your vulnerability, how much Troy has effected you. I know it's tough, I know you don't want people to see and just want to move on, but this will put Troy away and you can't move on unless he is put away for his crimes" Scott says.

"And Noah?" Louis asks.

"He will go away too Lou, we promise, if you don't testify they could get off Lou" Scott says.

Louis sighs and lets it all sink in, one week, he thinks, he's been through worse, he just needs to survive one week.

.....

Two days before the trial, Louis hasn't been back to school, he's sick and he has developed a chest infection. The boys being completely over protective. He has been put on strict bedrest, it's been fine until now, when all the boys are at work and he's left alone. Teddy is downstairs at the front door.

Louis gets up to use the bathroom he's heading back to bed feeling exhausted when he hears something downstairs.

Louis walks down the stairs, expecting to see Teddy and be scolded for leaving the bed, what he sees though has his heart stopping.

There are two guys dressed in black standing over Teddy's dead body, Louis heart rate picks up, they have guns and Louis is shit scared. They sense Louis and look up. Louis then breaks out into a run, he's sick though and is wearing socks so he slides on the tiles in the entryway. He's grabbed from behind and lifted Into the air.

"Gotcha" one of the men says evilly.

Louis struggles with all his might to get free,

"Let me go" He screams Horsley.

He's held tightly as his hands are tied together in front of him, he's gagged and it restricts his breathing even further than his chest infection is doing and Louis panics.

He's hit in the head with the end of one of the guys guns and the room spins. He can't keep his eyes open and he passes out completely.

.......

The feeling of desperation is one Harry and the boys know well, when they have a patients life in their hands, have to make that life changing decision about a patients care every day, it becomes normal, it becomes part of your life. The feeling of desperation has never felt so gut renching and raw before though and they are all reeling and broken at the fact there is no trace of Louis anywhere.

Coming home to find Teddy dead and Louis missing, the feelings of helplessness and terror has never been so close to home before. Always being calm and collected, it's new to them all and no one is handling it very well at all.

Three days of no sleep, three days of desperation, three days of sorrow goes past and they lose hope every second of every day that goes past. Andy is hopeful and working tirelessly to find Louis. Troy and Noah were no shows to the trial and skipped their bail meetings. The police are certain they have Louis but sweeps of their house and every lead they had has come up with nothing. Everyone is losing hope and it's cutting them all to the core.

....

Louis has been kept cold and alone, no food and no water for two days, he's been left in a basement, hands tied above his head as he dangles from a ceiling, there is a pulley mechanism and he's let down for a few hours at a time before he's pulled back up again, he's pretty sure his right shoulder is dislocated. He's been stripped to his boxer shorts and has been beaten badly, his chest is aching and all he can do is silently cry, he's gagged and breathing gets harder every single hour.

Louis has lost track of time, he's numb and in pain, Troy walks into the room and Louis isn't surprised to see him but he still isn't prepared for it. Troy's signature smirk is placed on his face, his dark greasy hair falls across his forehead, he's evil and Louis can't help the hate he feels towards this man.

"You'd have to have known I'd catch you again Louis, it was to easy if you ask me" Troy says as he smiles crookedly.

"What did I always tell you Louis, I always told you, if you tried to escape, if you tried to leave I would kill you and I always keep my word"Troy says and now he's turned angry.

Noah walks in then, he has a whip in his hand, something Louis is all to familiar with, he has a knife and Louis can't stop the tears, he's so weak and exhausted but he can't deal with the pain, he just can't.

"You think that those doctors who took you in, you think that they cared about you. That they loved you Louis?" Noah asks as he walks towards Louis.

Troy laughs at Noah's words.

"No one could ever love you Louis, ever, you cost us so much fucking money, Noah his senior year at school and your parents lost us justice for our son and for that we will make you pay" Troy spits.

Louis tries his hardest to struggle against his restraints, he's desperate and scared out of his mind. When the knife stabs him in the side, his screams of sheer terror and pain are chilling. Louis is completely helpless and at Troy and Noah's mercy. They give none, as they stab, beat and torture Louis.

They let him down from the pulley system only to beat him further, Noah steps on his ribs with his boot and Louis hears the biggest crack he's ever heard in his life. He finds himself calling out for his Mum and Dad through his gag, begging them to make it stop and to take him away with them. His cries soon turn to yelling for Harry and the boys. He repeats their names over and over trying to get through this horrific pain. He's thankful when he passes out and he's left to die.

Troy and Noah pull Louis back up to dangle from the ceiling, they know he has hours left and they are satisfied with the justice they were given. They leave the basement with the plan of leaving the country. But as they step foot on the front lawn of the house that used to belong to the Tomlinson's, they are swarmed by swat police and arrested and detained.

"I want the house swept, he's here somewhere, find him" Andy yells to his squad.

They finally received a lead this morning, from a neighbour who heard screams and saw a light on in the Tomlinson's house after years of being vacant.

"He's here" Andy hears from the basement, he's running with the paramedics close behind.

When he enters and sees Louis hung up and on deaths door, he nearly loses it. He's glad the boys weren't here to see Louis like this.

"Get him down" Andy yells as they all find a way to get Louis down, when he's on the ground he's untied and his gag taken off, the ambulance do their best to stabilise Louis before he's being escorted to hospital fighting for his life.

Andy calls the boys who meet him at the hospital. Harry, Scott and Drew, scrub in, they won't allow anyone else to touch Louis. Jax and Edward are left in the waiting room, as they are filled in on what happened.

Louis is wheeled into a cubical and the boys nearly lose it at the sight, their poor boy.

"What's the damage?" Scott asks as he and the boys shake themselves back to reality, they need to be strong and do their job in order to save Louis.

"He's unstable, breathing irregular, pulse low. Multiple stab wounds to his torso, internal bleeding, dislocated right shoulder. His right rib has been cracked, his stats are dropping, we think his spleen is ruptured" the ambulance officer relays.

"Shit, call theatre and X-ray, we're on our way" Harry yells to two of his nurses.

Louis is the whisked away to theatres and Scott Harry and Drew work tirelessly to save Louis life.