Louis wakes in pain, his head is killing him, his body aching, he opens his eyes to a rundown, dark room. He recognises it instantly...the orphanage.

Louis breathing picks up, he tries to move his hands but they are tied tightly in front of him and he has a gag on his mouth. He looks around the room and before he can contemplate anything, Vincent is walking into the room.

"You're awake, finally" Vincent smiles.

He walks over to Louis and cuts his gag off his face

"No one will hear you scream in here now, we're in the middle of nowhere" Vincent says smiling

"Why are you doing this?" Louis whispers looking right into Vincent's eyes

Vincent sighs and reaches out to cup Louis face, Louis flinches slightly but tries to keep himself together

"I saved you, do you remember? I've been watching you ever since then Louis. I've loved you for so long, but you never noticed me, you never cared. I killed all of those boys for you my lovely Louis, I made it all okay for you. I knew if I did that you'd notice me, that you'd see how much I love you and how good we could be together" Vincent says and Louis is so terrified because Louis can see in his eyes that Vincent believes he's done Louis a favour and he thinks Louis will thank him.

"I....l" is all Louis can manage

"Aren't you going to say thank you?" Vincent then says as he gets angry

"Thhhhhank you" Louis says, the words feeling like venom in his mouth

"You're welcome my lovely Lou" Vincent smiles

Louis let's a tear slip that Vincent wipes away

"You're mine now, and we're going to be together forever aren't we. Those two detectives aren't good for you Louis, you have to understand that" Vincent says

Louis really doesn't want to upset Vincent, he knows if he says the wrong thing he could fly off the handle and end up killing Louis too

"I...I do" Louis says nodding

Vincent smiles

"I'm going to get you something to eat and then we can talk about what we're going to do next" Vincent says and Louis just nods in agreement

Vincent gets up and goes towards the door

"If you think about trying something silly, I won't hesitate to kill you too" Vincent says as he reaches the door and smirks evilly.

This guy seems to have two personalities

Louis just nods but as soon as the door is shut he's working on the rope on his hands. He's desperate as his breaths are ragged as he tries to free himself. He sighs in relief when the ropes give way. Louis hands are really cut up and his forearm will definitely need stitches but he can think about that later.

He makes his way shakily to his feet, he's body protesting. He looks around the room for some type of weapon before his eyes land on a lamp. Louis doesn't know what his plan is but as he hears footsteps approaching the door again he grabs the lamp. He's got to try his best to escape Vincent before he's killed as well. Louis conjures up all his strength and as Vincent enters the room Louis hits him across the head, hard.

Vincent drops the tray of food he's holding and stumble backwards . Louis uses that moment to run. He hears an animalistic growl and footsteps following behind him. Louis doesn't look back and pushes aside his pain and does his best to navigate the orphanage and find his way out.

He manages to push the back door on the bottom floor open and could cry in relief. The backyard is overgrown and leads straight into the woods but Louis runs as fast as he can towards them. He can hear sirens in the distance but he needs to get away now, he tries to go towards them but he can't quite tell where they are coming from.

He runs and Vincent runs after him, close on his heel.

"You can't run forever Louis and when I get you you'll wish you were never fucking born" Vincent yells.

Louis makes it to the tree line and into the dense, freezing cold forrest. He has no idea where he's going but he doesn't care, he just runs and runs, his feet are bare but he suck's it up and runs.  He falls a few times but he doesn't even contemplate that he might be hurt, his adrenaline is coursing through his body and he won't allow himself to register any pain.

Louis isn't sure how long he's run for before he can't hear anything behind him. He slows down to catch his breath and looks around the forrest, there's just trees for miles. He can hear rushing water and he heads towards the sound.

He comes into a clearing to a rushing river, he decides to try to follow the river. All he can hear is the water and his ragged breathing, until he's pulled backwards into a chest harshly.

"You can run, but you can't hide from me. That was a huge mistake" Vincent says into Louis ear

"Noo" Louis cries out defeated

He doesn't have a lot of strength as he tries to get free of Vincent's hold.

Just then there are officers and swat coming out of the forrest and into the clearing. Louis couldn't be more thankful and goes to breathe in relief when a hunting knife is put to his throat and he's held tightly against Vincent's chest,

"Let him go Vincent" Louis hears Harry's voice but he can't see him.

"You won't have him, you stole him from me and he's mine" Vincent says loudly as the blade is pushed into Louis throat nearly drawing blood.

"No one is stealing him from you Vincent, just put the knife down and let Louis go and we can talk about this" Scott says

Louis is beside himself, he's so utterly scared.

"If I can't have him, no one will" Vincent then says

It happens so quick and Louis doesn't even register it, Vincent turns the knife towards his thigh and cuts it with the knife, before Vincent is shot on the head and falls to the ground next to Louis.

Louis is in so much shock, he sees Vincent on the ground with bits of brain and blood all over the forest floor and himself. He then moves his hand to his thigh and stumbles as he realises he's losing so much blood.

He can see people running towards him but they are blurry. He falls and somehow he's caught in someone's arms

"Louis, stay with us darling" Harry's voice says

He feels himself being picked up, but his body feels so lightweight, like he's floating, before he is completely out.  

"Louis, sweetheart, come on, wake up baby" Scott yells as he and Harry lay Louis down, the ambulance is right there and they work to stop the bleeding in Louis thigh.

The ambulance throw around medical jargon that has Harry and Scott completely lost.

It's urgent and things are done so quickly, an oxygen mask is out over Louis face, he's stabilised as best as they can, before he's being run out of the woods by the rescue team.

Harry and Scott's London squad watch on as they both nearly lose it. The squad haven't seen either of them in two weeks and it's like they have completely changed, they've never seen them care about anyone, let alone nearly lose it like this.

"Boys, let's try and calm down okay, we will leave uniforms here to deal with the scene, we can follow Louis to the hospital" Ben one of their main squad guys and good friends comes over to tell them and help calm them.

Scott and Harry take some deep breaths

"Yeah, okay, yeah, thanks" Scott says trying to remain calm. 

"Come on let's get going, we can try to catch up to them" Max, another squad leader says

Harry and Scott nod as they are led out of the woods and back to their cars outside the orphanage.

The ambulance is just leaving when they make it back to the car, Ben gets in the drivers seat, Max in the passenger seat and Harry and Scott in the back. Ben puts the lights and sirens on as they follow the racing ambulance to the hospital.

It's quiet in the car and Harry and Scott reach for each other's hand and hold on tightly, trying to ground each other. These feelings are so foreign to the both of them.

"So.. are you going to tell us about Louis?" Max asks, trying to take Harry and Scott's mind off the situation and give them some idea of what's been going on these last few weeks

Harry and Scott smile slightly and Harry takes a deep breath.

"He's, he's everything and we can't lose him" Scott says

That has Max turning around in his seat to face them both.

"You love him?" Max says, it's not a question but Harry answers anyway.

"Yes, and we didn't even get the chance to tell him" Harry says solemnly.

"You will, he's going to wake up and you're both going to introduce us to the person who's made you two soft" Max says and they all chuckle trying their best to remain positive.

Louis by some grace of god is still alive when they make it to the hospital. His femoral artery was sliced but thankfully not all the way. His blood loss is significant and Harry and Scott have to wait in the waiting room while they try to stabilise Louis. 

It's a long few hours wait but the squad don't leave their sides and Andy, Drew Edward and Noah end up turning up at the hospital. As soon as they heard about Louis they were in their cars on their way to London.

Andy tries to get as much information as possible, but there isn't much to know. Andy gets the paperwork organised to transfer Louis back to Windsor Peaks as soon as he's stable enough.

Harry and Scott are surprised and completely taken aback by the support and love that Drew, Andy, Edward and Noah show them. It's like they know how much Louis means to them, even after such a short time.

Three hours later, after Edward and Noah went on a food run to make sure everyone's eaten, a doctor enters the room.

"Louis Tomlinson?" He calls out.

The boys all stand up, Harry and Scott are in front of him in an instant.

"Is he okay?" Scott and Harry ask at the same time

The doctor smiles slightly

"He's stable, thankfully his artery wasn't severed the entire way, we were able to get him to surgery and stop the bleeding. He's lost a lot of blood, he's on blood transfusions and in the ICU. He's extremely dehydrated and has a lot of cuts and bruises to his body. His arm was very badly cut and the wound was open for a while, we're just hoping to hold off infection" The Doctor tells them

"Thank god" Harry and Scott say as they hug each other and everyone smiles and hugs each other in relief.

"He's scheduled for transport to Windsor Peaks this afternoon" The doctor tells them all

"Thank you, thank you so much" Scott says

The doctor nods and leaves the room.

"We will organise an escort for the ambulance back to Windsor Peaks" Ben says smiling

"Thanks Ben" Harry replies.

Andy escorts Louis in the Ambulance while Harry and Scott drive their Rover back, Ben and Max tell them they will head down in a few days to see them and meet Louis.

Louis doesn't wake at all on the trip, he's heavily sedated for the transfer and Andy makes sure he's stable the whole way. Harry and Scott don't get to see Louis until he's settled in the ICU in Windsor Peaks.

When they finally lay eyes on Louis, the relief they felt that he was okay, suddenly turns to worry. Louis looks so small in the bed and he's so pale, there are drips and wires all over him and an oxygen prongs in his nose.

Scott sheds a few tears and Harry holds him close

"Two weeks Harry, he's been in our lives for two weeks, how are these feelings possible?" Scott says

"Does it matter Scotty, we both feel it and we just need to let him in, to tell him how we feel" Harry says

"This is nuts, I'm ready to move to Windsor Peaks Harry, to be with him" Scott says and Harry grabs his face.

"Babe, it's okay, if that's what Louis wants then that's what we will do, he's ours now and we won't let him get hurt ever again. We will keep him safe and love him and give him everything" Harry says

Scott nods and laughs slightly, he kisses Harry and they just hold each other before they move towards Louis bed and sit on either side of him, holding his hands.