
Adopted by 1D
Nine
Louis POV
I smiled at the crowd of fans who cheered us on. We were doing our last song, and I couldn't wait to get back to Husky. I had just finished my solo in Little things when I heard someone scream my name. I didn't know what to do. I froze in place. Liam had heard it too. We rushed backstage and my worst fears were confirmed. Husky was gone. All that was left was a few drops of blood.
Harry's POV
Louis and Liam rushed off the stage during my solo. No explanation. They just left. Niall and I finished the song, bowed and ran off the stage with Zayn. Louis was on his knees backstage, shaking. Liam was yelling at a bodyguard. I bent down on one knee so I was at Louis' height.'
What happened?' I asked, seeing blood on the floor in front of him.
'Husky's gone,' he croaked, hiding his face in his hands. I thought that she might have just gone to the bathroom, but the blood told me otherwise. I looked at the roof. Cameras. They would have seen what happened to Husky. I stood up and joined Liam.
Liam's POV
'What do you mean you don't know what happened? She gone, for Christs sake! What happened?! You were meant to stay at the exit!' I yelled.
'A man came in asking to see his daughter. They looked pretty similar so I let him in. He also had a backstage pass. I couldn't really deny him access, Mr Payne,' the guard defended. I felt Harry brush against me.
'Check the surveillance footage. It might show what happened,' he suggested. I nodded and headed towards the video room, the guys following close behind. I looked at the room with the bodyguard and pressed a button to rewind it back ten minutes. Toni was pacing the room. The entry door opened, but Toni didn't notice. The man had some similarities to Husky, but not many. His skin was darker, his eyes were dark brown and his nose was large and crooked. I felt like calling out to Husky, to tell her he was there. But this was a recording. It had already happened. I heard Louis' breath hitch in his throat when the man pulled a knife from his back pocket. Huskt's arms were pinned behind her back. She screamed Louis' name, but the man covered her mouth, the knife still in his hand.
'Daddy's home,' he laughed, as he plunged the knife into Toni's stomach. Toni gasped, but made no other sound. I felt Niall tense up beside me. Louis and Harry left the room. I heard Louis start sobbing outside the door. I blinked my eyes back into focus and watched the rest. The man dragged Husky from the room and out a fire exit. I heard a car start and Louis burst into the room. I turned the recording off. I knew what happened next. Anger boiled over me. We hadn't managed to protect her. Her father wasn't going to leave her alone. Now that he had her, we needed to find her, quick. I pulled out my phone and dialled.
Husky's POV
My father threw me in the boot, not giving a damn about how much blood I lost. I let go of my stomach and let the blood flow freely. I was going to die. I had accepted that long ago.
I opened my eyes to find myself shackled to a concrete wall. I looked up and saw a small barred window. This was obviously a basement. I heard footsteps and closed my eyes, pretending to be unconscious. My father didn't fall for it. He kicked me in the stomach, forcing more blood to pour out.
'You stupid slut! You will die, slowly and painfully, if its the last thing I do!' he bellowed, stabbing the knife straight into my thigh as far as it could go. And that was the whole blade. I bit back tears. If I cried it would only get worse.
'Oh, by the way, I was a doctor, and I have access to all the hospital systems. That's how I track you.' I thought about it for a moment. My first adoptive family had taken me for a check-up the day before they were killed. I knew he wasn't lying. I knew I wouldn't get out of this alive.
Louis' POV
Two weeks. Two frigging weeks without Husky. Who knew what she was going through. Maybe she hadn't survived. I tried to stay optimistic. But after a week that became impossible. I hadn't slept for five days. Liam and I were with the police, helping them with inquiries. The others were grabbing us lunch. But I never felt like eating. The thought made me sick. It reminded me too much of Husky throwing up her toast. I wiped away the tears that stained my face and looked up. Liam hadn't slept for a week and he had huge bags under his eyes. I had practically lost the ability to form words. I felt Liam put a hand on my shoulder.
'Time to go home, mate. When we get back PLEASE try and get some sleep,' he begged, the fatigue obvious in his voice. I nodded. I couldn't promise anything, but I would try.
I stepped outside the police station and was blinded by the flashing of paparazzi cameras. I pulled my hoodie up over my head, trying to block my face. The paps knew nothing about Husky, so that was a bonus. They didn't know about the adoption. They thought that Husky was just a fan who followed us through the crowds. So they had no explanation on why I was depressed and Liam wasn't sleeping. They made up stories that Harry got arrested, Niall had died, Liam had broken up with Dani because she was cheating on him with Zayn. There were even more stories about me. I think I was taking the whole situation a lot worse than the others. None of the reports were even close to the real problem. At least Husky was out of the media.
The paps bombarded me with questions. I didn't answer any of them. I just felt more tears fill my eyes. Liam and I reached the car. As soon as I had shut the door I broke down. Liam pulled the seatbelt around me and buckled it. Tears ran down his face as he drove home. I suddenly thought 'what if Husky never comes back? Will you stay like this your whole life?'. We had stopped the tour. None of us could cope with it. And it had only just started.
I lay down on the couch and cried. The TV was on, but I wasn't paying attention. I felt my eyes droop and I fell into a black abyss. Falling with me was Husky. I couldn't save her. I needed help. I hit the ground and blacked out. That was how I fell asleep
Liam's POV
I watched as Louis fell asleep for the first time in days. He hadn't spoken for a week and a half. He probably couldn't say anything without breaking down. He was really struggling. I fell asleep, my mind still on Louis.
I woke up and checked the time. I had managed to sleep for a full eight hours. Louis was snoring lightly. I looked opened my phone which was ringing and pressed my ear against it.
'Hello,' I said, my voice raspy and miserable. 'LIAM! Get her quick! They've had a lead on Husky!' Niall said, obviously bouncing around the room. I snapped the phone shut without a reply and threw on the couch. I grabbed Louis' shoulders and shook them as hard as I could.
'Louis, wake up! They might have found Husky!' I said. Louis bolted up and out the door, taking my car keys with him. I followed him out quickly.
Your dad's an ass then if he says that...Anyway my dad says I was adopted and that I wasn't his child and a bunch of things and if know those aren't true cause I go through a lot of things to get evidence and I was right. It's just the way my dad shows affection for one and another. Remember that it doesn't matter what people think of you. You define beauty others don't define beauty for you. You shouldn't care about what your step dad thinks, when your old enough you'll be able to make your dad suffer and call him names and things like that. Put him through the stress he put you in.
6/25/14