Dark horse (One direction fan fic)

Chapter Nine: Bedtime story

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"go to hell" I say loudly. The guy rushes at me and I sprint away, only to come to a wall. well sh*t! Just before the assilent can reach me someone collieds with him. I see the two wrestling on the ground before catching a good look at who it is. Louis. Wait Louis?

*Ariana's POV*

wait, if Louis is saving me, who is he saving me from? This means I was comepletely wrong in my assumptions. Louis can't be the one in the mask because he's saving me. Then who's in the mask? Could it be one of the other boys? Possible but doubtful none of them looked in pain. Louis and my assailent wrestle with one another on the floor. Louis' muscles strain as he tries to keep in control, the two men crash into my desk, sending my notebooks, pens and papers everywhere. I can hear grunts of effort from both people. As the man in black gets an ounce of control they crash into my feet, I stumble to the side and barely manage to remain upright. My brain is in overdrive, my thoughts racing too fast for me to keep up with. How long has it been since Louis came in? I dont know, minutes, seconds?

"I want her gone!" I can hear the man in black snarl. Louis grunts with extreme effort

"not a chance" he growls back in an almost feral tone. I can hear scared whimpers and it takes a moment to realize they're mine. As I helplessly and fearfully watch the two men wrestle a few things become apparent. The man in back is mainly strong in his legs and core while Louis is stronger in his core and upper body, mind you showing no lack of strength in his lower body either. I see a glint of silver and hear a cry of pain

"Louis!?!" I call out in worry. He jumps back up and out of the fight to stand protectively in front of me. His left bicep is cut quite deeply and blood dribbles down his arm and onto the floor

"it's ok Ariana, I'm ok" he assures me. The man in black slowly stands, seeming to be in no hurry to attack us again. Louis shoulders are heaving, his bare torso slick with sweat. his grey sweat pants being the only artical of clothing. He hisses and gently brings his hand up to his bloodied arm.

"(censored) hell" he curses in pain

"Louis I'm scared" I admit, fearful tears finally falling down my face

"i know babe, I know, but I want you to go out of the room, I want you to go get your brother and everyone else ok?" He says calmly but I detect a note of fear in his own voice

"I dont want to leave you" I tell him, he considers this

"I want you to yell for them, as loud as you can" he decides quietly, turning his head slightly to better adress me

"ok, on three" I tell him

"One"

"two"

"three"

"HELP! HARRY! LIAM! ZAYN! NIALL! HELP!" I shout as loud as I can. The man in black charges forward and Louis lunges foreward to meet him despite being in obvious pain and losing blood. My door crashes open and Harry sprints in, looking around in confusion for a moment before cluing in and running forward to help Louis. My heart thuds oddly for a moment watching my brother rushing straight into a situation where he can get hurt. Liam's arms wrap around me and he pulls me off to the side

"it's ok, the police are on their way, its going to be ok" he sooths. I shake uncontrolably in his arms, to afraid to be scared of him. Harry wrenches the knife from the man in black's hand and yanks off the mask as well. Jason. Jason is the man in black. He makes eye contact with me

"shocked? I guess you thought wrong, very dangerous (censored)" he says and breaks free of Louis and Harry's grasp, running across the room before anyone can stop him. I jump forward from Liam to try and stop him but he shoves me once, hard into my desk and vaults out of my window