Hide from 'Falling' || H.S

Chapter 31 - Harry | Hunting lodge

Fuck it now. My head already hurts from all the thinking.
No matter what Ashley's motive is for not betraying me, the fact is she's working alone with her team, which doesn't even seem to be complete.
So the main thing is that I can be sure that they are helpless and we will win.

At least things are getting back to normal again. Since Ashely Scott came into my life, a lot of things haven't gone as usual. But now that seems to be changing again.
We're winning, just like always.

The thing at my parents' mansion will soon be forgotten and we'll focus on our success again.

All the constant thinking and pondering is really stressful. And that I couldn't even get rid of a bit of stress, I have Ashley's departure to thank and Zayn as a trigger for it.

Niall has been talking for at least 10 minutes about where we should celebrate our victory tonight. Zayn, meanwhile, is thinking about what exactly we're going to do with the girls' flash drive once we get it. After all, we've already agreed to distribute it without hesitation. Only where and to whom is the question now.

He knows the dark net best to know where such data can be used most cleverly.

"What's that up ahead?" asked Liam, who had been quiet all this time, just looking out the window. He pointed to luminous warning signs shining in the distance.
"Looks like a road detour." Louis muttered with a thoughtful look. We were all now looking ahead out of the car, where our actual roadway suddenly ended.
"Here? In the middle of nowhere?" asked Zayn, now looking puzzled out the window. There hadn't been another car around for a long time. No one was here.

"How should I know?" hissed back Louis, irritated. He then rolled his eyes in annoyance and wiped his face. "The fact is, we can't go any further here and we have to follow the indicated path. Otherwise we won't get anywhere."
Without waiting for another reaction, he now turned the steering wheel with a smooth motion and drove along the new signposted route.

"Will we still get to the cabin then?" wanted Niall to know. There was no uneasiness in his voice, only confusion.
"Well, you can get into a forest from anywhere, so yeah." replied Liam casually. Niall nodded with satisfaction and so we drove on. As usual, Louis completely exceeded the speed limit, but we didn't care.

As we followed the strange path, I began to think about this coincidence. Why should suddenly exactly the route we want to drive be closed off? Here, in the middle of nowhere, where hardly anyone ever drives along. So why bother to set up a circuitous detour?

What if...no...or is it? It can't be.

Fuck, of course it could be.

"Stop the car now!" I yelled promptly and immediately Louis hit the brakes. Because of our speed, it took a moment for the car to come to a stop.
"What?" barked Louis annoyed by my intervention in his driving.
"Doesn't it seem strange to you guys that suddenly our route is being rerouted." I asked into the crowded car. The guys just stared at me in disbelief.
"Nope." replied Niall, scratching his head and shrugging his shoulders.

"You're just getting unnecessarily upset, let's just keep driving." said Louis, he was about to step on the gas again when I pulled out my gun and held it to his temple.

"Get out." My gaze was intensely fixed on Louis, who raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Are you going to dump me here now?" he asked jokingly.
"Fuck, I want us to switch places but if you bug me one more time you'll really end up on the street," I threatened him. With a click of my gun, I indicated how serious I was.

Niall chuckled as Louis got up to switch sides with me after all.
"Welcome to the replacement bank." Zayn teased, and Louis crossed his arms in front of his chest, pissed. He flipped Zayn off and I turned the car around to head back.