Two days later

"HOUSE MEETING!" I was beginning to get used to Azul's shrill voice, it didn't even annoy me after a while. She was just there and I could do nothing about it.

Trudging towards the games room, I could sense the apprehension in the air, everyone was still very alert after the discovery of the mutants and nobody could focus on anything else. I hadn't written a single word of the novel I was supposed to be writing, my mind was elsewhere.

I sat down on an uncomfortable chair next to Niall and gave him a brief smile before directing my attention to Azul who was standing with her hand on her hip.

"We need a plan," she said, her voice turning somber and quiet- I had never seen this Azul. She almost appeared afraid, like she had emotions in her cold shell of a body, "The threat of the mutants is too high and they should be seen as our top priority. As from today we are dropping all our projects and focusing solely on eliminating these.. Things."

I was not surprised, I had seen it coming but I knew that it was hard for Azul to cancel our projects. She had invested so much of her time planning the projects, keeping deadlines and motivating people and it was all for nothing. Our work would be left to gather dust as we tried to stay alive.

"We could capture one and Indigo could examine it, so we could get a better understanding of the enemy," Jack piped up, looking extremely proud of his, frankly, unoriginal idea.

"Too dangerous," Azul snapped back at him and he gave her a cold glare, I could see they were having trouble in paradise. Azul was arrogant but at least she had a good reason to be- she was nearly perfect- whereas Jack just looked like an idiot because there was really nothing too special about him.

"We could evacuate the building, get far away from this place," Adam said which surprised me, usually he didn't cope so well with serious situations. He was a joker, and notorious for acting like a child so I was shocked that he actually provided a sensible idea.

"That will be our last resort idea," Azul said, smiling at him slightly. I noticed a hint of embarrassment in her voice- did she like Adam? The pair seemed like polar opposites but maybe that's why she liked him, he was a breath of fresh air.

"I say we wait it out here till we are forced to leave," Madeline, who I had spoke to once, contributed and I saw everyone look at her with their jaws dropped. She rarely talked and when she did it was in a quiet murmur, however at that meeting she spoke with confidence. Like she knew what she was talking about.

"There we go, I hope that is an accepted idea by all of you and I think that its our best bet. You are all dismissed to relax," I smiled at Madeline and she shyly returned a small grin.

Getting up from my chair, I followed Niall to his music room and tried to think of what to talk with him about. I didn't want to mention the feelings I had inside for him. I didn't want to scare him away.

Picking up a guitar, I strummed the strings idly as I looked round the room; Niall had made it his own by hanging instruments up on the walls and painting it a deep red. He began to hum to himself and I smiled at the sound, he had a beautiful voice.

"You know, I heard you singing in the shower yesterday. You have a beautiful voice," I stopped strumming the guitar and looked him in the eye to see if he was lying- he wasn't,"I was going to ask you to record a song with me but then Sergeant Azul called off all work so..."

He scratched his head awkwardly and looked down at the floor, he looked so adorable when he was nervous.

"Maybe we can record it one day," I whispered, sitting down on the floor and he followed me there. I rested my head against his shoulder and closed my eyes, inhaling his musky scent. Outside mutants may have reigned free but all I could concentrate on was how close I was to Niall's lips.

I moved my head towards his and grazed my lips against his, electricity sparked where his lips had touched mine and I breathed out heavily. Slowly, Niall pulled away and I looked at him with wide, confused eyes.

"We shouldn't have done that," he whispered, looking me in the eye. His pupils were dark, full of sadness and despair.

"Why?" I asked, desperately looking at him for an answer- did he not love me anymore?

Instead of answering he stood up and walked out the room, leaving me to wallow in my own self pity as I tried to deal with the rejection I had just faced. I waited for him to come back, to give some sort of explanation but he never did.

Soon I got bored of waiting so I stood up with wobbly legs, and let out a shaky breath. I was still in shock, things had not gone the way I had planned for them to go and I was left feeling lost. Empty.

So this was a sad-ish chapter to write. Niall why you gotta walk away?! :( what's going to happen now for our twelve survivors?

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