Finding Hope - Newt x Reader | Book 1

Chapter 6

"Has the girl woken up yet," I ask the two boys in front of us.

"Nah," Minho answers, "Med-jacks have her in a bed, in the same room as Alby, though. They're taking care of her but she won't wake up."

"How did she know your name, Tommy," Newt asks the boy, who's been silent since he's got here.

"I don't know..," the boy mumbles.

"Well that's bloody great. We're getting nowhere," Newt groans.

I look at the three boys, "Okay, but why would they send her up now? For one, it's not time for a new Greenie yet. And two, are we just not gonna talk about that creepy note? 'She's the last one ever.' Does that mean they're wanting us to escape soon?"

"It's possible," Newt answers from beside me. The boy gets up and starts heading towards the door, "Come on, let's go see if the Med-jacks have gotten anything out of her."

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The four of us walk into the room--Newt in the front, me behind him, Minho behind me, and Thomas behind Minho. We gather around the girl, where Jeff stood taking care of her. Alby was on the other side of the room, tied down to the bed as he grunts and makes noises in his sleep. Clint stood across from Jeff, standing near us as we spoke to the boy.

"Jeff, what's going on," Newt asks the boy, piling questions on top of him about the girl.

"I have no idea, man," he answers, looking at the four of us, "I got my job the same as you do."

We all glance at each other, exchanging looks. Newt and I look over at Thomas, who stood between Minho and I. The boy stares at the girl laid out in front of us, as if he were observantly scanning each of her features.

"Do you recognize her," I ask the boy, causing Minho to look up at him as well.

"No," he states.

For some reason, my mind randomly notices the height difference between me and the three boys. It's definitely not the time to notice such things, but all of them are around the same height so I have to look up while being this close to all of them.

"Really," Newt asks, "because she seemed to have recognized you."

Thomas hesitates before asking his next question, "What about the note?"

"We'll worry about the note later, we already have enough on our bloody hands," Newt tells him.

Jeff intervenes, his voice wary, "He's right Newt. The Box isn't coming back up. How long do you think we're going to last?"

"No one said that," the blonde tries to reassure him. But all of us know it's true. "Let's not jump to any conclusions. We'll just... we'll just wait till she wakes up and see what she knows."

"Okay," Thomas mutters before leaving the room.

"Where are you going," I ask the boy as he takes off.

"Back into the Maze," he calls back.

Minho, Newt, and I exchange glances before Minho runs off after him. I groan, "Minho got his wish. The Greenie's the hero we all needed."

Chuckles come from Jeff and Clint. I feel a small wave of pride go through me after that.

"So, my guess is that she's in a coma right now. I'm not sure when she'll wake up but we'll keep feeding her and taking care of her," Jeff explains.

"Alright then," Newt says with a nod of his head, "If anything happens, you send someone straight to me. If you can't find me, find Clementine or Minho."