Solo ◇Thomas◇ II

~02~

Thomas kissed the top of her head. “Don't worry Pixie, I know you find it hard to talk your feelings out.” 

The two smiled at each other and gently pecked each other's lips before turning to look at Vince. 

Vince was making his way up the concrete platform they have that leads to the boat, being up on the platform you could see everything considering it was above ground. He was clearly going to give a speech the same speech he had given every time they saved a group of kids. Once he was on top looking over everyone and the kids were all out of the train cart he motions for them to circle round him. 

“Alright listen up. I know you've all been through hell. I wish i could say our trouble are over. But were not through this yet. Wicked is still out there. They're not giving up. Cause you got something they want. They took you because your immune to a plague thats wiping out the human race. And they think you're worth sacrificing to find a cure. Well I don't. So in two days when we get this tub of rust sea worthy we’re gettinging the hell outta here. We’re gonna go to a place where Wicked will never find you. A place you can start over. A place you can call home. Are you with us?!”

Cheers erupted through the air making him smile. Thomas looked down to Spencer who was looking towards the small med hut. 

“Do you want to go see Aris?” 

Spencer looked up at him and nodded, “I've been waiting for the tent to be free of doctors.” 

“Let's go then.” Thomas grabbed ahold of her hand pulling her with him. 

Brenda had her feet propped up on the truck Jorge was working on, they watched as Thomas and Spencer walked past hand in hand. 

“At least they have each other.” Brenda muttered to Jorge. 

“They're each other's family just like all of us are each other's.” Jorge nudged her smiling. 

Thomas and Spencer walked into the tent seeing Aris and Sonya sitting on a chair, Sonya was pressing a wet cloth against a cut on Aris’ cheek. 

Harriet passed Sonya and Aris both a glass of water, “Here drink this.” 

Sonya stops what she was doing reaching to grab the cup and brought it to her lips whilst Aris does the same except instead of drinking he plays with it in his hands. 

Thomas crouched down in front of him, Newt was sitting on a chair facing towards him. Brenda was standing a little away from Newt and Spencer stood behind Newt, her arms placed on the back of his chair. 

Aris slowly lifted his head up a small chuckle escaping his lips although it sounded forced, “Took you guys long enough to rescue us.” 

Thomas gave him a tight smile, “It's good to see you too bud.” He then points to the large fresh gash on his bruised cheek. “What happened?” 

“I fought back.” Aris scoffs, “Tried to anyway.” 

A soft sigh escapes Sonya as she makes eye contact with Thomas, “You're lucky you found us at all. They had us on the move a lot.” Her eyes then drifted around the room on each of them before landing back on Thomas, “It felt like something big was happening.” 

Newt speaks up whilst nervously playing with his fingers, “Any idea where they were heading?” 

It was quiet for a second before Aris broke it, “All I know is they kept talking about a city.” 

Thomas’ eye brows furrowed, turning to look at Spencer, Brenda and Newt. Spencer had her eyes trained on Aris, mainly his cuts and bruises, all of them had the same confused look Thomas had. 

Harriet looked at Thomas then back to Aris, “I didn't think there were any cities left.” 

“That's because there aren't.” Everyone turned to look towards brenda whose arms were crossed over her chest, “Not still standing anyway.” 

Thomas turned back to Aris leaning forward slightly. “Okay wait. What about Minho? Why wasn't he on the train?” 

Aris lips part as he turns to Sonya thee two making eye contact before looking back at Thomas. Aris had sadness written all over his face, a deep frown appearing on his chapped lips. “I'm sorry… he was.” 

Spencer’s eyes widened and her grip on the chair got a lot tighter as she realised they had got the wrong cart. Thomas’ eyes shot towards Spencer who he could see was also upset but keeping it in. 

She stepped back from Newt's chair and the rest turned to look at her. “I… I'm gonna go see how Zach is. All these new people must be hard for him.” She gave them all a forced smile before rushing out the tent.

Newt, Brenda and Thomas looked at each other. Everyone was sad but Spencer was definitely struggling. Aris was the first person she had gotten a certain amount of close with after the maze but Minho made her feel like she wasn't doing anything wrong with her bad social skills. 

Spencer felt like she was slowly losing it, bit by bit.