Love in the Scorch (Newt x Reader)

9. Why did you change?

"So...Teresa doesn't like you too?", Y/N lifted her head to her right and saw the dark-haired boy with brown eyes looking at her, waiting for her answer.
"Oh, um... I guess so", the E/C eyed girl replied, more of a mumble than anything, but still replied. There was silence between them until Thomas asked, "Why?".
"I...don't know! We were just resting in the Scorch, ready to leave when she showed up, at last. We had lost her in the storm; says she went to see you... And W.I.C.K.E.D. helped her do so... Anyways, she showed up after scaring us half to death and starts pointing a gun at our heads. They told them to beat me up, because I was a traitor... I had know idea how or who I had betrayed at the time, I was in so much shock I couldn't think. But now...".
"Who did you betray?", Thomas urged on, looking at her with caring and worried eyes.
"I betrayed W.I.C.K.E.D.", Y/N replied bluntly, looking directly into his brown eyes. "I betrayed them because what they were doing was wrong. What they were doing went against anything human in this world. And when I found out who set the Flare upon people...". Thomas was in disbelief as he continued to listen, remembering that he did the same thing.
"So I found out about the Right Arm - heard they were trying to rebel against W.I.C.K.E.D. So, I decided to leak information to them, hoping that it would help them when they came to shut W.I.C.K.E.D. down. But I was caught before I could get the final bit of info to them... And I was shoved in the Maze, forgetting everything and everyone that were part of the outside world".

Thomas just looked at the girl with wide eyes, taking it all in as steady as he could. Y/N wasn't looking at him, she was looking at the floor as if she wasn't telling a story, but as if she was in a dream or memory...
"So what about you", Thomas was so startled he sorted of jumped in his tied up position.
"W-What?", he asked, still shaken.
"What did you do to upset the Queen over there, shuckhead?", Y/N asked again, trying to lighten up the mood with laughter. Thomas did laugh, chuckling as he recognised the traditional Glader slang.
"I really don't know, as well", he said after he stopped laughing, looking ahead of him to the group of girls, "I guess... I was a traitor, too". Y/N looked at Thomas curiously, wondering what he did. Thomas saw her confused and intrigued face and so continued his story. He explained a similar story, every little aspect was greatly identical, as if they had done it together... 'But that couldn't be... Could it?', Y/N asked herself just as Teresa yelled, "Alright, ladies. Time to go!".

~Time Skip~
~Elsewhere~

Two days.
Two days of walking up steep, rocky mountains.
Two days without water and with little to no food to eat and drink.
Two days of being lost.
Two days of being without Y/N.
Newt was climbing his way up the mountain totally exhausted. He looked over his shoulder to see some other boys struggling to keep climbing, he had to admit it was pretty hot. The blond then turned back to look upwards; Minho was leading the pack with Jorge and Brenda slightly behind him.
"Hey, Minho," Newt hollered as he stopped for a second to ask.
"What," his friend hollered back, frustration lacing his voice. Clearly this wasn't a time to piss him off.
"How far until the top?".
"Not sure, hopefully soon or I will murder the shuckin' Creators myself!" Newt just sighed and continued climbing, ignoring the throbbing pain coming from his ankle. Over the two days, it had gotten far worse. It wasn't used to being worked so much, especially when climbing up steep, rocky mountains that keep falling apart when he tried to cling on. Running was alright, but climbing really pushed it. But Newt pushed it aside and continued on.

The tall blond was hoping that after the sandstorm calmed down that they would find Y/N, but they didn't. She was nowhere to be seen, no footprints, none of her gear, nothing. Newt desperately hoped she was safe, but for all he knew, she had been eaten by some shuckhead Cranks! 'You better be alright, Y/N. You have to be...'. Newt was so caught up in his own thoughts that he hadn't noticed the three up ahead were no longer climbing. He reached them and was hauled to his feet by an excited Minho.
"Look, Newt! We made it, the top!" That they did. All they saw was a bright, blue sky striking against the orange, desolate land beneath it. Both spread for miles and miles, never ending and going way past the horizon. The tall, blonde boy stood in awe of it all, finding the view absolutely stunning. 'Not as beautiful as Y/N... Never as beautiful'.
"Hey, shuckheads!", the Leader called to boys over the edge, "We made it! Hurry up so we can climb down!". Excited and triumphant calls were made from down the mountain and scrambling was also heard, indicating that the boys were now rushing to reach the top.