In These Walls (Newt x reader)

Twenty-one

"Ben? You're supposed to be in the Maze." Tommy asked from behind me. Ben grunted, staring at Tommy. 

"You. You did this."  Ben stepped closer to us.  I could see drool dripping from his lips and his veins had turned a dark gray-green along one of his arms.

"I- I didn't-"

"Tommy, when I tell you, you need to run. Leave me here." Tommy scoffed.

"Newt would kill me!" I shook my head.

"I don't care, Ben isn't here for me." I looked back to Ben. His dark eyes stared at Tommy. "Hey, Ben, why don't you calm down. We can take you to the Med-jack hut." Ben's focus moved to me. 

"I don't need them. Clint, Jeff, they can't help me. I know the truth now. Thomas, he did this to us! He helped separate us! You were my sister and they took you away! He has to pay for what he has done." A low growl came from Ben. 

"Ben, please, just listen, we can-"

"No." Spittle flew from Ben's lips and I swallowed. Ben's eyes moved back to Tommy. 

"Tommy..." My voice came out as a warning, telling him to run. I felt my wheelchair shift as Tommy quickly turned the chair and began to run. 

Tommy turned wherever he could as he ran, pushing me along. I knew he acknowledged something was wrong with Ben, but Ben's behavior only reminded me of George. The difference was George took a couple of months to become the way he did, and his veins has been a deep black color. Ben took less than 24 hours and his veins were a mix between ashy gray and a deep green. 

Tommy paused when we reached a slope. 

"Just leave me, go get help." 

"I can't, I-" Tommy was cut off as something ran into us. I fell out of my wheelchair, rolling. I heard Tommy cry out. I grabbed at the ground, trying to stop, but I could find no hold as the branches and weeds scratched at my skin. The air left my lungs when I slammed into a tree. I screamed out. My head throbbed as I moved to hold it, looking up. 

"(y/n)?" Tommy called. I saw him a little ways away in the field. For a moment, my eyesight blurred, then it came back into focus. 

"Tommy?" I rolled myself onto my stomach, trying to crawl over to where Tommy was getting up.

"Where are- oof!" Ben tackled Tommy in the field, trying to pin him down. I watched Tommy grasp near his throat, realizing Ben was choking him. 

"Help! Help!" I coughed, the throbbing in my head getting worse. My vision blurred again as I watched the Gladers run to Tommy. I felt something trickle down the side of my face as Ben was hit in the head with a shovel by Newt. The boys all went to hold Ben down while Newt looked around. I groaned, placing my head on the ground. 

"(y/n), where is she?" Newt's voice faintly rang in my ears as it all turned black. 

~ Newt's P.O.V. ~

A scream came from the woods, making me freeze. I saw the other Gladers in the garden look up. 

"What was that?" Dan asked, his voice quiet. 

"(y/n)." I began to run towards the woods, panic building in me. 

"Help! Help!" (y/n)'s voice cut off as I came to the edge of the woods. In the clearing, Ben was on top of Tommy. Tommy was grabbing at his throat and I realized Ben was choking him. I ran up, my shovel in hand, and hit Ben on his head. He fell off of Tommy, groaning. The other Gladers who followed me moved to hold Ben down as I knelt down by Tommy. 

"Are you all right?" Tommy nodded, gasping in a breath. "(y/n), where is she?"  

"I-I don't... Ben came and found us. He said it was all my fault. I ran, taking her with me, we made it to the slope when he ran into us and I lost her." My eyes followed to where he was pointing. I stood up, looking around. My chest ached as I ran to the slope, finding her wheelchair tipped over. 

"(y/n)?" I called as I turned her chair upright. Dan and Clint followed me. I scanned the area, turning. On my second scan I saw her slumped against the ground under a large tree. "Oh, my God, (y/n)!" I ran to her, sliding against the ground to grasp at her shoulder. Her head was bleeding badly. I turned to look at Clint and Dan, who was bringing her wheelchair. 

"She must've hit the tree." I told Clint as I lifted her head up from against the ground. Clint nodded, momentarily kneeling beside me. 

"She was probably trying to crawl to Thomas when she called for help. We have to get her to the hut. Come on, carry her." I nodded as Clint helped me turn her so I could carry her. Her head fell back, making a sick twist come to my stomach. 

"Stay with me, (y/n), stay with me." I whispered, running towards the Med-jack hut, Clint and Dan following close behind me. 

Original Publish Date: September 13, 2016