Fast As A Bullet {Maze Runner}

t w e n t y n i n e

"Fuck!" Leanne curses. Brenda moves to get off the bus but Leanne raises her hand to her them. "Wait! You stay here with the kids." She looks over at Gally. "We'll go get them."

Brenda nods to Leanne, who gestures for Gally to follow her. "Good luck!" Brenda calls out after them.

They go back into the building. "Okay, best thing we can do right now is split up." Leanne nods. "I have an extra walkie-talkie." She pats her belt, nodding.

"Leanne, don't worry." Gally nods. "With the uniforms, we fit in. So just... act like one of them."

Leanne scoffs. "That's no problem. I spent six months with them, I know how they act."

She waves at Gally, then turns to run off in the opposite direction. This building was huge, and Leanne knew that it would be tiring, but that wasn't going to stop her.

Leanne was thankful that the elevators in the building were still running. Yes, it seemed kind of silly, her taking the elevator in a time of crisis, but if she had to run up twenty flights of stairs she might cry.

When Leanne could hear the sound of gunshots, she knew she was for sure on the right floor. Although Teresa hadn't said which floor the medical wing was on, Leanne had gotten a glance at the screen and had a general idea.

She follows the sound of the yelling but stops short when a glass window breaks and a man falls at her feet, not moving. She looks up and sees Minho. However, Minho doesn't recognize her because she's wearing the mask. He charges at her, but she moves aside quickly. "Minho!" She exclaims, yanking the mask off and throwing it to the side.

He moved towards her quickly and Leanne almost thinks he's going to charge her again, but instead he hugs her tightly. "Leanne." He exhales. "I can't believe you're here."

She pulls away from him, smiling. "We have to go find Thomas and Newt." She nods.

"Do you have an idea of where they are?" Minho asks as they run down the hall.

"Honestly, just listen for the sound of guns shooting and people yelling." She shrugs. Then, almost like she triggered it, those two sounds ring from down the hall. "Tada!" Minho runs beside her as they run down the hall. They can see a guard standing in a doorway, and both Leanne and Minho instantly know he's blocking it for a reason.

Like he nearly did to her earlier, Minho charges at the man. He picks him up and slams him against the wall, then throws him through a window. "Minho! I could've just shot him!" Leanne exclaims, gesturing to her gun.

Minho ignores her, instead turning to look at Thomas and Newt. All three boys smile with wide grins, and they all move to hug each other. Leanne watches with a smile on her face at the reunion. Thomas grabs onto Leanne's arm, dragging her into the hug. "Is this real?" Minho asks.

When he does this, Leanne almost wants to cry. She knows why he's asking this: the simulations. The horrible tests they'd put them through, like the worst situations in the Glade. She couldn't unsee hers, but now wasn't the time. It was never the time.

More men yell, and they realize they have to move quickly. Leanne is shoved forward, running through the halls. They round a corner, but Janson appears at the other end of the hall with more men, who begin to shoot at them.