After getting out of the maze alongside your brother and close friend, you cant trust anyone, especially after the people you're closest to are taken.
That is until you meet Aris and a group of strangers. After realizing everything you had been tol...
"Fuck you Wicked." I whisper to myself. "That one was for you Minho. Wherever you are.." I step out of the train car for the final time and meet back up with Eric. We begin to walk forward as we hear Vince begin to speak.
"Alright listen up!" Vince starts " I know you've all been through hell. Trust me, we have all been there. I wish I could say that our troubles are over. But were not through this yet. WICKED is still out there. They're not giving up, no matter what. 'Cause you got something they want. Most of you may already know this but, Wicked took you because you are immune to a plague that is wiping out the human race. And they think you are worth sacrificing for a cure. Well I don't. So in two days, when we get this tub of rust sea worthy, we're gettin' the hell out of here. We're going to a place where Wicked will never find you. A place you can start over... A place you can call home. Are you with me!" Vince finishes as cheers erupt in the air. Vince begins to tell orders but I don't stay long enough to hear what he says. Im exhausted. All I want to do is fall asleep under my covers and never wake up... At least for a little while. I hear footsteps behind me and I turn to see Newt to the left of me. I look at him and smile, he returns it quickly before looking back in front of him. We continue walking until we are at the beach on the other side of the camp. I sit down without saying a word, pulling my knees to my chest. I let out a soft but audible sigh before resting my head on the tops of my knees. Newt sits beside me, our shoulders barely touching. He sits with his legs criss cross, his hands sitting in between them. We both look at the ocean waves, lightly grazing the surface of the sand before going back into the water.
"I'm sorry about Minho." I say, breaking the silence. I can see him looking at me from my peripherals but I don't return the gaze. "Me too." I hear him say before looking back into the ocean.
"What'd you think he would say right now if he were here?" I ask Newt, a small smile plastered across my face. The possibilities of what Minho would say were endless, making it hard to pinpoint one answer. I turn my head towards Newt and let out a chuckle at the way Newts face is. He looks so concentrated.
He turns his head towards me and squints his eyes. "What're you bloody laughing about?" He asks, a small smirk on his face.
"Nothing, just the way your face is right now, you were really concentrated and you looked so..." I stopped, trying to think of the right word to finish the sentence.
"Cute." I say, finishing the sentence. My eyes widen as I just realize what I had just said out loud. I feel the familiar hotness in my cheeks return as I feel Newts gaze on the side of my face. I have gotten pretty used to the hot feeling in my cheeks, as recently anything involving Newt seems to set them off. I didn't know why, well I mean I did but I didn't want to admit it. The last time I shared my deep feelings was with Eric at the right arm before the attack, and that was a long time ago.
"So, im cute now?" I hear Newt finally say as he chuckles slightly at the end. "I never said that." I defend myself quickly. I give myself a mental face palm as I realize how stupid that response was.
"Are you sure because i'm pretty sure I heard you say-" Before Newt can finish he is cut off by the sound of someone whistling from behind us. We both turn around to see Thomas standing there.
"Come on! We have stuff to do!" Thomas yells to us. I quickly shoot up, relieved to have stopped this conversation. I quickly begin to walk towards Thomas, Newt close on my heels.
Thomas leads Newt and I to a tent. When we walk in we see Harriet handing Aris a bottle of water, as Sonya dabs his head with a wet cloth, trying to clean a open wound on his forehead. We all take a seat in front of Sonya and Aris.
"Took you guys long enough to find us." Sonya says jokingly. I smile at her slightly before Thomas quickly begins to ask questions.
"So what happened?" Thomas asked, referring to the cut on Aris's head. "I fought back, well tried to anyway." Aris answers.
"Your lucky you even found us at all, they had us on the move a lot." Sonya quickly adds, looking between everyone.
"Any idea where they were going?" I ask next. I lean in, my elbows now on my knees as my eyebrows stitch together slightly as I am curious about the answer. "All I know is that they kept talking about a city." Aris answers after a few seconds of silence.
"I didn't think there were any cities left." Harriet says looking between Aris and Sonya. "That's because there aren't, not still standing anyways." I hear someone say from behind us. I turn and look over my shoulder and see Brenda standing there. I never even noticed that she entered.
"Okay, wait, what about Minho?" Thomas quickly starts. "Why wasn't he on the train?" He finishes his question causing me to turn my gaze away from Brenda and back to Aris and Sonya. Aris looks down slightly and than side eye's Sonya slightly before looking back up. His reaction from the question causes my heart to race as if we were about to get bad news. Like maybe he was dead, or we completely missed him.
"Im sorry Thomas." Aris says back to answer his question.
"He was."
I know I said that this chapter would be long but I didn't want to keep you guys waiting so I just finished this small chapter for you guys. Sorry if it was short and lame but I actually promise that this next one will be exciting, fun and quite long for you guys! Love you all hope you enjoy!
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