Fast As A Bullet {Maze Runner}

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He nods. "Right." He moves closer to the tent flap. "I'm going to see the guys."

She nods in return. "Okay. I'll be here."

Once he was gone, Leanne lays down in her bed, ready to sleep. It came to her quickly, too, and she didn't fight it one bit.

The world around her was gone. Leanne stood in the middle of the base, with fire surrounding her. She could hear people screaming for help, and her she couldn't see them.

This wasn't a memory, it was the futur. The tents burnt down to ash, but she couldn't move. She couldn't talk. She could only watch.

Ava Paige, dressed in her classic all-white ensemble steps out of the flames and towards Leanne. "You can't stop this, Leanne." She smiles. "You were never meant to." Slowly, fires lights her feet up on fire. "You were never meant to leave the Maze!" Ava screams as the flames engulf her legs. "You were meant to die there!" The flames grew taller than her, swallowing her and her words.

Leanne was alone. The fire around her got closer, but not close enough to hurt her. She could hear screams, and bombs dropping. She could hear shooting. But other than that, it was just ringing.

When Leanne was startled awake, the ringing, the bombs and the screaming didn't go away. The side of her tent had caught on fire, and the smoke began to fill her lungs.

Quickly, she flings the blanket off of herself and rushes out of the tent.

She rounds the corner of the tent and runs right into an armed man. Thinking quickly, she picks a metal bar up from off the ground and flings it, hitting the man hard in the head and knocking him over. Leanne bends over to grab the gun from his hand, then runs to take cover behind a car. Her arm aches but she shakes the thought away as she rips the makeshift sling off.

From there, she takes shots at WICKED's men, trying to spot the others as she does so. Then, not far to her left, she hears Thomas. Turning over to look, she sees Brenda pulling Thomas behind barrels.

Ignoring them, Leanne continues to shoot at the men. She shoots a man with a bomb, but it's too late; he's already thrown it. Watching it as it soars through the air, Leanne sees it land in the truck where all her friends are, and watches it electrocute them.

As men move to go get her friends, Leanne steps out from behind her hiding spot, shooting them quickly. However, she's quickly outnumbered, and finds herself getting pulled with the others towards where they're all being gathered.

The men were obviously told not to handle anyone nicely as the people are pushed around. Leanne's arm aches even more as the man holds it tightly, pushing her down to kneel between Minho and Juno. She was sure she had ripped a few stitches.

A man passes behind them and scans their necks. Once he gets to Juno, she breaths in a shaky breath. "X-7" The man reads.

A few meters in front of her, Mr Janson whips around at the sound of Juno's code. "X-7?" He asks the man. "Are you sure? Scan her again."

"Well, well, well." Janson approaches Juno. "Miss Juno, I knew you were valuable but not that valuable." He gestures for another man to come over. "Take her off to the side. She's a special one."

Juno's pulled up harshly and brought over to stand between some armed men. Leanne watches curiously. What does that mean? Why is she so special?

The man scanning them pushes Leanne's hair from her neck and scans. "A-5"

The scanning continues, but at this point Leanne's lost interest. "Where's Thomas?" Janson asks one man.

"Right here." A voice calls out from behind them. They all turn quickly to see Thomas surrendering.