Elsie let out yet another shriek, jumping back as the vent cover slid across the floor again and Thomas crawled out of the vent, breathing heavily and looked panicked as he leapt to his feet, looking around frantically. "Thomas!" Minho exclaimed. the Gladers had spent the last age sitting and standing around the room in a tense silence, waiting for Thomas to return.
"We gotta go, we gotta go right now!" Thomas exclaimed, grabbing Elsie by the shoulders as she was stood closest to him, pushing her to the door. "What the hell are you talking about??" Newt exclaimed, the Gladers voices erupting in a Chorus as they followed after Thomas. Thomas spun around on his heel. "They're coming, come on, we gotta go!" Thomas said, still holding tightly onto Elsie's shoulders as the Gladers kept on asking questions. he handed Elsie over to Newt, darting over to the bunk and ripping off the sheets, hurrying back to the door and trying to tie the sheets tightly to restrain the door from opening.
"Aris, what happened!" Minho yelled, going over to Aris who stood frozen in shock. "Thomas! can you calm down and just talk to us!" Newt asked, his arm wrapped around Elsie as he watched Thomas. "she's still alive!" Thomas yelled, getting more sheets and trying to tie them tighter around the door handle. "Who's she? Teresa?" Frypan asked. "Ava!" Thomas yelled. "Ava??" Newt exclaimed, frowning. "Will you just turn around and talk to us??"
"It's WICKED!" Thomas shouted, shocking everyone into silence. Newt's eyes widened and his grip on Elsie's shoulder tightened. feeling his fingers digging into her shoulder blade, Elsie looked up at Newt, a horrified look in her eyes. "its still WICKED. its always been WICKED!" Thomas said, running over to the bunk and picking up the Mattress, lifting it and carrying it over to the door to put against it. "Newt, Im scared" Elsie whispered, taking Newt's hand off of her shoulder and holding onto it instead. Newt didn't say anything, biting his lip as he tried to think of what to do. he gave Elsie's shoulder a quick squeeze before heading over to Thomas.
"Thomas." he said in a stern but calm voice. "What did you see?"
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Thomas swung open the door of the vent and crawled out into the new sector of the large building, quickly checking if the coast was clear. "Come on, come on!" he hissed as Newt Crawled out, taking Elsie's hand and pulling her up and out of the Vent, the other Gladers following behind her. Once each Glader was out, Aris stood by the Vent. "Come on!" Thomas urged them on, beginning to run. "You guys go ahead without me, there's something I need to do" Aris said to them. "What are you talking about?" Thomas asked with a frown. "Trust me, it's something important. you guys wanna get out of here, right? Then go!" Aris urged.
"I'll go with him!" Winston said, crawling back into the Vent after Aris and shutting the door behind him. "Let's go, Come on!" Thomas urged, grabbing Elsie's hand and dragging her along, the Gladers beginning to run, following Thomas' lead. "Are you sure we can trust this kid?" Minho asked, running as he tried to catch up with Thomas.
"You don't want to know where you'd be without him!" Thomas said as they turned down the corner, pulling Elsie along after him and coming to a stop as a Woman turned down the corner at the same time, a doctor. The doctor jumped, shocked. "What are you kids doing out?" she asked, eyeing the Gladers suspiciously. but they didn't have to answer her questions as the alarms began to blare, the lights flashing. Elsie backed away, gripping onto Newt's arm and watching as Thomas and Minho grabbed ahold of the Doctor.
The group of Gladers ran frantically down the halls with their hostage, knowing that everyone would be looking for them now. The group turned down a corner, all coming to a sharp halt as an armed Guard with a large gun appeared down the hall. "Freeze! Stay where you are!" the guard yelled, clicking his Gun. Elsie shrieked, hiding behind Newt as he shoved her behind him. The Guard began to shoot at them, but it wasn't bullets.
The Gladers ducked, before beginning to run back the way they came from, now being chased by the Guard and his bizarre Gun. "Why are they shooting at us??" Frypan yelled. "Why do you think!" Elsie shrieked, holding onto Newt's hand for dear life as she struggled to keep up with the others. Minho suddenly skidded to a stop, turning on his heels to look at the Guard. the Guard had alerted the other guards to the Gladers and their location over walkie talkie. "What the hell are you doing?" Thomas yelled.
Minho began sprinting down the hall at the Guard, jumping into the air and kneeing the Guard in the Chest as he came around the corner, sending the Guard flying into the wall with a grunt. Minho stared down at the Now unconscious guard, the Gladers coming running down the hallway toward him. Elsie nudged the Guard with her foot. he was knocked out cold. Elsie grinned, crouching down to pick up the Guard's big Gun. "Elsie! put that down, you'll hurt yourself!" Newt exclaimed, snatching the Gun from the Mischievous redhead's hands and giving it to Thomas. "Come on, let's go!" Thomas shouted, running back down the hall, still holding the Doctor.
Thomas slammed the door open of a lab, keeping the Gun pointed right at the Lab workers as he walked in, holding the Doctor by the collar. the lab workers began to panic, some running out of the way and others holding their hands in the air. "Where is she? Where is she?" Thomas yelled, keeping the Gun pointed at all the lab workers as they backed away from him. he had no answer. Elsie looked around at the room and spotted the Curtains drawn in the far corner. she quickly slipped out of Newt's grip, darting over to the Curtains and pulling them open, revealing Teresa laying motionless in a bed. "Teresa!" Elsie exclaimed, running to her side. Thomas shoved his Gun at Minho, darting over to Teresa's side and stroking her cheek. "Teresa" he whispered, watching as she blinked her eyes open, pulling herself up onto her elbows.
Elsie spun on her heels and watched as Newt began to bound the doctor they had held hostage by the hands. "You'll never get away with this!" she yelled. Elsie turned around to look at Teresa once more. "What's going on?" Teresa exclaimed, sitting up in bed, looking startled. "We gotta leave right now, come on" Thomas said gently, helping her up. "Guys! they're coming! where do we go?" Frypan shouted. "Frypan, move!" Newt shouted, rushing forward and pushing over a table covered in test tubes, pushing the upturned table against the door to barricade it.
"Get back, get back!" Minho yelled, pushing the Gladers behind him and standing upfront with the Gun pointed. The Gladers backed away further into the room as the Guards began kicking down the door. "We gotta get out of here!" Minho yelled. but they were cornered, stuck in the little side room with no escape. no doors, just a large window in the wall.
Elsie jumped into action, grabbing a chair. "Stand back!" she yelled, running forward and delivering a strong swing at the window with the chair, causing the window to tremble violently. "Elsie! what are you doing? be careful! don't hurt yourself" Newt yelled, horrified. Elsie swung the chair at the window again harder, causing it to shatter upon contact, shards of Glass showering all over her and the ground.
"Clever Elsie, am I right?" She exclaimed, throwing the chair to the ground. "Elsie, watch you don't cut yourself!" Teresa yelled, watching as Elsie climbed onto the window frame that was completely laced with sharp shards of glass that would impale anyone who touched them. Elsie balanced precariously on some empty spaces on the window frame, quickly hopping over onto the other side. "Quickly! come on!" Thomas yelled, jumping through onto the other side and lifting Teresa up into his arms, bringing her over. Elsie rushed forward, throwing her arms around Teresa who held Elsie's head against her chest, stroking the back of Elsie's head.
the rest of the Gladers quickly jumped through onto the other side. Minho quickly threw the Gun to Thomas who ran across the room to the door. "Stay behind me!" he shouted as he swung the door open, only to come face to face with a Guard. Thomas froze. The Guard grinned, taking a step forward, prepared to grab onto Thomas, only to get shot. Thomas pulled the trigger on the Gun, sending a weird bullet flying onto the Guard. The guard began to convulse from electric shock, revealing that the Gun shot little electric thingies. (Im sorry for using the word 'thingies' to describe them 😭)
"shit!" Thomas muttered, staring down at the man. "Come on!" The Gladers began running down the hall again, Elsie holding onto Teresa's arm as the two girls ran side by side. "There it is, there it is!" Thomas yelled, pointing at the exit as the Gladers ran down the hall towards a large reinforced door that lead to the large room they had first gone into upon their arrival. Thomas quickly approached the door, sliding the key card into the lock, but it didn't work. "Come on, come on!" he muttered, sliding the key card again and again to no avail.
"Thomas!" a voice called. Elsie spun around and gasped as she spotted Mr Janson walking down the hallway towards them, followed by a very large group of armed guards. She felt herself being pulled aside as Newt and Teresa stood infront of her, shielding her. Thomas began to approach Mr Janson, Gun pointed right at him. Mr Janson lifted his arms in the air, continuing to walk over to him. "Open this door, Janson!" Thomas yelled. "You really don't want me to!" Janson warned. "Open the damn door!" Thomas yelled as the Gladers frantically tried to open the door.
"Listen to me! Im trying to save your life!" Janson yelled, pausing as Thomas continued to approach him. "The Maze is one thing, but you kids wouldn't last a day out in the scorch! if the elements don't kill you, Cranks will. Thomas, you have to believe me. I only want what's best for you"
"Yeah, let me guess, WICKED is good?" Thomas scoffed, sarcasm evident in his tone. Mr Janson sighed. "Your not getting through that door, Thomas" Mr Janson insisted. there was a sudden loud beeping as the door slid open, revealing Aris and Winston stood outside. "Hey, Guys! Come on!" Aris yelled. he didn't have to say it twice. the Gladers darted out of the door. "Thomas, come on!" Newt yelled as he pulled Elsie along, passing her over to Teresa. Thomas didn't reply, quickly shooting at Janson and the Guards until the Gun ran out of bullets, hurling the Gun at them before beginning to sprint down the hallway, Janson and the Guards following after him
the door began to slide shut as Thomas continued running towards it. "No!" Teresa exclaimed. "Come on Thomas!" Elsie shouted, Thomas disappearing out of view as the door grew closer and closer to shutting. The Gladers all yelled encouragements at Thomas. Soon there was only a tiny amount of space left between the door and the ground, leaving only a small gap for Thomas to crawl through. Thomas quickly slid onto his knees, swiftly sliding right through the gap underneath the door just in time as it shut behind him, leaving Mr Janson trapped on the other side.