Meant to be / Book 2 / A maze runner story

Chapter 8 - Getting out

We crawl as quickly as possible, not really knowing where we are going. Thomas opens a door vent and heads outside. He looks around to make sure no one is there.
- "Come on. Come on. Come on."
We all quickly get out.
- "Let's go. Let's go."
- "You guys go ahead. There's something I gotta do." Says Aris.
- "What are you talking about?" Says Thomas.
- "Trust me it's important. You guys wanna get outta here right? Just go."
- "I'll go with him." Says Winston.
They both enter back into the vent.
- "Ok Winston go! Now come on guys!" Says Thomas.
We start running.
- "You sure we can trust this kid?" Asks Minho.
- "You don't want to know where we'd be without him." I say.
We turn the corner and meet face to face with Dr. Crawford. Shit. We're screwed. She looks surprised but then her expression changes.
- "What are you kids doing out?" She asks.
The alarms go off and we all look at each other. She tries running away, but fails. Thomas and Newt grab her by her arm.
- "Where is she?" Asks Thomas.
- "Who?" Answers Dr. Crawford.
- "Teresa." I say. "Where is she?"
She doesn't answer and Thomas squeezes her arm.
- "Take us to her now."
She nods in fear. She starts walking and Thomas is still holding her arm, while Newt let's go of her. We start on running and we get to the end of the hallway. I look to my left and see a guard.
- "Freeze!" The guard says.
He shoots and we hide.
- "Why are they shooting at us?" Says Fry.
We run away as quickly as possible.
-"I've spotted them!" Says the guard.
We turn to the left.
- "They're in L-3!"
I turn around and notice that Minho stopped running.
- "MINHO!" Thomas and I say.
- "What the hell are you doing?" Says Thomas.
He starts running and kicks the guard right into his stomach. The guard cracks his head open on the wall. Damn. I run to him and so do the others.
- "Shit Minho." Says Newt.
I punch Minho in the arm.
- "Nice one." I say.
He smiles.
Thomas grabs the gun and points it to the doctor.
- "Ok. Let's go. Come on. Let's go." Says Thomas.
We continue on walking until eventually Dr. Crawford stops in front of a door.
- "It's here."
She swipes her ID and opens the door. Thomas shoves her inside and points his gun at the people in the room.
- "Wow wow. Ok wait." Says one of the people.
We all enter.
- "Where is she? Where is she!" Says Thomas.
He looks to his right and there's a blind that is closed. She is definitely behind that. Thomas hands his gun to Minho and he opens the blinds.
- "Get down!" Says Minho.
Teresa is in fact lying in bed. I go up to her and Thomas is next to her.
- "Teresa." Says Thomas.
- "Get down! Hands! Give me your hands."
- "Do what he says!" Says Newt.
I look at Teresa in the eyes and she seems sick.
- "What did they do to you?" Asks Thomas.
- "Thomas?" She looks up to me. "Y/n?"
I grab her hand.
- "Hey. We're here. We're getting you out of here." I say, smiling.
I am beyond grateful and happy that she is alive.
- "Give me your hands!" Screams Newt.
- "You're never going to get away with this." Says Dr. Crawford.
- "Whats going on?" Asks Teresa.
- "We gotta leave right now. Come on." Answers Thomas.
She slowly starts to get up.
- "Guys!" Says Fry. "They are coming! Where do we go?"
- "Frypan! Move!" Says Newt
He grabs the table and shoves it onto the ground. Him and Fry then move it in front of the door to block the entrance. Teresa is now standing.
- "Get back! Get back!" Says Minho.
We all get behind him.
- "We gotta get out of here! Where do we go?"
Thomas and I turn around and notice the window. We both look at each other. We have the same idea. We both grab chairs.
- "Everyone stand back!" Screams Thomas.
We both start hitting the window as much as possible. It finally breaks.
- "GO GO GO." Says Thomas."
Teresa places a blanket on the window, in order for none of us to get hurt.
- "Come on! Let's go!" I say.
Thomas and I jump over and he helps Teresa.
- "Watch your feet." Says Newt.
- "Hurry! Let's go!" Says Minho, still pointing his gun, to the men trying to get into the room.
He throw his gun to Thomas.
- "Let's go!" Says Minho jumping over.
Thomas opens the door.
- "Stay behind me."
There is a guard right there. They both look at other and Thomas fires his gun first. The man falls onto the ground and he is totally electrocuted.
- "Holy shit." I say.
- "Ok come on guys!"
He starts running and we all follow him. We run for a few minutes until we see these big doors at the end of the hallway. This is where we are going to be able to leave.
- "There it is!" Says Thomas.
We get to the end and Thomas swipes the card. Access denied.
- "Shit. Come on!" Says Thomas.
He swipes it again, but it is still access denied. He continues on swiping it, but nothing.
- "No, no no no no."
- "Thomas!" Says Janson.
Oh no. We're in deep trouble. I turn around and see Janson accompanied by my many guards. Thomas drops the ID and walks towards Janson. Minho bends down and grabs the ID.
- "Open this door Janson!" Says Thomas.
- "You really don't want me too."
- "Open the damn door!"
Minho continues on trying to swipe the ID, but still nothing. We won't make it alive. This is exactly what Janson wanted, especially for me.
- "Listen to me! I am trying to save your life."
- "Yeah really? And Y/n's too?" Says Thomas.
Everyone looks at me confused. Janson chuckles.
- "The maze is one thing, but you kids wouldn't last one day out in the Scorch."
They are both still walking towards each other.
- "If the elements don't kill you, the Cranks will. Thomas you have to believe me. I only want what's best for you."
- "Yeah, let me guess. WICKED is good?"
Janson drops his hands, and Minho is still swiping the card without any success.
- "You're not getting through that door, Thomas."
Suddenly, the door opens. Aris and Winston are standing right there.
- "Hey guys!" Says Aris.
I smile, completely relieved. That's what he needed to do.
- "Come on!" Says Fry, joining them.
- "Thomas! Come on! Let's go!" Screams Minho.
We run away and Thomas shoots at them. The gun eventually runs out. He throws it and starts running towards us. The door slowly starts to close.
- "No!" Screams Teresa.
- "Thomas! COME ON!!! Don't look back!" I say.
He slides onto the ground and just as the door is about to close, he makes it. This reminds me of when he killed the griever. We help him get up.
- "Move! Move!" Says Aris.
- "Thomas what is going on?" Asks Teresa.
Aris breaks the door lock thing. They won't be able to cross over to us. Janson looks at us angrily. Thomas and I both send him a middle finger.
- "You little shits."
Minho grabs a backpack and throws one to me.
- "Come on!" Says Minho.
We turn around and run to the main big doors that head outside. Thomas pulls down the handle and the doors slowly open. It looks there is a sand storm and it is night outside. We run out and get to this mountain thing. We are almost at the top and I have to agree, this is way harder than running in the maze.
- "All right come on. Keep going." Says Thomas.
He turns around and I do the same. There are a lot of people looking for us.
- "Shit."
- "Let's go!" I say. "We'll loose them in the storm."
We hide behind this dune and remain low.