The girl from the scorch

3

We made our way up the stairs and caught up to the rest of the group. Newt stayed close to the back near me and I would catch him turning around to look at me quite often.

The boy with brown hair at the front of the group kept asking Brenda questions which I thought was quite amusing. Knowing she had not a lot of patients, I knew if he didn't stop asking questions soon, she would probably hit him which not gonna lie, would be quite funny to watch.

"No ones come out of the Scorch in a long time, you've just got them interested. And me too" Brenda said as she kept walking. It was only know that I realised the group that had formed around us as we walked. Knowing what these guys were like, I held onto Mollie tighter and walked closer to the group of boys. Something told me I could probably trust them more.

In the end, I was walking next to Newt with mollie on my hip closest to him. Something about Newt made me feel like I could trust him and I knew he wouldn't do anything to hurt Mollie. As we were approaching the staircase to where Jorge was, I could see Newt from the corner of my eye making silly faces at Mollie as she pulled them back at him. I smiled to myself as Newt looked up at me and smiled back, I felt my face heat up but quickly looked away so no one could see me blush. What am I thinking? I just met this boy.

As we all gathered in the room Jorge spends most of his time, it was clear he was still trying to hear something on the radio. However, after clearly hearing nothing, he threw the headset of the desk and turned to face the new group that had just arrived.

"Do you ever feel like the whole world against you?"

I let out a small laugh, what type of question was that? However, this quickly earns me a glare from Jorge and the others to look at me in confusion.

"Three questions. Where did you come from? Where are you going? How can I profit?"

After only receiving silence Jorge finally speaks up again,

"Don't all answer at once"

"We're heading for the mountains, looking for the right arm" the brown haired boy finally speaks up. The right arm? That makes me suspicious because that's the group Jorge is trying to find out about.

"Your looking for ghosts you mean. Next question, where did you come from?"

This time the Asian boy speaks,

"That's our business"

Jorge gives us a nod signalling for us to grab the boys and girl so we do. Quickly I grab Newts arm with my one had and hold it behind his back. Before he can react, I quickly put Mollie down so I can grab them both. At first he tried to resist like all his other friends but quickly stops when he sees that it is no use.

"Sorry" I whisper in his ear making it so quiet that only he would be able to hear. I do feel bad about this and I want him to at least know that.

Brenda then comes forward with a scanning device and scans the back of the brown haired boys neck.

"You were right. Their tagged"

"You came from WICKED. Which means your very valuable." Jorge says with a smirk rising on his face. I already know where this is going.

"Let them hang out. We'll decide what to do with them in a bit"

I let go of Newt's arms as another man grabs them to take him to 'the pit'. Looking to my right, I go to pick up Mollie again only to discover she had moved from next to me, she is now leaning on Newt's leg with one are wrapped around it. Clearly she likes him as the only other person she has warmed up to this quick was me.