ℝ𝕌ℕℕ𝔼ℝ: 𝔸 ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕥 𝔽𝕒𝕟𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟

𝟑𝟒. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡

 As we ran further away from WCKD's compound we all began trying our best to climb up the huge sandhill that surrounded the headquarters as guards began searching for us left and right, shouting things to each other. Thomas shouted for us to continue so we all did our best to continue up the hill. We climbed over the hill and all of us sat behind a sand dune trying our best to stay low and undetected. We continued on, Teresa finding a place for us to go and I trusted her judgement so I followed her in, everyone else shouting at us to wait. We all slid in to the little hideout and tried to regain our balance. Minho turned on a flashlight as we all tried to make sense of our surroundings. Thomas wanted to continue moving but Teresa told him to explain what was going on. He explained that it was WCKD which made me sigh in relief knowing that my dumbass brother had actually managed to figure it out. He explained more about how him and Aris had found bodies that had been hanging by some machine that was draining them of something. Teresa put her hand on the back of her neck and it seemed fishy so I more subtly than her did that as well and felt some sort of imprint on the back of my neck, a little alarmed I pulled my hand away as I realized it most likely had something to do with them giving me my memories back. I didn't know why they even did give me my memories back though. What did they have to gain by giving them back to me? Thomas said we needed to get as far away as possible before Newt asked if Thomas had a plan. I grew a little curious as We waited for his response. Thomas said he didn't have one and Newt unwrapped his arm from around me and stepped towards Thomas saying how all of us had blindly followed him and that he should have at least thought of a plan. I stepped forward and rubbed Newt's shoulder a bit trying to calm him down somewhat when Aris spoke up. He said that Rat Man had spoke of a resistance or army hiding in the mountains and it clicked in my brain instantly. It had to be the right arm, it just had to be. If they had managed to evade WCKD all this time that had to be where they were hiding. Thomas confirmed it and I looked at him wondering if he had somehow remembered them before he said that they could be our best bet and I saddened a bit realizing he didn't know the part he played in helping them out before the maze. Newt was in disbelief though and although I tried my best to ease the tension it didn't work. Until Winston came back and told us to follow him. Minho shone a light over where Winston was pointing and there were visible footprints in the sand leading every which way. We all walked into a storage area of sorts and took a look around the room and see if there was anything useful in the room. Afterwards Thomas said that we should all split up and see if we could find anything so I walked into another room and decided to take a seat and try to piece everything together. I remembered every single thing. Why would WCKD let me remember all of that? What was their end goal? I began to sift through all of my memories both good and bad and hadn't even realized that I had been crying until I felt a thumb on my cheek wiping the tears away. I looked up to see Newt crouched in front of me worried. He asked what was wrong and I just shook it off and said that I was fine. He tried to press on and get me to say what was wrong and asked if WCKD had done something to me before I said that they gave me back my memories. He stepped back a little shocked so I stood up and walked past him not wanting to deal with the questions that would soon ensue if I had stayed there.

I ended up not finding much other than a jacket, a flashlight and a dirtyish pair of running shoes but they were in a better state than the ones I was wearing were so I dusted them off before finding a nearby bag and putting them along with the flashlight into the bag. I continued on my search, luckily finding some packages of granola bars and bottles of water, stuffing as much as I could into my bag before carrying on. Eventually I ran into Thomas and Minho as they looked through a room that appeared to be a control room of sorts. I asked them if they had found anything useful before Minho turned to me and told me that they must've had some power at one point. I quietly jogged over to them and noticed a huge tower of plugins. I continued on with them into another room which had even more circuitry in it and assumed it must've been the place where all of the power had come from at some point. I stood by the doorway as the two of them continued on, not wanting to continue following them but still close by incase something went wrong when I heard Thomas shout at Minho to stop whatever he was doing and the power turned on fully. I bolted up fully alert when I saw what looked to be mutilated people snarling and moving abnormally, it quickly clicked in my brain that they were cranks. Thomas shouted at me to run so I did, running as fast as I could to find the others, looking back every once in a while to make sure that they weren't following me. Some of them were but due to how slowly they were moving I was able to lose them quickly. I looked back again and suddenly slammed into someone else. I panicked and looked up to thankfully see I had ran into Newt who was asking what happened. I told him that I had run into some cranks and he instantly grew worried as he searched around for any signs of Thomas and Minho, shouting at the others to stay together. Suddenly Thomas and Minho came running around the corner telling all of us to run before we all quickly realized there was a hoard of cranks following them. We all turned and began running, I grabbed Newt's hand as I ran as quickly as I could as everyone else soon joined in. We all stopped as a crank appeared beside us and Aris had the idea to hit it with a bat he'd somehow found. Thomas, Teresa and I got separated from the rest of the group as they tried to advance on us so the rest of the group went around. Teresa kept falling behind so I pulled her up and the three of us ran up the stairs. We met up with them eventually and Newt grabbed my hand again so we wouldn't get separated. Suddenly a crank came through the glass and wrenched Newt out of my grasp so I grabbed the thing and tried to wrestle the thing off of him which eventually worked enough for Minho and Thomas to pull him out. I quickly tried to push the thing off and almost fell through myself till Thomas grabbed my arm and yanked me back up. I asked Newt if he was okay and he replied he was, clearly out of breath though.More continued after us and I made sure to grab Newt's arm to make sure we wouldn't get separated yet again. We ran through a hallway and stopped when we found a door. I grew worried as the hoard of cranks advanced on us while Thomas tried to unlock the door. Eventually Thomas gave up and we continued down the small hallway. We reached a dead end and my heart sank as I realized that we probably weren't going to make it. I turned to Newt and hugged him, telling him I was sorry before Winston said he would hold the hoard back while the rest of the boys worked on breaking the door open. It finally broke and we all got out when a crank grabbed Winston. I rushed over to  help as did everyone else. Minho and Thomas tried to close the door as Frypan, Newt and I tried to pull Winston out. Teresa quickly went to help them close the door and we were finally able to pull Winston out. We all began running as Frypan and I helped Winston to keep up with the rest of us as Minho and Thomas still held the door. Eventually they joined us as the hoard quickly followed. Eventually we found a small hideout and all quickly hid in it as Newt pulled me into his chest, placing a soft kiss on my head. I could hear cranks everywhere above us as we all held our breath, hoping that they wouldn't hear us. We all then realized as they continued to roam all around us, that we would probably be stuck in there for the rest of the night.