MISTAKE | Minho / The Maze Runner

twenty-six

Gally was sitting on the couch, watching the TV, in the small, run down, apartment he lived in. He lived here with Vince and Vera before they moved to the Right Arm's headquarters. Vince told Gally he had to stay, said some people had to stay in Denver, keep watch on what was going on in the city's walls.

Gally would never admit it out loud, but he envied Vince and Vera's relationship. They had a father-daughter bond, one Gally would never be able to replicate. Gally knew it was because she was tougher than him, mentally stronger. She's different now, compared to how she was in the Glade. The real world has hardened her, made her a fighter.

The real world made Gally kinder, he wanted to do the right thing, and the right thing was taking down WICKED for good.

There was a knock at the door, and Gally got up to open it, not before grabbing the gun he always kept beside him. One thing he learned over the past couple months, always expect the unexpected.

He opened the door, and there stood Thomas, Minho, and two people he didn't know.

"Come in," Gally said, looking around for anyone that might have followed them who wasn't supposed to. Just like he saw the woman at Hans' do, it felt like a lifetime ago.

"You're alive," Minho stated, almost as if he couldn't believe it.

Gally ignored him, "look, before I say anything else, I want to apologize for killing Chuck. I was under WICKED's control. They told me I would be killing you, Thomas, so I didn't fight it."

"You were going to kill me?" Thomas stuttered out.

"I hated you, more than I hated anyone else. I thought you and Teresa were with WICKED the whole time. Look, I really am sorry," Gally said.

"One of them was," Minho muttered.

Thomas shot Minho a look before saying, "I get it Gally. WICKED was controlling you, that wasn't really you."

"Sorry for spearing you, I guess," Minho said.

"No hard feelings. Now, on to what I wanted you to come here for. I'm with a group called the Right Arm. We want to end WICKED, for good."

"You're with the Right Arm?" the man Gally didn't recognize asked.

"Who are you?" Gally asked, gripping his gun tighter.

"Jorge and Brenda, they're friends of ours," Thomas said.

Gally nodded as if he was giving them approval, "anyways, yeah, I'm with the Right Arm. WICKED, they're capturing Immunes. They're preparing to start new trials."

"How do you know this?" Minho asks, cautious that this is just another one of WICKED's tricks.

"Net-block. We still have spies there. That's how me-" Gally catches himself, almost revealing the truth about Vera, "that's how I escaped. WICKED's after you guys, you're Immunes, they want you. They're after Hans too. Teresa's also been here, she's looking for you, Thomas."

"Teresa?" Thomas asked, shocked.

"Yeah. After you see Hans, then find Teresa, I suggest you join the Right Arm. Help end WICKED. There's not much time, but we can do it, with your help," Gally told the group of four.

"We will, Gally. I promise," Thomas said.

The four left and Gally could only hope that Thomas went through with the promise he had made him.