MISTAKE | Minho / The Maze Runner

twenty-nine

Today they were taking down WICKED, for the first, and hopefully, last time. Minho and Vera were being split up. She was going with Vince, Gally, and the other Right Arm members; they were going to blow up WICKED's headquarters. The main rule, if you see a member of WICKED, you shoot on sight.

Minho was going with Thomas. Their mission? Rescue the Immunes from the Maze. Thomas was to go in first, act like he's turning himself in, and then use the device prepared by Vince to stop the weapons in the headquarters from working. It would be an equal fight, and Vera knew lives would be lost.

"You ready Thomas?" Vince asked, but it wasn't posed as a question.

"As ready as I'll ever be," Thomas said, but Vera could see the boy was scared.

Vera was scared too, but she was tough. She's fought WICKED guards before, but this time, she won't get shot.

Minho grabbed Vera's hand as Thomas ran inside.

"We'll be okay," he said.

"We'll be okay," she repeated.

~

Vera was back in WICKED's headquarters for the first time since she woke up there, scared and alone. This time, it was on her own terms, and she was ready to get revenge. The thought of the friends she lost, the life she lost before WICKED took her when she was only a kid, and the thought of Minho, those things fueled her. She was ready.

"Gally! On your left!" Vera shouted, shooting two guards before running down the hallway.

"Vera, wing 4! Gally, wing 7!" Vince yelled, shouting out orders.

"On it captain," Vera yelled before taking off.

Vince shook his head before running to wing 2. It was time to plant the bombs.

A guard was charging at her, and one was coming from her left.

"I got left!" Brenda screamed, firing her gun.

Vera shot the guard in front of her, nodding her head to Brenda, the girl she barely knew, as she passed by her.

Vera made it to wing 4. She threw done the bomb and took off sprinting, her lungs were desperate for air, but she ignored them. Being a Runner would've been useful in a time like this.

WICKED's headquarters were falling crumbling in ruins.

"Flat Trans! Flat Trans!" Gally was screaming.

"What?" Vera yelled over the sound off bombs exploding.

"Follow me!" He shouted.

Vera followed Gally, meeting up with Vince and the others.

"We have about one minute till this place is done for good!" Vince yelled, a hint of excitement in his voice.

They turned a sharp corner at full speed, and spotted Minho and Thomas standing in front of Janson and two guards.

Vera shot one guard, and Gally followed her lead, shooting another. Vera was ready to shoot Janson, until Thomas charged forward and wrapped his hands around Janson's neck, strangling the man.

"Thomas. Thomas! C'mon dude, he's dead!" Minho yelled.

Thomas got up, running for the Flat Trans. They had mere seconds until WICKED's headquarters were reduced to nothing.

Vera grabbed Minho's hand, sharing one final look before plunging into the grey, shimmering wall.