ᵒⁿᵉ 𝐈 𝐀𝐌 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐘 𝐎𝐖𝐍 ⁿᵉʷᵗᵐᵃˢ (ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ)

Catastrophe And The Cure

NEWT POV

We start to run down a hallway but are stopped by a man with a gun. We raise our hands into the air when Minho takes him out from behind.

"Minho?" Thomas cries. "MINHO!" 

We pull him into a hug. "Is this real?" He asks wistfully.

We laugh but I start to cough. We run into a room but it's a dead end. I hear footsteps behind us. 

"Um, any ideas?" I ask Thomas.

"It's doable." He says. "Just need a little running start."

I glance at the window. "You're not suggesting...?"

"There's water, we'll be fine." He says.

"You sure about this?" Minho asks. 

"Not really." Thomas replies. 

"Nice pep talk." Minho says dryly. 

"Yeah, we're all bloody inspired." I say, rolling my eyes. 

Then, they break through the door and Thomas grabs my hand and we jump off. 

We land with a splash into the water and we move to dry land. I bend over, coughing.

"You okay?" Thomas asks me.

I nod. "Fine." I say hoarsely. 

"YOU THREE! DON'T MOVE!" 

We look to see four soldiers. 

"Shit." I mutter. 

Then, one of the soldiers shoots down the other ones. He removes his mask.

"Gally?" Thomas asks in disbelief. 

"You guys are nuts." He says. 

We lean against a low stone wall. 

"How far are the tunnels?" Thomas asks Gally.

"Uh, maybe 12 blocks from here." Gally says, slightly unsure.

"We can make it." Thomas insists.

"Newt, how are you feeling?" Minho asks me, kneeling in front of me. 

"Terrible." I say. "It's good to see you though." 

"Hey." Minho says to Thomas. "How long has he been like this?" 

"He'll be okay." Thomas says forcefully. "We just gotta get to Brenda. She's got the serum." He turns to me. At this point, I'm fairly unsure in my ability to walk. "Come on, let's go. Hey, Newt. Come on. We gotta get you up." I stand and almost fall over but Thomas wraps his arms around me. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! You okay?" 

"Yeah." I say. 

I put my arm over his shoulder and he puts his around my waist. He kisses my temple.

"You'll be fine." He says.

A huge explosion booms in front of us. 

"We're supposed to take out WICKED, not the whole damn city!" Gally says.

"Tunnels are right up ahead." Thomas says.

An explosion fire and we have to sit down by a stone box that used to hold plants.

"Shit, shit, shit!" Thomas cries desperately. He starts to talk to Brenda in the walkie-talkie. "Newt, we're almost there." He says to me.

"Just leave me." I pant. "Go."