[Off Path] | Oath of Lies ~ Newt²

[1.2] You Came From Wicked

Casey helped her stand, taking it slow. She winced at her hip making Casey give her a look, she just brushed him off. They kept walking until they heard Brenda speaking to someone.

"Come on, keep up. Jorge wants to meet you." Isa walked quicker, noticing her friends walking behind Brenda.

"Thank god." She let out a sigh of relief before Casey grabbed onto her shoulder.

"They're safe, now let's go see Jorge." They found Jorge listening to the different radio signals. The sound of footsteps caught his attention.

"Casey, Isa, oh thank god you're safe." He came over to hug them one by one, he wrapped his arms around the girl tightly causing her to wince. "What, what, are you hurt?"

"Lightning. I'm fine though." He moved to examine the burns on her arm, then to the bruises on her side.

"It doesn't look fine Is. Maybe you should go sit down."
"No, I'm ok really. Plus I have to make sure you don't kill my friends." He turned his head.

"So those newcomers from the scorch, they're your friends?" She nodded. "Fine, I won't kill them, you can stay, but you have to sit down."

"Fine." Jorge moved back over to the radio while Casey helped Isa to a chair nearby. Soon enough the group came in following Brenda.

"Jorge, they're here. Isa, Cas, thank god." Jorge shushed her while messing with his radio.

"Do you ever get the feeling the whole world's against you?" Isa noticed Newt staring over in her direction, clearly noticing that she was injured. She just shook her head at him, telling him silently that she's ok. "Three questions, where did you come from? Where are you going? How can I profit?" It was silent. "Don't all answer at once."

"We're headed for the mountains, looking for the right arm." Small laughs came from the men standing behind them.

"You're looking for ghosts you mean. Question number two, where did you come from."
"That's our business." The men standing behind them grabbed a hold, they struggled in their grip while Brenda grabbed the scanner.

"Hey hey, be easy." Isa did not like the sight.

"Get the hell off me man."
"Shut up you big baby."

"What is that?" Brenda looked at the scanner before looking at Jorge, then to Isa.

"You were right." She handed Jorge the scanner, showing Thomas is a part of Wicked.

"What's she talking about?"
"I'm sorry hermano, looks like you're tagged. You came from Wicked. Which means, you're very valuable." Before anything else could happen, a familiar face walked in from behind them causing Isa and Casey to stand up.

"Natalie?" She looked bad, tired, messy, upest. She was alone. Isa looked at her, silently asking where the others were before Brenda spoke with realization.

"No..." Isa looked over to her, noticing the growing grief on her face before turning back to Natalie with tears in her eyes. She shook her head, unable to accept it as truth, from behind her she heard something crash on the ground. Casey had knocked something off a table before storming off, Isa looked at Natalie one last time before following the direction of Casey. Natalie didn't say anything, she didn't need to, they knew.