✅ Memórĭa | TMR

Memórĭa - Remembering; Hurt

 Sonya remembered everything. The first thing she remembered was that WICKED had killed her parents. Armed guards have killed her parents in front of her, and WICKED took her away to their headquarters. She was never going to cooperate with that evil organization, whatever Janson said.

 Then Sonya remembered another thing - that she had a sibling. An older brother. And his identity was immensely shocking. Newt, one of the boys from Group A, was Sonya's brother.

 As Sonya remembered these two things, the details and the rest of her pre-maze life came back, overflowing her head. She remembered how WICKED gave her a new name. She also remembered how Newt called her 'Lizzy,' the implant surgeries, life in WICKED headquarters, and so on.

 But Sonya was soon engulfed in fear. Newt was one of the boys who did not want their memories back. What if he refused the surgery? What if I remember him and he doesn't remember me?

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 Paradise. They have arrived in paradise. No WICKED - everything was going to be fine now. Or wasn't it?

 Sonya saw most of the 'Gladers' as the Group A boys call themselves except for her brother. Did that mean he was dead? It has been confirmed he was not immune, so there was a possibility. But the thought hurt her. It hurt that Sonya could not meet her only blood-related person in the world with her memories intact.

 Sonya had to find out. The Group A boys might know something. She approached Thomas, who seemed to be close with Newt. By the way, Thomas was in her memory, just the night before the Maze Trials. He had come with Newt to accompany him say goodbye.

 "Hey, Thomas?"

 "Oh, hey."

 "Do... Do you know what happened to Newt? He doesn't seem to be here."

 Thomas's face turns into a sad expression. Sonya was sure something happened.

 "Something happened, didn't it? Please tell me the truth. I remembered he's my brother. I need to know."

 A pause. Thomas's expression shows many emotions - sadness, conflict, and guilt.

 "I'm sorry, Sonya. He's dead."

 The world was falling around Sonya. She mourned every death of her friends, but with the memories back, Newt's confirmed death was unbearable. Sonya had to ask the inevitable question.

 "How did he die?"

 "I'm so sorry... He became a Crank, and I... I shot him. I'm so sorry."

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 Sonya cried for hours until no tears were left in her eye. In the haze of her old yet fresh memories, she could still hear her brother saying the night before the Trials.

 "I love you, Lizzy. I love you so much."