DISCONTINUED - A Consoling Silence; Aris Jones

virtues - six

[Third Person POV]

    "I said drop it!" the dark haired girl commanded, pointing her gun between Jorge and Thomas. Thomas shakily let his grip fall, the device colliding with the cement.
   "On your feet, let's go." Jorge stayed on the ground, hands up. Thomas looked at him for direction, but the girl became more impatient by the second. "Let's go! Move!" Impulsively Thomas got to his feet. Jorge hesitantly followed, muttering an 'Easy there'.  The blonde haired girl turned to a car ahead of Jorge and Thomas, where Minho and Newt hid.
   "Come on." The blonde girl gently motioned for the two boys, who hesitated, Minho starts to ask Newt a question but the girl abruptly advances to them. "Don't be stupid, move!" she calls more aggressively.

   "Let's go before we get hurt." Aris sighs, rising to his feet. The two girls heads snap back to look at who had revealed themselves. Aris' hands shot up in surrender, Rosalina rose to stand.
   "Slowly." The dark haired girl guided, Aris and Rosalina only took a few steps and they were grouped with the rest. The duo observed the group; Frypan, Brenda, and Teresa eventually making their way to those gathered. The girls stopped to look at Aris, their eyes going wide. The dark haired girl shook her head in disbelief, before pulling her mask down.

  "A-Aris?" she murmured, shuffling towards him.
  "Oh, my god. Harriet?" Aris said, his surrender vanishing as he met her halfway to embrace.

  "What the hell are you doing here?" The blonde girl urged, pulling her face cover down.

Sonya held Aris' face in her hands, checking him for injury.

   "Sonya." Aris whispered, letting Sonya hug him.
   "Aris, you're lucky we didn't shoot your dumbass." Sonya scolded, shaking him by his shoulders.
   "What's happening?" Frypan croaked asking Aris while attempting to go unnoticed from the before-hostile girls.
   "We were in the Maze together." Aris revealed, his demeanor calmed. Brenda shared confused looks with Teresa, who shrugged.
   "I didn't realize we could find others out here." Thomas mumbled, turning to his annoyed friends. Minho slapped Thomas' surrendered hands down, with a roll of his eyes.

   "We're clear, guys! Come on out!" Harriet announced into the valley, several snipers popped out from behind rock formations and bushes.
  "Stand down!" Sonya reenforced, still looking at the group. "My god, you're alive." Sonya whispered, taking Aris' face in her hands again.

Rosalina would be lying if she said she didn't feel a little envious of Sonya and Harriets closeness to Aris, but it wasn't her place to feel ill towards them.
   Her mind triggered a similarity to Aris' trio and her own. Chantel and Naylea, her own friends, as good as gone. Her chest swelled with anxiety and her mind was overwhelmed with the jealousy and anger, towards WCKD and the world. She was tired of continuing this chase against WCKD, maybe finding a familiar face to someone in the group could get them closer to normalcy. Well, a sort of normalcy.

    Harriet and Sonya led the group through the winding road, to where their own cars were parked. Some of the crew from their group were hanging around, Harriet stopped to explain to them.
   "We're taking them to base, don't worry." She explained to a few of the snipers from earlier. They seemed suspicious which made Rosalina uneasy.

   "I guess Marcus didn't necessarily lead us into an ambush, huh?" Brenda joked to Jorge who held a scowl on his face. Brenda grabbed onto Rosalina and they linked arms as the group was led to the car. Rosalina was more than appreciative for this comfort as it took her mind off her passed friends.

Teresa seemed to be curious over Aris' maze, they held a conversation about it while waiting for Harriet to get the car ready. Minho and Frypan stood pretty silent as they waited, Minho looking more tired than anything while Frypan was looking into nearby cars if there was anything interesting. Thomas was following Harriet to the car rambling and asking questions about how she and Sonya escaped WCKD, Newt trying to reel him back in by telling him to slow down.

"So... how did you guys get here?" Thomas pondered, talking through the window as Harriet sat in the drivers seat.
"The Right Arm got us out." Sonya answered for Harriet, climbing into the passengers seat.
"Wait, The Right Arm. Do you know where they are?" Newt continued on Thomas' initial question, placing his hand on Thomas' shoulder. Sonya gave Newt a look, a flash of confusion on her face; presumably due to his unfamiliar accent.
"Hop in." Harriet told, unlocking the car with a smirk. Newt and Thomas shared a look of mistrust, but when Aris did exactly what she said, hopped in, everyone else decided to follow suit.

Awhile later...

Driving through the rocky terrain was almost... entertaining. The group felt relieved to hear the base they were headed to was reliable and it's what Harriet and Sonya called home. Rosalina thought Sonya and Harriets relationship was adorable, and sweet to see. After 25-ish minutes, they got out of the cramped car and were surprised to see a functioning yet temporary village. Pitched up tents surrounded the flat ground, people milling about. Some walked hurriedly and with purpose to finish their duties and some relaxed on the ground without a care.

"They've been planning this for over a year now, took awhile to set it in motion though." Sonya gave a shy smile, motioning to the base.
"I'm impressed." Teresa revealed, looking around to take in the scene. She nodded to Sonya, urging her to continue.
"Well, you guys are lucky you found us when you did. We're moving out at dawn." Sonya winked and walked to Harriet who motioned for her to come over.
"Where's Vince?" Harriet smiled, holding Sonyas hand.
"Dunno, probably by the hospital-tent. I'm sure he'll wanna check out these guys though."
"Who's Vince?" Minho asked, Rosalina laughed as she noticed Thomas was about to ask the same question. Impatient boys. Rosalinas attention was brought to Brenda who was next to her, their arms still linked. Brenda was practically putting all her weight on Rosalina now.
"Are you okay?" Rosalina inquired, looking into Brendas eyes. Brenda head was slumped, she looked exhausted and Rosalina couldn't blame her. "We'll get to rest soon, don't worry." Aris seemed to notice Rosalina struggling to hold Brenda up, but when he reached to help hold her up Jorge narrowed his eyes at the boy.
"Sorry." Aris mumbled, widening his eyes to Rosalina who just laughed and sighed.

A/N: sorry for the short chapter, for now this story is going to be discontinued but im not opposed to finishing it some day. sorry y'all, thank you for the support and love i've received !