I Promise | The Maze Runner

Chapter 14: Marcus ✔️

We all get in the car quickly. Jorge gets in the driver seat and starts it up before pulling out of the garage. There's the sound of gunshots. We look behind ourselves as WICKED guards start following in their own van. I pull my gun out of my bag and lean out of the window, shooting at them.

"Here!" Jorge yells. I lean back in as Jorge hands me a much bigger gun. He opens the sun roof and I stand up, facing the truck. I start shooting. The bullets go under the hood and I see smoke start to come out.

I duck back in the car as the van behind us explodes into flames. I stick my head out. "That did some damage." I say with a laugh, getting back into the car.

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"Group A will have Grievers while Group B has Shades. I'm still working on the other mazes." I say, glancing up at Dr. Paige.

She nods approvingly. "Very nice, Spencer."

I stay quiet. I want to ask her, but I'm sure she'll say no.

Dr. Paige sighs. "I know you want to ask me." 

I look up at her. "Thomas won't talk to me, my friends are mad at me. I just want to try to make it right." I say.

Dr. Paige nods. "1 hour, no more."

"Really?" I ask, surprised.

She nods. "That's what you get for your good work."

Against my better judgement, I pull the woman into a hug. She stiffens for a second before looking down at me. Something softens in her and she relaxes, wrapping her arms around me. "Now, go make it up." She says.

I nod and come out of the hug before running out of the room, leaving Dr. Paige alone. I run through the halls of the building, looking for a certain room. I stop at one and knock. After a minute the door opens to Thomas. A three year younger Thomas.

"What do you want, Maddie?" He asks, bitterly.

"I want to make it up to you." I say, hopefully. 

"You can't make it up. You're killing innocent kids, for what?! A cure?! Look at what's happening!" Thomas yells.

"I thought you'd understand." I say, looking at him.

"I do, you're the one who doesn't." Thomas replies. He shuts the door on me, leaving me on the verge of tears.

I run off, away from the door. I run into something and fall to the floor. "Spencer? Are you okay?" The familiar accent asks. I look up to see a three year younger Newt. That's when I realise Minho and Aris are behind him, looking at me confused and concerned. 

"I'm sorry." I whisper. Newt just gets on his knee to get to my level and pulls me into a hug.

"Hey, hey, it's okay." He whispers.

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"Spencer, how much do you sleep?"

"More if you didn't interrupt me!" I say, opening my eyes to see Jesse sitting in front of me.

He puts his hands up in surrender. "Fine, but come on. We have to walk."

I sit up. "Why?"

"The car broke down." Newt replies from behind me, scaring me. Should I tell Newt? Aris? Minho? Any of them?!

I wack him. "Don't scare me like that!"

"Well, I'm sorry you're using him as a pillow." Minho replies from the front as he gets out of the car.

I get out of the car to see Jorge kicking the front of the car. "Damn car!" 

"Move." I say, stepping in between him and the car. I glance under the hood. "We'd need a new engine. I'm surprised it lasted this long with how many bullet holes are in it." I say, straightening up. 

"Well, let's get going." Jorge huffs, grabbing his bag. "Looks like we still have about a mile before we reach the city."

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"I guess the whole world does look like this." I say as we walk into the city.

"Try to fit in." Jorge says, glancing at us. "And not some kids trying to escape WICKED's grasp." He leads us through the city. We get to a building somewhat in tact. People are all around as music comes from inside the building. "Stay close to me." Jorge says.

We walk up to the door where a female with blonde hair, who looks drunk, looks up. "You here for the party"?" She asks. Yup, she's defiantly drunk.

"No, we're looking for Marcus." Jorge says.

"Marcus?" We all turn to see a man, holding a drink, walk up. "Marcus isn't here."

"Is that so, Marcus?" Jorge forcefully grabs the man by the collar of his shirt. "Have two kids come by here today? Girl and a boy?!"

"I dunno, you'd have to check inside." Marcus replies with a smirk.

"I'll go." Teresa volunteers before walking into the building.

"Some of you go help." Jorge says, looking at the rest of us. Fry, Minho, Aris, Jesse, and Evan go inside after Teresa, leaving Newt and I with Jorge and Marcus. "Come on, we need somewhere to...talk."

Jorge pushes Marcus away from the building and into a new building. He ties Marcus to a chair. "Now, you're going to tell me, first, where Brenda and Thomas are and, second, where the Right Arm is."

"We found 'em!" Fry says as he walks in, followed by Teresa. After them Minho and Evan are carrying Thomas with Aris and Jesse carrying Brenda.

"What happened to them?!" Jorge yells, seeing them unconscious.

"It's nothing, really." Marcus says with a small laugh.