I Promise | The Maze Runner

Chapter 16: The Right Arm ✔️

"Drop it!" There's a silence. "I said drop it!" 

I look at Newt confused, who looks just as confused as I do.

"On your feet, let's go! Move!" We look up to see Thomas and Jorge backing towards us, their hands in the air. Two females with scarfs covering the bottom portion of their face with guns pointed at the two walk after them. "Don't be stupid!"

Another girl comes from behind us and walks up next to Newt, pointer her gun at him. "Don't try anything." She says. "Get up."

Newt and Minho get up, their hands in the air.

"Newt." I mumble, trying to get up.

He carefully puts his hand down, grabbing mine before pulling me up. He wraps one arm around my waist to steady me. "You okay?" He asks, quietly, glancing down at my leg.

"Spencer?" The girl next to Newt asks before lowering her gun. I look at the girl confused. "It's me."

The words repeat in my mind, even though I don't know where they came from. It takes me a second to realise.

"Toby!" I yell, letting go of Newt and throwing my arms around the girl.

"Spence!" Toby yells, accepting the hug. She pulls out and pulls the mask down so I can see her whole face.

"Aris?!" I turn to see Harriet and Sonya pulling their masks down. "What are you doing here?" Harriet pulls Aris into a hug.

"Harriet!" I say, looking at her.

She comes out of the hug and sees me. "Spencer!" She takes a few steps and pulls me into a hug.

"You're lucky we didn't shoot your dumb-asses." Sonya says, coming out of the hug with Aris.

I cough twice. "Sorry, what did you say, Sonya?"

Sonya looks over at me and sees the blood soaking into my pants with the bandanna. "I said 'dumb-asses' not 'genius-asses', you idiot." Sonya says, rolling her eyes.

"Uh...what's happening?" Minho asks, interrupting the meetup.

"I had to deal with these idiots in the maze." I say, gesturing to Toby, Harriet, Sonya, and Aris.

Harriet walks a little away from us before putting two fingers in her mouth and whistling. "We're clear guys, come on out!" She yells. A second later people start appearing from behind rocks at the top of the mountain. That explains who was shooting at us.

"What happened to you guys?" I ask, pulling Sonya into a hug. "I thought you guys were coming back for us?"

"We did, but you all had disappeared. Nobody was there." Sonya explains.

"Come on, we'll explain everything back at camp." Harriet says, nodding to Sonya.

"Follow me." Sonya says, addressing the group. 

"Yeah, that's a little hard." I say, pointing to my leg.

"I'll carry you." Newt says, taking a step towards me.

Newt picks me up, bridal style, as Sonya leads us through a tunnel where a truck is blocking the way. "Back it up, Joe!" She yells. The truck backs up and Sonya leads us over to a pair of trucks.

"We're taking them to base." Harriet tells one of the guys.

"Wait, so how'd you guys get here?" Aris asks Harriet and Sonya.

"The Right Arm got us out." Harriet explains

"The Right Arm?" Thomas asks. "Do you know where they are?"

"Get in." Harriet says, opening the door to a truck. We all get in two trucks before driving away. The cars pull up to a camp and we get out. Newt insists on carrying me around.

"They've been planning this for over a year. It's all for us." Harriet says as we walk through camp.

"You guys are lucky you found us when you did. We're moving out at first light." Sonya says before turning to a man. "Where's Vince?"

"Somewhere over there, I think." The man replies, pointing to a camp on the edge of camp.

"Who's Vince?" Thomas asks as we start walking towards the tent.

"He's the one that decides if you stay or not." Harriet explains.

"I thought The Right Arm was an army." Minho asks after a minute of silence.

"Yeah, we were." A man comes out of the tent and looks us up and down. "This is all that's left of us. A lot of good people died getting us this far." He looks at Harriet and Sonya. "Who are they?"

"They're immunes, caught them coming up the mountain." Harriet says.

The man, who I presume to be Vince, looks back at us. "Did you check them?"

"No, but these two? Aris and Spencer? I trust them." Harriet says, pointing to Aris and myself.

"Well, I don't." Vince says, looking at the rest of the boys. "Check 'em."

"Hey, boss?" One of the Right Arm guys says, looking at Brenda.

"Brenda!" Jorge yells as Brenda falls to the ground.

"What's going on?" Vince asks, looking at her confused. "What's wrong with her?" He asks Jorge.

"I don't know!" Jorge replies, holding Brenda as she mumbles 'I'm sorry' over and over again.

Vince kneels down next to her and rolls up a little of her pant leg. "Crank! We gotta crank!" He yells, stumbling backwards as he pulls a gun out of it's holster.

"No! Wait, Listen, this just happened, she's not dangerous yet!" Thomas yells, getting in between them.

"If we let cranks in now, the safe haven doesn't last a week! You shouldn't have brought her here!" Vince yells, the gun still pointed at Brenda. I look at Newt and he looks at me, biting his lip.

"Please, I told her you could help! Just please, there's gotta be something you can do." Thomas pleads.

Vince nods. "Yeah, there is." Vince says, lowering his gun. "I can put her out of her misery." He cocks his gun and raises it again.

"Vince! That's enough!" A woman yells, walking towards us. "Vince! Let him go!"

"She's infected, Doc. Nothing we can do for her." Vince says, glancing at the woman.

"No, but he can." The woman says, seeing Thomas. "Hello, Thomas."

"What?" Thomas asks. "You-you know me?"

"Interesting." The woman says with a nod, kneeling down to check Brenda's heart beat. "Makes sense they'd put you in the maze. But I must admit, I thought they'd kill you after what you did."

"What?" Thomas asks, as confused as ever. "What I did?"

"The first time we spoke you said you couldn't take it anymore. Watching your friends die, one after one. The last time we spoke, you gave me all the coordinates for every WICKED compound, trial, and lab." The woman says, looking at Thomas.

"He was our source." Vince says, looking at Thomas, astonished.

"We couldn't of pulled all of this off without him." The woman nods. "Take her to the tent. And get these guys some warm clothes!"