I Promise | The Maze Runner

Chapter 21: His Sisters ✔️

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I look up from my book as the door to my room opens. Three blondes walk in, all of them have their own smirks plastered on their faces.

"Uh, oh." I mumble, looking at them. "The twins and their little sister had, what they thought, a brilliant idea." I say, closing my book and setting it next to me on the bed.

The two girls roll their eyes. "It was brilliant!" Luna says, sitting on the bed opposite mine in the room.

"Seriously!" Sonya says, flopping onto the bed next to Luna. "You'll love it once we tell you!"

Newt rolls his eyes and sits next to me. I look over at Luna with a laugh. "I don't think your twin agrees."

"He never agrees to our antics." Luna replies, looking towards her twin brother.

"So? Do I wanna know what you did?" I ask, glancing towards Sonya.

She stifles a laugh. "Probably not."

"And why would that-"

I'm cut off by my door being thrown open. Janson walks in, furious, his face bright red. "All of you! My office! Now!" With that, he turns on his heels and storms out.

I look at the three siblings. "What am I getting in trouble for?!" I ask, standing up.

"He fell asleep and Luna tied his shoe laces together while Sonya used a marker to draw on his face." Newt replies, sounding like he's bored.

"And what-" I say, turning to Newt. "-did you do, Mr. 'I don't agree with their antics'?"

He stays quiet. "I...supervised." 

"So, you made sure they didn't get caught?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

Newt stays quiet. "We better go before we get in even more trouble for being 'late to his office'." Sonya says with a laugh, getting off the bed.

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"Spence?! ...Spencer?! Hello!?"

I sit up, confused. "What?!"

"Hi."

I look up to see Newt standing above me. "Oh...hi." I say.

"You blanked out, you okay?" He asks, sitting down in a stool next to me.

I smile. "Another memory."

"Really?" Newt asks, looking over my shoulder to the desk in front of me.

We stay quiet as Newt looks at the stuff I've been making. "If you had any siblings, would you want to know about them?" I ask, looking at Newt.

He looks at me. "With that question, I'm guessing your memory involved me and, most likely, my sibling." He replies. "Tell me."

I smile with a light laugh. "They were so proud of themselves." 

"So, I have more than one?" Newt asks.

I roll my eyes. "Two. A twin sister and a younger sister."

"Oh, how did I survive?!" He asks, dramatically. "Do I get names, or are they going to be mystery siblings?"

"Luna's your twin and Sonya's your little sister." I say, turning in my chair to face him.

His face goes blank. "Oh." He replies, sadly.

I put my hand on his shoulder. "We'll get them back, I promise. Minho too."

He looks back up at me, sadly. "What if we don't?"

"We're not going to think about that." I say, putting my other hand on his other shoulder. "We're going to get Minho and your sisters back. I promise."

"What if none of us were supposed to survive?"

I look at him confused. "What?"

"What if none of us were supposed to survive the Flare? Or the maze!" He explains. He looks down at his leg. "What if we were all supposed to die?" He whispers.

I open my mouth to respond, but Pip runs in. "Spence! Spence! And Newt, perfect! Ed said I have to find you before we can go out!" She says, grabbing my hand. "Come on, come on!"

"Okay, okay! We're coming!" I say as she pulls me off my stool. She pulls me out of the tent and outside where Toby and Ed are talking. Newt comes out after us.

Ed looks up. "Alright, let's get going." With that, Toby hands me my and Pip's stuff and Ed hands Newt his.

We take a walk away from camp to an open space closer to the city we're camping by.

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I sit down against a rock, taking a short break. We've been teaching Pip how to shoot in case she needed it. I look up as I hear laughing. Newt's chasing Pip around as Toby and Ed stand a little away, shaking their heads.

"I thought we were teaching her!" Toby yells out.

"I am teaching her!" Newt yells back. "Teaching her how to run!"

The two continue running for a few minutes before Newt stops, breathing heavy. Pip runs up to him. "Does this mean I win?"

Newt taps her. "Nope." With that he walks over to me and sits down, taking the water bottle I'm holding out to him.

"Seemed like you had fun." I say with a little laugh.

"Pip's fun to hang out with." Newt replies, taking a sip of the water.

I pause, glancing up at Newt. "If I ask a question, will you answer it?"

Newt finishes his drink and puts the water bottle down, glancing at me. "You're gonna ask about the limp, aren't you?"

I stay quiet as he looks out towards the city. When he was running around I had noticed it. "If you don't wanna talk about it, that's fine."

He stays quiet. "I hated the maze." He whispers. "Hated. I was...scared, confused. I climbed up one of the bloody walls and I...I jumped." Newt pauses and I can see the tears in his eyes. "My leg got caught in the ivy and broke in three places. Minho found me and brought me back to the Glade."

We both stay quiet for a few minutes. "Theo." I whisper. Newt looks up and over at me. I can see the tears in his eyes. "I saw her...watched her jump."