I Promise | The Maze Runner

Chapter 25: The Last City ✔️

"This place has really gone through hell." Jorge comments, looking around the city.

"We just gotta stay together." Thomas replies, continuing to walk. I grab Pip's hand so I don't lose her in the crowd.

"We are the voice of the voiceless!" Our group steps to the side of the road as vans drive past. A guy sitting on top of one of the vans is yelling with a microphone. "They hide behind their walls! Keeping the cure for themselves!" All the people sitting on top of the vans have gas masks, covering their faces. The vans pass us, going towards the walls of the city. I keep my eyes fixed on one of them. They seem so...familiar?

I look up when I get a tingly feeling in my neck. Drones are flying over the city and I can only guess they're WICKED's.

"Come on." Thomas says, walking in the wake of the vans. 

We get to a barricade near the walls. A protest is going on, with everybody yelling. Newt grabs my hand, making sure I don't get lost. "This doesn't seem right." He says, glancing around himself, nervously.

We get up to Thomas and Jorge who are at the front of the crowd. "We gotta go, now!" Newt says, glancing to the guys walking towards us with gas masks.

Thomas and Jorge look around, seeing them. Jorge and I both pull our guns out of our holsters just in case. A whirring sound comes from behind me. I turn around to look at the walls, confused when I see it. The guns on the top of the wall are slowly turning towards us.

Everybody in the crowd turns, trying to get away as fast as possible. We stand there, confused of what's happening. A shot is heard as it explodes in front of us. We immediately turn, also trying to get away. I loose both Pip and Newt's hands in the rush. I see the blonde hair of Newt slip behind a wall and follow, unsure of where else to go.

I see his back as somebody with a gas mask grabs him, stuffing him into a van before getting in after. "Newt!" I yell, accidentally running into somebody, also with a gas mask. These guys can't leave us alone, can they?

The person I ran into grabs me by my shirt and looks at me for a second before stuffing me into the same van as Newt. They get in after me, slamming the door shut after themselves. The van starts up, driving away.

I have no choice, but to stay put. After a few minutes of silence the van comes to a stop. The person that grabbed me pulls the door open before jumping out. The other guy jumps out as I look at Newt. He shrugs and I get out, looking at where we are now.

They brought us to a building, looks like it used to be a car garage at some point in the past. 4 more vans pull into the garage and park. Ed and Toby get out of the first, Thomas and Brenda get out of the second, Pip and Fry get out of the third.

There's a loud thud from the fourth. "Where is she?!" I hear a muffled yell from Jorge. The back door of the van is thrown open and a guy falls out. "Where is she?!" Jorge repeats, jumping out of the van after the guy, landing on him. Jorge starts punching the guy.

"I'm right here!" Brenda yells, running forward. The people with gas masks, push us back as Brenda calms Jorge down. Jesse jumps out from the truck, looking at Jorge a little scared. 

"Everybody just calm down!" One guy yells, pushing the other's guns back. "We're all on the same side here!" The people holding us slowly let go of each of us.

"Same side?!" Thomas yells, getting out of the guy holding him's grip. "Who the hell are you?!"

The guy stops, looking at Thomas. He sighs, pulling his mask off and dropping it to the floor before looking up at Thomas. "Hey, Greenie."

Thomas stays quiet, looking at the guy with a look of disbelief. "Gally?" He asks. Thomas' surprise changes to anger as he rushes at the guy, punching him in the jaw.

The guy falls to the floor out of surprise. Thomas gets on him, about ready to punch him again. Newt runs forward, grabbing Thomas before he can hit the guy again. Another person with a mask runs up to them, putting their gun to Thomas' head.

"Stop, stop, stop, it's alright." The guy tries to convince Thomas.

"Hey, hey, hey! Stop, stop, stop!" Newt says, holding Thomas back.

"He killed Chuck." Thomas says through gritted teeth.

"Yeah, I know, I know. I remember, I was there too." Newt says, trying to convince Thomas to stop. "I also remember he was stung and half out of his mind." Newt glances up at the person with their gun to Thomas' head before back at Thomas. "Just calm down, alright?" He whispers.

Thomas pauses, his arm still in position to punch the guy again. Thomas grunts, standing up and backing away. The person who had their gun to Thomas' head puts their hand out for the guy. He takes it, standing up. 

The person with their gun to Thomas' head pulls their mask off too to reveal a girl about my age with light brown hair. "Kinda had that coming." She says with a small smile to the guy.

He rolls his eyes as he massages his jaw where Thomas hit him. He lowers his hand, looking around at our group. "Anybody else?" He asks, looking around. "Fry? Jesse?....Newt?"

"Do you know this guy?" I ask nobody in particular. 

"He's an old friend." Fry says, sadly, looking at the guy in disbelief. 

There's a pause, all of us either surprised or confused. "How?" Newt chokes out, looking at the guy. "How? How is this possible?! We watched you die!"

"No, you left me to die." The guy fires back.

"And if we hadn't found you when we did, you'd be dead right now!" The girl yells, stepping in front of the guy.

"Finley!" The guy yells, pulling her back. "Let me handle this." She rolls her eyes, but stays back. The guy turns back to Newt. "What are you doing here?"

"Minho." Newt replies. "WICKED has him here. We're looking for a way in."

The guy nods. "I can help with that." He adjusts the strap to his gun that's laying on his shoulder. "Come with me."

"I'm not going anywhere with you." Thomas says, bitterly.

The guy sighs. "Suit yourself, but he can get you past those walls." The girl speaks up.

Thomas glances at Newt. The person that grabbed me goes over to the guy and whispers something to him. The guy looks at the person. "Really? Fine, but be quick about it."

The person nods, walking towards me. "Come on, I need to talk to you privately." They say, taking my arm. 

I punch them and their mask comes off and falls to the floor. "I'm not going anywhere with anyone until I know what the hell is going on." I say, glancing around at everybody.

"Spencer, just shut up for a minute." Toby whispers.

I look towards her to ask her what she means, but stop, looking at who I punched.

"Hey, Spen."