Different - The Maze Runner: A Newt fanfic

41. Tommy Loves Trains

"Follow me." Gally said turning round.

"I'm not going anywhere with you." Thomas dismissed.

"Suit yourself. But I can get you through those walls." Everyone turned to look at Thomas.

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The group walked through some sort of street as people moved through in and out of their houses. "After the maze, I got picked up by a group headed to the city. They realised I was immune and patched me up, and they brought me here to Lawrence." Gally explained as they turned a corner.

"Why do I feel like I know that name." Athena mumbled to Frypan.

"No idea." he paused, "Is it just me or did Gally get good looking?" he asked, causing Athena to stifle back a laugh.

"Yeah he did, but my excuse for that is hormones, what's yours?" She asked giggling slightly, causing the rest to look at the two.

"We will talk about this later." He whispered, to which she nodded.

The group came to a stop which unfortunately ended the two's conversation, Athena and Fry walking up between Newt and Thomas. "Listen, uh, he doesn't get a lot of visitors. So, let me do the talking. All right? And he's very sceptical of people after an incident that happened a couple of years ago so don't take anything personally." Gally informed. "And try not to stare."

The group followed Gally to an apartment, plants covering most of the window area. "Gally. Glad to see you made it back." a man said "Jasper told me what happened."

"It was a slaughter. Nothing we could do against those guns." Gally informed as the other man started to turn around.

"No," the man spoke up, "but they can only poke the hornet's nest so long before they get stung. Now who are these people? Why are they here?"

"We need to get into WCKD" Thomas said, walking forward slightly. Gally said you can get us through those walls."

The man turned his head to fully look at the group, "Gally should know better then to make promises that he can't keep. Besides the wall is only half your problem. Getting inside Wicked is impossible."

"There might be a way now." Gally reasoned "But it doesn't work without Thomas."

"Is that so? I was more expecting you to say the little shit standing next to blonde." he said referring to Athena as he walked towards the group, "You know what I am?" he asked coming into the light revealing, his eyes half pooled balk, half his face with black and purple veins. "I am a businessman. Which means I don't take unnecessary risks. Or work with people that have tried to kill me." he said, his voice colder than before.

"What do you mean tried to kill you?" Gally asked.

"Like I said the little shit, knows me, she worked Wicked, assassin to be more specific. After all these years you finally had the courage to finish the job." he said walking towards Athena.

"Woah, i'm sorry but we've never bloody met you." Newt said standing in front of Athena.

"Well, why don't you ask her."

The group looked at Athena, "I- i don't know you." she said in all honesty.

"Our memories from before the maze got wiped there's a chance you could have met but they won't be able to remember." Gally said standing next to Lawrence whose eyes were locked on Athena.

"Well then, let me jog your memory. Six years ago a thirteen year old girl knocked on my door. Covered in dirt, crying. As any sane person would I let her into my home to give her shelter. In the middle of making her a sandwich since she looked like she hadn't eaten in days I was stabbed in the back of my spine. She left me for dead, and I have been head of the revolution for eleven years. When I was saved I found the knife she stabbed me with and had the engravings WCKD. putting two and two together along with the rumors of a little girl going round killing off Wicked's threats, I didn't believe it for a second till I saw it with my own eyes. So tell me Athena Pereze did that jog your memory enough."