After the Death Cure 2 ( The Maze Runner )

Chapter 25

Why wouldn't she answer me?
I ask the same question over and over in my head as we enter in the elevator. The guards order everyone out, so that it is just us three.
Wait...These are the two shuck guards that held me in that bloody lockup...this is awkward.
I stand with pursed lips as the elevator takes what seems to be forever.
When we finally reach the laboratory, the guards walk me over to the table I once lied on, and wait for Kenzie and Chancellor Paige to arrive. It takes at least five minutes before the two of them step out of the elevator. Kenzie fiddles with her nails, and doesn't make eye contact with me. My eyebrows push in while I watch her move closer and closer. They both stop in front of the table. Kenzie stares at my feet, because she knows I'm looking at her.

And I'll never stop.

Ava Paige doesn't even need to hook me up to any wires. We still have those chips in our heads. Ava had one inserted in my brain while I lied on that table for weeks. I suppose Kenzie has her's still, too.
Ava types things on the computer as I continue to stare at Kenzie.
She finally looks up at me, but not at my eyes. "What?" She whispers.
I don't answer. She knows what. "Ok...now we will compare the two," I hear Chancellor Paige mumble. Kenzie looks over at Ava as if it's going to get her out of talking to me. But then I remember: I can see her results. I turn my head swiftly to look at the computer. Ava is typing things still. I patiently wait for Kenzie's results to come up. She pulls a screen over:

Slight signs of the Flare.

I sit, staring at the screen. Her brain shows little places where the Flare is resting. "Wh-"
"Basically in the memories. And Newt, yours is in emotions. But it's only slight. Should be gone in a day or two. You may leave," Ava says as she stares into my soul.
I hop off of the table, and start to leave. I look back at Kenzie, who continues to stand where she is. "Kenzie..." I quietly say back to her.
"I'm going to need to speak with her for a moment."
"Ok," I reply as I cross my arms, and watch them.
"Alone."
"Whatever you say to her, you can say to me."
Kenzie still stands with no movement. What is her problem? "Leave, now."
I give the back of Kenzie's head one last look before I exit the room. I only hear a low humming from Ava's voice when the elevator door closes. I didn't even notice that there were other people in here. I awkwardly stand in between all of them as the elevator slowly descends.
Why does she have the Flare still? In her memories, too. What is there to hold on to? Her family is gone. Maybe that. She just rose from the dead...could be that, too. I ponder all of the memories that she could have that are holding her back. Stealing her hope. But what?