**BOOK #2 of The Promise Series**
❝ We finally escaped the maze, but with what costs? I miss Ben. I miss Clint. I miss Zart. I miss Jeff. I miss Alby. I miss Chuck. And I miss Gally so much- maybe if I just had kept my promises, Gally could still...
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Finley's POV:
We manage to run over a sandy hill and duck just as another alarm from the building blares. Lights turn on and flash across the miles of sand. Guards run out of the door and across the sand with their weapons as others drive on ATVs.
"Come on!" Thomas demands. We all stand up again and continue to run. Though Teresa, who is in the front of the group with me, runs down a small sandy hill into an abandoned building and I follow, knowing it is probably the safest place right now.
"Teresa! Fin!" The two of us hear them shout before following in after us. They follow in and stop in their tracks and look around the dark building where we could barely see anything that is two feet ahead of us.
We are all silent. Or maybe I zoned out again. I am too focused on the pain in my side to pay attention, not to mention the creeps this place is giving me. I finally zone back in when Winston speaks up.
"Hey, guys. Check this out." He calls. We all look at what he was talking about. Footprints. Quite a few footprints. An uneasy feeling settles in the pit of my stomach and not because of the pain from my stitches.
"Someone has been down here." He states.
"Where are the people?" Newt asks, looking around at the abandoned building, that was obviously empty.
"Fin?" Teresa cuts off the guys that are talking about stupid footprints. She must have noticed me zoning out again along with the hand that I have clutched to my side.
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay?" She asks and everyone moves their attention to the our conversation.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I answers semi-honestly.
"You sure?" Newt asks, taking a step forward.
"Yes, I'm sure. If I wasn't okay I would tell you guys." My voice rises a little in annoyance from their constant questions.
"Okay..." Thomas looks taken aback, "How about we split up. Grab supplies or anything you think we may need." Thomas orders. They all nod in understanding and split up. Thomas and Minho go one way together as Newt, Fry, and Teresa go into one of the large rooms nearby that seemed to have been a store once. Winston, Jack, Aris, and I head off down a narrow, dark hallway. While walking down the hall, we look inside different rooms that we pass, picking up supplies as we go. Aris found a backpack with some clothes and a baseball bat. Winston found a backpack, some clothes, and bottles of water. Jack found some blankets that he said might come into use during cold nights and he stuffs them into my backpack that I had found. I also found some clothes that I am planning to change into once we found a more secluded and private area for me to change. I even found a first aid kit and some knives- which both could come to good use for, even though the knives will be a little pointless as I still have the gun from earlier.
We walked into a room and I set down the first aid kit, I decided that I should check out my stitching and put new band-aids on.
