Always and Forever [Book 3]

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Rachel's POV
It's night and after walking in the desert for two days we sleep on the sand. I slowly open my eyes and see lights afar.

Rachel:Guys?

My voice can be slightly sounded since I haven't drunk any water. I cough.

Rachel:Guys!

They all wake up and look towards the place I'm looking.

Newt:Is that-

The thunder interrupts him. We see lightning striking.

Rachel:A shelter? Yeah.

We start running again towards the lights.

Thomas:Come on hurry!

I see the lights closer and I feel like I can take a step forward and touch them. When Thomas opens the door for us to run inside, me the one who is behind everyone am striked by a lightning. I fall on the ground. When the others drag me inside I slightly open my eyes. They lay me on the ground. I can hear them calling my name. I open my eyes. They let out a sigh of relief and when they help me up, the electricity that was inside of me hits them.

Rachel :Sorry.

Teresa:Guys?

We turn to look at Teresa who lights with her flashlight the place. Suddenly a crank appears in front of her and she jumps up. We notice that the crank is chained.

??? :I see you met our guard dogs.

We see a girl at the end of the room smiling at us. She walks towards us.

??? :Follow me. Unless you want to stay here.

We follow her and she leads us in a room. A man is standing facing the window.

??? :Who are these people Brenda?

Brenda:I found them at the front door.

??? :Hmmm.... I'm gonna ask you three questions. Where do you come from? Where are you going and how can I profit?

Thomas:We're heading to the Right Arm.

The man laughs

??? :Then I guess you're seeking for ghosts. Next question. Where do you come from?

Rachel:This is our problem.

The man looks at Brenda and nods. She knocks Thomas on the ground and with a machine she reads the back of his neck.

Brenda:They come from WCKD.

Another man talks.

Man:Then we should turn them over. Jorge, you know this is what we have to do.

Newt :What no!

Thomas:You can't!

Jorge:Until I decide what to do...

He nods again towards another man.

They take us into another room and tie us upside down facing an abyss.

Newt:Great.

Rachel:Let's find a way out of here.

Thomas:What do you suggest?

Rachel:I don't know! Being tied up upside down was not part of my plan.

I look to the others and then I decide.

Rachel:Minho push Teresa toward the lever. Teresa, grab the lever and help us down.

After a few pushes Teresa grabs it and we are all free. But it won't last. We can hear Janson's voice from outside.

Aris:I guess now it's a good time to leave.

When we head to the exit a man appears threatening is with a gun.

Man:Stay where you are.

He grabs the walkie-talkie from his jacket.

Man:I got them Janson. I bring them to you.

With my leg I hit the man's hand and he drops the gun. Unfortunately he grabs it and he threatens us, again. Suddenly a gun shot is heard and the man falls on the ground. We see Brenda behind him holding a gun.

Brenda:If you wanna live come with me.

The other follow her and I stay for a bit behind. I grab the walkie-talkie from the body and press the button to speak.

Rachel :What the hell Janson? I thought we said that I have to find the Right Arm first.

Janson:I know but if I didn't attack one time it wouldn't be believable.

Rachel:Whatever.

I drop the walkie-talkie and run to catch up on the others. We arrive on the roof.

Jorge:This will lead you to the other side.

He shows us a rope that is tied up on another rope that lead on another building.

Rachel :It will lead us to the other side of the building or the other side of life?

Jorge:Go!

One by one goes and slides to the other building. I tie myself so I can pass through but the rope is cut off.

Rachel :What do we do?

I ask Brenda and Thomas who were with me.

Brenda:Follow me. We don't have much time.

We follow Brenda and after a while we hear an explosion and suddenly the building starts to collapse. We fall in a hole and cover our heads.

When I open my eyes I can see only darkness. I feel the dust entering my lungs and then I hear a voice.

Brenda :Are you two ok?

Rachel :Yep.

Thomas:Yeah

I try to get up and when I do, I pick the flashlight from the ground.

Rachel :Where do we go now?

Brenda:Just... Follow me.

We walk through a hallway and at the end of it there are two different hallways.

Rachel :Now?

Brenda:I-I don't know.

Thomas : I'll go that way, you go that way.

Me and Brenda walk through a hallway and we hear Thomas.

Thomas :I think it's that way.

We don't answer him

Thomas:Girls?

He comes and finds us.

Rachel:Look.. At this.

We show him a long hallway with roots on its side. Black roots with a liquid on them. Suddenly we see a mouse. The mouse walks deeper in the hallway and my flashlight follows. Suddenly someone picks up the mouse and... Eats it! It's a crank.

Rachel:Now we run?

Brenda:Run!

We start running and I turn around to look at the crank. But now it's not one but three of them. I turn around again and run faster. We enter a destroyed building. We climb up some stairs but when I grab a mettalic thing it breaks and I fall through a door, on a window.

Thomas :Rachel!

I look at my hand and then I put it on the window to get up. But when I do it starts cracking. Thomas and Brenda slide towards me. A crank too. It falls on me. Thankfully the glass doesn't break but unfortunately I have to fight a crank on a window. I grab Thomas's hand and I put my whole strength on my leg to break the glass. The crank falls on the ground and I hang there looking at it.