The Sinister Scorch (The Girl Glader Part 2)

Chapter 7

NEWT'S POV

We follow Brenda as she leads us away from the body of the man she just killed. Thomas is right behind her and keeps asking questions, which she won't answer. Finally, he asks the one we are all thinking.

"Where's y/n?" he demands. Brenda pauses for a second and turns to us.

"She's with Jorge. She's safe." She smiles. "Don't worry, right now, our main concern is keeping you kids safe. Now come on!" She yells and we all run. We reach Jorge in front of a window.

"Where's y/n?" I demand, marching up to him.

"I sent her ahead."

"You sent her by herself?"

"She's safe, okay? I promise." He grabs something from corner and holds it. "Follow me!" he yells as he jumps out the window, sliding down the zip line.

"Alright, time to go." Thomas quickly grabs another thing from the corner and gives it to Minho. He runs and jumps out the window, followed by Aris, Fry, then me. I take the fabric, hope that it works and jump out the window.

The wind rushes through my ears as I advance towards the building at the end of the line. My hands start to slip and I fear I am not going to make it. The building quickly approaches and I brace for impact, only for it to never come. I see Minho and the others at the end, and hear them yelling at me to let go. I drop to the ground, rolling slightly, unable to catch my balance. I sit at the end for a second, allowing my breath to return to my body. Teresa drops in behind me and I scramble out of the way to avoid being crushed. As we wait for Tommy and Brenda to come down, the building blows up. My breath hitches in my throat again and it looks like everyone else's did too. Even Jorge looks frightened. I turn to him, eyes questioning.

"What happened?" I yell. "You told us we'd all be okay!"

"They'll be fine. If I know anything about Brenda, it's that she'll have gotten your friend out of there safely. They'll just have to find another way out." he sympathizes. "They'll be fine. She knows where to go if we got split up, so we need to go there to meet them."

"First, we need to find y/n!" I cry, the others agree.

"Calm down hermano, we'll go there first. Your little girlfriend is fine."

He leads us through the buildings, towards the exit, if you can even call it that. There is very little ceiling, I can't tell where the buildings connect. As we walk, we see the bodies of cranks. She must have killed them on her way out. I really hope she's safe. I think to myself. If anything happens to her...

We continue walking and finally exit. Out in the open, I feel vulnerable. Cranks could attack us at any moment or W.I.C.K.E.D. could appear...anything could happen.

"Almost there." Jorge tells me as Minho approaches him, looking like he was about to ask something. Minho nods slowly.

Jorge enters another building, a small one, which looks a lot like the Map Room back in the Glade. We follow him in and immediately, I see a body on the ground, a knife sticking out of the head.