Chapter 17

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"Clara. Wake up, Clara" Clara groaned as she cracked open her eyes, seeing Minho above her, shaking her shoulders.

"Come on Raz, let's go." She heard Jorge calling her. Slowly standing up she slung her bag over her back and stretched out her arms.

The group set off towards the settlement, hearing more shouts and commotion as they got closer and closer. They stopped just before they entered the city, Jorge gathering them all into a small circle,

"Okay, listen up. When we get in there, do NOT draw attention to yourself and try to blend in. If the people in there figure out that you're munies, we're toast. Got it?"

The group nodded and Jorge turned around, walking through a small alleyway into the city. Clara followed close behind him, looking at everything around them. There were hundreds of people in the city, men, women, and even kids running around playing games. Small groups of people were gathered around fires, some cooking and some just talking. Looking up she noticed all sorts of flags and signs hanging from the buildings, a large red one that said "Zone A" caught her attention. 

As they got deeper into the city Clara noticed a dull thumping noise growing louder and louder, almost as if someone was playing loud music. Jorge lead them to an open courtyard of sorts where dozens of people dressed in revealing outfits stood around, swaying side to side. A woman with long black hair slinked over to Newt, running her fingers down his arm,

"Looking for a good time, sweetheart? Party's this way." She said to him, leaning in close to his ear.

"He's not interested. Get lost." Clara spat, bumping the woman out of way and standing next to Newt as they continued walking through the courtyard.

"Bitch." She heard the woman mutter under her breath and was about to turn around but Minho grabbed her shoulder, pushing her forwards.

"Don't do anything stupid, Clara." He whispered, keeping a hand on her shoulder as they kept following Jorge. Eventually, they came to a large building, it seemed to be where the music was coming from and Clara guessed this is the party the woman was talking about. She noticed a strange blonde man just next to the door, his eyes completely glazed over as he talked to a woman.

"Marcus!" Jorge called to the man, who turned around, his eyes going wide and his face turning pale. The man turned to run but Jorge quickly jumped up to him, grabbing him by the collar. "My old friend."

"Raz, get inside. Look for Bren and the other kid." Jorge commanded, his hand still holding Marcus's collar.

"Got it."

Clara pushed open the curtain to enter the building and noticed someone behind her, she turned and saw Teresa and Minho following her but she didn't question it. She stepped inside the club, the loud music ringing in her ears and she looked around for Thomas and Brenda. Teresa suddenly pushed past her, rushing forward and leaning over someone on the floor, as Clara got closer she realized it was Thomas.

"Get him outside." She ordered and Teresa nodded, Minho walked over and helped her lift Thomas's body up, dragging him outside the club. Clara kept looking for Brenda, pushing her way through the crowd until she finally spotted her sitting on a couch in the corner.

"Bren!" She called as she got closer and the girl looked up, her eyes widening as she saw Clara.

"Raz?"

"Yeah, it's me. Come on." She pulled Brenda to her feet and turned just as Jorge entered the club, dragging Marcus in by the collar.

"PARTY'S OVER. EVERYONE OUT." Jorge yelled, pulling his pistol out and shooting it into the air twice. Screams sounded from the crowd as everyone rushed to get out of the club, pushing each other out of the way and almost knocking over Brenda and Clara in the process. Within a few seconds, the club was empty except for the small group and Marcus.

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