The group walked for what felt like days when it was only two hours but that didn’t stop Chuck or Minho complaining that the road seemed to go on forever. Newt opted to remain quiet because he had a feeling if he opened his mouth, he would end up yelling and that would attract the cranks which in all honesty Newt couldn’t be bothered to deal with. During their journey, they had hills, cars and buildings to climb. In all his life, Newt never knew such a happy person who could be positive even in the worst situations and that person was Casey Straton. His young cousin was humming some odd tune that brought smiles to the group. Newt didn’t know what was worse over the fact Casey was humming while sneaking up on cranks to distract them or humming as he literally took their heads off. The Straton brothers were crazy and insane to the point Newt had to question whether his own sanity could put up with their insaneness.
“Damn, looks like the only way is up!” Casey called out from the front, he was shining his torch up the elevator shaft. The stairwell currently occupied another building and this was the route to the hospital. They couldn’t go around due to it being crank haven and there were too many cranks for them to take down without earning themselves to be trampled on by a horde. “Why can’t we go around?” Chuck whined earning a chuckle from the others. Newt raised an eyebrow at the younger man who only sighed.
“So, two at a time?” Casey said with a smile, he then hung over the edge pulling on the rope that had been left there from the elevator above. He gave it a harsh tug and swung out into the shaft, Chuck sighed grabbing the other rope and began his climb. Gally gulped seeing the elevator shaft above, “What if it falls?” He called out. “You go splat!” Casey shouted down unaware of his voice echoing down the shaft. Newt sighed, he made sure Jackson was secure on Thomas' back, while the two watched as Gally and Minho climbed next. “Are you ready for this?” Thomas asked, Newt turned and nodded, blinking back his tears. Thomas kissed his forehead before the two grabbed the rope and began their climb.
“How much further?” Gally shouted upwards to Casey who was scaling the outside wall since the rope was irritating him and the outside wall went into a bit of a ladder. Chuck reached across to grab the side and follow the Straton brother up towards the light. “Another few minutes of climbing and we shall reach the top. The next part will be the hardest!” Casey cried out, he let out a gasp as he slipped. Chuck acted on instinct, grabbing Casey’s leg to steady him, Casey thanked him before continuing his climb.
Gally smiled, accepting Chuck’s helping hand over the edge. Minho accepted Gally’s then turned to help Newt up when he noticed Newt had stopped and was breathing very heavily. “Newt! Come on!” Minho urged, he noticed the cables on the elevator seemed to be moving inching further down. “Shit! Cranks are in the elevator!” Casey shouted shooting the cranks trying to make their way over to them, adding to the weight of the elevator which started to make a screeching sound.
“NEWT MOVE!” Thomas cried out pushing Newt upwards, the blond nodded pushing his body upwards, his hand grasped Minho’s who tightened his grip helping Newt out of the shaft. Gally sprung forward grabbing Thomas who held the strap holding Jackson tightly to his back, the builder grabbed him just on time as the elevator crashed into the bottom of the building. Thomas was left out of breath while Newt tried to get his breathing under control, his chest was starting to hurt from his heart problem. A hand came to rest in between his shoulders, “What?” Newt gasped out. Gally only smirked, pressing Newt closer to him allowing Newt to focus on Gally’s heartbeat which helped regulate his breathing. It was a minor panic attack, he could feel the eyes of concern on him but all Newt could think of was his health.
“Haha Suckers!” Casey cried out in happiness as he killed the last Crank that stood in their way. “You are insane,” Minho pointed out watching Casey step over the railing and onto the crane that had collapsed between the two buildings. “Ahh thanks” Casey smiled back, “That wasn’t a compliment” Gally pointed out only to find a recovered Newt shaking his head almost to say ‘Don’t argue with him’. Casey only stuck his tongue out at his cousin who rubbed his temple.
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A Race Against Time! (ThomasxNewt) - Completed!
FanfictionIt had been a few years since they had rescued Minho and lost their friends. Thomas, Minho and Gally also known as the Core Three had been on several missions to keep busy and to help others stuck in the same situation they were. All three of them h...
