the scorch runner

Chapter 19.

Chapter song: POWER- Kayne West

Y/n's POV

I sat on the hospital bed, my legs dangling off the edge, watching the doctor stir the blue colour liquid.
"And that's that done. Our first cure, all ready to go" Bowman told me, holding up the vial to the light,
"Can we test it?" I asked as I began to get excited. I could see Esme through the glass, waiting for me to come out. She didn't know it yet, but I was going to escape with her today, assuming this actually worked.
"You don't wanna wait til tomorrow?" The doctor asked me and I shook my head, looking in Esme's direction, "Is that who you're giving it to?" He asked, standing next to me as we watched the girl. She was stood outside innocently, leaning against the wall playing with a red yoyo. I smiled as I watched her, nodding to the doctor,
"Good choice. She may be young but she's an incredible doctor. I sometimes get her to help me" I had to admit, Dr. Bowman was growing on me, he was a lot more understanding than some of the others,
"How about this. If it works, we'll cure her here, right now." He suggested and my eyes lit up,
"Seriously? What about Janson? Won't he be angry?" I asked, looking up at him as he set up his microscope, using a small sample to test it,
"What about Janson? We'll tell him it didn't work and we're waiting until tomorrow to up the blood concentration" I laughed at his comment, he was definitely the nicest doctor here by far, I'm glad I was stuck with him and not some complete suck up.
"Well I never." he gasped, taking his eye from the microscope, laughing to himself, "We did it" I rushed over, looking into the scope. Sure enough, I watched as the liquid attacked the virus, breaking it up, disintegrating it. I made my way towards the door, opening it a crack,
"You ready to go?" Esme asked, pulling the yoyo up, placing it in her pocket.
"Do you trust me?" I asked her. The girl hesitated slightly, looking at me suspiciously before nodding slowly. I smiled, gently taking her by the arm, pulling her into the room. 

I stood in the middle of the room, Esme in front of me as we watched the doctor locking the door. I didn't realise how loud the alarms were until they started blaring. I was worried that somehow someone figured out what we were doing and the alarms were for us, but a voice on the intercom proved me wrong,
"Security breach active. All personnel please proceed to sublevel 3 immediately. Please approach with caution." I froze, there was no way Thomas was already in right? No. No way. I looked down at Es, who looked terrified,
"Don't worry Esme, that's on the other side of the building" Dr. Bowman told me and we was right, we were on the medical wing after all.
"What's going on?" She asked, watching as the doc placed the vial inside the injector, prepping to cure her,
"Esme Madden." I said, crouching down so I was in eye shot of her, "You are about to become the first person ever, to be cured of the flare" I said, a smile on my face.
"You did it?!" She asked, excitedly squealing as she hugged me, making me laugh automatically.
I was nervous for Esme as she lay on the bed. I sat on a chair next to her, holding her hand tightly, rubbing my thumb over her palm. Bowman had already told me how much it would hurt, it wasn't going to be pretty.
"Y/n," She said quietly, her voice was shaking, "Can you.. tell me about the safe haven again?" She asked and I nodded, looked over to Bowman, who was just about to do it.
"Oh it's gonna be beautiful Es. We'll have a huge island all to ourselves and there'll be coral reefs to swim in and rainforests to explore," I saw the girl crying as the needle pierced her skin, injecting the liquid into her body, "We're going to have a big farm," I continued, only a few seconds left.. "We'll grow all sorts of fruits and have pigs and sheep and it's going to be the most peaceful wonderful place you've ever seen" I heard her take a deep breath and I looked down to see her wiping the tears which stained her cheeks.
"We did it.." I muttered, smiling down at the girl, who was also beginning to smile. The two of us looked over at Bowman, who had an achieved grin on his face as he stared at the computor screen,
"Your vitals are perfect.." He muttered, "I'll go get Dr. Paige, she'll want to see this immediately" Bowman unlocked the door and rushed out, leaving the two of us alone. I waited a second before turning back to the girl,
"Okay Es, we have to go, like right now" I said. She stared at me for a second before nodding,
"Can I at least go get my bag? It's my dads" She asked and I nodded. I opened the door for her and she ran out, I followed closely, the medical wing was right next to our room, conveniently.

I watched as Esme took a variety of weapons from a hatch in the roof, placing them inside her bag,
"Do you mind if I put these in your bag?" I asked, holding up my diary, Hailey's photo and Eric's one. She nodded and I stuffed them inside an extra pocket on the inside,
"Y/n.." She asked and I looked up, "How exactly are we getting out?" 
"I'm still figuring that out."

Thomas' POV

Me Newt and Teresa rushed through the building corridors, we had to get to the medical wing as quickly as possible to get the hell out of here. Newt had stupidly left Gally even if he had the serum he needed, the boy is just a little bit too stubborn. I pressed the floor level button on the lift continuously and just as I thought we had made it, a singular hand slipped through, pulling the doors back open. My stomach dropped to my feet as Janson stepped into the lift, standing next to Teresa, in front of me and Newt. I glanced over at him, he was already looking at me.
"You're working late," Janson stated, looking at Teresa who just hummed in response, "See, that's what I like about you, Teresa. No matter how bleak things get you just... well you never give up" He continued. Teresa still didn't properly reply, just flashing him a smile on occasion, "Times like this, you need a friend. Someone to count on"
"I'll bear that in mind" She muttered quietly, staring at the ground as she did,
"There is something you should know though. Thomas is here," I looked over at New worriedly, even though we were wearing the masks, I could tell he shared the look, "There's a chance he may try to contact you and if he does, I'd like to think that I'd be your first call" I watched her eyes flash towards the two of us, I don't think Janson noticed,
"Are you gonna kill him?" I'd like to think she wouldn't want that, although after we literally kidnapped her, maybe she would,
"Would that be a problem?" The lift pinged and thankfully, the horrible experience was over,
"This is me" Teresa told the man, making her way out, Newt followed straight after and so did I, slightly bumping Janson's shoulder on my way out, following the two down the long hallway.

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