Chapter song: hold my girl- George Ezra
Thomas' POV
"Thomas, you have to listen to me. Getting that serum won't save Newt. It may buy him some time but-" I didn't know if she was just saying stuff to get us to stop but it was almost working, her words were getting inside my head, why'd it have to be him?
"Don't listen to her, she's just tryna get in your head" Newt told me, patting me on the shoulder, as he caught up to me,
"Thomas listen, you know what's going on out there. People are dying. The world is dying. There's something about your blood I don't understand." She continued but I wasn't listening anymore. She couldn't get in my head if I wasn't listening to what she was saying.
"Open it" I instructed, pointing to the door to the medical wing. She obliged and the door flew open,
"If you just... let me run some tests. I promise I can protect you" Something in me snapped. I grabbed the mask from my head, pulling it over and throwing it on the floor, walking up to Teresa,
"Yeah? Like you protected Minho?" I asked,
"What are you doing?" Newt whispered, obviously talking about the mask but I ignored him, now wasn't the time,
"How many more people do you have to round up, torture, kill? Huh? When the hell does this stop?" She looked scared of me but I didn't care, I continued walking towards her as she trued backing away,
"It stops when we find a cure" She muttered,
"There is no god damn cure!" As I stepped away, I could see multiple figures walking towards us, surrounding us,
"Save your breath Teresa. He made his choice long ago." It was Janson. He must've figured it out in the lift somehow, it was very tense. I didn't hesitate, taking my gun from its holster before grabbing Teresa, putting one arm around her neck, holding the gun to her head.
"Back up." I instructed, looking Janson in the eyes,
"Tell them to back off!" I gestured my gun at the soldiers who were closing in from the sides,
"Thomas it's me. I've know you longer than you can remember. You're not gonna shoot her" Janson said, making me even more angry,
"You don't think so? I asked, clicking off the safety, pushing it to her head as she squirmed under my grasp,
"Okay. Go on then. Shoot her" He taunted, lowing his gun, staring at me as I hesitated, "Shoot. Her." He said again. I was convinced if I was given 5 seconds longer, I would've pulled the trigger. Instead, Teresa ducked from my grip, pushing both me and Newt behind her into the medical wing, pulling the emergency lever, locking us in. I looked at Newt as he pulled the mask off his head before beginning to walk away,
"Come on" He said, pulling my arm slightly as we walked off. Loud sirens blared as we walked through the corridors, getting all sorts of strange looks from passing doctors.
We were having to dodge incoming soldiers now, it seemed like they were everywhere. We continued to run down each hallway, looking for any signs of Minho. That's when I saw her. Doctor Ava Paige. I pulled my gun out as she saw me, the blood draining from her face as she stared at me,
"Thomas no!" Newt shouted, pulling me down another corridor as bullets began raining in our direction, shot from none other than Janson.
"Minho!" I shouted, running faster, we had to find him and fast, "Minho!" We turned the corner to be face with a dozen soldiers or so. Both me and Newt began shooting, taking out pistols from our holsters, ducking down behind a corner,
"Shit Newt I'm almost out" I said, hiding around the corner so they couldn't hit me. I watched as Newt rushed over to a dead soldier, taking out some sort of grenade from their pocket,
"Get back!" He yelled, clicking a button on the top, throwing it at them after watching it turn blue. We watched in shock as it exploded, sending electric shocks into all nearby soldiers, taking them all down,
"nice.. alright let's go" I said, pulling Newt in a new direction. We ran down a short hallway when we say the next man,
"You two freeze!" He shouted. I looked at Newt helplessly, neither of us could do anything, "I said-" The man was cut off by Minho, slamming him into the wall before picking him up and throwing him through a window. He stopped, staring at us blankly for a second,
"Minho.." Newt whispered happily as we moved in, hugging the boy tightly,
"Is this real?" He asked, pulling away from the hug, staring at us,
"You three! Get on the ground!" I looked up to see yet another soldier, holding his gun towards us, moving in.
Y/n's POV
Me and Esme were quite literally sprinting through the medical wing. All exits were blocked by soldiers and there was no safe way for us to get out,
"Can't we just go back to the room? Figure it out from there?" Esme whispered and I shook her head. leaning out of our hiding spot, pointing at a soldier,
"They're blocking every exit, we have no way out" I whispered back, pulling the girl to her feet as we continued running, trying to find a way out. We wouldn't usually have to sneak around like this, but considering we had a bag filled with all of our belongings, I didn't really want to have to explain this one. I could've sworn I had heard someone shouting Minho's name in the distance but my thoughts were quickly disrupted when Janson came round the corner, facing us straight in the eyes,
"Going somewhere?" He asked as I pulled Esme behind me,
"No no, not at all. Just a little... late night walk" I said, smiling at him innocently,
"Is that why your room has been emptied out?" I looked at Esme as she looked over at a fire hydrant, sat on the wall.
"We were just cleaning. Getting rid of anything we didn't need" I said as I slowly and subtly reached for my gun,
"No. It's no coincidence that you happen to be stuck on the same floor as your friends" he told me and I smiled, so it was them.
"If it eases your mind, it genuinely is a huge coincidence" I said before quickly shooting the hydrant, grabbing Esme by the arm and pulling her down the corridor to my left as gunshots rang throughout the hall.
We had gotten pretty far away from where we last saw Janson when we stopped, giving Esme a quick break to catch her breath. I looked around me, chaos hung in the hallways and dead bodies were everywhere. I took Esme's hand and we continued walking when I heard shouting, I turned the corner just in time, pushing Esme behind me,
"You three! Get on the ground!" A soldier stood with his back to us, holding his gun up to Thomas, Newt and Minho, who all looked terrified. I didn't hesitate to run, placing one hand on his neck, twisting my body around him, landing on the floor. I swept my leg underneath him, knocking him to the floor before punching his helpless face multiple times, making sure he was knocked out. I stood back up, looking up to meet the boy's eyes, who were all staring at me,
"Y/n?!" Thomas asked and I rushed over, hugging him and Newt together before pushing away, looking over at Minho, locking eyes with him,
"Do you still think I'm an idiot?" I asked, smiling at me,
"Oh yeah, absolutely" He laughed, walking over to me, taking me into his arms, hugging me tightly.
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the scorch runner
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