"Tommy wake up, tommy,Thomas"
newt says to Thomas shaking him to wake him up as the plane lands in the middle of a dry orange desert, a large building surrounded by suited guards not much further away from where they landed, guards ran up to the plane rushing them out towards the door leading into the building
" hurry up, what are you doing" the guards shouts at Thomas as he goes back to the plane for something
" I got it"
Thomas says almost to himself and he rushes back to the group walking through the door they all share questioning looks as they stand in the building the doors closing behind them until a man comes up to them
" you kids doing alright" he asks them all walking to the door
" sorry about all this fuss we had ourselves a bit of a swarm" the man says a guard walking past
" who are you?" Thena asks staring at the guy all of them stepping closer
" im the reason your still alive, its my intension to keep you that way" he says defending himself almost annoyed she asked that question
" now come along with me well get you kids squared away" he says turning his back to them.
"You can call me mr. Janson I run this place, for us it is a sanctuary safe from the horrors of the outside world, you all should think of it as a way station, a home between homes" he says as they walk through a warehouse, construction going on all around them with sparks landing on newts shoulder
"so your taking us home" thena asks hopefully
" a home of sorts" the man says looking over his shoulder to look at her
" sadly there wouldn't be much left of where you came from, but we do have a place for you, a refuge, outside of the scorch" he says turning back around
" where WICKED will never find you again" he says slowing down before starting up again
" how does that sound?"
" why are you helping us" Minho says sceptically
"lets just say the world out there is in a rather precarious situation and were all hanging on by a very thin thread" he says annoyed of all there questions
" the fact that you kids can survive the flare virus makes you the best chance of humanity's continued survival, unfortunately that also makes you a target no doubt by now you have already noticed" mr. Janson says as they get to a door at the end of the warehouse
" beyond this door lies the beginning of your new lives, first things first lets do something about that smell" he says swiping a card queuing the door to open.
"Whoohoo, alright " Winston says exited for the first shower he can remember having
" this is amazing" frypan says excitedly, cassy and Athena look at each other laughing while they are waiting for all the boys to be done before they have their showers,
After their all finished showering and dressed they walk together to a lab
" uh uh what is that" newt says as a guy preps a needle with a blue liquid in it
"just a little cocktail, calcium, folate, vitamins A through Z , pretty much everything you've been deprived of out there, try to relax" the man says prepping newts arm and inject the needle newt flinched with pain ,
"Sure you got enough there" Thomas says as a different doctor draws blood from his arm while Thomas watches Minho get monitored on a treadmill.
"Evening doctor Crawford" a doctor asks as another walks pasts
"good evening , how are the new arrivals holding up "
"so far so good" the med tech replies the other doctor walking fast with intent across the med bay "
"alright"
" and you must be cassy" the doctor says closing the curtain to the section she is in. as she did cassy sent a scared look at Thomas, as if pleading for him to do something .
"Thomas ?" A guard says standing in from of Thomas
" yeah" Thomas replies
"come with me please" the guard says walking away, Thomas following behind him .
" Thomas! Thank you for seeing me, I'm sorry for the inconvenience I was just hoping we might get a moment to chat in private away from the others. Well.." mr Janson says walking into an interrogation room getting a chair to sit on at the desk, opposite Thomas
" I wont take up too much of your time, I only really have one question " mr Janson continues
". What do you remember about WICKED? Your not in trouble, were just trying to have a conversation , I'm just trying to understand" he says noticing Thomas's sceptical look
" understand what?" Thomas replies softly intimidated slightly by how much power and authority mr Janson has
" who's side are you on?" Janson says getting defensive, they stare at each other in silence before Thomas looks at the ground and says
" i-I remember I used to work for WICKED, I remember they sent me into the maze , I remember my friends die in-front of me, I'm on their side " Thomas replies sadly
" interesting" Janson says looking at Thomas demonically
" you say you worked for WICKED, but they sent you into the maze, why would they do something like that ?"
" I don't know maybe you should've asked them before you killed them all" Thomas says getting annoyed and defensive
" well ill be sure to keep that in mind" Janson says struggling to think of something to say
" enjoy the rest of your stay, " he says getting up
" t-that's it ?" Thomas says confused
" yeah you've told me everything I need to know" mr. Janson says disappointed
" you and your friends have all been cleared to join the others, soon you'll all be moving out to greener pastures" Janson says opening the door getting ready to walk away
" wait , others?" Thomas says getting him to stop, mr Janson doesn't do anything but nod his head slightly.
A/n: stupid fucking Ratman if it was my choice he wouldn't be a character but he is crucial to the plot so I apologise for that
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The promise of hope
FanfictionHeyyy, this story is written by my freinds Miriam and lilah ( @lilah_h ) so I don't take credit for any of it. And I would really love if you could vote this work my freinds have / are working really hard on it *Athena and cassy are original chara...
