𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, thomas ³

𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏, agony

REDEMPTION.
[ chapter eighteen ]

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

EVELYN IS IN AGONY, her side still bleeding through the gaps in her aching fingers, her knuckles bruised and cracked. She slumps against one of the few still intact walls as she watches the staircase towards the roof erupt in flames, causing her to let out a loud yell of anger. She can feel her whole body giving up, her legs very nearly immobile and her breathing patterns going haywire.

She's going to die, and she has no clue on how she's still alive. Ever since she stepped foot in the maze for the first time, she knew she would be dying young. She took that information on when she signed up to be a runner. In all honesty, she had made it further than she expected she ever would. She's been in this situation before. The first time she had been trapped in the maze over night; no way out, a hole in her side and her whole body painted in blood. Maybe there was chance she could make it out of here too, just like she did the maze when she was fifteen.

On the rooftop, Thomas can't tear his crying eyes from the doorway, praying that Evelyn will step through the fire and save them both from this horror. He's seen her kill grievers and dozens of men, surely she couldn't be dead now. Evelyn's too strong to die at the last hurdle, and leave him alone.

Beside him Teresa has no clue what to do, he won't move a muscle and her hand is still pressed against his bleeding side. She knows he won't go anyway without Evelyn at his side, they've always been like that.

"Eve," He whispers for the hundredth time, body shaking with sobs and his eyelids on the brink of fluttering closed.

The sound of a berg grabs Teresa's attention, and she's quick to whip her head over her shoulder, noticing the ship come up into her view, causing her eyes to widen and body to stiffened. Maybe she could still save him. Inside the berg, the group stand huddled around the control panels, staring out into the fire surrounded building at their friends.

"I got them!" Jorge calls, hands on the steering as he points frantically at the rooftop.

Minho leans forward slightly, squinting his eyes before his body stills in realisation. That girl at Thomas' side isn't Evelyn's it's Teresa, "Hey, hey. No. Where's Eve? Where the hell is she?"

"What do you mean?" Gally rushes to his side, eyes widening and his head begins to frantically shake, "She should be with them. Why isn't she with them?"

Back inside the collapsing building, Evelyn slams her boot against the staircase door, causing it to fly open and reveal the steep stairs. She stumbles back, quickly regaining her footing as she pushes forward, squeezing her eyes shut as she steps into the staircase, flames burning around her. Letting out a loud roar as the fire scorched the arm hanging by her side. She continues up the metal stairs, trying her hardest to keep herself straight so she doesn't stumble into the roaring fire.