𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 ★ 𝙏𝙈𝙍

[23] The Escape

Elsie let out yet another shriek, jumping back as the vent cover slid across the floor again and Thomas crawled out of the vent, breathing heavily and looked panicked as he leapt to his feet, looking around frantically. "Thomas!" Minho exclaimed. the Gladers had spent the last age sitting and standing around the room in a tense silence, waiting for Thomas to return.

"We gotta go, we gotta go right now!" Thomas exclaimed, grabbing Elsie by the shoulders as she was stood closest to him, pushing her to the door. "What the hell are you talking about??" Newt exclaimed, the Gladers voices erupting in a Chorus as they followed after Thomas. Thomas spun around on his heel. "They're coming, come on, we gotta go!" Thomas said, still holding tightly onto Elsie's shoulders as the Gladers kept on asking questions. he handed Elsie over to Newt, darting over to the bunk and ripping off the sheets, hurrying back to the door and trying to tie the sheets tightly to restrain the door from opening. 

"Aris, what happened!" Minho yelled, going over to Aris who stood frozen in shock. "Thomas! can you calm down and just talk to us!" Newt asked, his arm wrapped around Elsie as he watched Thomas. "she's still alive!" Thomas yelled, getting more sheets and trying to tie them tighter around the door handle. "Who's she? Teresa?" Frypan asked. "Ava!" Thomas yelled. "Ava??" Newt exclaimed, frowning. "Will you just turn around and talk to us??" 

"It's WICKED!" Thomas shouted, shocking everyone into silence. Newt's eyes widened and his grip on Elsie's shoulder tightened. feeling his fingers digging into her shoulder blade, Elsie looked up at Newt, a horrified look in her eyes. "its still WICKED. its always been WICKED!" Thomas said, running over to the bunk and picking up the Mattress, lifting it and carrying it over to the door to put against it.  "Newt, Im scared" Elsie whispered, taking Newt's hand off of her shoulder and holding onto it instead. Newt didn't say anything, biting his lip as he tried to think of what to do. he gave Elsie's shoulder a quick squeeze before heading over to Thomas. 

"Thomas." he said in a stern but calm voice. "What did you see?"

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Thomas swung open the door of the vent and crawled out into the new sector of the large building, quickly checking if the coast was clear. "Come on, come on!" he hissed as Newt Crawled out, taking Elsie's hand and pulling her up and out of the Vent, the other Gladers following behind her. Once each Glader was out, Aris stood by the Vent. "Come on!" Thomas urged them on, beginning to run. "You guys go ahead without me, there's something I need to do" Aris said to them. "What are you talking about?" Thomas asked with a frown. "Trust me, it's something important. you guys wanna get out of here, right? Then go!" Aris urged. 

"I'll go with him!" Winston said, crawling back into the Vent after Aris and shutting the door behind him. "Let's go, Come on!" Thomas urged, grabbing Elsie's hand and dragging her along, the Gladers beginning to run, following Thomas' lead. "Are you sure we can trust this kid?" Minho asked, running as he tried to catch up with Thomas. 

"You don't want to know where you'd be without him!" Thomas said as they turned down the corner, pulling Elsie along after him and coming to a stop as a Woman turned down the corner at the same time, a doctor. The doctor jumped, shocked. "What are you kids doing out?" she asked, eyeing the Gladers suspiciously. but they didn't have to answer her questions as the alarms began to blare, the lights flashing. Elsie backed away, gripping onto Newt's arm and watching as Thomas and Minho grabbed ahold of the Doctor.

The group of Gladers ran frantically down the halls with their hostage, knowing that everyone would be looking for them now. The group turned down a corner, all coming to a sharp halt as an armed Guard with a large gun appeared down the hall. "Freeze! Stay where you are!" the guard yelled, clicking his Gun. Elsie shrieked, hiding behind Newt as he shoved her behind him. The Guard began to shoot at them, but it wasn't bullets.