I sat down with Newt and the other Gladers. Teresa wasn't with us. Janson had taken her for some tests. I was worried about her but Newt reassured me that she'd be okay and I believed him.
We had only just arrived here but I could feel that something was off. I had no proof, but the whole place just didn't seem right. I nearly jumped out of my seat when the doors to the canteen banged open.
Janson came in along with some guards. He didn't look in the best of moods. He was scanning the room, looking for something. Or someone.
Out of the corner of my eye I could see something moving towards the emergency exit at the side of the room. The figure had appeared from behind a large stack of crates in the corner.
A little girl, who looked to be about six, ran straight across the room and started tugging frantically on the exit doors. She had dark brown hair which came down to her waist and was wearing a purple t shirt. Her pants were plain black.
I didn't know who she was or why she was there but Janson seemed to want her. He had spotted her at the same time as me.
The exit doors would not budge. Janson and his guards processed to circle her, and give her no chance of escape. One of the guards picked her up and walked towards the double doors.
As the guards passed our table, the girl saw me and something triggered inside of her.
' TOMMY! ' she screamed at me, ' HELP! It burns, they put it inside of me and it hurts and then there's dots everywhere and- '
Her pleads and screams were cut off by Janson injecting a grey liquid into her arm. She fell unconscious in the guards arm.
' Well. Sorry about that, folks. ' Janson said, almost apologetically. ' We really didn't want you to see that. Our little Kate here just doesn't seem to know the rules. ' He addressed the room with a lopsided grin. 'Please, by all means, continue. '
And with that, him and his guards left the room.
I thought people would be more concerned about the situation, but the noise level soon rose again.
' Hey, Thomas. You know that kid? ' Newt asked me.
' No. '
' Oh. Well, she seems to remember you. '
Newt didn't look that concerned, either.
' Do you not find it strange? ' I ask him.
' Find what strange, Tommy? '
' This. These people just picked us up from the maze and told us that they were against Wicked. But now their acting just like them. What did they want with the girl? '
Newt just sighed. ' I don't know. All I know is that they haven't poisoned our food yet, so get eating whilst you still can. '
He pointed to my potato and continued with his own meal.
I let my mind wander for a minute. How did she know me? And why did she call me Tommy? Nobody calls me Tommy. Apart from Newt. I don't even recognize her. What was she screaming about? Something about burning. Does she have the flare? Is that why they wanted her so badly? I didn't know, and in that moment I wasn't sure if I wanted to know.
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Secret WCKD child
Fanfiction* I do not own any of these characters apart from Kate * Kate has lived at WCKD for as long as she could remember. They would give her injections and tell her that it was for a good cause, and for a while, she believed them. Kate was prepared to li...
