Mazes- The Death Cure

2- Tunnels

The landscape passed by as we drove through deserted areas. The car slowly stopped at an abandoned testing site. A large barbed wire fence stood in front of us. A caution sign on the front. I looked out and caught Newt's glance in the rear view mirror. Looking down I fiddled with Minho's knife. We drove up to a large dark tunnel as Fry put the car in park. Getting out we studied it cautiously.

"I don't know bout y'all but if I was a crank that's exactly where i'd hide," Fry said covering his eyes with his hand as the sun beamed down.

"Let's go," I said getting back in the car.

"Awesome, love to see us thinking through our decisions," Newt said sighing. Fry started the car and slowly drove in the tunnel. The gloomy area was dimly lit with the cars lights. Flickering lights flashed from the ceilings. Newt looked out the window as he slowly rolled it up.

"Look I am really sorry about Minho and the train, I should've listened to you," Thomas said looking over at me. I studied his dark brown hair as he looked at me with sorry eyes. Pursing my lips I looked out the window. His hand quickly grabbed mine and faced me towards him. I fluttered my eyes as I looked at him.

"Why do you have to make everything so difficult?" He asked. I shook my head and pulled my hand away.

"I don't do anything, you make everything a problem and act like the victim," I whispered angrily.

"Well maybe if you weren't so impossible to st- ,"

"Hey guys, we got a problem," Fry said stopping the car. I tried to imagine what the rest of the sentence was. Thomas and I broke gazes and looked ahead. A crank stood in the way. He twitched and groaned softly.

"Shit," I said swallowing hard.

My eyes slowly glanced over at Thomas as a figure stood at his window. I flinched and grabbed him, pulling him towards me as the crank started banging on the window.

"Help me," She repeated trying to open the door. I held Thomas with my arms wrapped around his chest as he held onto my arms and breathed heavily.

"Drive!" I yelled. The car slammed forward and drove through the tunnel. Running over cranks my heart pounded.

"Fry watch out!" Thomas yelled as the car drove up a slanted box. Everything went quiet as the cat flipped. A ringing in my ears echoed as the car slammed on the ground. Thomas covered my head and held my body as we made impact. My eyes slowly opened as I lay on top of Thomas. Pushing my self up with my arms his eyes slowly opened as our faces were just inches apart. I watched his eyes lower down to my lips and back up to my eyes. I rolled off and climbed out of the car. Thomas hands steadying my waist. We all got out and pulled it together. Coughing I set my hand on Newt's shoulder steadying myself.

"You okay?" I asked as he dusted himself off. He nodded and pat my hand gently. Looking up a crank ran at us. Fry quickly grabbed the shot gun from the car window and turned around shooting into the cranks chest. Flinching I watched as the crank fell to the floor. I sighed with relief. Looking up cranks started to surround us. Frypan cursed as the gun was out of ammo. Fuck. I backed into the side of the car. There was no where to go. Thomas stepped in front of me protectively. As my heart pounded a loud honking came from the end of the tunnel. Headlights came closer. Jorge and Brenda sat in a car.

"Get in!" Brenda yelled. We didn't hesitate as we sprinted towards the car. Climbing in we drove off. As we entered the bright area around us Brenda turned around and looked at us with a soft smile.

"You idiots almost lasted half a day," she said. I grinned and shook my head.

"Never pull that shit again! You hear me mija?" Jorge said looking at me through the rear view mirror. I nodded and looked over at Thomas.

"We have to find the city," I said as we drove along a cliff.

"Mija there is no city, the last city burned," Jorge said waving his arm around.

"It burned huh?" Fry asked. We all looked over at him confused. My eyes widened as a large city sat below the cliff, surrounded by walls. Jorge slammed on the breaks as we all looked in shock. We all got out and looked at the buildings amazed.

"Well shit," Brenda said.

"You know she's going to be there. Think you can handle that?" I said glaring over at Thomas. He glanced over at me.

"Can you?" He asked. I adjusted my jaw and looked down at the ground in thought.

"What now?" Newt asked looking over at me and Thomas.

"We find Minho, and kill anyone who gets in the way," I said loading my gun and sticking it in my waistband. Fry looked at Thomas concerned.

"We're getting him out, no matter what," I said getting back in the car.