Bad Dreams | Newt x Reader (Being Edited)

Chapter 31-I Nearly Kill us All, Oops

TW: descriptions of dead bodies and blood.

"Ready to continue down memory lane?" the Wraith asked from behind me.

"I don't have a choice, do I?"

"Nope!" the Wraith said cheerfully and snapped her fingers. "This is helping you to remember and I need you to remember."

"Why?"

She ignored me.

I looked around, spotting my siblings and I. A montage of fragmented memories flicked through the world of us walking through buildings, small communities of survivors and the desert.

"You and Nik tried to find the Right Arm but it was impossible considering you were on the run from Wicked and couldn't stay in one place for more than a couple days. However, you left coded messages for Alex and the date but you never found them."

"Wait, the date? We didn't have symbols for numbers?" I interrupted and she gave me an annoyed look.

"You did actually, you just didn't see that part. Anyway, at one point, months after you started being on the run, your little sister got infected. Days later, you got ambushed in an old building by Ratman's pups—"

"'Pups?'" I interrupted again.

"Yes, 'pups,' baby rats are called pups, or kittens. We're the same brain, how do you not know that—now, shut up and listen. Ratman's pups were very powerful Enhanced. You fought for a bit and got separated from your brother," the Wraith snapped her fingers and we were back in one of the buildings I had a nightmare about months ago. The room with the body being covered by a plastic cover. "By this point, Lillian was turning and died—"

"How?" I interrupted a third time.

"No spoilers and I know you know," the Wraith answered. "You lost control, snapped and killed all the Wicked soldiers and Enhanced there. Ratman's daughter took the chance to turn on Wicked, helping you kill Ratman's son."

I tried to ignore my growing nausea.

"Yes," the Wraith said, smirking at me. "You are the monster."

"Why would she turn on them?" I asked.

She looked vaguely disappointed by the lack of reaction but answered regardless. "Her brother was very abusive and she hated him and her father. Anyway, you and Nik parted ways with her. You managed to go about another couple months before you were captured. Livia created illusions and your brother 'died,' you were then taken into a Wicked building, had your memories erased and you were sent up into the maze."

"Why are you telling me all this?" I asked, suspicious about her motive.

"The sooner you remember everything, the sooner I get out of this prison," she replied coolly.

"What prison? I thought you meant the maze?" I asked, exasperated.

"I'm trapped in your body, only able to appear in your dreams. Your mind is my prison and I'm going to break out," she hissed at me.

"How are you going to do that?"

"When you get all your memories and it back, you won't be able to resist."

"We'll see," I replied, even though I had no idea what she was talking about.

She glared at me and snapped her fingers. I was thrown out of sleep.

I spent the rest of the night thinking over the dream.

The Wraith had some ulterior motive for helping me recover my memories, that much was certain. As for what it was, I had no clue. I wondered what she meant about my body being her prison. I understood that she couldn't simply just get out of my head.