Mistake || The Maze Runner || Y/n x Newt

37 Tunnel

     "So we're going tonight?" I ask the moment we were out of the beds sleeping area.

I followed Newt quietly, it was night, he's should be resting, he didn't know I was following him until then.

    "What are you doing up?" He asked turning around to see me.

    "Newt, I could ask you the same, only I know the answer. We're going to get Minho." I smile.

     "No, not you." Newt told me.

     "Why?" I asked.

     "We just got you back. I'm not putting you in danger again." Newt explained.

     "Newt, this is Minho. And you're right, if something bad happens, you guys might not come back. I'm not going to the safe haven without you. And we are not leaving without Minho. And Rat Man deserves another punch." I smile. "You know I'm stubborn."

     "I've been in love with you for four years, I just want you to be safe." He put his hand on my cheek.

    "And I want you to be safe. It's either I go with you or you're not going, and we can't let Tom go alone."

Newt gave me a kiss, "Don't leave my sight."

    "Wasn't planning on it."

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We wait for Thomas by the cars, Frypan sat in the driver seat of a truck, and I said shotgun beside him. Newt was outside of the car, waiting in the dark for Thomas.

"Where do you think you're going then?" Newt asked flicking on the light revealing ourselves to Thomas as he walked up.

"Newt..." Thomas sighs.

"Don't be a twat about it. I'm already in." Newt told Thomas taking his bag. "Come on."

"No. No, not this time." Thomas shook his head walking after Newt. "Look... even if we find Minho, there's no guarantee we make it back from this."

"Well, you'll need all the help you can get then, won't you?" Newt pulled the door open and the light turned on inside eliminating Frypan and I.
Thomas scoffs.

"Well, we started this together. May as well end it that way, too." Newt said.

"Okay. Let's go get him back." Thomas nodded.

We drove out, leaving the harbour behind.

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We drove for hours.

Frypan was driving, Thomas took the passenger seat and I sat in the back with Newt.
In a few hours, we reached a mandatory infection check area. It was run down, obviously long overrun but now it was completely empty. Abandon cars were all of the place.
Frypan drove slowly through till we came to a tunnel. He stopped the truck and we got out.

"You want us to go in there?" Newt asked.

"It looks lovely." I say sarcastically looking in the dark, no sign of the light at the end.

"I don't want to come across as too negative, Thomas... but I mean, if I was a Crank, that's exactly where I would be." Newt said.

"I don't think we have much of a choice." Thomas looked up from the map.

"All right. I get shotgun." Newt said walking back.

"Are you boys coming?" I call to Frypan and Thomas as I climb back into the back, sitting behind Newt.

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