Saiki K x Maze Runner AU

Chapter Twelve: The Runaway Experiment

Saiki and Akechi rushed through the vents as quickly as they could, trying to get back to the room before it was too late. They slipped a few times from trying to shimmy their way through too quickly, but that didn't stop them.

When they finally got to the room, they busted through the metal vent cover, startling the boys that were inside. "Saiki?! You're back!" Kaidou was the first to welcome him.

"We have to go." Saiki said, too quick for it to be coherent. He frantically looked around the room to see if there was anything he could use to block the door in case they needed to make a close escape.

"What?" Kuboyasu lifted a brow, trying to stop his friend from going into a full-blown panic. "What are you saying right now?"

"It doesn't matter, we have to go." Saiki said, picking up one of the mattresses from the bed and putting it onto the door.

"Saiki," Toritsuka put a hand on his friend's shoulder but it was quickly thrown off.

"Just stop and help me! They're coming for us!"

"Who are?" Kuboyasu demanded answers, then he looked to Akechi whose face was pale, as if he had seen a ghost. "... What did you two see?"

"It's LMTLSS." Saiki finally admitted. "It's LMTLSS. It's always been LMTLSS. We were lied to." He moved a bedside table in front of the door next, this time he had a bit of help from Kaidou. "We were never saved from LMTLSS. We were tricked and taken to their facility." He huffed. "I'll explain more once we escape."

The boys looked at each other, unsure of what to do. This place had given them everything they had been missing out on while they were stuck in the maze, but then again... "Alright." Kaidou was the first to say. "What do we need to do?"

Dr. K was rushing down the hall, a smirk on his face. He had been waiting for this specific experiment for a very long time. He stopped when he reached the room, taking his keycard that hung from his neck, placing it next to the sensor on the right side of the door. When the light turned green, he turned the metal handle...

"What the...?" He couldn't push it open. It was jammed by something. He turned to the men he was with with a huff. "Open this door. Now." His face contorted into a grimace. There was no way of them knowing of the facility's true intentions already... right?

The door burst open upon Dr. K's demands, thanks to the two guards he had brought with him. But when he stepped inside, all he saw was an empty room, and a busted vent– wide open. In a fit of rage, Dr. K threw his keycard onto the ground. "Find them! And find them quickly!" He grit his teeth, balling up his fists so hard that his nails dug into his palms. "Don't let them escape."

They all bursted out of the vent, crawling out one by one. "Which way do we go now?" Kaidou asked.

"We have to go get Teruhashi. She should still be in the medical hall. Let's go now before we run into anybody." Saiki turned on his heel, everyone else ready to follow him except one person. "Akechi, are you coming?"

The blonde boy just shook his head, wearing that same smile. "There's something important I have to do. I'll meet up with you guys later, just trust me."

Though Saiki didn't like knowing that Akechi would be all alone, he decided to let him do his thing anyway. "Alright. We'll see you later." And they both ran in the opposite directions of one-another.

Dr. K leaned over the shoulder of Mr. Hatakeyama, who was sitting in front of the security cameras, frantically searching for the escapees. "Have you found them yet?"