Saiki K x Maze Runner AU

Chapter Thirteen: When The Claws Sink In

Trigger warning: blood, minor gore, minor g*n violence

"Teruhashi!" Saiki and the others slid down the sandy slope after the girl, entering into an unknown building through the shattered window. It was dark, and their voices echoed. "Teruhashi!!" They stopped once they caught up with her.

"You can't run off like that!" Saiki said, huffing in frustration. 'Who knows what could be in here...'

"Can someone please tell me what's going on?!" Teruhashi demanded. The group stayed silent for a moment, unsure of what was happening themselves– well, besides two people.

"Saiki?" Kuboyasu crossed his arms, looking at the pink haired boy.

"..." He sighed. "Me and Akechi... We found out what the facility really does with all those kids." He swallowed dryly, kneeling down on the ground, getting stressed out just by thinking about it. "We never actually escaped LMTLSS, that facility was part of LMTLSS this whole time. And that doctor... He faked his death in that video we all saw. He was alive this whole time..." 'Not to mention his strange fixation on me...'

"But that doesn't explain what you actually saw while you guys went through those vents..." Kaidou said, scratching the back of his head with a concerned expression.

"They were draining their blood." Akechi spoke. "Hooked them up to these machines and drained them until they were dry."

"What?" Toritsuka's eyes widened. "They just... drained them like a wrung out towel?"

"Precisely. And we were next if we didn't escape in time..."

"So, what's the plan?" Kuboyasu asked, uncrossing his arms.

"..."

"..."

"... There is no plan, is there?" Kuboyasu deadpanned.

"No plan?!" Takahashi exclaimed, "How could there be no plan?! We just followed you out into the middle of nowhere!"

"I'll come up with something soon..." Saiki said, feeling quite guilty. He had dragged all of his friends out into unknown territory with no plan... "I promise. Let's just..." He stopped when he turned away from the group, looking around the surroundings they were in. The moonlight shone through just enough to reveal the large structure. It was overgrown, glass shattered everywhere, random items scattered about, and old, ripped posters clung desperately to the wall. It was so vast.

"What... is this place?" Toritsuka asked, stepping forward to stand next to Saiki, the rest of the group following.

"I'm not sure... We should look around for any supplies." Saiki concluded. "Stay close, everyone. We don't know what's in here." 'Or who's in here...'

They began to investigate in small groups, some of them choosing to explore by themselves, while others took to being in pairs or threes. Saiki was one of those people who took to exploring by himself. He tended to stay in the places where the moonlight shone the most in fear of the darkness that remained in every other corner. He looked down into the openness that was the inner building surrounding him: Sand poured through the ceiling through shattered glass, different compartments laid on the ground, broken, spilling out mangled mannequins with clothing that was either ripped to shreds or at least somewhat usable. At least to some people.

Looking to his left, he noticed Toritsuka and Takahashi slide down an old escalator with Kaidou at the top, too nervous to follow them even though they were coaxing him to. 'Idiots...' Saiki rolled his eyes before turning his view toward Kuboyasu, who had gotten down the escalator far before the other three, and was currently venturing into what seemed like an old clothing store.