Chapter 34: The Truth

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A/N: Babygirl has her memories back and is in her revenge era, so we stan a WOMAN and her wrongs haha! That being said, I hope you all enjoy this one! As always, let me know what you think!

"How did you get out, anyway?" Thomas questioned, crawling beside Bellamy in the vents.

"I kept a knife in my pocket and cut myself free as soon as the memory retrieval was complete." Bellamy retorted. "Is this it?"

Aris just pointed down. "It's right below us."

Bellamy measured with her finger. "I can lower you—" Thomas started.

"Oh please. No need." Bellamy said, rolling her eyes slightly. It was true, she was out of practice and a bit rusty at—well pretty much everything that she had been good at. But she could handle this.

As soon as the vent duct was removed, Bellamy dropped down through the ceiling and landed on the floor in a light crouch. A few seconds later, Thomas had lowered himself down and Aris had as well.

Bellamy kept a steady gaze flickering between either side of the hallway as Thomas used the keycard he had stolen to open up the restricted door. The trio entered into the room and Bellamy's gaze landed on the glowing blue lights through the glass.

"Oh shit," she mumbled, eyes wide at the sight of the growing Grievers in pods.

The next room was chilly—a cold air sweeping over them. Rows and rows of bodies—teenagers from the different Mazes, lined the floor with tubes and other machinery hooked up to them.

"They're draining them."

"That's Rachel," Aris said in horror. "They took her on our first night—"

Something sounded in the distance and Bellamy shoved Thomas behind a pillar. They ducked down, quiet as mice as Janson entered the room.

"Are you sure this is necessary?" He questioned his assistant.

"She said she wanted to talk with you personally. Found out about the whole memory thing, too."

"As if I don't have enough to deal with." Janson scoffed. The screen flickered and Dr. Ava Paige appeared on screen. "Dr. Paige, how wonderful to see you again!" He greeted loudly. "Although I wasn't expecting to see you again quite so soon."

"Change of plans, Janson. I'll be arriving sooner than expected, first thing tomorrow."

"Oh, we'll be delighted to have you. You'll be pleased with the progress we've made. As you can see, earlier results have been extremely promising. Whatever it is you've been doing to them in there, it's been working."

"Not well enough. And that daughter of yours?"

"The results are very promising."

"So promising you thought it would be wise to give her the memories back?" Ava Paige's voice snapped. "She's dangerous, you and I both know that. David warned us—"

"She's sedated." Janson said quickly.

Bellamy nearly scoffed, hand gripping her knife tightly. She could throw it—have Janson killed before he even knew what had hit him.

"I want every test subject prepared and ready to go when I arrive," Paige changed the subject.

"We're going as fast as we can."

"Go faster. Until I can guarantee their security, this is their best plan."

"Ma'am as the head of your security, I assure you, nowhere is safer—"

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