Not just a Girl || Newt

Chapter 31

"Run!" Minho screamed on the top his lungs. I saw people running up behind them, around 10 of them.

Once they got close enough I could see it clear. Fuck.

We started running through the building. We went up an escalator and made it towards a corner.

"Aris no!" Thomas screamed. The kid ran towards one cranks and hit in the knee, making it drop down below me.

Its clothes were ripped and dirty. But its head was more disgusting. A black or dark purple liquid dripped from it. It gave in a screech and that was good enough reason for me to sprint the other way.

"What are those things?" Frypan yelled behind me.

"Cranks!" I simply yelled back. "Don't let them bite you!"

We made our way more up in the building.

I looked behind me to see Newt trying to keep up with us and my heart felt heavy for him.

My heart dropped when I heard a crashing sound. I quickly stopped only to almost slip on the ground. I turned to see one crank on top of Newt. Him barely holding it away from his head.

I didn't think, so I ran towards it and put my arms around the crank and used my body weight to rip it off of him.

I didn't think straight as I get flung through the window with the creature in my arms.

All the air in my lungs got pushed out of my as I fell on my back, a heavy ringing sound in my ears. I looked up to see the flashlights moving, but no one was standing there. I literally fell down one story below them.

"Newt, we have to go!" I heard someone scream.

"No!" I heard the voice of Newt, pleading.

I quickly collected myself when I saw the crank get up on their feet. It started to growl at me. Black eyes following my every move. I wanted to throw up when I really used my scences and the smell was disgusting. It was part rotten flesh and part metallic blood.

I saw a pipe lying on the floor and quickly took it in my hands when I saw the crank charging at me. I hit it in the head with the pipe, the cracking noice of their broken neck echoed through the building. Black or dark purple liquid flew from its mouth.

Another screech made me turn around and bolt the other way. Cranks were coming from left and right.

I got tackled to the ground and saw a crank trying to bite my breast from above me. I put the metal pipe between us. It hand made contact with my eye, scratching at it. I gave in a scream when I felt its nails penetrating in me.

"No only one person can bite me there."I grunted out when it went back to trying to bite me. With a hard push I pushed it off of me and started to run again.

"I am so happy no one heard that." I said to no one in particular. I felt a wet liquid rolling down below my eyes over my chin and I quickly wiped it away.

I ran around corners with cranks behind me, with rule number one repeating in my head: never look back.

I was at the side of the building and quickly made it out into the Scorch. I saw rumbles of the building and I decided to hide their. The wind clashed against me, my wound started to sting because of the sand that was getting into it.

I held my legs close to my body, flinching every time I heard a scream or screech. I remember seeing one in WCKD behind glass, but they are a lot scarier when you have no deathly weapons.

I didn't know how long I was sleeping for, but shouting near me woke me up. I quickly grabbed the pipe in my hands in defence.

"We have to go back!" Newt?

I got up from my sleeping place and saw them maybe around 50 yards away. The wind carrying their voices.

"We can't Newt, I am sorry." I saw Minho standing before the frustrated boy in sadness.

"No!" Newt yelled at them. "I can't go further without her!"

I started making my way towards the group. Newt started shouting at the group some more incoherent words. I was now close enough to see tears rolling down his eyes, making my heart break.

Teresa turned around and her eyes laid on me.

"Cassie." She spoke up, making the boy turn around.

His eyes laid on me and with a sprint he made its way towards me. I got picked up in the air with his arms around my waist. I pulled him close to me and my hand went through his soft hair.

He made it out alive.

His hold on my tightened and I literally had to pry his arms off of me.

I took his head in my hands, slowly moving my thumb over his cheek. I scanned him from top to toe. Looking for any signs, any scratches, any bites. I didn't see any luckily.

It was his turn to take my face in his hands. He moved his hand over the wound over my eye. I hissed when his thumb made contact with it.

"You are hurt." He stated.

"No shit." I said with a laugh. "But I survived, I will survive."

He kissed the top of my head and a shiver went through my body.

I made my way to the other boys. I all gave them a hug, happy they are still alive. I saw Winston standing in the back with a bandage around his middle. I brought him in a hug softly.

"What happened?" I whispered to him.

"They scratched me." He simply told me.

I pulled away and looked with wide eyes at him.

Winston, Winston, Winston I thought, looking through my mind for his image on the big screen at WCKD. A13, not immune. Fuck.

I tried not to show it, but his eyes casted downwards towards the ground.

"I am sorry." I told him, he only hummed and made its way towards the other boys.

I now took notice on my surrounding seeing rumbles of buildings. Everything was burned down and was now part of the Scorch.

We started walking, me near Newt checking him up. His eyes moved a few times towards me but quickly averted when he saw me looking. I smiled at him, he can be such a nerd sometimes.

Our hands lightly touched a few times. His touch lingering a little longer once it did. I went to grab his hand when Thomas interrupted it.

"Stop." We all turned around to him. "Hide! Quick hide!"