The Enemy

Chapter 7

it feels like the days just keep repeating.

it's goes;

morning, wake up.

breakfast.

get into an argument.

do stupid and boring work with minho.

dinner.

another argument.

bonfire night.

argument.

overthinking for hours on end.

finally asleep.

then all over again.

i'm so fed up. i need a change. with my thoughts i hear the box clank in the centre of the glade. i jump at the nostalgia of the previous events.

everyone swarmed around the box, awaiting the person inevitably arriving into the glade. gally opens the box doors. everybody let out an audible gasp.

there was 3 girls laid unconscious, covered in water.
"holy fuck." i murmur under my breath. the sight of others girls finally made me feel better.

they helped them towards the medjack and onto the beds in hope of them finally waking up.
i walk towards newt who had a worried expression on his face. "what's wrong?" i ask.

he shrugs, bitting his nails. "why would WCKD send up 3 girls. it doesn't make any sense."

i froze. the name WCKD sounded familiar. i stutter through my words. "who's WCKD?"
newt looked over at me. "the people who put us here. we don't actually know who they are but they put us here for some reason."

my heart dropped. i quickly run away from him and towards the box, i look over to the crates of food, all read WCKD.

WCKD.

WCKD.

fuck.

everything started to come back to me, in pieces.

the lab, the lab coats, ava, janson, how i got here.

i always knew i was smart but i didn't know i was THAT smart. i will take this to my grave.

"ella?" minho stood over me. i jumped, yelping. "fuck! you scared the shit out of me!" i held my chest. he chuckles, holding his his hand, i jumped to the ground still holding onto his hand until i let go.

it was quite awkwardly silence for a second. "what are you doing?" he asked.
i shrug, stumbling a little bit. "just checking out the food."
he nodded his head, confused as ever. "you ready for training."

i groan loudly flopping my hands by my side. he giggled, grabbing my arm and leading me towards a long track he set up. "i can't run minho."
"i know. that's what the practice track is for. dumbass." he spoke in spite.

i roll my eyes, watching him walk behind me, he pointed towards the end of the track, it was about 400 meters. he was so close that i could feel his hot breath against my neck and it was all i could focus on that i couldn't even remember what he said all i remember him saying was. "run" and "tired."

i hum to his words, nodding like i understood him. i snap back to reality, he blew a whistle with his mouth. "i'm not ready!"
minho growled. "go!" he screamed, pushing my back.

i almost stack it as soon i was a few strides but i catch myself and run, and run and run until i finish. minho quickly joined me after, i was completely out of breath but he was making it seem lightweight. "saying you can't run is an understatement."

i push his chest, not realizing my strength, he fell to the floor onto his back. i burst out into laughter. he uses devil eyes on me and kicked my leg so i fell next to him. "fuck you."

he continued my laughter until i was looking at him with disgust. i hadn't realized how dreamy his eyes actually were until i saw his dimples when he laughed.
his laughter stopped, he glared at me as well.

we stayed staring at each other for a hot minute before loud yells were coming from the medjack. "they're awake!"

me and minho hurriedly sprint over to medjack. the 3 girls were all sat next to each other almost clinging, they looked petrified. "what are your names?" alby attempted to ask.

they didn't speak a word.

"you sure they speak english?" gally queried. he stood next to me so i tap him on the stomach. "don't be so rude dickstain." he glanced over to me offended.

i walk over to the girls. "hey. i'm ella. do you guys know your names?" they all look at each other in unison, almost looking for approval.

the girl in the middle finally spoke out. "i'm teresa." she had dark brunette hair, she looked so scared, as the other girls.

the other two girls spoke out, a blonde and a brunette. "i'm jenna." the brunette girl asserted. the blonde girl followed. "and i'm chloe."

i smiled, knowing that they trust me. "nice to meet you girls. this is the glade."

after they gained the trust and courage from the boys they were shown around by newt and alby. jenna had already started to camp out with gally. and teresa was with thomas. the blonde girl chloe was sat all alone and i felt pity for her.

i strut over to her, handing her a drink of gally's. "you wanna try? it's pretty strong. gally made it. it's meant to be alcohol but i think it's disgusting."

she immediately took it off of my hands and started to chug it as if she hadn't had a single drop of anything for the last 10 years.
"holy shit." i chuckle, holding my mouth in shock.

after she chugged it all, she bursted out with laughter with me. "that is kind of disgusting. but alcohol is alcohol."

the boys started to chant songs, she grabbed my hand and lead me onto my two feet. "you know how to dance right?" she spoke loudly above the chants.

i stutter. "i don't think i've ever danced before." her brow raised at me, he hands still stayed holding mine as he guided me with dancing.

the chanting grew louder as everybody watched us prance around the whole night. it felt so freely.