𝐖𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒 ➢ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ⁽ᵀᴹᴿ/ᵀˢᵀ/ᵀᴰᶜ⁾

Ch. 12 - SECRETS

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- CHAPTER TWELVE -
☀️ Secrets ☀️

Thomas slowly walked into a large room full of long tables, chairs and other people his age sitting around talking and eating. "Hey, Thomas!" Minho said as he walked up to Thomas, "Hey, Minho, what's going on?" Thomas asked.

"We weren't the only maze. Come on." Minho said before leading him to a table where the group, except for Teresa, sat with a couple unfamiliar faces. "And there was this big, loud explosion, and these guys came out of nowhere. Started shooting up the place." A guy, David, said as they walked up.

"It was intense." The guy next to him, Riley, said and David nodded, "They pulled us out of the maze and brought us here." He said. "What about the rest?" Newt asked, making them look at him, "The other people left behind in the maze, what happened to them?" Newt asked and David shrugged slightly.

"I don't know. I guess WICKED still has them." David said, making Thomas and Newt glance at each other, "How long you guys been here?" Newt asked. "Not long. Just a day or two. That guy over there has been here the longest." David said, looking over at where a guy sat with his hood up.

"Almost a week." David said as they all looked over at the boy, "His maze was nothing but girls." Riley said, making Minho look at him with raised eyebrows. "Really?" He asked and David shrugged, "Some guys have all the luck." He said.

"Good evening, gentlemen. Ladies." Janson said as he walked in, making everyone look at him, "You all know how this works. If you hear your name called please rise in an orderly fashion, join my colleagues behind me where they will escort you to the eastern wing. Your new lives are about to begin." Janson said before opening up a file.

"Connor. Evelyn. Justin. Peter. Allison. Squiggy." Janson listed, making some of the kids laugh. "All right. Settle down. Franklin. And Abigail." Janson said before closing his file, making everyone groan. "Now, now, don't get discouraged. If I could take more, I would. There's always tomorrow. Your time will come. Go on, eat up." Janson said and some people clapped as he walked away.

"Where are they going?" Minho asked and David sighed softly, "Far from here. Lucky bastards." David said as he turned to them. "Some kind of farm. A safe place. They can only take in a couple of people at a time." Riley said, turning to the group as well.

Thomas glanced over at the windows right as Thalia, Teresa and a couple doctors walked past, making him furrow his brows. "What the hell?" He muttered before getting up, "Hey, Thalia?" Thomas called out, making everyone look at him, including the boy from the other table, who took his hood off.

"Thalia!" Thomas yelled, about to walk out the room but a guard stopped him, "Hey, hey, hey." The man said. "Where are they taking them?" Thomas asked and the man shook his head slightly, "They just have to run a few more tests. Don't worry, they'll be done with them soon." The man said.

"Are they okay?" Thomas asked, "They're fine." He said and Thomas looked back at him for a moment before looking back out the window.

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After eating, the group followed a man to a room filled with bunk beds. "Oo, I got top bunk." Fraypan said as he walked over to one of the bunk beds but Minho quickly ran over and jumped on stop, "Too slow." He said.

Winston sighed softly as he laid down on one of the beds before smiling, "I could get used to this." He said. "Yeah. It's not bad." Newt said as he glanced around before the door closed and there was a locking sound. "Hey, what do you think those guys want with Thalia and Teresa?" Thomas asked, making Newt look at him.

"Now, if there's one thing I know about those girls, they can take care of themselves. Especially Thalia. Don't worry about it." Newt said before climbing up to one of the top bunks.

A little while later, most of the lights were out and everyone was asleep, except for Thomas. All of the sudden there was a rattling sound making Thomas freeze slightly. "Psst..." Someone whispered, "Hey. Down here." The person whispered again, making Thomas furrow his brows before looking under the bed.

In the vent below Thomas' bed, was the boy from the cafeteria. "Oh, my God." Thomas started to say but the boy quickly put his finger to his lips and made a shushing sound. "Come on. Follow me." The boy whispered and Thomas looked at him confused, "What?" Thomas asked as the boy started backing up in the vent.

A few seconds later, Thomas crawled into the vent until he reached a corner where he saw the boy waiting for him. "Hurry, this way. Come on." The boy said before going down the vent again, making Thomas follow him.

"Hey, wait a second. What the hell are we doing?" Thomas said, making the boy stop and turn to him, "Come on, we're gonna miss it." The boy said before moving again. "What the hell am I doing?" Thomas whispered to himself as he followed behind the boy.

Thomas turned a corner to find the boy had stopped, he looked at him for a moment before moving over to the boy. "Watch." He said as they looked down an opening to the vent that overlooked a hallway. A second later, Dr. Crawford walked into view, followed by some gurney that had someone's vitals on it. Thomas furrowed his brows before he moved to the other side.

Dr. Crawford swiped a key card through a reader making a door open. She stood back, letting people wheel in multiple of the gurneys, before walking in herself, the door closing behind her.

"What the hell was that?" Thomas said, looking up at the boy, "They bring in new ones every night like clockwork." The boy said. "You know what they do with them?" Thomas asked and the boy shook his head, "I don't know. This is as far as we've ever gotten. The vents don't even go into that section." He said before shaking his head slightly.

"But once they go through that door, they don't come back out. I don't think anybody ever really leaves this place." He said, making Thomas look at him for a moment. "Come on. We've gotta go before somebody notices we're gone." The boy said and started to leave but Thomas spoke up.

"Why did you show me this?" He asked, making the boy look at him, "Because maybe the others will listen to you." The boy said, looking at Thomas. "There's something weird going on here. And I know you think so too." The boy said before he started to leave again.

"Hey, wait." Thomas said, making the boy stop and look at him again, "What's your name?" Thomas asked. "Aris." The boy said before crawling through another section of the vent.