Not just a Girl || Newt

Chapter 58

The van stopped in its tracks. My hands were soaked in a deep red colour. I wiped it off on the three corpses that were laying on the ground.

I am not badly hurt, just some light bruises on different places. They didn't use their AK's as I could tell from the beginning.

I heard muffled voices from outside the van. I did hear Jorge's voice calling out for Brenda. I am happy he is at least here.

I grabbed the dagger that I used on the guards and placed it between my fingers.

The doors opened of the van and I quickly lunged at the first guy I saw. With my bloody hands I lifted the knife to his throat. I grabbed him by the shoulder, turning him around, so his back was towards me.

"That stupid nickname Newt gave you does suit you, princess."

My breathing hitched. The hold on the knife slowly decreased. There was only one person who called me that, even if it was only one time.

"Gally?" I spoke uncertain.

The guy slowly nodded his head in confirmation.

I placed the knife in one my holders. I grabbed Gally by his shoulders and with a swift movement I kicked him to the ground.

With my legs on either side of him I grabbed the knife again and held it against his neck.

"Cassie." I heard Newt call my name. "We can trust him."

"Why should I trust him?" I said back to him, still holding the iron blade close to his neck.

"Because I can help you get Minho back." Gally said this time.

I held my eyes fixated on his, looking for any signs that he was lying. I placed my hands on his chest and pushed him move into the ground, using this to get myself up.

I went to walk to Newt but turned back towards Gally, my knife raised at him.

"If you are ever going to use me as a shield again, I will gut you open and feed every single part of your body to the cranks."

Gally held up his hands in defence, "You have become quite scary."

I walked past him, seeing Frypan walking up towards Gally from the corner of my eye.

"You haven't seen everything man."

"Good thing, right?" I yelled back at him and found my spot next to Newt.

I scanned him from head to two and quickly noticed he didn't look so good.

"Are you okay?" I quietly questioned him when the group started to follow Gally to God knows where.

"Yeah, I am great, why?" His eyes were casted before him, never connecting with mine.

"You just look a little bit sick, that is all."

Newt hummed at my reaction. I went to ask further questions on how he was feeling, what he has, but I felt his fingers softly against mine. He grasped my hand in his and squeezed three times.

I smiled at that and my questions flew from my mind.

But they quickly returned, only new and fresh. Not so fresh as the person sitting on a chair before me.

The guy stood up from his chair and walked up towards a rose that has fallen from a table. He smelled it, only for me - and obviously the group - to notice that he didn't have a nose.

But it is great to see some green in this world. The plants scattered on the table were a vibrant green and look full of life. I couldn't say the same about the guy before us.

"This is Thomas." Gally nodded his head towards Thomas and the guy without a nose started to walk towards us into the shimmering lights. "This is Lawrence, he is in charge here."

I am happy that I haven't eaten this afternoon as I was disgusted by what I saw. His nose gone, but deep blue veins were seen all over his face. His one eye has a white glow to it, making me notice that he is blind in that eye.

At the end of the veins, it looked like something was growing out of his skin. I honestly don't even want to know what that is.

"What do you want Thomas?" The guy said, his voice coarse and rough.

"I want to get inside the walls of WCKD."

Lawrence hummed and turned to look at us.

"Well, Well, Well Thomas." Lawrence began. "That is something really big."

He started to walk towards us and it made me more and more uncomfortable.

"One thing you should know." His head now inches away from Thomas. "I am a businessman."

I rolled my eyes at his sentence. I almost said, 'I am a trained assassin, but I won't kill you now – at least not now, maybe another time'.

"WCKD has something we both need." Thomas nodded his head towards the iron pole he was holding on to. A blue liquid was placed on it with a plastic bag around it, which meant only one thing. A cure that will only last for so long. It was almost empty, which meant he was hopeless.

Thomas can be observant.

"You can take one person with you, the rest stays here." He placed his hand before Thomas. "Do we have a deal."

Thomas looked back and his eyes connected with Newt. I knew he would take Newt with him, but he was sick. I moved a little bit, making Thomas look at me and I raised my eyebrows at him.

"I can take two people." Thomas nodded his head towards me. "She will slaughter everyone in here if I separate those two."

Lawrence looked at Gally in confusion. Gally nodded at him to confirm I would and sort of already did. Honest mistake in their defence. I even set a smirk on my lips so if Lawrence took another glance at me, he would know.

"Deal."