One of Us [Maze Runner]

An Early Escape (20)

Alaynah felt a shuffling voice when Aris opened the vent.

"Tommaso, open it." She hissed. "Oh, by the way, this is not a dream. I repeat, this is not a dream."

"Hey." Aris said. "Down here."

Thomas looked down. Alaynah waved at him.

"Follow me." Aris said.

"Can I stay here? Can I help them escape?" Alaynah asked.

"We can't escape today." Arus whispered.

"I'm wanted right now for kicking someone in the balls!" Alaynah furiously whispered back.

"Ohh... okay."

"You guys take take one of my swipe cards. I have two. I stole both of them."

"I don't even want to know what you've been up to." Thomas muttered, while Alaynah got out of the vents, and he got in. Alaynah closed the vent.

"I'll follow up after you guys. I know we didn't get to ... discuss the fact that we are escaping. Also, Teresa has been kept ransom. We'll save her when we meet up. Aris, you show Thomas proof of W.I.C.K.E.D being evil while I wake everyone up to warn them to escape. Then we will meet up here. Here." Alaynah made sure they knew what they were doing.

Thomas and Aris nodded, then went in. Alaynah put her gun on the bed but held it again just in case someone would come in.

"Guys, wake up!" Alaynah whisper-shouted.

Jeff was the first one awake. "Huh?.. Alaynah? What are you doing here?"

"We are escaping." Alaynah said casually.

"Wait, then all that you said was true..."

"Yes." Alaynah answered. "Help me wake the others up, and get them ready to... do stuff. Wait... I'll have to go back." She would have to go back into the vents for Thomas and Aris because Aris had only seen bodies being taken to another room. He didn't know which room W.C.K.D had taken the bodies into, so Alaynah would have to show them that. "Just tell them that Thomas, Aris, and I will be back." She gave her remaining swipe card to Jeff.

***

Thomas' pov.

Thomas and Aris were climbing in the vent for god knows how long.

"What am I doing?" He whispered to himself. "What are we doing?"

Aris just pit a finger on his mouth. "Shh."

"Wait up for me!" Someone whispered. Thomas knew it was Alaynah.

"Okay." He muttered.

"Let me get in front of you guys." She said. She shuffled her way past Thomas, then Aris. They reached another opening to the vent from the roof, and Alaynah opened it.

"Why are we opening it? We only need to see the bodies, I don't want to draw attention to myself." Aris looked at Alaynah. She had a feeling they weren't going to have the best relations.

Alaynah jumped down out of the vent. She landed with a quiet thud.

Thomas and Aris followed suit.

"We need to see ahead of the bodies. We need to see where W.C.K.D take them." Alaynah explained. Aris was about to close the vent door. "Aris, don't clowe the vent door. Thomas, give me they key card."

Thomas passed Alaynah the swipe card, to which Alaynah held and opened the door in front of them.

There was a big blue room with another door in front of it and a window which portrayed very disgusting things contained in glass cylinders filled with liquid.