BROKEN HEART - the maze runner

02

The next day I tried again on an empty street, this time the threat was not the WCKD plane that was constantly crossing the sky above my head, but also the Choppers that were getting closer since last night and came out of the darkness and I started to control the area, I had to hide from them . I looked at these huge machines, often suffering physically, several times I leaned on a protruding hair, I tripped over a stone, it irritated me

Stepping out from under the car as the last Cranks disappeared around the bend, I put my hands on my hips and groaned miserably, I was dirty and tired and hungry, and I was already hungry, but there was nothing left to do but shake off my clothes and go down to the sunken galleries where from I was going to at first, I really hoped that I would find something in this abandoned pharmacy. I had to find something for Danny

And it's all because of that gang that escaped from the fat clutches of Paige and her sgari. Because of them, I suffered too!

-For Danny-I repeated quietly

I carefully slid down the mountain of sand and gravel. I took off my hood and pushed the scarf down my nose, looking around. Darkness everywhere and not a soul in sight. Still unsure, I took the flashlight out of my backpack and ran the beam of light around the area, finding nothing of interest.

-It's clean- I said. -Okay, the pharmacy was...

I fell silent when something other than me responded. A vague and disgusting gurgling sound. It bounced off the walls and hit my heart, which was petrified with fear. I immediately turned off my flashlight and scanned the area for a hiding place. The sound of blood in his ears mixed with uneven footsteps. They were close.

At the last moment, I jumped under the part of the ceiling sticking out of the sand, when a man came out from the end of the corridor. Half of his face was covered in blisters, but the other half... that one had no blisters at all. I could barely resist the urge to vomit. The creature staggered closer to the edge, where the light from outside met the darkness of the gallery. He looked at the exit for a long time and was silent

-O-oh...=he sighed. - No, no, no... They surrendered! - he burst into hysterical laughter, then fell silent again for a long moment. - It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity... One of them had such a beautiful face... - he grabbed the hanging piece of skin on half of his face. - And where is my face?... I have to... I have to look for it...

He turned and walked back in the direction he came from. I followed him with my eyes until he disappeared around the corner of the hall. I waited a few more moments hidden until the silence convinced me and assured me that that was all I could hear there. Only then did I allow myself to inhale louder.

Suddenly something caught my attention. Out of curiosity, I reached for a lit piece of cloth and turned it over in my fingers. It smelled intensely of burning. The incomplete KD inscription shone through with a silver thread at its edge. The rest of the letters must have been burned in the fire. I looked again at the remains of the fire, where I found the material. There was a small stain of blood next to it, already clotted.

-They were here...And they were injured

I lowered my head sadly. I placed a piece of fabric against my chest and squeezed it tightly in my fists. She didn't give them a chance to survive. I didn't know them, but tears came to my eyes because of their unfair fate. They were just teenage children and all they wanted was freedom.

I sniffed and wiped my wet eyes with my sleeve. I threw the material into my backpack so I could show it to Danny later, and then discreetly peeked out from behind my hiding place. The area is clean. Time to sum up. Due to this sad news, I completely lost the desire to continue looking for a pharmacy. Besides, there might be more hideous creatures hidden deep in the gallery that I didn't want to meet, much less face to face. Danny had to endure it. I planned to go back there the next day.