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VERONICA'S POV
WE stopped for a little break. Helicopters and police cars were all over the city. "Well, they're definitely pissed." Gally broke the silence. "How far are the tunnels?" I questioned. "Uh, maybe twelve blocks from here." Newt's unwell coughing instantly grabbed my attention. "We can make it." Gally assured me. I was worried. I was scared. We can't lose Newt now. I can't lose him. We have Minho back and he's alright. I need to do whatever it takes to get Newt's serum.
"Hey. How long has he been like this?" Minho came to us. "He'll be okay. We just gotta get to Brenda. She's got the serum." I removed my jacket and went to Newt, helping him to stand up. "Hey, Newt! Come on, bud. We gotta get you up. Let's go." Newt stood on his legs, barely keeping balance. "Whoa, whoa! Hey. It's okay." I helped him stand on his legs. His eyes met mine. Our faces were inches away. He warmly just smiled at me. "Thank you." Even though the virus was slowly killing him, he still had that loving look in his eyes.
I felt something in my stomach. Veronica, right now it's not the time to feel things in your stomach.
Was I falling in love with Newt? I mean, we have always been good friends since the day I came in the box, but falling in love? It's true that I always felt comfortable around him, that he always made me feel happy, when I saw sad. And when I wanted to get them out of the maze, he was the first person to fully trust my dumb ass.
Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God! I AM IN LOVE WITH NEWT!
"Rony! You alright?" I snapped back out my trance. "Yeah, I'm good."
"What were you thinking about?" Newt's eyes were still on mine. His majestic eyes. I could stare at them forever. "Nothing important." I shot a small smile at him. "Guys, we gotta go." I heard Thomas' voice from distance. We really have to go and get to Brenda.
Thomas and Minho helped Newt walk and we were all following Gally. A loud bang caught our attention. The entrance of the walls was bombed and on fire. "We're supposed to take down WICKED, not the whole damn city." Gally was clearly disappointed. "Gally, come on." I rushed the boy, who was still staring at the walls.
We hid from the police that was all over the city. Everything went quiet. Too quiet. "What are they waiting for?" Minho's question was answered by a loud explosion, that was so close to us. "Get down! Get down!" Thomas yelled, when Lawrence's people came and started shooting at WICKED's guards. We got away from the scene as fast as possible. This whole fight was definitely slowing us down.
We hid once again from all the explosions and the fire. Thomas was talking with Brenda through his walkie talkie and me and Minho were by Newt's side. He was clearly not good. The veins on his neck were black and he was breathing heavily. "Hey, Newt. Hey, it's okay. Just hang out a little longer, okay?" I tried calming him down. It was clearly not working. He just looked at me with his almost lifeless eyes. The thought of losing him made my eyes fill with tears. No, Veronica. You can't cry right now. You need to stay strong for Newt.
We started walking again. We were slow. Way too slow. "Newt, we're almost there." Gally said. "Just leave me." Newt's words felt like my heart was being stabbed a million times. A burning car flied right in front of us, causing us to stop. We hid from all the fire and shooting. A loud engine humming was heard and we spotted a Berg, flying on top of us. "Okay, that's them. It's them. We gotta go. We gotta go." Thomas pulled Newt's arm. "Go without me." Newt answered, hesitating to get up. He was coughing uncontrollably, black liquid streaming down his chin.
He was heavily breathing. Think, Veronica. THINK! "Minho, Thomas. You gotta run ahead, grab the serum, and get back to us as soon as you can." I breathed out. "Just go." I looked at Minho and Thomas, the same worried tone in my voice. "She's right. I can cover." Gally agreed. Newt grabbed Thomas' and Minho's hands. "Thank you. Thank you, guys." He was barely speaking.
"Hey, you just hang on. You hear me?" Minho was scared. He couldn't even imagine his life without Newt. "Everything's gonna be fine, buddy." Thomas just lightly patted Newt's shoulder. Thomas and Minho quickly followed after Gally. "Go, guys, go." Gally yelled, covering for them from all the angry people, that were fighting WICKED.
I was looking around for a clear path. There was no way I'm sitting here, doing nothing. We had to try to move. I looked at Newt. He was looking somewhere to the side. He was breathing heavily. He looked...angry? The Crank inside of him was definitely showing. I grabbed his shirt, yelling his name. "Newt? Newt? Hey! Hey! Newt! Hey!" I finally caught his attention and he turned to me. "We're gonna try this. Okay? We gotta move, now. Let's get you up, come on. Let's go, come on." I was trying to get him up, but he refused. "No. No, Veronica." He didn't listen to me. He was trying to break his necklace, while I continuously rushed him.
"No, Newt. Later. Later. Really gotta go. Come on." Newt didn't listen to me. He just shoved his necklace right into my face. "Look, you gotta take this. You gotta take it!" He yelled over me. I just went completely silent and grabbed the necklace from his hands. "Please. Please, Rony. Please." Newt begged, hardly holding onto my hand. His facial expression made me completely shatter. He was scared, tired and hopeless.
"All right." I mumbled. Tears were forming into my eyes, but it wasn't the time to cry now. We had to go. "All right. I need you to give me everything you got. You and me, right now. Let's go. You ready? Come on, ready? Here we go. One, two, three." I slowly got him up. He was quite heavy, but that wasn't a problem at the moment. We were walking towards the tunnels, slowly. But still moving.
"We're almost there, Newt. Stay with me, come on." Newt's legs completely gave up. I was basically dragging him at this point. "Newt, no, no. Hey!" He fell on the ground. He was barely breathing. "Come on." I begun dragging him again, but I fell. I was too weak. I should've told Thomas to stay with me.
My thoughts were interrupted by someone speaking on the PA. It was Louis. "Veronica? Can you hear me? I need you to listen to me. I know you have no reason to trust me, but I need you to come back." I was just standing there, listening. "Veronica, you can save Newt. There's still time for him." I turned to Newt, who was lying on the ground, almost lifeless. "There's a reason Brenda isn't sick anymore. It's your blood. Do you understand. She isn't sick, because you cured her. She doesn't have to be the only one. All you have to do is come back. And this will all finally be over. Please. Just come back to me. I know you'll do the right-" Louis' voice disappeared. The power went off. Only two lights right in front of me went on.
I am not listening to this son of a bitch. Brenda has a serum. I am going to them. As I turned around, Newt was already up. But he didn't look like himself. "Newt?" I backed away. He turned to me. His eyes were completely black. He had already changed. Newt was a Crank. "Newt?" I sobbed.
Newt screamed, running towards me. I pushed him and he fell on the ground, but quickly managed to get up. "Newt? Newt, it's me. It's me!" I yelled. This is not good. Not good at all.
