Flicker ~ newt

2. That bloody box.

Newt
I sit in the garden watching a bee suck the nectar out of a close by flower.
Today was intense.
I woke up with the sun got dressed and went out to do gardening like every day for a year.
A knew greenie was coming up today but imagine all of our surprise when those doors open and a girl was in the corner of the box.

A skinny girl with so much fear in her eyes it made my heart ache for her.

As I jumped down I could see cuts and bruises on her fists and hands.
She is a fighter.
The girl in question is now walking around with chuck our youngest glader.

"A maze? Did you just say maze?" I overhear turning my head quickly.

Shit.

"Uh no what maze I didn't say maze..." he splutters to try and defend himself

"Yes you did!" She stands only a meter or two away from me her hands on her hips looking at chuck stubbornly.
I get to my feet deciding to save him.

"Hey greenie." I say as casually as I can but she rounds on me.

"This is a maze isn't it?" I bite the inside of my cheek but I'm not gonna lie to her.

"Yes." I say flatly "has anyone showed you your room yet?" She shakes her head i think she is going to ask something but I don't give her time gesturing for her to follow me I start walking to the homestead.

"Blondie wait!" She calls back I turn mostly because of the nickname the called me I see her trying to catch up to me but she is holding her hip like it hurts.

"Are you okay?" I turn to her my protectiveness showing I place my hand on her arm holding her up as she looks at me.

"I think the people who put us here did bad things to me..." the words made my heart sink to my stomach.

"Why didn't you say anything?" I ask putting my other hand on her other arm. I feel her lean into my touch resting some of her weight on me.

"I don't know I was scared and I guess the adrenaline has warn of..." her voice is small and pained like she was hiding to so well that once I noticed it all of her facade came down.

"Would it be alright if you showed me?" I ask gently. She looked into my eyes, she was breathing fast her bottom lip quivering.
She nodded once simply and I took her hand walking into the homestead.

I've been waiting outside her room for at least ten minutes before I heard the first sob.
I showed her to her room and told her that I wanted to see want they did to her and when she was ready I would come in and look. I initially suggested we go to med-jacks for him to look but the panic in her eyes told me the last thing she wanted was for a medic to look at it.

"Greenie?" I call through the door as her sobs become louder. She doesn't say anything back so I open the door and step through closing it behind me.

I gasp my heart shattering into one million pieces she sat in the floor her legs bare. Up her legs on her thighs on her hips all the way down to her feet. Scars new one's old ones cuts and bruises.
On the outside of her leg was a row of scarred holes all the way up her leg on the inside there were patches of flesh missing like the people had taken skin samples from her. She looked up at me tears flowing down her face. She pulled up her shirt revealing her upper hip and I kneel to the ground beside her trying to confront her from the sight in front of me. In her upper hip there was, written into her skin with a knife two letters Z2. It was fresh like it had been cut into her just before she was sent up in the box.
She pulled her shirt down again covering it.

"I-I'm so sorry.." I say lamely not knowing what else to say.

"I remember." She said two words those two words made my heart skip a beat.

"What do you remember?" I ask my hand on her shoulder.

"My name..." I breathe out a sigh "and yours... names flashing in my head... Ava. Thomas. Milly. Newt. Flair. Teresa. James. Cranks. Jansen..."

what the shuck is going on right now?

"Do you remember anything else?"

"No just flashing names in my mind. No context just the names..." I look at her without knowing why I pull her body to mind wrapping my arm around her she instantly berries her head into my chest her hands going around my waist holding me tightly.
I am not one to do physical contact but there is something about her. Like a magnet.
We have only ever talked twice and one time was pretty one sided as I tried to help her out of a panic attack. But I felt like I had knew her. like she knew me... there was something so familiar out this girl but I just couldn't put my finger on it.
She sniffles once taking her arms from around my waist moving away from the hug.
She gets to her feet pulling on her jeans I sit there staring at the floor.

I have no shucking idea what just came over me...

"Please don't tell the others..." she was looking at me already when I met her gaze I simply nodded standing and starting walking out of the room. I pause as I'm about to walk out of the door.

"What's your name?" I ask her eyes are so green reflecting the soft light of the afternoon. Around her eyes was red from crying her nose pink she looked at me with a look between sadness confusion pain and... something else.

"Elaine." She said eyes never breaking contact with mine.

"Hey Elaine it's nice to re-meat you I'm newt." I say simply smiling to myself and walking out of the room.

Hey my lovely's
Woohoo! We did it! Another chapter down! I love the relationship that they already are starting.

It's like they are connected somehow? Foreshadowing?
Any way I hope you guys liked this chapter xxx