Solo ◇Thomas◇ II

~03~

Spencer was playing with her dagger as she walked around the camp. After seeing Aris in the med tent she didn't go to find Zach but went for a walk. Now she had been walking for about an hour. 

“Spencer!” She heard Zach call out to her and wave as he ran towards her. 

She put on a fake smile and as she put her dagger away she bent down on one knee so he could run into her arms. When he reached her he ran straight into her arms like she had planned and wrapped his arms around her neck. 

“I missed you!” Zach wrapped his legs around her waist when she stood up holding him in her arms. “I haven't seen you all day!” 

“I missed you too and I'm sorry I've just been occupied with the new kids.” Spencer held him up as she carried on walking. 

“Can we go play football with Tommy?” Zach asks. 

Spencer smiled at the nickname Zach had given her boyfriend. “Of course we can.” 

Newt walked up to two smiling at them both, “Hey little man i need to borrow Spencer away from you.” 

Zach turned his head to look at Newt and pouted, “But we were just about to play football with Tommy.. You can join us!” 

Spencer sent Newt a questioning look wondering what he needed her for when he mouthed ‘meeting’. She nodded and placed Zach on the ground, him still pouting and looking upset. 

“Hey, look, me and Tommy will play with you after the meeting, yeah?” She compromised. 

“Promise?” Zach looked up at her with puppy eyes. 

“Promise.” She held out her pinky with a small smile. 

He wrapped his pinky around her finger and shook her hand up and down twice. Zach gave her a small hug before running off to his small tent. Often he spent the night with Spencer and Thomas in their tent but sometimes he wasn't allowed in because they were busy doing… things. 

Just before the two walked inside, Newt stopped her, “We’re in this together, Minho was my best friend for three years and I know he was important to you.” 

Spencer gave him a real smile, “Thank you Newt.” 

The two fistbumped before walking in, Newt made his way close to Thomas whilst Spencer sat on top of the table in the corner. 

“They're here so can you explain now?” Vince says to Thomas. He didn't seem too happy with him. 

Thomas pointed to a part of the map that was on the table the others were surrounding, “There that's it. It's a few hundred miles. Based on the railways everything that Aris told us that gotta be where they're headed.” Thomas places both palms onto the table glancing around making eye contact with those that were around the table before focusing back on Vince. “That's where they're taking Minho. We take everyone who can fight. Follow the roads where we can. We can make it back within a week.” 

Vince clenches his jaw shaking his head and making eye contact with him, a disbelief look plastered on his face, “A week?” He angrily places a finger on top of the circle leaning forwards towards Thomas, his voice harsh, “It took us six months to get here now. We have over a hundred kids here now.” He motions to the others who were in the room which included Thomas, Newt, Fry, Brenda and Spencer. “We can't just hang out here forever after what we just pulled.” He points back at the map. “You wanna wander off to some random point on the map. You don't even know what's there.” 

Thomas swallowed, opening his mouth to argue when a voice entered the room causing all heads to look towards the doorway. 

“I do.” Jorge’s hands were in the front pockets of his jeans, his feet shuffling closer to them., “It's been a few years but i've been there.” He stops walking when he reaches Thomas. “The last city. That's what Wicked called it. It was their whole base of operations. If that city is still standing, that's the last place you wanna go to Hermano. That's the lion's den.”