Trenda~Aftermath

Chapter 1: The Cliff

This story picks up at the cliff with Brenda and Thomas

Brenda POV
We sit there for a long time just staring at the stars; trying to forget. But how can we forget? How can he forget? How can we forget our friends deaths? We can't. We have to move on, endure the pain. But its hard to build yourself back up after you've been broken...

"Thomas, I'm sorry" is all I can say. I see his head turn towards me, his brown eyes reflecting the stars. "Don't be sorry, we couldn't do anything..." He says lowering his head. I see his hands begin to tremble, "thomas-", before I can finish his hands are wrapped around mine. "I'm sorry, they just won't stop shaking", he says over choked words. I don't say anything, I just brush my thumb over the top of his hand.

We stay like this for a long time, in fact we eventually just fell backwards into a deep sleep.

I am back at the maze. We are all running, hundreds of us. I yell to Thomas "I can't find her!!". He is pushing me now through the flat trans. I am screaming, "Thomas no! Not without her! Not without you!". Its too late, I'm in the dark now. I hear Thomas scream and something fall onto the ground followed by another scream; a girl. "Teresa!" I scream trying to claw my way back up. "TERESA NO!" I feel hot tears fall down my cheeks. And then the ceiling collapses around me. I can't breathe. Its black. I wish I was dead. It should have been me....it should have been me...

"Brenda!"....."BRENDA!". I sit up gasping for breath. Its Thomas. I feel my face and touch the wet tears left on my face. "Are you okay?!", Thomas asks putting his hand to my cheek. I open my eyes wider to see Minho standing behind Thomas. "I'm-im sorry, it was nothing..". I quickly get to my feet and brush myself off. "Brenda...that wasn't nothing" Minho states crossing his arms. "You can tell us Brenda" Thomas says touching my arm. I jerk back and immediately feel guilty, they are just trying to help. "It was nothing" I quickly wipe the tears from my cheeks. "Let's get to work" I say pushing the dream away.

Thomas POV
"Okay let's find a source of water; priority #1" Minho states. Brenda grabs a stick and starts drawing what she knows so far. She outlines the cliff and opening we are all sleeping in. "I'll take east" Brenda says circiling her region. "Then I'll take west", Minho says while brenda circles his region. "This isn't safe" I blurt out. Everyone stares at me; "what do you mean not safe?" A glaring Minho says. "I mean we shouldn't be alone in a new environment" I whisper rubbing the back of my neck. "Fine, we will all go east" Minho states kicking over the drawing. I see Brenda smile at me and I can't help but smile back. "Well?? Let's go!" Minho yells already walking east.

Brenda POV
We start walking east and it is pretty open. Every once an a while we will see a tree or bush. I look around and see a person in the distance. I stop walking and Minho and Thomas follow. I look closer and it is a girl. She has black hair and is running now, running toward us. I know this person...it Teresa. I listen carefully and I can hear her yelling "Brenda killed me!! She couldn't save me! She killed me!!!". I feel sick and begin to run away. She is following me, she is chasing me. I check behind me to see how far back she is but instead she tackles me to the ground. She pins my legs down and holds my arms down. She puts her knees on top of my arms to hold them down as she wraps her hands around my neck. I struggle to breath, gasping for breath. "Teresa-" I gasp out, "I'm- sorry" I wimper. I see my vision get foggy and black spots appear. The pain becomese unbearable and then-its gone.
"BRENDA! SNAP OUT OF IT!" I hear Thomas yell. I gasp for breath as I try to sit up but realize Thomas is pinning me down. "Get off of me!" I scream. He loosens his grip and gets up. "What the hell?!" I scream. "What the hell? You tried to attack us!" Minho yells. I feel my legs go weak and I slump to my knees. I bury my face in my hands and take deep breaths. "Brenda...you are not okay" Thomas says brushing hair behind my ear. "I KNOW IM NOT OKAY!" I scream tears falling down my face. I begin to have a hard time breathing and can't find air. I begin to gasp fir air when I feel Thomas's hand grip mine. I slowly look up and regain my breathing. "Calm down, you're safe" he says in a calm tone. I take deep breathes and slowly begin to breath normally.

After about 7 minutes of this I finally am calm. I throw my arms around Thomas's neck and I stay there for what seems like a long time. "You need to tell us Brenda" Minho says as calm as possible. I release my grip around Thomas and stand up. "I-i am having hallucinations and nightmares..." I whisper. I see Thomas and Minho's face's fall and I close my eyes. "About Teresa?.." Thomas asks looking at the ground. I nod my head, "I should have been there...it should have been me.." I say in an angry sob. "It is not your fault! Don't you dare think that!" Thomas says lifting her chin up to see his eyes. "Nothing you did caused her death" Minho says moving closer. "But I should have tried!" I yell. "Nothing would have worked" Thomas says. I feel a tear roll down my cheek.

"Let's head back, it's been a long day" Minho says heading back to camp. "Wait!" I yell. "What now?" Minho says. "Do you hear that?" I whisper listening to the small trickle of water. "Water" I whisper, "we found it".

Hope this was a good first chapter! A little PTSD for Brenda. Now I know Brenda and Teresa weren't that close but I thought it would be cool if Brenda really cared for her and blamed herself for Teresa. But idk