You're not Him

The Calm After the Storm

Newt watched as Thomas slept as they flew away from the burning city. After a while, Minho came to Newt.

"He'll be ok. It's Thomas. He's stubborn." Minho said, making Newt softly smile.

"Thanks, Min." Newt said.

Minho turned to see Aris and hugged him.

"So glad that you are ok." Minho said.

"You too." Aris said. He then hugged Newt.

"It's great to see you,"Newt said.

"Gally?" Minho asked, making Newt look at Gally.

"Minho. Newt." Gally said.

"How are you alive?"

"The people who basically turned the last city into fire, they took me in, fixed me up and I was living with them until they found me." Gally said. Newt then hugged Gally, making the other freeze,

"I don't know if you'll believe me, but I missed you." Gally softly smiled and hugged back.

"Sorry for throwing a spear into you." Minho said, making Gally softly laugh.

"Nobody's perfect, man." That made Minho smile, the first smile since 6 months. Jorge came over to the two. He hugged Minho.

"Missed you, hermano." Jorge said. Minho hugged back and Jorge went to Newt."Thomas is strong. He'll be ok." Vince came to him.

"Glad you're safe, kid. Now, let's look at these wounds." Newt nodded and followed Vince.

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Newt was sitting in the med hut, holding Thomas's hand. Thomas was still unconscious but was breathing and Newt took that as a good sign. Teresa was checking up on him.

"Do you know where he's going to wake up?" Newt asked. Teresa shrugged.

"I wish I knew. Hopefully this next week." Teresa said. Newt nodded and Teresa gathered everything and started to walk out.

"Hey." Newt said, making Teresa stop and look at him."I forgive you." Teresa's eyes went wide.

"Why?"

"You were tying to do the right thing. And then you helped us at the end. You deserve a second chance." Teresa softly smiled.

"Thanks Newt." Teresa then left.

A few hours later, Newt heard a knock and he looked over and saw Sonya standing in the doorway, holding a plate full of food.

"Mind if I join you? I brought you food." Sonya asked. Newt shook his head and Sonya sat down on the other chair."How are you doing?"

"I've been better." Newt said."Just relieved." Sonya smiled.

"Yeah. We are free." They sat in silence for a bit."I wanted to tell you something." Newt turned to her."Back at Wicked, some of my memories came back. They were about when we were little kids. I remembered my real name and that I had a brother. He refused to call me by the name that WCKD gave me, he always called me..."

"Lizzy." Newt softly said, making Sonya look at him."I didn't want to forget your name."

"You remember?" Newt shrugged.

"A little bit. Janson said something about my sister." Newt then removed his hand from Thomas's to grab hers. "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." Sonya softly smiled at him, tears running down her cheeks.

"You did everything you could've." The two siblings hugged for the first time in years."Plus, we are now safe, with friends and we found each other." Sonya pulled away and looked at her brother."We have plenty of time to catch up." Newt nodded, smiling at his sister."Now, as your sister, I'm telling you to eat cause I bet Thomas would be mad that you weren't taking care of yourself." Newt smiled even more and grabbed the plate."And make sure you get some rest." Sonya then left the hut and Newt turned to Thomas.

"I can't wait for you to wake up." Newt told Thomas, kissing his cheek.

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Thomas woke up to waves crashing. He then heard soft humming and a hand running through his hair. He sighed, leaning into it and opened his eyes. He saw Newt sitting down next to him.

"Hey Tommy. You gave us quite a scare." Newt softly said. Thomas slowly sat up, wincing in pain.

"Where are we?" Newt smiled, helping the boy up.

"At the Safe Haven. Away from Wicked." Thomas sighed. They were safe. Wicked was gone. His dad was gone.

"How long was I out?"

"A little more than a week." He then got a good look at Newt. The bruise on his cheek was faint and Thomas went to cup Newt's cheek. Newt winced softly in pain.

"Sorry." Thomas softly said. Newt just shook his head.

"It's ok. Just a little bit tender there." Thomas softly nodded and looked at Newt's leg.

"How's your leg?" Newt shrugged.

"Not amazing but not horrible. Just not walking a lot right now." Thomas nodded and then looked at the blonds arm and saw the scar. He gently grabbed the boy's arm. "Oh yeah. Jorge said he could cover it with a tattoo or something. I'm not too jazzed about that idea, with needles and all that."

"I'm sorry." Thomas said. "I'm sorry he did this to you."

"Tommy, it is not your fault. I chose not to tell him." Thomas softly nodded.Thomas closed the gap and kissed the blonde. Newt softly wrapped his arms around Thomas's neck and kissed him back. They stopped and they just looked at each other. "I'm so glad that you are awake." Thomas stared at the boy he loved.

"Me too." Newt smiled even more.

"Let's take a look at our home." Newt smiled, grabbing his hand. The two boys walked hand in hand to see their home. Thomas saw tents and hammocks set up. He looked over and saw his friends laughing, talking to each other. Minho then looked over and smiled. The others turned and saw Thomas and smiled even more. Minho and Frypan ran and hugged Thomas. Thomas hugged back. Others came to hug Thomas. That night, they had a bonfire and carved names into the stone. They gathered around the fire.

"Do you guys know each other?" Minho asked, looking at Aris and Gallys joined hands.

"They were a thing before the maze." Brenda said, smiling.

"What?" Thomas asked.

"Yeah." Gally said, looking at Aris, who smiled at him."After the maze, I remembered a lot of things. I remembered him. Never thought I would see him again. But, he came back into my life."

"Aw." Aris softly said, kissing the boy's cheek.

"Great. Not only I have to deal with Newt and Thomas, now I have to deal with these two." Minho groaned. The group laughed at Minho. They told stories as others started to head to bed.

"To the ones we lost." Frypan said, holding his cup up. Others followed him.

"To the ones we've found." Sonya said, looking at her brother.

"To our new lives." Newt said. They all cheered, and Thomas just looked at his friends. They were all smiling and Thomas smiled with them. He noticed how relaxed and carefree his friends were. They were free. Thomas was free. He was grateful that they chose to know Thomas as himself and not as Janson's son. They made him realize that he's not him. They went through many trials together and they were going to make new memories. Together.

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Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I loved writing this. Please go check out my new fic, Boy and the Beast and I'll be starting a TW/TMR fic soon.