Marooned | Maze Runner | Minho

64. 𝒮𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓅 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝒞𝓊𝓉 𝒟𝑒𝑒𝓅.

The weeks passed swiftly. Viya kept up with her tasks, she went out with the team to scavenge for supplies, patrol the streets, gather intel from across town, in truth she hadn't even noticed the days rolling by.

Lawrence had periodically given her updates about how the mission was going, he seemed to have some respect for her, whether it was because of the mission she completed or the things she'd been through, she didn't know. Either way, she didn't mind. She liked Lawrence. Despite his looks, Lawrence seemed to radiate warm, welcoming energy. Not to say he couldn't be threatening, he was almost like a dog, friendly and kind, yet with the ability to become shockingly violent.

It hurt Viya when she'd see him succumbing to the effects of the flare, no matter how much Bliss he took, eventually he'd become yet another victim to the flare. She tried not to think about it much, but every time she looked at him it was a cruel reminder of his fate.
Somehow, it didn't seem to affect Lawrence, maybe he had already accepted his fate, or maybe he was too high on Bliss to acknowledge it.

Viya walked into Lawrence's office as she did everything other morning. Gally and Kade both followed behind her. Gally always attended the meetings, but for some odd reason Kade insisted on coming with her.

"Morning." Viya greeted as she took a seat in front of the desk.

"Ah good morning." Lawrence said.

Gally took a seat beside Viya, while Kade stood behind Viya in a semi threatening manner.

"I have a er question, for you two." Lawrence began. "As you know, we've been slowly gaining intel about WCKD and how the headquarters operates...and we've come across a significant...person." Lawrence looked around awkwardly, "And I have a reason to believe you two have a connection to her."
Gally tilted his head to the side, "Who?"
Lawrence slid a photograph across the table towards the three teens. Viya leaned forwards, her mouth dropped open when she saw who it was.

"Teresa?" She muttered.

"So you do know her?"
"She was in the maze with us, but why is she–" Gally said.

"She's the one who betrayed us." Viya interrupted, "In the Scorch. She's the one who revealed our location to WCKD."

"And that's why she's working for WCKD then." Lawrence concluded. "Do you have any information on her?"

Viya paused, what did she know about the girl.

"She had a thing for this other boy in the maze, she always seemed to act...off, never trusted her myself." Gally crossed his arms.

"I don't know much about her, she always seemed nice, but I never talked with her much." Viya shrugged.

Lawrence sighed, "It's fine, I can't blame you two. Very well then, I'll let you get back to work."

Gally gave a slight nod as he sat up and walked out of the room.

"Before I go," Viya said suddenly, "You didn't happen to notice any other maze-kids in the facility, did you?" She asked.

"I suppose there were a few others, could you elaborate?" Lawrence asked.

"...His name's Minho, he's fairly tall, dark hair, muscular...we were in the same maze."

Kade glanced at Viya, his eyes narrowing.

Lawrence thought for a moment, "I'm sorry, I don't recall hearing about anyone like that, I'm sorry."
"Oh it's fine, don't worry about it." Viya said as she stood up.

She exited the room swiftly, Kade followed close behind her.

Once they turned the corner, Kade stopped Viya, "Who's Minho?" He asked.

"Like I said, he was a friend I was with in the maze."

"That's not how you talk about a friend." Kade said aggressively.

"What do you mean?" Viya asked, her voice itching with irritation.

"You know exactly what I mean."
"I literally do not."

"You talk about him so eagerly!" Kade shouted.

"What's your problem, ay?" Viya got up in Kade's face while she shouted.

"My problem? You only surround yourself with guys!"
"You're really that insecure you can't handle that? I was trapped in a maze with only guys for three fucking years!"

Kade rolled his eyes, "You hang out with Gally more than me, it's like you don't even like me!"
"Cause I don't!" Viya blurted.

"What?" Kade stuttered.

Viya stayed silent.

"You don't like me?"
Viya shook her head sheepishly.

"But..."
Viya opened her mouth, but no words came out. She watched helplessly as Kade walked away, he didn't bother to say another word to her.

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Two boys sat on the shore. Waves crashed onto the rocky shoreline, their anger creating booms of fury. The blond rested his head on the brunette shoulder, his hair blew in the wind.

They had failed.

That was the only way to put it.

They had tried to save Minho. They had tried so hard. Yet they still somehow failed in the end.

"How did we manage to fail..." Newt muttered, "It's so pathetic, I was just beginning to fantasize about saving him and running away to Vince's mystical oasis of happiness or whatever."
Nash stayed silent.

"We were so close to him, so close. I was right next to him and I still failed." Newt said bitterly, "He was counting on me, all I had to do was cut the right fucking cart and I couldn't even do that."
"Hey," Nash grabbed Newt's face, forcing the boy to look at him, "It's not your fault. We did the mission as a team, so we fail as a team."
Newt buried his face in his palms, "I don't know how we failed," He said weakly.

A wave of guilt rushed over Nash as he looked at his crying partner.

"You're not the only one who feels it, look around, everyone feels just as guilty, just as hopeless. But I'll tell you this, we will get him back, you hear me? If I have to personally march into WCKDs headquarters to do it, I would, for you." Nash said, "Say the word and I will march my pretty butt right up to their doorstep and forcefully take Minho."
Newt smiled sheepishly at Nash, "I can't ask you to do that.."
"Too late, I've made up my mind, I'm going." Nash faked standing up, but Newt grabbed his arm and forced him to sit down.

"I won't let WCKD keep him, alright? You can count on me." Nash assured.

Newt leaned his head back on Newt's shoulder, staring off into the endless waters.

An hour passed before the couple was interrupted by none other than their favourite cook, unfortunately his news wasn't happy.

"Thomas is planning to go rescue Minho by himself." Frypan said.

"What?" Nash questioned.

"I overheard him talking to himself, he's planning on stealing a car and driving to the last city to rescue Minho all alone."

"Why would he do that?" Newt asked urgently.

"I have no clue, all I know is we either have to stop him or go with him, I'm with whatever you guys choose to do."
Nash looked towards Newt, "Well?"

"You said you wanted to go." Newt said quietly before turning back to Fry, "Let's do this."