The Trigger (A Newt fanfiction)

Chapter 21

"Let's go!" Minho yells, and we continue running after him. The screams echo, and my ear drums sting with pain.

Newt grabs my hand and I helplessly follow him, Sonya, and Minho down the sewer and closer to the massacre which seems to take place not far from us.

Our feet slosh through the sewers, and I almost trip on a cloth lump, but keep my balance. I filter my mind of the thought of what it really was.

"Help!" a pained voice yells. We all come to a screeching halt, and it's presumably where the person is.

"Turn on a light," Minho grunts, and after the fumbling, a light flickers to life.

On the ground is laying Kelly, clutching her bloodied leg in pain. I kneel down beside her and inspect it. She groans with pain.

"Where the shuck are the others?" Minho asks her.

"They're out already," Kelly mumbles. "Cranks got to me but the others made it out."

"Okay," I say, and begin to help her up. "We need to get out of here. Now."

"And what was that explosion?" Sonya asks.

Kelly grunts as I help her up. "I don't know, but some of us think it's WICKED," she replies.

"Well we need to get out of here," Newt shouts. "Before more bloody Cranks show up."

We all nod, and turn around to go the way we came. Kelly wraps an arm around my neck and we begin walking. The others walk briskly, and I have no choice but to stay far behind since Kelly is injured.

Newt falls back and walks beside me, inspecting the sewers as we walk through. Snarls echo off the sewers. A bead of sweat rolls down my forehead and I quicken my pace. However, I stop this when I hear Kelly's cries of pain.

"Just leave me," she yelps, and then begins falling to the ground.

"No," I breathe, hoisting her back up. "We're getting you out."

I struggle to keep balanced as I try to drag Kelly along. My muscles weaken and I almost lose my grip on her.

Newt steps in and offers to carry Kelly. My energy being sapped, I allow him to do so and continue walking slowly.

Minho and Sonya are way ahead of us, the flashlight bobbing up and down from their hands as they speed walk.

I nearly faint from exhaustion and try to keep up. I begin to notice I'm falling behind Newt, when my legs suddenly give up.

I tumble to the ground with a big slosh. I see Newt turn around and scream my name. He quickly leans Kelly against the sewer and then jogs to my aid.

"Come on," he mumbles, and lifts me to my feet. He then turns his head to yell at Minho, but he and Sonya are gone.

He tries to help me walk, but I grunt and push him away. "Help Kelly," I whisper.

Newt hesitantly nods and before he can even take a step, we notice a dark shadow standing at the end of the sewer.

"Minho!" Newt yells at the figure, his voice weak.

The figure lunges for us, and Newt dodges just before it can get to us. Closer, we can see that it's not Minho, but in fact a beat up Crank. It growls immensely as it stares at us with hungry and wild eyes.