Runner Runner (Newt)

broken city broken dreams

A sudden scream from Thomas awakes me for sleep. I grabbed onto Newts arm and ducking my head into his neck.

"Are they gone." Minho yawns. I give Thomas the death glare. Really? You wanna wake me up for nothing?

"Yeah. We're safe, for now. We should get moving. Let's pack it up. Aris, come on. Fry. Ember. Winston." Everyone starts to get up and pack our things.

"Hey come on love." Newt smiles at me as he reaches for my hand. I yelled in pain as instantly lets go of my hand. I forgot all about my hand. I knew I should have told someone. Everyone knew about Winston's wounds. I didn't think of telling them about mine.

"Ember whats wrong?" Newt kneeled down to my level.

"I'm alright. I just need to wrap my hand up." I sighed.

I reached over for my brown backpack grabbing some bandages. Newt snatch them right out of my hands as he grab my hand and wrapped it up tightly.

"You honestly think you can wrap one hand up using one hand?" He chuckles. After he finishes wrapping my hand he kisses the top of the bandage.

"Come on guys, lets go." Thomas calls for us. We pack up our things and get sorted out. Winston was having some difficulties but he will heal eventually.

We started walking from the direction that we came from but we were definitely not going back into that building. Those creatures were most likely still in there. We climbed up at the top of the rocks. As soon as we got to the top we were in the middle of the city. It was broken down, burnt and a total mess. As if it was a war that caused it. Just too quiet, no life. There was no sound but the rocks crumbling underneath our feet and our heavy breathing. I wonder what happened. Where is everyone? Evacuation or did they all die here is my guess. Did they get burned to death or were they buried alive? Like their hopes and dreams? Their success and failures.

"What the hell happen to this place?" We all examine the landscape.

"I don't know. It doesn't look like anyone's been here in a long time." Newt mumbled.

"I hope the whole world is not like this." Aris wished. After a few seconds of area saying that I heard a buzzing sound in the distance. I stopped where I was. Newt turned around to stare at me.

"Wait." I stopped everyone.

"Whoa, hang on. Stop. Did you hear that?" Thomas stares at us.

"I do. It sounds like one of those things that picked us up at the maze." I whispered.

"Get down! Everybody hide! Hide! Hide! Get in here. In here. In here." Thomas pushed us under a little space from where a piece of the building felt but didn't hit the ground all the way.

Newt gripped on to my thigh as I sat kneeled next to Minho. We waited quietly for the helicopters to pass by us. It was two of the helicopters that carried us to Janson. And there's a bigger flying aircraft. It is pitch black and twice the size of the helicopters.

"They are never going to stop looking for us, are they?" Minho exhaled.

"Until we get to the mountains. We will be safe there. I know it." As soon as they were out of our site we came out of the little crawl space.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw something move through a building. I walked closer to it to look what it was. If it was one of those creatures they would have attacked us by now. It must be a person.

"Ember what are you doing?" Newt walks slowly behind me. Everyone else stands where they were.

"There is something in there." I look through the glass window. It was trashed all over the place but it looked like someone was living there. Supplies and a sleeping bag.