Runner Runner (Newt)

fight me or love me

We all piled into a blue truck with horns on the front. Jorge drove as Newt, Luna and I shared the front with him. Everyone else was in the back. We all talked. Newt and I whispered having a private conversation as Luna was asleep.

"You've changed." I look up at him.

"Good or bad?" He didn't take his eyes off the road.

"I'm not sure. I don't like it. Your not the sweet Newt I fell in love with." I sighed.

"What are you saying?" His eyes cut down to me.

"What happened when I was separated from you?"

"I looked every second of the day for you. I thought you were dead."

"Well I'm not dead." I said getting irritated looking down at my feet.

"Could have. Last time I saw you the building came crumbling down while you were in it. Jorge took us to Marcus and warned us not to be around him. Minho went on a run for supplies saying he saw you guys walking in talking to Marcus. Luna took off running. I ran right after her and found Luna crying over you who was unconscious on the floor. I beat the hell out of Marcus." He shrugged his shoulders.

"What happened to you? You're not you anymore." My eyes started to tear up.

"Maybe someone has to be strong for us. The leader of this group. The "Father" of this "family". Someone has to be strong for us."

"Is that what you think? That you can't show your feeling anymore? Maybe I need emotional support and you can't give me that. Maybe I need to see someone else cry because the only person that I have seen cry is myself. I want Newt back. My Newt that saved me. My Newt from the glade. " I look him in the eyes. He saw the tears falling but didn't do anything.

"Ember." He started.

"No. Don't Ember me. I don't want this hard as a rock unemotional bullshit. Jorge stop the car."

We stopped out in the middle of no where. I pickup a sleeping Luna, climbing over top of Newt's lap and unlocking the door to get out. I open the back seat door look over at Minho.

"Switch with me, please." Luna slid down me so I boosted her up with my hip.

"You okay fiery girl?" He hugs me.

"Peachy." I hug back then climb in the truck, placing Luna in my lap as she curls up into me. We start back in the road again. Am I over reacting?

"Your such an asshole." Minho whispered.

"I know." Was all Newt said. After a while the car slow down to a stop. I looked up and saw everyone getting out.

"Luna honey time to get up." I wake her up softly.

"Are we there yet?" She yawned.

"Almost." I help her out of the truck and stood next to Aris.

"Well. I guess we're on foot." Jorge said as we walk past the cars I glanced at Newt a couple of times to see if he would notice my tear stained face. Luna held my hand touching each car that we walked by.

"You alright?" Thomas asked.

"I'm fine." I smiled.

"No you're not." He mumbled then gun shots rang out. Luna yelped as I picked her up. Thomas guided us against a car Jorge was next to me.

"Get down! Take cover!" Everyone yelled.

"Mommy." Luna looks up at me. I wrap her around my waist as she holds on to my neck.

"You ok sweetheart?" Thomas asked her.

"Yes. What was that?" She asked.

"I don't know." He mumbled.

"Is everyone okay out there?" Thomas asked.

"We're fine." Teresa responded.

"Anyone knows where the bloody shots came from? Ember, Luna you ok?" Newt asked. Thomas looks at me.

"They are fine." He replied for me. I nod my head thanking him.

"That son of a bitch, Marcus. He led us into an ambush." Jorge curse under his breath. Thomas gets up to see where the shots were fired from.

"Get down you idiot." I pull him as a bullet hits our car.

"What do we do?" He asked Jorge.

"Here, hold this." He hands Thomas a solid wired thing.

"We got to create a diversion. You get ready to chuck it. Everybody! Get set to sprint back to the truck. And hold your ears." I nod my head.

"Did you hear him?" I look at Luna. She nodded her head and covered her ears. I hold tight to her as we get ready to run.

"Ready, one. Two and."

"Drop it." Two girls stand behind us with cloth that covered half their faces. They held their guns at us.

"Now!" Thomas drops what he had.

"I said, drop it! On you feet. Let's go. Let's go! Move." She shoves the gun at Luna.

"Shoot. I dare you. I will take that gun and shove it right up your ass. Heartless bitch. You put a gun in a child's face?" I stood up as I put Luna down. She hid behind me.

"Easy." Jorge yelled.

"Ember!" Newt said.

"Newt!" Luna runs over to him as he picks her up.

"Watch your mouth. You 2, over here now! Come on, let's go! On your feet! Do not be stupid, Move! Slowly." Everyone stood up and gather up.

"Aris?" The girl asked. I turned toward Aris. She takes her mask off.

"Oh my god. Harriet?" Aris walks toward the girl.

"What the hell are you doing here?" She hugs him. The blond took her mask off.

"Sonya." He hugs the blond.

"Aris, you're lucky we didn't shoot your dumb ass." The blonde responded.

"Uh. What's happening?" Minho asked.

"We were in the Maze together." Aris exclaimed.

"We're clear, guys! Come on out!" We look around. People on top of the mountains started to shout 'clear' walked around. So many hiding spots.

"My god, you're alive." The blond, I guess is named Sonya said.