11

Take it Down

Buildings were etched into the skyline around her. The beauty of the actual Earth engulfed her all at once.

Suddenly two arms wrapped around her throwing her flaring body to the ground. They both struggled against one another immediately.

Taking the first chance she got Rose wound back throwing her elbow into his nose. Once free she stumbled backwards as the next came towards her with a Baton in hand. Two more entailed her and immediately she stood in the center of them. The one on her right made the first move going for her legs. So, jumping upwards she twisted grabbing another's punch.

Let it go... A voice inside her pleaded. Snap, let it out.

"No." She spoke aloud as the men slowly regained themselves. "It's what they want." She couldnt give in to this feeling. She didn't want to kill, her hand was being forced. This wasn't her.

Dropping her shoulder Rosanne turned, sucked in her breath, and did the only thing she has always known to do. She ran.

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Newt was pulled towards the helicopter. "No!" He screamed trying to fight his way back into the building. "She's alive! She is still in there!"

As soon as her message was over the screen went black. Then somehow Galley showed up... He had been stung, infected. As he rose a a knife, his throw was aimed directly at Thomas. The Chuck lad though, he stepped in front taking the blade. Immediately for protection, Newt was forced to kill Galley.

When Chuck was asked why he did it, he smiled at them. Then, he repeated Rosanne's words. "Because we're a family."

But here they were now. A group of soldiers showed up supposedly saving them from this place. But Newt, he didn't want to leave. She was in there somewhere alive and fighting to stay that way. He didn't have a choice though, each Glader was pulled away from the scene. They were taken away from Galley, from Chuck, from Rose. They were being forced out. And before Newt could blink, he was being loaded up onto the nearest helicopter.

"No let me go! Let me go!" Newt screamed as they held him down on the chopper floor. Gradually it began to lift and Newt fought back even harder. The two strangers weren't enough to contain him, so instead Thomas knelt next to him.

"Newt, Newt it's over!" His voice was harsh and immediately Newt froze. "You saw the way she looked at us. She thought we were dead! She though she was dead!"

Newt just shook his head. "But we aren't! She isn't! Rosanne is still in there Thomas! Our Rose!"

"We don't know that. She could have been somewhere completely different. But whenever she is they were forcing her hand and she gave us a chance! A chance to get out, a chance to live, a chance for you to live!" The two stared at one another... "We can't just throw that away. We can't just give it all up. If she is still alive, we will find her. No matter how this turns out, we will get her back!"

Slowly Newt's breathing calmed as he stared towards his friends. They were all glaring at him in concern, but they all felt the hurt he expressed. Minho turned his head trying to hide the tear that fell down his cheek. But as soon as he did, his entire body froze. "I'll be dammed, or she'll find us." He knelt calling over his shoulder to his friends da.

"Sir we've got movement on our left." The pilot called back as everyone crowded towards the edge.

Immediately Newt's heart was flooded with hope, there she was. Rose was sprinting across the sand, men in uniforms chasing after her. She was alive, she was actually bloody alive.

"We have to turn around." Thomas looked to the leader.

"We can't take the risk, our objective was to get you out safely. That's just what we did, our job is done."