It Wasn't Real

Chapter 3

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The next few nights, Newt had the strangest dreams. They were never the same, but all were oddly vivid. Anytime he asked Dr. Richardson about them, all he would get was a nervous look and a quick dismissal. He was starting to get tired of the lack of answers. First no one would tell them if they found the cure for the Flare, now this. All he had learned since waking up was that it was all a simulation, his friends were alive including the girls who were apparently in a different building, and that he isn't and had never been a Crank. After probably the hundredth time of being left in the dark, he was done. He needed to talk to Tommy about getting some answers.

"Tommy. Can I speak with you real quick?" Thomas nodded and followed him into the vacant room that Newt and Alby had their talk.

"I'm sick of everyone avoiding our bloody questions, and I'm sure you are too. Something's fishy, and I want to know what."

Thomas nodded. "So, what do you think we should do?" He asked.

Newt smirked. "Well, while a guard was distracted, I snatched this." He held up a small flat device.

"What is that?" Thomas asked.

"It's basically their keys, but here is the best part." Newt pushed a small button at the bottom of the device. A screen lit up blue with a map of the facility.

"Wow." Thomas breathed. "That's amazing."

"This is their information room." Newt said. "I made a sketch of the best route." He pressed another button and a red line appeared. "This route is basically empty at night. However, the key card will alert anyone watching that we entered the room. So we have one chance, and we have to be quiet and fast."

"How long have you been planning this?" Thomas asked.

"About a week." Newt replied. "So, what do you think?"

"I'm in. Who else is coming?"

"No one. Like I said, we need to be quiet and fast. Minho is fast, but we would probably get caught because he can't keep his bloody trap shut."

"What about Alby?"

"He could keep a secret, but he won't be fast enough. Besides, the smaller the group, the smaller the chances of getting caught."

Thomas nodded. "You're right."

Newt smiled. "So tonight when everyone is asleep, we sneak out and get our answers."

"Good that."

Newt shut down the key card and they left.

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After everyone was in bed and asleep, Newt left his room. He met up with Thomas in the vacant room.

"You ready?" He asked.

"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't." Thomas replied.

Newt snorted. "Let's go."

They quietly walked down an empty hallway that was long and dimly lit. The sound of a door opening and footsteps echoed. Newt pulled Thomas into a small alcove. A guard walked by them, completely oblivious to their presence.

Newt sighed when the guard was no longer in sight. "This way." He whispered.

Thomas nodded and they continued down the hallway, taking a few turns before finally making it to the room they needed.

"Now." Newt whispered. "We have five minutes from the time I open this door to get all the information and leave. Ready?"

Thomas nodded.

"Good." Newt held the card up to the scanner. It turned green and the door slowly opened.

A guard was sitting in a chair behind it, getting up when he noticed them. "You two shouldn't be here."

Newt quickly ran over and knocked him out.

"Ouch." Thomas mumbled. "Did you have to hit him so hard?"

"Four minutes and fifty seconds," was Newt's only response as he typed away at one of the computers. He pulled up a file and opened it. He gasped and froze at its contents. "No way."

Thomas ran over from his computer. "What?"

"Look."

Thomas looked at the screen and froze as well. "Is this-?"

Newt hooked the card up to the computer and began to download the files. "Yeah."

"So that means?"

"We need to get out of here as soon as possible."

On the screen was an X-ray of a brain, but what really caught their attention was the list of mental abilities below the X-ray .

"Look." Thomas pointed at a file. "It's Gally's."

Newt pulled it up. There was another X-ray, this time of Gally's brain. "This isn't for the bloody Flare, look at this." Newt pointed to the writing below the picture. "It says Gally has something called pain inducement. He can apparently hurt someone using just his mind."

"They weren't looking for a cure." Thomas said shocked. "They were trying to figure out why we were special, yes, but not the way we thought."

"You mean to say?" Newt asked.

"Newt." Thomas turned to him. "We all have special abilities."

Newt was about to respond, when the key card beeped. "The download's done, let's go."

"Yeah."

They quickly left, having to hide in yet another alcove as guards rushed past.

"I'm going to hide this. We will look at it later, once everything calms down."

Thomas nodded and went to his room. Newt hid the key card in a hole in one of the couches of the vacant room, then went to bed himself.

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During breakfast the next day, the head guard stood up and called for silence. "Last night, we had unauthorized personnel use a stolen key card to get top secret information. Because of this, we are doing a mandatory room search." A few of the Gladers groaned, knowing all their stuff would be moved and thrown around.

For the rest of the day, the guards searched every room, but found nothing.

"Where did you hide it?" Thomas asked, as they entered Newt's room.

"Not in my bloody room, Tommy." Newt scoffed. "I'm not that stupid."

After the guards searched every room, they left, talking to each about a lower ranked guard possibly taking it and a mole in the system. Newt laughed silently at their theories.

"What about that guard?" Thomas asked.

"He's over there." Newt pointed to him. "Probably doesn't remember anything. I did hit him rather hard."

"Yeah. Let's just lay low until everything calms down. Just in case." Thomas nodded.

"Good that."

A/N: Thank you to AG2000 once again!! She has been amazing and super helpful!