Love is the Cure (Newt x Reader)

10. To Denver

Y/N woke up the next day to see a little blonde girl standing beside her bed.
"Morning, Y/N!", Milly smiled brightly, "How are you feeling?". Y/N groaned as she sat up, pain still coursing through her bones.
"I've felt better, that's for sure", the H/C haired girl groaned out, a pained chuckle escaping her lips. The small blonde just smiled sadly up at the older girl before hugging her. Surprised by her actions, Y/N regained her composure and wrapped her S/C arms around Milly's small and fragile frame.
"I was so worried...", the brown-eyed blonde murmured into Y/N's shirt, her tiny arms tightening their hold around Y/N.
"Well...", Y/N pulled back an arm and started patting down Milly messy locks of gold, and said in a sweet voice, "You don't have to worry anymore".

As the two retracted from their hug, the door to the room buzzed open and Brenda stepped through the doorway.
"Hey, Y/N! Glad you're awake", the brunette greeted the two with a warm smile, walking up to them.
"Hey, Brenda. Yeah, me too!", the E/C eyed Glader chuckled lightly, the brunette chuckled softly, too. But her soft demeanour dissolved into one of scary seriousness. Y/N noticed her change in attitude and so stopped smiling and asked, "What's wrong, Brenda?".
"Teresa and the others have landed in Denver". That caught Y/N's attention. She rose to her feet and looked directly into Brenda's brown eyes.
"Are you sure?", the former Runner asked, "How do you know?".
"Yes, we're sure. They arrived only an hour ago.", Brenda started to explain, keeping eye contact with Y/N the whole time. "We know because all Berges have Tracking links to one another, so as to keep each other's whereabouts known incase of emergencies. After everything settled down, we switched on the Tracking Link to see where other Berges may be and located the one your friends stole. We were gonna tell you yesterday, but you were in such a state that we didn't want to add to your hysteria. Today seemed like the better option".

Y/N looked down at the ground, taking it all in. 'What could they possibly want in Denver? They don't know anything about this earth, anymore. Hell! I don't even know what the Earth is like, anymore'. As the E/C eyed Glader thought over the situation, the brunette interrupted her thoughts.
"We don't think they know the benefit of Denver, but they could've taken a guard hostage or something. Denver is a special place and we're heading there right now to do something. I'll explain everything when everyone is in the same room. I'll go wake Thomas up, you and Milly head to the cockpit where Minho, Newt and Jorge are already". And with that,  Brenda left the room without another word. Y/N looked confused as hell, but shook it off and grabbed Milly's hand.
"Come on, Milly. Let's go find the others and listen to what they have to say".

The two girls left the room and hurried down the dark hallways of the Berg. Y/N let the small blonde take the lead, seeing as Milly had more knowledge of their whereabouts than Y/N did. Although it was pretty big on the outside, Y/N thought that the inside was much bigger within the aircraft, itself. The hallways seemed to go forever, various doors popping up every now and then. 'Must be compartments for medical equipment and artillery', the H/C haired girl thought as they entered a spacious area.

"Hey! Nice to see that you're up and walking again!", Minho said happily, walking up to his friend and hugging her. Y/N hugged back with a weak smile, "It's good to be up and moving. But I still feel pretty awful after those attacks...". Minho then turned away and walked up to someone sitting in the pilot's seat. 'Probably Jorge, no doubt', the E/C eyed Glader confirmed. She then looked to her right to see Newt sitting on a bench, his head lowered and his arms resting on his thighs as he hunched over. Y/N looked at him with concern and confusion on her face, turning to Milly with a silent question. The small blonde looked up to the older girl, then to her brother, then back to Y/N. Realisation hit her and a sad expression graced her face.
"He hasn't been talking to any of us. He's been sitting either on that bench or locked in a room by himself for hours. Straight after he left you to sleep yesterday, infact!", Y/N looked back over to her Newt, seeing him secluding himself like this hurt her.
"It's because of the Flare... Isn't it?", Y/N asked quietly, still looking at the tall blond. Milly hummed in response while nodding her head, her gaze casting over Newt.
"He's afraid that he'll hurt someone if it comes back. So he's trying to stay as far away as possible at anytime given". Y/N's heart broke at the fact that Newt was afraid - afraid of himself. Her S/C face formed a sad expression, one of heart-breaking sadness towards the boy.