Forgotten Memories [A TW/TMR Fanfiction]

2. His New Name

STILES POV

I've only been in the WICKED Headquarters for about a week. They put me to work in the lab, monitoring other participants as they went through the first trial. Apparently, they don't want me to go in just yet. And they are calling me by a different name: Thomas. If I don't respond to it, I get in trouble.

I sit in my assigned seat, tapping on a screen showing the diagnostics for a boy. His name is Newt. I stabilize his brain, and look through the code. The first day I was here, they taught me all about numbers and commands. How to use certain ones, what to do with the codes I get. Lydia would be proud.

Teresa makes eye contact with me over the table. She's been my partner through the learning process. Now we work on the participants together. I flash her a smile. She returns it.

I swipe away Newt's page, and bring up a boy named Gally. He is so unstable. Like, mentally and physically. He is always snapping at everyone, and being grumpy when he's alone. It makes me want to go into the Maze and slap him myself.

A bell sounds, signalling the end of my shift. I stand, and walk around to Teresa.

She looks up at me, smiling. "Hey Tom."

I smile at the nickname, even though it isn't actually my real name. "Hey Teresa. Shift's over. You coming?"

She glances at her screen. "Uh, I'll be there in a couple minutes. I just have to finish Chuck's diagnostics."

I nod, and squeeze her shoulder before walking to the door. I make my way down the hallway toward my room, and flash my keycard before entering. Once I'm alone, I go to my computer sitting on the desk. I sit, and power up the screen.

Once everything has booted up, I go to the camera, and hit record.

"Hey guys!" I say, smiling. "So, everything is going well. WICKED hasn't put me into the Trials yet, but I'm helping monitor the other volunteers. I learned code! Lydia, you would be proud of me."

I lean forward onto the desk. "I miss you guys. A lot. But I feel good that I'm doing this. It makes me feel important, I guess." I clear my throat. "WICKED hasn't found a cure yet, but they're working on it. Well, I would love to talk more, but I don't have a lot of time. Anyways, I hope you guys are okay. I'll try to talk to you again, but it isn't likely. Well, until then, bye everyone."

I click the 'stop' button, and the camera shuts off. Quickly, I type in Scott's email, and attach the file. I hit send, and sit back with a sigh. After a moment, I head over to the bedroom door again, and keycard myself out.

I walk down to the cafeteria, but before I get there, I see Teresa talking with a familiar blonde Doctor.

I walk over, and they both turn around.

"Hello Teresa," I greet her. "And hello, Dr. Paige."

Ava Paige smiles at my greeting. "Good evening, Thomas. How are you?"

"Great, thank you. I was just going to ask Teresa to come with me to dinner, but please, continue your conversation. I will go by myself." I learned to act proper around the higher ranked, like Ava. After all, she is the founder of WICKED. I need to put my sarcasm aside when I'm around her.

I walk back down the hall, and enter the cafeteria. Once I have my meal, I sit and wait for Teresa. After fifteen minutes, she doesn't show up. I finish my meal, and walk back out to where I saw her last. She isn't there.

I go to the wire room--as I like to call it--and walk through the isles. She stands off to the side, right at the back. I walk to her.

"Teresa," I say, and she turns.

"Hey!" She says, wrapping me in a hug. I hug her back tightly. She pulls away first, and smiles at me. I smile back.

"Why are you back here?" I ask.

She huffs. "I was looking for something, but I can't find it. It's a certain station; it has all of the diagnostics I need for a certain candidate."

"Hmm," I think, looking around. "Is it for Minho?"

She nods. I start walking. I was looking for it as well the other day. He is a Runner; therefore, he needs more wires than anyone. Especially since he's the Keeper. I find the station, and point at it. "Here you go."

"Thank you," Teresa breathes. "I would have never found that by myself."

I'm about to speak when I hear the door to the room slam open. I whip around to see five guards walk in with Ava Paige.

"Dr. Paige?" I say. "Is something wrong?"

"Stiles," She uses my real name. Uh oh. "Why did you send a message to your friends back in Beacon Hills?"

"I-I," I stutter.

"That is against the rules," She says, anger lacing her tone. "Therefore, it's time."

She flicks her hand toward me, and two guards grab my arms, putting them behind my back. "Hey!" I yell.

"Thomas!" Teresa yells, but I'm being pulled away from her. I try to fight against the guards, but they are too strong. They stop me in front of Ava once we are in the hall.

"Guess what, Stiles?" She says menacingly. "Time to start your first Trial."

I feel a prick in my neck, and everything goes black.

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Thank you so much for reading!

Oh no, Stiles got in trouble! Now it's his turn to go into the Maze.

I hope you enjoyed! Stay tuned for chapter 3!

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