First Steps

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NEWT POV

"Guys... we're here." Teresa whispers.

Rachel, Teresa and I stand side-by-side gazing off at the small town that the immunes have managed to create. It reminds me of the early months of the glade. People are bustling around the place, most helping out with the building but other, younger children are planting seeds and foraging for food. There is what looks like a small population of adults and elders who are looking after young ones and teaching the teenagers how to do simple tasks. I spot an elderly man tending to the wounds of a small boy. I think about the eucalyptus plant that I'm supposed to find and wonder if he knows anything about it.

"Well, what do we do now?" I ask after a few seconds of standing and staring.

"Do you have any ideas?" She snaps back.

"Hey, hey I was just asking!" I say defensively.

"Guys stop drawing attention to yourselves they could be standing right in front of us for all we know." Rachel whisper-yells, searching nervously for any suspicious faces.

"We need to find someone that can warn them without being detected," Teresa says.

"Well, who knows us but doesn't really care about us and knows who Thomas, Minho, Sonya, Harriet and Aris are?" I ask. 

That silences the girls for a while.

"Brenda," she says shortly.

"Brenda?" Rachel asks, confused.

"She doesn't need any explaining," Teresa cuts off.

"But we can go and talk to her? " I say.

"Probably our safest bet." Teresa states.

"What does she look like?" Rachel asks curiously.

"She has long brown hair and dark eyes." Teresa describes.

"I'll look out for her."

"For now let's walk around the place and keep our heads down, if you see anyone that knows us discreetly walk away." I plan. They both nod and we step out of the safe shadows of the towering trees and into the sunlight.

RACHEL POV
I could get used to this.

The routine, the freedom, the knowing.

With our heads down and eyes darting around the space we search for the girl named Brenda. But honestly, I couldn't focus on looking for anyone other than Aris, Sonya, and Harriet. It was impossible not to, even though I should've been helping out the other two. So you could imagine my surprise when I walked straight into a girl about my age with thick brown hair and dark eyes.

"Sorry," I say stumbling backwards.

"This is so like me to do something like this-" My eyes widen at her appearance. She looks exactly like the description Teresa gave me.

"It's so problem, really. Just make sure you watch where you're going. We don't need any more injuries." She says with a tired smile. She begins to walk away before I hastily step in front of her.

"You wouldn't by any chance be called Brenda would you?" I ask.

"Um, yep that's me." She says with a creases forehead.

"Well get ready for the story of your life Brenda."

A/N

I GOT THE FEVER CODE AND I CANNOT CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT!!! 

Even though now my story is wrong :(  But that's okay cause I kinda like that I wrote it before because now you guys have my perspective of everything :) 

So we're getting to the end of the story. Maybe later on I'll do a few one-shots of the gladers back together. But only if you guys tell me to. 

Hope you're enjoying the story only a few more chapter left!! 

Love you lots- Hxx


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