The Scorch Trials - completely different version :)

Phase Two

He stands. Looking me up and down in amusement.
"You seem to be a bit on edge, has anything I said upset you in any way?" The ratman says, drumming his fingers on the edge of the desk. I could fight him, he doesn't look like he has the physical ability to throw a punch let alone fight. I know better though, just like before there is going to be some invisible barrier that formed when he walked away from us and sat on the desk. There has to be because what type of protection is that if there wasn't?
"Yes, there is a problem actually!" I shout, holding myself back from running towards him. He nods.
"What seems to be bothering you?" He replies. Oh dear god is he asking me this? Like seriously asking me this. I search his expression, looking for some emotion, some sign he actually has human thoughts because at the moment everything about him seems so scripted, so monotone.
"You can't just replace Teresa! Why would you take her away from us like that?!" My voice bounces off the empty walls, creating a hollow noise full of anger and desperation. He shakes his head.
"I am afraid you have used up the three questions you were given." Is his answer. I look for someone to help, I look for Minho first who has his head down, fiddling with his laces. I look to Newt, he stares sympathetically.
"Dude, he ain't going to tell us anything else. We just got to find out about this phase two he's on about and stay optimistic." Newt says. I can't believe Newt is just going to let this slide.

"I wanna see her. Let me see her." I say calmly, he looks up with an amused expression. There was a glint in his eyes that showed he was expecting this of me, like he knew me enough to determine the way I thought, the way I acted. 

It wasn't fair. 

"I'm afraid safety restrictions would not allow that to happen." He says, there was something in his expression, hidden in his eyes. A flash of sadness, gone before I could understand what had triggered it in the first place. 

"Safety restrictions? SAFETY RESTRICTIONS?!" I shout, running forward. Something pulls me back, their fists clenched into the back of my shirt, pulling me to the ground. Newt. 

Part of me gave up then, the thought of her somewhere alone breaking every guard I tirelessly build over the last few days. My eyes stung, I didn't want to hear about phase two, I didn't want the excuses or the lies I knew were going to spill out his mouth like poison, infecting out minds into thinking what these people were doing was normal. This wasn't normal, and I wasn't going to let some manipulative rat run his mouth, nor was I going to let him ban me from seeing my best friend. 

"I wasn't asking. You're going to take me to her right now, take to me to her and then we'll talk." I say, mustering the strength to look into his beady eyes, they looked black in the light, shadow spilling under his eyelashes like ink smudges. He stares at me,  his eyes narrowed with curiosity, he stands up, touching the bridge of his nose and glancing up to the top left corner of the room before his eyes land back on me. I knew there was a camera there, I had no doubt these people were watching us. 

"Get up! Now!" He snaps, striding forward and grabbing me the by the arms, hauling me up. I feel my chest rise and fall with hard, fast breaths of anxiety. He walks towards his desk, pressing the wall, a thin black line outlines the shape of a rectangle. A door. Grabbing the front of my shirt and throwing me towards the door, I hear Minho shout. 

"What? Where are you taking him?" His shout pierces the air, stinging my ears. The ratman turns away from me, now watching Minho. 

"He wants to see the girl." Says the Ratman, he turns back and looks at me, his eyes cold and expressionless. 

"So I'll take him." 

A/N: Sorry for taking such a long time, I kinda went into writers block or whatever that thing is where people run out of ideas. Thankfully I am back on track with this story. I have news that I will hopefully be starting another fanfiction that will be out before the end of the month!