Burn¹ The Scorch Trials [REWRITTEN]

7

I didn't want to tell him. I still hardly know him. Why would I tell him anything? I thought about it in my head. Should I tell him?

I gulped and relaxed my shoulders. "My mom was infected, so my dad killed her, so she wouldn't turn. My dad was killed by WICKED. And you know how Sam died."

"I'm sorry, I should not have asked," Newt said taking in all the information. "I don't know why I asked."

"It's whatever," I said. "They're dead. I can say how they died at least."

It was getting close to dusk. Newt and I decided to get back to the Jeep. We were waiting for Minho, Frypan, and Jorge. Teresa and Aris were with us.

Then we saw Frypan and Minho carrying an unconscious Brenda and Thomas. Jorge was dragging a man. It was a man named Marcus. What the hell happened to them?

"What happened to them?" Teresa asked.

Minho replied, "We found them at a weird party. Jorge took that dude named Marcus."

We all went in the Jeep to a different place. It was in the city. There, we waited for Brenda and Thomas to wake up. They woke up the next morning.

When Brenda woke up, she was confused. "What happened?" Brenda gasped as she got up.

"Relax," I said. "You were out for a while."

Brenda asked, "How long?"

Frypan replied, "Well, we found you at sunset and you were still out the whole night."

"Is Thomas okay?" Brenda asked.

Teresa replied, "He's still out."

Teresa was next to Thomas. I'm guessing that they have something between them. I don't really know, but I saw them together, talking. They have history. They have chemistry.

After almost the whole day, Thomas finally woke up. He woke up in the late afternoon.

Teresa was calming him down while Jorge was beating up Marcus again.

"Where is the Right Arm, Marcus?" Jorge demanded as he punched Marcus.

"Wait, this is Marcus?" Thomas asked as he got up and walked to Jorge.

"The kid catches on quick," Marcus said. "Are you the brains of the operation?"

"I know you know where they're hiding." Jorge said. "So you tell me, and I'll make you a deal. You can come with us."

"I burned that bridge a long time ago." Marcus said. "Besides, I made my own deal. You're the one who taught me, never miss an opportunity."

"What's he talking about?" Thomas asked.

Marcus replied, "I'm talking about supply and demand. WICKED wants all the Immunes they can get. I help provide that for them. So I lure the kids in. . . they get drunk, they have a good time. And then, later, WICKED comes in. . . they separate the wheat from the chaff."