WCKD 57 → Newt [1]

08 → The Maze Was One Thing

The boys all looked at one another and nodded.

"Good. Now, show us where the bloody exit is." Newt demanded.

Vera rolled her eyes and replied, "Just come with me."

"If you try to lead us into an ambush, or lead us into a trap, you're shucking dead," Thomas said.

"Oh, I totally didn't know that already," Vera commented, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

The area they were in was deserted and Vera wasn't sure how close the nearest guard was to them.

She started to walk, turning corners here and there.

After a while, Minho stopped her.

"Do you even know where the shuck you're going?"

Vera turned to look at him, not saying a word.

The boys groaned at her silence.

"This was shucking waste of time," Minho said, shoving Vera into a room and began to lock it.

Vera suddenly remembered that she had a couple of trackers inside her bag. They could lead WCKD to the rest of the subjects.

"No, wait!" Vera cried, trying to keep the door from closing. "I do know where the exit is! And better yet, I know where the Right Arm is!"

Of course, it was a web of lies, but Vera had to do what she can to help WCKD.

Minho released the door and the boys looked at Vera for instructions.

Their faces held suspicion, but before they could ask anything, Janson's voice traveled around a corner.

"Don't run from WCKD, Thomas." He was saying.

"Well, that's exactly what we're doing. Go!" Minho shouted.

Vera started to run, turning left only to bump into a frantic-looking girl.

Teresa.

"Who-Where-What's happening?" She asked, extremely confused.

"No time to explain, we gotta get the shuck out of here," Thomas replied, running past her to the large steel door at the end of the hall.

"Come on, come on. Bloody hell!" Newt exclaimed as he struggled to open the door.

Janson and his guards were slowly closing in on them and Thomas raised his gun.

"Don't come near us." He threatened.

Janson only laughed. "I have no intention to. You want to escape? We'll let you escape. The maze was one thing, but you wouldn't survive a day out in the Scorch." He said before looking at Vera.

"And you wouldn't survive a second out there," Janson told her, grinning.

Vera inhaled sharply. She wanted to tell him that she was still with WCKD. She wanted to tell him so bad.