Wastelands → Newt [Movie Trilogy]

21 → "THE RIGHT ARM"

21 → "THE RIGHT ARM"

Getting both of them upstairs was the tricky part, with Brenda slurring her words and stumbling her way up them with help from Frypan. Once they'd gotten her on the couch, she'd passed out. They'd placed Thomas onto a couple of blankets and a pillow found in the room, waiting for him to come to. While they waited, they'd started the fire in the fireplace. It took them both a couple of hours to come to, and Brenda woke up sober, no longer under any effects from whatever they'd both drunk. Like the Glade when they'd put Thomas in the Pit after giving him the antidote, Teresa never left the boys side. In the midst of having both of them passed out, Jorge had managed to kidnap Marcus from downstairs, tying him to a rickety chair. Marcus turned out to be the same man who'd stopped them back at the party, and chuckled when he saw them, which caused Minho to question what was going on between both of them. They told Minho to not worry about it, Newt's cheeks tinging red, while Adeline tried to ignore her the fact that she was somewhat embarrassed.

But, Marcus hadn't been compliant with them. It took a bunch of threats from Jorge before he got sick of Marcus not complying with him, and had begun punching him consistently across the face. During all of this, Adeline was seated on the couch, watching Jorge's patience wearing very thin. She watched as his eye began to swell up each time Jorge punched him as a way to force him to be compliant. Newt sat on the other side of her, by the armrest of the couch, his attention drifting between the unconscious boy and the man beating up Marcus nearby. Soon enough, their attention drifted to the boy, once he's finally came to, jolting forward and sucking in a huge mouthful of air. Teresa places her hand to his shoulder.

"Hey." Teresa whispers, her voice gentle. "Hey, you're OK. We have to stop meeting like this."

Realising he's awake, Minho gets to his feet and moves toward Thomas, crouching down before the boy. "Welcome back, ya ugly shank."

Adeline can't help but chuckle at Minho's words. Thomas sits up, getting to his feet. Adeline realises that as she notices Thomas awake, Brenda can't really look the boy in the eye. Maybe she remembers what happened before she'd passed out earlier. Jorge continues to punch Marcus in the face, sending him blow by blow to his swollen eye, as well as making blood pool in his mouth from his bloody lips and nose.

"I suggest you talk!" Jorge growls. "You son of a bitch!"

"I'm sorry ..." Marcus slurs, still not completely sober. "You're going to have to leave my house."

Thomas stops beside Newt, who cranes his neck at the now awake boy. "Looks like you've been having fun."

"Listen." Jorge says, giving Thomas no time to answer Newt. "I don't enjoy hurting you. Okay. Where is the Right Arm, Marcus?"