Beating Heart✔️

Heat

The dunes seemed to go on forever. It had been hours since you had left Winston and every direction you looked was just empty. It was like being stranded at sea just without the water.

You felt the heat starting to become overwhelming, your head was feeling light and your walk had slowed. It rippled through your body at a constant pace, you weren't sure how long you could keep going. The others ahead of you seemed to be doing ok walking quietly not talking much. You had almost run out of the water and needed to stock up again soon or dehydration would kill you soon.

You felt yourself stop unable to go on due to the heat. You felt heavy, took heavy to carry on. "Y/n, you alright?" Newt called stopping and turning around.

"Y/n..." Minho said sounding worried. You were about to respond when you felt the world go black around you and your body hit the floor.

~

You woke hours later, at least you thought it was hours, you weren't sure. Your eyes flicked open, and looked around, from your position on the floor you could see an old broken down roof. You sat up slowly your head pounding and your body weak.

Teresa was asleep on an old bed pushed against the opposite wall, Fry was gazing out the window with Aris, Thomas and Newt were talking quietly and Minho was leaning again the wall closest to you his head in his hands.

"Hey," You reached over and grabbed his arm gently. He looked up instantly with wide eyes.

"Shuck. Y/n, are you alright?" He asked quickly attracting everyone's attention.

"What happened?" You asked rubbing your sore head.

"We think you got sunstroke," Newt answered crouching down next to you with Thomas.

"How are you feeling?" Thomas asked.

"Sore," you answered, "And really thirsty."

"Here," Minho passed you some water, "Drink all of it."

You finished the bottle gladly. Even though the water was warm it relieved your sore throat. "We need to be more careful," Thomas said, "You were lucky, we think it could have been worse."

"How did I get here?" You asked curiosity looking around the rundown one-roomed building.

"Minho, carried you the whole way," Newt replied. You looked over at Minho, who nodded.

Unsure of how to thank him you grabbed his hand and squeezed it tightly. "Thank you."

"It's alright," he smiled squeezing his hand back, "We weren't just going to leave you there."

"How long have we been here?" You returned your attention back to Newt and Thomas.

"Few hours," Thomas replied, "We really need to get going but refused to go on without you."

"Thanks, guys," You said smiling to them and being to stand up.

"Careful, careful," Minho and Newt said at the same time grabbing you to help you up. You gained your balance and stood normally, picking up your bag. Thomas walked away to wake up Teresa. 

"Good to have you back, Y/n," Fry grinned.

"Nice to not be dead," you answered smiling. Aris nodded to you and you nodded back. You'd never really talked to the young boy but knew you would've have managed to escape from WCKD without him. Despite being quiet, shy and scared he was good to have around.

You started to put your shoes back on not having the energy to question when or who had taken them off.

"What are you doing with that?" Minho asked when you straightened up and reached for your bag. You looked at him confused. "You just got sunstroke, I'm not letting you carry that in this heat." He took your bag off you and put it over one shoulder. 

"But now you have two," You said not wanting him to carry double the weight. "And you have none," he replied smirking. 

"Minhooo," you whined, "I don't want you carrying mine too."

"I don't want you getting too hot again," he unexpectedly.

"Why?" You asked curiously.