The Scorch Girl// Book 2// Newt TMR Fanfic

Chapter 14

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The dust cloud had virtually destroyed my vision.

I stick to the wall, coughing and spluttering until I felt someone take my hand. They turn a corner, dragging me along behind them,

"We have to hurry" a voice yells over the structures collapsing above us.

I recognised the voice as AJ,

"Where are we going?" I shout as she continues to drag me along, occasionally tripping over her own feet. The passage was dark and dismal, I blink my eyes and rub them a few times.

"We gotta go" Jorge speaks up, I turn back to see Newt and Minho.

Minho nods his head and once and for once there was no sarcastic reply.

"Where's Thomas and Brenda?" Jorge asks as he looks behind us.

I turn around and see the collapsed structure behind us, my mind suddenly thinking the worst.

I run over and start pulling at the stones, "they can't be dead right?" I ask frantically.

A large stone becomes unstuck and falls to the floor, making me jump back. The rubble comes flooding in and I cover my face, moving back further.

"Rose leave it, you'll get yourself killed" Newt says.

I shake my head, "we can't leave them to die"

"If I know anything about Brenda I know she's alive with your friend Thomas, the tunnel comes to an end. They'll get out" Jorge interrupts.

"So what's the plan then?" Newt asks, every Glader looks at Jorge waiting for an answer.

Jorge thinks for a moment, "I say we continue with the plan, I have a rough idea as to where Brenda would take Thomas Hermano"

"Then lets go" I reply with no hesitation,

"Not so fast hermanos a voice speaks from behind Jorge, a man steps out holding a gun.

I furrow my eyebrows, he was the man who had previously had me at gunpoint, I clench my fists.

"Barkley?" Jorge speaks.

"Hey there Jorge, seems like I foiled your little escape plan" he spits, lunacy coated his voice.

"You're behind this?!" Michael shouts, pointing his arm in the general direction of the now demolished underground hallway.

He smirks, "did Brenda get stuck Jorge?"

As if at the speed of light Jorge throws a punch, hitting Barkley square in the jaw and throwing off his balance.

"I'll kill you" Jorge growls, grabbing fistfuls of the mans shirt and shoving him against the wall.

"Find a way out hermanos, I'll be right behind!" Jorge shouts, throwing another punch before I run forward.

I lead the way, running past and continuing back through where the glass doors used to be, I halt when I see two women and a teenage boy stop us in our tracks.

I take in a sharp breath, watching as all three of the cranks fiddle with their weapons.

One woman held a baseball bat with what looked like jagged nails sticking out at various angles, the other woman held a small gun and  the boy held an axe, gliding his finger up the blade and licking his dry lips.

"I call dibs on the redhead" the boy smiles.

I shiver look around, there was no way of escaping without a fight. I look to my right and see a sharp piece of wood that must have been previously part of the doors.  I pick it up,

"Arm yourselves with something, anything!" I instruct, gripping the wooden plank hard enough that I could feel the splinters begin to draw blood.

The boy runs at me, holding his axe in the air.  I hold the plank above my head, the handle of his axe falling and cracking it. I push the boy off and turn to the side, causing him to stumble and fall to his knees.

He goes to get up and I kick him as hard as I could in the small of the back, he grunts and I press his face into the ground with my foot. His leg flies out and collides with my burnt leg, I cry out but my grip doesn't budge.

I bend down and press my knees into his back, twisting his arm and pulling upwards. He cry's out,

"You bi-" before he could even finish, I hear a sickening crack. His shoulder dislocating and now sticking out at an angle. I scrunch up my face, taking the boys axe and standing up.

The boy groans and whines as he rolls onto his back, getting up. His arm dangling at his side, it was a horrible sight.

He lunges at me, pulling me to the ground and knocking the air from my lungs. I cough a few times and try to get him off of me, I struggle under him until the butt of a gun hits him in the side of the head, he falls off of me and I see Newt.

"I told you not to bloody leave my side" he scolds, pulling me to my feet.

I don't answer, grabbing the axe as I stand on my own to feet, not even bothering to brush myself off.

I didn't get to answer before I hear Jorge,

"I thought I told you kids to run?" Jorge shouts, slowing his running pace as he stands in the middle of us all.

"We ran into some trouble" Minho pipes up, pointing to the unconscious bodies splayed out,

"Who dislocated the boys shoulder?" Jorge asks, putting his hands on his knees as he closely inspects the unconscious body.

"That's not what we need to bloody worry about right now!" Newt replies in an agitated voice.

I place my hand on his arm as a signal to calm down, getting angry wasn't going to solve anything right now.

"We need to head further into the city, which means fluffy business ends here" Jorge says, "first we get armed, then we find Brenda and Thomas"

Thomas' name fell out of Jorge's mouth so easily, as if he had known the boy for a long time.

I furrow my eyebrows but quickly dismiss my thoughts.

Are you ok? I ask in my head, straining to see if I could reach Thomas. No reply,

I doubt he'll hear you it was Aris' voice. I jump a little, looking over at him.

Aris looks straight back, holding a gaze before looking away.

I purse my lips before walking behind the others, following Jorge to wherever he was taking us.