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

Chapter 17

@Daphne4Riddle has entered the Scorch

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Get up, we have to keep moving" I hear Minho say as he shakes me awake.

I reluctantly stand up, letting my eyes adjust to the light before my legs even start moving forward.

"Do you know where we're going?" I ask him,

"You really think I'll have an answer to that question slinthead?"

I shake my head, no.

"What's the plan Jorge?" I ask, he faces me to answer,

"There's no real plan except head north hermano"

"Then where do you think Brenda is headed?"

"Same direction, I'm hoping our paths meet up along the way" he replies,

"Let's go then" I announce. I pray we don't run into anymore mishaps or cranks for that matter.

We walk in a small clumped group, our weapons held at the ready of danger once again.

"Try to save bullets until absolutely necessary" Jorge instructs, his statement was sensible yet Minho being Minho piped up,

"Then what's the point of the gun then?" He asks,

"Extra protection or else you're gonna end up dead hermano" Jorge seethes the last word.

"I don't trust this man, what if it's a trap?"

"He didn't cut off your finger, so slim it and focus. We worry about him later" I reply.

I don't think Minho liked the fact someone else other than him was leading, he wasn't liking the fact someone had more common sense than he did either.

I look over in the distance and see a man, peeking around a building. Watching.

I squint to take a better look, stopping in my tracks. Before I could get a better look he disappears back behind the building.

The heat is getting to me I thought to myself as I pick up my pace to catch up to the group.

"Where'd you go?" Newt asks me as I bump shoulders with him to squeeze in between Minho.

"I was five steps behind you, relax"

I look back to check if anyone was tailing us, nothing.

I dismiss the whole thing and focus, holding my bow and an arrow to shoot at anything that jumps out even though Jorge told us to use our weapons as last resort.

Just then a horrible scream came from the distance, the wind carrying it through the air. Everyone stops, it didn't sound like something those crank creatures could muster.

It sounded sane as well as laced with a sense of pain. "What was that?" AJ asks,

"It sounded close" I interject. I race up ahead,

"Rose!" Newt objects. I ignore him and continue to run ahead, I face what looked like it used to be a street.

There was a girl, she was trying to fight off a crank. It was the same crank I had seen earlier, watching us.

I quickly place an arrow in the the bow, pulling back the string until my hand brushed my ear. I aim it carefully, it was hard to aim at the creatures head so I aimed for the neck. That would at least pry him off of the girl.

I held a steady stance before letting go of the arrow, in a mere second the arrow is lodged in the cranks throat. He lets out a shriek before letting go of the girl and stumbling back,

The girl runs towards me and stands beside me. The crank stumbles forward, breaking out into a run.

I pull out my gun this time, I had never shot one so this was bound to be interesting. I use my left hand to steady the gun and aim at the cranks head.

He continued to close he gap until he was inches away, I pulled the trigger. The gun pulling my arms back, the sound ringing in my ears yet the bullet successfully lodges itself in the creature.

I let go of the breath I didn't know I was holding, looking down at the girl who was now in a crouched position, her long dirty blond coloured hair covering her face.

Her arms were covered in scarred bite marks but apart from that she looked normal. In the sunlight her seemingly black hair shone with parts of brown, her skin an almost even tone despite the sunburn.

I crouch down next to her, placing a hand on her shoulder. she flinches and looks up, giving me a better look at her face.

She had been crying. Her eyes were light blue in colour, they were lighter than the sky and sparkled from the tears she had shed.

The girl straightens up, "I wasn't scared, and I wasn't about to die"

She was straightforward that's for sure,

I nod my head, not sure on how else to react.

I look at her healed bite marks, they looked as though 5 cranks had all jumped her at once.

She moves them from view, I hear panting and see Michael behind me. His sudden appearance startling both me and the girl,

"Woah!" Michael shouts trying to pull me back,

"W-what are you doing?!" I shout as I try to pry Michael off of me.

"What if she's infected"

"I would be dead by now, get... off me!" I yell as I flick his hand away.

The girl stands up, putting her hands on her hips,

"I'm immune if you must know" she states, displaying her scars.

"Don't trust it" Minho says, entering the conversation,

"Minho..."

"I'm with Minho on that one" Newt says as he stands beside me. By now the whole group were standing behind me.

The girl was dressed in a ripped and faded purple shirt, worn jeans and a pair of boots that looked as though they were about to fall apart.

"If she's immune then what's she doing out here?" AJ says,

"All the immunes were captured by WICKED" Michael finishes her sentence.

The girl shakes her head, "my parents died saving me from WICKED" she scowls, "so yeah I'm an orphan"

I watch her carefully, "What do you mean?"

She sighs, "I was one of the last munies to be captured, my parents blew up our own house to save me"

"Cool" Minho drags out, a smile on his face.

"What's your name?" Jorge asks,

The girl looks at him, "Lizzie"