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

Chapter 18

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"Ok so we vote now, bring her with us or leave her" Newt speaks, shushing the other voices,

I look over at the girl, she was standing out of earshot and was watching our backs carefully.

"Girlie here already wasted a bullet for her" Jorge points out.

"Because she was dead meat" I retort.

"Anyway" Newt interrupts, "who wants her to stay?"

I purse my lips before raising my hand, saving anyone's life was important out here.

Reluctantly Minho puts his hand in the air, everyone stares at him wide eyed,

"What? She doesn't look infected and with those scars she would've been a crank a long time ago if she wasn't" he defends.

His comment gains a few shrugs and nods from the rest of the group,

"It's to risky" Frypan opines, you could see in his eyes that he regrets what had come out of his mouth.

"She's still human guys, the world has gone to klunk. If she shows signs later on shoot her in the head, all I'm saying is we have to help as many as we can" I speak, looking at every Glader.

I plead with my eyes to let her have a chance, she's made it this far in the Scorch on her own.

"You're the leader, you decide" Michael says to Minho.

Minho looks over at the girl who simply stares back, fiddling with her fingers nervously.

He lets out an exaggerated sigh, "fine, she stays. Can we get moving we need to find Thomas"

Everyone disperses, I walk over to the girl.

"Let's go, we're trying to find our friends and then we go to the safe haven"

"The safe haven? That's impossible to get into" she replies, walking closer to me.

"Apparently" I sigh, "we need to keep moving, you coming?"

The girl looks at me before looking past me and at the other Gladers who were watching nervously.

"It's either that or die by myself right?" She retorts sarcastically, laughing somewhat nervously.

I simply nod my read once in response, not wishing to bias her response with any of my words.

"Well then, lets go" She smiles, walking beside me.

"You two done talkin'?" Jorge asks as he begins to lead the way.

For another two hours there was nothing but silence. Everyone stealing glances at Lizzie, she herself however seemed oblivious to those glances.

"So your name is Lizzie?" Frypan asks without looking back.

"Yep, that's what I said" the girl replies, "plain old Lizzie"

"You didn't happen to see anyone out here did you?"

She shakes her head, "I only saw cranks"

I continue to look over my shoulder, making sure there were no cranks who followed.

"Rose took a hell of a risk helping you" Michael states, causing me to roll my eyes.

"You'd rather her leave the bloody girl for dead?" Newt retorts.

"That's not what I meant" Michael snaps.

loud noises begin to grow next to us, everyone stops to listen carefully. The sounds barely human and very much an array of shrieks and screams, woven with gargles and coughs.

Frypan chuckles nervously, "Um, I'm suggesting we get our shuck butts outta here"

Jorge nods his head, "agreed, lets go hermanos"

We all break back into a jog this time, this went on for a good two hours at least, hardly stopping to rest.

My legs burnt yet it felt good in some weird way. It wasn't like running in the Maze, this was a new anticipation. Get back and receive the cure, that is for the person who wasn't immune according to AJ.

I look up to see the sun reaching the other side of the sky, yes I risked burning my eyes.

Jorge claps his hands as he stops running, "Ok listen up, we split and try to find food. Meet back at this building"

He points to the left at a grey building scorched black. Everyone pairs up. I of course end up with Newt.

We both walk to the right, keeping our pace slow and steady. "Let's check this building" I say, pointing to an almost all destroyed building with a sign that read

'24 hour convenience store'

Newt nods as he follows in behind me, I duck under a metal beam that had fallen at a diagonal angle and was blocking the entrance.

There were rows of empty metal shelves, some covered in dust and some broken altogether from the sheer force of fallen rocks. I make my way to what seemed like the counter, hoisting myself up to get a look behind it.

Instead I almost vomit from the hideous sight that lay before me, causing me to shriek.

"Rose! What's wrong?" Newt calls out before I hear the frantic movement behind me.

I cover my mouth with my hand, a dead man lay on the floor. He had been impaled with a large metal beam and it was hard to tell how or when he would've died yet he seemed to have been here awhile.

The worst part however was the fact his organs seemed to have fallen out and lay directly beneath in a stinking, blackened pile. His face had a permanent grimace that looked as though he was still in mid scream. His eyes were gone and all that was left were two black holes where they would have been.

Newt pulls me back, "don't stare at it"

I didn't understand why I had reacted that way when I had already come face to face with both death and cranks, this wasn't at all new. Yet knowing how clueless and innocent all of these people would have been just so happens to push me over the edge.

Whether he was killed in the initial incidents or when he was just trying to survive this monstrosity, it didn't matter, his death wasn't fair.

"I-I can't help it" I stutter, clutching the fabric of Newts clothes.

Newt sighs sadly and takes my hand, "I found a single can of some sort of food, lets check somewhere else" is all he says as he makes his way out.

I follow close behind, not once looking back. A single question kept swirling in my head, Was it just better to die now then live in this world?

I didn't want to come up with an answer for that question but some part of me kept telling me to let go, leave this life behind.

We made it back into the streets and Newt takes my hand, he seemed just as scared. "It's ok Rose, we'll be ok"

I didn't feel like I was the one that needed comforting at the moment, I look down at Newts limp before looking back up at his face. I close my eyes for a second, I stop walking and so does Newt.

Turning to face him I see his confusion, his fear and his determination all rolled into one and evident in his eyes.

I caress his cheek, a weak smile on my lips . "It's ok to be scared Newt, everyone is scared, you're allowed to show it too" continuing to look him in the eyes,

"even if this is the last thing I ever get to say to you just know, I love you and always will"