"Some say, she's as fast as a bullet, but only when she has something to run from."
{Thomas x OC}
{Part 1, 2 & 3}
{𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬}
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"I'm surviving."
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THE GROUP WAS ushered out of the helicopter. Leanne could feel the sand fill her shoes as she ran towards the building. Running in the sand was difficult with her injured ankle, not to mention it was dark, but the place was lit up. The building stood tall, considering there was nothing else around it. Intimidating lights moved back and forth, almost like the lights were searching for something, or someone. Men around her yelled, and shot at people behind her. She kept hearing one word yelled: cranks. Beside her, Thomas turns around and runs back to the helicopter. The wind was cold on her shoulders. She had not much to keep her warm; part of her sleeve was gone, due to the fact that she'd ripped it off to use as a temporary bandage for Chuck, and her other arm ached from where the spear had grazed her.
She runs towards the large warehouse and passed doors that were beginning to close. Then, Leanne turns around to see Thomas just making it in as the doors close behind him. The warehouse was big, and had plenty of supplies. People bustled around them, going about their usual business. It was one of the men who had been in the helicopter with them who approached the group, letting them know that going to bring them somewhere they could stay for the moment.
He led them to a room where there were bunks, tables, food and blankets. One by one, they go into the room, looking around. "Someone will come for you." The man nods, closing the door behind him.
They all stood in a line side by side, no one moving. They were all planted to their spots, and it seemed as if most of them refused to move. They were either lost in thought, or too shocked to feel anything. Leanne seemed to be the latter, but she couldn't ignore her growling stomach. She watches her fellow Gladers, and is the first to move. Leanne grabs a blanket and wraps herself it. Everyone watches as she grabs a box of crackers and rips the packaging open. Before grabbing one to eat, she looks up at the Gladers watching her. "Oh stop starring!" She exhales, exasperated. "You're all hungry." She grabs an unopened package of crackers from beside her to throw at Minho, who catches it swiftly.
"You're just going to eat these random strangers' food?" Newt asks.
She shrugs. "Well, yeah. I'm hungry, and tired, and they're the ones who got us out of that awful place. If it weren't for them we'd be dying in the desert right about now."
Teresa sends her a small smile, then goes to sit down. She's followed by Minho, Newt, Frypan, Winston, and finally Thomas, who sits beside Leanne.
They all sit in silence eating their food before small conversations begin between some of the teens. Leanne's head was clear, and yet it wasn't. There was a sense of peacefulness, yet there was still conflict. Yes, they were out of the Maze, but now what we're they going to do? Were they going to stick together? Or were they going to all go their own ways? Leanne knew her parents were dead but Thomas didn't know anything about his, so would he want to find them? Would the others do the same as him? Or her? Maybe even something completely different?
