A/N: My present to you guys, for 18k and number 1 in #thescorch and #dashnerarmy This made my day, thank you (next) :P
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Sam
"I have 'em here, I'll bring 'em up to ya Mr Janson." The man replies, as the sound of helicopters and bright spotlights flood in.
I freeze on the spot as I frantically try to find an escape from WICKED and the disgusting man in front of us.
But of course, before we can figure out an escape, Thomas says something stupid: "you don't have to do this... please, let us go."
"Ha!" The man chuckles, a deep rumble from within his chest, showing his yellow, rotting teeth.
Thomas shuffles towards the man, and I eye him warily, wondering what he is trying to achieve. The man obviously notices this, and cocks his shotgun, aiming it at Thomas's chest.
"One step closer and I'll shoot, asshole!"
And then there is a loud bang, loud enough to be the sound of the shotgun going off. I flinch and look down at Thomas's chest, expecting to see the dark crimson of his blood.
But the man slumps forwards, and falls to the floor dead.
"Come on!" I recognise the voice, it was Brenda. I peel my eyes away from the body and look up to meet Brenda's brown eyes. "Jorge has the baby, we've gotta go now!"
One by one, we all sprint around the body and out of the way that Brenda had come through.
Bright white beams of light flood through the various smashed windows, illuminating the building around us, as we follow Brenda through chunks of rubble and debris.
She leads us through long corridors and exhausting staircases, before we reach Jorge, who rocks Alex in his arms.
"We need to go!" He shouts as he sees us all rushing towards him. Jorge cradles Alex, carefully tying him into a blanket, tightly secured around his waist and shoulder.
Brenda leaps into action and tugs on a rope strapped to the ceiling. It falls down, unveiling several smaller ropes in the shapes of a circle. "Thomas, grab hold, you're going first!" She orders, shoving the rope into Toms hands.
"Jump!" She yells, but when he hesitates she gives him a push, "see you on the other side!"
Thomas slips off of the ledge and screams as he is dragged down the zip line, by the small rope he was clinging onto.
Minho laughs out loud and, as quick as I can blink, he throws himself down the zip line, not before grabbing a rope, of course.
Newt is next, then a reluctant Frypan, and Teresa and Aris that follow silently.
Jorge begins to prepare a rope for himself and Alex, who lays peacefully agains his chest, and turns back towards me and Brenda.
"See you on the other side." He smiles, and propells himself off of the ledge, carefully not to take his left arm off of Alex and the right around the rope.
I step forwards to take the rope, but I hear a gasp from behind me, "are you okay?" I ask, turning around to meet Brenda's forgetful gaze.
"I forgot it!" She whispers, turning and rushing away from me. I drop the rope and race after her, wondering what was going on.
"Hurry, hurry..." she mutters as she rummages through draws, panting and clawing through the items in the draws.
The sound of the helicopter wings grows louder and louder, and it is only then that I register the sound of music in the background.
I lean forwards and wrap my fingers around a small gun, fully loaded and ready to fire.
A shiver runs down my spine, reminding me of WCKD outside of the building, now empty of the campers.
Suddenly, a gunshot rings through the air, and I throw myself onto the ground. Another gunshot follows, and I slowly raise my head above the table to see where the gunshots where coming from.
A guard cocks his gun and points it in the direction of the table me and Brenda are behind. I cock my own gun and aim at the guard, the gun kicks as I fire, and the guard falls limp.
I aim at his partner and shoot him too, all of my anger for WCKD in the shots I just fired.
"Woah! Where'd you learn to shoot like that?" Brenda whispers, turning to me with a smile.
"I can't remember." I sigh, returning her a smile.
But it soon falls as she realises something, "shit! The song, we gotta go!"
I bolt into action and jump over the table, waiting for directions from Brenda. She runs past me, waving her hand as a symbol of, 'follow me'.
She curses as we run into some more guards, blocking our route to the zip line. So we detour, and head another way; up a metal stairway.
I gasp as Brenda climbs over the stair's railings, and carefully, but quickly, rushes across a metal beam, a huge drop underneath it. "Come on!" She shouts, over the loud music, sounding as though it was coming to an end.
I tremble as I clamber over the railing, my sandy boots making contact with the metal beam. However, I am about to protest when a group of guards come running up the stairs, blocking my way from the beam.
I begin to, carefully but quickly, manouver along the beam, my entire body shaking. As I reach the first pier, a couple of meters away from Brenda, the guards, after their brief argument, begin to follow us along the beam.
My heart leaps at the thought of being captured again, and I quicken my pace, almost reaching Brenda, shouting my name, as she now stands on another staircase.
The song ends, the calming music drifting into an endless abyss. I snap my head in the direction of a crackling sound, as it grows across the building, sparks flying.
The building groans, and the beam rumbles as I race over to the staircase. Suddenly, the other end of the building explodes, sending me crashing onto the staircase railings, and I am quick to clamber over it.
The beams begin to smash to the ground, taking the guards with them. Another boom echoes throughout the chaos, sending us flying forwards, again.
We both grasp identical ropes hanging from the ceiling, and swing down them as the rubble cascades down onto us.
