"𝗪𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗦 and that girl faster. What if they're missing or worse, eaten by Cranks?" Minho said to everyone as we ate our breakfast which are protein bars that taste like chalk.
"Brenda is not dumb so right now I think they are still alive, and I guess I know where they are now," Jorge said.
"And where are they?" Minho asked anxiously.
"I think they went to Marcus."
"Who's Marcus?" I asked.
"He's an old amigo of mine who's been helping smuggle kids to the Safe Haven."
I distorted my face, "Safe Haven? Are you talking about the Last City?"
Jorge chuckles that made me and the others more confused. "Hermana, it's not the Last City. It's somewhere more beautiful and peaceful. Paradise," he explains. "That's where the Right Arm is heading, and you kids are mine and Brenda's ticket in, too."
Paradise? In this scorched planet? That sounds like a very impossible thing. "I thought anywhere in Earth is fried up. Maybe the Paradise you're just talking about is just a children's fantasy," I stated causing Jorge to laugh.
"Hermana, do you really think you know everything in this world? Paradise is real and we are going there," he chuckled and ruffled my hair.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go to that Marcus guy," Teresa said impatiently.
"Easy, chica. There's something in Marcus that you need to know..."
"Then what's it?" Newt anxiously asked.
"I haven't heard anything from Marcus for a long time and people said some rumors about him, something about him luring kids then selling them to WICKED." Jorge scratched his beard, "I should have told Brenda about that."
"So you mean Brenda doesn't have any shucking idea about the thing you just told us?" Minho asked, frustration lacing his voice.
"I don't want to believe about some rumors, hermano. I just couldn't believe that he could do it."
Aris stood up from his chair, "What are we waiting for? We should get moving now."
Jorge stood up too and clasped his hands, "We are. Now, pack the things we need and some weapons. We need to prepare ourselves."
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We left the old abandoned building where Jorge stacked some of his supplies and started to walk towards the place where Marcus is. The agonising rays of sun pricked our skin even we are already covered. The dust always finds its ways to enter our eyes and nostrils, and my knees are shuddering in every step I take like silver spoons clanking in the midnight of winter.
"Are we near?" I asked through ragged breaths.
"Just a couple of blocks away, hermana. Be patient," Jorge said with his face straight ahead.
I sensed someone at my right. "You okay?" Newt asked. I gave him a nod but deep inside I feel like I'm going to collapse.
"You're not fine, you need to rest. I'll tell Jorge that we should take a break," he said and started to limp to Jorge but I hold his arm.
"Don't Newt. I'm fine, really. We need to find Thomas and Brenda now and that's our priority." I reassured him and gave his arm a little squeeze. Although his eyes betrayed it all, Newt nod and I gave him a tight-lipped smile.
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Fanfiction(Y/n) was a scientist in WICKED. She was working there with her father, Janson. But her life changed when the Maze trials ended. She finally met her friends again, Thomas and Teresa and the Gladers. She knew that they didn't remember her anymore an...
