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"Please Tommy, Please"

Guns firing, bombs blowing, people shouting and screaming. It was pure chaos. The sound of a Berg flying overhead caught their attention. The four of them gaze up at it. The Berg was heading for the tunnels, which was where they needed to be.

    "That's them, that's them. We've gotta go, we've gotta go!" Thomas says getting ready to stand up again.

    "Go without me." Newt coughs and spits. He starts breathing heavily and panting.

    "Minho, you gotta run ahead, grab the serum and get back to us as soon as you can!" Thomas almost whispers and Minho looks at him as of to say 'no I'm not leaving him'.

    "He's right. I can cover." Gally pipes up. He gets up and waits for Minho to join him. Newt grabs Minho's arm and pulls him back down.

    "Thank... Thank you, Minho." He says between breathes.

    "Hey. You just hang on. You hear me?" Minho tells him and gets up and follows Gally.

    Thomas stands up and watches them leave. Newt is on the floor huffing and puffing, looking more like a Crank than ever.

    "Newt. Newt. Hey, hey. Newt! We're gonna try this. We need move. Now! Let's get you up!" Thomas says shaking him back to reality.

    "No! Thomas. Thomas!" Newt struggles to pull something off his neck. And when he does he tells him to take it, "You gotta take this! Just take it!" He shouts the last part. Thomas wraps his fingers around the ribbon necklace, "Please..."

    "Please Tommy, Please" Thomas stares at him sadly, fearing the worst.

    "Alright, I need you to give me everything you've got. You and me, now let's go. Ready?" Thomas struggles to lift him off the ground. Newt lets out a scream because it hurts too much. Thomas puts his arm around Newt's shoulder and starts lugging him towards their destination. People run in front of them and bullets flying past them, bouncing off things.

    Newt is barely walking now, his feet dragging across the concrete. Every time he inhales and exhales, it sounds like he's choking.

    "Almost there Newt. Stay with me!" Newt suddenly goes limp and Thomas quickly but gently lays him on the ground until the he is above Newt.

    He shakes him a bit before deciding to pull him along the tiles instead of carrying him. After about 30 seconds of pulling he realises Newt is too heavy and drops him. He's about to stand up when he is cut off by Teresa's voice coming through hidden speaker's.

    "Thomas? Can you hear me? I need you to listen me. I know you have no reason to trust me, but I need you to come back. You can save him, Thomas. There's still time for him. There's a reason Brenda isn't sick anymore. It's your blood. Do you understand? She isn't sick anymore because you cured her. She doesn't have to be the only one. All you have to do is come back. And all this'll all be finally over. Please, just come back to me. I know you do the right-" She's suddenly cut off by power going down around him and the emergency lights switching on.

    He stands up and looks around. Tears form in his eyes as he gradually spins round, to find Newt slowly standing up, "Newt?"

    Newt faces him. His eyes are now black and his veins bulge from his face. A black liquid covers his lips and chin.

    Abruptly Newt lunges at him and Thomas tackles him to the ground. They start rolling along the floor, switching places of whose on top. Until they part and Newt gets up onto his hands and knees, "Tommy... kill me!"

    Newt switches back to being aggressive and charges at him again. They roll on the floor once more, "Newt! Please!" He pins Thomas to the floor and puts his hand on his neck trying to strangle him. Thomas squirms under him.

    He could barely remember what Newt looked like when he didn't have the Flare, back in the Maze. The only image in his mind was when they first met and his second night in Glade.

    Newt snaps out of it and realises what he's doing. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry Tommy!" Thomas tells him it's okay but soon after Newt is back to a Crank. He reached into the back pocket on his trouser leg and pulls out a hand gun and puts to his head, threatening to pull the trigger. Thomas swiftly hits it out of his grip, causing it to skid along the tiles. Newt roars at him.

    Thomas pushed Newt off him. Newt's on his hands and knees again and pulls out a knife from a side pocket in his trousers. He swipes it towards Thomas trying to slice him.

    Newt gets on top of him again and starts bringing the knife towards Thomas's chest. Thomas tries so hard to push him off but he's too strong. The knife goes in about an inch, making him scream in agony. Once again Thomas shoves Newt off of him.

    They both stand. The knife was still in his hand and he was slashing every which way to try and hit Thomas.

    He never thought he'd say it but he wishes they were back in the Maze, where everything was fine. He also wishes Teresa never came up to the Maze and ruined everything. He could tell that Teresa liked him but he didn't like her back. Definitely not after what she's done.

    When Newt reaches him, Thomas punches him in the face causing him to fall backwards and hit his head hard against the concrete, dropping the knife in the process. Thomas kneels down next to him. He's unconscious. Good.

    At that moment Brenda comes running up to him shouting his name. She is followed by Frypan, Gally and Minho. She sees Newt lying there on the ground, chest  rising and falling and pulls Thomas into a huge hug.

    "I gotta go find Teresa, she can make the cure for Newt!" Thomas says pulling back from the embrace.

    "I'll come with you. You can't do it alone." Brenda squeezes his shoulder. Thomas turns to the others, who are standing by Newt.

    "You guys get Newt back to the Berg and we'll meet you on the roof!" The others nod and they start to lift Newt up. Gally chucks Thomas his Launcher.

    "You're gonna need it!" He says. Thomas thanks him. Him and Brenda turn to leave but he stops and says;

    "Hey guys?" They look at him, "Don't die!" Everyone smiles despite the circumstances.