❝𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎.❞
She lost hope but he gave it back. After escaping the dreaded stone walls of the Maze, Lia was out of W.C.K.D's grasp. However, as they were taken into a new compound headed b...
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「 Chapter 3: W.C.K.D Never Left 」
The Gladers were shoved and pushed back into their rooms by an angry guard, forcing them to hurry up getting inside. "Get your asses in there! All of you!" Was shouted at the group before the metal door was locked tight once again. Ensuring that none of them were going to get out.
"What the hell was that about?" Minho asked the couple of the room.
Before Lia could answer, Newt had took a step towards them. "You didn't really think they were just gonna let you through?"
"Nah, of course I didn't." Thomas said, glancing at Lia to check if their plan had worked despite the fact that it wasn't exactly the way they had hoped it would go out. Lia's swiftness was always a good skill she had as shown by the keycard she pulled out of her pocket.
The pair smiled at each other before Thomas told the boys. "We're gonna find out what's on the other side of that door."
"Right." Newt scoffed as the other boys sighed in disappointment.
Lia turned to her best friend. She knew he liked it there and kept telling herself she didn't want to ruin it for him or the others but she just couldn't shake the feeling in her bones that something was wrong. "Newt, they're hiding something. You have to believe us."
The blonde girl's striking blue eyes pleaded almost getting through to Newt until Thomas added in. "These people are not who they say they are."
"No, Thomas, you don't know that!" Newt was beginning to lose his patience and it showed. The veins on the boy popping as he let off steam. "The only thing that we do know is that they helped rescue us from W.C.K.D, They gave us new clothes. They gave us food. They gave us a proper bed. Some of us haven't had that in a long time."
Thomas breathed sadly at his friend's words. This is what Lia meant. "Yeah, but..."
"Some of us a lot longer than others." Newt's eyes showed how much he was trying to force himself to believe in the two. He was tired of running and Lia knew he was.
She always knew.
"Newt..." The girl whispered, softly. She could see that he wasn't the only one feeling hesitant with what she and Thomas were planning to do. They've had to suffer so much for three years and she couldn't break their spirits. Not again.
"Hey, Thomas. Lia." A voice called out in a hush tone as the opening of the vent slid over the metal floor. Turning around Lia found Aris on the ground looking up at them. "You guys got it, didn't you?"
"Yeah, we did." Lia told him, showing Aris the keycard to which she gave to Thomas.
"Let's go." Thomas said moving to get inside the vent but before that he turned to the boys who took a step towards him. "All right, look, maybe you guys are right. Maybe I'm just being paranoid but I got to find out for sure. Just cover for us. Lia and I will be back as soon as we can."
