❝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 4: Escaping W.C.K.D 」
With a quick turn of her feet, Lia came running through past the corridor along with everyone else behind her. They rounded over a corner to find that they were heading back to the path that led to the warehouse.
"There it is! There it is!" Thomas yelled out pointing towards the large doors as the sirens blared.
Lia sprinted over to the door, swiping the keycard onto the keypad she had gotten from Thomas. The keypad rang, rejecting the card. The girl kept trying only for the keypad to keep denying her access.
"Shit." She cursed, turning back to Thomas with a panicked expression. "It's not working."
"Thomas!" The couple glanced at each other hearing Janson's voice before turning around to face the man himself. He was headed towards them with a group of guards holding shields and held our their guns. "Lia! Come on!"
The blonde girl threw away the keycard then went to grab her swords. With a quick swift of her arms, she removed them from their sheaths and placed them in front of her. Thomas charged his taser gun, pointing at Janson who held his arms up.
"Open this door, Janson!" Thomas called out, taking a few steps forward.
"You really don't want me to."
"Open the damn door!" Lia fumed, the veins popping out of her neck. She stayed by the door next to the others just in case any guards would make a surprise from behind them.
"Listen to me! I'm trying to save your lives." Lia's eyes squinted as she glared at the man. "The maze is one thing, but you kids wouldn't last one day out in the Scorch."
"If the elements don't kill you, the Cranks will." Janson said. If it weren't for everything Lia had seen, she could have felt the sincerity in the man's voice. "Thomas, you have to believe me. I only want what's best for you. What's best for all of you, Lia."
"Bullshit." The blonde girl shook her head with her jaw clenched. W.C.K.D would never be the best thing for her or the people she cared about.
"Lia...If only you knew how important you are." Janson scoffed staring at the blonde. Lia felt uneasy at the statement. Ava Paige already told them they were important yet why did feel different this time? There was a knot in the girl's stomach she couldn't quite understand. "We're not bad people."
"Yeah, let me guess..." Thomas glared, raising his gun. "Wicked is good?"
"You're not getting through that door, Thomas." The sudden beeping of the keypad sounded off catching everyone off guard. Hissing open, the door rose to reveal Aris on the other side with some sort of metal object in his hand and Winston beside him.
