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I recommend listening to the song for this chapter, I think it fits really well.
Sam
My hand stays intertwined with Minho's as we fall through the cold, night air. And from in the distance, a bright red flare ignites, shooting up into the sky as we all tumble into the pool, the cold water soaking me to the bone.
For a moment, I was completely immobile; my small frame slowly drifting beneath the surface, as the air was knocked from my lungs at the impact of the fall.
But strong arms shoot into the water, grasping tightly onto my arms, and pulling me from the depth of the pool. I gasp, coughing and spluttering as the glorious air hits me once again.
Minho and Newt help me to my feet, as our group of four huddle together as a couple of guards begin to advance. We all raise our fists in anticipation of the fight that awaits us, but a slightly taller guard turns on the others, shooting the ones surrounding him.
He peels off his mask, exposing his once hidden identity. It was Gally.
"Gally?" Minho forces out, glancing at the tall teen in front of him. "How is this possible?"
"There's no time now, we've got to go!" Gally pants, his sweaty hair sticking to his face.
We all leap into action, quickly following him as he leads us down through the WCKD car park once again. "The bus is gone."
"You don't say." I mutter, hopping from foot to foot as I try to ignore the crawling and itching in my head, as if there were hundreds of bugs inside.
Minho chuckles, staring down at me. I then notice his tired, dark-circled eyes, and I send him a quick sympathetic glance.
He only frowns as Thomas speaks up, "what now? We were supposed to be on that bus!"
"We'll have to get to the tunnels, they're only a couple of blocks away." Gally says, glancing at me and taking in my disheveled, pre-crank appearance.
I break the stare, glaring at the ground as we begin to walk through the streets once again.
Minutes pass, and then it happens.
An explosion rips apart the eerie silence, fire reaching for the clouds as it begins to lick at the walls surrounding the city. And then everything all happens at once, Minho grabs my shoulders and ducks me behind a plant box as WCKD police and fire engines speed through the streets. The rest of our group follows Minho's lead, as we hide behind the plants from the WCKD trucks.
