Altered {Maze Runner}

Whatever It Takes

3rd Person POV

May hopped into a front seat tapping her pencil against the wood. Shawn was nudged inside by the Miss Lakes, with the occasional door slam. Shawn began blushing fiercely and squeezed into the seat next to her. The space between them wasn't unusual but butterfly's filled her stomach. She was opening her mouth to say something when the alarms blared through the halls. May and Shawn caught their breaths and locked eyes.

She raced from their chairs and flooded through the door with the rest of the kids. Shawn's hands gripped May's and they dashed towards the back doors grabbing an umbrella that was placed against the brick wall. They bolted out the door rushing down the streets. "Shawn!" May halter end gathering up her knowledge yet again. "My family."

He nodded reluctantly and they pushed through the crowds. People were screaming and the heat was rising by the second. If they were lucky their umbrella would last another couple minutes. The shifted through the alleys and through the buildings stopping at her small cabin hidden deep in woods.

"Mom? Dad?" she called sprinting towards the house. The bark forming the cabin was already beginning to sizzle slightly, within seconds Shawn concluded it would burst into flames. May began to breath heavily from the lack of air. The heat drained into her skin and she managed to stand still.

Shawn rushed to her side and heaved her to her feet. The umbrella began to stain with a hint of fire on the ends and May cursed under breath. They stumbled towards the trees when a gun went off. May's eyes grew with daunt and her eyes drifted around visiously. Nothing. She forced Shawn to move with her around trying to find the source of the noise.

A stick cracked sending their heads twisting that way. A figure - a man - came limping towards them. His knee was layered in blood causing his limp. His hair was tattered and filled with leaves, his eyes drained with red, and whiskers forming around his cheeks.... like a rat.

"Hello, Shawn and May. I thought I may see you..." his voice was soothing and calm, unlike the rapid speed of May's heart.

"What do you want?" May spat biting her lip from cursing.

"I simply wish to talk. You see, I have something you hold quite dearly to you heart...." his lips formed a smirk making May bite her lip harder.

"My family." she stated. "What do you need me to do?" she didn't hesitate to through herself out there. Shawn tried to open his mouth in objection but she nudged him to shut it.

"I need you. Both of you."

She pondered it for a moment then asking, "Why? If it's me you want I have the right to know why you need me and him in particular."

"Indeed." he started and coughed a bit as though a presidential speech was about to lectured, "We need you to help save the world. To save every dying soul from this- this.... abomination shall I say. People- innocent people, are dying. We need a cure, and we believe that you can contribute to this."

"We?" Shawn's mouth interjected.

"Yes. We call ourselves WICKED. We're trying to fight the Flare and we desire your help. In order to do this, we need your consideration."

"Will you let my family be?" May wondered now only bring her lips to help hold back the tears.

"You have my word." he seemed to bow and began to approach them.

"May," Shawn whispered into her ear, "he's lying." she began to retort when he shoved her with him bolting into the trees. May didn't argue she just ran letting the tears file out. When they finally reached a closing she tripped over a hump in the dank leaves.

Shawn helped her to her feet and she fell into him. She wandered back searching for the lump. She caught her breath and kneeled next to the figure scattered across the dirt. His head was thick with dry blood and a bullet was sunk into his skull. She let out a wail and fell onto the figure sobbing into his chest.

Her brother.

Shawn realized it seconds later feeling a pang of sympathy filling his heart. He began to pull her away whispering, "I know. I know." she spilled her tears into his shirt as he stroked her long blonde hair. Right then she made a treaty with herself, she's finding the remaining of her family...

Whatever it takes.

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A/N

How you guys like? I understand that this isn't a normal chapter but I thought.. Hey! let's confuse you guys even more!

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