Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (Fan Fiction) Newt X Casey

Chapter 5

Casey POV 

     I join Frypan in the air vent, and realize there is someone else with him. Someone I don't recognize. He looks pretty ordinary, nothing super special that says 'going out into this post apocalyptic world and probably dying'. He looks like someone who would just fade into the background in this strange place, and eventually disappear. 

     Frypan notices my gaze, and says. "Oh, Casey. This is Aris. He's coming with us too." Aris, smiles at me. I smile faintly back, then start moving after Frypan. As we crawl through the air vents, a thought suddenly strikes me. "Wait! I need my weapons." I say, looking behind me at the other passageways. Frypan looks at me in surprise. "We don't have time. We have to get back to the others." He says. "Just tell me where to go and I'll meet up with you after." I reason. "You'll get lost. You don't know this place like I do." Aris points out. I scowl at him. "If we're going out into the world, we need weapons at all times. And I really need to get mine back. Do you know where they keep our weapons?" Aris looks indecisive. "Yes....but I don't want to get caught." He says. "You won't. I'll be the one to get it, I just need you to show me where to go." I explain. Aris looks uncertain, then finally says. "Alright, but you gotta make it quick." "I will." I say, smiling. Aris then turns around and leads us down into a different direction. 

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     I stare down at the room below me. I am laying on a vent, so I can look down at the room without being spotted. "You ready?" Frypan asks, looking at me intently. I nod. He then opens the vent, so I can see the room more clearly. It basically just looks like a storage room, with tables and cabinets. I scan around the room, looking for my stuff. I see knifes and a few guns on the table, but I can't tell which knives are mine. I then see, in the corner of the room, my bow with the arrows with it. 

     I walk over to the bow and pick it up, slinging it over my back, along with the arrow holder. I go back to the table, trying to figure out which weapons are mine, when I hear footsteps approaching.

     Panic flashes through me. "Casey, come on!" Frypan hisses from above me. I quickly grab a pocket knife and a dagger, then rush back over to the vent. Frypan leans over as far as he can without falling. I reach up to grab his arms, just as I hear a key turning in the lock of the door. 

     I finally grasp onto Frypan's arms, as he pulls me up. I latch myself onto the metal ledge and pull myself up the rest of the way. Aris closes the vent behind me, just as the door to the room opens. 

     The three of us hurry away as fast and as quietly as we can. We finally make it back to where we were before, and continue on to meet up with everyone else. 

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     We burst out through another vent, this time on ground level. We seem to be in some sort of garage area. Frypan then leads us to a thick metal door with strong looking glass windows. I look inside and see the rest of the group. I feel relief flood over me, as I see that they are all okay, but the feeling doesn't last long. 

     Janson and a bunch of guards are standing at the end of the hall, blocking their way into the hall. It seems like they can't open the door, as they are all standing there in a panic. Frypan suddenly comes up behind me, and violently stabs a metal pole into the padlock by the door. The door then slowly opens, and everyone turns to look at us. 

     I meet Newt's gaze, and am pleased to see that he looks relieved. He and the rest of them run out of the hall, and into the garage. We all start running together, but Janson is apparently not finished trying to keep us here, as we hear gunshots behind us. Out of the corner of my eye, I see something fly towards us, towards Newt. 

     Time seems to slow down, as I realize that the bullet was going to hit Newt probably in the stomach, and most likely kill him. "If I take the bullet, it will probably hit me in the side. It'll hurt like hell, but probably won't kill me."  However, I apparently have already made my decision subconsciously, as I put on a burst of speed. I briefly run up beside Newt, but it is barely a second later before I feel a searing pain in my side.