The Heat// The Scorch Trials//Newt//Book 2

Crank city

Coras POV.

i heard something move, so i opened my eyes to look around, the storm was still going but not as bad as before, all the sound of movement was coming from one of the higher floors. i stood up and quietly made my way around the boys.

i walked down this dark corridor that smelt like absolute Klunk, i felt my way along the wall until there was a turn and a set of stairs, i walked up quietly feeling my way along and trying to listen to whatever it was at the same time.

i reached the second floor and pushed the door open and saw some sort of light sorce around the corner i walked over close to it before i heard voices. i hugged the wall and just stayed there listening to what i assume were cranks discussing what they were going to do with us.

"were going to attack them as soon as the sun rises, half of 'em should be asleep muchcachos" i heard one speak, i never saw the ones back at the other place but something told me i was going to meet them up close and personal.

"i say we let the other Cranks deal with 'em...better them than us" i heard a man speak before a yelp, i assume he was hit or something.

"your stupid, have you seen them, they dont even look like they caught the flare! they are probably here to help us cranks!" i heard a lady speak, they seemed to have sanity. i mean i havent seen one that hasn't yet, i assume they would be like the lady who attacked thomas near the bus.

i tried to slowly walk away and back down the stairs but...no luck.

"Whats that?" one of them spoke and i heard their footsteps coming closer, i held my breath and pushed myself against the wall shrinking as small as i could in the corner.

"come out, come out where ever you are muchcacho" the same man from before spoke, he had venom laced in his voice, it didnt seem as nice as before. maybe they were insane.

"come out and we wont stab ya' " a lady called out, i covered my mouth with my hand but it didnt help they brought a torch out and searched the area so i would be found sooner or later. i stood up and walked over with my hands up.

"ah shes a beauty, now tell us why ya' here" one of the men had a spear pointed to my neck now, he flicked his head for me to move to the wall close to the fire. i turned my head to look at the rest of their group.

"um im here by myself...to seek cover from the storm" i lied about the boys not wanting them to get involved in this. the man moved his spear up to my cheek and cut a perfect line across my cheek. i shut my eye until the pain stopped before i felt a waterfall of blood rush down my face.

"Stop Lying!" the man yelled at me before a lady walked over and licked the blood off my face, she smiled as if to scare me before a man punched her. i looked over to the man before standing up straighter.

"Im not lying." i mustered up courage to say to the man as i crossed my arms, he was about to cut me again when one of the more sane cranks took it off him and pushed him back out of the way. he moved in closer to me and whispered in my ear.

"we know about the others down stairs, so stop lying." i shivered as his harsh voice made goose bumps up and down my body, they threw me down against the wall before tying my hands up and gathering around the fire.

some of the men licked their lips while looking at me, it disgusted me. their were women in their group so why would they be sick bastards towards me. the man who kept saying muchcachos put a girl called brenda in charge of me.

"so how long have you been out here" she spoke to me, i looked down and didnt respond to her. she could probably kill me if she wanted, but i feel like if they want the boys to stay put and not fight back they'd need a prisoner.

"a week at most..." i mumbled out, she smiled before patting my shoulder, i looked up to her before i asked her a question.

"what about you guys?" i asked quietly, he looked at me with sadness in her eyes, i nodded and understood that it was a touchy subject. i sat there the rest of the night in silence, before they stood me up and took me down stairs.

the man who seemed to be in charge jumped down first instead of taking the stair, i heard some of the boys arguing with him before the others jumped down and a man took me down the stairs with a Knife to my Neck. my head was to the side when we arrived and the man was breathing down my neck.

"Let Her Go!" Newt yelled, i felt a bit faint but i tried to stay strong. i guess this was part of the pregnancy. i looked to Newt but the man shoved my head back into position, Newt was being held back by thomas and Clint while Minho himself was yelling at the cranks.

"Lets make a deal!" Thomas finally called out, the leader of these cranks turned to thomas.

"were special trust me...lets just talk" Thomas was taken away with the leader past me and down the hall, Thomas glanced at me as he passed. he saw the cut on my cheek which was growing bruising around it which made it look twice as worse.

they left the room for a while, i looked up to the man who was holding me captive. he was the one to whispered to me last night, he didnt have any other motives. he was just doing what he was told in order to survive.

"uh excuse me....im going to be sick" i mumbled out trying to remove the sick feeling that was creeping up my throught. he nodded and then took me to a dark room, he stood by the door as i was sick in the corner. my stomach was killing me and my stomach had started growing.

"thank you." i mumbled before he shoved me back out the door and into the main room with the others. Thomas was back with the Leader and introduced him as jorge, and the girl called brenda was apparently his second in command.

the man removed the knife from in front of my Neck and the things binding my hands together, i ran over to Newt and hugged him, he lifted me up and spun me around before setting me down. i smiled at him before george had sent the other cranks away.

"Brenda...this is Cora, Newt and Minho who you already know." i looked over to thomas to see him introducing her to us, i looked at minho who was rubbing his neck i smiled and chuckled a bit before he punched me in the shoulder.

"oww" i mumbled to him before i walked over and hugged him before jorge started taking us out of the building, we left through the back to stay in the shade of the buildings. i was behind brenda and she took my hand. at first i was scared to catch the flare but i already had it, she was way more burnt than i was too.

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A/N i got distracted and wrote more than usual. opps but here Can you tell Cora is becoming braver, mean i wouldv'e cried if some cranks took me captive...but i guess she is learning what Alby meant. all they have is each other...