Trenda • The Maze Runner

Chapter 15

Thomas POV

"Ill help WICKED.." I say in a low tone. "NO!!!" yells Brenda through a crackled scream. "Good choice" says Minho as he pushes Brenda back to Thomas. She trips and falls into Thomas' s arms. "You-you can't go Thomas. Please. Stay" she crys. "Sorry sweet heart he can't stay" says minho while walking towards them.

Brenda walks backwards until we both bump into the serving table. "Please brenda. Yiu have to let me go. I will come back I promise." I say through a choked voice. "I know WICKED, you won't come back!" She screams as Minho grabs my shirt. "Come on shank" minho yells as he begins to pull Thomas away back to the forest. "No!" Brenda yells as she breaks into a run towards the kitchen. I see her dissapear and just feel Minho draggin me to the forest. "Minho please! Don't do this to me!" I yell fighting his strong arms. "Shut up shank" he yells at me. He grabs my throat and begins to choke me, "shut up shank I would kill you but I can't yet so Shut UP!" he squeezes harder and I can't breathe anymore, I gasp for air but can't seem to find it. I feel myself go limp and focus on the sunlight; how bright it is.

"Minho drop him!" I hear a girl yell. Brenda? "Drop him or I swear to god I will kill you!". Minho lets go of my neck and I fall to the ground gasping for air. I turn and see Brenda armed with a bow and arrow from under the stove in case of animals scavenging for food. "Oh Brenda, love is a strong thing. It was measured very highly in you and thomas' s brain activity in your amygdalas. But why would he love you? Not Teresa?  She sacraficed herself for Tom. What did you do?" He asks with a smirk. I see her face tighten and draw the bow back harder. "Minho you won't get to me no matter what you do. I have a bow. What do you have?" She says with a small smile. Minho proceeds to pull out a knife from his belt loop. Her face tightens but she stands her ground. "What are you going to do with that minho? Stab me? Do you not see the bow?" She laughs. "Oh I did, but im not going to use it on you". Minho proceeds to run to me and put the knife to my neck. "I will." He says. I am slightly afraid but more shocked. I though WICKED would be the end of me, not my best friend.

"Minho let him go" she says.  "Put the bow down" he smiles. Brenda lowers her bow but is still filled with rage. "Good." Says minho as he puts the knife back in his belt loop. As soon as Minho puts the knife away Brenda snaps the bow back and releases. Before I can react I feel the arrow slice my arm and hit Minho's leg. I let out a yelp but Brenda has alreafy pulled out another arrow. "Get down!" She yells as she fires another arrow. This time it hits Minho in his abdomen. She runs to me as fast as I have seen her throughout our whole journey. Before I can speak her lips are smashed on mine. She pulls away, tears have already wetted her cheeks and she just looks at my arm. Im so sorry!" She says as she applies pressure to the wound. "We don't have much time. We have to get out of here before WICKED comes to save Minho." She says as she starts to run towards the forest armed with the bow. She passes Minho's body and kneels below his body. "Hope that hurt you son of a bitch;  Jorge should have cut your fingers off when he had the chance" she whispers. She then begins to run towards the forest again making sure I am following close behind.