The Glue's Stick // The Scorch Trials

Chapter 12

A/N: Above is book Jorge. Not movie Jorge. Your welcome.

* Y/n's POV *

The man sits up on his elbows and sneers at me.

"You're a crank." He states it as a fact, like it isn't even up for dispute. I don't deny it, it's true, I still feel like a crank. Just a crank with a little more control. He squints his eyes, "I can see it."

"No she's not," Newt says, pushing through the crowd to the front. "She was but she's not now."

"She was?" The man whistles and around twenty people drop from the darkness above us. "Kill him and take her," He says, pointing at Minho and I. A girl that looks to be around my age that has long brown hair grabs my arm and shoves me forward. I try to get away but she's actually pretty strong for how small she is.

"Hey!" A voice yells from the crowd of Gladers, "You and me. Let's talk." It's Thomas and he's talking to the man.

"Follow me," The man says and Thomas and him leave. The girl lets my arm go and I push away from her, stumbling over to Newt.

"Did she hurt you, Love?" He asks, grabbing my arms and looking me over. I can hear the girl snort behind me.

"Please, I barely touched her," she says, barely containing a laugh now. Her laugh is almost pretty, it just has something slightly off with it. Something a little wild.

I turn around to look at her and that's when I notice it. There's something in her eyes and her voice. She's crazy. She's a crank too.

"You're a crank," I state, just like the man did with me. There's no question.

"Yes, I am," she begins to slow clap, "Bravo, you also just proved you're a crank too. Only a crank would have been able to tell that I was. I'm not that far gone yet."

"She is not a crank!" Newt says with more force than last time. If only he knew.

"Yes. She. Is." The girl replies loudly. I can almost see the Tik-tik sound going off in her head. I knew it was going to happen so when she does it I'm ready. She launches herself at him but I step in front of him and bat her off to the side. She rolls a few feet and then jumps back up. I expect her to attack again but she doesn't. She winks at me and walks back to her group.

"That's strange," Newt says, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me back to him. "I love you," he whispers in my ear.

"I love you too," I reply, but this time I don't know what it means. I don't know what it means because I don't know how long I'm going to be here, I don't know how much longer I can protect him, I don't know how much longer I can be with him.

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"My name is Jorge and I have made a deal with your leader," The man, apparently named Jorge, says while pointing at Thomas.

"I'm their leader," Minho says, puffing up his chest like he's a rooster or something. I roll my eyes and shove his head, throwing him off balance. He shoots me a glare but I just shrug and ignore him.

"Anyways..." Jorge continues, "This is my partner, Brenda." The person named Brenda happens to be the crazy chick from earlier. Perfect. She waves at the group of Gladers with a psycho grin on her face. "The deal I've made with Thomas is that we will help you people get to your safe spot in exchange for you giving us safety when we get there. Brenda will also be cutting a finger off from each of their hands also, because they disrespected me," He finishes, pointing at Minho and I.

"I don't think so, you--" I grab Minho's arm as he starts forward towards Jorge. I saw Thomas signal something in his eyes towards me. I don't know what it is exactly, but I know that I can trust him. Hopefully.

"Seems better than killing us, doesn't it, Minho?" I ask, trying to be as nonchalant as possible.

"Are you crazy?" He asks, mouth wide open.

"A little," I answer, shrugging my shoulders.

"Ahh, I like this girl," Jorge says, throwing his arm around my shoulders. Then he whispers in my ear, "Maybe we can come to an arrangement where you get to keep your fingers and I get a new crank play-toy." I laugh, looking away from him.

"Maybe," I answer, shocking both him and I.

"Well, lets head to the food basement!" Brenda yells, walking towards the stairs and waving their grungy crew of cranks away from them. She tells them to go somewhere and they do. I walk down the stairs and almost slip, but Jorge catches me.

"Careful," he says, grinning. It would almost be comforting if it wasn't little to wide, a little to wild, a little too... cranky. I smile back, with a grin just as insane. Newt pushes past him and grabs my hand, pulling me forward.

"What was that about, Y/n?" He asks, seemingly angry.

"What was what?" I ask, widening my eyes so I seem innocent. He scoffs and explains.

"First he's whispering in your ear and now he's catching you when you fall. He's a Crank for God's sake, Y/n, not to mention that you're my fiancé!" He seems genuinely angry and I can't blame him, but I'm a Crank now.

Cranks don't have fiancés.

Cranks don't get happily ever afters.

Cranks don't get Newt.

That's when I make my decision. It's best for everybody.

"I love you," I say, kissing him gently on the lips and then continuing, "That's why I have to leave you. I am a Crank, Newt. Whether you like it or not. I may not be as bad as them yet, but I'm certainly not as good as you guys. I can't be with you because I'll hurt you. I'll hurt the people I care about the most. Please just let me hangout with the other Cranks, it's safer that way."

"What? No! Y/n, you'll be fine, you're getting better. We're getting married!" He doesn't sound angry anymore, now he sounds desperate.

"No, Newt. I'm not. We're not. Please let me go. It's over."

"Y/n--" I turn around, blocking his voice out, and walk over to Brenda. I give her a grin and she returns it, throwing her arm over my shoulder.

"Welcome to the club."

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I don't know what to tell you. She doesn't seem like she's getting better to me, but then again at the same time, she does. What about their wedding! Who knows? *Shrugs with evil smirk* Oh wait... I do. Mwahaha! Anyways, all I can say is please continue reading. I promise that you won't regret it! Remember to Vote, Follow, and Comment!

POSTED: 7/11/20

xoxo Glader babies!

~ Bekah