The Tributes from the Maze (Newt/OC)

The Search for Ariadne

Newt was walking around the fields waiting for Ariadne to come back with Thomas and Minho. They were taking a while, but he shrugged it off, attributing Gally's odd behaviour to a romantic interlude. That was, until a giant gust of wind blew through the fields and a massive flying ship appeared. At first he had confused it with a berg, but upon closer inspection, it clearly wasn't. He was starting to worry about his friends, but they were highly capable of taking care of themselves and they'd be fine. At least, that's what Newt tried to convince himself was true. Not long after the flying ship disappeared Thomas and the rest of the group came back out of the forest. Newt stormed towards them. A thunderous look on his face.

"What is going on here? First a giant berg-thing comes and then disappears. Then you all come running out of the forest looking as if you've seen a massacre!" Newt yelled thrusting his hands towards the forest. A shrill, blood-curdling shriek sounded, followed by a series of gut wrenching screamed pleas from the forest. Then Newt realised something.

"Where's Ariadne?" He asked and then his face turned from angry to crestfallen. "Thomas, where is she?" He whispered.

"Newt. There was nothing we could do. She ran away when Gally scared her. She got into one of her fits and took off. We tried to look for her but we couldn't find her. We came to a clearing and that ship came and shot a spear through Aris and captured Sonya. Newt, Aris is dead. We don't know who they were. And Sonya, she's gone. There are other people here. Maybe there's something else on the other side of the forest. We have to explore and send out search teams." Thomas explained.

A small group of people had gathered and we're listening and speculating what had happened.

"Maybe it's WICKED!" One yelled.

"What if we just went back in time!?" Said another.

"Oh no! We should have known we'll never be safe." sobbed a girl.

"What!? Some ship is going around capturing and murdering our people and you just leave Ari to roam about by herself during a fit? How could you think that was a good idea?!" Newt hissed and stormed off into the forest, a mournful feeling settling into his stomach. Aris was dead, his sister was captured and Ariadne was missing. Why couldn't they just catch a break?

"Where are you going?!" Gally shouted after him. Newt didn't even turn around. He just ignored Gally and kept walking.

"Get everyone together in the REC centre! Call a Gathering!" Thomas was yelling. Minho started ushering everyone into the recreational centre, where they had decided to hold their council meetings.

Newt left them all to scramble. His heart was beating so fast that he thought it would jump right out of his chest. He needed to find her before anything really bad happened. What if the people who had killed Aris and taken Sonya came back for her? What if she got lost and he couldn't find her? What kinds of animals roamed the deeper parts of the woods? Newt forced himself to disregard these questions as soon as they came, but they were just replaced by more.

He followed the sound of her occasional screams. At one point he thought he had found her but it was just a shadow. It must have been. There was no one else in these woods. Was there? Just then he heard a sob somewhere near him. He paused and listened.

If something happened to her Newt felt like a part of him would fall to pieces. Had she thought the same when he was in the maze? If she had thought that, did she feel it because he was her friend or was it something more like it was with him? Ariadne was all that occupied Newt's thoughts these days. He couldn't stop thinking about her. Her smile. Her laugh. Her eyes. Her hair. Her face. Her skin. Her lilting voice. Her cry. Her scream. Her pain. Her touch. It was all he ever thought about. Was it possible that she thought the same of someone else?