'Instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile.'
{Nikola Tesla}
Nicole is known as the brain...
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"She's a badass with a big heart."
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The sound of the helicopters blades slowed down as we descended. I sat in the machine pressed against my best friend, Aris, who was holding Rachels hand.
I glared down these strange men that just rushed in and 'saved' us after we solved our maze. The atmosphere seemed thick with tension as the heavily armed man looked on edge.
As soon as the doors opened yells filled my ears mixed in with the sound of helicopters blades. We were grabbed at the arms and dragged out onto some platform. "Lets go! Get inside." The men yelled at us. The girls and I gave the men a strange look as the hurriedly pushed us towards this fortress-like-building.
I dug my feet into the ground, tearing away from the grip of the man who had caught ahold of me. I noticed so did my friends Harriet and Sonya. I bet they where wondering the same thing as me. What the hell is going on?!
The man swiveled around grabbing my wrist again, only this time it was much harder. I was about to protest when I heard this...inhuman scream. All of the maze kids turned towards these...zombified creatures running down the dunes strait towards us.
I heard a few screams from the other girls and spun around. This time I started to run towards the building, willingly, with Harriet and Sonya. Those things looked familiar. What were they? Cr...cr...Cranks. That was it.
I was running in the back since I couldn't ran as fast as the other girls. Right before we escaped I was stung in the leg by a Shade in our maze. When you get stung you go through the Reveling. Usually you'd die or go crazy, but luckily we had the antidote.
When I went through the Reveling I got some of my memories back. Not all of them just glimpses really. Just bad headaches, fuzzy people and their words kept floating around in my head. Especially one sentence that kept repeating itself.
WCKD is good.
Once we ran inside we spun around to see the doors closing and the men firing at the Cranks. I looked around to see we were in some kind of large factory. I felt a hand slip into mine and looked up at a worried Aris. During our time in the maze me and him formed a sister-brother bond. I noticed he held on to Rachel with his other hand and I couldn't help but smile at the couple. Young love, very sweet, but what the hell is going on!?
Harriet and Sonya stood at the front of our group as a man with silver hair walked up to us.
"You kids doing all right?" He asked us. I tightened my grip to Aris's hand as the man went on.
"Sorry about all the fuss. We had ourselves a bit of a swarm." He said. "Who are you?" Harriet demanded in her stern voice. Her, Sonya, Aris, Rachel, and I where now I'm the front of the group.
"I'm the reason you're all still alive. And it's my intention to keep you that way. Now come with me, we'll get you kids squared away."
•••
"You can call me Mr. Janson, I run this place. For us this is a sanctuary safe from the horrors of the outside world." Mr. Janson said as we walked through the facility.
"Something doesn't feel right." I whispered to Aris. I could tell by his face expressions he was thinking the same thing.
"You all should think of it as a waste station. Kind of a...home between homes." "You mean you're taking us home?" A girl named Jane from our maze asked with a tone of hope in her voice.
"A home of sorts." He replied. "Sadly there wouldn't be much left of where you came from. But we do have a place for you a...refuge outside the scorch. Where WCKD will never find you again. How does that sound?"
It sounds implausible.
The stain that WCKD put on all of us, I don't think it would ever be able to be washed out. It's hard to imagine being free of them after all these years. Especially so easily.
"Why are you helping us?" Harriet asked again just as cold. "Let's just say the world out there is in a rather curious situation. We are all hanging on by a very thin thread. The fact that you kids can survive the Flare virus makes you the best chance of humanity's continued survival. Unfortunately that also makes you all a target. There's no doubt by now you've noticed."
Janson stopped us in front of these two metal doors. "Beyond this door lies the beginning of your new lives." I watched carefully as he swiped his ID card and the door opened to a white hallway.
"First things first." Janson said turning back to face us. "Let's do something about that smell."
•••
As soon as the hot water connected to my bare skin I jumped back. I hadn't had a hot shower since...who knows when. I carefully stepped back into the steam as I heard the 'oohs' and 'ahhs' from the other girls.
I flinched again as the water sent a tingly feeling down my spine. I chocked on my breath as suddenly a scene flashed by my mind
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A metal bug sat in front of a young girl as she tinkered on with wires and other scrapes of metal. The young girl was so consumed with her work she didn't show any emotion as an older lady walk in and examine the bug.
"I call them beetle blades." The girl told the lady not looking up from her work. The lady balanced the bug in her hand taking in every detail including the green paint along the back spelling out: WCKD.
"Very good work." The lady commented with an approving nod. The young girl wiped her oily hands on her black jeans before removing the protective black googles from her face and resting them above her forehead. The young girl had dark brown eyes that matched with her dark brown rooted hair with flecks of gold in it.
"Chancellor Paige." The girl said sitting up. "I was wondering if you could tell me where exactly my inventions are going?"
The lady let out a sigh and gave a disapproving nod to the girl. "I thought we already discussed that that's confidential information, Nicole."
"Yeah, but I made them and I think I should have the right to now where they are going." The young girl protested raising her voice a bit. The lady shook her head again giving the girl a hard look making her shrink back in her seat.
"Trust me, Nicole, you'll see where your inventions are going very soon."
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I let out a gasp as I snapped out of the-memory- and tumbled back into the tiled wall. I knew what beetle blades were. They were all over our maze. Did I create them? Why?
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A/n
Keep checking for more updates. Picture is Nicole glaring at Janson.
