Surviving The Scorch

Chapter 4

We found a table with enough seats for all of us and sat down. Two others boys looked up as we sat down with them.

"You just get taken in from your Maze?" One of them asked, he had darker skin, and had a dark blue flannel with a white shirt under it.

"Yeah." Winston nodded, as he took a seat beside the boy, at the end of the table. Minho sat in front of Winston, and Newt sat in front of the one who had spoke, and I sat in front of a boy with tan skin and a striped shirt. Frypan sat down beside the one with the striped shirt, and there was an empty seat for Thomas beside me. Teresa had stayed back, I guess. "Did you guys have a Maze?"

"Yeah, we had one. But it was all boys." The other one spoke, and eyed me, as I shifted my position a little bit. 

I cleared my throat and looked over. "What are your names?" I asked, as the boy with the flannel looked to me.

"I'm Jacob. He's Marcus." The boy said, as I nodded, and he scanned our faces. "What about you? You guys got names?"

We looked at each other, as Frypan smiled. "Frypan." Jacob looked over, and raised an eyebrow, nodding.

"Uh, Winston."

"Minho."

"Newt."

"Parker." I nodded, looking at their food. There was a line where you could get food, but we had all just really ate, so we weren't that hungry. 

"Wait, you were in their Maze?" Jacob asked, as Marcus looked over. He had just explained that they had all boys, so I guess not everyone had a girl sent up.

"Yeah. So did another girl, but I think she's still with the doctors." I explained, as Marcus nodded, watching my face. I didn't like how he was looking at me, it made me uncomfortable. He wasn't being weird or anything, but I think maybe he thought I was cute or something.

Newt looked over, at me, and then to Marcus, who broke his gaze away. I shifted my position awkwardly again, and begged someone to ask something.

"Did you guys get out of your Maze?" Minho cleared his throat and asked, as I mentally thanked him. Jacob shook his head.

"No, we were just sitting there-" Jacob started, as the doors to the cafeteria opened, and in walked Thomas. Minho stood up and walked over, leading Thomas to us. "And then there was this big loud explosion. And these guys came out of nowhere. Started shooting up the place." I looked to Thomas as he sat down beside me.

"It was intense." Marcus answered, nodding, and taking a sip of his drink. I felt his eyes flicker back to mine as I was watching Jacob.

"They pulled us out the Maze and brought us here." Jacob explained, as I kept my eyes on his, trying to ignore Marcus's glances.

"What about the others?" Newt asked, as I looked to him, watching his face. "The other people left behind in the Maze, what happened to them?"

"I don't know. I guess... WICKED still has them." Jacob answered, shrugging a bit. Theoretically, if this was W.C.K.D still, then where did the kids go? Were they dead?

"How long you guys been here?" Newt asked, he was very good at keeping conversations going and talking to people. Me on the other hand, not so much. 

"Not long, just a day or two." Jacob said, and shrugged. "That kid over there has been here the longest. Almost a week."

We looked to a kid sitting alone, with his hood up. He wasn't eating his food, more or less just staring at it. He looked like he could have been my age, but maybe a bit younger.