Radar and Jett scanned each area of the forest, going about rounds and making sure that no one could see the road leading to the cabin. Radar and Jett kept quiet most of the walk, making small talk when most needed. The sun had grown stronger and it weighed them down as they desperately tried to stay in the shade of the trees.
"He's curious that Newt is." Radar said, jumping over a cut down tree.
"Intriguing." Jett corrected.
"Seems kind of mysterious." Radar added.
"Mystery isn't always in vain." Jett hoped over a rose bush, trying to bloom.
"I wonder how he's survived for so long." Radar asked nobody in particular.
"We don't have many rules here Radar." Jett reminded him. "But one is to never ask about anyone's past, the cabin is a new start."
"I know." Radar said. "But I can't help but wonder-"
Crunch.
"It's Chris again." Jett waited for Chris to pot out.
Crunch.
"Good, I'm starving." Radar waited as well.
Crunch.
From behind a tree, stood a torn apart Crank, way past the gone.
Jett wanted to scream and run but Radar aimed his gun at the maniac.
"Go away!" He shouted.
"Kill me!" The Crank oozed pink saliva. "Kill me!"
Jett grew scared and dropped her gun because of the shaking of her hands. She desperately tried to move herself to pick it up but her eyes stayed glued on the killer.
"Kill it!" She screamed. "Oh Radar just kill it."
Radar watched the Crank run straight at them before finally shooting it down. It's head blew up in an eruption of splatter and he knew that soon a group from the cabin would come to find the sound of the gun shot.
"I-I-couldn't-pick up my-gun." Jett whimpered, unable to process what happened. "I was-terrified."
Soon then, Stevenson, Sid, Cali, Simon, Gina and Newt appeared from the distance.
Jett was crying by now, hiding her face with her hands. She was embarrassed.
"What happened?" Stevenson shouted.
"It was a crank!" Radar pointed.
"Jett?" Cali asked, moving towards the morbid girl.
"I couldn't shoot it." She cried. "I was frozen."
"It's alright Jett." Cali comforted her.
"No it's not." She fiddled with her fingers. "I should of been brave enough to shoot it down."
Jett had grown anxious for everyone to leave her alone but everyone stayed put, trying to calm her down.
Cali's long blonde her ticked the back of Jett's neck as she hugged her. "Come on sweetie, let's get back to the cabin."
"I couldn't shoot it." Jett mumbled again and again.
Stevenson walked up ahead, with Simon striding behind. Radar, Sid and Gina trailed behind them and Newt walked his own way, a little farther then the group. He kicked some rocks and looked back every now and then to catch a glance at the crying girl.
He didn't like seeing her cry. He watched her hold her breath so she would stop crying but it didn't work. He noticed Gina walk towards him, handing him a water bottle.
"Is she alright?" He asked.
Gina nodded. "Sometimes Jett just freezes and has an anxiety attack."
Anxiety attack. Newt knew what that meant but didn't know how he knew.
"Best not talk about it." Gina added. "It rarely happens and when it does, she locks herself up until people forget about it."
"Locks herself up?" Newt questioned.
"You'll see."
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What Ever Happened To Newt? ||The Maze Runner
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