Survive: A Maze Runner Fanfic

Chapter 21

My eyes slowly flutter open. My eyes settle on Newt who fell asleep next to me. His head is slumped against his arms that are resting on the table. Thomas is also asleep, his head slumped to the side, snoring softly.
I gently move Newt's hair out his his eyes. He opens his eyes and smiles.
"Hi sweetheart. How are you feeling?" He asks sweetly.
"I'm sore, but nothing that bad." I lie. Hot tears sting me eyes.
"What's wrong?" He asks softly, trying not to wake Thomas.
"I feel so disgusting, like I'm not myself anymore. He took something away from that I will never get back." I say, tears of anger filling my eyes and spill over.
"I wish I would've been the person to take that from you. You know I would never pressure you to do something against your will, especially when you couldn't defend yourself."
I nod as tears rush in streams down my dirty face, creating clean streaks down on cheeks.
"Newt, can you lay with me?" I whisper.
"Are you sure? I don't want to move you and have you break your stickes." Newt worries.
"Newt, please?" I whimper softly.
He nods reluctantly and shifts me over to the side of the table. I wince in pain.
"You okay?" Newt asks, worried again.
"I...I think so. It just hurts a little. More than it did before."
"Let me check okay?"
"What? No!" I protest. Yelling so loud Thomas nearly falls out of his chair he's so startled.
"What's going on? Why is everyone yelling?" Thomas asks.
"I want to check her stitches since I moved her. She said it was hurting." Newt explains.
"Macie, let him check. He can help." Thomas whispers to me.
I huff heavily, knowing I can't win this battle. "Fine, but make it quick. I've only known you for a few days. I don't need you looking at my privates."
"Oh hush." Newt smiles and tugs at the blanket covering me. I pull it tighter. Newt looks at me, clearly frustrated. "Babe, please? It'll only be a second."
I groan in frustration. "Fine, but only a second." I loosen my grip in the blanket.
He leans down and lifts the blanket. He removes the towel from between my legs and tosses it aside. He holds my leg steady with his left hand.
His eyes widen at what he sees.
"Thomas, hand me the gauze now."
Thomas quickly grabs it and tosses it to Newt.
"What's wrong? Why are you freaking out?"
"Your stitches. They're infected. Pretty bad. Thomas go find the Med-jacks."
Thomas rushes out of the room, yelling loudly.
Blood pours off the table. I sniffle a sob.
"I know, I know baby." Newt shushes me quietly.
The Med-jacks and Thomas quickly run into the room. Newt rushes to my side, his hands stained with blood. My blood.
"Oh shuck. This isn't good." Jeff says quietly. He rushes around the room grabbing supplies.
"Ok, Macie. I have some bad news."
"Great." I reply.
"I'm going to have to remove the stitches and start over. It'll hurt more than before since it's already infected."
I look at Newt with blurry vision. He wipes his hands on his pants and strokes my hair.
"Just help her, please." Newt begs.
Jeff gets right to work, severing the stitches. I whine softly.
"Clint, go get some water." Jeff demands.
Clint leaves the room.
"Ok, I'm going to remove the old ones okay? Tell me if it hurts too much."
I look over at Newt with fear in my eyes.
He kneels next to and grabs my hand. He quickly pecks my lips and smiles, making me swoon.
"I love you, Newt." I whisper softly.
"I love you too, Macie." Newt responds brushing my hair out of my face.
Tears fill my eyes as Jeff jerks the stitches out of me.
"It's okay. You're fine." Newt consoles.
Jeff looks up. "Did I hurt her?"
"Yeah, just when you pulled out the stitches." Newt answers for me.
"I'm sorry. I'll try to be more careful." Jeff chews on the side of this cheek as he concentrates. "Where's Clint?" He says frustrated.
Oh his cue, Clint rushes through the door with a shallow bowl of water. Jeff takes a gauze pad and soaks it in the water. He cleans the tear. I whimper softly.
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After a couple hours later, Jeff was able to fix me up.
"I'm sorry I hurt you." Jeff apologizes.
"It's fine, at least you didn't hurt me like Gally has." I fake a small smile.
"I'll talk to him." Jeff says.
"No, you don't have to. I can." I say.
"You want me to send him over here?"
"I don't know. I don't want to see him." I say quietly.
"He needs to be put in his place. He can't just walk around the Glade raping people. He's not the leader, Alby is." Newt says.
"Maybe we should have a Gathering. Get everyone's opinion." Jeff says.
"They'll vote against me. You, Clint, Thomas, and Newt are the only ones who care about me. They'll vote with Gally. They all hate me." I say as tears fill my eyes. "They beat me. Try to kill me. Rape me. How could they side with me. They've tried everything to get rid of me."
"They've failed so far. They'd have to get through us to hurt you." Thomas reassures.
"What makes you think they won't try? I would die if something happened to any one of you. You shouldn't have to protect me. Fight me battles for me."
"Well, I'll call a Gathering later. Me and Thomas will be there, along with the others, but we'll try our best." Newt says.
The others turn to leave, but Newt stays and I'm thankful.
"Newt, please promise me one thing."
"Depends on what that one bloody thing is." He smirks.
"Be careful. I don't want something happening to you because of me."
"Macie, love, you know I would do anything for you. That includes getting myself killed for you. I love you and if something were to happen to you. Knowing that I could've prevented it, it will kill me." Newt says.
I smile and blush. "I can't remember the last time someone cared about me so much."
"That's because you can't remember anything." Newt jokes.
"That doesn't matter to me anymore. Only you do."
"You don't want to remember your family, or friends, or anything from before you arrived here?"
"It's not that I don't want to remember, because I do. More than anything. You are the bet thing that's ever happened to me. As long as I have you, I'll be fine."
Newt sighs. "Then I have failed." He says quietly.
"What? That's crazy!"
"No, it's not. It's bloody logical. I let them beat you. I let Gally rape you." Newt whispers, his voice shaking a little.
"But you always came when I needed you. You always defend me."
"That's not enough."
"It's enough for me." I whisper and lean toward him. He kisses me passionately. I kiss back.
I never want to let him go....