THOMAS P.O.V
Thomas was sitting quietly on the edge of a cliff, looking down at the vast body of water below him. They had been in this so called paradise for nearly 3 months and nothing had bothered them. He was sure that WICKED was done with them and their plans for a cure.
He couldn't stop thinking about all the people he cared about that had risked their lives to save him on their journey. Chuck, Thomas thought how he had held the boy in his arms as the light had slowly faded away from his eyes. Chuck's blood coating Thomas's hands as it poured rapidly out from the spot the knife had plunged in. Thomas quickly shook that disturbing image from his head.
Only causing him to think about all the other Gladers who had perished.
Thomas especially thought of Newt. He had shot and killed his friend, he had really done it. Even though it was Newt's last wish to be put out of his misery, Thomas had really killed him.
Brenda, he had felt a really close connection to her in the short period of time he was with her, but he felt like some how he was cheating on Teresa at the time. Even though they weren't technically together, he hadn't felt right allowing Brenda to kiss him, but he still missed her presence.
And now Brenda was dead. Dead because she pushed Thomas out of the way so he wouldn't get hit by the oncoming piece of ceiling that had almost crushed him but hit Brenda instead.
He didn't even get a chance to tell her how he felt about her or even a chance to say his goodbyes. They had rushed to the Flat Trans so quickly.
Thomas continued to sit in silence for about another hour or so before he had to head back for dinner.
….
In the time they were here, they set up a little community similar to the Glade. They had a mess hall for all three meals located to the eastern side. Two cabins big enough to hold everybody, one for the boys and one for the girls lay in the northern part of their community.
There was also an area for growing food located in the western side which they called the gardens like they did in the Glade. They also managed to find a fresh source of water a little ways out near some hills.
And finally a little space they had to relax and do whatever they wanted in the southern part called the spot (lol, couldn't think of anything else, if you do, leave your idea in a review). There was also a small forest towards the northern part of the community behind the cabins, but no one had bothered to explore it yet.
When he got to the Mess Hall, Thomas got his dinner, which was a tender pork chop, green beans, and mashed potatoes. A few days after they had gotten to the Paradise they had found animals around, so far just birds, cows, pigs, fish and various insects.
He went to go sit by Minho and a few others.
When he sat down, Minho immediately said, "Where have you been shank, I've been looking for you everywhere?"
Thomas replied in downhearted tone, "I've just been thinking about everything that's happened and I needed some time alone, so I went on a walk and found myself at the cliff.
The cliff where Thomas was earlier was behind the gardens where they grew their food.
"Well Thomas, everyone is having trouble trying to move on, and I'm not trying to be mean, but what's done is done and we are just so lucky we're here and not there with all those Cranks., so just don't dwell on it anymore" Minho said.
"I know" Thomas said quietly.
"And besides, we need to explore this place more and see what we're dealing with so that we can buggin' continue the human race," Minho continued " And I have no clue if we'll ever get back to our world, but seeming as it was I don't think we should go back to that awful place."
"Good that!" Thomas replied a little more enthusiastically.
Minho got up and said, "There you go Thomas, cheer up, but I have to go to the gardens now, apparently we're having some sort of an insect problem that keeps eating away at our produce." And with that Thomas was left alone.
Aris came up to where Thomas was sitting and sat down across from him.
Thomas didn't bother to look up from his food, but Aris spoke, "So Thomas, I was wondering how you've been, you just haven't looked all that well these past couple of days?"
Thomas hadn't really spoken to Aris before, they made small chat once in a while, but what he did to him with Teresa made him not really like him as a friend. But he just considered him as part of the community and tried to get along with him.
"I'm fine, just tired and all" Thomas replied. He didn't really want to get into it with Aris.
"Well okay if you ever need to talk I'm here." Aris said getting up from the table and went to go sit with another group of boys.
Thomas than got up from where he was sitting and dumped his food in the trash before leaving the Mess Hall and went to the forest, deciding to explore so he could get his mind off things.
As he went into the forest he heard birds chirping, saw tall green luscious trees, and a variety of flowers everywhere. It was quite beautiful Thomas thought as he went deeper into the forest.
He suddenly heard a faint sound of crying a little ways ahead and went to go check it out. As he got closer he realized who it was and saw that silky tar black hair and knew it was Teresa.
Even though he still wasn't sure if he trusted Teresa, he wouldn't just let her cry by herself, so he walked up to her.
"What's wrong Teresa?" Thomas asked.
"Oh nothing" Teresa said quickly while wiping her eyes and slowing her cries to whimpers.
Thomas sat down next to Teresa and gently put a hand on her shoulder and said, "Obviously something is wrong, can you tell me?"
"Okay…well it's about my memories after they removed the swipe" Teresa said hands slightly shaking.
"Oh it is, you never really told me all that you had remembered after the operation." Thomas took her hands not even realizing what he was doing. But her hands stopped shaking and they both smiled at each other.
"Will you tell me now?" Thomas asked?
"Okay, I guess" Teresa replied.
She started, " I was just remembering the time before the Sun Flares hit and thinking if that hadn't happened maybe I would still have my parents and be in my village.
Teresa was silent a long time, Thomas looking at her wanting her to continue.
Teresa looked away from him, "I remember these people….Mark and Trina, they lived before the Sun Flares hit and there was this soldier, Alec, he got Mark, Trina, and a few others out when the Flares hit.
They travelled to the Andes, and that's were they stayed for a while.
Meanwhile, WICKED thought there was too many people and not enough resources" Teresa continued, anger rising in her voice, "So WICKED developed the Flare as a mean for population control, shutting peoples brains down and providing a swift death."
Thomas was furious about what WICKED had done but she continued, "But something happened they hadn't planed for, the virus mutated as it spread from person to person. The first few died very quickly, but as it spread faster and faster, the symptoms took longer to show. And by the time people started being separated from the infected around them, they had already caught the virus.
The group ran away from their settlement after it was destroyed by Wicked. The same thing happened to my family, but by the time they left, my parents had caught the Flare, and they started to lose it.
Teresa started to tremble; "My parents thought I was the devil because I wasn't getting sick after I had got hit by one of those Flare darts. They abandoned me.
Trina and the others took care of me when I was running from the Cranks."
Tears started forming again in Teresa's eyes, "But they weren't immune, Tom, they weren't immune, and they caught the Flare just like everyone else. They tried to hold it off as long as possible. WICKED left the East when they saw what happened. Mark and Trina knew they had to save me.
When they got me to the Flat Trans, Mark told me to be brave and gave me a note saying I was immune. There was a couple of Cranks who wanted to fight WICKED, so Mark told me to run.
I stopped just at the last moment, right before Alec crashed the berg into a building and they were hugging each other so tight, that was the last time I ever saw them, and then I stepped threw.
They sacrificed themselves, so they could save me and I'll never forget them."
Teresa was full on crying again. Thomas drew her in for a hug, somehow knowing she was telling the truth and he trusted her, he told her it was okay soothingly.
She then pulled away from him and said, "And I know you miss everyone you lost like Chuck and especially Brenda, because you guys had a connection, I can tell you miss her, and I know it will never be the same again between us because I betrayed you. I'm so sorry Tom!" Teresa continued, "I just feel so alone because I'm not that close to any of the others.
Thomas pulled Teresa back into an amorous hug and kissed the top of her head saying, "You're not alone Teresa, you have me."
So yep this will definitely be a Theresa story, sorry to those who liked Brenda. Also there will be some interesting stuff happening involving Newt if I decide to continue, for those of you who were heartbroken when he died. So Please review and tell me if you'd like me to continue and the chapters will be much longer if I continue. If you have any ideas or anything else please leave it in your review. JJJJ Thanks!
