Closer To You Chapter 1
A/N: Hey everybody! After creating Maiden Of the Wolves I decided that when I was finished with it I would take it up a notch and do something that not many have done. This is a crossover fic with Maze Runner characters entering the Twilight universe. It's gonna be pretty crazy so we'll see how it works. All I ask is that you keep the faith and hopefully it'll turn out to be a good story. Theme song for this chapter is Army of Me by Christina Aguilera.
Love you all!
Newt stared out the window as Eminem blasted through his noise cancelling headphones.
The rain was mercilessly pounding down on the road to Forks, Washington making him mentally groan at how it was just their luck to get caught in the storm on moving day.
Bobbing his head along to the other pounding beat that came from the particularly angry song that came out of his iPod, he tore his gaze away from the depressing weather and glanced over at Thomas who had been silent the whole way since they packed up and left Port Angeles.
Thomas spared him a second of his time as he slid his eyes over to his brother but quickly looked away when he was caught by Newt.
"You alright bro?"
He asked quietly but found that his voice practically echoed through the metal prison that was leading him far away from everything he had ever known.
Thomas's mouth formed a thin line as he shook his head before turning off onto the exit for Forks.
"What do you think? Our parents were murdered two days ago and now we're emancipated and moving to this Godforsaken town."
He grit out making Newt fall silent once again.
Thinking back over the last two days, he felt his heart clench as he reached in his backpack and pulled out the newspaper clipping that he kept with him always.
Port Angeles Crime Report:
Double Homicide tears apart young family!
March 4th 2010
Marlene McKinney, (age 41) and her husband Donald McKinney, (age 52) were found laying a pool of their own blood on the kitchen floor of their home with their throats slit and all blood drained from their bodies. Police are puzzled by the gashes and small marks on their necks and say it may have been caused by an animal attack. The couple leaves behind two sons, Thomas McKinney, (age 17) and Newton McKinney, (age 17). The investigation is still open and if you have any information please call the Port Angeles police department as soon as possible.
Thomas smacked the clipping out of Newt's hand making Newt look over and send a glare his way.
"What the fuck Tom? I know you were the one who found them but I was just as affected if not more than you were. Besides, this is the only thing we have to remember them by."
He said as his voice cracked while hot wet tears fell from his eyes.
Thomas's expression softened when he saw that he had hurt his brother and pulled over on the side of the road and turned to the young blonde.
"Newt, I'm sorry. I know that you think that all that you have left of them is that fucking scrap of paper, but that's not true. You always have them in your heart and we can keep their memory alive. Mom and Dad never would've wanted us to be like this. Leaving town was the best thing we could've done. Mom and Dad even wrote in their wills that they wanted us to be emancipated in the event that they died. Just remember, it's us together. We're brothers. We're going to get through this together, I promise."
He said gently as he reached over and pulled his brother into a tight hug which he returned eagerly.
As Newt's head lay against his brother's shoulder he remembered back when he was 4 and was adopted by the McKinney's.
When he was six, the family had adopted Thomas and the two had instantly become inseparable.
Newt had been adopted internationally from London, England and Thomas had been adopted within the United States from Texas.
Despite their different backgrounds they lived as a happy family for years all until that fateful day two days ago.
Newt was walking home with friends and decided to stop off at the diner that was popular with all the local kids.
Thomas had told him that he would meet him at home and took off towards their house.
Newt didn't even know anything had happened until he walked home and found the police covering every inch of their property and street.
He was ushered over to a waiting ambulance that held his brother who was going in and out of shock.
The police had told him that his parents had been murdered and Thomas was the one who found them.
The whole way to the hospital Newt held Thomas close as he sobbed uncontrollably.
The day after, their parent's wills were read and the state of Washington granted them emancipation just as their parent's wished.
But with one condition.
They had to leave their home in Port Angeles and move to their parent's birth place of Forks, Washington.
So with heavy hearts, the two orphaned boys held tight to each other as they left behind their old life to start a new one in the small town in the foothills of the mountains.
Newt was jarred out of his memories as Thomas pulled back and gave him a small smile before starting the car and heading into town.
And it ended just like that.
The memories and the heart to heart with his brother had disappeared almost as quickly as it had appeared.
Giving a heavy sigh, Newt readjusted his headphones over his ears and turned his music up loud.
As he looked past the window pane and into the town, he found himself wondering, what the small town of Forks, Washington would hold for him.
Little did he know a tall, pale blonde woman was carrying her groceries back to her car, and as soon as the McKinney family car passed her; her groceries crashed to the ground as she looked down the street where the car that held her future disappeared down.