Thomas didn't know if he could take it any longer. It had been 6 months since they had escaped from WICKED complex to Paradise, 6 months from leaving Newt, Teresa, and Chuck behind to start a new life in Paradise. He was beginning to think it wasn't paradise after all.

He had seen so many horrific things that no Teenager should ever see, let alone an adult. The Grievers, the creatures with bulbs on then, Cranks well past the gone, yet none of it could surmount to seeing Teresa get crushed by a huge stone to save him. After all this time he understood it had been for him, and he wishes he could go back and apologize. He said it when she died of course, but what dies that matter.

While he was grieving Minho took charge and kept them going, getting them food and shelter. He rarely talked to anybody besides the occasional insult from Gally asking him when he was going to help. He always would ignore him and continue watching the waves, or looking out at the sunset. Minho would try to cheer him up, but Thomas couldn't even look at him without thinking what he had done to Newt.

Thomas sat in the same spot 3 months later, but this time it was different. He wasn't in the same spot the whole day, he was starting to actually do work. He got a job with Minho and Gally building houses and moving wood for evening campfires. While he still missed Teresa and Newt, he had to get on with his life and help build up camp again. This time he sat there thinking about the good things, sometimes even memories, at least the ones he had. The memories of Teresa and him escaping the maze, the memories of Newt calling him Tommy. Then he thought of both of them dying, which tainted his reflection time.

During the first six months of them being in paradise, Minho was already with Harriet, the leader of group B. Sometimes Thomas walked in on them kissing in their cabin, which Minho and Thomas shared. Yesterday was one of those days, but this time infinitely more embarrassing. Harriet has her top off and Minho was undoing her bra straps. Thomas quickly walked out on that and teased them ever since. But today started off more strange. He got a feeling In his head that something was going to happen.

It turned out that thing happened at Breakfast this morning. There was a loud buzzing noise that filled the room then a gray shimmering wall appeared with three WICKED officers and two medics. Luckily Thomas was just walking in when it happened so he ran out and grabbed a couple pistols and a launcher, just in case. But when he got back there was 3 people he thought he would never see before: Ava Page, Newt, and Teresa.