Hello Everyone! This story is a crossover between Divergent and The Maze Runner. I hope you enjoy and any feedback would be appreciated. :) If you don't like it don't comment. I do not own the Divergent trilogy or The Maze Runner trilogy. They belong to Veronica Roth and James Dasher. The story is told from Thomas' point of view of when he and the others went through the Flat-trans in the end of the Death Cure. Btw, I'm sorry I haven't been uploading. I've been busy but I'm going to try my best to upload more often!
Key to read:
"What the shuck is that?"= Talking
Where are we? = Thinking
What happened?- Telepathically speaking
"Well Thomas, you're a hard guy to find." Said one of the guys dressed in black and red behind Thomas. "Put your weapons down and get down on the ground".
Thomas, Four, and Minho all exchanged looks with each other and dropped their weapons. "Now get down on the ground slowly. With your hands above your head" said the man dressed in black in red with a gun pointed towards them.
Four, Minho, and Thomas all laid down on the ground with their hands on their heads. "Good. Now my men are going to put zip ties on your hands and take you to The Rat Man".
"Sir can I ask you a question?" asked Minho.
"Make it fast" said the man in black and red.
"What's your name?" said Minho as he lifted his head up to look at the man.
"I'm Oscar. Now put your head back down and shut up!" said the man in the black and red.
Aris! Where are you? Are you safe? Thought Thomas.
"Alright guys, bring them up." Said Oscar.
Thomas, Minho, and Four all had men directing them to stand up from the ground. The men were aggressive with them. "Okay load em up!" said Oscar as he opened up the doors to a white van.
Minho, Thomas, and Four were all thrown into the back of the van.
As Thomas looked around, he saw computer monitors everywhere. They showed the streets of the city. He saw gunman walking down them.
"Dude what's the plan?" said Minho to Four.
"Well first we have to get out of these zip ties" said Four.
"See any scissors anywhere?" asked Four as he looked around.
"Wait! I have a knife in my pocket!" said Minho as he tried moving his hands to his front right pocket of his pants.
"Ugh I can't get it!" said Minho as he struggled to reach the knife. "Thomas! Turn around and try and reach into my pocket to get the knife."
"Ok, I'll try man" said Thomas as he scooted closer to Minho.
"Guys, we gotta hurry if we ever wanna get out of here" said Four as he sat up.
"Almost got it" said Thomas as he tried to get the knife.
Come on! You can do this! Almost there… thought Thomas as he reached for the knife.
Thomas reached for the knife for what seemed like forever. Finally he got the knife out.
"About time Thomas" said Minho. "Now hurry up and cut your zip tie.
"I'm trying man" said Thomas as he tried to cut the zip tie.
Thomas cut his zip tie and had never felt so free. He then turned around and cut off Minho's zip tie. Then Four's.
"Ok now what?" said Minho as he put the knife back in his pants.
"We jump out of the van" said Four
"While its moving? Are you crazy?" asked Minho with worry on his face.
"Do you wanna live or not?" asked Four as he got close to the door.
Suddenly the van made a turn and the boys were knocked over on their sides.
"Check on those guys" said a voice from the front of the van.
"Guys we gotta do this now. We can't wait any longer! On the count of three we jump" whispered Four as he inched closer to the door.
"Nah man. I'm sure those guys are fine." Said another voice from the front of the van.
"1…2…3…Jump!" said Four as he, Minho, and Thomas jumped out of the van.
All three guys rolled onto a dirt road. There was dust everywhere from the fall. Thomas, Minho, and Four all regained their energy and got up. The van had stopped and began to turn around.
"Guys we gotta book it now. They're coming back!" said Four as he looked at Minho and Thomas.
Minho and Thomas both nodded and began to follow Four as he ran.
"They were headed to Amity" said Four as he ran along Minho and Thomas. "That's where the main hospital is."
"That's probably where the shank of a Rat Man is" said Minho as he looked at Thomas.
"We gotta go find the others" said Thomas with worry in his voice.
"Don't worry Thomas, we will. We gotta get back to the city. But we need to move fast." Said Four.
Thomas, Minho, and Four all ran along the dirt road that led to the city. The got off the main road and ran in the wods. As the ran along, Thomas tried communicating with Aris. But he couldn't hear anything. All he heard was silence.
What if the Rat Man got them? How would Thomas cope with the thought of losing Brenda?
For what seemed like forever, the three guys made it to the city. They reached a building that looked abandoned. It had broken windows and there was trash everywhere.
Four knocked on the back door of the building.
"What's the password?" said a voice from inside the building.
"Shut up Peter and let us in already!" said Four as he banged on the door.
"Ugh you're no fun man." said Peter as he opened the door.
As Four, Minho, and Thomas entered the building, they saw weapons. There were guns everywhere and all sorts of other stuff. Thomas saw knives and swords. He even saw a pitch fork in the corner.
"Ok where's every one else?" asked Thomas as he looked around for Brenda.
"Chill man. They're all in the basement" said Peter with sarcasm.
"This way" said Four as he started to walk towards a staircase.
Thomas, Minho, and Peter followed him behind. As Thomas went down the stairs, he saw a big fat rat.
If only the Rat Man could be small like that Rat. Thought Thomas. Then I'd be able to squish him.
Thomas, Minho, Peter, and Four had finally reached the basement. They were led to a big metal door.
"Knock knock!" said Peter as he laughed and banged on the door.
"Ugh, its you!" said Christina as she opened up the door.
"Four! I'm so glad you guys made it! I was worried." Said Christina as she embraced Four in a hug.
"Thomas!" said a voice that Thomas had longed to hear.
"Brenda!" said Thomas as he hugged Brenda tightly. "I missed you so much"
"Me too." Said Brenda as she kissed Thomas.
"Ok love birds. You made it back to each other. Shows over" said Minho as he walked over to Frypan.
Thomas was happy to see that Brenda was still alive. As he looked around the room, he knew something was wrong. As he looked around, he saw people he didn't recognize. In the far right corner, Thomas saw Frypan along with the other Gladers but someone was missing.
"Guys, where's Aris?" asked Thomas nervously.
"Oh yeah about that" said Peter. "He umm…he kinda escaped"
"To where?" asked Thomas angrily.
"He said that he was gonna put an end to the Rat Man. We tried to stop him but he ran out last night while we were all asleep." Said Peter.
"Why didn't you go find him?" asked Four as he walked over to Peter.
"We sent out a few people and they said the streets were being monitored by the Rat Man's men. It was too dangerous to go out there." said Peter as he looked at Four.
"Well we have to go get him." said Thomas as he started walking towards the door.
"Thomas wait. You've been going all day. We'll head out in the morning." Said Four as he walked over to Thomas and put his hand on his shoulder. "Plus we don't even have a plan".
"He's right Thomas." said Brenda. "If I know Aris well, he'll be careful"
"Ok." Said Thomas as he walked away from the door.
Thomas had sat down at a table with all his glader friends and Brenda. They had been served steak and potatoes for dinner. They had Dauntless cake for dessert.
Thomas had felt uneasy about Aris going out on his own. What if he had been captured? Or even worse…Dead?
"Thomas"
"Thomas!"
"Thomas!" said Brenda as she tried to get Thomas' attention.
"Yeah? Sorry. What's up?" said Thomas as he looked at Brenda.
"Are you okay? I know you're worried about Aris but he'll be ok." Said Brenda as she rubbed Thomas' shoulders.
"I know. But I don't wanna lose him." Said Thomas as he rested his head on his hands.
Aris! Are you there? Can you hear me? Asked Thomas to Aris.
Thomas and the others in the basement had settled down for the night. Thomas shared a bunk with Minho.
"Hey Minho" asked Thomas.
"Yeah man. What's up?" replied Minho.
"Do you think we'll find Aris?" said Thomas with concern in his voice.
Minho had turned over and looked at Thomas and said "Yeah man. If he's as tough as I think he is, he'll be alright. Plus he helped us through the Scorch. Is there anything he can't do?"
"Yeah I guess you're right." Replied Thomas with a faint smile.
"Ok bud. Try and get some rest. See you tomorrow" said Minho as he turned around and went to sleep.
Ok Aris. Thought Thomas. Stay alive buddy. We're coming to get you.
Thomas had thought about the past few days and what he had gone through. His mind seemed to keep reminding him about Newt and how Minho would never know the truth about his death. How would Thomas tell Minho?
Thomas had fallen into a gentle deep sleep.
As the hours of the night passed by, Thomas and the others slept quietly and soundly.
"Hey Thomas" said a voice whispering. "Thomas wake up"
Thomas was sub consciously awake as he heard a voice calling his name. "Thomas, dude wake up. Its me Aris."
Thomas started to slowly open his eyes to see Aris. It was blurry at first but when he saw Aris, he knew something was wrong. Aris had turned into a crank. His skin was pale and his veins were dark blue. He was skinny and his face had thinned out. He looked like Newt in his last days.
Aris had reached over to Thomas and started to choke him. "Stop! Aris stop! I can help you!" shouted Thomas as he tried to remove the hands from his neck. "Stop!", "Stop!", "Stop!" shouted Thomas in distress.
"Thomas wake up! It's just a dream." Said Minho as he shook Thomas awake.
"Thomas! You're okay. It was just a bad dream. Now try to go back to sleep." Said Minho as Thomas awoke from his dream.
Thomas started to cry. He couldn't imagine Aris turning into a crank. Why did he have to live during this time? Why did the Flare have to exist? Why did he have to kill Newt? Why did he have to be immune to the Flare?
Things just didn't make sense to Thomas. Why did he have to go through so much at once? Wasn't it bas enough that he was taken away from his parents at a young age?
Thomas cried himself to sleep silently. He just wanted everything to end. He wanted to be done running away from the Rat Man. He just wanted to feel safe again. He wanted to go home.
The only thing that kept Thomas going was that he had his Glader friends and Brenda. They had all been through so much together that they became his family.
After awhile, Thomas had calmed down.
Laying down in silence, he heard a noise at one of the basement windows. He heard a series of silent knocks.
He got out of the bunk he shared with Minho and walked silently over to the window.
As he approached the window, he saw a humanly figure peering into the window with a smile.
As Thomas looked closer, he realized that it was his buddy Aris.
