They had been following the group of girls since early morning and Dakota started to think know that the group of girls were lost in the woods, they didn't walk in any special direction and just followed Teresa whenever she took a turn and went the other way. Barney seemed to be just as thrilled of all the walking as Dakota was aca, not very thrilled at all and more like they just wanted to sit down and never get up again. Dakota had never been one for moving around he had never needed to, it wasn't until he woke up in the Scorch that he had to move his legs for more then fifty meters to get were he wanted. It was plain annoying to just walk, sure he would even run if it was to a candy shop but now he was just walking towards maybe the rainbows end or something! He hated walking and would never do it ever again if not having to, he should just quit it right there and now but so etching told him that he needed to keep going.
"You think the black haired girl knows what she's doing?" Barney sounded out of breath but did still ask, weird man.
"Don't know, she was always quiet the weird one in the maze. Threw stones at us on her first day", replied Dakota with a shrug on his shoulders.
"That's not very nice of her"
No shit Sherlock, Dakota rolled his eyes as he but stopped dead in his track when he noticed that the group of girls had done the same. Barney had pulled out his knife ready for any sudden attacks, Dakota took that as a sign and slowly reached for his gun which was fastened in his belt. They looked as Teresa and two other girls started to order the other girls to get into position so they could surround the approaching gladers and the girls listened with little hesitations, it was weird how much they seemed to trust their leaders. Dakota tried to glance over the group of girls to see if he could spot the group of gladers but had no luck, when he felt a hand on his shoulder he stopped trying to see and instead relaxed and leaned back against one of the trees. Barney looked at the group of girls and seemed to study their formation against if trying to find against any loophole, of course he could find quiet a lot but nothing they could use as the girls had bows and arrows as weapons.
"Let me handle this one"
That took the old man of guard but Dakota ignored his surprised look and instead pushed away from the tree and looked at each and every girl which were hiding in wait to ambush his friends, he knew he had only four bullets and not nearly enough to take them all down and he really didn't want to kill them if it could be avoided. He knew their weaknesses, their leaders take them down and they would all crumble to nothing.
"Whatever kid, aim for the blonde, tanned or black haired and you wi-"
"I know, let's just hope they don't know how bad of a shooter I am"
That made the older man laugh but not loud enough for the enemy to hear, Dakota rolled his eyes at him and playfully but hard hit him on the air making the old man let out a 'Omph'. He smirked and looked back noticing that the girls were all gone, looking further down he saw them surrounding a very familiar group of gladers. What made him most angry was the fact that they were pointing their bows and arrows at his friends, that surely wasn't something the young glader appreciated. He felt a hand on his back which pushed him forward a few steps before he stopped and a looked back, Barney was doing a thumbs up and waving for him to hurry up and help his friends. With a smirk Dakota made a small mocking salute before going down the hill and towards the two groups.
"I only made it to one." Teresa said as Thomas was now standing right in front of her.
"Yeah. I'm really brave that way."
As Teresa hit the poor Thomas hard with her spear making Thomas drop down to the ground from pain, Dakota crossed his arms over his chest and leaned lazily against a tree trying to look more relaxed then he actually felt. Thomas slowly got up on his knees and spat, Dakota noticed that it was blood the older teen was spitting. He took a deep breath and decided that it was better to just start the show already, he knew he would probably back out if he didn't hurry up.
"I knew you like hitting people with rock but isn't a spear a little to much even for a cold hearted girl like you?"
In less then a second had everyone single ones attention turned to Dakota who thought he did a very good job not to flinch at all the sudden attention, instead he focused his whole attention purely on Teresa mainly staring her in the eyes. He could hear his friends gasp as they finally seemed to catch in who was actually standing lazily against the tree, Dakota still ignored them and focused on Teresa who looked plain shocked and angry.
"Thought you died"
Really, that's the best she could come up with? Sure they all seemed more then a little surprised to see him alive but Dakota hadn't showed up just to be asked about how come he was still alive, was he the only one thinking about poor Thomas who seemed to be on the verge to cough out his lungs? He sighed as he ran a tired hand through his messy hair.
"Yeah surprise, now wanna tell me why I come back here seeing all my friends surrounded by evil looking girls with bows and the greenie getting beaten up by a girl with a spear who fits much better with throwing stones?"
That seemed to only make them more confused, right they didn't know he could see. He once again sighed and pushed of from the tree and slowly started to approached the groups but stopped when Teresa held her spear threatening towards Thomas, so she said that she would hit Thomas If Dakota came any closer? Are all girls such cowards that they have to use one guy as a shield to stop his friends from helping him? The girls already have more people, better weapons and probably smarter brains!
"Come any closer and the bows will start shooting"
Scary he had to say but not scary enough, Dakota had really hoped that it wouldn't have to come to this but he saw no other way out of it. More gracious then he had ever done it, Dakota pulled out his hidden gun and pointed it straight towards Teresa. She flinched back and so did the other girls and even some of the gladers, Yea Dakota would too if he saw a person he thought was blind holding a gun in his hand. But Dakota could see straight as a day and knew that the gun was pointed perfectly in between the girls eyes, it would surely be a quick death if he was to shoot and he knew he wasn't the only one knowing it.
"To give you a little reassurance I will tell you that this gun is loaded with only four bullets, I have no more than that. But I wouldn't let myself get relaxed by that as it is enough bullets to kill four people and you know who my next target will be after killing you?"
The only responds he got was a weak shake of the head, Dakota smirked his very old mischievous smirk before pointing at the blonde girl he had gotten to know as Sonya. The girl looked clearly startled by it and the rest of the girls got hesitant to if they should just lower their bows, they didn't want to risk the death if their leader.
"And after that it will be the other leader girl, what's her name again… a yes, Harriet!"
He pointed at the named girl which glared back at him but his smirk only grew as the rest of the girls had started to slowly lower their bows but not all the way down, they couldn't afford to just give in right away. Dakota looked back at Teresa who seemed a little lost to what she should do, she was clearly in a disadvantage but in the end she smirked.
"Well, you're one person who can only take down four of us before we can take you down but we can't take all your friends down before you can kill us all, the one loosing in the end will be you"
True but however much Dakota loved his friends he knew that the girls were much more sensitive then himself, Dakota had seen and been through too much to be afraid now. The girl on the other hand wasn't as though and they would never dare to risk the lives of their friends just to kill one single guy, Dakota knew that and that was the only reason he dared to risk his friends lifes. It was a gamble he couldn't afford to loose.
"True but do you really think those girls would take the risk?"
Didn't seem that way as all girls shot pleading eyes towards their leaders directions, they wouldn't risk it and they all knew it. Teresa still didn't give up.
"How do we even know there's bullet in that thing? You never seemed like someone who could even hurt a fly!"
If Dakota was the very same person he had been when in the maze, he would just have chuckled and brushed it of as some stupid compliment but then he wasn't the same person from then. Without the slightest hesitation he pulled the trigger and the sound of the bullet made all nearby people flinch looking around to see what he had hit, Dakota smirked as he raised an eyebrow towards a very stunned Teresa who had a small cut on her shoulder. The cut was so small that it looked like something a small cat could have done and Dakota inwardly congratulated himself for his skills with the gun and that he hadn't actually killed the girl in front of him, maybe he really had catches the flare and was becoming insane?
"Cody stop!"
That made the young glader look up just as Thomas had scrambled himself up to his feet and stood between Teresa and the gun, Dakota just rolled his eyes and lowered his gun not wanting to point it at his friend. Thomas then turned toward Teresa who was examinating her new wound with a frown on her brows.
"I will go with you just, just stop pointing those dangerous things at each other!"
Had that shank always been that way? Dakota wanted to hit Thomas for being such a girl but refrained from it as it wasn't the right time or place to do it but he sure would when he got the right moment. Instead of keeping on and be stubborn Dakota raised his hands over his head in surrender but refused to drop his gun, he wanted them to know that he would shot if they tried anything funny. Teresa glared at him but in the end nodded and the girls slowly walked away from the gladers and surrounded Thomas, pointing their weapons against his back ands they told him to start walking. Dakota lowered his hands and arms to his sides and stared after the leaving girls and Thomas before looking back at the gladers only a few meters away from him, they were all staring at him.
A/N
This is officially the story's longest chapter! :D (1,998 words usually only do around 1,000 words)
A now when we have come to 28 chapters I have been thinking, I have been really bad when it comes to answering reviews so for the next chapter I will answer whatever question or questions you have in store :)
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