Chapter 24-

Alright, hey hey y'all. Time for the 24th chapter! Ahh! Excitement! So this is the second chapter in the Mini Flashbacks Series that I'm doing inside of this story for a little while. In this chapter we will be looking at The Party that Dan has spoken of. We will also be learning a little more about a few people's pasts.

And also, Gale, Bear, Helen and other young characters in The Other Glade/The Group Before A probably won't be in these flashbacks as much because the WICKED facility is more of a High School, and they are probably quite young and in another class. They might make brief appearances every now and then though. I hope you all understand. The younger characters will return in the normal chapters.

Quick warning: There is a little drinking in this chapter, but (read my profile to know more about this) I don't put inappropriate stuff in my stories, so don't worry: there isn't any swearing or inappropriateness.

Also, in my version of TMR the Glader Slang was around in the WICKED facility and then brought up into the Glade. So, yes they aren't normal swears, but they were used in the WICKED Facility before the Maze. Glader Slang will be used in this chapter and possibly more flashbacks, just to clear things up.

Disclaimer: I do not own WICKED. I do not own the Maze Runner. I do not own any characters that were sent to me. I do not own any characters that were sent to TRWIS. I do not own…nvm…think that's it…

LETS DO THIS THING! :D

Mitch landed firmly on the ground (it'll be explained later on why she was in the air) and looked at the WICKED Facility's backyard and grinned at what her eyes fell upon. Around 100, maybe 150, teenagers were partying in the backyard. A ping pong table had been set up, someone had brought drinks, a few students had formed a band and were playing loudly, using the flat roof of the Garden Shed as a stage.

Tonight was about having fun. Getting away from all of the chaos that everyone was dealing with. Get away from the WICKED staff. Get away from classes. Just one night where you could have fun and hang out with your friends.

The WICKED Facility's staff always attempted stopping the major parties, but they were always outnumbered and retreated back to their offices. The party was hosted by the older students of WICKED and enjoyed by everyone. The staff didn't bother giving assignments that day because they knew they wouldn't get finished, and the last class of the day was cancelled because nobody would show up—going to the party instead.

Mitch quickly forced her way through the crowd and made her way to her best friends Jaekyung and Tori, who were chatting with Liz and Betsy.

"Hey!" Mitch greeted, shouting over the noise.

"Hey! You made it!" Liz hugged her.

"'Course I did! Expect anything else?!" Mitch replied loudly.

"Nah! We knew you'd come!" Tori replied.

"How'd you guys get out of your dorm!?" Jaekyung asked the group. WICKED didn't actually let anyone leave their dorms after 8pm, so most people climbed out of their windows and snuck out, but quite a few of Mitch's friends thought up quite a few extremely creative ways to get out of their rooms, seeing that all of Mitch's friends' dorms were on the top floor—four stories in the air.

"How'd you!?" Mitch replied, dancing a little to the music.

"I tied all of my belts together and propelled out of the window!" Tori smiled proudly.

Mitch laughed.

"Ya, well, we paid Newt and Minho 20 bucks each to get us some rope from the Gym!" Betsy explained, grinning wildly.

"Pathetic!" Jaekyung shouted, waving her hand as if the rest of the girls were children, "I got a parachute and flew in like a boss!"

"No way!" Liz doubted.

Jaekyung grinned and pointed at a colorful parachute that had gotten stuck in a nearby tree.

Mitch gaped at it, "Where the heck did you get a parachute!?" she demanded, turning to her friend.

"Let's just say I know a guy," Jaekyung grinned.

"Oh lord. Was it my brother?!" Liz demanded.

Jaekyung laughed and took a sip of her drink, "His friend, Minho, actually! Stole it from a senior! Kids got guts I'll give him that!"

Mitch took a sip of her drink and felt the burning liquid run down her throat, "I'm impressed! I'll give him that!" she shouted.

"What'd he want in return!?" Betsy asked.

"20 bucks and he also wanted in on our next prank!" Jaekyung replied.

Liz face palmed, "I'm locking my door tonight!" she took a sip of her drink.

As it turned out Mitch and Jaekyung actually planned a prank on Liz that night, "Probably for the best!" Mitch agreed nonchalantly.

"Oh! And I also told him that he and Newt could tear up your latest essay!" Jaekyung added.

Liz's eyes widened and she lowered her cup, spitting her drink into the air in a spray, "You what!?" she coughed.

Jaekyung grinned, "I'm just messing with you!"

"You're all ridiculous!" Tori rolled her eyes.

At that moment Charlie walked—more of a stumble really—over and slung his muscular arm over Tori's shoulders.

"Woah, you okay?" Tori demanded, loud enough that the group could hear it, but quiet enough that it wasn't attention grabbing to the entire school.

"Not necessarily," Charlie replied, blinking a few long blinks and shaking his head a bit.

"It was mostly rhetorical," Tori stated.

"How many drinks have you had?" Mitch asked.

Charlie clumsily shrugged, "I dunno. Dan and Chris said we'd 'ave one…or two…or…somethin' like that…"

Tori rolled her eyes.

"You realize that Dan and Chris's 'one' is more than one, right?" Jaekyung demanded, finishing off her own drink.

"Mhm. I said no…but…then…I dunno…," Charlie agreed briefly. "I just want to go back to my dorm…"

"Where are they anyway?" Betsy asked.

Charlie shrugged lazily.

"Alright, I'm gonna get him back to his dorm. I'll catch up with you guys later," Tori nodded.

Everyone in the group nodded in understanding.

Tori helped Charlie away. The two were close friends—like everyone else in the small group—and always had each-others backs when needed.

Just as the two left the sound of quite a few people chanting 'fight' caught Mitch's attention.

"You guys hear that!?" Mitch demanded, turning to Jaekyung, Liz and Betsy. The girls nodded.

"Come on!" Liz offered and began shoving her way through the crowd towards the noise.

They reached a small area where a group of teens formed a circle around an open area, the source of the chanting. Mitch forced her way through the outer rings of the circle and made her way to the edge of the middle, along with Liz, Betsy and Jaekyung.

Mitch gaped at what lay before her.

"Oh come on, you serious?" Mitch heard Liz mutter under her breath.

Chris and Dan appeared to be locked in a fight. Both boys were swinging punches and throwing insults at each other. Now, before the Sun Flares someone would have called the police to break up the fight, but the police had given up on their jobs. So maybe they could call the WICKED staff, nope, the WICKED staff were locked away in the school. The deal that the students had made with the staff was that if the staff didn't get involved with the party then the students couldn't go to them for help unless someone was seriously injured. Hurray.

"Oi! Daniel! Get off Chris!" Betsy commanded angrily.

"Chris! Back off!" Mitch added, frustrated with her friend.

"You shuck-faced liar!" Dan growled at Chris.

"I'm the liar!? You're the liar you slint headed shank!" Chris retorted.

"What the shuck is going on here!?" Mitch demanded loudly, getting in the middle of the boys and—with the help from the other three girls—separating them. Betsy stood in front of Dan, and Liz stood in front of Chris. Jaekyung stood with Mitch in the middle.

"What'd you call me?!" Dan shouted angrily, ignoring Mitch's demand.

"An idiot! Because you are one!" Christ retorted.

"If I'm an idiot then what does that make you!?" Dan shot back.

"Why you little!" Chris growled and took a step forward, only to be held back by Liz.

"What're you gonna do Chris?!" Dan provoked, taking a step forward as well and quickly getting stopped by Betsy.

The chanting of 'fight, fight, fight' grew louder.

"HEY! ALL OF YOU SHUCK FACES BETTER BACK OFF BEFORE I GIVE YOU ALL MATCHING BLACK EYES!" Jaekyung threatened angrily. The chanting died down and everyone seemed to flood out of that area.

Betsy and Jaekyung grabbed Dan's arm, while Mitch and Liz grabbed Chris and together the four girls managed to drag the two boys inside to the deserted main hallway. Meanwhile Chris and Dan were still chucking insults at each other's faces and Mitch was literally using all of her weight to hold Chris back.

"You're the idiot!" Chris snarled. Geez, this was still going? Mitch thought, quite annoyed with the entire thing.

"My grades are better than yours!" Dan snapped back.

"So!?" Chris demanded absent-mindedly. Jaekyung face palmed, frustrated. The two weren't even thinking anymore, they were just shouting to annoy the other one.

"So you're the idiot!" Dan replied.

"I AM NOT AN IDIOT!" Chris shouted.

"Oh for shuck's sake," Liz mumbled.

"You're so idiotic that you don't even deserve a school as terrible as this one!" Chris pathetically threw. The insults were getting quite terrible.

"Ya well I didn't ask for the Sun Flares!" Dan snapped. Everyone's faces filled with surprise. They tried not to bring that subject up. "I didn't ask for the Flare to drive everyone insane!" Dan continued loudly. Chris had stopped, his face seemed a mixture of utter shock, matching the faces of Liz, Mitch, Betsy and Jaekyung. "I didn't ask for my girlfriend to die!" Dan shouted, his voice echoing through the empty halls. Dan threw off Betsy and Jaekyung's grip and stormed toward the entrance to the staircase, slamming the door behind him and leaving the rest of the group in silence.

Okay, so this was a really long chapter, I was gonna go more into everyone's past but I have a few more chapters to do so…I decided to save them for that. Instead I decided to show what all of the teens are going through—I used Dan because he's my OC and none of y'all would get mad at me for making him pop his top briefly—I hope you guys liked it, and liked learning a little about my OC that appears in The Group Before A and The Last Trials.

Okay guys, time for the review.

Scarlett the Second: Aww! Thanks! You're so nice! And thanks for the permission on Tori, I know she wasn't in all of the chapter but I tried to use her a lot in this one. Just because you were so fast to reply. I agree with your choices of weaponry. Mine are either a baseball bat or a katana (if possible, otherwise a pitchfork) and a knife.

I want to say something really quick: If you have a character that you like—try not to say your own please—and would like to know more about, add their name to your reply and I'll see what I can do.

Alright guys, I managed to get this chapter out relatively quick and I'm gonna start writing the next one right after this. It will either be posted tonight or tomorrow most likely (but don't hold that on me). Okay, hope you guys like it.

Happily taking suggestions and replies.

Thanks for the 150+ reviews and 2,500+ (specifically 2,825) views!

Question of the chapter is: If you were in a zombie apocalypse (sorry, in that mood right now. XD) where would you go first?

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-AG