As the boys found backpacks and stuffed them with items, Teresa and Antoinette explored the back of the store. A couple of mannequins scared Teresa, which in turn scared Antoinette. The girls then giggled at their foolishness.

"You all right?" Newt called back to them.

"We're fine," Antoinette responded.

Teresa walked over to a pile of clothes on a table, causing Antoinette to follow. Glancing back at the entrance, she found the boys preoccupied. Leaning close to Teresa, she picked at the pile.

"So…did you…did they give your memories back?"

Teresa looked at Antoinette with a serious look, grabbing the back of her neck. Antoinette caught a look at the area. Frowning, she moved closer to the girl, who showed her the spot. There was a strange marking where they had injected them.

"Yeah. I take it you remember everything as well."

Antoinette nodded, allowing Teresa to check for the same mark as well. Teresa tapped the spot, noting that she had one, too.

"It seems to me that the boys didn't," Antoinette suggested," Just us. From what it sounds like, we're special for some reason. Like…maybe WCKD figured we would be sympathetic to their cause."

Teresa didn't say anything. Antoinette found a few pieces of clothes that she didn't hate and plucked them from the pile. She leaned against the table as the girl intently continued through the pile.

"Teresa-"

"Let me tell them myself."

Antoinette was taken aback as the girl glared at her.

"You don't think we could just tell them that we both got our memories back? We were taken together and kept in the same room, Teresa. What do you think-?"

"No. I mean, I'll tell them what I remember. What I think. When I want to. When I'm ready. You tell them what you want and you can tell them to ask me about my memories, but I'll share when I'm ready."

Antoinette put her hands up.

"Okay, jeez. So much for just making sense of things. I thought maybe we could get along better now. Forgive me for my mistake."

She moved behind a low strung up curtain and started changing out of her clothes. She heard Teresa sigh from behind her.

"Look, I'm sorry. I'm just…touchy about what happened. Remembering hurts."

Antoinette didn't say anything until she was fully dressed. She had put on jeans, a dark purple t-shirt, and a black jacket. As she went over to a pile of shoes and found a set of black boots in her size, she glanced back at Teresa who had started changing.

"I remembered things, too. Things that I wish I didn't, but its better this way. At least I hope. I'm not trying to pester you or wring out your secrets. I don't know what happened with you once I left. A blank space of two years. I just…I just wanted to let you know that we are in the same predicament. I'm here if you want to talk."

She didn't stick around any longer to hear a response from Teresa, if the girl even had one. She instead moved to the front of the store to help the boys. Newt grinned over at her and handed her a backpack he packed for her.

"Fry tried peeking," he announced, making Frypan make a strangled noise in his throat.

"C'mon, man! Why do you have to sell me out like that?"

"You try looking at my girlfriend while she is changing again and I'll do more than deter you."

Antoinette gave a soft laugh and put the backpack on.

"And keep him from glancing back at Teresa while you're at it," she told him.

Newt moved his friend's face to look at him instead. Frypan gave him an exasperated look.

"What?"

As Newt smirked at his friend, Antoinette went over to Aris. He had apparently stuffed his backpack as full as he could. He looked over at the girl as she came toward him. She could tell he was a little shy.

"I'm Antoinette," she introduced, giving him a smile," I was with these guys in the maze."

Aris gave her a quick smile.

"Aris. I was the only guy in a maze full of girls, so I get it."

The boy had a bit of a southern tinge to his speech. Texas, maybe? Not that any states still existed, really. She shined her flashlight around in the same area that he did, looking for anything interesting.

"How long were you in your maze? I was there for two years before Teresa showed up. So, I was the only girl for quite the while."

Aris thought for a moment.

"I think around a year. It wasn't a short time, but it wasn't all that long, either. I got to know the girls really well."

Antoinette watched him carefully for a moment.

"Did you know a girl named Margaret? Or Maggie?"

The boy cocked his head to the side in surprise.

"Yeah, Maggie. I didn't really get to know her very well because she died not too long after I arrived. She would actually go out into the maze and one day she didn't come back. We assumed she got killed by one of those creatures WCKD made."

Staring at the floor, Antoinette took that in. That had been what she read in the file. So that nurse had been lying to her. Why the hell did they want her on their side? They weren't going to get it for lying. What she learned now was that Maggie had been Group B's equivalent of a Runner. Antoinette tried not to be upset at the idea that her sister had done a dangerous job. She looked over to see Aris watching her, curiously.

"She was my little sister," she told him," I had dreams about her that ended up being true. So…yeah. "

The boy's eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"I'm sorry."

She put a hand on his shoulder for a moment before standing up.

"Thank you. Don't worry about it, though. At least she isn't hung up being drained for her blood."

Antoinette cringed at her own comment but moved over to Newt. She could hear Aris moving again from behind her. She began to help search the room. As they looked around, Newt examined her face.

"Are you okay? A lot has happened in just a few days. I'm worried about you."

Newt's look of concern made her chest fill with affection. It amazed her that their feelings for each other from before the maze grew stronger within it. It made the entire experience feel at least somewhat worth it. If anything, it made her feel closer to those she had grown up with. Her boyfriend was taken by surprise as she tugged him to her and deeply kissed him. He obliged easily.

"Ugh, c'mon, you guys. Really?" Frypan complained from across the room.

The two pulled away with a laugh and looked over to see Frypan making a face at them while Aris gave them a small smile. Waving them off, Antoinette looked back at Newt.

"Do you still love me?" she asked him.

He frowned at her.

"Of course, I do."

"And that won't ever change?"

"Never."

"Then I'll be okay."

Newt gave her another kiss and a smile before they continued their examination of the area. Shortly after, lights popped on in the building. Weird screaming began to filter down to the area. The group moved out of the store to find Winston and Jack just arriving back.

"What's going on?" Winston asked.

"I don't know," Frypan answered for all of them.

They were just looking around when they heard Thomas shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Hey!"

They all turned to see him and Minho running at a dead sprint around a corner toward them. The group stared, unsure what was going on.

"Run! Go!"

Dozens of figures were running after the two boys. When realization hit, those with backpacks hefted them to their backs before they all took off running. They made for the nearest escalator and clamored up.

"Thomas, Minho," Winston wheezed," what the hell are those things?"

"I don't know. Just keep going!" Thomas shouted.

With Thomas and Teresa in the lead, they turned left on the next floor only to encounter another one of those terrifying beings. Aris charged toward it despite protests. He successfully took a baseball bat to the legs of the creature, sending it tumbling. Teresa and Thomas got stuck on a set of escalators going to the next floor. Thomas pushed for them to keep going, which the group did as the creatures made it to their floor. Antoinette really regretted not picking up anything to use as a weapon as she and the others dodged creatures as they lunged for them. One caught Jack, knocking him off the edge. The group shouted for him and Frypan tried to grab him, but one of the creatures launched itself at Jack, sending him down. Antoinette grabbed Frypan in his shock and urged him to keep moving. They all managed to come back together, Thomas and Teresa meeting them around a corner, when a creature came flying through the glass window of a store, tackling Newt to the ground.

"NEWT!" Minho and Antoinette screamed.

"Guys, help!" he shouted, doing his best to keep the creature from reaching him.

Thomas reached him first, kicking it off Newt and down to the floor below. He yanked Newt to his feet.

"Newt, you good?" he asked.

"Yeah. Thanks, Tommy."

They picked up running again. A short way down the hall, Minho called out to them to turn.

"Through here, through here! Let's go! They're coming."

Minho made sure they all made it past him and into a long, narrow cinderblock hallway. They kept running with Thomas trying to open doors as they went. They got to the end of the hallway only to be in what appeared to be a dead end.

"Get us out of here, Thomas!" Teresa shouted.

Minho and Thomas pounded at the doors. Thomas pointed to the one he was hitting, as the lock was coming loose. He kept at that door as Winston pulled a gun out of his jacket.

"Where the hell did you get that?" Antoinette asked, surprised.

"I'll hold them back!" Winston said, beginning to fire down the hallway.

Teresa, Newt, and Antoinette began to help Thomas tackle the door to get it open.

"Get that door open!" Winston shouted at them.

"Move!" Frypan shouted before running full speed at the door.

It flew open and everyone moved through it. Just as they thought everyone was through, a creature reached out and grabbed Winston, who screamed. The creatures attempted to pull him back into the hallway. Newt, Frypan, and Antoinette grabbed his arms while Thomas and Minho held the door close against the creatures. They were able to pull him free, but not after he got his stomach scratched up. The three of them began leading Winston away as quickly as they could after Teresa and Aris while the other boys did their best to hold the door for them to get a head start. The group found a destroyed parking garage area and huddled together under some rubble. They quietly waited for the creatures to go away and give up on them, praying they wouldn't find them.