Ok, so this is my second crack at another Maze Runner/Thomesa story. It takes place during the first Maze Runner movie. When I first saw the movie, I saw multiple gaps and places that could be used for a Thomesa moment. The same in The Scorch Trials, there were multiple gaps and I plan on filling them in. So, this is right after the Grievers attack the Maze in the first movie. I felt like that would be a good place to start. Ready? Let's go!

***The Glade, Post Griever Attack***

The Gladers were holding Gally back from attacking Thomas. He was mad because their home had just been destroyed in the Griever attack. They'd lost a lot of friends, including Alby. And Gally blamed it all on Thomas and his curiosity.

"Maybe he's right," Thomas said grabbing the broken Griever stinger from Chuck and lifting it up.

"Thomas?" Teresa said in a warning tone, hoping that he wasn't gonna do what she thought he would do.

"I need to remember, Teresa." He said before plunging the stinger into his leg

"Thomas!" Teresa screamed as she ran to his side and cradled his head.

The other Gladers looked to see what the screaming was about, and they saw Thomas on the ground with the stinger embedded in his leg.

"Thomas! Chuck, get the other syringe!" Teresa told the young Glader before he ran off. "It's okay. Thomas, I'm here."

The last thing he heard before he slipped into unconsciousness was Teresa's worried/comforting .

A flash of white and a dark hallway. The Glade and a techy working room with a red-haired woman in the center of it.

Thomas' Voice: Who put us here?

A bunch of young ones working with holographic screens in front of them.

Alby's Voice: That we don't know.

Teresa...why are we doing this?

Across from his workspace, Teresa looks right at him and he looked back.

"Excellent, Thomas. Come with me." The red-haired woman says.

Another flash shows doctor huddled together over Thomas and then of Teresa shaking her head and saying with a faint voice, 'Wicked isn't good.'

"Thomas...Wicked is good." The red-haired woman contradicted.

Thomas stood in front of his friends and watched as they banged around in their compartments that were filled with water. They were being tested again.

Thomas' Voice: How could this be my fault?

Ben's Voice: You did this! I saw you!

Thomas' Voice: I can't keep watching them die. And I don't want you to be next.

Teresa's Voice: Why would you care so much if I was?

Thomas' Voice: Because I love you, alright!

Thomas walked off, leaving her alone with a look of shock and surprise on her face before everything went black.

Thomas' eyes burst open from his unconsciousness and the flood of memories that had just finished.

"Hey," a voice said. He looked up and saw Teresa above him with a smile, "Are you okay?"

Lifting his head up a bit, he saw that they were in the pit. Gally had them put in immediately after Teresa had injected the other syringe into Thomas.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Chuck exclaimed.

Sitting up straight, Thomas looked at the door of the pit to see Newt, Minho, and Chuck kneeling down(sitting down for Chuck. Love that kid).

"What happened?" Thomas asked.

"Gally's taken control," Newt replied, "He said we had a choice, either join him or get banished at sundown with you."

"And the others agreed to that?"

"Gally has everyone convinced that you're why this has all happened," Teresa added.

"Well he's been right so far."

That caused a look of confusion to go on their faces.

"What're you talking about?" Minho asked.

"This place, it's not what we thought it was," Thomas explained, "It's not a prison, it's a test. It'all started when we were kids, they'd give us these challenges. They were experimenting on us. And then people started disappearing. Every month after month, one after another like clockwork."

"They were sending them up into the Maze," Newt stated, understanding where the point went from there.

"Yeah but not all of us."

"What do you mean?"

"Guys, I'm one of them. The people who put you here, I worked with them. I watched you guys for years. The entire time you've been here, I was on the other side of it."

Thomas looked at Teresa with a look of sorrow as he uttered the next words, "So were you."

Teresa's eyes widened at this. "What?"

"Teresa, we did this to them."

A look of horror came onto her face as she shook her head unbelievingly. A tear escaped from her eye, this couldn't be real.

"That can't be true."

"It is...I saw it."

"But why would they send us up if we were with them?" She asked.

Thomas shook his head and put a hand on her shoulder. "It doesn't matter." He replied.

"He's right," Newt said, "It doesn't matter, any of it. Cause the people we were before the Maze, they don't even exist anymore. These creators took care of that. What does matter, is who we are now and what we do right now. You went into the Maze and you found the way out."

"Yeah but if I hadn't, Alby would still be alive," Thomas contradicted.

"...Maybe. But I know that if he were here, he'd be telling you the exact same thing. 'Pick your a** up, and finish what you started.' Cause if we do nothing, then that means that Alby died for nothing and I cant' have that."

Thomas knew that Newt was right and that Alby would definitely say that. And he wasn't going to let Alby die in vain. Not by a long shot.

"Ok, ok but we gotta get through Gally first," He said.

After about fifteen more minutes of talk and going over their plan, the visiting trio left to prepare themselves. That left Thomas and Teresa alone.

"You really think this is gonna work?" She asked him.

But Thomas just shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. "I hope so."

Teresa nodded and leaned against the wall of the pit. She wasn't gonna lie, she was scared. Not just for her life, but also for Thomas'. There was something about him that made her feel drawn to him. Maybe it was because of whoever they were before the Maze.

"Thomas, is there anything else you remember before the Maze?" She asked.

Thomas was afraid she'd ask that. All that he could remember aside from their past with WCKD, was his relationship with Teresa. He couldn't keep this from her, even though she may not believe him

"I remember us," He said, "We were... we were together, like... involved I guess. They had us on some beds, and just before they put us to sleep, we held each other's hand and said 'I love you' to each other...I know you probably don't believe me but-"

Thomas was cut off by Teresa who'd cupped his cheeks and pressed her lips to his. Once she did, they both felt an explosion inside of them. The feeling that came with the kiss, it was familiar. Like they had done it multiple times before. Maybe they did before all of this happened.

After what seemed like an eternity, but in reality was only about 15 seconds, Teresa pulled away but kept her hands on Thomas' cheeks. "I do believe you, Thomas," She stated, "Ever since I first saw you in that tree, I felt something like we were connected somehow. Do you feel it?"

"I'm not gonna lie, I've felt something," Thomas admitted, "And I wanna be able to explore this feeling is."

Teresa nodded and laid her head on Thomas' chest as he laid back against the wall and put his arms around her. And the two of them laid there the whole day until Teresa looked out the pit door to see two Gladers heading for the pit.

"Thomas, they're coming," She said nudging him, "It's time."

"Ok, let's do this. It's just like we planned. You ready?"

Teresa responded with and gave him one last kiss before he laid on the ground, pretending to be unconscious. Hopefully, this plan would work. Hopefully, they would make it out... Alive.

There's chapter 2 for ya, hope it was good enough and that you guys liked it. Unfortunately, this story is only gonna have one more chapter and it's gonna have a major time jump to after the end of the movie. It's gonna be when the Gladers are in the Helicopter, I see that as the next Thomesa moment that can lead to The Scorch Trials. So until next chapter, keep shipping Thomesa!