A/N: Hey guys! Remember when I said I'd update soon? *laughs uncontrollably* I'm funny right. Though seriously sorry for the long wait. I also really wanted to write the part where Thorne is captured but I just couldn't get it out. Oh well. At least I wrote something right? So instead I got the very end of chapter of 20 and a little bit after it. Or the part after Cress is captured. I hope you enjoy!

I also want to thank Love Divergent Forever for supporting my stories and me as an author. That meant so much to me!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Lunar Chronicles.

A loud, demanding, but worried voice rang through Thorne's head.

Get back here.

Do you think I want to stay here Cinder!? He didn't even know if she could hear him, but his body started to move on its own accord. His legs started to move so fast that he felt himself trip. He rolled, and a small part of him hoped no one saw that. But the larger part (or the part controlled by Cinder) of him urged him to move even faster. The series of podships and the maze of flying bullets whizzed past him. But Thorne barely noticed them as he kept his eyes trained on the others.

Wolf was at the head of the group and crawling along the wall, hiding behind the ships. Cinder had her eyebrows furrowed in concentration and waved her gun finger carefully behind her. Iko was frantically following with her arm draped over Cress. And Cress was as pale as a ghost. Her eyes were wider than he thought possible. Something in Thorne made him want to get to her so he sped up.

He narrowly dodged another volley of bullets but focused on getting to her. They were dangerously running out of ships to hide behind, but he was still surprised when Iko and Cress made a mad dash to the door. Thorne prayed to whatever god who would listen that the guards wouldn't notice them and that they were too engrossed with finding him. Almost right on cue, another guard charged straight at him. They struggled for a bit before Thorne knocked him out with a swift blow to the head.

But out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the doors weren't opening. Levana. Of course she knew. And of course she was smarter than having automatic worry in Cinder's eyes intensified; she was probably trying to calculate the best way out. Another gunshot rang out which caused Thorne to turn and search for the source. When he faced his friends again, Cress had disappeared.

Almost immediately fear started clawing at his heart and a pit of dread formed in his stomach. His eyes frantically searched for a small, blonde girl which is about as hard as it sounds. Someone fired a gun away from him, and Thorne instantly feared for her safety. He finally spotted her crawling away from the others. Though desperately wanting to scream out her name, he refrained, knowing it would draw the guards' attention to her. Instead he shattered one of the windows of Kai's ship, mentally apologizing since he would never say it out loud.

However he lost track of Cress yet again. Thorne jumped as the doors opened. Before he could question how, Cinder fed him weird images that caused him to sprint at speeds he didn't know existed. Cold air slapped him in the face as he ran towards the open doors. Throwing himself in, Thorne leaned against the wall in exhaustion. His heart was still pounding with adrenaline when he looked up with a satisfied smile. But what he saw in everyone's eyes wasn't victory, or even relief. It was guilt?

Suddenly realizing something or more like someone was missing, Thorne asked, "Cress?" His jaw dropped with horror as Cinder shook her head with shame. And his heart dived straight into his stomach.

They had left her behind.

And he had to go back for her.

Thorne sprang into action and charged towards the doors. But in a second, Wolf was in front of him, pulling him back.

"Let me go," he growled through clenched teeth.

"We can't go back. It's suicide," warned Wolf. Fighting him would've been actual suicide for Thorne, but he was about to. But Wolf's point was supported by the barrage of bullets that hit the doors. However he didn't care.

"We're not leaving her."

"Thorne-" began Cinder. He glared at her.

"No!" Thorne tried to hit Wolf but was quickly blocked. His anger was boiling over.

"We have to go," said Cinder quietly. He just looked at the door.

Iko shakily suggested, "I could stay? I could go back for her?"

"No, we stay together…" Cinder winced at her words, and Thorne flinched. She reached out to him. "We'd still be out there if it wasn't for her. We'd all be captured, but thanks to Cress, we're not. She saved us. Now we have to go"

Thorne knew she was right, but how could he leave her?

And he slumped against the wall, defeated. But he didn't leave his spot on the wall. (Ok if I'm honest, I wrote the part after the author's note without the book on hand so I forgot he ran at the end of chapter 20. And I really don't want to rewrite it so I'm going to use the creative license card.)


He could hear the voices of his friends asking, begging him to move.

"Please Thorne, we need to leave," pleaded Iko, holding a hand out. He simply looked up at her with dead eyes.

"No."

"Don't be an idiot Thorne. We're wasting Cress' chance. We need to get out of here. Now." Wolf's voice was dangerously low.

"Wolf, you of all people should know! You lost Scarlet and I...I've just lost Cress! And you became a wreck! So what's different now?!"

Cinder looked at him with wide brown eyes, "Thorne I'm sorry but our plan-"

"Cinder. Don't. You. Dare. How can you think of the freaking plan! Look at what we've done for you! We saved your boyfriend-"

"Kai's not my boyfri-"

"Oh cut the crap Cinder. You know that's a lie! And we rescued him didn't we? And you Wolf!" He pointed a finger at him, a humorless laugh escaped his lips. "Tell me you haven't only been thinking of Scarlet! Tell me you haven't started making a plan to save her from the moment you knew she was kidnapped! Have any of you even THOUGHT of rescuing Cress! Or is she just the girl who can hack her way into anything you need!" Thorne whirled around to face Cinder again.

"Well? You wouldn't lose Iko so why is Cress any different. Or is she just a pawn you're going to sacrifice or what?"

"Thorne you know that's not true. I shouldn't have said that before," whispered Cinder, her eyes looking like they would cry if they could. "We all care about Cress, and we're not to give up on her either. I promise you we'll save her." Her voice was strong and her words said with such conviction, Thorne felt a slight flutter of hope. He glanced at the door one last time. It seemed like the guards were taking out one last round of frustration on it and he winced, the flutter completely crushed.

"Come on. Let's go salvage your precious plan." And he turned his back on their faces that were crestfallen with shame.

A/N: I've had like half of this story written for like a month before getting back to it, so I'll apologize once again. I know Thorne's outburst was kinda dramatic, but he did just lose Cress. And I know Cinder didn't want to leave anyone behind but I always felt like Cress was detached from everyone but Thorne (it's probably the shyness). And his accusation about her being just a pawn to them was definitely the result of emotion, but Cinder does admit how much they were relying on her, and she isn't on their minds for a long time (they only found her by chance). But I hope you enjoyed, but I'll admit that I'm not sure if I'll continue this or Our Galaxy. We'll see. Tell me what you thought of this chapter because I welcome constructive criticism.