Chapter 9.

They walked for what felt like forever. And they still could barely see the mountains.

They were dehydrated.

They were tired.

They were lost. Or felt lost.

Can you be lost when you're in a deserted place?

Newt looked sick.

Thomas was worried.

Thomas looked sick.

Newt was worried.

They held each other like it was the end of the world.

And that's when it started.

The end of the world. At least that's what it felt like.

Dark clouds rolled in super fast.

Thomas sat up from where they had decided to camp. He nudged Newt, then quickly woke everyone up. "We need to move. Now! Let's go!" His voice was hoarse. He could see the lightening in the distance. It was intense. And it was coming their way.

So they ran. They ran fast.

They it to this building, seemingly abandoned. Thomas sat against the wall and breathed, trying I regulate his breathing. They ran for a solid 20 minutes.

That's when he heard it.

A scream.

Who was it?

Thomas started freaking out. He reached beside him where he was sure Newt was and felt his arm, just to make sure.

Good. Newt was safe.

He then looked around. Nearly everyone was there. Except Minho.

Quickly Thomas stood up and looked outside. He was there! And he got struck.

Thomas ran out, Newt called after him. But Thomas didn't listen. He just wanted his friend safe.

He half-carried Minho to the building. Frypan hurried to his side to help and they brought him inside.

Teresa rushed to be beside him. "What the hell happened?" Is all she said.

Thomas rolled his eyes. Her act was really annoying. He knew she wasn't 100% with them on this.

He tried cpr on him, and slowly he woke up.

A few minutes later Minho opened his eyes and looked at Newt. "Was I dreaming or did your boyfriend just kiss me?" He asked.

Everyone laughed. And Teresa sat next to him and hugged him tightly.

"I was so scared" she whispered.

Again, Thomas rolled his eyes and stood up. "Alright. Let's see where we are." He said and looked around. He walked a bit and then there was a chained up crank! Thomas fell back because he was so startled. "Stay back. Everyone stay. Back." Thomas said.

Newt, obviously, didn't listen. He grabbed Thomas' arm and pulled him to stand.

Suddenly they seemed to be everywhere. Everywhere they turned there was a crank.

"See you've met our friends" said a girl with short hair.

"I Uhm. Yes" Thomas said.

"C'mon. Jorge is dying to meet you" she said.

All the Gladers kinda just stood there.

"They can't reach you. C'mon" she said.

Slowly they followed.

They got to this room with a man who turned to look at them. "Where do you come from?" He asked.

"I. What?" Thomas said.

Newt reached out and took Thomas' hand, then squeezed it.

"Where. Do you come from?" He said.

"We. Uh. We were in a maze. A company called Wicked put us there?" He said, stuttering ever so slightly.

"Oh yes. Wicked. So then you're immune?"

"I. Uh. Yeah. I think. Yes." Thomas nodded, discreetly he squeezed Newts hand back, then let go of it.

"Perfect." Jorge nodded.

He offered them some water.

Then the next thing they knew they were hanging upside down from a rope.

"Good job Thomas. Now we're bait." Teresa muttered.

"Hey! All he did was answer the guys questions. It's not his fault" Newt said.

"Uh. Yeah. Kinda is" Teresa said.

"No. He didn't intentionally get us strung up" Newt said.

"When did we decide that he had to answer them anyways?" Teresa said.

"He's -" Newt started.

"Enough fucking fighting! Think of a way to get off these ropes instead of being at each other's throat." Thomas said.

Newt looked at Thomas, then glared at Teresa. "Fine"

Teresa sighed and looked around. "I'm the closest to the lever. If I start to swing and you guys help me. I'll make it." She said.

So Minho started to push her. They swung and swung until she got to the lever.

And she pulled it, which made them fall down a little.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Was the first thing that escaped anybodies mouth. It was Newt.

Thomas burst out laughing, because they stopped and Newt was freaking out. It was hilarious.

"Calm down." Teresa grumbled, untying her feet.

Then one at a time she un-tied everyone else.

Newt was last. And even then, Thomas pulled him in and untied him. "You guys are worse than children" he said.

Newt expected a hug or something or Thomas' hand or something. But Thomas just walked, he walked toward where Jorge's make-shift office was.

"Wicked is on their way here." Brenda said as soon as she felt the Gladers presence.

"Then let's leave." Thomas said. He felt Newt reach his hand towards his, but he pulled his hand back towards himself.

Jorge offered a sling thing to each of the Gladers. "It's called zip-lining. You hold onto both sides of this and slide to the other building. Don't worry. It's safe."

And so they all went. Newt looked at Thomas.

"I'll see you there." Thomas nodded and watched Newt slide across.

Then all of a sudden Brenda started running.

"Brenda!" Thomas yelled.

"I'll be just a minute. Go ahead!" She said.

Thomas looked to the "zip-line" then back to the direction Brenda went.

Then he followed her.

Cute ish chapter? Idk.

I'm so sorry it took so long I should be back on schedule now though I have my phone back

Also,This one is gonna be quite a bit longer than "I'm glad I have you" but it's still gonna rock. I promise.

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