Chapter 28:
Avery sat with Thomas, Newt, and Minho that next morning. Everyone was running around trying to clean up.
"What's the point to clean everything up when they are going to be back tonight?" Avery asked, they all turned to look at her.
"Everyone wants to keep busy. Trying to take their minds off what happened last night." Newt said. Avery sighed.
"There has to be a way out." Thomas spoke up. "I mean, we just can't sit around all day and hide in the Homestead all night then the next day try and forget. There has to be something." everyone was quiet.
"The maps. There has to be a clue in the maps." Minho said after being quiet this whole time. He got up and starting running to the map room. Thomas followed after him. Avery looked at Newt and they shrugged and followed after the two boys.
When Avery and Newt got to the map room Thomas and Minho already papers hauled out onto the table and were already lining them up. Minho looked at Avery.
"Avery can I talk to you for a sec?" Minho asked her.
"Sure." Avery replied. She had a funny feeling this had to do with her acting out. They walked out of the map room and stood outside the door.
"What is it? Is everything alright?" Avery turned to him. Minho didn't speak for a couple of minutes.
"Minho you still there?" Avery said knocking at his head. Minho shook his head and looked at her.
"I wanted to talk to you about the other day when you acted out." he started. Avery gave him a look telling him that he could go on.
"Right, well I don't think you should help with this. We might find something and you could have another fit and do something to the maps." Minho said calmly. Avery looked at him for a second.
"I understand. I wouldn't trust me either. I'll just go and talk to Teresa." Avery started walking away from him.
"Avery I didn't mean that. I trust you..." Minho stopped. She was to far away to hear him for one thing and the other is that she was probably mad at him. He gave up and turned to go back inside.
Avery walked up to the slammer. It seemed untouched by the Grievers.
"Teresa?" Avery called out wondering if this other girl was still alive.
"Francesca?" Avery sighed, she was relived that the Teresa was still alive. Teresa might be the only thing keeping her sane right now.
"Are you okay?" Avery asked her, walking to the window. She seen Teresa's head pop up.
"Yeah fine. What were those things?"
"Grievers. The doors didn't close last night and they came. Killed one of us. They will keep coming back every night until all of us are dead." Avery explained. Teresa looked sad. "Did they scare you?"
Teresa nodded.
"Yeah they did. Didn't know what was going on. Thought it was some kind of prank at first. But then we heard them crash into one of the rooms, they got one." Avery spoke. They were quiet for a few minutes. Then Teresa starting talking again.
"So do you think the boys will try and find a way out now that this has happened?"
"I hope so, if not one of us will die each night from now till we are all dead." Avery explained. "Anyways you should be allowed out now. I will go check." Avery got up and went outside closing the door behind her. She needed to talk to next and the last place she saw him was in the map room.
When Avery got there Newt, Thomas and Minho were gathered around the table. Their backs to her.
"Newt?" Avery said. All three boys turned around so fast some papers fell to the floor.
"Avery, I told you not to come in." Minho said getting angry.
"Sorry. I just wanted to ask Newt if I could let Teresa out now. Seeing as you pretty much told me to stay away from everything." Avery snapped. She looked at Newt who looked like he didn't want to be involved. But he nodded and turned back around with Thomas to examine more maps. Avery left feeling daggers in her back from Minho stare.
What was she going to do with him. He kept treating her like a baby. Yes she may be W.I.C.K.E.D's puppet at the moment but he was acting like she would betray them. And she was hurt by that.
Avery let Teresa out when she got back to the slammer. The first thing Teresa wanted to de was get something to eat. So the two girls went to Frypan and got two sandwiches. After they were finished there was nothing to do except help clean up.
"Well lets see if they need us to do anything?" Teresa said walking off towards the group of boys cleaning up pieces of the debris laying around.
"What do you too want?" one asked when they got there.
"We want to help." Teresa stated. The boys started laughing.
"Yeah right. What's two girls going to do? Complain about getting their hands dirty or chipping a nail?" they mocked.
"You know what I would like to do, I would like to chip your face..." Avery said taking a step forward. Teresa stopped her.
"Look who's talking. Your just the creator's puppet. They probably got you saying the things you are."
"Shut up!" a new voice startled them. Avery looked behind her to see Minho. She put her head down as he walked pass her and straight up to the boy. The boy looked scared.
"You gotta a problem with her, you take it up with me." Minho said, his tone was deadly.
"No..no...n..no... Minho. Nothin...nothing."
"Good. Get back to work." The boys ran off. Minho waited for a few minutes before he turned back to face Avery. Her head was still down. He slowly walked up to her and lifted her face to meet his. Her eyes were still looking away from him.
"Look at me" he said softly. She did. "I'm sorry. I was a jerk. I shouldn't have said those things to you. Avery forgive me?" his eyes were pleading. Avery nodded.
"I forgive you." she stated smiling. He smiled back and kissed her passionately on the lips. It's been a long time since they've had a moment to themselves and it was nice for a change.