Newt woke up in the one of the beds in the homestead, with Alby and Thomas leaning over him.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Don't know, We were going to ask you the same question." Alby shrugged "Thomas found you unconscious in the storage hut and medjacks brought you here, thats all we know. Do you remember anything?"
There was a silence while Newt processed the information. Finally he spoke "No I don't remember anything, How long was I out?"
"A day" Alby replied. "We briefly checked the storage hut but we didn't find anything, so we are at a loss as to what to do until your test results come back."
"Hey Alby come look at what Minho found." Jeff called from downstairs.
"Coming" Alby yelled, before turning back to Newt "You'll be right, we'll figure this out." With that he left the room.
Thomas glanced at Newt questioningly, he wanted to go with Alby.
Newt snorted and grinned "Go on, there ain't no point fussing over me."
"Ok, We'll see you when the medjacks are done with you." Thomas smiled and went off after Alby.
"Ok see you later." Newt said as he lay back down on the bed and listened to Thomas's footsteps echo down the hall.
That afternoon, Newt was released by the medjacks.
"Now don't strain yourself." Jeff warned him.
Newt rolled his eyes. "Got it."
"Good that" Jeff said eyeing Newt skeptically as he walked away.
As soon as Jeff was out of sight Newt went straight to the gardens to help pull out weeds. Keeping himself busy was the best way of keeping his mind off whatever had happened to him. He saw Thomas standing a few meters away from him with his back to him, minding his own business. It was like something took over him, He felt a sudden urge to go and kill Thomas, and he would of if I weren't for a voice screaming in his head No he's a friend! He snapped out of it confused it's just stress, he reasoned shaking his head and continued gardening. Gally who was watching Newt carefully during this episode, sighed and walked back to the homestead.
Gally picked just the right time, Newt was in a secluded spot of the garden picking grapes with his back turned. He slipped in behind Newt pulling out another syringe and jabbing him in the same spot he did last time causing the wound to bleed and Newt to collapse to the ground with a cry. Gally quickly chucked the syringe into the grapevines and jogged away.
A crowd formed around Newt. Thomas pushed his way to the front to see what was going on. As soon as he saw Newt unconscious on the ground he knelt down beside him to see what was wrong.
"ALBY!" Thomas yelled at the top of his voice.
Alby came sprinting over to Thomas, knowing by Thomas's tone of voice that it was important. Alby bent down beside Newt.
"JEFF." He yelled once he had assessed the situation.
The crowd parted and the young medjack jogged through the gap and knelt down Alby and Thomas.
"What the heck is wrong with him." Alby demanded gesturing to Newt.
The younger boy shrugged "I don't know." He said. "I will have to run a few tests to find out."
Alby sighed "Take him to the homestead I'll be there soon."
Jeff nodded and gestured to another medjack to help him carry Newt to the homestead. The crowed closed in behind them as they carried Newt off to the homestead.