I spend all day with her. I dont leave her side once. Clint and Jeff on the other hand are in and out of the room, constantly asking if anything has changed and the answer is always no. Finally towards the end of the day Minho walks in. I smile at him drowsily and yawn. He chuckles a little bit and sits down next to me.
"There's a girl." I say plainly.
"I can see that."
"You should have seen everyone when she came up. They were mesmerized by her looks. The Greenie seemed totally captivated by her."
"You jealous?"
"Not yet."
There is a bit of an awkward silence before he breaks it.
"Ben attacked the Greenie."
"I heard bits and pieces of the story from Clint and Jeff. What exactly happened?"
"Ben went crazy and attacked the Greenie. Going on and on about how he was the real bad guy or something. Finally Alby showed up and-"
"Shot him in the head with his bow." I cut him off and finish for him sadly. I hang my head and start crying softly. Minho's arm comes around me and he pulls me to him.
"You saw this in a dream didnt you?"
"Yes. I did. I should have seen it coming. I should have done something."
"There was nothing you could have done. Ben went crazy. He wasnt gonna last anyway."
"I know, but-" I pause and look up at the girl sitting in front of me. "It's her you know. She triggered it. I knew the second I saw her. We had two Greenies after that dream that I had with all the death. Two Greenies to prepare for what happened. Well, two Greenies have come up. And the death has already begun, starting with Ben."
Minho is silent for a while. "You should get some sleep. I'll get one of the Med-jacks in here to watch her for the night."
"No. I'm gonna sleep in here until she wakes up. It's not right to leave her all alone."
"Alright. Then I will stay with you."
"Thank you." I say as I snuggle closer to him and close my eyes.
"Any time." He says casually as I drift off into a dream.
"How can you do this? Look around you. Look at all of this pain you're causing! It's your fault! You can stop this!" I yell at the girl who came up in the Box. We are alone in a room that looks similar to the one that I was in when I said goodbye to all of my friends. She sighs and shakes her head.
"You don't understand. I cant stop this. Not now. We are so close. We just have to finish these trials and maybe the next ones. It shouldn't take much longer."
"That's what you always say."
"You have to believe me. This is all necessary. WICKED is good. You have to be believe that."
"Well I don't. Why cant you understand that we dont have to do this. We could leave. You, me, Thomas, Minho, whoever else. We could pull them out and be gone before anyone ever knew."
"They are better off in there."
"How can you say that?"
"You haven't seen it, the real world. The world outside of WICKED. It's so much worse than you could possibly imagine. That's why we are doing this. To save them."
"Get out."
"What?"
"I want to talk to my brother. Get out."
"But Thomas is busy-"
"I dont care. He's my brother and I am going to see him before I leave."
She gets a strange look on her perfect face. "He wont agree with you. He's not gonna leave with you either." She whispers, almost as if she doesnt want me to hear.
"Don't tell me what he will and will not do. He's my brother. Not yours."
She nods and walks towards the door. Before she walks out she turns around and looks at me sadly as I glare angrily at her. "Goodbye Echo. Goodluck."
"Goodbye Teresa." I say. As soon as the door closes behind her the tears start falling.
"What?" I hear Minho's voice ask, waking me up.
"What?" I ask back, not sure why he is talking to me and still confused by the dream.
"You said 'Teresa'."
"I did?"
"Yes."
"Oh..." I glance nervously at the girl, Teresa, and then at the ground.
"That's her name isnt it?"
"I think so."
"You had another dream?"
"Yeah."
"Wanna talk about it."
"I'm not sure..."
"Alright." Minho says, sounding uncomfortable. "Well, if you want to, just tell me. I'll listen."
"I need Thomas." I say without really meaning to.
"What?" He asked, sounding surprised and a little hurt.
"Thomas... I ummm... I need to talk to him. As soon as I can. What time is it?" I ask, kinda embarrassed by what I said.
"It's the time you usually wake up from a dream, so we have a minute or two before everyone else wakes up. Why?"
"I need to talk to Thomas." I repeat and start to stand up before remember Teresa. I turn back to Minho who looks confused and a little upset. "Can you watch her while I'm gone?"
"Not for long, I've got to get out into the Maze soon, but for now yeah."
"Thank you so much." I say before walking back over to him. Without really thinking about it I kiss his cheek before walking away again. "I will explain tonight. I promise." I tell him before walking out of the room blushing furiously.