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The next day, the whole day passed again as they did the same thing over and over again. They also noticed that Minho can be said to be okay because they can talk to the young man; aside from Newt, they still don't really talk. They are just staring at each other; it was obvious who doesn't know who wants to speak first among the two of them.

They are now in the kitchen, just letting Janson speak in the front. "Tim." When they heard their friend's name, the man stood up.

"See you soon, guys," Tim said and went to the front. Janson said something else before they finally left.

"I hope it's true the so-called safe place," Kendrix said quietly next to Frypan. He didn't expect his voice to get louder. He was about to take it back when Fry suddenly held his right hand.

"They assured us that we're safe. Let's just wait our turn so we can leave this boring place," Fry said and gave Kendrix a smile.

"Ugh, lovebirds." They heard what Winston said, so their friends laughed.

"You just miss Maggie." Kendrix was teasing, so Winston just rolled his eyes.

"Speaking of her, where are those two? I thought they were just going to ask something; they weren't with us last night," Hank said. Thomas was about to speak when he suddenly saw Teresa and Maggie.

"What the hell?" He unconsciously said, so his friends looked at the young man, but he ignored them. He stood up to call his friends.

"Teresa! Maggie!" The two looked at him, but they just kept walking. Thomas was about to follow the two women, but the guard suddenly stopped him.

"Hey, hey, hey." He stopped the young man. Thomas didn't notice that his friends were behind him.

"Where are they taking them?"

"They just have to run a few more tests. Don't worry, they'll be done with them soon."

"Are they okay?" Winston asked. The guard looked at him before he nodded.

"They are fine."

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"What do you think about the taste? Do you like it?" A woman asked a man. They are now in the kitchen while the woman makes the young man taste her own cook food.

"I didn't know you knew how to cook, Zelia." The girl laughed softly.

"It's my hidden talent. I don't want Fry to lose his job, so I let him keep the job. I'm okay as a Med-jack and Keeper of the Defense." The young man wrapped his arms around Zelia's waist.

"Maybe you have a lot of hidden talents there." The girl just rolled her eyes, and she pinched his nose.

"No more, Minho. You can't get past me with that silly smile of yours." Minho pouted his lips.

"What? I'm just asking; I don't have anything else to say." Zelia's joke pushed the young man.

"Stop it. I know what you're thinking." Minho's lips grew even longer, so the girl couldn't help but laugh. The young man was about to speak when suddenly a boy called him.

"Minho, why do you look so happy?" The young man frowned because of his question.

"What do you mean by that, Chuck?"

"Look who you're holding." As Chuck said, he suddenly saw Zelia unconscious in his arms.

Suddenly he returned again to the bus, and his hands were full of blood. "No, no, no. Zelia..." Minho said softly as he slowly shook the girl.

Zelia just looked at him with big eyes. The young man's tears began to flow as he called the girl's name.

Minho noticed that Zelia's lips moved, so he put his ear closer to hear what she was saying.

"YOU KILLED ME MINHO!"

Suddenly, the young man got up from the bed while catching his breath. Only now did he notice that his forehead and neck were wet with sweat.

"Bad nightmare?" A man asked, so he looked to see who it was. He saw Mike coming out of the bathroom. Minho immediately looked around and saw that his friends were no longer in the room.

"Where's everyone?"

"Having lunch. We tried to wake you earlier but you slept too well because of the pills. You just go to the dining area next," Mike said before going out to eat.

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"I wanna know what's through that door," Thomas said in the middle of Janson calling out names.

"You said they were covered up, so you don't know what you saw," said Newt. The Gladers found out that Thomas saw something when he went to the vent with Aris.

"It could've been anything under there," Fry said, but Thomas just shook his head.

"I know exactly what I saw. They were bodies." The young man said and took a deep breath before continuing what he had to say. "Aris said they bring in a new batch every night."

"Who the hell is Aris?" Minho asked as Thomas immediately pointed to a man in a grey hoodie. "Well, I'm sold."

After Janson finished mentioning the names on the list, he left with those he called to different groups.

"Okay, until we know anything for certain, we should just keep our heads down and try not to draw any attention to ourselves, all right?" Newt said, and he saw his friends nod. But they immediately noticed that Thomas stood up to follow Janson.

"What is he doing?"

"I think he's drawing attention to himself."

Newt just took a deep breath and did nothing to stop his friend. He stood up from his seat and followed Thomas.

"Hang on. You weren't called," the guard said.

"I know, I'm just going to be a second," Thomas said. Newt noticed that his other friends had also approached them.

"This is a restricted area, kid."

"I just wanna see my friend. Can you let me through?"

"Get your ass back in that chair. Just remember, you are always being monitored. Breaking the rules..." The guard didn't finish what he had to say when Thomas tried to go inside. The guard quickly stopped the young man.

"Back off!"

"Why won't you let me see them?" Thomas asked, raising his voice. Because of the noise that happened, Janson approached them.

"What's happening here?" The man asked, and he looked in front of him. "Thomas? I thought we could trust each other. You know we're all on the same team here."

Thomas scoffed, and he gave Janson a smirk. "Are we?"

"Get them to their bunks." The man's order was immediately followed by the other guards. It wasn't long before the Gladers were back in the room and the guard slam their door room and lock them inside.

"What the hell was that about?" Minho asked Thomas as he frowned.

"You didn't really think they were just going to let you through?" Newt asked with anger in his voice.

"No, of course I didn't. I'm going to find out what's on the other side of that door," Thomas said and showed him a key card. They don't know how quickly he took the card on the guard earlier.

"Right," Newt answered briefly, and he crossed his arms.

"Newt, they're hiding something. Okay? These people are not who they say they are."

"No, Tommy, you don't know that! The only thing that we do know is that they helped rescue us from WICKED. They gave us new clothes. They gave us food. They gave us a proper bed. Some of us haven't had that in a long time."

"Yeah, but..."

Thomas didn't finish what he had to say when Newt suddenly spoke again. "Some of us are a lot longer than others."

Suddenly they looked down when they heard a noise under the bed. They saw Aris.

"Hey, Thomas."

"What the..." Fry said with confusion when he saw Aris under Thomas bed.

"You got it, didn't you?"

"Yeah. Let's go," Thomas said and went under. Before he followed Aris, he stopped to look at his friends.

"Look, maybe you guys are right. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. But I got to find out for sure. Just cover for me. I'll be back as soon as I can," the young man said before going after Aris. Newt just took a deep breath.

"Damn, here we go again on his hunch," Minho said while slowly shaking his head.

"Bloody bastard."