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"What are we going to do now?" Frypan asked and sat next to Kendrix on the young man's bed. The Gladers were all sitting on their beds, waiting for Thomas to return.

"What if there's really something wrong about this place like his hunch?" Jeff asked as he hugged his legs to his bed and rested his chin on top of his knees.

"That's absurd. They are already giving us what we need. They even promised us that everyone will get to a safe place. So why should we doubt them?" said Newt. He wanted to doubt the one who saved them, but he couldn't.

"I'm with Newt this time," Zart said, and all the Gladers looked at him. "I mean, like he said earlier, it's only now that some of us felt this again in 3 years."

Minho just took a deep breath and leaned his head against the wall while sitting on his bed and closed his eyes. "Like Thomas said, maybe he's paranoid, maybe he's wrong. It's best that we just wait for him so we don't overthink."

The young man held his still bandaged right hand. At this point, wherever Thomas goes, he is there. He will follow and follow her brother as much as he wants.

Zelia. Whenever you are, please guide us no matter what happened. We need you now for Thomas. Only you can understand him.

"Thomas!" Minho suddenly stood up from the bed when he heard someone scream.

"We gotta go right now," Thomas said as he restlessly walked inside the room while Aris just stood when they got out of the vent.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"What do you mean, 'We gotta go?'"

"They're coming. Come on. We gotta go. Paige. She's still alive."

All the Gladers looked at each other with a mixture of surprise on their faces. Thomas took blankets to tie to the door.

"What happened in there?"

"Aris, what happened?"

Newt approached Thomas, who was still busy making a barrier on the door of their room. "Thomas, can you just calm down and talk to us?"

"She's still alive."

Newt was even more confused because he couldn't understand what Thomas was saying. "Who's she? Teresa?"

"Ava."

"Will you just turn around and talk to us properly?"

As Newt said, Thomas faced them with a mixture of different emotions in his own voice. "It's WICKED. It's always been WICKED."

He looked at the Gladers one by one after Thomas said the word he wanted to tell them. The young man took a deep breath, obviously calming himself down.

"We need to get out of here. Right now." Thomas said with emphasis in his voice.

Minho snickered, quietly listening to what his friend was saying. "Lead the way, your highness."

"Shut up, Minho." Thomas said and took a bed mattress to block the door. The other Gladers immediately helped him when they saw that he was struggling.

"That would take us some time." Thomas said to himself and faced his friends. "Okay, let's go to the vent."

The young man entered the vent first and the Gladers as well as Aris followed him one by one. They also crawled inside for a few minutes while just following Thomas before they got out of the vent.

"You guys go ahead. There's something I gotta do," Aris said when they reached the hallway. Thomas looked at him in surprise.

"What are you talking about?"

"Trust me, it's important. You guys want to get out here, right? Just go." Aris was about to leave when Kendrix suddenly spoke.

"I'll go with him."

"Me too," Frypan said, so Thomas just nodded.

"Okay, Fry and Kendrix, go! Go! Come on." They started running towards their destination.

"You sure we can trust this kid?" Minho asked.

"You don't want to know where we'd be without him," Thomas said, and they turned to the left and met a female doctor. They remembered who she was; she was the one who talked to Teresa and Maggie.

"What are you kids doing out?" She asked and seemed to realize what was going on. She slowly retreated, and before she could run away, Thomas immediately grabbed her arm.

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"Are we really sure about this?" A male doctor asked his female doctor companion.

"We have approval from Mr. Janson. We need them to help us," the woman said. Maggie let out a soft groan when she felt a headache. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the doctors looking for something in the tray. Maybe because they heard her.

"We need another sedative."

"Where's the syringe? She'll wake up soon."

She tried to move her fingers, but she was too weak. She didn't know what happened to her. After she was away from her friends, the doctor asked her a lot of questions that she didn't understand why.

What did she feel when she saw Ava Paige's videos? Does she remember anything from her past? Does she know her parents? If she knows what her purpose is?

After she answered the questions that she didn't know if it made sense, they immediately went to this place. She is about to panic because she prefers to be with Winston, but she sees Teresa and tells her everything will be fine.

She was somehow able to breathe because she had a lot of trust in the girl. Even though she misses Zelia, Teresa is still there to be her friend. Although Teresa cannot change who Zelia is in her life, she still considers her a friend even though she entered the Glade too late.

"Maggie." Suddenly she looked at who called her. She didn't notice that there was a sudden noise in the room.

"Winston." She gave the young man a smile and helped her sit down. "What's going on?"

"I'll explain everything later. We need to leave right now, okay?" Winston said, and Maggie just nodded before helping her stand.

"Guys? They're coming! Where do we go?" Hank asked as a guard tried to open the door.

"Everyone stand back!" They heard Thomas shout, and they saw that he was holding a chair and broke the horizontal window that was big enough for three people. "Go, go, go!"

Thomas and Winston were the first to come out of the window. Teresa took a blanket to drape over the window to avoid injury. Thomas helped her get out.

"Maggie, let's go," Winston said, and she went out. She saw that their friends also came out one by one.

"Get someone on the other side!" Heard the shout of a guard chasing them. Minho threw the launcher he was holding back at Thomas before he went out the window.

"Stay behind me!" Thomas said and opened the door. He almost jumped in shock because a guard met them.

Before he could react, Thomas pulled the trigger that the launcher he was holding so that the guard jumped further to them. They saw that the man was electrocuted while he was lying on the floor.

"Shit. Okay, come on!" Thomas just said in shock before starting to run. The Gladers followed him. They kept running down the hallway while the guard following them until they saw a door. Thomas swiped a card, but it didn't work to open the door.

"Shit. Come on!" He said to himself while still trying to open it.

"Thomas!" They suddenly looked at Janson when they heard him call their friend name. Thomas immediately aimed the launcher he was holding at Janson, who raised his two hands as the young man slowly approached.

"Open this door, Janson!"

"You really don't want me to."

"Open the damn door!"

"Listen to me! I'm trying to save your life. The Maze is one thing, but you kids wouldn't last one day out in the Scorch," Janson said with his hands still raised and slowly approached Thomas. "If the elements don't kill you, the Cranks will. You have to believe me. I only want what's best for you."

Thomas laughed softly. "Yeah, let me guess. WICKED is good?"

Janson glared at the young man and lowered his hands. "You're not getting through that door, Thomas."

Suddenly they heard a noise from the door, and they saw Aris, Frypan, and Kendrix.

"Hey guys," Aris greeted them, and all the Gladers went out the door.

"Thomas! Come on! Let's go!" They shouted at Thomas. He immediately rained bullets on the launcher, and when the gun ran out of bullets, he immediately ran.

"Shut the main vault door!" They heard Janson shout. They were still trying to shout at Thomas until the man slid down to the floor so that before the door closed completely, he was outside with jis friends who's waiting for him.

Thomas stood up, and Aris broke something to close the door permanently and Janson couldn't follow them. Thomas raised his middle finger as Janson tried to open and bang the door.

"Come on, Thomas," Minho told him and patted him on the chest so they could leave.

They ran again until they reached the main door. Thomas pushed a ledger down to open the door.

It slowly opened, and they were greeted by a strong wind that immediately covered their eyes because of the sand that they felt gradually hitting them.

"Come on. Keep moving!" Thomas shouted, and they ran out.

All they do is run in the sand. They see the light and engine, they know that Janson's men look for them. They just keep hiding in the dark while running everywhere. When they were sure that no one was following them, they suddenly saw a place that looked like a building.

Teresa didn't think twice about coming here; that's why Maggie followed her.

"Teresa! Maggie!"

"No, don't go in there!"

"Get down here!"

Maggie heard her friends talking, but she ignored it. She just kept following Teresa until they reached the bottom, which was still full of sand.

"Where the hell are we?" Doug asked while looking around, but they couldn't see anything because the place was dark.

"We gotta go," Thomas said and started walking to see where they were.

"No, Thomas, stop! Tell me what's going on," Teresa said, and Thomas turned to face her. He took a deep breath before speaking.

"It's WICKED. They lied to us. We never escaped."

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I know 1-4 chapters are boring since it's not too focus on Minho but I need the other Gladers to let the spotlight first before we get to the middle part of the story.

Yes they're more than 10 survivors since they don't deserve to carry all the burden that 4 of them survive at the movies.

But I hope you still reading this book! Believe me, this is worth the wait. And also I'm really sucks writing an action moves or what you called this scene.