Their comfortable silence was sadly interrupted with the sound helicopter blades. Lizzie furrowed her eyebrows together, a confused and worried expression was on her face as she noticed the bright lights of the helicopters.

"Is that..." Minho's voice trailed off, not even wanting to say it was WICKED, even though they all knew it was.

"How did they find us?" Lizzie mumbled, her voice laced with confusion.

Her gaze then trailed over to where Thomas and Teresa were standing on top of the nearby cliff and she was starting to believe that Teresa was the one that brought WICKED to them.

The four of them run back down to the base after the base was hit with the first explosion. "Watch out!" Newt exclaimed.

Minho made sure that he had a tight grip on Lizzie's hand, not wanting to lose her, as they carefully ran around the fire, trying to find Aris, Harriet, Sonya, and Vince.

There were explosion after explosion. Soon most of the base was either on fire or somewhat covered with smoke. More fear grew in Lizzie as WICKED security guard's dropped down from the helicopters, beginning to shoot their electricity guns at anyone that was near them.

Lizzie hides behind a barrel with Minho while Newt and Frypan hid behind the one that was next to them.

"Where's Thomas?" Frypan asked.

Her eyes scanned around the area, not noticing their friend anywhere amongst the chaos that was happening before them. "I have no idea." She nervously bit her lower lip, thankful for Minho who rubbed his thumb over the back of her hand that was still intertwined with his to try and calm her down.

"Vince, Harriet!" Minho exclaimed, noticing they were at a army pickup truck. The four of them ran over to the truck, ducking besides it to avoid getting shot. "How can we help?"

"You need to cover us!" Harriet replied, getting more ammo for Vince. Vince handed Minho a gun. "You know how to use this thing?" He asked him and Minho nodded.

"Cover me." Vince told him.

Minho nodded once again, letting go of Lizzie's hand, and before he started to help cover Vince and Harriet he kissed Lizzie on the cheek. Newt was on the other side of the truck with Frypan and Lizzie stayed behind Minho, helping Harriet with giving ammo to Vince.

"Vince, hurry up!" Newt exclaimed, his worried gaze scanning the WICKED security guards that were heading their way. "There's too many of them!"

"Look out!" Vince shouted, noticing something being thrown at them.

Lizzie groaned in pain as she was hit with a wave of electricity. Losing balance, she falls to the ground, landing besides Minho, her heart breaking seeing that he was in pain just like she is. She tried getting up, but her body was limp and she felt numb. The last thing she remembered seeing was the security guards walking up to them before her vision went black.

When she opened her eyes, she was on her knees, in line with her friends. She gazed around the area, noticing that WICKED had everyone in rows and separated into two groups, adult and kids. Panic grew within her when she didn't see Minho.

She jumped whenever she felt something touch her hand, but calmed down when she realized it was Minho who was now intertwining his hand with hers. She looked over to her right, seeing that he was looking at her with a concerned look.

"You okay?" He whispered to her and she nodded even though she wasn't. She was freaking out on the inside. She didn't want to be back in the hands of WICKED.

Janson then walked over to the guy up front. "How many did we get?"

"All of them. Give or take." The guy answered.

"Give or take what?" Janson asked, looking out at the kids.

"Well, they lost a few." The guy told him.

Lizzie heard movement besides her and felt Minho bump into her. She glanced over to her right, seeing one of the WICKED soldiers were scanning the back of his neck. "A-4." The solider announced, then moving to stand behind her.

She didn't bother to protest as the solider scanned the back of her neck. "A-12."

"Where Thomas?" Janson turned back to the guy after noticing he wasn't among the ones they had.

Lizzie was hoping that Thomas would be gone by now, but her lips curved downwards when Thomas got out of his hiding spot. "Right here." He replied, holding his arms up in defense when some WICKED soldiers aimed their guns at him.

She watched as he was pushed forward until he stood in front of Janson. "Thomas." Janson smirked.

Lizzie's eyes widened when Thomas was roughly pushed down on the ground by Janson. She looked over as Thomas was put on his knees on the other side of Minho.

Janson then went over to the guy, telling him to bring her in which made Lizzie wonder who that was. "Why didn't you run?" Minho asked Thomas.

Lizzie looks over at Thomas, also wanting to know the answer. "I'm tired of running." Thomas responded, glaring at Janson.

Sand blew everywhere as the Berg flew towards the ground to land. Lizzie brought the hand that wasn't intertwined with Minho's up to cover her face. The Berg eventually landed and she was a bit surprised to see Ava Paige walking towards them with two soldiers behind her.

"Is this all of them?" Ava looked at Janson after glancing at the kids. He nodded. "Most of them. It'll be enough."

"Start loading them in." Ava told him.

"Yes, ma'am." Janson said and gave orders to the soldiers who started pulling up kids and push them towards the Berg. Lizzie stood up along with her friends, looking over to her right when Thomas was pulled up and pushed towards Ava. "Hello, Thomas." Ava greeted him.

Lizzie's eyes grow wide, a little surprised to see Teresa walking over to them to stand besides Ava. She wasn't that surprised Teresa was working with WICKED, but that didn't mean it hurt any less. She couldn't believe that Teresa would work with people like them.

"I'm glad you're safe." Ava said to her.

"Teresa?" Frypan questioned.

"Wait, what's going on?" Newt asked, just as confused as Lizzie and the others were at why Teresa was with WICKED.

"She's with them." Thomas stated.

"Since when?" Minho looked over at him for an answer, but got an answer from Janson. "Oh, Teresa always had an evolved expression of the greater good." Janson responded. "Once we restored her memories it was only a matter of time."

Lizzie and the others stared at Teresa with hurtful expressions and she looked at them with teary eyes. "I'm sorry." Teresa apologized. "I had no choice. This was the only way. We have to find a cure."

"She's right. This is all just means to an end." Ava chimes in. She turns to Thomas. "You used to understand that, Thomas."

"No matter what you think of me, I am not a monster. I'm a doctor." She continued. "I swore an oath to find a cure! No matter the cost. I just need more time."

"More blood." A voice corrected her.

Lizzie looked over, watching quietly as Mary stood near them. Ava greeted her. "Hello, Mary. I hope we'd meet again. I'm sorry it had to be under these circumstances."

Mary nodded. "I'm sorry about a lot of things, too. But not this. At least my conscious is clear."

"So is mine." Ava spoke.

Lizzie jumped, not expecting the loud sound. Minho pulled his hand away from hers to rub her back, both staring with wide eyes as they see that Mary has been shot.

They watch in sadness when Mary falls to her knees and Vince rushes up to her. Lizzie frowned while Vince sits on the ground, pulling Mary into his lap, trying to keep her awake, but sadly fails. He then lets out a cry of protest, not wanting to believe that she was dead.

Ava then told the soldiers to load all the kids and get rid of the others as they walk back into the Berg. Minho moved his hand back to intertwine with hers as she turns around with wide eyes when she notices Sonya and Aris were starting to get pulled away.

She looked back over to Thomas when she heard him yell. "Get back! Everyone, stand back!"

Janson walked forward with his arms outstretched trying to stop him from turning the bomb on. Thomas pointed at him. "Stand back! Let 'em go!" He shouted, ignoring Janson who kept trying to get him to put the bomb down. "Let 'em all go!" Thomas shouts again.

"You know I can't do that!" Ava exclaims. Teresa steps besides her, looking at Thomas with a pleading expression. "Thomas, please stop. I made a deal with them. They promised we'd be safe. All of us."

Thomas scoffed. "And I'm supposed to trust you now?"

"It's true." Ava said. "It was her only condition." She ignores his shout for her to shut up and takes a step forward. "Everything can go back to the way it was. Thomas," She takes a glance at Thomas' friends before looking back at him. "do you really want all of them to die?"

"Listen to her, Thomas." Janson speaks up. "Think about what you're doing."

Lizzie and Minho shared a look before they both nodded and walked over to stand besides Thomas while Newt and Frypan were quick to follow. "We're with you, Thomas." Newt reassured him. Thomas looked at each of them, and Lizzie nodded at him, sending him a reassuring smile even though she was still nervous.

Teresa stares at them in disbelief, shaking her head. "No."

"Don't." Ava tells him.

"Do it, Thomas." Minho encourages him and Frypan nods. "We're ready."

"We're not going back there." Thomas said to Ava, Janson and Teresa. He raised up the button that would turn on the bomb and Minho squeezed Lizzie's hand. "It's the only way." Thomas spoke in a shaky voice.

Lizzie closes her eyes, waiting for the impact to come, but opens her eyes, confused when nothing happened and instead she heard Brenda yelling for Thomas and the sound of a truck.

She watches with surprise as Jorge drives over to them, driving into one of the Berg which causes both of them to get knocked over. Everyone falls backward from the impact, debris of one of the Bergs flew everywhere and before Lizzie knew it, things were chaos again.

Lizzie looked around with wide eyes, feeling like her heartbeat was beating out of her chest as she watched WICKED soldiers begin to push kids towards the Berg. Minho helped her off of the ground while Thomas moved over to them with a panic expression. "You good?" Minho asked him, not receiving an answer because a WICKED soldier yelled at Thomas to drop the bomb that he still had in his hand.

Without thinking, Thomas threw the bomb at the WICKED soldiers that were a few feet in front of them. "Run! Get down!" Thomas warned them, running a few feet away before he got down on the ground.

Lizzie and the others did the same, and Minho even wrapped his arms around her to try and cover her more. He ducked his head down just before the explosion happened.

Minho got up and helped Lizzie up, looking over to make sure their friends were alright, which thankfully were, but he frowned when he realized that Sonya and Aris had been taken by WICKED.

It was difficult to see because smoke was almost everywhere, but they did their best to move around quickly. "Get outta here! Go! Go!" Minho exclaimed to Lizzie, Frypan, and Newt, picking up a gun that was on the ground besides him. "No, I'm not leaving without you!" Lizzie told him, sticking firmly to her place besides him.

"I'll be right behind you, alright? Just go, please." Minho said to her.

He leaned forward and placed a kiss on her lips that ended way too quick in Lizzie's opinion. Lizzie reluctantly followed Newt and Frypan, glancing over her should seeing Thomas running after them, but Minho still stayed back shooting at the WICKED soldier's.

"Get down!" Newt exclaimed, pulling Thomas behind the crates they were hiding behind.

Lizzie's eyes widened when Minho was shot with one of those electricity guns. Even though her friends shouted in protest and even tried to grab her to stop her from risking her life. Without thinking, she pulled away from them, grabbing a nearby gun and shoots a few of the soldiers. She didn't care that she was risking her life, all she cared about in this moment was Minho.

She ducks when she gets shot at and she manages to shoot a few more, but she was still out numbered. She fell to the ground, the gun falling besides her when she was hit with a electricity gun like Minho was hit with. She heard her friends calling out hers and Minho's names, but she knew she couldn't do anything about it no matter how much she wanted to.

All she could do was look over Minho, watching with worry and fear as Minho was carried away into the Berg only for the same thing to happen to her a few moments later.

Thomas rushes forward to try and get his friends, but he was stopped by Newt, Frypan and Jorge, not wanting him to be taken away as well.

Jorge had to drag him away as they left the base while Thomas continues to scream for Lizzie and Minho, wishing that he could've done something to save them. Lizzie was like a sister to him and Minho was one of his best friends.

He hated the fact that he couldn't do nothing to stop them from getting dragged back into the hands of WICKED. But he promised himself that he would find a way to get both of them back.

A/N sorry if I haven't updated this fic in awhile. this chapter is the end of the scorch trials section! yay, now time for the death cure!! I hope you guys liked this chapter!