< heavy make out scene >

Later that week Thomas informed her that one of their boys died a brutal death from being stung. Janson explained they were still working on perfecting the serum, but they were getting closer. Each trial showed better results. It took Jina a lot of talking Thomas down after that. Thomas was ready to smash some holes in the walls.

After he spent his anger in the gym, Jina laid on his bed holding him as his body shook with sobs. He placed his head on her chest and she ran her fingers through his hair and rubbed his back. He just needed some comfort. Jina was happy to provide that. It made her feel better too.

She could feel his body eventually relax and his breathing slowly evened out. He curled even tighter into her and wrapped a leg around hers. And he fell asleep. Jina didn't have the heart to move and wake him up. So she stayed. It didn't take her long to fall asleep with Thomas's comfortable weight on her chest.

The next morning she slowly woke up, and felt something stir behind her. She sucked in a sharp breath when she remembered where she was. Her face went beat red.

"Morning, Hun." Thomas's voice was deep and raspy. Jina just about fainted. Dang that morning voice was so attractive.

"Umm, morning." She squeaked. She slowly and cautiously rolled over, she came face to face with a sleepy looking Thomas. His cheeks were also pink, but he had a smug smirk on his face.

"Nice having you here when I wake up."

"Tommy!" She gasped, smacking his chest. He chuckled and grabbed her hand, and then wrapped his arm around her back and pulled her closer, into his chest. She giggled as he buried his face into her neck. "Tommy!" She gasped, this time she wasn't upset.

She felt Thomas kiss her neck. Not only was her heart racing from waking up beside him, and then embarrassment from his smirk and now...he made her stomach flutter. He did it again and she squirmed, his lips tickled.

"Tommy! That tickles." She giggled.

"Oh! Now that I know..." He smirked and buried his face again into her neck and smothered her with big wet slobbery kisses.

"Thomas!" She pushed his chest, trying to shove him away.

"Jina!" He copied her voice before he came back at her. She squirmed, wiggled, giggling and shrieking. Thomas was laughing at her and her lame attempts to get free. He rolled them over, so he was now pinning her to the bed. He smirked down at her. She bit her lip, and looked up at him. His warm brown eyes seemed to darken. His smirk slowly slid off his face.

"Thomas..." She warned.

She placed a hand on his chest, pushing him away slightly. He smirked and then attacked her neck with vengeance and a bit of a growl. She shrieked now, and was laughing so hard she was gasping. She tried to thrash her head, but she was pinned and Thomas was leaving big wet slobbery kisses all over her neck.

Thomas's door slammed open. Thomas was so surprised he actually yelped and rolled off the bed landing with a thud and a groan.

"Seriously? Can you keep your hands off each other?"

Jina turned her head and standing in the door way was none other than Teresa. Her face was twisted in some kind of jealousy and turning red. Her eyes were narrowed and flicked between the two of them, Thomas laying on his back on the floor, and Jina on the bed in the middle of the disheveled blankets. Standing behind her was Ramirez and Janson.

Jina slowly sat up. "Well, you could have knocked."

Thomas also picked himself up from the floor.

"Teresa? What's the problem?"

"Seeing as Jina was not in her room this morning, we got a little...worried." Janson said, his beady eyes flicked back and forth between them.

"We have a meeting in twenty minutes. I...suggest...you two cut this out and get ready. And if I find this," he pointed back and forth between Thomas and Jina, "again.... Well, let's just say, you won't be seeing each other for quite a long time."

Jina clamped her jaw and narrowed her eyes. Teresa folded her arms and looked smug. Janson and Ramirez turned and left, leaving the door wide open and Thomas and Jina looking confused and embarrassed.

"Teresa, what the shuck is your problem?" Thomas cried, picking himself up off the ground.

"You need to refocus. You're loosing sight of what we're doing, Tom." She threw a finger out at Jina, "she's distracting you. I need- WE need you to focus. Your work has been subpar."

"Teresa get out of my room." He said, with a shake of his head and he closed the door on her. He turned to Jina who was still sitting on the bed, bright red with embarrassment and anger.

"Ji, Hun? Are you okay?" Thomas asked coming over.

She just shook her head. "No. I'm so done Tommy. Done and tired. And empty."

He pulled her up and  kissed her forehead. "Come on, let's get through this meeting. And then we can figure out our next step."

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Thomas and Jina knocked on Chancellor Page's door. It was opened and Ava ushered them inside. Already sitting at the conference table was Janson, Ramirez, the Berg pilot Jorge, Doctor Mary and her assistant Brenda, Aris, Rachel and of course Teresa. Jina felt panic rise up. Her chest felt incredibly tight. She felt Thomas also stiffen and glance at her and then at Janson and Teresa. Everyone kept a poker face.

Jina and Thomas had to keep a straight face, keep it calm. No one knew they had been slipping small pieces of information to Mary and Brenda who gave it to Jorge who was smuggling it out on his Berg missions. It had been slow work trying to move the information out, without rousing suspension.

"What's this about?" Thomas asked, rather defensively. Jina could have kicked him. He needed to stay cool. They had no prof of what they had done. Jina had made sure of it.

"Please, sit down." Chancellor Paige gestured to the only 2 seats left.

Thomas and Jina sat down, rather stiffly. Jina's instincts told her this was just another planning and strategy meeting, but why the three new people... especially the ones who Jina had been working with.

Jorge, nodded, "Hola." And gave them an easy smile.

Mary and Brenda smiled and waved.

"Hope the last lab work was better then the last." Brenda grinned.

"Definitely. Didn't bleed nearly as much." Jina gave her a tight nervous smile.

"Well, I know some of you are well acquainted. But for those of you who don't know, I'd like to introduce Jorge, he's a Berg pilot, and quite a good one. This is his niece Brenda, she works in the medical Labs, under the watch of Doctor Mary." Chancellor Paige said indicating to them, "and they will be helping out with a project I want to get you five working on."

"Excited to be working with The Elites of this place." Jorge said. He was eyeing each of them up. Something about his scrutiny made Jina sit up straight and meet his eye directly and not back down.

"Work with us?" Aris said, "what's going on?"

"We'd like you to help us on an upcoming expedition." Janson joined the conversation. "In a few days, Jorge, Brenda and Mary and a few others will be sent into the scorch. We're quite interested in what we may find inside a nearby city, infested with cranks- significant research potential."

"A city infested with cranks?" Thomas replied.

Jina had a bad feeling she wasn't hearing the whole truth again. Jina glanced at Aris and Rachel, they both looked pale and apprehensive. They clearly remembered the Purge quite well still.

"Yes." Chancellor Paige said. She didn't expand on the answer. "And we think it will be valuable to have you five there."

"Why?" Jina asked bluntly. She had her suspension, but wanted to see if they would tell her, hint at it or lie all together.

"We'd like to test the long range effectiveness of your implant technology, especially the remote monitoring of your Killzone patterns and other measurements." Janson explained. He was leaning back in his chair, his legs crossed and his finger tips together, making it look like some evil movie villain, in his white suit, long nose and beady eyes. Jina had the urge to snort at the ridiculous.

"We need to know it can work at long distances." Janson finished.

"Now...we have everything worked out. Ramirez will be heading up security, so you won't be without protection. Jorge will be your pilot and Doctor Mary and Brenda are out there for medical research."

Jina tuned her out-

Tommy?

I don't have a good feeling about this. She could feel his unease. It mixed with hers and made her feel nauseous.

Me too...why would they need to know how long range worked?

Do you think WICKED is moving?

Doubt it. Jina frowned. There is something more to this. Something more...nefarious. And WICKED won't tell us anything.

Jina...I...I don't think they are ever going to stop. There's no boundary they won't cross...there's no stopping them!

I think your right Thomas.

But...Ji! This might be out best shot to get everything out. We can get at much information as we can and get it out to-

PAY ATTENTION YOU TWO. Teresa screamed at them. The amount of anger Jina felt from her actual made her flinch.

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Jina walked beside Thomas down the empty hall, he had draped an arm around her shoulders. It was 1030pm, half an hour before curfew. But they had one last attempt. They left tomorrow on this excursion into the scorch, and this was the best opportunity they had to get as much information as they could out of WICKED.

Tommy. The control room is right there.

He pulled her closer and kissed her forehead. She blushed and looked up at him. His eyes looked darker but still full of uncertainty. 

Okay... Are you sure this will work? He sounded nervous and yet kind of excited at the same time. It made her heart pick up it's pace.

Yes. Now just...do it. You know PDA makes people uncomfortable. And...I kinda wan-

Thomas stopped walking abruptly and shoved her into the wall. He pressed her into the wall, squishing his body against hers. One hand found her hip and the other one her jaw. She gasped, as he kissed her roughly. He pressed her more into the wall.

She knew this was coming, but it still took her by surprise. Thomas was usually very shy when it came to them kissing. He was cuddly and affectionate, he loved playing with her hair while she read files. But not very...controlling, he was sweet and kind, but not very assertive. Jina wasn't sure where this came from, but she wasn't mad about it.

They had come up with a plan, after their meeting to get into a control room that didn't have cameras inside the room. Brenda said they would have a guy on the inside leave the control door unlocked, and if they could get in there they would have a solid 15-20 minute gap to get as much information downloaded onto a memory stick.

Thomas shifted his head and forced her lips apart, and slid his tongue into her mouth. She couldn't gasp, but she made some kind of moan noise. That seemed to encouraged him. His hand slid up her jaw and into her hair. Her head was spinning. Thomas slid a hand around her back keeping her close. They stumbled along the wall, closer to the door. Jina had to focus really hard, to keep a sliver of her mind still functioning on what they were supposed to be doing. He pulled away just enough to cast a side eye to the far end of the hall. Suddenly he was back, shoving his tongue into her mouth, exploring, his hand traveled up her side. Jina had a fist full of his shirt, and one hand tangled into the hair at the back of his head.

They stumbled some more, Jina had to break their kiss and she giggled as Thomas had to let go of her to catch them on the wall right next to the door.

"Are you flexing for me, Super Spy?" She whispered against his lips in between her giggles.

"Well..." He murmured back. "I have been spending a lot of time at the gym..."

Jina hummed. She heard footsteps from down the hall, she pulled Thomas back for another deep kiss. The footsteps stopped abruptly and a voice from down the hall.

"Damn hormonal teenagers." The guard muttered, "Get a damn room..."

The footsteps died away. Jina smirked against Thomas's lips again.

"I'm working on it, sir." Jina giggled.

"I think its working." Thomas panted, fanning her neck with his warm breath, making her skin break out in goosebumps.

Jina hummed. And kissed his neck.

"Ya..." He panted in her ear. "But now I'm kinda distracted..."

"Hmmm... Come on Super Spy. Let's get information first then I'll kiss you again."

"Fine." he pouted. "I think we should get a room though..." He whispered between light kisses, his boldness was something new, and it made Jina's stomach flutter.

"I can arrange that." Jina reached for the door handle, fumbling for it as Thomas broke from her lips and slowly kissed down her jaw line. "Tommy!" She tried to make her voice sound more like a scold then a moan. It didn't work very well. Her hand finally found the door handle and turned it. The door swung open. Thomas roughly shoved her through the door and closed it.

"Okay." He said, reluctantly pulling away, still trying to catch his breath, his hair was disheveled and his cheeks were pink. "We got-" he looked at his watch, "16 minutes."

"Yeah. Yeah...right." Jina nodded trying to control her breathing and racing heart. Thomas was smiling at her with a dazed and dreamy look in his eyes. Jina's face went pink. She quickly went to the closest computer and sat down. It took her a minute to start it up and then it was smooth sailing as they copied file after file.

"Wait. Stop..." Thomas suddenly whispered, he was crouched by her side. "Look!" He pointed to the screen. There was a memo that had been sent to the Psyches, doctors and Research teams of every single maze WICKED had going, not just Maze A & B.

To: The Psyches and Designated Overseeing Teams
RE: PHAZE TWO

Please note: Preliminary plans for phase two are a go. We have begun the planning process. The Elites from A & B will be testing equipment. If the preliminary data shows to be positive we will be send another memo with details and further instructions.

Please note. Phase 2 operations will be moved to Scorch location headquarters, also known as Waystation. We will send out moving dates accordingly. Thank you for your efforts and cooperation.

"Phase two?" Thomas asked, "and what are we testing? Does that mean tomorrow's thing in the scorch?"

"I don't know Tommy. But it's not good!" She whispered back. She checked her watch.

6 minutes.

She continued to copy and past as fast as she could. The loading signal on the computer screen froze for a minute.

"Oh finch it! Don't freeze now!" Jina cursed.

"Come on! We gotta hurry! The guard rotation will be back right away!"

"I know Tommy! Stop." She hissed back, furiously working. She glanced at the door. Her nerves were just about fried. Her stomach was twisting and her heart was slamming into her chest.

3 minutes.

The files loading onto the memory stick was at 99% . She clicked the mouse a few times, exiting out of the files.

2 minutes.

The stick was done. She unplugged it, handed it to Thomas and then whipped the computers history back to what it was before they started. She could hear footsteps coming down the hall. Time was up. If they could wait until the guard was gone they could slip out and be done. She clicked shutdown. The computer screen went blank, and it shut down. 

Jina stood up and the chair scrapped slightly. Thomas gasped. Jina froze. Thomas was looking at her in panic. The footsteps stopped and became louder as they got closer. Jina twisted around and grabbed his shirt and yanked him. He stumbled forwards and Jina stumbled back into the desk, sitting on it. Thomas didn't have his balance, as she twisted him and pulled him and fell forwards, into her, to brake his fall, he threw his hands out. He grabbed her in a place he had never even dared to explode before. His hand grabbed onto her chest- her stomach jumped into her throat. She pulled his head closer and slammed her lips against his, pulling him into a frantic kiss, making him groan. She wrapped a leg around his hip just as the door to the control room door swung open. The lights flicked on.

"What the-?"

Thomas sprung backwards, blinking at the sudden bright lights. A guard was standing in the door, looking shocked, confused, angry and annoyed.

"How the hell'd you get in here?"

"Umm, it was open?" Thomas stuttered.

"I don't care if it was open! Get the hell out!" He barked. "This is a restricted room. Get out!"

"Sorry!" Jina bit her lip, and grabbed Thomas's hand and yanked him from the room. Jina glanced back as the guard looked around the room suspiciously. The chair Jina was sitting on, could have been bumped, by the way they had been caught, the keyboard and mouse were shoved haphazardly out of the way from when Jina sat on the desk...kissing wildly.

"Come on! Jina let's go!" Thomas hissed. She let him tug her and then they were racing down the hall, away from the room. Both too much in shock- they actually succeeded in pulling that off. Jina glanced at Thomas and he caught her eye and they both broke out into wild grins and then they were both giggling, but also bright pink. They skidded to a halt by the elevator.

Thomas pulled her into the elevator and hit their room floor. He turned to look at her.

"That was some fast thinking..."

"Thanks. I have a pretty amazing mind."

"Ya...you do. And pretty amazing kisses." His eyes darkened, and looked her up and down. 

"That hand placement though...you just happened to land quite conveniently..." Jina blushed again, thinking about where his hand had grabbed. But a small shy smirk played on her mouth. Thomas slowly stepped closer, backing Jina up into the corner. When he grabbed her hips and pushed her into the corner, yet pulled her closer she made a small squeak.

He smiled against her lips. His hands held her waist as he kissed her. "A happy accident, I promise." He murmured against her lips. But as he did, Jina felt his hands slip under the hem of her shirt and brush the skin of her stomach. She felt like she was just electrocuted. She gasped at his warm touch. He made some kind of hum noise in the back of his throat.

The evaluator chimed at a floor. And the doors slid open.

"Are you kidding me?"

Teresa stood waiting for the elevator. Her initial shock melted in her anger. Her jaw clenched and her hands crumpled the files she held. Her face went red. Teresa stepped, looking like an angry bull, into the elevator and went to the far side and stood stiff as a board.

"You gotta push the elevator floor." Jina said, wildly out of breath. Still trying to regulate her heart beat.

Teresa punched the button and the doors slid shut.

"You're working late Tess." Thomas tried to strike up a conversation.

"Some of us actually take our job seriously, Thomas. And some of us actually don't want the human race to be whipped off the face of the earth."

Jina scoffed and rolled her eyes. Teresa rounded on her, a finger in her face. "You lost sight of everything. Ever since you got your shucken claws into Thomas, he's been distracted and uninterested. He's lost sight because of you! Everything went wrong with you."

"Get your fucken hand out of my face." Jina smacked Teresa's hand from her face. "Maybe some of us have just seen enough shit to know when a line has been crossed."

"Jina." Thomas hissed.

"Ya Jina." Teresa spat. She wrinkled her nose and looked her up and down. "You're the problem, you know that? Even Aris and Rachel aren't as invested anymore."

"Would you just get your own boyfriend already and leave mine alone!" Jina snapped, taking a step forwards, Thomas had grabbed her arm just as the elevator dinged and the doors slid open. Janson and Ramirez were standing arms folded glaring at them.

"Curfew."

"That's why we're here, Sir." Jina made an elaborate mocking bow. "We came to our jail cells right on time."

Thomas gapped at her, she was so angry, all her faked respect was gone, leaving her with what she truly felt. She shoved passed the men and stormed down the hall. Thomas followed. Teresa stood rooted to the spot fuming.

I'm sorry Tommy.

Don't be.

Jina blushed, she could feel a sudden hot flash through her body. Was Thomas turned on by her blatten disrespect and disregard for rules and authority? She smirked to herself and shoved her door open and threw herself onto the bed. She lay on her bed for a while staring at the ceiling.

Her heart was wild and her stomach turned every time she thought of Thomas and their plan. He was so shy and nervous and hesitant when she suggested it. But she insisted that the security room would see two teens kissing and turn away. If they did see them they wouldn't suspect them stealing info, they wanted to get a quiet room to kiss in. And it seemed to work.

It's hidden and ready for tomorrow.

Thanks Tommy. Tomorrow...everything is gonna be different.

I hope so.

Good night Super Spy.

Good night Boss Lady.

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