Thomas' P.O.V

Thomas walked through the camp, being careful not to wake anyone as he slung his backpack onto his shoulder. He approached the trucks.

"Thomas." He turned around and sighed as Minho walked towards him.

"I'm going to get Y/N back, and you can't stop me." He shook his head.

"Stop you? We're helping you." Minho scoffed. Thomas's eyebrows furrowed.

"We?" he asked. Minho smiled and looked behind Thomas. He followed his gaze and smiled as Newt was in the driving seat of one of the trucks and Frypan leaned against it.

"She may be your girlfriend, but she's our sister, and you don't know us at all if you think that we're going to leave her in WICKD's hands." Newt nodded, making Thomas smile.

"But we need a plan." Frypan nodded. Thomas sighed.

"I was just planning to go in with a few guns if I'm honest." he admitted.

"You cannot be serious. That's a fucking awful plan." Minho scoffed.

"Well, what do you guys have?" Thomas asked.

"We told Vince about what we're doing and he said that we need to go in alone because we're more likely to get in if it's just us than if our entire convoy turns up. But he said to radio him if we need help and to get us out. So, we have his support. Oh, and these." Frypan chuckled, taking three machine guns out of the back of the truck.

"Oh my god." Thomas laughed.

"We'll do this, mate. We'll get her back." Newt nodded. Thomas returned it as he tossed his backpack into the back of the truck.

"Let's go." He nodded.

"This is good cover." Newt mumbled as he pulled into a side street just outside of the city.

"This'll do. We're walking from here, boys." Thomas nodded as they all got out of the truck and grabbed their stuff.

"Hoods up, our faces will be plastered everywhere." Thomas ordered. The guys nodded before putting their hoods up, Thomas following suit as he shoved his hands into his jacket pockets. They walked out into the street and immediately joined the sea of people heading into the city. Thomas looked up and gulped as hundreds of cameras were plastered all over the gate as they entered.

"Am I the only one who thinks that this is way too easy?" Minho mumbled.

"It was easy to get out of the maze." Newt spoke.

"Yeah, and we ended up back in WICKD." Minho replied. Newt thought for a moment.

"Good point." He nodded as they continued to walk.

"Where is she, Thomas?" Frypan asked.

"I assume in there." Thomas gulped, pointing at the massive skyscraper that they were approaching. Thomas stopped and looked at them.

"You ready to do this? Because if we get captured, we're back in the hands of WICKD." He nodded.

"We've also got Vince, and the safe haven. Not to mention that us trusting you has saved us and Y/N so far, that trust is not gone." Minho stated. Thomas gulped and nodded.

"Let's do this." He nodded.

The guys walked into the building and looked around.

"Anyone else thinking that it's eerily quiet in here?" Newt asked.

"Me." Minho nodded.

"Guns out, boys. I don't like this." Thomas mumbled, taking the gun out of his waistband. The boys nodded and followed suit.

"Get down!" Thomas's eyes widened as, suddenly, guards flooded the hallway.

"Guys, run!" Thomas yelled.

"We're not leaving you." Minho shook his head.

"Go, now! If you guys are safe, Y/N and I have a chance, fucking run!" Thomas shouted. Minho sighed before grabbing Newt and Frypan and running out of the building. Thomas clenched his jaw as he aimed his gun at the guards.

"Put the gun down, or we'll shoot." A guard yelled.

"You'll have to threaten me with more than that to make me drop it." He spat.

"Drop the gun, or we kill Y/N." Thomas's eyes widened as a woman appeared from behind the guards. Thomas recognised her instantly from all of his memories. She was the one who had sent them all into the maze and potentially to their deaths. She was the one who was responsible for all of their suffering. She was the leader of WICKD. Stood in front of Thomas, was Ava Paige.

"You're bluffing." He snapped.

"You'll find out if you don't drop the gun." Ava nodded. Thomas clenched his jaw again before holding his hands up and dropping the gun. He groaned as he was immediately grabbed by two guards. He struggled against them as Ava walked towards him. He scowled as she smiled at him.

"Thomas, how good to see you again, it's been too long. What can I help you with?" she smiled.

"I'm here for Y/N." he spat.

"Oh, your girlfriend? She'll be ready to go soon. I do warn you, though, you'll be taking her home in a body bag." She chuckled. Thomas scowled again before lurching forwards, making Ava take a step back as the guards restrained him again.

"Stop fighting, Tom." Thomas's eyes widened as Teresa trotted out in a lab coat. He narrowed his eyes at her.

"You're helping them to kill her?" he choked, shaking his head.

"Of course I am. She took you from me. I hate the bitch." She shrugged.

"That's hardly a reason to help kill her." He spat, struggling again.

"Do you want to see her or not?" Teresa snapped back. Thomas scowled at her.

"That's what I thought. This way." She nodded as she started to walk, making the guards pull Thomas after her.

Teresa led them down a corridor full of glass-shielded wards. She stopped in front of one, prompting Ava to look into the room. Thomas looked in too and his eyes widened as Y/N was unconscious in the bed, with countless tubes coming out of her arms and linking to machines whose purposes were unknown to Thomas.

"What are you doing to her?" he choked.

"It's simple, really. We're giving her a serum that gives her extremely vivid flashbacks to the maze, which then scares her half to death and extracts the antidote for the flare from her blood." Teresa smiled innocently. Thomas scowled before he noticed something.

"Why are her hands tied down?" he asked.

"That's the best part. Watch this." Teresa spoke. Thomas clenched his jaw at her before turning his head to look at Y/N. For a moment, nothing happened. Suddenly, she started to lol her head from side to side.

"No." she mumbled in her sleep.

"No, Thomas!" she cried out, her voice getting louder. Thomas's eyes widened.

"What's happening to her-."

"Thomas, no! Please, stop, no!" she screamed out as she started to thrash out, but her movements were restrained by the pieces of fabric tying her arms down.

"Stop it." Thomas spoke, looking between Teresa and Y/N. Teresa ignored him as she contently watched Y/N.

"Minho! Newt! Thomas, no! Don't hurt them, I'm begging you!" she screamed, her movements becoming violent.

"Stop it! Let her go, please!" Thomas choked.

"No, those nightmares mean that the cure can be extracted from her blood." Teresa shrugged.

"Kill me! Kill me instead, please!" Thomas's eyes widened at the words that Y/N had just screamed.

"Teresa! Please, stop it!" he shouted at the top of his lungs, the guards restraining him as he lunged forward.

"No, Thomas. Don't you see what we're doing here? We're saving the lives of millions, all in exchange for one insignificant life." She spat.

"Y/N isn't fucking insignificant, she's a person. She's a fucking person, Teresa!" he screamed. Teresa rolled her eyes at him.

"What if it was me in there?" he asked. Teresa's head shot back to look at him.

"What?" she scoffed.

"What if I was the one that you were feeding the nightmare serum to? What if I was the one that you were killing in order to get the cure? You used to love me, so what if it was me?" he asked. Teresa's eyes wavered and she gulped harshly.

"I'd do what I'm doing to Y/N. One small life isn't worth millions." She shook her head. Thomas clenched his jaw at her and squinted his eyes.

"You're a monster." He nodded. Teresa gulped again before looking at the guards that were restraining him.

"Take Thomas to ward twenty-three. Connect him to the machine, but don't start any procedures until I'm there." She ordered. Thomas scowled at her and fought against the guards' grips as they pulled him along the corridor and around the corner.