"LISTEN TO ME THOMAS! THINK ABOUT
what you're doing," Janson said.
Evie stood by her brother and put her hand onto his shoulder. The others joined her.

"We're with you Thomas." Minho said.

How far had these people taken it that a few teenagers were willing to go to their deaths? How sick was this world that they would now blow themselves up to stop being test subjects?

"No." Teresa breathed. There was pure fear in her eyes. The tension in the air was now so tight that Evie felt like she could touch it and everything would blow up just from that single touch.

"Thomas don't," Paige said now. The people of the right arm around her fell silent and took a few steps back.

"Do it Thomas." Minho hissed.

"Go ahead." Frypan said.

"We're not going back there. It's the only way." Thomas's voice broke and his hands were shaking. Evie was scared. She had never thought about what would happen after death. After months of running from it she never thought about what would happen if it actually approached her.

"Thomas!" breathed Paige. Evie closed her eyes and reached for Newt's hand. If she was gonna leave this earth, she would do it with newt. Because whatever this shithole of a universe this was, she would gladly leave it and wake up in a new one. The only condition would be to have him on her side.

"THOMAS!"

A horn sounded. The loud noise came from a car with a mad screaming Jorge in it. It pulled up and knocked over a helicopter.
Evie loved this guy.

This freaking psychopathic genius.

Helicopter parts flew towards them and Evie was knocked to the ground. She scrambled to her feet, still with a damn bullet wound at her leg, and limped toward the pile of guns. She tried to grab one, but was yanked back by the scruff of the neck.

"Oh no you're not going anywhere." growled Janson.

Motherf-

He handed the girl harshly to one of his men.

"EVIE!" She heard Newt scream, the fear written on his face as he tried to rush to her aid, but was held back.
Evie was dragged further and further towards the giant drone, resisting with all the strength she possessed.
She felt the metal floor under her feet as she was dragged up the ramp. Next to her, she spotted Aris and Sonya.

"Shit!" she cursed desperately. She looked outside again and recognized two figures. She recognized Thomas lying on the ground and Janson bent over him. He had raised his gun and pointed it at Thomas.

"Thomas!" Evie screamed as a shot rang out.
Janson jerked backwards as if someone had hit him and Evie hoped fervently that he would fall dead to the ground.
But unfortunately it seemed to be just a shot to his shoulder. He grabbed the spot and Thomas used the moment to pull himself up and run off. Janson gave up the chase after him and ran towards the drone.

Evie got up and took her chance.
She tried to get past the men when they were distracted. However, she was quickly spotted. Two men stood in her way.
She struggled against their grips, but it was no use.
Vince finally got his revenge and shot the remaining guards dead, screaming in agony and pure rage. In her thoughts, Evie fired at him to shoot in the direction of the drone to somehow make it unable to fly, but it wouldn't be enough for him from that distance.
She saw Newt, Frypan, Thomas and Minho fleeing further back towards the mountains. Minho shot at the guards and the others took cover behind crates.

Then the black-haired one was hit and they dragged him along. Evie shook her head, wanting to wake up from the nightmare. Anger rose up in her like water beginning to boil.
Thomas wanted to help Minho, but he couldn't.

Janson came up the ramp. Evie stood up and stormed towards him. She jumped on the man, causing him to fall backwards. Standing over him, she punched him and made another attempt to escape.

"Minho!" she heard Thomas's voice shout, not having time to look back. There was nothing Thomas could do. Once and for all, he had no ace up his sleeve.
Jorge stopped him and pulled him along. Evie felt several hands pulling her back. She thrashed around.

"Let go!" she screamed, then she felt a hand tighten around her collar. She couldn't see fast enough before Janson's hand was already in her face.

"Bloody hell!" Janson cursed.

"EVIE!" Thomas screamed in horror. Then she looked into Newt's eyes as he had been stopped by Vince. His face was contorted with rage.

"Newt! NEWT!" Vince shouted.
There was pure despair in Newt's eyes. It broke Evie's heart.

"Say bye, bye." Janson pushed his way into Evie's field of vision, one of the guns in his hand. He fired directly at Evie, who was thrown backwards by the shot. She felt the wall at her back and the electric current that shot through her limbs. From one moment to the next, her vision blurred and darkness overtook her.

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"I had to do it Ava. I couldn't take it anymore. You can't hold it against me!" Evie heard her own voice.

"You used us!" She screamed at the blonde woman, her voice sounding weak and fragile.

"I don't blame you Evelyn.", was the first thing she heard.

"Everyone makes mistakes. You wouldn't have done anything with those coordinates, I know it." she said calmly.
Evie shook her head, no longer sure of her own actions.

"You and Thomas have always fascinated me." The blonde woman turned to face Evie. Her hair fell loose over her shoulders, her eyes an icy blue piercing into Evie's.

"Thomas's way of putting his trust in people and winning them over. And you, who weld them together, the open mind and kindness in every little detail of your actions in how you deal with them. They hold your heart in their hands and no one would ever dare to break or abuse it." Evie began to see the woman twice. Her vision got blurred and she couldn't see straight anymore.

"I loved seeing you two. How it makes you such an unbeatable team and I'm sorry I took advantage of it so shamelessly." Evie felt her body sweat, saw her fingers trembling violently in front of her.

"The maze experiments had to work, I couldn't stop it, how could I?" Ava's voice seemed to drift away.

"I don't wanna die!" It was a sob from Evie's throat. She saw Ava's features soften. Her hand was on Avie's cheek.

"I don't want that either." Evie's vision went dark. As if she was falling into a hole. There was no way out.

"You were always my favorite, Evelyn."

Authors note:
Sometimes I feel like everyone overlooks how manipulative Ava Paige was towards Thomas and still she had some connection to him.

Anyway this is the and of Act II see you in act III DEATH CURE!
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