22. Breakout

Song; Revolution - The Score (repeat)

The group awaited for Thomas and Aris in silence, Athena kept noticing the glances she was getting from her friends due to their new found information. After what felt like a lifetime, the opening to the vent flew open and a hurried Thomas crawled out.

"Thomas!" Minho shouted.

"We gotta go. We gotta go right now." Thomas alerted the group running towards the door.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Minho explained.

"What do you mean 'we gotta go'? Newt asked.

"They're coming. Come on. We gotta go." Thomas said not answering their questions and barricading the door. "Paige. She's still alive"

"What happened in there?" Frypan asked. "Aris what happened?" he asked the young boy who looked terrified.

Athena walked up to the boy and wrapped and arm round his shoulder and brought him to sit on her bed. She crouched in front of him, "Aris what did you see?" she asked calmly away from the rest of the chaos.

"It-- it's Wicked. You were right. It's them." he said his voice cracking from disbalife.

Athena nodded in  understanding quickly, grabbing her backpack and throwing it over her shoulder and putting her stolen gun in between her belt and jean waist band.walking to the main group. "Thomas, can you just calm down and talk to us." Newt said to the adrenaline filled boy.

"She's still alive." Thomas repeated.

"Who's she? Teresa?" Frypan asked.

"Ava."

"Ava?" Newt repeated, "Will you just turn around and talk to us?"

"It's WCKD!" Thomas shouted, causing the group to go silent, only Athena's footsteps from walking to the group and away from Aris could be heard. "It's still Wicked. It's always been Wicked."

"Thomas." Newt said intensely, "What did you see?"

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Bursting through a vent the group desperately crawled out after Tomas' command. "Okay, Let's go!"

"You guys go ahead. There's something I gotta do." Aris informed, causing the group to look at him.

"What are you talking about?"

"Trust me. It's important. You guys wanna get out of here, right? Just go."

"I'll go with him." Athena said.

"What no." Newt defended looking at her like she was crazy.

"I'll be fine," she said as she reached behind her and pulled out the hidden gun. "See, we'll be fine."

"Okay, Thea, go! Go!" Thomas agreed. "Come on." As Athena and Aris climbed back into the vent the rest of the group ran the other way.

"Are you sure we can trust this kid?" Minho asked.

"You don't want to know where we'd be without him."

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Jumping down from a ceiling vent and into the new corridor, the alarm sounding through the building, the girl and boy duo looked at each other worryingly. "Please tell me you know what we are doing?" She asked.

"Well I have no other choice then to say yes," she replied as he started to run down the corridor.

"I- ye you got a point there." she said as she followed him in a speed up jog.

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As Thomas kept a tight grip on the doctor the group followed her directions. Rounding a corner, "Freeze!" a guard shouted gun in hand, "Stay where you are!"

"Why are they shooting at us!" Winston exclaimed. Turning back round to go the other way, Minho came to a stop and turned back round causing the group to follow his actions.

"Minho? What the hell are you doing?" Thomas shouted.

Minho ran towards the corner to where the man was, getting the right timing, he jumped and kneed the guard in the chest causing the man to hit his head on the wall and pass out.

"Shit, Minho!" Newt said looking at his best friend.

"Did you channel your inner Athena by chance." Frypan asked with an amused look on his face.

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Sneaking up to a door, Athena and Aris peeked through the window of the room, seeing a room full of tv's holding live footage of the building. "You never said what we're looking for."

"A key card." The boy replied, his eyes skimming around the room.

"Thomas already has one." looking up at the slightly taller boy.

"Not the right one."

Nodding her head in understanding she looks into the room, "That guard has one." She said pointing.

Following her line of direction, "That's the one we need."

"Ok, and how are we going to get it."

"Well, you are going to get it just like you did last time just more violent." Aris said.

"That makes sense." she agreed.

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As the door to the room opened the man in a lab coat looked over, "Dr. Crawford, are you here too.." the man started only to be interrupted when Thomas pushed her into the room and held the gun up to them.

"Where is she? Where is she!" Thomas shouted at the doctors. Looking to his left he passed the gun to Minho and drew back the curtain to reveal Teresa. He walked over to her and checked on her. "What did they do to you?"

"Thomas?" Teresa asked, slowly coming back to her senses.

"Give me your hands!" Newt commanded. Tying bandages round the doctors wrists.

"You're never gonna get away with this." Dr.Crawford exclaimed.

"What's going on?" Teresa asked.

"We gotta leave right now. Come on." Thomas said ushering her out of bed.

"Guy? They're coming! Where do we go?" Frypan asked looking through the door window.

"Frypan! Move!" Newt proclaimed, as he flipped over a table and pushed it to the door, blocking the entrance.

"Get back! Get back!" Minho said as he pointed the gun at the door. As the guards started to force themselves against the door the group backed up, "Okay, we gotta get out of here!"

"Where do we go?" Winston shouted.

Thomas looked behind him to see a glass window, ideas running through his head. "Everyone stand back!" He warned as he grabbed a chair and threw it at the window, only no leverage. "Newt! Help, help!"

"Ready?" Newt asked, chair in hand.

In sync the pair threw the chair at the glass causing it to shatter and create an escape for the group. "Go, go, go!" Thomas exclaimed.

"Come on, come on." Minho exclaimed as him and Newt looked back to see guards almost through the door.

"Subjects A-9 and B-17 have broken into the security lab on corridor 6." one of the guards walkie talkies sounded. Newt and Minho looked at each other, knowing who those people were most likely to be. Without a second thought the pair climbed through the window and followed the rest of the group.

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Hearing an abrupt knocking on the door the guards all looked at each other confused. Hesitantly grabbing onto the door handle and pulling open the door, the guards was met with a boot to the gut causing him to stubble back into the surveillance equipment.

Barging through the room, Athena held her gun up at the guard in front of her and with no hesitation fired. As the body fell limp to the ground she walked into the room and as she walked into the room two guards across from each other fired, with natural quick reflexes she ducked down missing the bullets causing them to hit the corresponding guard.

The final guard ran towards her with no weapon in hand, and he threw a punch she ducked and grabbed his arm and pulled it holding one arm behind him and with his front cleared the way, Aris ran through the doorway and kicked him in the groin. As the man bent down in pain Athena knocked the man out with the impact of a gun in her hand.

Leaving the alive body to fall limp Aris bent down and grabbed the much needed keycard off the man. Turning round she looked at directions of the building, just as if she was in the maze, memorising them. "Got it, lets go." She said as she turned to the 15 year old.

As they ran out the room they were met with gun fire, "Come on! This way!" she shouted as they ran the opposite direction.

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Coming round a corner the group could see the exit just ahead. "There it is! There it is!" Thomas shouted pointing.

As they made it to the door Thomas pulled out the key card from earlier and slid it through the keypad. Only for nothing to happen. The light continuously glows red. Try after try. "Shit. Come on!"

"Thomas!" Janson shouted from the other side of the corridor slowly stalking his way towards them.

Loading his gun Thomas slowly walked towards the man and his guards. "Open this door, Janson!"

"You really don't want me to." he said holding his hands up.

"Open the damn door!"

The group continued to open the door with the key card only to be met with the same thing. Again. And again. "Where's Athena?" Minho asked.

"Listen to me! I'm trying to save your life." Janson continued as he walked towards them. "The maze is one thing, but you kids wouldn't last one day out in the Scorch. The elements won't kill you, the Cranks will. Thomas, you have to believe me. I only want what's best for you."

"Yeah, let me guess. WCKD is good?" Thomas snapped back.

"You're not getting through that door, Thomas."

In retaliation a green light appeared on the keypad that none of them had touched.As the door slid open it revealed Aris holding the key card and Athena holding a gun pointed directly at Jason. "Says who?" She asked, staring down Janson.

As the five starred at the pair in shock they were soon brought back to reality, "Come on!" Frypan said as they ran to the other side of the door.

"Thomas! Come on! Let's go!" Newt shouted.

Shooting at Janson and his men Thomas started to hurriedly back up towards the group. Another line of fire started as Athena started to shoot with practically perfect aim, as Thomas' gun started to run out. As fast he can run Thomas sprinted towards the door.

An alarm sounded through the corridor as the door started to slide downwards slowly. "No!" Teresa shouted

"Come on, Thomas! Come on!" the Gladers shouted.

As the door came closer and closer to the floor, Thomas skidded across it and under through to the other side with the gladers. "Aris! The door!" Athena shouted from one side of the door.

"Move! Move!" He told the group and he picked up a pipe and hit it against the keypad, breaking it.

Athena quickly bent down to the guard she had just knocked out and picked up the new gun disregarding the used one.

"Come on." Frypan said as he ushered the group to the exit.

"You little shits." Janson breathed out as Thomas and Athena looked at him from the other side of the door. As Thomas stuck up his middle finger at the man, Athena gave him a sarcastic salute and with that the pair followed after the group.

"Minho! Backpack!" Athena pointed to her fellow runner that he picked up since she already had one.

"Come on, Thomas. Let's go. Come on!" Minho said as the pair ran past the boy.

"Come on. Keep moving!" Thomas shouted from the back of the group.

Coming up the giant steel doors, Thomas pulled the red lever, causing them to open with a screech. Blocking their faces they were met with darkness of the night sky and a sandstorm. All running out into the unknown. A world or darkness. A world of destruction. A world of pain.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A/N- Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I haven't got any Wifi at the moment but I should do tomorrow.