thomas

"I love you." Newt whispered in my ear. He stepped through the Flat Trans and glanced back at me. Everyone made their way through the silver curtain, and I followed. I stepped into complete darkness and ran into someone. I dropped the sheet-bag full of apples and protein bars. The knot that Mihno tied kept all of the food in. The Flat Trans closed up with a swishing noise behind me.

"Newt!" I called out. "Minho! Are you up there?"

"Yah!" Newt responded. I felt a wave of relief hearing his voice.

We continued walking down the black hallway until we heard screams. Then the thunk of a dead body hit the ground. Five minutes later, it happened again.

Scream

Thunk

We started walking faster, trying to outrun the monster chasing us.

"Stop guys. I found something." Newt said. "I think it's a set of stairs."

I made my way to the front of the group. Newt and I went up the stairs, and found a trap door. We pushed it open to find the brightest, hottest light ever. In the brightness, Newt dropped the door, causing it to slam closed.

"What was that light?" Aris called up the spiral staircase.

"No idea." I said. "We can prop it up so we can get use to the light. We start with a small amount of light, and gradually increase until we can stand outside."

"What about the heat?" Minho asked.

"What could wrap ourselves in the sheets." Aris suggested.

"And what are we going to do about the food?" Minho asked sassily.

"We share with someone else. Two people under a sheet and all the food in the other sheet." Newt said.

We wedged a protein bar in the door to keep it open. The hall filled with light. It was a concrete industrial hall, but the ceiling was dripping with silver goo. A glob fell off, and instead of dropping down, if flew sideways to the nearest head. Winston started screaming when the metal goo hit his head. I ran over to help pull it off. By the time I got it off, all of his hair was gone and his scalp was blistered and red.

When we had propped the trap door up all the way, we covered ourselves in the sheets. I was out with Aris. I put the food in my sheet into his, and we pulled my sheet over the two of us. We climbed up the stairs, and onto the ground above us. We were in the middle of the desert. The sun was beating down on us. It was hotter than the sub should be. We walked north, heading where he told us civilization was, like Ratman told us to.

*a few days later*

I had my own sheet now, and we were getting close to civilisation. When we arrived at a old, broken down building, we sat down and relaxed in the shade. We were almost attacked by two people. The guy named Jorge, wanted to come with us. He asked to talk to me alone.

"I love you!" I whispered to Newt, because going somewhere private, away from everyone else, I had a feeling that I wasn't going to go back or see anyone again.