36. Time's Ticking

Play - If I Get My Way by Little Mix - on repeat

1 month later 

Walking into a room, he looked to see a small double bed and a night stand in the confined room and a door leading to a small bathroom. And found Athena reading a book. "So." Thomas started, "What's the deal with the plan?" he asked.

Athena lifted her head from the book. "Well who can you find that's in on the plan?" she asked resting her head on her arm that was against her crossed knee.

"I can think of a couple people who do you need?" he asked leaning on the door.

"Well, if my guess is right." she started.

"Which they always are." Newt interjected as he walked up to the room and leaned on the wall beside Thomas.

"Eavesdropping much?" she asked playfully.

"More walking past and being more interested in this then what I had to say." Fry answered for Newt as he walked up to the room too.

"Well, to answer your question Thomas." Athena said looking at the brunette as Newt joined her sat on the bed. "I'm not even going to ask if you three are in, so that leaves Vince, Finn, Brenda and Jorge to ask.

2 months later 

As Athena was sat at the rounded table, in the empty room, her peace was quickly interrupted by the slam of files being dropped in her face.

Looking up she saw the smug face on Finn, as he walked and sat down on the chair beside her and threw his legs up on the table.

"I'm guessing you got them then." she asked the prideful man.

"Indeed I did."

"The exact date, time and location?" She asked.

"Of course."

"And--"

"Route and destination. You must forget Athena I was the one who taught you all this." he said putting his hands behind his head.

"Good." she started going back to writing.

"So what's the plan?" he asked.

"I will tell you at the meeting along with the rest of them." she said standing up, and gathering all her notes and the new files.

"Oh come on. I just got you the key information for this plan." he whined.

"Well done, you did your part of the plan." she said smugly, and started walking away.

"I don't remember teaching you to be a bitch!" he joked after her.

3 months later 

"So what do we know?" Thomas asked as him, Newt, Fry, Vince, Brenda, Jorge and Finn all waited for Athena to explain their plan.

"Good news or bad news first?" she asked.

"Good news?" Fry replied hesitantly.

"Good news is that the plan is ready and I can think of a way to get Minho and the others out, it's a bit drastic but possible." she replied looking round the group.

"What's the bad news." Newt asked.

"The bad news is for us to get to Minho, he has to be in a train on route. So out in the open with minimal security, not in a Wicked property." she started.

"That doesn't sound bad." Vince said.

"She isn't done yet." Finn interjected already knowing the time and dates.

"The train for this plan to work doesn't go on route for another 3 months." she said unconfidently.

"Is there not one any sooner." Thomas asked.

"I would have got that time if there was one." Finn answered.

"It's the only chance we have, for the plan to go safely with minimal things to go wrong, rather than be ambushed the second we walk into a WCKD base." Athena tried to reason.

"It's fine, hermana. Well done." Jorge interjected.

Athena nodded her head slightly looking down at the ground slightly.

4 months later 

"I don't know what i'm gonna do Fry." Athena breathed out, as her and Fry sat on some rocks away from the crowd.

"What do you mean?" he asked as he ate his soup.

"If this plan doesn't work."

"It will."

"But what if it doesn't. I'm just scared somethings going to go wrong then I will be stuck here feeling like an idiot, because I couldn't save my bestfriend." she said, tears starting to brim her eyes.

"You can't be serious right now. Come on, Thea! Seriously!" he chuckled, putting his soup down. "Who was the one that saved Thomas from Ben when he got attacked."

"Me." she mumbled

"Who basically babysat, Thomas and Minho in the maze and killed a Griever?" he asked, putting his arm around her shoulder.

"Me." she repeated.

"And who saved Newt from the maze, when he got lost?"

"Me." she said hesitantly.

"Exactly, you. You did, all those times, they all could have died but they didn't because you save them. Half of us wouldn't have been here today if it wasn't for you." he said rubbing arm up and down comfortingly.

"I just feel so stressed about it. Like you, Newt and Thomas are counting on this to work and I'm just scared to let you guys down." she confessed, leaning into him.

"Well let me inform you, when I say that if this doesn't work I will not be mad. Maybe disappointed but it wouldn't be at you. It would be just the fact it didn't go as planned. Not everything does. And I can assure you Newt and Thomas will not blame you. So just drop it okay?"

"Okay." she nodded, after a few moments she smirked and looked up at the boy. "Is there something going on between you and Brenda?"

"Me and Brenda?" Frypan breathed out. "No, no, I cannot say there is."

"You know I can tell when people are lying right."

"I did in fact not know that." Fry replied, causing the two to laugh. "I don't know what it is right now. I feel something for her, but I don't know what."

"I would say wait it out. Just let all the chaos and stress die down then think about it." Athena replied.

"Will do." Fry said nodding his head sarcastically.

5 months 

"I lied in the Glade." Athena said.

"What do you mean?" Newt said looking at her as she played with his hair.

"This is how I like your hair." she said referring to how it was longer and puffy. Newt just laughed, and they sat in a comfortable silence.

"This is nice." Newt mumbled as Athena laid on his bare chest.

"I would have to agree with you." she chuckled, kissing his lower neck.

"Just me and you." he breathed out as he traced random patterns on her back. "How long do you have to keep that on?" he asked gestering to the bangade round her hand and wrist.

"Um a few more months what about you?" she asked back referring to his wrist.

"Around the same time." he replied, but Athena could see right through it.

"I'm glad you still wear this." she said playing with the ring connected to the chain.

"Haven't taken it off since. Why did you think I would?"

"No, just thought you would have put it on the night stand or something."

"Well I promised to wear it didn't it. And I meant every word of that." he said leaning down and locking their lips in a passionate kiss.

Grabbing her thighs he pulled her up so she was straddling him, as his hands stayed on her hips his thumb rubbed them as they continued to share heavy kisses.

Feeling a change of skin under his thumb he released from the kiss and looked down to see a scar he hadn't seen before. "Where's this from?"

"Oh, It's my official Crank injury. I got mine the same day as Brenda, but turned out I was fine." Athena answered, but when she got it she knew she would be fine, but she didn't want to tell Newt that and remind him about the files that were under their bed.

"Well, i'm glad you're okay." he said.

"It's just another to the list of scars, I hardly notice anymore." hearing the insecurity come from her own words Newt took it upon himself to kiss every single scar on her body, leading them to a night of meaningful lust and love.

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