45. Halye Markson

Play - Hit Me With your Best Shot by ADONA 

Steadily walking towards the tall heavily secured building, a guard walked up beside Teresa, escorting her into the building.

"Don't stop." Thomas said to her as they walked into the building. Both being cleared through the scanners.

As the two kept walking they walked into another guard in front of them, their uniform red. After a few moments the three headed off together.

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Walking into the building mask covering the bottom part of her face, as she walked in, she was stopped by a guard the same height as her. "May we help you?" he asked, his voice muffled due to the uniform.

"Yes, i'm here to see Teresa. I have an appointment at seven." Athena said, changing her voice slightly.

"Name?"

"Haley Markson" Athena replied.

After checking through the intercoms about it the man looked back at her, "I'll escort you to her lab." As the pair walked through the man's hand on Athena's back was too low for comfort. "So, how old are you?" the man asked.

"Seventeen." she replied.

"So your not immune?"

"No, but my brother and sister are, three and seven."

"Just you three?" he asked as they turned a corner.

"Unfortunately."

Getting round to the full corner they looked forward to see Teresa being escorted by two guards.

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"Teresa." A voice shouted from behind the three, they turned round to see 'Haley' with a guard. "Would you like me to take her up to your office?" the man asked her.

"Yes, please." Teresa replied.

The two started walking off, the three turned round and noticing how uncomfortable Athena just was. Looking at the pair, they saw the man's hand had traveled from her back down to her arse. "Newt." Thomas warned Newt seeing him about to walk after them. "She's fine. She can handle it."

The three walked down the stairs onto the lower floor, walking past another entrance, a guard joined them and walked in front of them. Using Teresa's thumbprint the four walked into the staircase, the electrical source on the wall. "Hold on, hold on." Gally said looking at it. "I can get in here," he said, taking off his helmet.

"Stay here. Throw me the walkie." Thomas asked, as Gally threw it Thomas went further down stairs to check for others.

Just as Newt took off his helmet he went into a fit of coughs. Looking increasingly more ill than before. Seeing a wide eyed Teresa staring at him he turned around leaning on the railing. Teresa finally understands Athena.

"Frypan, we're in. how are you doing?" Thomas asked, walking back to the group as Gally cut into the circuit.

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"Yeah, i'm getting there." Fry said as he paused climbing up the crane. "Tell Minho 'hi', for me."

"Hang in there buddy." Thomas replied.

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Opening the circuit Gally looked at grabbing a few wires. "This will work." he said.

"Brenda, what's your status."

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"Status is, i'm working on it." Brenda replied as she hid at the front of the bus.

"Copy, just make sure you're ready on your end." Thomas replied.

"Don't worry. You know i'm gonna be there." she replied, walking towards another bus.

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"Now we just gotta wait for Thea to somehow get to us." Thomas said putting the walkie into his belt. As Gally placed and connected a machine into the circuit.

"All right. Let's go." he said, slamming the circuit door shut.

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Walking out of the elevator, Athena was escorted to a lab. Walking up to a table she placed her bag onto the counter, feeling a presence behind her, she turned around to be almost face to face with the slightly taller man. "You're very, pretty y'know." he said walking towards her.

As she walked back, she inevitably became blocked by a wall. "Thank you?" she replied.

"We have a few minutes before she shows up. Want to have some fun?" he asked putting his bigger gun onto the table beside them and removing his helmet, revealing jet black hair and green piercing eyes.

"I think that would be highly unprofessional of you." Athena replied, with a new found confidence edging the man on more.

"Oh and how would you know if it was ,sweetheart?"

"Because I'm about to be you." she replied lowly.

"Wha-" before he could finnish his sentence he felt something pressed against the skin over his heart. Looking down, he saw a smaller gun that was in his belt less than a few moments ago.

"Strip." she ordered.

"Excuse me?" The man said, becoming cocky.

"Look we can do it the easy way, or the hard way." She said the gun still pointed at him.

The man threw a tight fisted punch at the petite girl, which to his amazement was stopping mid movement with one hand by the girl. "manera difícil es gallina" she said, and knocked the man out by hitting his head hard with the gun in her hand.

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As the guard went to open the door, he was welcomed by the sight of three WCKD guards, guns aimed at him. The one in the middle shooting with no hesitation. The man in front falling down the three marched their way in shooting the others.

All the guards dealt with, Newt went up to one of the cells, and opened the door, while taking off his helmet, his nose reddened, cheeks flushed and bags under his eyes. Seeing some immune kids he recognized from a few months ago. "Come on, let's go." he said with a smile.

"It's okay. You guys are okay, come on." Thomas said opening another cell. "Newt, check the other cell."

"The vault." Gally said to a guard, gun to his neck. "How do I get in."

"You can't." the man breathed out, causing Gally to angrily push him away and stalk to the closed vault.

"Guys, this might take some time." Gally informed, starting to work on the vault.

"Shit." Thomas breathed out, Minho, nowhere in sight. "HE's not here," he told Newt. "Where is he?" he asked Teresa, darkly.

"Somebody's moved him up to the medical wing." Teresa informed, as she looked at the computer. "Thomas, that's on the other side of the building."

"Okay. That's where Athena is. Take me to him. Right now." Thomas demanded.

"All right. I'm coming with you." Newt added.

"Newt, no you're not." Thomas said, getting ready to leave, "You have to stay here, wait with Gally for the serum."

"You can't do this on your own." Newt reasoned. "Minho comes first, remember."

"Just go. We're wasting time." Gally exclaimed. "I'll get the serum we'll meet you out back."

"Okay, fine." Tommy gave in, "Let's go, come on." he said to him, Newt and Teresa starting to leave.

"Hey, Greenie." Gally called out. "Good luck."

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"Keep moving." Thomas said pushing Teresa forwards as they walked through public halls, and turning to an elevator.

As the door opened the three walked in. the doors almost closed, an arm stopped them from closing, "Hold it." Janson said as the doors reopened for him.

Joining them in the elevator causing Thomas to grip his gun tighter. "You're working late." Janson said. "See that's what I like about you, Teresa. No matter how bleak things get, you just-- Well you never give up. Times like this, you need a friend that you can count on." he finished.

"I'll bear that in mind."

"There is one thing you should know." Janson said sternly, "One friend to another. Thomas is here." he said, causing Teresa to freeze, long with the two guards in the back.

"A surveillance picked him up, outside the walls." He continued, "Ava, didn't want you to know, but there's a chance he may try to contact you, and if he does, Well, I'd like to think i'd be the first you call."

"Are you gonna kill him?" she asked looking at him.

"Would that be a problem?" he asked.

"This is me." Teresa said walking out, the two guards following in, the one in full black bumping Janson's shoulder.

As the three walked out round the corner, Janson took out his walkie talkie from his belt.

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"Calling all units." Athena heard muffled through the walkie talkie as she zipped up her stolen uniform. "Subjects A-2, A-5 and a high probability of A-9 in the building. All units rondevu on floor 23 medic bay entrance." Jansons voice sounded through the device.

"Oh what are you three doing." Athena groaned, grabbing the walkie onto her belt the same with her gun and knife, placing the bigger gun round her shoulders and pulling on her helmet as she made her way to floor 23.

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