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Play - Arcade by Duncan Laurence

Flames burning around them, the chaos still loud as ever. All she heard was silence. Removing herself off Newt's body she sat on her knees beside him crying her eyes out into her hands. She didn't turn round hearing footsteps. Hearing three more, she felt a hand on her shoulder.

The person crouching down beside her pulling her into a hug, she gave into. "I couldn't do it." she sobbed into Minho's chest. "I couldn't kill him."

Sharing a confused look with Fry, Fry walked over to Newt's body sitting on his knees he leaned over and heard the faint breathing out of Newt's nose. He nodded at Minho, who pulled Athena in a tighter hug, a few happy tears falling.

"How'd you do it?" Brenda asked, seeing an unconscious Crank on the ground.

"He kept turning back to himself. It was short periods, but as I guessed right, he isn't fully Crank so if Thomas and Teresa do this, we get the cure, Newt's, Newt again." Athena said through sobs. "He may not always be himself, but it's better then nothing."

"Thank you." Minho said looking at Athena and kissing her hair.

"I couldn't let him leave."

"I know."

"How long will he be out for?" Gally asked.

"Not long I don't think."

Before a conversation could continue, the group heard the berge coming towards them and landing in a free space next to the platform.

"Gally, give me a hand here." Fry said grabbing Newt.

"Come on." Minho said, grabbed her hand. As he pulled her up he saw her wince and grab her wrist. "What happened?" he asked.

"Nothing." She replied.

Not listening to her, he grabbed her hand and pulled up her sleeve, revealing a human bit in her arm. But it wasn't black and purple infected. It was red. Normal blood red. Already starting to heal.

"Well, we know your immune." Minho said, with a slight scoff.

"I knew that. Already got a Crank scar on my hip." she said as the two began to walk to the berge.

"What happened?" Vince asked as him, Jorge and Finn walked out of the berge.

"Newts, infected. Thomas has gone to get the cure." Gally answered as they carried him onto the aircraft.

"Put him in that room." Finn said pointing to a room.

As Gally and Fry laid him down on the ground in the empty room, Athena walked in, the berge starting to take off. Athena couched down beside Newt, she quickly pulled out anything on him or in the room he could use to hurt himself, and slipped on the chain round his neck again and tucked it under his t-shirt.

Hearing a groan come from Newt she quickly walked out the room locking it behind her. Athena and Minho sitting against the door just in case.

"Can I ask you something?" Minho said, she nodded. "I know for a fact, he would have asked you to kill him, or tried to do it him self. And I also know, you would listen to him if you agreed. But since i've seen you two in these last hours, it's like something changed. So what's different?" he asked looking at her.

"I couldn't do it." she replied. "I couldn't kill him. He has so much to look forward too, but he just doesn't know that right now." she said, hearing a growl the other side of the door the two prepared themselves as loud bang hit the otherside of the door.

"What do you mean?" He asked, trying to ignore what was in the room.

"I'm pregnant, Minho." she said.

The boy looked at her with wide eyes, "You serious?"

"Yeah." she chuckled. Realising something the boy slapped her shoulder. "What was that for." she say holding her shoulder.

"1. For careless sex. 2.Becuase you did all this, while pregnant, which is also a badass move by the way." he said sternly.

"Thank you?" she laughed. "I'm sorry about the second one. But I couldn't have my child without his godfather could I?" she said looking at the boy.

Tears glossing his eyes, "No, i guess you couldn't. No one could replace me if they tried." he said trying to hide his tears.

She just laughed at her friend and grabbed his hand, the pair falling into a comfortable silence until, the banging on the door came again.

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"Come on, Thomas!" Teresa said, as she carried a wounded Thomas up stairs to the roof. The building slowly descending into flames.

The roof door bursting open, the two coughing from smoke, seeing the berge come up towards the roof, Teresa dragged Thomas over. "Come on."

"Go!" Athena told Minho, as he ran over to help the pair as she held the door.

Teresa and Thomas continuing to hobble over through the flames becoming more inflamed.

"Come on!" Minho shouted.

"Come on, Thomas!" Fry exclaimed.

"Give me you hand!" Vince commanded as he was attached to a harness and leaning over.

"Crap!" Athena shouted, as the lock started to break on the door. "Finn!" the man turned round and seeing her distress joined her and holding the door back.

"Get closer!" Teresa shouted at the berge.

"Jump!" Vince called out as him and Minho held out their hands.

The berge close enough Teresa threw Thomas at them, Minho and Vince pulling Thomas on bord.

"Come on!" Minho shouted as they held their hands out for Teresa.

An explosion erupting from the taller building beside them, the building collapsed falling towards theirs.

"Teresa!" Thomas pleaded.

Tuning round and looking at the group one last time the floor beneath her collapsed, "NO!" Thomas exclaimed. As Teresa fell with the building disappearing through the smoke and flames.

They watched as the building fell to the ground, the berge slowly ascending. As tear fell from his eye, the group lifted his shirt to see a bullet wound, Gally running to grab the medkit.

Once Thomas was passed out, the group slightly panicked less as they got the bullet out and wrapped and stitched the wound.

Feeling something in Thomas' hand, Minho looked at it to see a small glass tube, blue liquid inside. The cure.

Turing to look at Athena, he saw a panicked expression on her face. As her and Finn started to struggle holding the door back.

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Play Home by Machine Gun Kelly, Bebe Rexha, X Ambassadors

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Awaking with a shock and sitting up, Thomas put his feet off the bed and turned his body with a grunt. Lifting his shirt to see, a patched up bullet wound. Pulling the cloth curtian out of the door wy, Thomas looked out to see a beach, mountains, the ocean.

Hearing chatter, his head snapped to the side seeing huts built, smoke from fires. People free.

Walking through the village, Minho looked up from his food to see Thomas walking by. Hitting Athena's arm the group walked towards the boy.

Thomas ran up to Athena and Minho and encased them in a hug. "Is he?" Thomas stuttered.

"He isn't awake yet-"

"Hey, there greenbean." A voice from the side of them sounded.

All snapping their heads towards the voice, they saw a cleaned up Newt. Bags still under his eyes from exhaustion, and hair tussled. But in newt clothes and a wrapped up wrist.

Thomas ran over to him and swallowed him in a hug causing Newt to stumble a little. "It's good to see you too mate." Minho soon joined the hug.

As the pair left the hug, Newt looked ahead to see a frozen Athena, "Hey, love." he said. She ran up to him and pulled him into a deep kiss, her hands on the collar of his shirt and his on her waist the two pulling away hearing wolf whistles from, Finn, Jorge, Minho and Frypan.

"You a dickhead." she told him, a firm grip on his shirt still.

"I'm okay." he reassured.

"Still can't blame me for worrying." she sassed back, using his own fraze against him, causing him to chuckle and roll his eyes at her.

"Uh-hm." someone coughed from behind. "Some of us would like to get hugs too." Fry said opening his arms.

The group laughed as Thomas and Newt went round hugging them. Smiles held on all their faces.

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"We have come a long way together." Vince started as everyone sat on benches, "So many have sacrificed so much to make this place possible. Your friends and your family. So here's to the ones that couldn't be here." he said raising his cup, the crowd following his actions "here's to the friends we lost. This place is for you. It's for all of us. But this," he said pointing at a large rock "this is for them. So, in your own time, in your own way, come make your peace. And welcome to the safe haven!" he shouted. The crowd cheered, Newt pulled Athena into a passionate kiss.

"I love you." he said, leaning his forehead against hers.

"I love you too." she replied.

"And I'm gonna love this little one just as much." he said, pulling her into a nothing kiss.

"This is gonna be a good home for us." Minho said, as him, Thomas and Newt sat on a bench looking into the crowd. Minho looking at Harriet as her and Fry conversed as he handed out the food, Harriet laughing at something he said.

"Bloody better be. Worked damn hard for it." Newt said smiling, as he watched Athena talk with a much taller Aris, who had an elbow propped on her shoulder and leaning against it, causing her to push him off and him stumble to the ground.

"Yeah." Thomas agreed, watched Brenda and Gally seeing who could down their drink the fastest.

"Go on, Minho." Newt said seeing his friend staring at Harriet.

"What?" he said, trying to play it off.

"Like a wise man once told me, 'you've been making goo-goo eyes at her since she got here, go do something about it." Newt said, causing the three to laugh.

"Fine. Fine. I'm going." he said getting up and walking in Athena's direction.

"Oi, slinthead! Wrong way!" Newt shouted at Minho.

"So." Thomas spoke up. "You and Thea are really doing this."

"Well, even though we don't have a choice about it. I wouldn't change it for the world." Newt said. "I'm sorry, Tommy for what happened. And I don't know if I could ever forgive myself for hurting Thea, but I'll get there. I know I asked her to kill me, but inside my heart it didn't feel like the right time for me. Does that even make sense?" he said chuckling.

"I owe her my life. Twice now. But I'm so glad I met her. I hate WCKD with everything I have, but the one thing I will ever thank them for is for bringing me this family." Newt said looking round at the Gladers.

"Yeah." Thomas said nodding.

"I'm sorry about Teresa, Tommy. I truly am. She deserved a second chance. We all did." Newt said grabbing onto Tommy's shoulder

Pulling himself up he turned and stood in front of Thomas, "Come on, you're supposed to be the guest of honor." Newt joked, his british accent more apparent than usual.

Laughing, Thomas grabbed his hand and pulled himself up, the pair walking to the group.

Minho walked up to the stone and craved the name Ben.

Newt walked up and craved the name Alby.

Athena walked up and carved the name Jeff.

Frypan walked up and carved the name Winston.

Gally walked up and carved the name Chuck.

Finn walked up and carved the name Kacey.

Aris walked up and carved the name Rachel.

Vince walked up and carved the name Mary.

Brenda walked up and carved the name George.

Jorge walked up and carved the name Elizabeth.

Thomas walked up and carved the name Teresa.

The group all stood in front of the stone looking at it, smiling. In honor of their friends. All knowing their lives are changing. They're gonna be different.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A/N - I will be doing an epilogue, but this is the end of the book. Thank you so much for reading, I appreciate it so much!!!! love you all xx