The Right Arm

We watch as Jorge starts beating up Marcus to get him to talk. I'd be lying if i said that i didn't find this fun to watch. Even Aris has a small, satisfied grin on his face as we hear Marcus groan in pain. Jorge lands another very hard punch on Marcus' face.

"Oh!".

"That had to hurt" Aris and i comment, glancing at each other with smiles on our faces.

Frypan turns to us. "You two are enjoying this way too much".

"Are you telling me that you're not finding this amusing at all?" i ask Fry.

"Not really" Fry replies with a grimace as he watches Jorge beat the man.

"Not even a little bit?" Aris asks. Fry shakes his head in reply. 

"You're full of shit" i say to him. Aris nods in agreement with me as he adds "We can see that little smile you're trying to hide Frypan".

"Oh he's enjoying it alright, and so am i" Minho says to us from his spot next to an unconscious Thomas. 

"All of you are bloody strange" Newt says to us, looking away from Thomas and back to Jorge.

"There's nothing wrong with watching a vile man get beaten up and enjoying it" Brenda says to Newt with a small smirk on her face.

I point at Brenda, nodding my head at her words. "See. She gets it".

Our attention is pulled to Thomas when he wakes up with a gasp. 

"Hey. Hey, you're ok. Hi. We have to stop meeting like this" Teresa says with a smile and her hand on his chest. I glance at Newt, who's slightly glaring at her. Could he BE anymore obvious?

Minho walks over to them, leaning down to see Thomas. "Welcome back, you ugly shank" he greets with a cheeky smile.

I look away, knowing that Thomas is alright, back to Jorge. He's getting more pissed every second Marcus doesn't talk.

"I suggest that you talk! You son of a bitch!" Jorge shouts, punching the man again. Marcus cries out in pain. "Damn it!".

"That was a good punch" Aris whispers to me.

"Yeah. That one was definitely better than the last" i add.

"I'm sorry. You're going to have to leave my house" Marcus says, his face all bloody and beaten. 

I stand up and walk to stand next to Jorge. I'm hoping he might let me join in on the beating. Watching it gets boring after a while.

"Listen. I don't enjoy hurting you" Jorge says to Marcus, glancing at me in confusion as i now stand next to him. "Where is the Right Arm Marcus?".

"Wait. This is Marcus?" Thomas asks, looking baffled. 

"Yeah. You missed a lot when you were out sleeping beauty" i reply, keeping my eyes on Marcus, who starts to chuckle.

"The kid catches on quick. Are you the brains of the operation?" Marcus asks mockingly. 

Jorge gets fed up, grabbing Marcus by the hair and tilting his head up forcefully. "I know, you know where they're hiding. So you tell me, and i'll make you a deal. You can come with us". 

Marcus laughs at Jorge's offer. "I burned that bridge a long time ago. Besides, i made my own deal. You're the one that taught me, never miss an opportunity" he says, laughing again. 

If he keeps laughing, i might steal Jorge's gun and shoot him myself. 

"What's he talking about?" Newt asks with a frown.

"I'm talking about supply and demand. WCKD wants all the immunes they can get. I help provide that for them. So i lure the kids in, they get drunk, they have a good time. And then, later, WCKD comes in, they separate the wheat from the chaff" Marcus explains, letting out another maniacal laugh. The information makes my blood boil. 

Without thinking, i let all of my anger out and send a harsh kick at Marcus, causing him to fall back in his chair. "You piece of shit!" i shout, moving to get to him, but Frypan rushes over. He wraps his arms around me to hold me back. Marcus grunts in pain, but starts laughing again. 

"Easy Madeline!" Frypan exclaims, pulling me back towards the others. 

"Let go Fry! Let me stomp on his fucking face!" i shout, Marcus' laughter only fuelling my anger.

"Calm down Maddie" Newt says, holding my arm lightly as Fry backs us towards him. 

"You're a feisty little beauty, aren't you?" Marcus says, chuckling on the floor. 

"Don't talk about her like that!" Minho snaps as Thomas grabs him to stop him from walking over to Marcus.

I notice Brenda look over to Jorge, who's anger is rolling off of him in waves. 

"I changed my mind, Hermano. I do enjoy hurting you" Jorge says to Marcus, pulling the chair back up, punching him in the face, and then kicking it down like i did moments ago. Jorge pulls out his gun, pointing it at Marcus' face with his hand on his throat.

"Talk! Talk!" Jorge shouts in his face. Marcus finally relents. "Ok. Jesus! But i'm not making any promises. These guys like to move around" Marcus explains, groaning in pain as Jorge and minho pull his chair upright. "They have an outpost in the mountains. But it's a long way away. You got half of WCKD on your ass, you're never gonna make it".

"Not on foot. Where's Bertha?" Jorge asks, grabbing Marcus by his shoulders with a wicked smile on his face.

"No. Not Bertha" Marcus pleads with a frown, looking as if he might cry.

"Who's Bertha?" Aris asks in confusion.

Jorge doesn't reply, but still has an unnerving smile on his face as he takes something from Marcus' pocket. He leads us out of the room, leaving Marcus tied up as he pleads for us to not take Bertha and to untie him. We ignore him and follow Jorge out of the building. We walk for a minute until Jorge stops us all in front of a car.

"Bertha's a car?" Newt asks Jorge, who nods in reply. 

"Out of all the things he could've called his car, he chose Bertha?" i say with a laugh. 

"That's just sad" Minho adds with a chuckle. 

"Come on kids, we have a long drive ahead of us" Jorge says, getting into the drivers seat to start up the car. We all pile into the car, tightly packed together as Jorge pulls off. We speed across a long road, heading towards the mountains. 

Jorge glances back at us, as we look out of the windows, sending him small smiles at the joy of finally getting to where we've been trying to get to since we escaped from WCKD. We follow the road into the mountains, coming to a stop when our path is blocked by abandoned cars. We step out of the car, taking small steps as we stare at the cars in front. 

"Well. I guess we're on foot" Jorge says to us.

"Oh great. More walking" I say with fake enthusiasm, earning an amused look from Jorge.

We walk along the road, looking inside of cars. I have no idea what we're looking for, but i don't see any supplies that we can take. I notice Jorge come to a halt, looking around. We start to hear gunshots, and i feel Jorge pull me towards him as he shouts out to the others. "Get down!".

"Take cover!" i hear Newt shout from behind one of the cars. I stay down next to Jorge, Thomas on the other side of me as we hide from the bullets being shot at us.

"Hey! Is everyone ok out there?" Thomas asks the others from our spot behind a car.

"We're fine!" i hear Teresa reply.

"Anyone know where those bloody shots came from?" Newt shouts out.

"If we knew, we'd fucking tell you Newt!" I shout back to him.

"Maddie. Language!" I hear Fry scold me from wherever he's hiding.

"Now's not the time, Fry!" I hear Minho shout out.

"That son of a bitch, Marcus. He lead us into an ambush" Jorge says, unzipping his bag by his feet. I turn to Thomas and see him peaking his head out. 

"Thomas! You're gonna get shot, you idiot!" i hiss at him. He ignore me until i'm proved right as he ducks his head when a shot is sent his way, hitting the car.

"What did i tell you?" i ask rhetorically, ducking as a couple more shots are sent our way.

"What do we do?" Thomas asks Jorge.

"Here. Hold this" Jorge says, handing Thomas something with wires coming out of it.

"That doesn't look very safe" i say, eyeing the thing in Thomas' hand.

"It's not safe at all. We gotta create a diversion. You get ready to chuck it" Jorge tells Thomas, holding a switch with a button on it.

"It's gonna blow stuff up, isn't it" I say, slightly panicked.

"Yes, it is. Everybody! Get set to sprint back to the truck, and hold your ears!" Jorge shouts to the others. He looks at Thomas. "Ready. One... Two" he counts, just about to press the button, when we hear a gun cocking from behind us. We stay very still. Thomas and i look at Jorge in panic.

"Drop it. Now. I said drop it!" a female voice orders from behind us. 

Thomas immediately puts the bomb on the ground and we turn to look at two females pointing their guns at us. Jorge looks at them, slowly putting down the switch. 

"On your feet. Let's go" One of the women order us. "Let's go! Move!" she shouts, as we slowly rise to our feet, moving away from the car we were hiding behind. "Backup!".

"Easy" Jorge says to her, standing in front of us as we back up towards the others.

They shout at the others to get on their feet and stand next to us. We all have our hands up as the girls keeps their guns trained on us. I notice the dark haired girl stare at Aris with her brows furrowed. She stares for a moment. "Aris?" she questions, causing us all to look at him.

The girl pulls the scarf off of her face. I watch as Aris has a look of recognition, stepping forward. "Oh my God, Harriet?!" He exclaims, making the rest of us confused.

"What the hell are you doing here?" The girl we now know to be Harriet asks him, pulling him into a hug. The blonde girl pulls the scarf away from her face, looking at Aris in shock.

"Sonya" Aris says, looking at the blonde girl who rushes towards him, hugging him tightly. The three all have wide smiles on their face. It's a cute moment to watch.

"Aris. You're lucky we didn't shoot your dumb ass" Sonya says, sounding relieved.

"Uh, what's happening?" Minho asks, cutting off the moment the three were sharing.

"Clearly they know each other, Minho" i say, rolling my eyes at him playfully. He sticks his tongue out at me childishly in return.

"We were in the maze together" Aris explains with a smile.

Harriet whistles loudly. "We're clear guys. Come on out!" she shouts, causing a large group of people armed, scattered around on top of the mountains to show themselves. 

"My God. You're alive" Sonya says to Aris happily. I smile at them, glad that Aris was able to reunite with old friends.

We follow the girls through the small tunnel. "Back it up, Joe!" Sonya shouts to a man who orders someone to back up the truck. 

"We're taking them to base" Harriet tells the men watching us. 

"Wait so, how did you guys get here?" Aris asks his friends.

"The Right Arm got us out" She replies, getting our attention at the mention of the Right Arm.

"Wait. Wait. The Right Arm. Do you know where they are?" Thomas asks the girl.

She gives us a small smile, opening the car door. "Hop in".

We all get into the cars, and soon enough, the people are driving through a dirt road. The drive isn't too long. We come to a stop, getting out of the cars as we take in our surroundings. We see a bunch of tents and a crowd of people walking around the area, talking with others. There's smoke rising into the air from different fires lit around the area. 

We finally made it to the Right Arm. We're safe, and it brings a smile to my face. If only Gally was here with us. With me to see it. Chuck would've loved it here, and Winston, Alby. Everyone.

"They've been planning this for over a year now" Harriet tells us as we follow her through the area. "This is all for us".

"You guys are lucky you found us when you did. We're moving out at first light" Sonya adds as she walks next to Harriet. "Where's Vince?" She asks a man, who points us in the direction.

"Who's Vince?" Thomas asks the girls.

"He's the one who decides if you get to stay" Harriet replies.

"That's great. Watch us get turned away or killed because this Vince guy says so" i say to Minho.

"He won't turn us away" Jorge assures me. 

"Are you sure that he won't?" i ask him, raising a brow.

"No, but them girls won't let Aris be turned away, and we come as a package deal" Jorge replies with a smile.

"You have a point there" i say, as we follow the girls to find this Vince guy.

"I thought the Right Arm was meant to be an army" Minho says to the girls. 

"Yeah. We were" A man says, walking over to us. "This is all that's left of us. A lot of good people died getting us this far. Who are they?" he asks the girls, staring us down.

"They're immunes. Caught them coming up the mountain" Harriet tells him. I glance at Brenda, who looks very pale. She looks as if she might faint, and it worries me. I can't believe i've only just noticed how ill she looks. How long has she been like this?

"Did you check them?" he asks Harriet. 

"I know this guy, Aris. I trust him" she replies, pointing to Aris.

"Brenda. Are you alright?" I whisper to her, but get no reply. She seems to be in a daze. 

"Well i don't. Check them" the man says. I'm guessing this is Vince if he's the one giving orders.

Brenda starts gasping, pulling my attention back to her and grabbing one of the men's attention.

"Hey boss" a man says. 

"Brenda?" I say, trying to grab her attention. She keeps gasping, falling forward and hitting the ground. 

"Shit, Brenda!" i exclaim, dropping to my knees next to her. 

Author's Note:

I've finally published another chapter! Sorry it took longer than usual, i've just had no motivation to do anything recently and work has been draining. 

Remember to take care of yourselves and i hope you enjoy the chapter :)

Xxxx