Kidnapping The Traitor

"How much longer do you think they'll be?" I ask the others, starting to feel impatient. I should've gone with them to capture Teresa. What if something has happened because I didn't go with them? 

"They're probably on their way back now. Don't worry, Madeline" Jorge says, trying to ease my nerves. 

"I still think that I should've gone with them" I grumble. 

"You're too pissed at Teresa. If you had gone with them, you would've done more than just stuff a back over her head" Fry says, looking at me with a raised brow. 

I let out a huff in annoyance. "Yeah, well the betrayal still runs deep. She's the reason that Mary and other innocents are dead. She's also the reason why Minho is trapped with WCKD, along with the other kids who thought they were free, and the fact that the Right Arm's camp was destroyed. I'm not going to kill her, but she deserves a hard punch to the face for what she did". 

Teresa's betrayal hurt us all. She was considered part of our family. I considered her a sister, and it hurt a lot to watch her stand beside the rat man and the blonde scientist bitch. I know that she believes that she chose the right side, but I can't ignore the fact that she turned her back on our little glader family. I won't be able to forgive her for what she has caused. We were finally free. We were safe, and we finally felt relief and happiness. 

She chose to take all of that away from us. I will never forget that. 

"You're right. I hate to say it, but we need her help to get Minho back. You can't do anything to her. Well, I would love to watch you punch her after we get what we need for our mission" Brenda says with a small grin. 

"Control your anger for now. We need convince her to help us. Once we do, you can do what you like" Newt adds. 

"You know that I'm not a kid right? Believe it or not, I do have self control" I say, rolling my eyes playfully. "I don't need to be parented by all of you".

"Madeline. You're my niece, and I've learnt a lot about you since I found you. So I know that you have a fiery temper, and it makes you unpredictable. You will stay by my side when Teresa, Thomas, and Gally get here so you can't cause any chaos. Understood?" My uncle Jorge asks, looking at me sternly. 

"Yes, sir" I salute with a sarcastic smile, causing the others to snicker. Jorge just sighs, but I can see his lips twitch upward. 

Around five minutes later, Thomas and Gally walk in, carrying Teresa and placing her into the chair that we put in the centre of the room. Gally ties her hands to the arms of the wooden chair, and then moves to lean against the table. I sit next to Jorge behind them, knowing that if I try to move any closer, my dearest uncle will tie me up to keep me away from Teresa. Thomas sits on a chair next to Gally, sitting in front of Teresa. Newt stands up, and moves over to the girl. He removes the sack from her head, and walks around the chair towards us. 

Teresa looks around, her eyes squinting slightly to adjust to the light. They widen at the sight of all of us glaring heatedly at her. She glances at us all, then she notices Gally and her expression is full of shock. "Gally?".

"Here's how this is gonna go. We're gonna ask you some questions... and you're gonna tell us exactly what we need to know" Gally says, his voice stern. I stay close to Jorge, but I stare in awe at Gally. "We'll start off simple. Where's Minho?" he asks, dragging a chair to sit directly in front of her. He looks very intimidating. 

I find it extremely attractive. 

"You guys don't seriously think-" Teresa begins to talk, looking at Thomas, but Gally cuts her off. "Don't look at him. Why are you looking at him? Look at me. He's not gonna help you". 

"My lord" I mumble. Is it bad that I want him to talk to me like that right now? Brenda seems to have heard me, because she nudges me with a small smirk. I blush, trying to ignore her teasing look, and focus back on the interrogation. 

"Now, we know you have Minho in the building. Where?" Gally questions, his voice demanding. I need to get over myself and focus on what we're doing, because I'm losing focus easily and my skin is heating up as I watch Gally. 

"He's with the others in holding. Sublevel three" Teresa finally reveals. 

"How many others?" Newt asks, causing her to look at him. 

"Twenty-eight" Teresa answers. We all glance at Brenda for her answer. "I can make that work" she says, shuffling the playing cards as she splits them between herself, Jorge and I. 

"No. You guys don't understand, the whole levels restricted. You can't get in without a thumbprint ID" Teresa tells us. 

"That's why you're gonna come with us" Thomas says to her. Gally shrugs. "Well, I don't know. We don't necessarily need her, right?" He asks, getting up from his seat and walking over to the table to pick up a knife. "Not all of her. We just need her finger" he says menacingly. I watch as Teresa's face flickers with fear. 

Lord have mercy. I should not be having certain thoughts about Gally when he's threatening someone. 

"Gally, back off" Thomas cuts in. I look to Newt who clenches his jaw at Thomas defending the girl. 

"What, are you squeamish? I guarantee you that she's done a lot worse to Minho" Gally argues. 

"He's not wrong" I can't help but comment. Teresa looks at me, and her eyes flash with hurt. I don't feel bad. I'm too angry with her to be cordial. 

"That's not the plan. Back off" Thomas says, grabbing the small knife from Gally and walking over to Teresa. I roll my eyes, glancing at Newt who's jaw clenches in jealousy. Thomas crouches next to Teresa. 

"It won't make a difference" Teresa says, looking at Thomas. "Do whatever you want to me. You still won't get through the door. The sensors will pick you up the moment-". 

Thomas cuts her off. "We know, we're tagged. Property of WCKD. You're gonna help us with that too", he says. After a moment, we untie Teresa so that she can cut out the tags from the back of our necks. 

After Gally, Newt, and Frypan got their tags cut out, it was my turn. I don't bother looking at Teresa. I just tie my hair up into a ponytail as I sit down, keeping hold of the end of my hair so it doesn't get in the way. 

"Try to relax, because this will sting" Teresa warns me. 

"It can't sting worse than your betrayal" I mutter. "Just get it out so I can leave". 

Teresa sighs, and begins working on carving out the chip from my neck. We sit in silence for a good minute whilst she works, until she decides to break it. Lucky me. 

"Maddie, I-" she starts to say. 

"It's Madeline to you. Only my friends and family can call me Maddie" I say abruptly cutting her off. I know it's petty, and I probably should've just let her call me Maddie, but I'm still angry. Not only that, but I feel like being a petty bitch at the moment. 

"Madeline" Teresa corrects herself. "Look, I'm really sorry for how thing went down, but I thought I was doing the right thing. We need to find a cure so we can help the infected and everyone else to survive this virus. I know I betrayed you guys, but if I could go back I wouldn't change a thing. I believe that I've made the right choice" she explains. 

"Teresa, for me, it isn't about you wanting to find a cure. You can believe that what you're doing is right. I couldn't give a damn because I know that, you trying to find a cure is a good thing. It's something that the world desperately needs, but how you and WCKD are trying to get it is wrong. Very wrong. You're killing and experimenting on kids, forcing them to go through all of this trauma to find something valuable. Can't you see that WCKDs methods aren't working? It's sadistic, not helpful. After all of this time of draining kids bodies and torturing them in conditions like the maze, WCKD still hasn't gotten a cure out of it!" I explain, my anger boiling over and my voice raising. 

"Despite all of that. What really hurt was how you had been so quick to betray us by contacting WCKD to tell them our location. Not only did you betray us, but you put everyone's lives at the Right Arm camp in danger! You're the reason why WCKD was able to capture Minho and so many other kids who thought they were finally safe! And why Mary was shot. All any of them tried to do was help us and you quite literally blew up everything that they built because you had a different opinion to them on WCKD! If you had wanted to go and help WCKD, why didn't you just fucking leave quietly and not be the reason for so many deaths that night!" I practically shout at her. 

Teresa quickly pulls the chip from my neck successfully, and stands up to create some distant between us. I notice that I have gained the others' attention, but I'm too pissed off to care how loud I am. I stand from my seat, turning to face her. 

"Your apology means fucking nothing to me. I can try to be cordial with you whilst you help us get into WCKD headquarters, but I will never be able to forgive you for what you did. Y-you were family to me, Teresa. I considered you a sister. That's why your betrayal hurts so much, because you decided to throw away a family that always looked out for you" I finally stop myself from talking, because there's nothing else to say. I need to walk away before I actually do hit her, and because my voice is shaking and I refuse to cry in front of her. 

"Madeline" Teresa whispers, her eyes watering slightly. 

"Don't" I snap, grabbing an old rag to hold to the back of my neck as I walk over to the others. I take a seat in between Gally and Newt. No one says anything to me, because they know that I need to cool down before I start ugly crying in front of them. I watch as my uncle Jorge walks over to check my neck, kissing my head and gesturing for Thomas to go to Teresa to get his tag out. 

Thomas doesn't walk over to her until I send him a tight smile to let him know that I'm alright. Gally doesn't say anything, all he does is grab my hand, rubbing soothing circles with his thumb. It helps me to calm down slightly. 

"She enjoyed that" Gally says after a few minutes, putting the old rag that he was holding to his neck down on the table. 

"You're probably right" Fry replies to him. 

"Yeah. I bet she's just as sadistic as the rest of her WCKD companions" I grumble. 

Newt comes walking over with stolen WCKD uniforms. "Here, see if these fit" he says as he hands each of us one. 

"Thanks" Gally says. 

"Thanks, Newt" Fry also says with a small, appreciative smile.

"Thank you" I say. Newt ruffles my hair with a cheeky smile. I just roll my eyes, a small smile on my face as I attempt to fix my hair. 

"Hey, Maddie. Come with me for a sec" Brenda says as she walks over to us. 

"What's wrong?" Gally asks, not letting me go. 

Brenda smirks at his protectiveness, and I start to blush. 

"She's going to say goodbye to her, uncle. Would you like to join us?" she asks, raising a brow. 

Gally immediately shakes his head, letting go of me and standing abruptly. "No, no. I'm gonna, er, get changed" he informs us, walking away to change. 

"He's so scared of Jorge" Fry says, snickering as he watches Gally retreat. Brenda just laughs, grabbing my hand and pulling me with her, over to Jorge. 

"Better get going, old man. You got a long road ahead of you" She says, pulling Jorge's attention to us. She throws the keys to him, which he catches effortlessly. 

"You sure I can't talk both of you outta this?" he asks, even though he doesn't need to. He knows that we're not going to change our minds. "It's your last chance".

"Sorry, uncle Jorge. They were family before I found you. Leaving them, and Minho, is not an option" I say with a small smile. 

"You know, it's not like you to shy away from a fight" Brenda adds. 

"And it's not like you to go looking for one" he replies to Brenda, then looks at me. "Would you come with me if I pulled the uncle card, and reminded you, what I promised to your mother?" he asks me. 

I shake my head with a fond smile. "Mom wouldn't be mad. You already kept the promise by protecting me all this time. And,  I'm sorry to tell you, that you couldn't get me to come with you unless you tied me up and kidnapped me" I say. 

"Don't put ideas into my head, my little Magdalena. You know I will do it" He replies with a grin. 

"I know" I say with a chuckle. 

"It's just. I can't help but think if I walk through that door. I'll never see you two again" He says to us. "Since when do we stick our necks out for strangers?". 

"Well, I was a stranger before you realised I was your niece, and the boys aren't strangers to you anymore. We've been with you and Brenda for a while now" I explain. 

"I was a stranger once, too" Brenda adds. We all take a deep breathe. "Just don't leave us hanging". 

"No. Never" my uncle Jorge promises, pulling Brenda and I into a tight hug. We embrace for a long moment, none of us quite ready to let go. Jorge then walks away. Brenda and I hold each other as we watch him leave. 

"I'm going to go and get changed" I tell Brenda just as Thomas heads our way. 

I quickly get changed into a red WCKD uniform, then grab two guns and other weaponry to put in my belt and holsters. I walk over to Newt, who's also wearing a red uniform. 

"I love that we're matching" I say with a grin, pulling a smile from him. 

"I made sure that you got the red one. I planned for us to match" Newt replies. 

"How are you feeling?" I ask, gesturing to his infected arm. 

"It's spreading, but it's not bad yet" Newt says, his smile falling slightly. 

"We'll get the cure and you will be okay. I promise I will die to get that cure if I have to" I say to him. 

"You won't die for it, Madeline. I won't let you" Newt says seriously. 

"If that's what it takes for you to get it, then I can assure you I will. You can't stop me, Newt. Despite your nickname, you're not my mother" I tease. 

"Whatever, Maddie. Let's go and save Minho" Newt says. 

Author's Note: 

I've finally got this chapter out. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to write. I am planning to get the next chapter out very soon, because it's almost the end and I don't want to keep you guys waiting much longer.

Remember to look after yourselves, and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Xxxx