"The Other Survivors"

"We've been walking through the scorch for days! My waters run out." Newt said, tilting his head back to drink the last droplet of water."Yeah...how far away are we from the mountains now...?" Minho asks, narrowing his eyes and looking into the distance.Thomas shrugs.

You have been walking through the scorch for at least 3 days, yet the mountains in the distance never seem to get closer. It's difficult, trying to go to the mountains to find this Right Arms Resistance when you've got WICKED up your ass (not literally, but metaphorically) WICKED helicopters have flown over a few times, and everyone's scrambled for cover. You're safe, for now.

Thomas points into the distance, "Hey, what's that?" He asks, speeding up his walking pace. Everyone stays close behind him and you all see what he's referring to. In the distance is a building of some sort. "Is it the resistance?" Teresa asks, but Minho shakes his head."Well, there might be other survivors! They can help us get to the mountains!" You say hopefully.

Newt jumps up and down in joy, "And they might have water!" He says, a little too joyfully. You all start running towards the building, despite your dehydration and your overheating. Thomas, being the fastest, reaches the building first. He enters the building and you all follow.

Its much cooler in here, and you're surrounded by...cranks?Newt is the first to scream as a crank runs at him, but stops just before reaching him. "What the fuck?" you ask, realising the cranks are chained up and can't actually reach you. Teresa screams a little aswell as the crank nearest to her reaches an arm out to grab her.

"Stay calm..." Thomas says, eyeing the crank directly in front of him.Minho steps back from the crank nearest to him and nearly backs up into the crank behind him.

"Pretty cool trap, huh?" Asks a female voice in the distance.You all turn to the voice and see a young woman with short hair. She's looks pretty."Hey, are you all just gonna stare at me or you gonna come along?" She asks with a sly smirk.

*

"I'm Brenda. This is a place for survivors like you." She says, walking ahead as you all follow her through a crowd of rough looking man. They eye you and Teresa up and down, which makes you two side eye each other. "We need help." Thomas says, walking beside Brenda. "That's why I'm taking you to the big boss." Brenda says blankly.

You all enter a room and inside you see an older man with grey hair and a grey beard. "Alright, Brenda, who are these lot?" He asks in a softer voice then you'd imagine. "New arrivals." Brenda says, moving to stand next to the man. "I'm Jorge, and you guys are...hold on..." He says, suddenly stopping. He signals for his men to step forward. Some of them grab you from behind and almost scan your necks.

One of them calls out, "They're tagged." However, the one behind you shakes his head, "She's not tagged." He says bluntly. "So you've escaped from WICKED, I suppose we could sell you back to them for a high price. But you..." Jorge says, turning to you. "Why aren't you tagged? Are you not from WICKED?" He asks, narrowing his eyes.

Newt looks at you, "She was in the maze with us." Jorge suddenly looks like he's remembered something. "You're...oh, this is good! You're that asshole Jansons girlfriend, aren't you." He says like he's won the lottery. Brenda's jaw drops, "Oh my god, she is." Everyone now looks at you.

"No, no. That was in the past. She's good, she with us now." Thomas says, putting his hands out. Jorge shakes his head, "Janson will pay alot of money to have you back." Brenda nods, "Or, we could kill her just to spite that evil bastard." Jorge laughs loudly, making everyone jump slightly, "Yes, we could...throw her in with the others."

Minho looks very worried, "Wait, wait! We're looking for the Right Arms!" He says quickly. This catches Jorge's attention, "There is no Right Arms..." He says firmly.

*

You're all hanging upside down, above a huge drop. "Go to the mountains, find the Right Arms, yeah great plan!" Newt says mockingly. Thomas sighs, "How was I meant to know?" "Guys, we can't bicker like little children." You say, rolling your eyes. "Oh be quiet, Jansons girlfriend." Minho says, half-joking, half-serious. "Come on, that's in the past." Teresa says, scoffing. "Well, she never sent him an official breakup letter." Thomas says, smiling at his own joke.

You sigh, but suddenly your memories come flooding back again.

Memory

"Hey, I'm sorry to have to do this." Janson says, frowning. You shake your head and smile, "It's fine, I agreed to it." Janson nods and places a hand on your cheek. His touch makes your heart skip a beat and your cheeks to turn a deep shade of red. "I haven't been tagged yet?" You ask, narrowing your eyes. Janson chuckles and shakes his head, "No, no, your not WICKED property, I would never tag and lower you down to a lab rat." He says, caressing your cheek gently. You smile, "If I get hurt while in that maze, then when I next see you, I'll beat the crap out of you." you say, kinda joking. Janson laughs and sighs, "No, you'll try to, but I'll just kiss you to calm you down." He says, smirking. You roll your eyes, "Kissing isn't the answer to everything." Janson leans in closer to you, "Isn't it?" He asks, only inches away from your lips...

"Y/N? What do you think?" Minho asks. You look around confused, "Huh?" you ask. Newt sighs, "We're going to try and swing Teresa to that lever over there in order to release us." You nod, "Okay!" After a few attempts, it finally works and a few moments later you're all free.

Suddenly, a huge light hits the area around you and the sound of helicopters can be heard. "Shit...that's WCKED, isn't it?" you ask with worry. Thomas nods, "Yeah...we're fucked."

Jansons voice echos through the building, "This is the World Catastrophe Killzone Department. You find yourselves, through no fault of your own, in possession of WICKED property. We will take it as a misunderstanding if you return them immediately, if not then we will use force to take them."

Minho nods slowly," Y/N, you have one crazy boyfriend..." He says, looking around for some quick escape. "This isn't the time to be petty, Minho." You say, rolling your eyes. You hear a gun click behind you, causing you all to spin around.

"Janson, I've got them." A rough looking man says, pointing a gun at you all and talking into a radio. "I'm coming down." You can hear Janson speak into the radio.

You put your hands into the air, "Hey, look, just us leave peacefully..." You say slowly. Newt nods, holding his hands up, "Yeah, mate, like...we've done nothing to hurt you, so-" The man cuts Newt off, "Shut it!" He says, sticking the gun in Newts face. Suddenly, someone hits the man around the back of his head and he hits the floor with a loud thud.

"Come on guys, quick!" Brenda says, pushing the unconscious man aside with her foot. "Wait, why are you helping us? You just had us tied up?" Thomas asks, narrowing his eyes. "Questions later, now do you want to survive or not?" Brenda asks impatiently. You all seem to silently agree on it and follow Brenda out into a wide, empty part of the warehouse.

You look over your shoulder and see some WCKED gaurds approaching fast. "Shit!" You say, causing everyone to turn and face the gaurds. "We're surrounded!" Teresa says, and you realise the gaurds are forming a circle around you. Suddenly, you feel someone grab your should and put an arm around your neck, not choking you but close enough. You hear a gun click next to your head. You're being held at gunpoint.

"Jorge!" Brenda shouts. "Hey, what's he doing? Get off her!" Minho says, moving forward but stopping as Brenda holds a hand out infront of him. Newt, Thomas, Minho and Teresa all look very worried and you realise that Jorge is holding a gun to your head. The gaurds seem confused but aim their guns at you all.

You see Janson pushing past the gaurds. He spots you almost instantly and goes to run over, but Brenda points her gun at him, causing Janson to stop in his tracks. "Let her go." Janson says, keeping calm and stepping forward a tiny bit. He holds his hand up to tell the gaurds to hold fire.

Jorge laughs loudly next to your ear causing you to jump. You feel scared and feel like crying. "Janson, it's good to see you too. Got your pretty little girlfriend here. She won't be so pretty after I put a bullet in her skull though." Jansons face remains unchanged, yet you can see the fear in his eyes. "No, that won't be happening." Janson says firmly. He moves forward again, but Brenda raises her gun higher and he stops. "Let her go, and I'll let this slide as a...misunderstanding." Janson says, putting his hands up in a surrender motion. Newt looks extremely worried, "I didn't sign up to kill Y/N. She's our friend." Newt says to Jorge but Brenda sighs and shakes her head to Newt.

"I'll let her live, if you let me and these kids to leave here alive." Jorge says, pressing the gun harder against the side of your head. You feel yourself tear up a little and you don't take your eyes off Janson, who also doesn't look away from you."These kids aren't going anywhere." Janson says coldly, hiding his fear very well. Jorge shrugs and puts his finger on the trigger, causing Janson to move forward alot more."Wait!" Janson says loudly, causing Jorge to chuckle a little. "Fine, you can leave." He says in defeat, as his gaurds lower their guns.

Jorge let's go off you. "Are you okay?" Teresa asks instantly. You nod and you see Janson sigh in relief. For some strange reason, you find yourself running over to Janson and throwing yourself into his arms. Janson is startled by this, but hugs you tightly against him nonetheless.