❤︎ |7| Flashes

    Andréa quietly shut the door to the maintenance room and turned to face her small group of friends; Alby, Newt, Minho, and her brother Thomas. Ever since she -along with her brother and Teresa- were allowed to meet the others they had been meeting in secret to hang out without being watched by the WCKD staff.

    "Ava finally stopped my schooling and said I could join you Tommy!" She cheered.

    Thomas smiled at her and brought her into a hug. "I told you she wasn't going to keep you for long."

    She gave Minho a fist bump before sitting on a crate near him. "Thank god you were right."

    Suddenly the door was yanked open and WCKD officers came in and grabbed them all up by their arms. Andréa followed behind Minho and Thomas, terrified of what they would do to them. Her eyes shot up to see a distressed Teresa in one of the other officers clutches having been caught on her way to the room.

    "You kids need to learn your place." A unfamiliar man said once he strode to the group of kids. "And I got just the thing to scare you straight." He walked through them and walked shared. "Follow me." They walked through many hallways following Randall when finally they got to a big opening filled with boxes and random people working around.

    "What are you going to do?" Andréa asked being the only one brave enough to speak at the time.

    Instead of answering, Randall opened the door that led to the pit. They were all pushed into the crank pit -except for Newt who was not immune like his friends- and forced to look at all the virus ridden people that stood behind the fences poking their arms through to get to the fresh blood.

    The officers let them go and stood at the door watching them silently. Andréa clutched onto her brothers arm scared of the zombies around them.

    They continually herded around until they saw John Michael. The flare-ravaged founder of WCKD. He had a white board with him and wrote the words 'WCKD is good' with what looked like his last bit of sanity.

    Andréa shook her head and tried to hid behind her brother like he could keep the man away. "I need you kids to help find the cure. It's too late for me but you can help others. Please find it." He begged.

    Thomas blocked Andréa with his arm and nodded at the guy. "We will."

    John breathed heavily as he set his sights on Randall. "Kill me. Please. I can not stay this way any longer."

    Andréa and Teresa widened their eyes and before they could say anything Randall pulled his gun out and shot John dead.

    Andréa jumped at the loud bang and cried into her brothers shoulder. Alby looked down afraid to see the blood while Minho and Teresa glanced at each other in horror and disgust.

    Andréa woke up for the second time that day, only this time in her bed and with the sun rising. Another strange memory coming to her head. The pictures in her head were fuzzy and choppy and she barely remembered what they were or when it happened. Suddenly she got woozy and ran into the makeshift bathroom to throw up.

    Parts of the dream randomly flashed threw her head from seeing Thomas, to being dragged by a guard, to the cranks in the pit. It made her even more dizzy and she threw up again.

    Newt got up and rushed to her at the noise and rubbed her back as he kneeled by her side. "What's wrong?"

   Andréa looked up at him with tear stained cheeks. "My dream. It was horrible. I saw these zombie like creatures and then when I woke I got flashes from the dream and it made me feel so sick."

    The blonde boy leaned forward and kissed her forehead. "Do you feel better now?"

    "A little." She replied as he helped her up. She slumped against him once he got her to stand due to the dizziness still in her head.

    "Let's lay down and we'll get food later. It's still early out." He looked at her confirmation.

    "Sounds good," she said.

    Newt set her down on bed and then crawled in himself. He turned her around and then pulled her into him. He used one hand to rub her head while the other laid on her waist.

***

    "Do you want to talk about your dream?" Newt asked from beside her while they ate their plain breakfast.

    Andréa looked to see Chuck coming toward them and she shook her head. "No. No I think... it was just a silly dream. I barely remember any of it anyway."

    "Can you show me your cabin now?" Chuck asked.

    "Sure." Andréa spoke before Newt could say anything. "I'll see you later Newt." She got up and walked to Fry to give the empty plate back.

    "Is something going on between you two?" Chuck asked curiously as he followed the girl into the woods.

    "I just had a bad dream Chuckie. And I didn't want to talk about it. He's just worried."

    Chuck made an 'oh' sound. "Okay."

    "Well here we are." She gestured to the tiny cabin.

    Chuck ran time the door and opened it to see a comfy looking bed and the door to the bathroom. "That looks really comfy." He commented before going to lay down.

    Andrew grabbed a hold of his shirt to stop him from going any further. "Nice try." She smiled and pulled him back to her. "You still have a job to do and breakfast is almost over."

    Chuck groaned and slumped down. "Fine."

    "Maybe next time." She gave in.

    Chuck smiled widely. "Yes."

    Andréa shook her head before pushing him out so they could get to their jobs.

***

    Andréa was grabbing a pale of water for the gardens with two other guys that Newt trusted. It was a small pond in the forest and it was actually really nice to be around. She made a mental note to visit during her free time.

    In her peripheral vision she saw a red light beam at her before scurrying away causing her to become curious. "I'll be right behind you. I need to take a quick break." She told the two as she sat her pale down.

    The two gave her a nod before walking ahead. Her eyebrows furrowed as she walked in the direction of the mysterious red light and listened for movement that wasn't her own. She saw it scurry again across her and knew she wasn't going crazy. She started running after it and noticed the small thing looked like a big bug yet it was metal looking with a red dot on its head. It stopped after a moment and she slowly walked toward it when loud branches snapping caused it to run away and for her to gasp and quickly turn around.

    "Oh. Newt it's just you." She smiled a little letting out her unease in a shaky breath. "You scared me."

    "The boys told me that they didn't see you on the trail when they went to fetch more water so I came to look for you." He looked past her shoulder but saw nothing there. "What were you looking for?"

    "It was just a weird looking bug." She shrugged it off. "Can you take me back?" She asked with a sheepish smile. "I don't know which way to go..."

   Newt smiled and offered his hand to her which she took. "I got you. I always will."

   She blushed and thanked him before turning back to where the weird bug looking thing disappeared to. Her eyebrows furrowed as she continued to think about what it was that she saw. It obviously wasn't an animal and it had to be from the Creators. But why?

What the hell was it for?

This was part of my collab I did on insta