A Lovers Journey (Newt x Reader ~ Sequel to Him)

Chapter 8: Captured and Hung

"Okay, I got it." Thomas says, holding Teresa by the waist, he then asks if Minho is ready, "Yeah!" Not so gracefully, Thomas pushes Teresa to Minho, and then Minho pushes Teresa to the railing surrounding the lever. She misses it by an inch.

Minho yells out in frustration, and when Teresa comes back he pushes her back to Thomas. "Come on guys, try harder!" I encourage, and with this next attempt, she still misses.

"Come on, Minho! Push her harder!" Newt yells, and with this next attempt, she finally reaches the railing and pulls herself to the flooring. "Yes!" All of us shout, and I didn't even care about how dizzy I would feel once I was back on my feet, I just wanted to get down from here.

I watch as Teresa flips herself over and pulls down the lever, we can't see her any longer due to how far down we are, but she would be able to grab our feet and pull us up.

Not long after I hear her feet running along the floor and then feel a sudden tug at my feet. "Okay, Y/n. I'm gonna pull you up." She uses her strength to pull my feet and I reach up, she then grabs my hand and pulls me onto the floor.

I move to untie my feet, when a sudden voice booms throughout the building. "Good evening!" Immediately, I recognize the voice to be Janson and the whirring sound of helicopter wings. "This is the World Catastrophe Killzone Department."

"How did they find us?" Newt yells with a worried tone, and I hurriedly untie my feet before standing up and running to Thomas. "I don't know, but we have to hurry!" Thomas yells from below me as I grab his feet, he reaches up and I pull up him up with my hand.

"We have your compound completely surrounded. You find yourselves, through no fault of your own..." Janson's booming voice continues from all around. "In possession of WICKED property."

Newt, Frypan, Minho, and Aris are the four that would be the hardest to reach. Reaching for the ones closest to the flooring was smart, I need to credit Teresa for that later.

"Newt, come on!" Teresa says, giving him a metal rod to pull himself up with. I then move over and grab one of the metal rods remaining behind her, moving over to Aris.

"Aris, grab on!" I say to him, and I'm honestly not surprised at how easy it is to pull him up. "Thanks, Y/n!" He says hurriedly, untying his feet. "Yeah, no problem!" I say while scanning the room for the remaining Gladers.

Thomas was helping Frypan up to the flooring, Teresa and Newt were reaching for Minho. Everything seemed to be somewhat under control, we would be getting out of here in no time.

By the time Aris and I make our way around the missing area of floor, everyone was untied and heading towards us to regroup.

"Okay! Let's go. Let's go." Thomas ushers when all of us were together again, but we suddenly come to a halt when we see one of Jorge's guards pointing a gun at us. He cocks it.

Newt immediately takes my hand, slightly pushing me behind him. "We're not trying to cause any trouble, okay?" Thomas explains, slowly putting his hands in the air. "We just, we just got to get out of here."

"Is that so?" The guard asks, showing his crooked smile and missing teeth. He then lifts up a walkie-talkie, holding it to his face. "Janson, I got them for you. I'm bringing them down. Don't shoot us."

Holy shit, what a plot twist. I thought, and Teresa exclaims, "now is not the time!"

"Come on, let's go." The guard says, and Thomas shakes his head. "I said, let's go." The guard repeats, but none of us move. Then suddenly, Thomas takes the guard's wrist and faces the gun away from us, resulting in a bullet flying across the room.