It all started with a threat (Newt x Reader) {Completed}

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Alex stands, smiling softly, "Well, isn't she my niece?" 

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"I'm sorry, what?" I break the long silence, "What do you mean by niece? How old are you? Are you mom's brother?"

"All I know is that someone told me that I had a niece. That she was born, but I never saw her. She must've been sent up here." 

Alby strides over to Alex and grabs the collar of his shirt, lifting him up into the air, his feet barely scraping the floor. "Who are you?" Alby asks, slow and menacing. 

"I-I don't know." Alex chokes. 

"You've listed off a shucking lot that you didn't tell us before. You seem to remember stuff on a whim and at a very convenient time for you. Tell us everything you know." 

"Can you put me down?" Alex asks. Once Alby does what he says, he bends over, coughing lightly. "Ana is my niece. I heard Y/n screams. Two relationships. A brief glace of Newt. That my name is Alex." Alex goes on to list other small things such as his favorite color and which was his dominate hand, but I drown it all out. 

My hands start shaking and I hear a ringing in my ears. 

I can't seem to breath. 

My heart starts beating harder. 

The ringing grows louder. 

My vision gets blurry. 

My hands shake more frantically. 

I can't breath. 

Who am I? 

I can't breath. 

Who am I? 

I can't breath. 

I can't breath. 

"Y/n? Y/n." 

My vision starts to clear and I see Newt crouching in front of me, clutching my cold hands. He places a hand on my cheek and whispers, "Are you alright?"

"I-I-I-" I can't seem to form a sentence. 

"Breath." Newt says, "Follow me." He takes a deep breath in and I try to follow him. 

I can't breath. 

It's shaky and I start hiccuping and tears start rolling down my cheeks, wetting Newt's soft hand. 

"Hey." Newt brings me in a hug and I lean against him, "You're okay. What were you thinking about?" 

"Who am I?" I look up at him with red eyes and a scratchy throat, "Who am I, Newt?" 

"You're Y/n. The greatest girl I've ever known." 

I sniff, hiccuping again. I hug him fully, wrapping my arms around his torso and inhaling his scent. He smells like dirt and a spice I can't quite name. 

I stay in his arms, content, until Minho barges into the room. 

He's panting and looks disheveled. "Y/N!" He cries, "Ana ran into the maze!" 

"What?!" I scream, "And you didn't stop her?!" 

"We turned our backs for a second and-" 

"Shut up!" I push past him, sprinting towards the doors that are starting to screech to a close. I pant, my legs pumping, passing everyone. 

I skid to a stop as the space between the doors get smaller and smaller. I see Ana at the end of the corridor, smiling and waving at me. 

I take a deep breath, bouncing on the balls of my feet. 

And I run into the maze. 

"NO!" I hear multiple voices behind me scream. 

But I run towards Ana, scoop her up, and dart back towards the entrance.  

It's closing. 

And closing. 

And closing. 

Three meters. 

Two meters. 

No other choice, I throw Ana through the doors just as they scrap to a shut. 

"Is she alright?!" I scream. 

"Y/N!" I hear Newt cry. His voice cracks, and I hear his sobbing. My heart breaks. 

"Is she alright?" I yell again. 

"Y-Yes." Alex calls back. 

"Okay. Okay." I sob, "That's all that matters." I slid down the wall, silently weeping, preparing to spend another night in the maze. 

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