Previously:
I heard Newt grunt and Thomas gasp for air, Thomas took two small steps back, revealing that not Thomas was stabbed... But Newt.
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"Tommy. Maya." I heard Newt's small voice call out, Newt started to fall backwards but Thomas eased him to the ground.
"No, no. No, no, no." Thomas whispered over Newt's body. I couldn't move, I couldn't breath, I couldn't move a muscle, I could only feel pain and my heart shattered into billions of tiny pieces.
"Newt?" Thomas called out in a whisper, no response. I heard footsteps and I looked up to see Brenda.
She slowly walked forward, tears in her eyes as she looked at Newt's dead body. I saw Thomas get up and grab the gun, he stood there and looked at me and Brenda before looking down to Newt.
He slowly started to walk backwards before turning around fully and walking out of the building, seconds later I saw Frypan, Gally, and Minho run up.
Brenda stayed in her spot but the three boys walked forward, Frypan and Minho both kneeled next to Newt and Gally was just a couple feet in front of Brenda.
I kept looking at Newt's body and saw as Brenda looked over to me. I burst into tears and screamed, falling to my knees.
Brenda and Gally ran over to me, holding me as I sobbed on the floor, I pushed them off of me and crawled over to Newt.
I picked up Newt's head and laid it on my thigh and cupped his cheek as I cried, I closed my eyes and looked up to the sky and screamed.
I looked back down and saw Minho who had got closer to me and Newt. "Minho, will you hold my hand?"
*Minho's point of view*
"Minho, will you hold my hand?" Maya asked, sounding like a child, I scooted closer to her and held her hand with my right one.
She let out a few more sobs "Minho, it hurts!" Her shaky voice exclaimed, I wrapped my left arm around her and she leaned back on me as she cried.
She leaned forward and looked at Newt "You promised! You- you- No! NO! NO! NO! NO!" She yelled as she yanked on his jacket.
"Wake up! Wake up! Newt! Wake up please, Newt! Please Sunshine!" She said trying to wake him up and yanking and shaking him.
"Maya, stop." I told her but she kept trying to wake him "Maya, stop!" I tried again but she kept trying harder now. "MAYA!" I yelled as I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her back.
She wrapped her arms around my arm, crying, wails, screaming, grunting, and gasps filled the air, she kept hitting my arm with her hand.
"NOOO!" She wailed, she gripped my arm tighter and I pulled her closer to me, I looked up and saw everyone looking at Newt.
We created a circle around Newt, Maya gasped for air then unwrapped my arms from around her, she slowly stood up still crouching.
She grabbed under his shoulders and tried dragging him. "Maya, stop." Gally told her. She kept trying to drag him the way we had just come from but Brenda and Gally pulled her off Newt and laid him down.
"We have to bury him! W-we can't just leave him here to burn and rot!" Maya said "We have to take him to the safe haven!" She yelled.
"Maya, he's dead..." Brenda told her "You think I don't know that!? You think I don't know the love of my life is dead?!" She asked, yelling at Brenda.
"I just want one thing to be normal, please..." She said, "Maya we can't..." Frypan told her.
The tears kept streaming down her face as she stood there looking down at Newt, she started to fall backwards when Gally caught her.
Gally pulled her up to stand and hugged her as she cried into his chest, her cry's and screaming muffled by Gally's chest.
She slowly left Gally and sat down on the ground and looked at Newt, she slowly reached her hand up and closed his eyes carefully.
She leaned into me and I held her as she cried, holding Newt's limp hand in hers. "Maya... we need to go." Gally told her minutes later.
She stayed in her spot and kept crying "Maya..." Gally called for her as he swatted down and tried to touch her.
"Don't touch me." She whispered "Maya... We have to go." Gally told her again, she stopped leaning on me and looked at Newt.
"I'm sorry this happened to you... you deserve so much better..." She whispered in between sobs "Goodbye Sunshine... I love you." She told him, kissing his forehead.
She slowly stood up and I helped her, we started to run back to the burg but she just walked slowly.
"Maya!" I yelled for her, she kept walking. Gally handed me the gun he had and ran over picking up Maya and running with her.
We ran and dodged bullets and fire, we got back to the burg and saw Jorge, Vince, and the kids. "What happened?" Jorge asked as he ran over to us.
"Newt didn't make it..." Frypan told him, he looked at Maya who was still in Gally's arms. "Where's Thomas?" Vince asked.
"WICKED..." Brenda told us, we all sat down in seats, I sat next to Gally who was still holding Maya.
We started flying, dodging the smoke or fire, we got to WICKED and saw it was on fire. Gally set Maya down and she just stood there.
We flew up facing the building till we got to the top, seeing Teresa and Thomas "I'll get the hatch" Brenda yelled as she went to the back.
Jorge started turning the burg around to have the hatch facing the building. "I can't get any closer!" Jorge yelled as the hatch opened.
"Come on!" I yelled to them "Come on, Thomas!" Frypan yelled after me. "Get closer!" Teresa yelled "Jump!" Vince yelled.
"Lower!" Teresa yelled, Vince and Thomas grabbed each other's hands and Jorge moved the burg closer.
"No!" Teresa yelled when Thomas fell down. "You gotta get closer!" Gally yelled to Jorge. A building fell after an explosion.
"Come on!" Teresa yelled "Yeah!" Vince yelled "Come on, reach! Come on! Reach!" I yelled to Thomas.
He jumped and Teresa pushed him to give him a small boost "Pull him! Pull him!" Vince yelled, we pulled him up and looked at Teresa.
"Come on!" Vince and I yelled, a building started to fall and Teresa looked behind her and we looked up.
The building collapsed and fell onto the one Teresa was on "Teresa!" Thomas yelled, she looked back at us and stood up, she smiled slightly, seconds later the ground fell from under her.
"No!" Thomas yelled, she disappeared into the smoke and dust and Jorge started to fly away. We pulled Thomas onto his back and pulled up his shirt.
He was shot, everyone started to freak out and applied pressure to the wound, he closed his eyes and we tried shaking him awake but no response.
Gally handed me stuff to use to bandage it so we can stop the bleeding and get him fixed up later.
We flew away and closed the hatch, Thomas has a pulse so Vince is staying with him to monitor him.
I stood up and looked at Maya, she was standing there with her eyes red and puffy and glossy but looked so sad, empty, in pain, or maybe she was numb...
*Two days later*
Maya was sitting next to me and Jorge, leaning her head on my shoulder as I was sitting there holding some wood and messing with it.
I looked up and saw Thomas, I stood up and Maya grabbed my hand and stood up, she looked over to where I was looking and saw Thomas.
We started walking towards him Brenda, Frypan, Gally, Aris, and Jorge came up behind us and Vince and Sonya walked up from behind.
We got a couple steps away from Thomas and stood there for a moment before we walked up and hugged, Maya was in the hug too.
Thomas patted my back and I patted his, we pulled away slightly and Maya just stood there, no smile, no frown, just a couple tears.
*That night*
"We have come a long way together. So many have sacrificed so much to make this place possible. Your friends, and your family." Vince told us.
Frypan put a hand on my shoulder and I looked up to him, I looked over to Maya who was holding my arm and had her head on my shoulder.
"So here's to the ones who couldn't be here. Here's to the friends we lost. This place is for you. It's for all of us."
Vince said and we raised our cups "But this, this is for them. So, in your own time, in your own way, come make your peace."
Vince said, he put the knife in the log and raised his cup "And welcome to the Safe Haven." Vince yelled and people cheered.
I told Maya I would be right back, that I needed to talk to Thomas and that I would meet her by the rock.
"This is gonna be a good home for us." I told Thomas "Yeah." Thomas responded, I looked down and reached into my pocket.
I pulled out the necklace and looked at it before bringing it up to Thomas "You had this on while you were passed out." I told Thomas and he took it from me.
"Figured I'd keep it safe for ya." I told him, he looked at it and stayed silent. "Thanks, Minho." Thomas told me.
I patted his back and sighed "See you out there." I told him "See ya." Thomas told me and I stood up and walked away.
I saw Maya sitting next to the rock with her cup, taking a drink out of it. She looked up to me and stood up.
I grabbed the screwdriver from the log and she placed her cup down. She handed me the hammer and I started hitting the screw driver.
I chiseled Newt's name into the rock and wiped off any excess dirt or little rocks, I put the tools down and stepped back and looked at Newt's name.
"I miss him." Maya said, the first thing she has said since we had to leave Newt's body. I pulled her into a hug and she hugged me back.
"I know, me too." I whispered, I heard her let out a shaky breath. "I'm not okay, and I don't think I ever will be." She whispered.
"And that's okay, we all have something that we will never forget and will always have us sad." I told her, she nodded.
After a while we went back to everyone and sat around the bonfire, Thomas hugged everyone he knew and he sat down next to Maya.
"You should read this, alone or with someone, but when you have time." Thomas told Maya, she took the folded papers and nodded.
It got late so everyone started going to bed, I stood up and looked at everyone. "You're all my family, nothing you shanks do will ever change that."
I told everyone, Maya looked up at me "I love you brother." She said, I smiled and messed up her hair and sat back down.
Maya asked me to be there with her to read the papers, she didn't want to be alone and I understand that, so I agreed.
*Maya's point of view*
I took the papers that Thomas gave me and sat down on the beach with Minho and with a lantern I was given to keep.
I looked at the folded paper in my hands, rubbing it slightly with the pad of my thumb, I slowly unfolded it, looking at the black writing on the two pages.
I sighed and leaned my head back and took a deep breath, I closed my eyes before looking down again, I opened my eyes and started reading.
"Dear Maya, If you're reading this I have most likely ran out of time, and I am watching over you as you read this. I want you to know I'm not scared of dying, I'm scared of losing my memories and who I am, I'm scared of losing you. When we first met, you were such a beautiful girl who was quiet and scared, and I watched you for that month, admiring who you were becoming and finding yourself. Then when we started dating I became someone in your life, and when you disappeared I never realized how lonely you could really get. But I met you and you were quiet and reserved, and now... Now you're so happy, bright, funny, smart, and a talented girl. You are the love of my life and even though I may be dead, nothing will change that. I knew that I would love you till I died when we had our first kiss, and I was right. So thank you for being a part of my life, for making these amazing and beautiful moments with me. But I would like to ask one thing of you, to please not push everyone away, to not do anything to hurt yourself, to live a life at the safe haven for me. Goodbye.
All my love. Newt"
I read the letter Newt wrote me, tears slid down my cheeks as I read it, a small smile appeared on my face at the end.
I looked over to Minho who was sitting next to me and reading it with me, he looked at me and I smiled through the tears.
I leaned my head on Minho's shoulder, and he wrapped an arm around me and rubbed my upper arm.
"Fuck, I love him." I said with a small chuckle, I heard Minho chuckle slightly and I folded the papers up, holding them to my chest.
"We had years with him, yet it feels so short." I told Minho, he had three years plus outside the maze, I had one and a half with him.
"It does feel like that. With all of them." Minho said and I agreed. We sat there for a while longer, I cried silently and Minho sat there holding me in a brotherly way.
We made it, we made it to the safe haven. Broken, cracked, and chipped, but its life... You're born, you live a life, then you die.
But this... It didn't feel like our journey was over quite yet... Like it was incomplete, our story wasn't ready to end...