Thomas's POV
I let Lydia's question sink in, taking a moment to comprehend it.
"None of your concern," I breathe out. We were let inside and the pack bombarded us with questions.
Teresa's eyes were shut closed and shook her head.
"Hey, Teresa," I soothe, leading her away.
"Everyone just shut the shuck up!" Brenda yelled. Her eyes were wild with anger, frustration, worry, and thrill. The pack was quite down, startled. "Sit your asses down and stay quiet," she snapped, clenching her fists.
The pack quietly listened, waiting for us.
"It's okay, calm down Teresa," I whispered, hugging her. She buried her head into my chest, covering her ears. She was overwhelmed. The talking, shouting and the events from a few minutes ago caught up to her. I hugged her tightly, listening to the others talking to the pack.
After a bit, we joined everyone on the couch.
"Don't ask us about what happened alright?" Minho demanded. "How did you even know?" he asked.
"Parrish told us over the phone and Lydia sensed something," Scott explained.
"What were you guys doing in the forest?" Malia asked, frowning. Teresa eyed her.
"We were looking around, bumped into Peter," she replied. Malia's eyes narrowed.
"You met my dad?" she asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Teresa and I have known your dad longer than you have Malia," I stated flatly. Malia's eyes flashed brightly. Scott put a hand on her arm.
"Malia, calm down" he urged, anxious.
I watched Malia, calming down rather quickly. Her temper had gotten better. Minho nudged my arm impatiently. I look at him, peering into his dark eyes.
'Newt' he mouths, squinting slightly with anxiousness. I nod stiffly.
'At home' I mouth back, gazing at him warningly. He nods. Sonya sits next to me, her warm hand firmly clasped with mine.
"So, you guys are planning something" Scott remarks. Brenda frowns.
"Yeah, so what if we are?" she asks, arching a brow in his direction. Scott glared at her.
"I want to know," he demands. Minho balls his hands into tight fists.
"Why?" he snarls, barely keeping his own temper in check. Scott looks offended.
"Because it has something to do with Beacon Hills, my home" he fires back. "I want to help!" he exclaims, glaring at Minho. I hold Minho back from doing anything rash.
"Enough Minho, calm yourself for now" I order. "Save your strength," I add. Minho gave me a pained look. I calmed him down, keeping my hand firmly on his shoulder.
"We've got to go, Thomas," Sonya states, standing. Her face his stoic, but I sensed the urgency in her voice. Scott shook his head.
"Where are you guys going?" he asked, trying to be calmer than before. I stood up and faced him.
"We are going to do something dangerous Scott," I reply. Minho leaves, not giving them another glance. Sonya glances at me and then quickly leaves. Brenda lingers, but eventually exits the house.
Teresa dn I stare at our friends from before.
"Thomas please, you can't leave" Scott pleads. I shook my head.
"I have to go," I state.
"Can we come, please?" Lydia asks. I sighed, looking at Teresa.
"Tom, I don't know... they might be helpful" Teresa states slowly. I huff out a breath.
"Okay fine, you can come, but don't blame me if you don't make it out," I snap, slamming the door on the way out. Minho meets my gaze, his face falls.
"You didn't...?" he trails off. He exhales, shaking his head. "Fine, they have a death wish then," he states, getting into the passenger seat of the jeep that was parked at Scott's house since my disappearance.
I hop into the driver's seat. Sonya and the other two girls get in the back.
"Scott, you better not slow us down!" I call warn. Scott and his pack are in the other car. He meets my hard expression and nods.
We start driving. We go past the Beacon Hills sign. We drive and drive.
"So, we're should we go first?" Minho asks. Sonya sucks in a breath, thinking.
I think the safest bet is to go to the scorch," she tries. I nod.
"Yeah, I think that's the best bet," I agree. So, I took off to the deserts. We occasionally talked, but it was silent most of the way.
"Pull up over there" Brenda instructed, pointing to the side of a tree. I frowned but obliged. We got out of the car, the faint outline of sand and mountains visible.
"Well, isn't this familiar," Minho mused, sighing. Brenda looks at the pack who just parked. She slowly took out her gun.
"Hey," she called out. "Redhead, catch," she ordered. Lydia turned and caught the gun, startled. Wordlessly, Brenda began walking. Teresa followed walking to match her pace with Brenda's.
"Here we go," I muttered. Minho and Sonya look at me before we start the journey. I pulled the hood of my jacket up and the others followed.
"Oh god, it's so hot" Lydia stated.
"Don't take the jacket off, you'll get burned" Sonya warned. I forgot how hot the scorch was.
Brenda and Teresa were a little ahead of us so, we pushed forward.
The air was humid and sand blew around us.
Thankfully, we didn't run into any cranks. Minho kept his gun in his hand, scoping the area.
"Which way should we go?" Sonya asked. I looked above our heads, trying to spot anything. Teresa gasped.
"Lights, uh mountains" I stammer out, trying to remember anything from our time at the scorch.
"Lightning storms are common here too," Minho retorted, snorting. Teresa rolled her eyes.
"I think we should start north, just keep going forward" I state. Brenda sweeps the surroundings and then nods.
"Yeah, it's just a bunch of sand, think of it as a big beach," she replies, more to herself than any of us. Teresa took her hand and the two of them started north. Sonya sighed, pulling up her scarf to cover the lower half of her face. She pulled the jacket tighter around herself and then, started after them.
"Let's go," I barked out, looking at the pack. Minho and I followed behind Sonya, occasionally making jokes or small talk. I knew Scott's pack hadn't exactly prepared, but it was him that wanted to come. I warned him about the things he would experience.
"Where exactly are we going?" Isaac asked.
"We're going to the mountains, and then we'll make our way to the city," Minho replied, not looking back. Issac huffed.
"How very helpful," he muttered, sarcastic. Minho's hand twitched, his jaw clenched.
"Watch it, I could kill you right now and nobody would stop me," Minho snapped, eyes flashing murderously.
"Minho, don't waste your energy on him" I stated in a low voice. Minho exhaled, and whipped back around, starting off towards the girls.
I stayed behind, turning to the pack.
"You guys better be extra careful, we are all tense and if you agitate us and get in our way, we'll shoot you" I warned.
Scott nodded slowly. I followed Minho and kept my hand on my gun as I walked. Sonya was walking with her back ramrod straight and I saw the clench in Minho's jaw.
"How far do you think it is?" Minho asked as I caught up with him. I shrugged.
"Hard to say, we'll know when we reach the mountains I guess," I replied, unsure. Minho nodded with unease. I patted his shoulder. "Relax, we'll get there" I promised. He met my eyes and gave me a nod.
It was a long travel, we walked for hours on end.
Author's Note
Hey guys, I'm so sorry I've been inactive, I was in a bit of a slump and worked on mother fanfic This is a cliffhanger, stay tuned for the next chapter