THE TWO OF THEM DEPARTED FROM ONE ANOTHER. Both of them wore lopsided grins on their faces and a certain sparkle in their eyes. Neither said something as they both let the moment sink in. The blond boy was very proud of himself, he did what he wanted to do for some time now, he felt like he had feelings for the beautiful girl in front of him before the maze.
He was just about to say something when they got interrupted by Minho, "There you are you shanks!" He sounded relieved that he found his friends again but soon a small smirk made it's way upon his face as he realised how close they were. Just as he wanted to comment something he was met with the glare of Thea who also shot him a warning look.
"We managed to talk to Marcus." he explained. "Everyone's wondering. Where were ya shanks?" questioned Minho as the trio made their way to the rest of the group. "I was trying to follow you guys but then I couldn't see you anymore and well..." she trailed off not wanting to tell Minho what had happened, for her and Newt's sake. The asian boy just raised his eyebrow at the girl but didn't question it.
"That shuckface over there-" Minho pointed at Newt "- decided to run into the crowd and search for you and we couldn't stop him, which was a good thing because he actually found you." Even if Thea didn't know what "shuckface" meant, she could assume from Newt's face expression that it didn't mean anything good.
"Thank you." she smiled at the blond boy, she was really thankful because he lit up her world. The trio went up a staircase to see Marcus tied to a chair with Jorge standing in front of him and Thomas and Brenda lying on beds - hopefully passed out and not dead. It was an absurd image, really. It's not something most people see everyday.
"Thea." Aris went over and hugged the girl tightly, as she was his best friend after all. "Where were you?" he questioned as he departed from the hug. "Long story short, I got lost in the crowd." replied Thea. "So, what happened here?"
"Well Jorge decided that this was the best way to get Marcus to talk and we found Thomas and Brenda who passed out very quickly." explained the short haired boy. Thea looked to the side to see Brenda waking up slowly but surely. The former went over to the latter, "You alright?" questioned the blond.
"I just have a headache." responded Brenda while she held her head in her hands. "You don't look so good either, no offense." pointed Thea out while trying to not offend the brown haired girl. Brenda just looked at Thea a bit confused before realisation hit her. "It's alright."
Thea wondered why Brenda was so nice to her but she brushed it just off. Normally the brown haired would speak in a harsher tone but now she spoke much softer than before. The blond thought it would be better to leave the brown haired girl alone so she could relax for a bit. While Thea talked to Brenda, Thomas seemingly also woke up.
Teresa and Minho took care of him. In the background Thea could hear how Jorge talked - or interrogated - Marcus. The former punched Marcus in the face after yelling words which shouldn't be repeated. Thea winced at the sound of it, it must hurt a lot. "I'm sorry... You're going to have to leave my house." spoke Marcus who was still tied to a chair.
"Looks like you've been having fun." commented Newt as Thomas stood beside him. The brunette - who was still very confused - looked at his best friend and realised that the blond had pink tinted cheeks. "You too." added Thomas with a slight smirk. He speculated that Newt maybe revealed his very existent - even if he denied it - feelings for the group b girl. Newt didn't answer to Thomas' statement as he continued to cross his arms.
"Listen. I don't enjoy hurting you. Where is the right arm, Marcus?" Jorge tried to stay calm as he talked to the wasted guy tied up in a chair. "Wait, this is Marcus?" questioned Thomas with disbelief laced in his voice. "The kid catches on quick." cackled Marcus. "Are you the brains of the operation?" Marcus question was left unanswered as Jorge stepped forward, "I know you know where they're hiding. So you tell me, and I'll make you a deal."
It seemed like Marcus thought that this whole ordeal was very funny and entertaining as he laughed at Jorge's suggestion. "You can come with us." It was quite a fair deal as the Right Arm has been referred to as a safe place. "I burned that bridge a long time ago. Besides, I made my own deal. You're the one who taught me, never miss an opportunity." the man cackled loudly as he smiled to himself proudly.
His statement left the group very confused as it left the question, what does he mean? "What's he talking about?" Newt questioned what everyone was thinking. "I'm talking about supply and demand. WICKED wants all the immunes they can get. I help provide for them. So I lure the kids in... they get drunk, they have a good time. And then, later, WICKED comes in. They separate the wheat from the chaff."
Marcus' statement left the group speechless. He never helped the escaped immunes and non-immunes, he tricked them and then sent the back. Now Thea could understand why Jorge enjoyed hitting Marcus at first. "I changed my mind, hermano. I do enjoy hurting you." and with that Jorge kicked Marcus, resulting in the latter falling onto the floor. Jorge pulled out a gun and held it against Marcus' throat as he laughed on the floor.
"Talk! Talk!" hollered Jorge loudly. "Okay! Jesus! But I'm not making any promises. These guys like to move around." Jorge decided to pull Marcus up again as he took the chair which Marcus was tied to and pulled up very quickly."They have an outpost in the mountains. But it's a long way away. You got half of WICKED on your ass. You're never gonna make it."
What Marcus said was partially true, they really had half of WICKED chasing them, it would only be a matter of time until they get found. "Not on foot." spoke Jorge which confused Thea greatly as they didn't have a vehicle with them, unless... "Where's Bertha?" inquired Jorge as he leaned closer to Marcus who now looked sad and scared. "N-not Bertha." stammered Marcus.
At first Thea assumed that "Bertha" was a person who sold or supplied vehicles but no. Bertha is a car. Thea's first question was why the klank would someone name their car and then name it 'Bertha'. Even if the blond wasn't someone to judge that she was still questioning that.
Bertha was a very dirty blue car with horns on its front. Its windows were stained in black and brown tones. It was an abnormal experience for Thea as she can't remember the last time she sat in a car. She wasn't the only one who couldn't contain their excitement as she glanced at Newt she saw how he smiled like a dork - well cute dork.
If she was honest, she couldn't stop smiling for a while but not because of the new experience but because of the cute dork who sat in the front. What she didn't know was that he also saw her bright and big smile. He couldn't stop admiring her as he watched how her blond hair glistened in the sunlight and how her green eyes lit up at the sight of the surroundings.
The ride was rather short lived as the road which they needed to drive was blocked by cars which were left there. It was like there were no humans left anymore, like they were washed away. The whole atmosphere was sad and depressed. All of them left the car and looked around for a bit as if they took in the view, it was still quite a bit new to them.
"Well, I guess we're on foot." spoke Jorge as he looked ahead. The group started to march down the road which was quite boring. Old cars were left there with blankets and different kind of things loaded onto them. Sometimes they would look if they could find something useful like water bottles or cans. Thea walked besides Newt as he he stared into a car window.
Rocks started to rumble in the distance and then shots were fired. "Take cover!" yelled Newt as hen Minho and Thea ducked behind a car. Its window got shot and broke right besides them. After the fewer shots it got quiet again which confused Thea. "Hey is everyone okay out there?" boomed Thomas.
"We're fine." remarked Teresa loudly making sure that Thomas heard her. "Anyone know where those bloody shots came from?" quizzed Newt as his voice echoed. More gun shots hit the cars as the group continued to hide from them in hopes of not getting hit. A bullet flew past Thea as it almost hit her. Her eyes widened as she mumbled, "Shit." quietly. That was very close.
"Drop it." spoke a female voice as she reloaded her gun. "I said drop it!" her voice sounded very familiar to Thea and seemingly Aris too as both of them looked at one another with wide eyes. Could it be...?
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Who is the unknown woman? I've had another writers block which resulted in me literally ruining the chapter. What is your opinion on Thea? Do you like her or not? And what about her little character development? Comment below!