-P I P E R-

The group had made it closer to the Last City and the huge concrete walls surrounding it. However, outside of the City were crowds of citizens who had turned against WCKD, surviving every day with a lack of basic needs. The crowds of protesters were angry, furious, at WCKD for tearing down humanity.

"We are the voice of the voiceless! They hide behind their walls... thinking they can keep the cure for themselves while they watch the rest of us wither and rot!"

Another truck drove past, people were sat on top of it with megaphones, preaching that they must be heard. Piper stared at a teenage boy sat on the vehicle, his face covered in a mask yet he seemed so familiar.

"So I say, we rise up... and take back what is ours!"

The group made it closer to the concrete walls, compressed by the huge crowds of rioting people. Thomas lead the group through the protests towards the front of the crowd, though Piper lacked behind for she had noticed a few drones following the group from the skies above.

"Hey, come on." Jade looked back at Piper, holding her lower wrist and pulling her through the tight crowds.

Piper frowned, her eyes darting around widely, "This doesn't feel right."

"We've got this far." Thomas replied, "We can't turn back."

Newt shared a concerned glance with Piper. He insisted, "We have to go now. Look!"

In amongst the crowd, masked men barged their way through the crowd with guns and weapons, when suddenly a echoing buzzing sound came from within the walls. It quietened the crowd instantly, as the people watched huge machines arise from the walls defence. The crowd had already started running and screaming, before WCKD sent a first off the first explosion.

"Go, go, go!"

The group sprinted away, cutting down alleyways and a variety of routes to try and get away from the danger. Abruptly, Piper was grabbed by the shoulders by one of the masked men, before they dragged her towards a van. The girl kicked and screaming, biting the man and spitting in his face, though she wasn't strong enough. Piper noticed these men were kidnapping her friends too, as she caught a glimpse of Brenda being thrown into the back of a van with Thomas.

"Jay! Brenda!" Jorge yelled, as three men forced him into another van.

"Jade!" Piper found herself calling for help, "Get off me, you- fuck off!"

Piper had been thrown into the back of the van with Newt and Frypan, glaring at two armed men who sat opposite them. The journey was silent, and when they were offloaded out of the vehicles, they were reunited with each other.

"Where is she?!"

A van pulled in, yelling and clashing coming from the inside. Suddenly, the two doors were swung open, and a masked man stumbled out. Jade stormed out of the van, her fists were bruised and cut, and she retrieved the gun, with no ammo left, from her pocket.

Jade pretended it was loaded, pressing it up against the man's temple. She yelled, "I'll kill you, hijo de puta! Tell me where Piper is! I'll kill you!" She pressed it harder into his skull, her jaw clenched with rage. Suddenly, with all her might, Jade swung the rear of the gun and smacked it around the man's head.

"Shit!" Thomas cursed, rushing over towards the girl protectively, "Hey, stop!"

"She's here!" Brenda shouted, "Jay, she's-"

"I'm here! I'm right here." Piper blurted out, pulling Jade away from the man. She lowered her voice, frowning softly at Jade, "Relax. Okay?"

The men pulled Jade and Piper away from each other, holding every person in the group at gunpoint. Everybody raised their hands in surrender, as one of the masked men spoke,

"Everyone relax!" He said, "We're all on the same side here."

"Same side?" Thomas asked, breaking free of the man's grasp and approaching him, "Who the hell are you?"

The young man stared at the group, before hesitantly taking off his mask. Gally, a boy from the Maze- the boy who killed Chuck. Piper had watched him die. He had lost his mind in the Maze- he didn't want to leave. Piper's heart dropped, and it felt like the whole world had just crashed down on her lung. She couldn't think. She couldn't breathe. Piper was reliving Chuck's death once more.

Thomas punched Gally to the floor, Newt trying to talk Thomas out of beating the life out of him. Piper's vision was hazy, a high pitched ringing buzzed in her ears so loudly that she couldn't hear Jade calling her name beside her.

Piper hyperventilated, her body weakening as she tried to walk away from the situation. A man stood in front of her, blocked her way with his body and gun.

"Hey!" Jade snapped, holding Piper's hand reassuringly, "Let her through. Can't you see she needs a minute?"

"Let her go." Gally ordered the guard, "She needs time."

Jade nodded at the boy in appreciation, who was still trying to tell his story to his old friends, before guiding Piper into an isolated concrete room.

"You need to breathe, okay?" Jade reassured, before pulling out a chair from a dusty desk, "Here. Sit down."

Piper sat down shakily, her body trembling with anxiety as tears rolled down her cheeks. Jade bent down in front of her, trying her best to soothe the girl but nothing worked.

Piper cried, "I-I can't-"

Jade looked around the room, her eyes darting around for something to distract Piper with: the rubbish, the debris, the dust... nothing seemed to catch Jade's eye.

She suggested, "Just think of a really happy memory... uh, like... I don't know. Shit. Piper, just think of something and tell me."

Piper clutched onto her chest shakily.

Jade frowned in confusion, her mind racing with thoughts on what to do. Abruptly, an idea popped into Jade's head, as she leant forward towards the girl. She held Piper's cheeks, before placing a long kiss on the girl's lips.

Jade pulled away slowly and awkwardly, "I'm sorry if... I just thought that holding your breath would help- maybe, take your mind off it. I'm sorry-"

Piper's breath returned to normal, her eyes traveled between Jade's eyes and lips, "It's okay. That... That was smart."

Jade stared at her in admiration, scared that Piper could hear her heart beating widely through her chest. Jade broke the temporary silence, "If I was really smart I would tell you that you should talk to someone. Maybe that would help you."

Piper scoffed softly, "Who would wanna hear me talk about the Maze?"

Jade looked at the girl in confusion- had Piper not got the hint? Jade wanted to hear about every moment in Piper's life that she remembered. She wanted to know about everything Piper loved and everything she hated. Jade found her so interesting and compelling- didn't she make that clear?

Jade paused, wiping the tear that stained Piper's cheek, "I would... if you wanted to tell me."

"Sure." Piper nodded, smiling slightly, "We could... arrange that."

Piper watched as Jade stood up slowly and began to exit the small room. She hated the idea of the kiss being forgotten about- overlooked like it was nothing. Piper wanted it to be something- and she knew Jade wanted it too.

"Jade, wait." Piper blurted out, standing up from her chair, "Are we gonna talk about it?"

"What?" Jade frowned in confusion, but a teasing manner laced through her tone, "About how I kissed you?"

"Yeah." Piper replied nervously, "Didn't it... mean anything to you?"

Jade looked at the girl admiringly, as she stood in the doorway. Before she walked away, a one-worded reply escaped her lips, "Everything." Jade reached out her hand, "Come on, we need to catch up to the others."

A/N:
SASSY JADE?
GALLY?
KISS CHAPTER?
i was feeling generous.