ok so this is set in tst, a bit of the book but it's mostly set around the end of the scorch trials film. thomas never went into the maze. 

"shit!" people were running all over the place as fire began to spread. a berg was beginning to circle one area, trying to land. 

5 minutes later, everyone has been rounded up and forced down onto their knees. 

"this is just great." minho whispered to newt.

"it really is." he sighed miserably, rolling his eyes unnoticeably.

the berg had landed by this point, and the door at the back began to open. the all too familiar ava paige walked out with janson.

"let go of us now!" minho struggled, only to be pushed down by the guard once again. 

"is everyone accounted for?" janson spoke, his head held high which just made him look more rat-like.

"pretty much, yes. the others are probably dead."

newt could only assume that he wasn't the only one absolutely appalled by the lack of care.

"are all the... main ones here?"

"yes." the guard replied. 

"good." 

a second later a girl with black hair and blue eyes walked out.

"ah, teresa. glad for you to join us." dr paige said, wrapping her arm around her back slightly. 

teresa gave a curt nod. a second later, another sound was heard from the exit / entrance of the berg. 

"thomas." janson and dr paige shared a knowing look, before the older man looked at a guard and nodded. 2 guards strided up to thomas as soon as he walked out of the berg, knocking him to the ground.

"what are you doing?! get off of me!" he yelled, struggling against the restraints of the strong people. (idk why this phrase was funny to me ok)

"thomas. stop struggling. teresa here as explained everything to us." dr paige didn't move a muscle to see thomas, but she just spoke whilst staring at all the chaos she had made. the guards brought the brunette around to where everyone else was. he scanned the crowd, stopping when he got to a certain group.

"newt, minho.." he croaked out. 

"who the shuck are you?!" minho spat. 

newt and thomas locked eyes for a split second before thomas could stand up and look at the WICKED workers. well, other than himself.

"teresa." he glared at the girl. 

"i'm sorry, tom."

"don't call me that." 

"tom..." 

"i said don't call me that!" 

she visibly flinched. "alright, thomas! i'm sorry! i had to."

he shook his head slightly, breathing heavily. "no. you didn't have to do anything. you chose to do it!" 

"thomas, you need to calm down." janson butted in. "teresa did what's best. you're just confused." he took a step forward towards thomas. 

he backed away, grabbing that explosive thing he has in the movie from his back pocket. "get away from me!"

"calm down! you used to have the same mindset as teresa. i remember when you knew that we were doing things for the best."

"times have changed. that was before you started killing my friends." he shot all 3 a defensive glare. 

"put it down, thomas." 

thomas closed his eyes, shaking his head. his hands were trembling, as was his whole body. very visibly. janson made eye contact with a guard who began to raise his gun at thomas. 

"shoot me then."

the rat brought his hand to his face, making an exaggerated sigh. "he doesn't care enough about himself. too selfless for his own good." he whispered towards dr paige and teresa. whilst they were bickering, teresa got a gun from the ground and began making her way over to where the 'subjects' were sat on the ground. thomas was now watching her every move. his eyes widened as he realised her intention.

"get away from him!" he practically screamed at teresa. 

"drop it, thomas." 

"get off him." his eyes were full of determination.

teresa was stood, gun pressed against a struggling newt's throat. 

"i will pull the trigger, tom."

"no.." he breathed out shakily. "please, teresa. i know you. you wouldn't."

"do you really want to test that?" 

he was silent for a second. 

more guards from behind him were coming up, so, instead of dropping it, he threw the bomb thing at those guards, dropping to the ground instantly after as he heard the shot. he stood up as quickly as he could, running to where newt and minho were, grabbing both of them by their wrists.

"who is this slinthead, newt?!" minho shouted, shaking his arm free but still following the boy in question because newt seemed to trust him and hadn't shaken him off.

newt was in too much shock to answer. 

"look, i'll explain everything later, minho! where the actual shuck is brenda and jorge?!" thomas could feel his heartbeat in his ears.

"i don't know!" the asian responded.

"useful. alright, look, we need to get to vince." his eyes scanned the area, before finding vince. he sprinted off to vince and mary. (i didn't want mary to get shot because yes) as soon as they were there, mary was holding thomas' arms with her hands. 

"thomas?! i thought they would have killed you after what you did." she smiled, laughing exasperatingly.

"talk later! we're in a bit of a predicament here!" 

mary nodded. "alright, look, brenda and jorge are shooting from up there, we need to get up there." she pointed up on a cliff at a gun. she then pointed at the berg. "teresa and the others look like they're gonna be leaving. we need to go!"

thomas nodded. "come on." he sprinted off, gaining cover from vince's shots. the ivy trio ran up towards hillside. 

"someone's behind us!" minho shouted. 

"just run!" 

but of course minho's stubborn ass didn't listen, so instead of running he ran towards those big gun things that vince was using and began shooting them down. newt and thomas were hiding behind a truck that was a bit further away from minho. they watched as he shot down most people, but then screamed out when he was in view of an attacker.

"minho!" thomas shouted as he fell to the ground, being electrocuted.

"tommy, come on, we have to leave him!-" newt tugged on his sleeve, still mesmerised and watching as minho was dragged away.

thomas knew newt was right, but just couldn't bring himself to leave him. "but-"

"stop it, shut up. i know. i want to run after him but we can't, tommy!" he stood up and ran for it, making him slower than thomas because of his limp. thomas followed suit, but not before hearing a girl call out to him.

"wicked is good, thomas."

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as they reached the hill, newt leant against brenda's truck. he made sure most people were there - which they were. thomas was heaving, staring ahead blankly. 

"oh my god, tom tom?! i thought you died for a second!" brenda laughed, punching the other in the side. 

"wow, i'm so hurt, how rude of you to want me to die." he rolled his eyes. "hey, jorge." he nodded towards the male who engulfed him in a shocking hug. 

"glad you're okay, hermano."

"please can somebody explain what's going on?" frypan groaned, wiping his eyes out of tiredness.

mary spoke before thomas could. "thomas here works for wicked."

"what?!"

vince held up a hand to shut anyone else up.

"the first time i saw him, he explained to me how much he hated seeing his friends in pain in the maze." she averted her gaze to the ground.

"the last time i saw him? he gave me all the locations of wicked places." (pls i've forgotten what the actual lines are i'll change them later)

the people there looked at thomas expectantly. but, he was too busy locking eyes with newt who had now moved to be stood normally, not resting against anything. 

"shuck it." newt muttered, practically running into thomas, pushing him against the truck with a thud and wrapping his hand around his chin. 

"ow."

"shut up." 

"make me."

the blonde leant in, kissing thomas. thomas' eyes fluttered close, missing the sensation of, well, this. their eyes opened as they pulled apart.

"bloody hell, i missed you tommy."

"the feelings mutual." he let out a chuckle but it quickly turned into a frown. "i'm sorry. i'm so sorry." he slid down the side of the truck, bringing newt with him. he buried his face into his shoulders, willing himself not to cry and make a fool of himself. 

"calm down. you didn't want to. it's fine, you can't do anything about it now." he kissed the brunette's forehead tenderly, closing his eyes as he rested his own head on thomas'.

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"okay, so, what, you're saying that we used to be friends before the maze?" frypan stared eyes wide at thomas.

"well, we werent exactly friends. even before everything, most people hated me because i was always their favourite." he shrugged, furrowing his eyebrows when he realised there was a weight on his hands as he moved them, but blushing as he realised him and newt subconsciously held hands.

"wait but how come newt remembers you?" 

"you know how aris remembers sonya and harriet? well, basically, we wanted to go into the maze. but we couldn't, so, long story short, we could choose 1 person to give some of their memories back to. i chose newt, and aris got 2 picks as teresa gave him hers because she didn't want to choose anyone. so, yeah. aris and i are friends, as you know, so he knew about me betraying them at this part. he left wicked for you guys, what, when you escaped to the scorch? yeah, well for me we said i'd leave at this bit. but then teresa snitched and wicked ended up knowing so they were prepared." 

"oh yeah, also-"

"no more questions i want to steal him for a bit." newt stood up, dragging thomas with him.

"alright then, i have no say in the matter." 

he took him to the rocks. 

"are we gonna get minho back?" newt asked, intertwining their fingers. 

"yeah, of course we will." 

there was a minute of silence which both boys enjoyed.

"hey, newt?"

"yeah?"

"don't leave me."

"i won't be going anytime soon. plus, i'm too amazing to die when i'm still young."

thomas looked at the ground. 

"i hope so."

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