𝘼 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 of the metal plate sliding across the cement sounds through the small room, making Blake cringe.

"Down there?" The small brunette questions In disbelief and disgust, pointing her dainty finger to the, what looks to be a bottomless hole.

"Never said you had to like it, Blake." Gally responds, grunting as he throws the heavy metal to the side with a loud clank.

Grabbing the ladder, the builder hauls the metal down into the hole as Jorge whispers "Be careful, Blake—" The older man then turns his head to the boy standing closely beside the small brunette "Thomas."

"We'll try" The small brunette smiles back to the older man, who has become much like a father figure to her.

Climbing down into the pit, Fry's voice stops the taller boy from decending. "Gally"

A sigh leaves the boy as he kneels on one knee beside the hole, squeezing his eyes shut for a brief moment before continuing. "Take care of these three."

A soft smile makes its way onto Blake's lips at the boy worrying about their safety. Gally nods his head as he steps down the ladder. "Yeah."

Lifting his blue-green eyes up to the small brunette standing next to Thomas, Gally reaches a hand out, nodding to the small girl to take.

Hesitating for a second, Blake shoots Thomas a glance, whose eyes continue boring holes into the ex builder's head.

He's still pissed—and rightly, so.

"We don't have all day, Blake." Gally shoots the small brunette a look, pressing his lips together as the small girl lets out a sigh.

Stepping forward and taking his hand in hers, Blake starts descending the ladder with Thomas and Newt following closely behind her.

The dark abyss of the tunnel makes Blake swallow a thick lump in her throat, not liking the eerie vibe radiating through the dark depths around her.

Keeping her flashlight trained in front of her, Blake scrunches her face in disgust. "Ew."

"This is gross." The blond adds, also cringing as the four trek through the dark and mysterious tunnel. "Jesus."

"Yeah, this is great." Thomas adds sarcastically, shaking off some weird substance stuck to the bottom of his boot.

A few thuds sound from Blake's right, making a whirling and clicking sound echo through the huge corridor. Lights flicker down the tunnel as emerald eyes widen before adjusting to the light.

Glancing over to Thomas next to her, Blake raises an eyebrow before pressing her lips together. Whiskey orbs trail over the girl's face in the dim lighting before briefly gazing at her lips.

"Stay with me" Gally says, cutting Thomas out of his daydream as the taller boy walks past the three. "We got a ways to go."

Thomas shakes his head and squeezes his eyes shut for a moment as he watches the small brunette turn around to walk away.

"You've got it, bad." The blond whispers, catching the boy off guard as his eyes widen.

Looking to see Blake trailing closely behind Gally—out of ear shot, Thomas lets a relieved sigh escape his lips.

"I-" The boy stumbles over his words, not knowing how to defend himself from his blond friend sending him an amused smirk from the side.

"It's okay to admit it, you know." Newt whispers as he steps forward to follow the other two. Pressing his lips together as he sends the boy a look over his shoulder the blond laughs. "Man up, already."

Peeking through the crack of the slightly opened door, Gally scans his blueish-green orbs around the area, before pushing through and nodding for the others to follow.

"Shit." The small brunette mutters as she and the three boys walk through the crowd of people walking past.

Trying to keep a straight face, Blake squares her shoulders and walks behind Newt.

A bell echoes through the air as a sudden hand slides down to grab onto the girl's small hand, making Blake quickly whip her head around to Thomas sending her a soft smile.

"—departing the station in five minutes. Thank you " A voice sounds over the loud speaker of the area as people walk past with medical masks.

Walking up a set of steps, emerald orbs widen as sky scrapers and lights surround the teens. Holy shit. The small brunette gawks at the scene before her.

The whole city thing was a whole new world to Blake. She had never seen something like this before, not even that she can remember.

It's the most beautiful and scary thing at the same time.

Beautiful, because it's something that her ancestors saw every day and scary because she's in an area controlled by people who tortured her for six months and put her in the maze.

It's actually insane how things change so quickly.

Just last week it felt like she was back in the maze, and yesterday feels like she was back at the WCKD compound.

"This is a long way from the Glade." The blond speaks up, cutting Blake out of her daydream as the three come to stop in the middle of the street.

"Yeah, we better get off of these streets." Gally says dryly, keeping his arms crossed over his chest as he looks around.

"I know it's hard, but act like you've never seen it before." The boy adds before nodding for the three to follow. Sending Newt a glance as he passes, Gally nods to the two brunettes, who aren't paying any attention as they're too entranced by the scenery.

The blond furrows his eyebrows at the taller boy before shifting his gaze to the two standing off to the side, still having their fingers intertwined with each other. A soft smile spreads across Newts lips as he watches the two.

"Come on, love birds. We gotta catch up." The blond teases before following after Gally—laughing to himself as the two brunettes awkwardly share a glance before following.

Kicking her feet into a run as Thomas drags her right behind him with his hand still laced in hers, the four quietly run to hide behind a wall as sirens echo through the city's streets.

Pressing their backs up to the glass wall behind them, Blake, Thomas, Gally, and Newt watch as a patrol car rolls past. All teens holding their breaths as their hearts pound against their chests, light and nervous.

"They've upped security." Gally says after the vehicle passes. "I'm guessing you shanks have something to do with that."

Rolling her eyes at the taller boy's comment, Blake shoots the boy a glare before Gally pushes off of the wall behind him. "All right, let's get outta here."

Footsteps pound against the slick concrete as Blake's heart beats rapidly in her chest, feeling the adrenaline flowing through her veins as she and the boys approach a wall, towering above them.

"All right, Newt. You're up." Gally calls out in a whisper, stopping at the edge of the concrete barrier.

Pushing the blond over the smaller stone wall, Gally then looks to the small brunette. "Blake—"

Shooting the taller boy another glare, the small girl shares a glance with Thomas before stepping forward, letting go of the warm and larger hand in hers as she does so.

Placing her small hands on the taller boy's shoulders, Gally hauls Blake up and over the small concrete wall. Helping with his hands on her waist as he pushes her over. Newt quickly spins around and grabs onto Blake's upper arms helping haul the petite brunette.

Thomas' jaw clenches as he shoots daggers into the side of the builders head, carefully watching as Gally finally helps the girl up.

"You good?" Newt questions, heavy breaths falling from the boy's lips as he helps the girl to stand.

Dark eyebrows furrow at the blond's heavy breathing. "Are you?" Blake questions, concern flooding the girl's features as she looks over the boy for any injuries.

The blond only sends the girl a nod and a soft smile before turning to help Thomas and Gally up.

"I got it." Thomas snaps, ignoring Gally's help as he jumps up to place his hands on the cold concrete.

"There it is." Gally says, pointing to the tallest and brightest tower standing tall in the middle of the city. "If WCKD's got Minho, that's where they'll be keeping him."

A small pain shoots through Blake's heart as she comes to stand on the edge, watching the building with pure anger as strands of hair blow around her face. Squeezing her eyes shut, Blake presses her lips together and shakes her head. I can't imagine what they're putting him through in there.

Lifting a scope up, to sit on the metal before them, Gally adjusts the device before speaking after a long pause. "Lawrence has been trying to find a way in for years. This place is crawling with soldiers." The boy bends down to look in the scope, shutting one eye as he peers through the glass. "They got surveillance everywhere. Scanners on every floor."

"Sounds like a bloody fortress." The blond shakes his head as he keeps his gaze set on the tallest building.

"Yeah, I thought you said you had a way in." Thomas' voice comes out dry and agitated, sending the taller boy a glare as he shifts his gaze.

A sigh leaves Gally's lips as he keeps his eyes in front of him, knowing this plan wasn't going to sit well with the three. "I might."

"You might?" Thomas scoffs in disbelief as Blake rolls her eyes. "Wonderful. He might..." The small brunette scoffs.

"What the hell do you mean 'might'?" Thomas presses, letting his body shift to turn to the taller boy as Blake steps back and runs a hand through her her hair, annoyed.

Gally shifts uncomfortably under Thomas' glare, stepping back as he looks between the two brunettes in guilt. "Take a look." The boy nods to the scope, making Blake and Thomas both furrow their eyebrows as Newt's mouth falls open. 𝘕𝘰...

Shifting to move past the small brunette, Thomas glides his hand across her hip to move to the scope.

Leaning down and shutting one eye, the boy peers through the scope as Blake moves to rest her crossed arms over the railing.

Gally presses his lips together as he watches the two, feeling more and more discomfort as Newt furrows his eyebrows at the boy next to him.

Quickly looking up from the scope, Thomas glares at the building in-front of him. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

"I said I had a way in." Gally's voice sounds from behind the girl, making her snap her head to Thomas who stands there with a scowl. "I didn't say you were going to like it."

"Wha—" Blake starts, eyebrows knitting together in confusion before it clicked.

No...

Pushing off of the railing, Blake moves to the scope and shuts one eye.

Of course.

Emerald orbs blaze with anger as Blake whips back around to face the the boys. Long lashes flutter as the small brunette fights back the tears and tight feeling in her chest.

𝙃𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨!

𝙄'𝙢 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙯𝙚.

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩. 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨...𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 :) 𝙇𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙄'𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮.

𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨...𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙪𝙮𝙨 🫶🏼

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