He woke up, and groaned at the sharp pain that travel throughout his head. Everything hurt—especially his head. It felt like an overinflated balloon.

Thomas blinked rapidly trying to clear his vision when he found that his hands were bound behind his back, and his feet were tied individually to chair legs.

‘‘Shit’’ He whispered.

Thomas heard a muffled groan and turned his head. Brenda was in a corner of the room, bound just as he was. But her mouth had been taped shut with a wide piece of gray tape.

‘’Brenda!’’

A door flew open. Blondie, Ponytail and Tall and Ugly came through.

“Want some more of that juice?” Ponytail joked but Thomas didn't chuckle, giggle, or laugh.

Blondie walked over to Thomas, and leaned over. He reached into his back pocket, and took out a very sharp knife- Its metal blade shining- and started waving the small pocket knife in front of Thomas’s face.

Thomas just stared at the knife intently, seeing his brown eyes reflected in the knife.

“Okay, I'm going to start by asking you a few questions — don't be scared, now ... if you refuse to answer or whatever, that is perfectly fine. Except that…BANG!’’ He suddenly screamed, making Thomas jump on his seat. ‘’if you don’t, you just dug your own grave’’ he continued, not pausing in his examination of the knife.

Thomas nodded.

“Who are you?  I want to hear the whole thing. Start talking.”

And he did. He knew he got no choice. He was at a disadvantage. He was tied to a chair with no weapons and Blondie here had a gun.

He told him about the Maze, the other Gladers, the escape, the dorms, WICKED, the Flat Trans, the underground tunnel, most of the story to how he met Brenda, and the cure. But he didn’t tell them about Alex.  These guys were really starting to lose it and it was better if they didn’t know about her existence. It’ll freak him out if any of these Cranks got near her.

Suddenly a commotion broke out above. Hard thumps on the ceiling, followed by a couple of screams. Then it sounded like a hundred people running. Frantic footsteps’, jumping, more thumps. More screams.

‘’What the hell?’’ Blondie yelled his face suddenly angry. He stood, and motioned for the others to follow him.

A door opened and closed.

Then the conmotion from above suddenly stopped.

Nothing for several seconds.

Then a set of footsteps were heard. Thomas froze, looked up at the ceiling and saw sand slowly dripping through the cracks of the ruined ceiling like a sand clock.  

But then the footsteps stopped, pausing, and the door opened again. Thomas was blinded by the sudden light, until someone’s shadow blocked the sunlight. He saw the figures standing above him. Two figures, to be more exact. 

‘’Thanks God’’ His panic ended and he let out a sigh of relief.

 Minho and Newt.

(Minho and Newt to the rescue! Finally! No more scenes about Brenda and Thomas being alone. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love Brenda but seriously...he belongs with Alex. XD)

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