| - the one - | [newt maze runner]

chapter #26

familiarity.

A feeling Ren had a love hate relationship with.

Hugging a person you care for and getting the familiar scent, or feeling of warmth when you do so is comforting. But, have you ever purposely snuck into a building that you used to protect with your life that results in a very bad familiar feeling?

No? Well Ren does.

She walked behind Teresa, breathing in the worn out material of the wicked suit and having the possibility of being face to face with some of her ex 'friends', and she couldn't help but feel nervous. Plus, it didn't help that she knew Newt was getting sicker by the second.

They got stopped by a couple wicked guards, and each time they did she would always suck in her breath and lift her head a bit taller to look confident, luckily it worked.

Though she tried to push these thoughts down, Ren couldn't help but think that any one of these wicked guards could have been her best friend back when she supported wicked.

Even the thought of her protecting such a horrid place made her want to gag.

she actually did gag... twice

the men's shit she was wearing smelt awful.

Eventually, they made it down a short pair of stairs where Ren and Gally met up with Newt and Thomas who were anxiously waiting at the the bottom, and Ren could see them relax once they came into view.

Every 15 seconds, Teresa would look back at them with a nervous glance that said 'are we really doing this' and each time they refused to look back at her, answering her question.

After walking down the long hallway, they made it to a single door, and Ren shoved Teresa closer to it so she could open it up with finger print ID. The door then led to a small room with stair cases going both up and down, Teresa leading the group down while Gally stopped to look at the electrical box.

"hold on guys." Gally said as he examined the box more closely, and Ren joined him in hopes of helping.

Apparently, she was really smart; or used to be. Maybe she could help?

"Ok throw me the walkie." Thomas said, and Ren swiftly threw him hers as he walked further down the stairs to see if they were safe.

"Shit how do we get this thing open." Gally said frustrated, but Ren wasn't focusing on that, she now had her full attention on Newt who was aggressively coughing as he took off his helmet, and Ren felt her heart drop.

She also noticed the questioning look that Teresa was giving her, and Ren slowly nodded her head, before turning back to Gally.

"Here." She said pulling out one of the tools from Gallys bag that looked like some sort of battery powered saw, and started working on it.

"Oh... yeah- thanks." Gally said stepping back so she could have enough room to work. How come he didn't think of that?

"Frypan, we're in how are you doing?" Thomas said as he walked back to us.

"yeah, yeah i'm getting there." He responded, voice muffled from radio static, but enough for us to clearly understand him.

"K good, hang in there." Thomas responded.

"Hey i got it." Ren said as she ripped the small metal door off its hinges, now having a better look at all the wires and switches that controlled the tower. "Dumb asses." She said quietly to herself, for a company like this, they would have though to have this more protected.