Bad Dreams | Newt x Reader

Chapter 116-Thomas's Plan

Warnings: blood, fighting, inaccurate description of a concussion, pain.

Newt POV

I woke Frypan up later, I wasn't sure where Thomas was. Probably packing supplies to run away all by himself. Alex was already up, quietly grabbing his bag. Aaliyah was asleep where Y/n should have been. I guessed that she couldn't sleep and had gone somewhere to relax.

It had taken all of my self-control not to beg her to kiss me. I knew we would never get back what we had. The weight of the past and future was too heavy a strain on us. Still, I wished I could've said goodbye.

I glanced at Sonya, sleeping next to Aris and Harriet. I wished I could remember her, it would be nice to have a sister. Perhaps Nikolai could bring the memories back when we got him out. 

The three of us snuck into the car shed and didn't have to wait a long time before he showed up.

"Where do you think you're going then?" I asked and Thomas looked up from his bag. He stopped walking and I flicked on the light, a smile already in my face.

He sighed, "Newt..."

I stopped leaning on the car and walked towards him. "Don't be a twat about it. I'm already in." I took the bag from his hands. "Come on."

"No. No, not this time," Thomas followed me, I turned around and leaned against the vehicle again. "Look, even if we find Minho, there's no guarantee we'll make it back from this."

"Well, you'll need all the help you can get then, won't you?" I opened the front door and Frypan leaned into view.

"Hey, Thomas," he grinned.

Alex wound down the window and smirked. Thomas scoffed.

"Well, we started this together. May as well end it that way too," I watched him give in.

"Okay, let's get them back."

Sunlight glared down through gaps in the dull grey sky as we drove closer to mountains. It reflected off the dry land surrounding us on all sides, straining my eyes. The land itself was bare of most vegetation except for shrubs and dying trees. 

Hours later, when the sun was high in the sky, we came across our first obstacle.

An old infection checkpoint. 

The abandoned building was starting to become overrun with plants. Old cars littered the fenced off area, ruined and rusting. Fry stopped the car at the entrance to a tunnel, the seemingly only way on. We all got out and got a better look at it. I kept my hand on my gun just in case. Alex squinted into the darkness, trying to make out anything.

"You want us to go in there?" I turned to Tommy, "I don't want to come across as too negative, but if I was a Crank, that's exactly where I would be."

"I agree," Alex said immediately.

Tommy had a good look at the map, "I don't think we have much of a choice."

I sighed and stared at the tunnel, this was going to go splendidly. I turned and headed back for the truck. "All right, I get shotgun."

Fry slowly drove into the tunnel. The car dipped slightly as we went over a pothole, making my stomach drop. The energy in the car was anxious for what we would find. Fry turned on the lights, lighting up most of the darkness close to us. I shone a flashlight around, reaching the darkest parts.

"Well, here we go," Fry grumbled, clearly not happy about what I'd dragged him into. Still, I knew he wanted to rescue Minho, Nik and Lillian as much as we did.