Touch Of Memory

Chapter LII

'The Box,' I said, and we stormed outside.

'Your dream,' Newt said. 'Is it even that time of the month?'

The way he said it seemed like he was talking about something different.

'I don't think so.'

I jumped into the Box, and couldn't believe my eyes. Thomas and the other girl had come for us.

'It's them,' I said, looking up, where more people were staring. I guess the sirens woke everyone up.

'The ones that are coming to save us?' Zart asked.

'I'm not sure they're here to save us,' Minho said.

I kneeled next to Thomas. It was strange seeing him.

'Thomas, wake up.' I said.

But he didn't. And neither did the other girl.

'Help me get them up,' I said.

Cam, Newt and Minho jumped into the Box.

'Are they in some sort of coma?' Newt asked.

'I'm not sure,' Cam said, examining them.

I was about to grab Thomas's arm when he jumped up.
'Teresa,' he said, looking at the other girl. So that was her name.

'Are you Thomas?' I asked.

'How do you know my name?'

'Memories. I know who you are. And I'm expecting that you'll help us get out of here,' I told him in a cold tone I didn't know I could make.

'I'm not supposed to remember,' he said. 'The Swipe didn't work.'

'What the shuck are you talking about?' Minho asked.

Thomas didn't reply. He kept glaring at Teresa, as if she could wake up any second.

'Would you mind to explain?' Sofia asked from above. Everyone was looking down at us.

'The Swipe,' he said. 'It deletes every memory from your killzone.'

'Our what?' I asked.

'Your brain,' he replied. 'That's why you didn't have any memories when you got here.'

'So the Swipe didn't work on you,' I said.

'Unfortunately, it didn't.'

'And the Flare, WICKED and the testing, it's true?' Rita asked.

We all hoped he would say it was all a lie, that we would get outside and everything would be normal.

'Yes, it is.'

'So you put us here,' Cam said, anger in his face.

'Not just me. WICKED did. This has a purpose. Thanks to you, we'll find a cure.'

'How can you be so sure?' I asked.

'I dedicated my whole life to make sure this would work.'

'So you saw us get killed. You saw the torture we've gone through. And you didn't stop it,' Minho said.

'You don't understand-'

'No. You're the one who doesn't understand. If you spent a day here, you'd go nuts. You'd cancel these stupid tests,' Cam said.

'They're not stupid,' Thomas said. He turned to me. 'And you almost ruined it.'

Newt pushed him, pinning him into one of the Box's sides.

'You're accusing her of ruinning things? You're the ones that put us here,' he said.

'You need to see thing from another perspective-'

'No. You have no idea how it feels to be here. We've been forced to get used to people dying,' Newt said.

'Look, I'm sorry. But things out there are worse. You'll see for yourselves.'

'Can I kill him?' Cam asked.

'No, you need me to get out of here,' Thomas said.

'He's right,' Newt said. 'Let's get the girl up and gather everyone.'