Scorch Trials 52-151

Once they passed through the deal to start Phase Two, everything was dark. They began to walk down a long hallway for miles. At one point, they heard one of the Gladers screaming. Thomas ran up to him to find nothing but a ball for his head with blood on it. The ball then rolled off of the body and ran into the wall being stopped. Everybody was in ah..not being able to see anything and just hearing screams. Thomas had no idea what had happened but knew they had to keep moving. As they did they finally reached some stairs. At the top of the stairs was a door. When opened, a huge beam of sunlight and blast of heat came into the hallway. Outside was nothing but a vast desert. All of the Gladers put sheets around themselves that they were carrying food in and stuck the food elsewhere. Once out and about, they noticed a town in the far distance. They figured it was probably a few days walk, but figured they could make it. When it became dark, they would rest and sleep for a few hours and then continue to walk. They would eat and drink little water, in order to conserve as much as possible. When they were about halfway to the town, a little shack appeared in the distance. They noticed that a girl was standing outside of it. Thomas knew it was Teresa. He told the others he would go check it out himself. As he did so, he realized it was indeed her. She was clean and beautiful, which is what Thomas wasn't really expecting. He knew then though, that they making her do things for them, for WICKED. As Thomas went inside the building, Teresa told him to stay back. He tried talking to her and getting her to explain but she just stared at him. Then all at once, she threw herself at him and kissed him. She then backed away and said he had to leave and run away. Thomas knew she was just trying to save them so as much as it hurt, he did what she said. They then kept moving on towards the town. Thomas explained things to Minho and Newt along the way. As they reached near the town, and enourmous lightning storm struck. It killed some of the Gladers and almost killed Minho. Thomas put the fire out in time though so it only burned some of his clothing. He then helped Minho get into the first building in the town. Once the storm fell to rest, the lasting eleven Gladers fell asleep in the building. When they awoke, Thomas noticed somebody up in the upper level of the building. That person, Jorge, then jumped down. He was a crank. Minho offended him so he kicked Minho in the shin and then they started fighting. Minho started beating the snot out of him and then Thomas threw him off in fear that there would be more to come help. Sure enough, more Cranks jumped down from the upper floors. Then Thomas convinced the head Crank, Jorge, to have a talk. Thomas thought this might be the last chance any of them have, and the last conversation he may ever have.