Chapter 5

We set up in an abandoned church. Gally and Thomas are back pretty quickly, Teresa in tow. The put her in a chair and Newt pulls the bag off her head. Teresa looks around at us all, before zeroing in on Gally.

"Gally?" It's clear she's confused. Not surprising considering she thought he was dead.

"Here's how this is gonna go. We're gonna ask you some questions, and you're gonna tell us exactly what we need to know. We'll start off simple. Where's Minho?" Gally pulls a chair in front of her and sits down.

"You guys don't seriously think..." Teresa looks over at Thomas and I but is interrupted by Gally.

"Don't look at them. Why are you looking at them? Look at me. They're not gonna help you. Now, we know you have Minho in the building. Where?" Teresa sees that none of us are intervening and sighs.

"He's with the others in holding. Sublevel three." She whispers.

"How many others?" Newt asks.

"28," she responds quickly this time. I flick my eyes over to Brenda. She shrugs.

"I can make that work," I smirk at her.

"No. No, you guys don't understand. The whole level's restricted. You can't get in without a thumbprint ID." I roll my eyes.

"Yeah we know that bit. Why do you think you're here?" I say to her. She looks at me, but I look away worried that I will give away my ulterior motive.

"That's why you're gonna come with us." Thomas states.

"Well, I don't know. We don't necessarily need her. Right? Not all of her. We just need her finger." Gally hold up a scalpel and walks over to Teresa. I flinch as he gets a bit close for my liking, but Thomas stop him.

"Gally, back off," He snaps.

"What, are you squeamish? I guarantee you she's done a lot worse to Minho." Gally bites back.

"Gally! Calm down," I grunt.

"That's not the plan. Back off," Thomas takes then scalpel from his hand.

"It won't make a difference. Do whatever you want to me. You still won't get through the front door. The sensors will pick you up the..." Teresa starts again, but again, we already know this bit.

"We know. We're tagged. Property of WICKED. You're gonna help us with that, too." Thomas kneels down beside her, holding up the scalpel.

Teresa quickly removes our trackers, just having Thomas left. I stay close just in case. I don't trust her near all the stabby instruments.

"Try to relax. This is gonna sting." She says softly. It's clear she still has feelings for him after all this time.

"Let's just get it over with." Thomas grumbles. I drag over a seat and sit down.

"So, you work in the lab?" I question her. She looks to me and nods.

"Working on the cure, yes." I narrow my eyes trying to slow my heartrate. I watch as Teresa dabs at Thomas's neck with a tissue, blood soaking it in an instant.

"She's looking good. Healthy. How've you been getting her serum?" Teresa nods over to Brenda. I narrow my eyes.

"What are you talking about?" Thomas asks.

"Brenda. I didn't think she'd still be alive. When was her last treatment?" I slowly let out a breath. I knew it! You need constant serum if you're infected. My plan might just work.

"At the Right Arm. The last time we saw you." He mutters back. Teresa's face drops. 'And the penny drops,' I think.

"But that was months ago. Thomas, that's not possible. She should have turned by now. There's no way she could possibly still..."

Thomas snaps, "All right, that's enough." He gets up from his chair and turns to see his tracker on Teresa's tweezers.

"You don't believe me?" Teresa gasps.

"Do you really expect me to? You made your choice." Thomas snaps.

"Everything okay over here?" Gally walks over to the three of us.

"Everything's fine. Take a walk Thomas, yeah?" I stare at him and Gally until they leave. I look over to Teresa. She gapes at me.

"I know." I say, walking over to her station, picking up the bloody tissue. I grip her arm and walk her over to the far wall. "I was right, wasn't I?" She stares intently at the tissue.

"She should have turned." I nod again.

"I know, I've been monitoring her since the Right Arm and she's just healing." I whisper, quickly. Teresa furrows her brows.

"That's not possible. How?" I lift the tissue.

"Thomas. Mary took his blood for the serum. That's the only thing that's different."

"This is amazing." Teresa gasps. "He could be the cure."

I rest a hand on her shoulder. "Look, I need you to calm down. I need you to do something for me and I need you more than ever." Teresa furrows her brow. "I need you to make some. Whatever happens in there, I need you to get away from us and make the cure. I'll help as much as I can without giving anything away." I shakily hand her the tissue.

"Why? What's going on Kira?" I take a deep breath, debating for a second whether I should tell her. I sigh softly, before deciding that maybe if she knows she would be more willing to help. She was one of us after all.

"Newt." I look Teresa in the eye. "He's infected. It's not bad at the minute but he's getting worse every day. I can't do this without him. I can't be this close to a cure and not help him. Please Teresa." I feel my eyes stinging and filling with tears. I try and blink them away but one or two falls. I hurriedly brush them off my cheeks before anyone sees. Teresa doesn't miss them though.

She eyes me carefully, clearly trying to see whether this is some kind of trick. "Okay, I'll do it." She says finally, tucking the tissue in her pocket.

"Thank you, I'll try and make a distraction and give you a signal to escape, okay?" I put an arm on the crease of her elbow and squeeze gently. "I'm sorry, for how I reacted at the Right Arm. I know you are just doing what you think is right but so are we. I hate that we are on different sides, but that's just how it is." She sighs.

"I hate it too." I sigh again, before tying her back to the chair and heading to the others. I give her one last nod as I turn the corner.0

We suit up quickly and quietly before starting to head down the tunnel. I can't help but watch Newt who's becoming worse and worse. Sweat is causing his brow to shine and his eyes look sallow and dark. I look over to Teresa who clearly has noticed too. She gives me a strong nod. If she wasn't convinced before, she is now. We make it to the city easily separating off into out teams. Gally, Newt, Thomas, Teresa and I head for the WICKED building whilst Brenda and Fry sort our way out. Thomas and I walk 2 paces behind Teresa as not to draw suspicion and head into the building. We walk past all the guards and no-one even blinks at us. We are soon joined by Gally and Newt and make it into the stairwell.

"I can get in here," Gally says, looking at an electrical box.

"Gimme a walkie," Thomas demands. Gally throws him one and he heads down the stairs to lookout. I keep my gun trained at the door. Newt pushed up his mask and starts coughing. I spare a look at him, and he looks worse than I've ever seen him. Teresa looks at him, but he turns away, so she looks over at me. I meet her eyes, take a deep breath and look back at the door. I can hear Thomas talking to Fry and Brenda through the walkie, but my brain is whirring at a million miles an hour, so nothing goes in. A tap on my shoulder alerts me to the fact that we're moving. We head down the stairs to sublevel 3 where they are keeping the kids and hopefully Minho.

We reach the door, but as we arrive it open to reveal a guard. Thomas gets the first shot in as Gally, Newt and I work ourselves around the door and take out the rest. We take a door each, opening it and seeing a cell full of kids. I pull off my mask and smile at them.

"Come on, let's go." I usher the kids out and look around for Minho. My eyes flick around the room and I don't see him. I look at Newt and raise an eyebrow is question.

"Guys, this might take some time." Gally says. He's standing next to the vault which we've been told is full of serum.

"Shit. He's not here. Where is he?" Thomas corners Teresa. She looks scared.

"Teresa please," I beg. She turns and logs into the computer behind her.

"Somebody's moved him up to the medical wing. Thomas, that's on the other side of the building." I cock my gun.

"Okay, take us to him. Right now." Thomas demands.

"All right. I'm coming with you." Newt grabs his mask.

"Newt, no, you're not. You have to stay here, wait with Gally for the serum." I stay silent, knowing that on this occasion, nothing is going to change his mind.

"You lot can't do this on your own. Minho comes first, remember?" Newt says angrily. He looks over at me and I raise my hands.

"I'm not gonna stop you. I know when to pick my battles." He gives me a weak smile, to which I respond in kind.

"Just go. We're wasting time. I'll get the serum. We'll meet you out back." Gally snaps, clearly annoyed at all the standing around.

"Okay, fine. Let's go. Come on." Thomas relents and we head out the door.

"Hey, Kira. Good luck." Gally says.

"You too, Gally," I smile at him. "Keep them safe." He gives me a solid nod and I leave.

We head back through the building towards the medical wing. I notice that the guards seem to be on high alert which makes me nervous. We make our way into a spacious lift, with enough room for the three of us to stand in the back and Teresa to stand in front of us. Just as the lift door is about to close a hand stops it. It reopens, and we come face to face with Janson himself. I feel my hand tighten around my gun as he stands in front of me, gratful for the masks covering out faces.

"You're working late." He says to Teresa. She nods awkwardly. "See, that's what I like about you, Teresa. No matter how bleak things get, you just... Well, you never give up. Times like this, you need a friend that you can count on." I roll my eyes in the mask. He wouldn't know how to be a friend even if he'd read Friendship for Dummies.

"I'll bear that in mind." Teresa responds.

"There is one thing you should know. One friend to another. Thomas is here. A surveillance picked him up outside the walls. Ava didn't want you to know, but there is a chance that he may try to contact you, and if he does, I'd like to think that I'd be your first call." You have to be kidding me! What are the chances?

"Are you going to kill him?" Teresa finally looks at Janson.

"Would that be a problem?" He questions. Teresa doesn't respond, and fortunately is saved by the bell.

"This is me." She murmurs and exits the lift. We all follow trying not to draw attention to ourselves. I refuse to look back at Janson knowing that if I did, I would shoot him.

"Thomas, you have to listen to me. Getting that serum won't save Newt. It might buy him some time, but..." Teresa pleads.

"Just ignore her. She's trying to get inside your head." Newt grabs her arm and pushes her forward a bit.

"Thomas, listen. You know what's going on out there. People are dying. The world is dying. There's something about your blood I don't understand." We reach the doors to the medical wing.

"Open it." Thomas demands.

"If you let me run some tests... I promise I can protect you," Teresa tries again. I stand behind Thomas, not having a good feeling about this. I was quickly proven right. Thomas angrily threw off his mask and glared at Teresa.

"Yeah? Like you protected Minho? What are you doing? How many people is it gonna take? How many more people do they have to round up, torture, kill? Huh? When the hell does it stop?" Thomas shouted.

"It stops when we find a cure," she implores him.

"There is no goddamn cure!" Thomas shouts.

"Don't waste your breath, Teresa. He made his choice long ago." Janson's voice echoes through the empty corridors. My gun flies up and points at him directly. I inch back slightly so I'm protected from the guards coming up the sides of us.

"Drop it, kid!" One of them shouts.

"Back up!" When it's clear that Janson isn't listening, Thomas grabs Teresa and puts his gun to her head. "Tell them to back off. Tell them to back off!" Thomas screams.

"Hey, Thomas, come on. It's me. I've known you longer than you can remember. You're not gonna shoot her." Janson says snidely.

"You don't think so?" Thomas challenges.

"Okay. Go on then. Shoot her. Prove me wrong. Shoot her." Janson puts down his gun and smirks at us.

"Now Teresa," I whisper, I grab the back of Thomas's uniform and pull him back to me and Teresa pushes him away and pulls down the fire switch. A bulletproof fire door drops down between us and Janson and Teresa. I rip off my mask and glare at Janson as he shoots the glass, trying to get to us. When he notices me, he stops shooting and starts shouting to the others. The glass shields us from what he's saying but he looks very angry. This actually makes me smile as I run off after the boys. I slip a quick look to Teresa before I leave, and she nods minutely.

I catch up with the boys as we enter the medical wing.

"Walk like we belong," I whisper as we enter. We walk through the halls checking the rooms for Minho when Janson's shouts start to echo around us. We duck down into one of the labs. I look around the lab.

"Come on, come on," I whisper to myself. I rifle through the drawers and cabinets looking for what I need.

"What are you doing?" Newt hisses. I turn and give him a hopefully cocky smirk and a flirty wink.

"Coming up with a plan. Queen of backups remember?" I smirk a real smirk this time, at his slightly red face and hold in a cheer, when I find what I'm looking for. A small syringe with a clear liquid on the side. I take 3 and pocket them, hoping they will be safe until I need to use them. I duck back down with them until the guard's pass. We exit the lab quietly and continue searching the halls. We come around a corner and Thomas stops. Standing up ahead of us is Ava Paige. I throw up my gun but before I can take the shot another shot knocks me off. Coming down another corridor is Janson, shooting wildly. Newt pulls us back and we take off running. We run from corridor to corridor, dodging bullets and shooting back when we can. We duck round one corner, and I check my bullets.

"Not doing so great guys!" I call.

"Me either. Almost out!" Thomas shouts. Newt looks around before rushing towards a fallen guard. He pulls out an electric grenade and holds it up with a grin. I raise an eyebrow.

"Get down!" He shouts and throw's it at the oncoming guards. It goes off when it hits the floor and takes them all out at once. We stand and inspect the damage.

"Nice." Thomas says. I look at Newt.

"What?" He asks. I smirk.

"Is it weird that you are like 3x hotter to me?" I shrug. Newt and Thomas laugh, but our reprieve is cut short when another guard comes around the corner. We run off down the corridor. "I'm not even kidding!" I laugh but stop when a guard stands in front of us, gun raised.

"You three, freeze! Get down on the ground. Now! I said get your..." The guard didn't get to finish his sentence however, because a very angry Minho came flying round the corner, barrelling into him and throwing him into a wall. He then grabbed his shoulders and pushed him through a glass window. He stopped and stared at us. I blinked a couple of times to make sure what we were seeing was real.

"Minho." Thomas whispers and we all surged forward and hugged him. He was here! He was alive! I pulled back and gave him a once over to make sure he wasn't too damaged.

"You're okay," I say softly to him stroking his face.

"Is this real?" He asks, but we don't get to answer as more guards round the far corner.

"Go, GO!" I shout and we continue running.

"Okay, it's real," Minho laughs manically. We run around another corner, whilst Janson rounds the other end. We're surrounded.

"In here, in here," Thomas pushes us into a little room, with no other doors and a wall full of windows. Oh good.

"Newt, come on," Minho and Newt push a cabinet in front of the door. I look out the window and see a large body of water below us. I give Thomas a 'They're not gonna like this look'. He shrugs as if saying, 'what else can we do?' I nod in agreement.

"Oh, shit. Any ideas?" Minho looks towards Thomas and me. We look at each other again.

"Maybe," We say in unison.

"We've gotta jump," I say simply nodding to the window.

"Are you crazy?" Minho shouts, looking horrified.

"Maybe," I nod briefly. "What other options do we have?" Minho and Newt look at each other before shrugging and run to help Thomas grab a huge metal container and throw it through the window. It lands squarely in the middle of the water.

"Okay, it's doable. Just need a little running start." Thomas suggests, taking a few steps back form the window. We all go to join him.

"You sure about this?" Minho asks.

"Not really." I say.

"Nice pep talk," He responds snarkily.

"Yeah, we're all bloody inspired," I feel Newt chuckle next to me. I turn to look at him and give him a grin.

"Together, right?" He nods and holds out his hand. I take it as the door is kicked in behind us.

"Oh shit!" Thomas shouts as we all run and jump out the window. The wind rushes past us and we crash into the water below. My body aches and I force myself not to gasp as I hit the water. I push myself us and gasp as I break the surface. We swim to the edge and pull ourselves out. I look at how far we jumped.

"Not gonna lie, I'm amazed that worked," I joke.

"You three, don't move," I spin around and find four guns pointed at us.

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me," Thomas groans.

"Take it easy. Uh-uh-uh! Don't even think about it. Get on your knees with your hands in the air." We are about to comply when the 4th guard turns and shoots the other three. We stare at him in shock. He runs forward and pulls of his mask.

"You son of a bitch." Thomas swears at Gally.

"Gally?" Minho gapes at him.

"Minho." Gally nods back. He flicks his eyes up to the broken window and then back to us. "You guys are nuts." I chuckle and follow after him.

"I'll explain later." I hear Thomas mutter to Minho. We manage to avoid all the patrols and duck down behind a tree. I go over to Newt and Minho. Newt is looking even worse.

"Newt, how are you feeling?" Minho asks worried. I kneel down beside him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Terrible." Newt chokes out a laugh, "It's good to see you though." Minho smiles and walks over to Thomas and Gally.

"Am I still pretty?" Newt jokes softly. I nod and blink a tear away. I can feel my plan unravelling at the edges and that realisation tightens round my heart.

"Always." I croak out, brushing my fingers through his wet hair. "We gotta keep going okay?" He nods and I help him stand. As we do, he falters and almost falls but Thomas rushes in and catches him before he does.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You okay?" Thomas asks us. I can't answer because for the first time in a while, I'm not sure I am.

Getting serious now eh?

Starlight0707 - Thanks for your reviews, it's nice to know people are still reading! To answer your question, when I first started writing this I was watching Teen Wolf and i really liked Kira's character so i named our Kira after her. And to answer your question, it's pretty bvious now that Kira has a plan, she's not ready to lose Newt just as much as we aren't but clearly that plan is falling apart around her. I guess you will just have to keep reading to find out how that works out!

Thanks to everyone reading!

Zoe xx