A/N: Hey peoples! Just been reading a lot of TMR until the movie comes out on Feb. 14, 2014. Plus I've been doing a lot of GF/MR fanart lately, so here it goes! Written in Dipper and Newt's POVs (mostly). Starts at the beginning of the Scorch Trials, when Aris and the Gladers are going through the Flat Trans to get to the Scorch.

Newt POV

"Hurry," Thomas muttered. "We've gotta hurry!"

Aris stepped through the Flat Trans, a hurt look on his face. I followed right on his heels, submerging myself into the murky greyness that seemed to swallow me whole.

The next thing I knew, I was in a forest.

And even though I was one of the last ones through besides Tommy, who would be coming shortly, no one was to be seen. But then a beetle blade style movement in the trees above caught my attention. I glanced up to find the source of the rustling. Minho was sitting on a branch, grinning at me like a madman.

"Where the bloody hell is everybody?" I called out.

"I dunno," he shouted in response, his oddly out-of-place smile transforming into a scowl of confusion. "You're the first shank I've seen pop up here."

"That's strange..." I mumbled. I couldn't help but wonder where the rest of the Gladers were, and where we were.

I heard a soft fizzling sound behind me. A small panic flared in my chest, causing me to instinctively spin around on my heels to face whatever was behind me. I sighed in relief when I saw what, or rather who, was there.

"Oh good, Tommy!" I said. "Ya nearly gave me a buggin' heart attack!"

He looked at me weird. It was probably the Flat Trans at work that had made the sound, and if it was he wouldn't have heard it.

"Shuck it," Minho announced, reminding me of his position above us.

"Minho?" Tommy inquired. "What're you doin' up there? And where are we?"

"How should I know?" Minho retorted, dropping back down to the ground with a groan from the impact. "And I was up there cuz I was bored, slinthead."

Our recently joined friend raised an eyebrow. "So where'd everyone go, Leader?"

He paused for a moment, deciding whether or not he was offended by Thomas' sarcasm. Apparently, he went with the latter. "Listen, shuck-face. I came through the Flat Trans just like the rest you shanks, but I haven't seen a single person show up until you and Newt appeared. Ugh, think I just broke my leg..."

"That's weird." Thomas shifted uncomfortably, almost as if expecting everybody else to leap out from behind the the trees.

"You can say that again, Tommy boy," I agreed, giving him a slap on the back.

"So... What do we do?" he questioned.

"Find the safe haven I guess, just like Rat Man said to," Minho reminded.

"Good that," I muttered, hoping that with just the three of us we'd be able to find it, wherever and whatever it was.

Just then, we heard the rustling of leaves. All of us turned immediately to look at the bush that the noises were coming from.

Out of the foliage emerged two kids, a boy and a girl who looked to be the same age.