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chapter seven
we're getting you out of here

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     SOMETIMES IN LIFE, you wonder what you did to deserve the cards you have been dealt with. You think thoroughly and can't connect the dots. You blame your parents for bringing you into this shitty cruel world but you know deep down it's not their fault. So, what did you do to deserve it? Unfortunately, some people are just born with tragedy in their blood and are told to find peace within it.

       How unfortunate that's our reality. But we survive, somehow we always do.

       Someone once said, you can't truly call yourself peaceful unless you're capable of great violence. If you're not capable of violence, you're not peaceful, you're harmless.

      And here stood, Rosie, trying to figure out what she was. Those words echoed in her head, start with rosie adams, terminate her once and for all. And she thought, haven't they taken enough from her? What more do they want? How important was she that they wanted her dead?

If Mara wasn't with her, Rosie would have fallen into deep spiraling thoughts but before she could, the girl could feel her whole body shaking. In her blurry vision, Rosie could see Mara getting clearer as she gripped her arms shaking her.

"Snap out of it!" Mara whisper-shouted looking around her surroundings hoping no one was still inside the room. "We have to go!"

        "Why me?" Rosie questioned not moving a foot until she could get a clear explanation of what was happening. "Mara, why do they want me dead?"

The blue-eyed girl looked around knowing the girls weren't alone. She raised her pointer finger up to her lips before attacking the person who had heard their voices. Before the boy knew it, Mara had Thomas pinned against a wall with a knife threatening his neck. A tactic Rosie used a lot.

"Woah!" Thomas exclaimed shaking his head as his focus went to Rosie who stayed in her spot watching Mara start to interrogate him.

"What the hell do you think you're doing spying on us?" Mara asked giving him a few seconds to speak as he started to stumble with his words. The girl raised her eyebrow up, "what cat got your tongue?"

Rosie grabbed a hold of Mara's arm that held the knife, "back off, he's with me."

Mara flashed the girl an annoyed look before turning to look back at Thomas, "I know that, that doesn't mean I trust him, Rosie."

"I'm sorry," Thomas started to apologize with his hands up as he noticed the bruises forming on Rosie's face, "I just, I heard—what, what happened to your face?"

Rosie shifted her weight onto one leg as she shook her head, "don't worry about it. It's nothing I can't handle. Please tell me you heard what we heard?"

Thomas nodded, "yeah, we have to get out of here. Quickly."

Mara rolled her eyes at the back and forth wanting their talk to speed up. So instead, she did the talking. "There's an exit at the west wing of the facility. Go through the air vents, you won't have time to go through the halls. The kid," Mara pointed at Aris, who stood a few feet away in silence, "will know how to get there. They'll be focused on looking for Rosie, so you'll have time to find your girlfriend. We'll meet you at the west wing's exit in 30 minutes. Be there or we'll leave you."

Rosie opened her mouth to interject to the last sentence but was quickly stopped by Thomas who nodded, "okay, I'll go get the rest. Make sure nothing happens to Rosie."

Mara pursed her lips sounding a bit condescending, "don't worry, she's in better hands with us."

Thomas raised his eyebrow in confusion glancing to Rosie for a good few seconds. The boy's thoughts were something like, 'is this girl really serious? she did not just say that.' The two friends shared a similar look as they both shook it off ignoring Mara's comment. "You want me to tell Newt something?"

"Tell him I'm okay. Don't tell him anything else. I don't want him distracted." Rosie explained as Thomas nodded before saying a brief goodbye and sprinting away with Aris.

"Let's go." Mara stated looking behind her to make sure no one else was spying on them. Rosie followed closely behind going through one of the air vents.

        Rosie crawled through the tiny space peeking through the little open holes watching soldiers getting the update about the newest arrivals. She kept following Mara through the air vents. Rosie didn't remember the moment she decided to trust the girl in front of her. Maybe it was when she jumped through the air vents to save her or when she grabbed a hold of her hand giving her tingles that only Newt had ever given her before.

        Mara made space before kicking the air vent open. The girl slid through making sure Rosie followed her actions as she helped her out of the vent. "It's okay, you had to do what you had to do. Don't listen to them. Listen to me. Listen to my voice. Focus on my voice." Rosie heard Jessie say as the two girls stood up.

        Scanning the room, in the middle of them laid an unconscious officer with a puddle under him. The puddle slowly started to become bigger and the dark red color shined brighter. The man reminded Rosie of the boy she left behind to die. He was in the same condition as Gally was but this man was already dead.

        Gally watched his friends leave him behind.

        The man was pale with blood pouring out of his lips and his eyes wide open. There was no movement, no more heartbeat. His throat was cut open with a precise line. Rosie wondered who these girls truly were and why was she trusting them so easily. One of them had just killed a soldier.

        Samadhi gripped onto the sides of her head, rocking back and forth shutting her eyes closed. "Tell them to stop!" Samadhi exclaimed before starting to hit herself on the sides of her head. She pulled her hair trying to yank it off.

       Mara headed to the other end of the room trying to push the lockers. "Rosie, help me push these against the door." The girl nodded quickly reaching the other side and helping Mara push the lockers making them fall and block the door. "Jess," Mara warned taking a peek through the small window on the door.

        "I'm trying!" Jess verbalized affected by her friends change in behavior as she tried to bring her back to present moment. Tears had been spilling out of Samadhi's watery eyes while she continued to shake her head to stop whatever evil was invading her mind.

        Taking a quick look at the deceased man, Mara crouched down ignoring the blood as she started to search inside his pockets for anything that could be useful to them. Rosie looked around knowing they didn't have much time as the whole staff were searching for her.

       "Hold this." Mara stated handing Rosie a taser before handing her the only gun she found on him. "You know how to use one?"

       Rosie shook her head feeling quite intimidated by the weapon in her hands as Mara stashed the taser in her own pocket. "I don't think so."

       "It's easy," Mara explained grabbing the gun out of her hands and pointing to the door, "you take the safety off, point, and shoot before they kill you. Stash it in the back of your pants."

       Rosie did as she was told putting the gun in the back of her pants as Mara tended to Samadhi. "Sweet, you can't cry right now." Mara spoke crouching down to her knees as Samadhi sat at the edge of the bed doing her best to control herself. "I need you to get yourself together." 

       "I'm trying." Samadhi uttered as the two other girls continued to help her out by validating her emotions and guiding her out of the negative trance she was in. "I, I didn't want to kill him, Mara."

       "I know, sweet, I know." Mara gently empathized before snapping her head to the door as a knock was heard. "But we have to go. They're here for Rosie. Are you ready?"

        Samadhi stood up nodding taking a breath avoiding any eye contact with Rosie. She didn't like it when anyone saw her in the state she was in. She didn't want anyone to see her go through an episode. The only people she trusted was Jess and Mara. They were the only two people who have been able to bring her back.

      Another knock was heard, this one a bit louder than the first. It was definitely more aggressive. The girls could hear a card swiping trying to open the heavy door.

      "Do you know what we're doing?" Jess asked helping Samadhi aware of her surroundings and the situation at hand.

        "Escaping."

        People were trying to push the door open as the four girls crawled inside the air vents as Jess made sure to shut it behind her. Rosie followed the girls knowing they were her ticket out of here and hopefully to reunite with her friends, especially Newt.

☆゜・。。・゜゜・。。・゜★

THE GLADERS all jumped up from their seats once Thomas slit out of the the air vent announcing to them that they had to leave. "Thomas!"

The boy looked around for anything to help tie the door shut. "We gotta go. We gotta go. Right now!"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Minho questioned.

Newt shook his head in disbelief, "what do you mean we have to go?"

Thomas rushed through the room as he repeated himself. "We have to go! Come on they're coming for us!"

The boy pulled the sheets off of his mattress rushing to the door to tie it shut. "What happened in there? Thomas can you just calm down? Talk to us!"

"She's still alive!" Thomas explained continuing to tie the sheets.

"Who is she?" Frypan questioned, "Teresa?"

Thomas shook his head struggling with the sheets, "Ava."

"Ava?" Newt questioned not knowing who that person was, "come on just stop and talk to us—"

"It's WICKED!" Thomas snapped this time grabbing the divided attention of all of the boys. "It's still WICKED. It's always been WICKED." Thomas rushed to grab the mattress of the bunk bed as he continued to explain. "They're coming for us and they're coming for Rosie. We have to find Teresa."

Newt stopped his friend asking him, "Thomas what did you see?"

Thomas swallowed as he didn't want to tell Newt what he'd seen but he had to. "Bruises." He whispered, "wounds and blisters all over Rosie's face." All of the boys went silent not knowing what to say. "She's the first on the list. They're going to kill her. They've been trying to kill her."

The British boy shook his head about to untie the sheet to access the door, "where is she? I have to go find her—"

"She's okay, Newt." Thomas explained as he rushed to use another mattress to block the door. "She's with the three girls, she was talking about earlier. We have to find Teresa and Rosie said she'll meet us at a specific spot. We just have to make it there in time."

"I'm not leaving without her, Thomas. I'll tell you that. If she's not with us before we leave. I'm staying to find her." Newt stated as Thomas nodded knowing his devotion for his girlfriend. Thomas understood the boy since he'd do the same for Teresa.

☆゜・。。・゜゜・。。・゜★

THE FOUR girls jump out of an air vent and into a vacant room. Rosie held herself together as all she wanted was to be back in the glade in the comfort of her boyfriend's arms. Jess counted with her fingers before spotting a small black back pack with a small note on it.

here's the supplies. survive stupids.
i'll see you all on the other side soon.
— kai

Jess folded the letter and stashed it inside her pocket. The girl bit her lip as the closest thing she had to remember her past was Malakai. The girl unzipped the backpack making sure what they needed was inside.

"Good to go?" Mara asked taking a peek out of a window noticing a soldier standing outside the door.

"Yeah," Jess replied zipping the backpack back up before adjusting the straps to carry it on her shoulders.

Samadhi tapped her foot on the floor as she didn't have anything to fidget with. The girl's ability to extend her senses came to a big advantage for the girls as she could tell how many people were in the hallway.

"There's only one." She informed, "who's taking it?"

Jess raised her hand as Mara handed her the taser they stole from the dead soldier. "Rosie, grab his gun after he falls. Mara will check for any other weapons on him. Samadhi stands guard."

"You'll stand guard? With what—"

Rosie was cut off as she felt her personal space invaded. Samadhi took out the gun stashed behind Rosie's pants. "With this." Samadhi notified unlocking the safety and making sure it was loaded.

The Latina didn't want to sound mean but she was curious as to why the two girls would let Samadhi carry a weapon after her episode. "Don't you think someone else should carry the gun—"

       Samadhi turned her head an annoyed look formed on her face, "I'm not crazy, if that's what you're thinking. I know what I'm doing."

       "Sorry, I'm just worried—"

        "Don't be." Samadhi cut her off once again, "we're getting you out of here. We can promise you that."

         Mara shushed the two girls as she opened the door to reveal herself and get the attention of the officer. "What are you doing in this section? You're not suppose to be out of your room—"

        The soldier walked closer to the entrance of the door immediately falling into the trap the girls made. Jess hid behind a corner in the dark waiting for the man to pass her. The soldier took steps inside trying to grab a hold of Mara before falling limp on the ground. Jess pulled the taser away watching him fall.

        Rosie crouched down grabbing the gun in his hands as Samadhi watched the hallway. Mara looked for other weapons but didn't find anything. "Come on, we have to move. It won't take long for the alarms to go off." Jess announced.

       "Give me the gun." Mara asserted as Rosie didn't hesitate to hand her the electric gun. "We have to go through the cafeteria."

       The four girls run through the halls suspicious of them being all empty. "The cafeteria should be empty. No one works at this hour there." Jess explained taking a peek at the windows. "There's soldiers!"

"What?" Mara asked taking a look herself as she noticed a few armed soldiers conversations with one another. The girl turned her head to Samadhi, "you got it?"

Samadhi took a peek trying to see how many of the soldiers there were. "Got it."

Rosie took a glance herself spotting approximately seven soldiers. The Latina turned her head wondering how they'd let Samadhi take on seven soldiers by herself. Rosie opened her mouth to stop Samadhi from entering but was too late as she walked in.

"You're not just going to let her do it herself, right? That's seven against her." Rosie explained as she herself couldn't fight seven people at once.

Jess shook her head, "just watch."

Rosie took a deep breath looking through the window as Samadhi looked around making her presence known. "Hey, kid what are you doing here? You're suppose to be in your dorms. How'd you get out?"

Another soldier turned his head spotting the three girls who looked through the window. "What's going on?" He questioned before the sound of an alarm started going off. All of the walkie talkies that were pinned onto their chests started going off at the same time.

"We have rescues on the lose!" A man voiced out through the walkie talkie's, "I repeat, we have nine arrivals on the lose! Three test subjects also on the lose!"

One of the soldiers whip out their sticks, "come with me. We're taking you back to your rooms."

Samadhi let's the soldier get close to her as he tried to get a