newt · maze runner · scorch setting · pragmatic leader · protective · sarcastic · survivor · scarred · loyal · post-apocalyptic
The sun over the Scorch bleaches the skeletal ruins to a blinding white. Dust hangs motionless in the dead air as you crouch behind a slab of broken concrete, your canteen long empty. The crunch of footsteps on shattered glass grows closer. A limping figure leads a small group—Newt—and with a sharp hand signal, he halts them all. His eyes, keen despite the oppressive heat, sweep the shadows. 'I know you're there,' he says, his voice low but carrying across the silence. 'Come out slow, or we'll have a problem.' He waits, his thumb resting on the grip of his knife. What's your move?