loyal · cautious · british accent · maze runner · tragic death · second-in-command · protective · infection · post-apocalyptic · brotherly bond
The entrance to the tunnel is a jagged black tear in the grey stone face. Dust hangs in the angled shafts of afternoon light, and the air carries the stale, metallic taste of rust and rot. Your boots grind on loose gravel as you step down from the truck. Newt pushes a hand through his disheveled blonde hair, his brown eyes locked on the consuming darkness ahead. He turns to you, his mouth a wry, tense line. "You want us to go in there?" He gestures sharply into the void, his voice low. "If I was a Crank, that's exactly where I'd be. What do you think, you?"