𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋, 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝗍

Chapter 12: Free

~Y/n P.O.V.~

While we were in the darkness, I felt a hand slip into mine and squeeze it. Right away, I knew it was Newt, so I squeezed back. All of a sudden, there was light. I look to where it was coming from, to see Teresa opening a door. We all followed.

We stepped out of the tunnel, revealing a long dark hallway. When we walked in, the lights started going on, starting on one side of the hallway, then going down to the other side. We all glanced at each other before walking.

We eventually made it to a door that had an EXIT sign above it. I walked to the door, looking at the handle before looking back at Newt. I could tell he could see the fear in my eyes. So, he rubbed my back soothingly, making me less scared knowing he was right here with me. I grabbed onto the handle and turned it, the door opening.

I was leading the group of gladers, Newt right beside me the whole time, griping my hand, squeezing it every so often. When we got in the room, I studied it. There were bodies everywhere.

Dead bodies.

Something happened here. I continued looking around a little, until I stopped. Realization hit me.

This is the room where we would watch everyone in the glade.

I went behind a computer screen. It looks like the same one I watched in my memories. I looked up, meeting Thomas' brown eyes, with furrowed brows, then I looked a little bit to my right, meeting Teresa's blue eyes. It's like my memory.

"So, they were watching us." Newt spoke up, looking at a monitor with cameras on it. I went over to him, looking at what he was looking at, "All this time," he breathed out, "And we never knew." I grabbed his hand, intertwining our fingers together, giving him a reassuring squeeze. We continued looking around, until I spotted a button. Me being curious, I examined it for a moment before pressing, revealing a blonde woman on a big screen.

"Hello." She spoke. I studied the woman's features, till I realized that this is the woman who was in my memories. Repeating the same thing over and over again. I felt my body tense up, Newt seemed to notice as well, because grabbed my hand, our fingers intertwined and he squeezed it before giving me a kiss on my temple.

"My name is Doctor Ava Paige. I'm Director of the World Catastrophe Killzone Department," I slowly walked forward, towards the screen, keeping my eyes on the woman, "If you're watching this, that means you have successfully completed the Maze Trials."

While watching the video, I noticed in the background that people were running around frantically, "I wish I could be there in person to congratulate you," she paused, "But circumstances seem to have prevented it. I'm sure by now, you must all be very confused, angry, frightened. I can only assure you, that everything that's happened to you, everything we've done to you, it was all done for a reason. You won't remember, but the sun has scorched our world. Billions of lived lost to fire, famine, suffering on a global scale. The fallout was unimaginable. What cam after was worse. We called it the Flare. A deadly virus that attacks the brain. It is violent, unpredictable, incurable. Or so we thought."

While she was talking, it showed videos of people, showing the thing she called the 'Flare' on people. They were all going crazy, seemed like they were trying to attack the people around them. "In time, a new generation emerged that could survive the virus. Suddenly, there was a reason to hope for a cure. But finding it would not be easy. The young would have to be tested, even sacrificed, inside harsh environment, where their brain activity could be studied. All in an effort to understand, what makes them different, what makes you different."

Behind the blonde woman, a group of people in uniforms came rushing into the room she was in. They had guns pointing at everyone, they began shooting the doctors, destroying the place, but Ava Paige didn't seem bothered by it.