Maze Runner

Chapter 4- Thomas

I shoved my shovel into the ground looking at Newt pick the plants.

"Has anyone tried climbing to the top?" I ask he looks up clearly annoyed with the number of questions I've asked after this morning talk with Alby I was full of more questions especially about the maze and how Ashley had reacted to the wall. As soon as we reached that wall, her eyes had drifted to Sam, and she had gone cold as I noticed she did whenever she tried to get rid of her emotions.

"Tried it. The ivy doesn't go all the way to the top. And besides, where are you gonna go from there?" Newt says picking at the plant again

"What about the Box? You know, next time it up- "I start.

"No, we tried that. The Box won't go back down with someone in it" he said, rolling his eyes slightly.

"Okay, what if we-"I begin

"No, we tried it, all right? Twice. All right? Trust me. Anything you think of, we've already tried. The only way out of here is through the maze. Now, look, you wanna be helpful?" he asks, staring me in the eyes before a smirk forms on his face.

"Here." He says throwing a bucket at me

"Go dig us up some more fertilizer." He says. As I walk towards the forest, Ashley passes me by not even bothering to look me in the eyes.

"Ash, you beat up the tree yet?" Newt says excitedly from behind me; I turn around to see him pulling her into an embrace

"What was that about?" she says to Newt before his eyes turn to mine as I spin around and walk back towards the forest.

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"Just get the fertilizer, Thomas." I mimick

"Are you sure, guys? I can't help in any other way?"

"No, just get the fertilizer. You know where it is. It's just out in the middle of the woods." I mumble as I walk deeper in the woods, the surroundings become darker. I stop once I smell something foul, I turn to see bones on the floor, and I bend down to inspect them as I'm looking down at the bones I hear a noise behind me. I turn around to see a kid names Ben standing behind me; he breathes heavily.

"Oh! Uh... You're Ben, right?" I stutter

"I don't know if we ever... Are you okay?" I ask he starts to almost froth from the mouth as he shakes furiously before launching at me

"Get the hell off me!" I yell at him fighting as he brings his fists down onto me

"It's your fault. I saw you. You did this." He whispers before he screams

"I saw you!" I struggle when he places his hands against my throat I can't breathe as I desperately fling my hands around on the floor trying to find something to get him off me. I manager to grab something hard and fling it down onto the side of his head, he falls away from me but as soon as I get up and run he starts chasing me.

"Hey! Hey! Help! Help!" I scream flying back towards the camp, so someone can get him off of me he tackles me to the ground as I reach camp he struggles on top of me

"I'll kill you!" he screams.

"Hey!" I hear a voice call, from above me I see Ashley grabbing Newts stick before slamming it into Ben's head

"Hold him down." Newt hisses all of a sudden Bens attitude changes as Ash and Newt exchange a look of worry and then almost at the same time the look changes to understanding. This is the first time I've seen their relationship being used for a serious issue, and I was able to see what made them such good leaders. Once the look had passed, Ashley looked down at Ben with sympathy in her eyes before she dropped to her knees.