(𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕)~ 𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛

9. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗

"Gally?" i saw a figure walking towards us with a few others behind him, when i realised who it was i didn't waste any time and ran straight to the boy, hugging him. without hesitation he wrapped his arms around me tightly, only to let go a few seconds after. the emotions i felt weren't relief or happiness, it was anger.

"Gally" Thomas also noticed the boy Gally's presence, now afraid as he wasn't slowing down. with one swing of his arm, Gally brought up his fist to meet the side of Thomas' face.

"this is all you, Thomas! this is all your fault!" Gally's anger and rage was more powerful than i had ever felt it to be, which scared me. a few of the boys held him back to stop him from lunging at Thomas or anyone else again. "you all heard what Alby said, he's one of them" 

"one of who?" confusion now took over everyone

"he's one of them and they sent him here to destroy the glade and now he has! look around Thomas, this is all your fault!" Gally's anger now making me uncomfortable, i shifted myself so i was infront of him

"Gally, listen to me, calm down okay? do you even know what or who your talking about?" i placed my hands on the side of his face making him relax a little. the question seemed to have taken him back a little, which was good since he wasn't ready to rip someone's head off.

"Maybe he's right" we all turned our heads towards Thomas who had taken the stingy thing out of Chucks hand.

"Thomas-" Teresa tried to stop him, but it was too late.

"i need to remember Teresa" without another word, he injected himself 

"Chuck get the other syringe"  Teresa telling Chuck what to do made my blood boil, but right now Thomas was a bigger priority for all of us. i grabbed Thomas's left arm, Newt taking his right, and lifted him up, taking him to the pit as Gally ordered.

it seemed as though Gally would now be taking over the roll as leader, which no one argued against since everyone either had more important things to worry about or was too afraid of him to object.

all night they had been taking turns on watching Thomas incase he woke up. they as in Newt, Minho and Teresa. i stayed awake all night to make sure Chuck was alright, with his head on my lap. now it was Teresa's turn to watch Thomas for the second time.

"what's your problem with me?" Teresa sounded a lot more bitchy than she intended to sound, and i could feel the guilt.

"never said i had one" i kept my eyes on the glade infront of me.

"you clearly dont like me. why?" her voice was now getting on my nerves but i tried my best not to show it.

"i dont have a reason to like you, Teresa. nor do i have one to dislike you, yet" i mumbled the last part, making sure she didn't here me.

"you came up in the box early, a month early to be exact and ever since you did everything just started going downhill. first Ben and Alby, now my home. god knows what'll happen next." i kept my voice quiet, it cracking a few times because of the mention of Alby and Ben.

"who's Ben?" her question really nearly made me lose my shit.

"you wouldn't know Teresa, and you know why you wouldn't know, it's because he died just before you got here" the tears in my eyes threatening to fall, but just as they were about to, Thomas started to wake up. Teresa got everyone else awake, while i slowly shuck Chuck awake.

"we have to stop meeting like this" as soon as i heard Teresa's voice my heart rate went up quick. 

"hey, you okay?" Newt placed his hand on top of mine, squeezing it to tell me it's okay when i knew it wasn't. none of this was. i just nodded in response.

"what happened?" Thomas lifted his head to look at the five of us properly

"Gally's taken control" Newt began to speak only for Minho to finish his sentence

"he said we had a choice. either join him or get banished at sundown with you" everyone kept their eyes on the floor, avoiding his gaze

"and the others agreed to that?" he sounded disappointed, as if they had to serve him or something. yeah, okay jesus. 

"Gally has everyone convinced your the reason all of this has happened" 

"well he's been right so far" this made everyone now put their attention to the boy in front of them.

"what?" this was the only thing i could bring myself to say

"this place, it's not a prison, it's a test. it all started when we were kids. they would give us these challenges, they were experimenting on us." i  tried to take in every word he was saying, but it was near to impossible.

"then some of the kids started disappearing, one month after the other like clockwork" 

"sending us to the maze" my mind finally clicked on to what was happening

"yeah but not all of us" he turned his gaze towards Teresa

"what do you mean?" everyone was as confused as each other

"guys, i worked with them, the people who put you here, i was with them for years, watching you. so were you." he gaze stayed glued to Teresa as she started shaking her head.

"no. no it can't be true." tears now started to fall from her eyes. i knew i had a reason 

"it is, Teresa i saw it. we did this to them." i could feel the sadness, anger and regret they both felt, but at that moment i couldn't care. i was mad.

"i knew it. this whole time i knew there was something not right with you. so everyone that died and risked their lives for this place, for us, was because of you? seriously? god, i feel sorry for you" i could feel the tears filling my eyes again. no one said a word, knowing i was right.

"that doesn't matter anymore." i whipped my head around so fast, i could've given myself whiplash.

"what?" i looked at Newt with disbelief.

"the people who we were before the maze don't even exist anymore, the creators made sure of that. what matters is who we are and what we do, right now. you went into the maze and you found a way out" Newt was right, but i still didn't trust them.

"yeah but if i hadn't Alby would still be alive" i could now feel his regret and pain, which was almost as strong as my own. this made me rethink what i said and wonder if maybe i was in the wrong.

"maybe. but what i do know is that if he was still here, he would be telling you the exact same thing. so pick your arse up and finish what you started" i didn't realise how attractive he is when saying a speech. stop it Cara, not the time.

"okay but we gotta go through Gally first" everyone stayed silent for a moment, only a few seconds which was all i needed to figure something out.

"i have a plan" i say finally causing them all to turn and look at me with hopeful eyes.

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