Gally's Little Sister

Chapter eight

Scarlett's POV:
We all crept through the maze, on our way to the griever hole. As we neared, Minho and Thomas, who were leading the group, slowed down. I watched Thomas peek around the corner, and his eyes widened. Grievers. And by the look on his face, there were a lot of them. He looked at Minho, then back at the crowd and nodded. We were all ready to do this. Thomas held up his fingers. He counted to three. On three we charged.
With spears held high, we attacked the grievers as they attacked us. I watched Thomas and Teresa disappear through the crowd, to put in a code that would hopefully get us out. For now we stayed here and fought. I noticed Newt struggling against a griever. With only one strong leg, he might not stand a chance. I started to run over, when I saw someones jump infront of Newt. It was Alby. I watched as it grabbed Alby and threw him against a wall. From there it proceeded to tear him to shreds.
"ALBY!"
My scream could barely be heard over all of the noise. I felt two arms grab me from behind, and start dragging me away. It was Gally.
"Wait, but Alby!" I screamed, trying to get out of his grip.
"It's too late! We have to go!"
I took one last look at the maze, watching grievers year fellow gladers apart. Then I was thrown down what appeared to be a chute. It was a dark tunnel, and I was shooting down it pretty fast. Finally I reached the end, and landed on the cold ground inside another dark tunnel. Through a faint light, I could see Thomas and Teresa standing there. I quickly jumped up, and soon after heard more boys come down the tunnel. Finally, Thomas closed the chute, so no grievers would get in.
"Okay, whoever's here, yell out your name," I heard someone yell.
"Minho!"
"Thomas!"
"Teresa!"
"Gally!"
"Jeff!"
"Frypan!"
"Clint!"
"Winston!"
"Newt!"
"Scarlett!"
Ten. Ten out of twenty of us made it. I saw a light at the end of the tunnel. All of us started to walk towards it. When we reached the end, we walked into, what appeared to be, a lab. Dead scientists were everywhere. I gasped at the sight of the bullet holes in their chests and heads. I felt Gally grip my shoulder. All of a sudden, a television came on. It was a video of a woman with a pale face and a tight bun, talking about an organization called W.I.C.K.E.D. After the video ended, we all stood there for a minute, not too sure what to do. Then Gally started acting weird. He walked a little ways away from the group. He was clutching his head as if he had a headache.
"Gally?" I took a second towards him.
Suddenly he turned around. He has a crazed look in his eyes. He walked over to one of the dead scientists, and picked up something. A gun. And he aimed it at the group.
"Gally what's happening!" I tried to take another step towards him, but Newt grabbed my shoulder.
"I don't know. They're controlling me. They're in my head."
"Who's in your head Gally! Just put the gun down!"
"W.I.C.K.E.D is in my head. I have to kill one of you."
"Just fight it Gally," I said shrugging out of Newt's grip.
"I'm trying but I can't!"
I had almost made it to him when, when an ear piercing bang, sounded through the room. I froze. I risked opening my eyes, and looked down. I wasn't shot. I swiveled my head around, and looked at the gladers
They were all looking around for any injuries, but all of them seemed to be okay.
Then I turned back around at Gally.
It was like everything in slow motion. Gally looked down at the spear in his chest. Then he fell to the floor.
I rushed over to him, and knelt down.
"Come on Gally! Stay with me!"
He touched my shoulder as he began to struggle breathing.
"Scarlett....you're going to be okay. Go live your life.......stay safe."
He started to close his eyes.
I heard something behind me, and yelling. I felt two arms wrap around my waist and start dragging me away. I struggled against the grip pulling me back. I was screaming, but whoever was holding on to me was ignoring it. As we exited a set of doors, I took one last look at Gally. Then I couldn't see in the room at all.

A moment later, we were all thrown into a helicopter. I felt Newt pull me into his arms. I felt numb. I wanted to cry, or scream, but I just couldn't. I then heard a voice speak up.
"You're safe now kids. Safe from the maze and W.I.C.K.E.D."
But I didnt feel safe. My brother was dead. And one of my bestfriends killed him. All I could do now was sit there , numb, and wait for what would happen next.