enemies to lovers (y/n and newt) book one.

chapter forty two: banishment

Some of the boys picked Ben up and carried him towards the pit, you could hear his shouts all across the Glade. Y/n and Newt remained on the ground while Thomas and Alby stood there in shock, "What the hell does 'stung' mean?" Thomas said quickly. "It's a Griever sting, there's nothing we can do for him." Alby said sorrowfully. "But durin' the day? How's that possible?" Newt asked while still paying all of his attention to Y/n, Alby shrugged his shoulders, turned around and walked away sadly. Him and Ben were very close.

Newt helped Y/n get to her feet, "Let's go get that head checked out then, shall we?" Blood continued dripping onto Y/n's hand. "Good idea." she said with a slight laugh, they made their way over to the Med-Hut and sat down. While Clint was stitching Y/n's head, Alby walked in. "Hey you two, this might not be the best time but we can't get a clear word out of Ben. What did he say to you?" Everyone turned their heads back to Y/n, she looked down at the ground. "Well, he said that he saw me. And 'him' but I have no idea what that means. Then he just full blown attacked me." Alby looked confused but then Newt spoke up, "Do you think he meant Tommy? Because after all, you heard him in that dream and those weird visiony things." he said somehow seriously, yet with a laugh at the same time. Y/n just shrugged her shoulders while trying to cover up the pain she was in getting her head stitched.

About two hours later, it came to the time of Bens' banishing. Chuck and Thomas stood at the back, with Y/n and little further forward. She couldn't watch, so she just turned around and walked away. Newt saw this, but let her go. She heard the doors start closing which brought a tear to her eye, she knew it was happening. The last thing she heard was a loud wail coming from Ben, then the doors slammed shut. It hurt the girl, knowing one of her friends was gone but she couldn't stop thinking about what Ben had said to her. "Hey Love, you okay?" Newt said whilst walking in slowly, she gave a small nod and looked up at him. "It's done." he said quietly as he sat down beside her.

The next day, everyone was waiting for Minho and Alby to return from running. Alby had taken over Bens' spot for the day and re-traced his steps. Y/n, Newt, Thomas and Gally stood at the front of everyone, "Can't we send someone in to find them?" Thomas said in a concerned voice. "We can't. It's against the rules, it's either they make it back or they don't." Gally said angrily. "We can't risk losing anyone else." Newt said quietly. Suddenly the doors started to close, "Shit.." Y/n whispered. Then the pair ran around the corner, "There!" Thomas said while pointing, "Wait, somethings wrong!" Newt shouted. He was right, Alby was being carried by Minho, he then started to drag him because carrying him on his back was too difficult.

"C'mon Minho! You can do it!" Y/n shouted loudly. "He's not gonna make it.." Newt said shaking his head slightly. Thomas looked around, "Don't you even think about it Tommy." Newt said firmly. Then he bolted into the Maze, Newt tried to grab onto his hand but he shook it off. The doors slammed close and nobody said anything, they just stood there. Knowing they'd just lost three Gladers.