The Glade Walker

Chapter 14

Shailene and the remaining boys stood there in udder darkness. Newt held her hand, and Thomas held the other. After a couple of minutes, bright light flooded the room. The door had finally opened.

The Gladers slowly creeped out of the hole, and found a long hallway filled with pipes and machines. Lights flash and blinked every now and then, and Shailene swore she could hear beeping. Maybe it was just in her head. Thomas and Minho made there way up to the front, but Shailene and Newt stayed in the middle.

We all walked to the right hallway and found a door that said Exit.
"Seriously?" A boy said, sarcastically. Thomas hesitantly opened the door, his hand shaking as he gripped the handle. He twisted and pushed, and the door opened.

Inside, beeping noises and sirens blared, all the noises Shailene thought were just in her head. When she took a better looks, bodies littered the ground. A man in a white suit lay against the wall, eyes slightly opened, bullet hole in his chest. Glass was shattered across the floor. More bodies in white suits lay lifeless on the ground, and a sickening feeling rose in Shailene's stomach. She recognized these people; from her dream. She made her way over to Thomas
"What happened here?" Shailene whispered to him.
"I- I dont know" He whispered back.
"You recognize them, dont you?"
"Ya. There the people from the dream. WICKED." Shailene whispered back.

The boys and Shailene slowly walked around the place, seeing purged people everywhere. Minho found a guy in a black suit instead of a white one with a gun in his hand, shivered, and kept moving. They stumbled upon a room in what seemed like the Main Room. Glass window like things had words printed on them, and a button blinked. More bodies littered the ground. Thomas walked over to the little button, and tapped it.

A woman appeared on one of the screens.
"Hello. My name is Doctor Ava Paige and im the Chancellor of the World In Catastrophe Kill Expirement Department, or WICKED. If you are seeing this then you have completed the Maze Trials. I would congratulate you in person, but... circumstances have seemed to have put me otherwise.

Everything you've been through, the Maze, your friends dying, EVERYTHING has been for a cause. You might be frightened...angry...scared. But all of this is to find out what makes you YOU. You wont remember, but Sunflares hit our Earth, killing millions" the screen changed from the woman Ava Paige to people burnt, fire, and screaming. Her voice was there, but not her face.
" What came after was worse" she continued.
"We called it... The Flare. A deadly virus that attacks the brain". A man with a horrid expression on his face, veins popping out, and wrinkles became the screen. He was shouting with rage, spitting venom, and twisting around. People held him down, and he almost escaped. He was a true monster.
"The Maze Trials is a trial to find the Cure for this disease. YOU guys are in the Trials, and you may not know it, but you are VERY important." People began rushing into the room, wearing black suits like the one Minho saw. They began shooting the people in the white suits, and everyone's face became shocked. Ava never looked frightened, but she knew what was going on.
"Some people dont agree with our methods, and are trying to break WICKED down. It might be too late for me, but not for you." Ava continued. A man with a black suit pointed a gun at Ava Paige. Ava pulled a handgun from her pocket, and pointed it at her head.

"Remember. WICKED. Is good." And she pulled the trigger.