The Maze Trials [Behind The Scenes]

Penelope's death scene

yeah i'm gonna be honest i was gonna kill her off LMAOOOO

"Please Pen, don't let this be the end. You gotta hold on for me, hold on for us." I couldn't really feel the pain, I just felt the cold that burned through me as though the entire room was suddenly stripped of any warmth, creating some kind of sick foreshadowing that I didn't want to give in to. I found it hard to keep a constant flow of breathing, but even now I didn't regret it, and I can feel every memory I've ever had hit me like a train, somehow making everything worth it. 

They say that just before you die, your entire life flashes before your eyes in 7 minutes. I always wondered how my life would look, as a collage, though what I saw was far less than what I had anticipated. 

The hot flushes of memory sent my once cold exterior into a blazing heat, that felt as though every inch of me was being burnt alive, causing my hips to buck up in pain, my head tossing and turning from where it was now resting in Thomas' lap, just embracing the seething pain that my demise was greeting me with.

I was unable to contain the gasps and cries of pain that left my lips as I felt Newt's hand push pressure onto my wound, the blood pooling out at an agonizingly slow rate, soaking my shirt and his fingers in the thick, red liquid. "I don't regret it," I glance up at Thomas now, my eyes struggling to remain open. 

"Any of it." I glanced at Newt now, feeling my eyelashes flutter, threatening to close. "Don't you dare close your eyes, Penelope. Look at me." Newt's voice grew demanding, a booming sort of command I had grown used to with him, though it still managed to intimidate me. "Look at me, for shucks sake, Penny!" 

"I'm not scared, really. Just promise me one thing..please." I felt Thomas gently stroke my hair with his hand, unable to contain the tears which fell from his eyes. "Find him for me." They knew who I was referring to without question, though it hurt knowing I'd die without ever meeting my brother, as far as I can remember. "If you ever find him..please, tell Aris I love him, I can see mom again, just like he promised." I wanted to cry, not just from the pain, but from the way I felt, all of the things I'd never experienced.

I wonder what I did so wrong to deserve a punishment as harsh as this. I slipped into a barely-conscious state as my memories started to come back once more. The scorch. Aris. My mother. WICKED taking us away from each other because he was immune, and I was related to him. Cranks. "Gally was right." I seethed out through my pain. I couldn't bring myself to hate him, even after he had shot me through the shoulder. "The maze, we should've stayed here."
"W-What? Pen I don't understand." 

"In here is safer than out there." I gulped as my breathing started slowing down to an alarming rate, my eyelashes fluttering once more. I glanced at Newt, then at Thomas, and stared at the two for a few seconds before glancing at the others. Minho and Winston stared at me, a conflicted look gracing both of their faces. Chuck, however, couldn't stand to look at me, as though it'd break him. "I love you." I whispered to them, to all of them, mostly; I knew who it was aimed to, however.

"Please Pen, just hold on a little longer," I heard static, and voices which grew distant as I saw guards walk into the room, ushering the boys out. I felt my eyes roll back just as they dragged Thomas and Newt away from my body.

i was super adamant on this idea of her dying only for gally to be the one taking her body, same ending as it is now except it's gally who "died" instead.

i didn't really like how it came out though, and i didnt know how to have her remember aris without being stung by the griever, so i cut it out (: