Ever since they were young they've been constantly tested, over and over. Now they run while they can. Charlotte was in group B of the maze trials, an all girls maze. Most of her friends were selected to go to 'the save haven' Charlotte, Mackenzie a...
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Charlotte shrugged on her jacket as she pulled back the curtains of the tent to leave as Aris appeared at her side.
"Well, we made it huh?" He said with a smile.
Charlotte patted his back as they sat down, "Hell yeah we did"
"You know, I'm glad it was you I got stuck with" Aris said as he fiddled with his hands. "You and Kenzie"
Charlotte laughed as she grabbed his shoulder and shook him lightly. "Come on Aris no more of the depressing talk. We're not alone anymore, our friends are alive. We're with the right arm, we're gonna go to the safe haven. Everything's finally going well for us" She said.
Airs laughed as Sonya took a seat beside him and passed them both a cup of water.
"Thanks" Aris said gratefully.
Charlotte nodded and smiled as she glanced to the side to see Jorge standing by himself. She looked back to her friends before sighing and standing up. "I'll be right back"
She made her way across the sand as she stood beside the man, staring at the tent the girl had been taken into, "Worried about Brenda?" She asked.
The man remained silent before turning to face the girl. "You jumped in front of the gun. Why?"
Charlotte sighed as she looked down at her feet. "When I was in the maze, there was these things. Terrors, we called them. Thomas and his lot called them grievers. When they stung you, you would go mad" The girl began, keeping her eyes down. "I was the first person to run the maze, it had been about a year. It was getting dark, and that's when I started thinking about the maze. Don't get me wrong I's always wanted to get out but it was my home, I didn't want to leave cause in a way, I felt scared about what lay outside"
"And then?" Jorge asked with a raised eyebrow as he grew more interested to the story.
"I ran out. I ran into the maze" Charlotte said as she stared into the distance on the other side of her. "The doors shut behind me like I thought they would, but we had no idea that the maze would change at night" She explained as her voice wavered slightly. "I got stung. I was the first to get stung. It felt like...It felt like it was slowly chipping away at my sanity, you know? Every breath I took I felt like I was becoming a different person"
Jorge patted the girls shoulder. "It's okay if you'd rather not talk about it hermana"
"I killed someone" Charlotte said quickly. "A young girl. Her name was Sierra"
Jorge's lips parted slightly as he seen a tear run down the girls cheek. Ever since he'd met her he'd thought of her as strong and put together. He remembered when he first met Brenda, she was damaged from losing her brother but grew strong. It was like the same thing in reverse staring at the girl. His fatherly instinct kicked in as he pulled her in for a small hug. "I tried to kill them all" The girl added.
