Into The Maze Runner

MedJack Job

As they walked by the grass area she started getting concerning thoughts about the whole situation. Everyone seemed upset, raged, angry, worried, all in a span of two days and she still has no idea of who she is, or was, and the reason of being there. This morning she felt like she needed to figure it out immediately. She couldn't imagine what it'd feel like to be here two years and have no answers, like Gally, Alby... and she was doing nothing to help. Just testing stupid jobs.

Y/n wasn't sure if she'd be good at the MedJack job. She wasn't scared to see Ben, she was actually curious. But nothing really felt promising at the idea of taking care of someone who got stung by the creepy monsters outside the glade everyone kept taking about, and she didn't knew anything about. Newt and her walked up on the wooden stairs.
"Morning" he greeted both Jeff and Clinton without his typical smile.
The box situation might've made him worried y/n thought.
Both med jacks replied back and said hi to her and Newt.
"How is he doing?" Newt asked after.
"The whole night it was rough. He kept whispering things we can't understand. Like when Teresa was in a coma. Today he seems more calm though" Clinton answered. Y/n's eyes expanded in surprise. She had no idea Teresa had been in a coma. Well, she didn't had any idea of anything at this point.
Newt nodded and sighed. "Some people can't really take the sight of people when they go through the changing... so if you feel the need to leave when you see him you can go on" he said to her.
"I'm fine" she smiled.
"All right" The blonde guy walked to the farthest room in the second floor and signed her to get closer. He grabbed the knob of the door and slowly opened it. He stuck inside his head to look at Ben for a few seconds and then completely opened the door. He and her entered the room steadily and then closed the door.
"We usually try to feed them when they go through they changing" Newt explains as he grabs a tray from the nearest small table in the room. Y/n without needing an explanation grabs the cup of water from the tray Newt is holding. She gets closer to Ben which is breathing heavily. As her eyes scan his body, she sees once again the hard marked blue veins all over his torso and his dry purple lips. Sweat all over his face. And his face expression that looked painfully wrinkled. She sits on a chair next to Ben's bed and her hand reaches his nose. She covers his breathing quickly as she pours the water through his half opened mouth. Ben unconsciously gulps the water immediately.
"Not so bad" Newt says smiling.
She shrugs. "Thanks" she smiles back.
"Check his pulse now" he says as he reaches for a clipboard and a pen. Y/n presses her two fingers beneath Ben's jawline. For 10 seconds she counts the number of beats.
"9 beats per 10 seconds so multiplying that by 6, it's 54 beats per minute" she says while removing her hand.
Newt raises his eyebrows and blinks fast. "Wow greenie" he laughs and writes down the pulse on the stack of papers in the clipboard.
"Oh come on, it's common sense" she says laughing hitting Newt's leg with her feet beneath the bed that separated them.
"Yeah well not everyone on the glade knows that. Remember it's all stinky stupid teenager boys?" He says and smiles. "I guess we can leave him for now, he seems fine" he stands up and leaves the clipboard on the mini table. Y/n follows him and they step outside.
"Might as well try other things at the MedJack job" Newt says resting his hands on his hips, as he seems to be thinking.
"Nice timing" Jeff says coming from the other room.
"Winston is here with a kind of big cut he got by slicing the porks" he says.
Y/n and Newt enter the room. Clinton proceeds to give her bandaids, alcohol, wipes, and more. She smiles to Winston and stands in front of him.
"You shanks it's just a cut I don't need y'all's medical assistance" Winston says scoffing without making eye contact to y/n.
"You're helping her practice to see if she should be a MedJack, shut up" Clinton says.
Y/n proceeds to rinse the cut with water and then with a washcloth she pours slightly alcohol and disinfects the area around the cut. She puts three bandaids to close the cut. Winston thanks her and he leaves.
"Common sense, once again" she says to Newt while she throws out the left over trash she used to clean the cut.
"I know, I know. Gladly, we don't have hurt people around for you to be curing" Newt says grinning crossing his arms.
"Yeah just a hopeless, pale, blue veined boy suffering next door in an unconscious state" Clinton says sarcastically.
The four of them, Newt, Jeff, Clinton and y/n laugh together.
A few seconds later a knock on the door sounds, and Thomas sticks his head out.
"Am I interrupting?" He says.
"Tommy? What are you doing here?" Newt asks walking next to the door where Thomas is standing.
"Minho and I wanted to check up on Ben before we leave" he replies.
"Didn't the doors from the maze opened a while ago?" Jeff asks with furrowed brows.
"Yep. But since Alby is coming with us to take a look at the dead griever we have to wait for him to finish his morning leader tasks or whatever" Minho says coming from behind Thomas and entering the room.
"Ben's on the other room" Clinton says and Thomas, Newt, Minho and y/n walk there.
"How's greenie doing at the job?" Minho asks to Newt while the four of them settle down around the room sitting on chairs and leaning on the wall.
"Yeah she's all right" Newt smiles turning his gaze at her. She smiles back.
"Did you know the first day Thomas saw a glader going through the changing he automatically started running away from the Homestead like a lost baby looking for his mom?" Minho laughs saying to y/n.
"Shut up man" Thomas replies rolling his eyes and pushing him away. "Has he said anything that could be a clue?" He asks to Newt.
"Well, Jeff and Clinton said that he's just been whispering inaudible stuff so" the blonde guy sighs and rubs his neck.
Before any of them could say anything else, Ben frantically opens his eyes and takes a big gasp of air. The four of them jump and stand up confused on the sudden reaction of Ben. The stunged runner starts moving aggressively trying to get away from the handcuffs he was tied to the bed. "Let me go!" He starts screaming and kicking the sheets of the bed. Y/n stands there terrified of what he could be capable of.
"Hey!" Minho shouts and holds down Ben by his chest. "You shank, calm down!". But Ben keeps fighting against the handcuffs and sweat starts dripping all over his forehead. His strong marked blue veins now seemed like they could pop out any second. And all of a sudden, the handcuffs break, he pushes Minho to the wall, and he gets free from being tied down. He stands in the middle of the room looking around disoriented making exasperated breaths.
"Ben?" Newt asks walking slowly to him trying to calm him down.
When Ben's view reaches Thomas, his eyes expand even more and he throws himself to him. Thomas's head hits the wooden floor and Ben starts hitting him with his tight fist on the face. "It was you!" He shouts as he keeps trying to hurt him. Both Newt and Minho each grab Ben's arms. "You put us here! This is your fault!" Ben keeps making exasperated breaths and hitting Thomas with his legs, but as soon as the other two get Ben off, Thomas stands up and rubs his head blinking rapidly.
"What are you talking about man?!" Thomas replies with a genuine confused look.
Ben starts making irritable sounds and shouts trying to break off from Newt and Minho. His face now is all red and his eyes are bloodshot.
"Your fault, your fault, your fault, your fault" Ben starts whispering while making strong direct eye contact to Thomas.
Newt and Minho finally get to put him back laying back on the bed.
"Greenie, Thomas! Tie him down!" Minho shouts signing them the handcuffs.
Y/n that had been standing in a corner watching the whole fight with her tongue tied immediately reacts and throws herself to the right handcuff. She puts it around Ben's ankle and ties it strongly. Then she gets closer to him and starts tying down the right wrist handcuff.
Ben, who was still fighting aggressively, meets y/n's eyes, and his attempts on breaking free stop instantly. His breath starts slowing down.
"You!" He screams to y/n. She takes a step back afraid that he was going to hit her. "Y- you're supposed to s- save us!" He says with a combination of sweat and tears coming down his face.
Y/n and Thomas eyes meet. They don't say it, but both are confused on everything Ben is saying. They return to the handcuffs and finish tying him down.
"W.C.K.D is- is not trustable! You taught us that!" Ben says as last words and his eyes roll down on his face and his eyelids close. He takes a big breath and then lays his head on the pillow, immediately falling unconscious.
Newt reaches his finger to his wrist to check his pulse to make sure he still is alive. When he feels his heartbeat he sighs expaseratedly and passes his hand through his blonde hair.
"What the fuck?" Minho asks exchanging his gaze from Thomas to y/n alternatively.
"I- I don't know" Thomas says with his voice trembling and shaky hands. "I-" he doesn't finish his sentence and leaves the room with quick steps.
Y/n's eyes meet with Newt's. She slightly furrows her eyebrows and looks down. A second later, she goes to the stairs following Thomas track.