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Escape

ROXELLE POV

What was going on with Newt? He didn't remember me. And he was in the Maze. Something was wrong. Terribly wrong. I remember being with Clarice in the forest, two of us having a fight, and then I passed out.

Then I found Newt, and Gally was there, fighting Thomas.

Newt and Minho separated them, but they were still glaring at each other. I sneaked away from the crowd, and ran after the shadow running into the Maze. Clarice.

She was the start of everything. Newt's memory swipe. His abnormal behaviour. And as I chased her, a note dropped out of the pocket.

To: Clarice Kates
From: WICKED

You are given a mission to kill your sister, Roxelle Kates, and Newt Evans. Teresa Agnes has been assigned to kill Thomas Lockwood. Although Roxelle has been told to kill Newt, she is not obeying us. You are to take care of her, and  Newt as well.

Sister. Mission. Kill. It all fit in together. I grabbed the note, shoved it into my back pocket, and sprinted back to the Glade.

"Newt! I need to show you something." I took his hand and pushed the note towards him. He read it, frowned, and stared at me. "How did you come across this?"

"It was in Clarice's pocket. It dropped out while she was running." I replied. "And....do you remember anything? Or are you still in the memory swipe stage."

He shook his head. "But that is not of concern now. Gally is acting strange. And the Runner found a way out. So if we are to escape, why not do it now? But we need a plan. Gally won't let us leave."

Soon, it was decided that Teresa and Thomas act like they surrendered, and the rest of us would attack when Newt gave the signal. The two of them were dragged to the doors of the Maze, and tied to a pole.

And Newt nodded to Teresa, she kicked her opponent, and soon we were facing Gally, weapons raised.

"If anyone wants to join us, this is your last chance. Leave with us, or stay here forever." Thomas called to the remaining Gladers. A few of them shuffled towards us. But the rest stayed.

Thomas nodded, whispered a goodbye, and ran off towards the Maze, the others hot on his heels.

We ended up at a hole. Minho called it the Griever Hole. He said that we could escape from there, and it will hopefully lead us to the outer world.

But it wasn't that easy. There were Grievers roaming the Maze, and three of them came after us. The first one was easy, but the second almost took off Frypan. And Zart as well. The third wasn't that easy. It had Minho pinned underneath, him barely managing to avoid getting stung. Newt and I threw our spears at the same time, and one it its eye, and one struck its legs.

But there was a combination to be unlocked. Turns out that its the order of the sections in the Maze. How did Thomas figure that out?

We walked through corridors and ended up in a room, dead bodies scattering the floor. And then the screen popped up, with a picture of a woman.

I'm Chancellor Ava Paige, leader of World In Catastrophe, Killzone Experiment Department, more commonly known as WICKED. If you are standing here, I assume you have completed the Maze Trials. Congratulations. But it's not the end. Not the end? The Gladers exchanged confused looks.

A disease called the Flare has taken over the entire population. A picture of a man, screaming, blood dripping from his face, veins popping out, shows on the screen, and I flinch. The woman continues. Welcome to the Scorch Trials. Then, she takes a gun. And shoots herself in the head. And the screen goes black.

Questions erupt. But something else catches my eye. A figure is standing in front of us, but I can't see clearly. I tap Newt on the shoulders, and he turns, gets my signal, and silences the Gladers. As my eyes focus, I see that it's another Glader. Gally.

And he has a gun pointed directly at Thomas.