𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 [𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐭] ✔︎

05. he did it

"They're not coming back," muttered Gally.

All the gladers were standing in front of the doors. You were supposed to be back, they were going to close soon and Newt was worried.

"Stop it, they are," he said.

The doors started making sounds, indicating that they were starting to close.

"Come on.."

"There!" yelled Chuck as everyone was starting to walk away.

Minho and you turned a corner, both of you carrying Alby under your arms. You were doing as much as you could to go fast enough. The gladers started screaming for you two to go faster.

"Just a little more," you said

The doors were closing. Minho was walking slower. He suddenly let go of Alby and you felt his weight pushing you down.

"What the hell are you doing?" you asked but continued walking.

Deep down, you knew that it was too late. You looked up and your eyes met Newt. You've never seen him that scared, the look in his eyes was something you wished you never saw. He mouthed your name and took one, very small step forward. The doors were closing, and your shoulder was hurting you too much. Exhausted, you felled to the floor, bringing Alby with you.
You sat on your knees and watched as your friends faces soon disapeared as the doors were only inches appart. But right before, someone passed throught it. You looked up and saw Thomas, laying there as the doors closed behind him.

"Good job. You just killed yourself," said Minho behind you.

"What?" Thomas asked, panting.

"We told you, no one survives one night in the maze"

You shot a glare at Minho and stood up, walking toward him.

"If you didn't let go of Alby we would've been out right now!" you shoot at him, pushing his shoulders "Didn't think I was going to die this way"

Thomas made his way toward Alby. He lifted him up "Minho, take the other side of him,"

"What are you doing?" you asked

"We can't stay here, the night is starting to fall," he answered. Minho nonetheless helped Thomas carrying their friend.

The three of you walked further into the maze, trying to find a place for the night. The sky was getting darker when you stopped.

"Wait I have an idea," you said as you looked up. The two boys looked at you, silently telling you to continue. "See this ivy, maybe we could do a sort of rope and lift him up for the night. We can't take care of him right now," you said pointing to Alby.

"Y/n you're a genius," said Thomas.

After a while, the sky was dark and the rope ready. You put it around Alby's waist and started pulling at the rope, as much as you could with your injured shoulder. That mechanism lifted him.

A sudden groan somewhere in the maze caught Minho off guard.

"Just a little more, Minho,"

A griever appeared at the other side of the corridor. You saw that Mihno was starting to loose his grip on the rope.

"I'm sorry,"

"What?" you and Thomas said at the same time.

Minho let go of the rope and started running away, leaving the both of you with much more weight to lift.

"You got to be kidding me!" you whispered yell

"Y/n wait," started Thomas.

The sound of the griever was getting closer. You looked at each other with horror. Your left foot met the wall, except, there wasn't any wall behind the ivy.

"Down there, go," you said.

Thomas didn't let go of the rope as the two of you hide behind the ivy. It was a small place so he and you were close but it was enough for the two of you to hide.

As one of the griever's iron leg appeared in front of you, you closed your eyes and waited. Thomas saw it and pulled you closer to him. In fact, he was scared too but still tried to comfort you.

The griever walked in front of you, not sensing a thing. As he was gone, Thomas got out and tied the ivy to its root before taking your hand to help you get out. One of his feet walked into a slobbery thing and the two of you look down.

"What is this?"

"No idea..."

Another groan came out of nowhere, you look around trying to find it. Thomas felt something falling onto his shoulder and the two of you looked up. Above you on the wall, a griever was here, watching you with his mouth wide open.

"Run!" you told Thomas.

The two of you ran the other way, the griever chasing you. You turned a corner and were met with a dead-end. You turned around, the griever was closer.

Thomas started to climb up the wall so you did the same. But the griever did it too.

The two of you arrived on top of it and started running, again. You jumped on another wall, ran on top of it and were met with the end again. Thomas and you almost fell. The griever was behind you, so the only idea you had was to jump on the wall in front of you. The two of you backed up, ran and jumped. But again, the griever repeated the actions.

One of his shear fell right next to Thomas's head. The ivy started to fall and you all hit the floor, but luckily the griever was all tangled in the ivy. Thomas and you took this chance to run off.

You were running when Minho appeared to your left.

"Where were you?!" you asked, as you continued to run.

"Now is not the time! This way," he said as he lead you to another corridor. "It's closing come on!"

Minho and you passed through the corridor which walls were starting to close on each other but Thomas stayed back.

"Thomas what are you doing!" you yelled. He ran into the hallway, with the griever behind him.

"Thomas run!"

"Come on!"

Thomas passed and he fell on the ground in front of you. The doors closed, right on the griever. You all look at the smashed creature in front of you and Minho and you shared a look. Thomas stood up.

"You just killed a griever," you said.

You all laughed, relieved. It was a first one for anyone. Nobody has ever killed a griever.

After this, the three of you got back to Alby, and survived the night into the maze.

♧︎︎︎

The next morning, the doors opened without you behind them. Newt's heart broke. He figured yesterday that he probably wasn't going to see you, or any of his friends again. The once of hope he had all night staying awake at the doors was gone now. The gladers started to walk away, when Zart turned around.

"No way..."

Newt turned around as he heard him. There, in the maze, Minho and Thomas were supporting Alby, with you walking next to them.

As you reached the end of the doors, Newt immediately ran to you and catch you. You winced because of your shoulder but still appreciated the comfort of his arms.

"I thought I was never going to see you again," he said as he look into your eyes.

"Told you, you can't get ride of me that easily," you said with a weak smile. "All I need now is to be patch up," you said pointing at your bloody shoulder.

"You saw a griever?" asked Chuck to Thomas who was crouched down next to Alby.

"Yeah I saw one," he answered.

"He didn't just see one, he killed it," finished Minho.

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