DEFENCE SYSTEM | NEWT; THE MAZE RUNNER

chapter one | only girl

danger.

thats all it felt like. i couldn't breathe. questions flooded my head with confusion. i didn't know what to do or think. sweat dripping from my temples. i don't even know what my name is! i cuddled up in a ball in the corner of whatever i was in. not wanting to move from where i was, i slowly but gently slided around the "elevator", which was moving rapidly, to the many supply boxes which had the letters WCKD printed on the front of them. i just wanted to be dragged down to hell and never come back up, but what it feels like, i'm already in hell. i looked up from where i was crouching and saw red lights looming over me. i screamed at the top of my lungs and couldn't take it anymore. a loud BANG terrorfied me. i kept looking at the floor not wanting to lift my head up to the roof, yet i heared the "roof" lift up from the ground. with my mouth open to start screaming again, people, who i do not know, were looking down at me with shocked faces. at least thats what it looks like with my blurry vision. suddenly a shaved, brown-haired boy jumped down from whatever was up there.

"day one greenie, rise and shine" and with that, he grabbed my sweaty t-shirt and threw me onto the hard, grassy ground. i was so scared, i didn't know what to do. with a petrified face, i looked around, focusing on my surroundings, trying to reconise anything, from what was in civilisation. suddenly i saw a dark brown-haired boy looking down on me, he looked shocked yet puzzled at what he was looking at.

"thomas?" i said. i don't even know how i knew that name or how i reconised that boy. everyone's faces changed from laughter to shocked and confused. i didn't keep my eyes off that boy and he didn't keep his eyes off me.

"alright shanks, that's enough!" a skinny dirty blonde boy shouted at the boys and walked over to me. he looked surprised to see a girl. 'has he never seen a girl before' i thought to myself staring up at him while he stared down at me.

"a girl?" he said looking daggers into my eyes. 'yep, he definately not seen a girl ever or in a long ass time'. everyone froze and was silent. not one boy infront of me kept their eyes anywhere else apart from mine, staring deep and was in thought, while i was alternating between the blonde boy and the dark brown haired boy, mainly on the brown haired boy, he seemed different. 'what the hell is this place, why am i here, are there any other girls, where do i go, how did i end up here, who are these boys'. those were the questions i wanted answers too yet i was too afraid to say anything, so i got up. i took in my surroundings and turned around in a 360 taking everything in. but one thing caught my eye. 4 massive walls caving in everyone here with an enterence that is too tall for any human being. so i made a run for it. running while out of breath and sweaty are not good combonations. but that didn't stop me. keeping my eyes on that "doorway" and not concentrating on anything else while most of the boys were running after me shouting 'stop, don't go near there, stupid shank, you'll regret it if you go there. but i didn't care. i didn't like being here, let alone stay here for a second more. i was so close i could basically taste it. a couple more steps and i was out of here. but near the end i was getting out of breath, i could bearly breathe let alone run anymore. i was so close, but i was shoved to the ground with a loud thump. i was groaning in pain. it was either my legs had no energy left or my back almost breaking, but i knew i was in pain. and it hurt like hell.

"gotta stop meeting like this greenie" the same boy said from when the "elevator" first opened. even with my legs and my back, i stood up quickly and scattered away from all of the boys towering over me, yet again. i couldn't take it anymore. being somewhere i didn't know terrorfied me, but i didn't want to show cowardace and weakness.

"where the hell am i?" i said with power and strength from the inside, but probably looked like a small, weak girl from the outside. "look, we're just tryna protect you" the same blonde boy said with his hand out gestering me to get away from the walls. "no, where am i, who are you guys?" i shouted, not backing down. "just get away from the walls and we'll explain" a new boy with dark skin said calmly to me. "tell me, and then i'll move" i said, i wasn't stopping until i got what i wanted, and that was answers. "just-" the same boy started until i cut him off "if you don't tell me right now, i wont hesitate to run throught those doors and never come back again" i shouted, scared yet angry. then the boy i some-what recconised came towards me, slowly, trying not to startle me. "hey, listen to me okay, you don't want to go out there" he said trying his best to reassure me. "don't come any closer." and with that there was a massive BANG. i flinched at the loud noise, but everyone looked calm. i turned around to find myself staring at the doors, which were closing with the green moss covering the sides and the screeching noise defening my eardrums. and there it was, one of my biggest fears coming true. claustophobia. i felt a sudden tear or fright drip down my cold and sweaty cheeck.

"next time, imma let you leave" the boy that shoved me said while walking away with his hand crossed. "welcome to hell" the dark skinned boy said to me and then walked away.

i was scared, confused, stressed, angry and most of all, i felt like i was in danger.