Subject A6: The Hope

Chapter 1: Rise and Shine Greenie

2 ½ Years Ago:

Y/N's POV:

"Hey there, greenie, calm down. I'm not gonna hurt you, alright?" the boy spoke in a hushed tone, trying not to startle me. I stared up at the mysterious figure. His gorgeous, sun-kissed hair stuck to his forehead, his stunning, coffee brown eyes and callous, large hands. "My name's Newt, do you remember yours?" he asked, carefully grabbing my petite hand, rubbing calming circles on my knuckles as he helped me to my feet. I stood there in shock, shaking my head.

"W-Why can't I remember anything?" I whimpered, my lower lip jutting out in fear. "Hey, it's ok. It happens to everyone who comes up the box. Your name will come back eventually. It's the one thing they let us keep; you just have to be patient." he smiled, bringing me over to the cage doors.

"Hey! Winston, lower the rope!" he shouted to the boys above us, reaching his hand out the grab the piece of harsh material. Newt turned to me, smiling as he placed his hand in mine. "Now I'm going to have to ask you to hold onto me as they hoist us up, ok? After we get up there, I'll help explain what's going on. Do you trust me?" he asked, holding onto my hand tightly. I was hesitant but nodded. His arm wrapped around my petite waist, holding me tightly against his body as we were lifted out of the small metal box.

As soon as we made our way onto solid ground, I was bombarded by a herd of boys. "Wow, she's stunning" "Do you think they her to us for a reason?" "I hope we get more girls like her; she's hot", and millions of other vulgar words were spat at me, causing me to grimace and turn red with rage.

"All of you shut it! I am a human, for christ sake, not some sort of toy that you all get to take turns playing with! So stop talking about me like some kind of object and keep your dirty thoughts to yourself," I heaved, my yes blazing with uncontrollable anger as all the boys stood there in shock and shame. Newt smiled proudly, yelling at the boys to get back to work before making his way over to me. "Quite the show you put on back there", he smirked amusedly, causing a bright pink hue to rest on my fluffy cheeks.

"Sorry about that, but it just made me so uncomfortable that they were just talking about me like that. I didn't mean to cause a scene," I mumbled embarrassedly, my gaze falling to the grass. "No need to apologise, love; I understand that they were out of line. Besides, it was pretty cool how you were able even to make Gally crap his pants," he chuckled, a smile forming on my lips as I giggled as well.

"Newt! There you are, good. Oh, there you are greenie, looks like you've already met Newt. He's one of our best Runners. Anyways, you'll learn all about that tomorrow. Right now, you need to have the grand tour. Newt, do you mind? Nick told me to ask you," Alby spoke, smiling at the two of us. Newt nodded, flashing his cute smile at Alby before directing at me. "Let's go, love", he smirked, bowing dramatically before grabbing my hand and leading me around their home.

"Over there's the Homestead; that's where everyone sleeps. The Keepers, people who are in charge of each job, and the other Runners get their own rooms on the top floor; the rest of us sleep in hammocks or even on the floor." Newt said, pointing over to a huge wooden building that stood in the middle of the field.

"Over there is the blood-house, that's where the slicers, the ones who kill the animals for meat and other resources, cut up the animals before handing the meat over to our cook, Frypan, who's currently yelling at Gavin" He laughed, pointing over to a dark-skinned boy who was indeed scolding a brunette boy. I smiled, giggling along with him as we continued our way through the place, greeting everyone who passed by.

"And that's the last of it. Anything else you wanna know about greenie?" Newt asked as he led me back to the place where we started the journey. I looked over Newt's shoulder, my eyes meeting the large cement walls that surrounded the area. "What are those?" I asked, pointing towards them.