Always and Forever [Book 3]

The Maze

Rachel's POV
I wake up and I notice that I'm in the glade on my hammock. Thankfully it's morning. I walk outside and see the boys working. I look around for a bit and then I walk to Newt.

Rachel:Where's Alby?

Newt:He's in the maze.

Rachel:What? Why?

Newt:They're trying to find the place where Ben got stung. They'll return before the doors close. Which means they're almost here.

Newt walks to the maze doors.

Rachel :What? How long was I sleeping?

Newt:All day. We didn't want to wake you up because we all know that you've been having nightmares so you needed to rest.

We arrive at the opening and so as the other boys. We wait for a while.

Rachel:What if they don't make it?

Newt: They're gonna make it.

Rachel:What if they don't make it?

Newt:They're gonna make it.

I roll my eyes and look back into the maze. After a while we see the three boys coming towards us. Minho and Thomas are holding Alby. He seems hurt. The doors start closing. The three boys are away from the opening. They're not gonna make it. The other boys start yelling them to hurry up. No, they're not going to make it. I feel something and then I hear the voice. "Get in there Rachel. Do it". I rush into the maze. I hear the boys yelling at me. I get in the maze and the door closes behind me. The two boys are looking at me and they sit down.

Minho:Great. You just killed yourself.

Rachel:What?

Thomas :You just entered the maze. We're all gonna get killed.

Rachel:What if we survive?

Minho:And how are we gonna do that? The grievers will find you and when they do they'll kill you.

I roll my eyes.

Rachel:Grab Alby. We're gonna hide him.

Thomas:Where?

Rachel:Somewhere high.

I walk deeper in the maze and the boys are following. We tie Alby and we pull so he can go higher. Suddenly we hear something.

Minho:Do you hear that?

Rachel:What is it?

Thomas :A griever.

Minho starts running and he leaves me and Thomas alone.

Thomas:Quick, hide.

We crawl under some vines and hide. I have my hand on my mouth so I won't be heard. I see the griever's legs and they look like robotic ones. After it leaves we crawl out of our hiding spot and try to find Minho. After we walk for a while we see Minho running towards us.

Minho:Run!

Behind him a griever trying to catch him. We start running. The griever still behind us. Suddenly I stop. My head hurts. I fall on the ground holding my head. The two boys grab me and help me stand on my own feet. We keep running for a while until we split up. The griever follows me. I turn lots of times and after a while I'm lost. A shadow appears on front of me.

??? :You can kill it Rachel.

The shadow has a boy's voice. A familiar voice. I run past the shadow and then another shadow.

??? :Kill it.

A girl's voice.

Rachel:Stop! I can't take it anymore!

I turn around and I see the griever looking at me. It runs towards me but I do nothing. It just comes towards me and I stand still. When it stands next to me it looks at me for a second. I widen my eyes and then I shut them.

Rachel:Do it then! Get over with it!

It does nothing. I open my eyes hoping for grieve is gone. But no. When I open my eyes with its legs it hits me and I start bleeding. It scratches me all over my body. I almost fall down but I want to do one last thing. I want to let out a scream. I scream as loud as I can. The griever takes a few steps back. It seems like it's in pain. Suddenly it explodes. I fall down. Then I slowly close my eyes.

Thomas:Rachel! Rachel wake up.

I open my eyes and see Minho and Thomas. Thomas laughs.

Thomas :You killed a griever.

I raise my head and I see the legs of the griever between two closed walls.

Minho:It's almost sunrise. We have to get back.

They help me up and then we go to get Alby. We walk to the exit. Minho holds Alby and Thomas helps me walk.

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Other's POV

The doors of the maze open. But no site of the guys.

Frypan:I told you Chuck. They're not coming.

All the boys turn around to leave.

Rachel's POV

We turn right and we see the glade. All the boys turn around to look at us.

Chuck:They're coming!

They start cheer and when we enter the glade Minho put down Alby and Thomas helps me sit.

Chuck :What happened in there?

Newt:Did you see a griever?

Thomas:We didn't just saw a griever. She killed it.

All the boys look at me sitting. Then some of them grab Alby and some others help me. I'm covered with blood but still no scratch. I look back in the maze thinking. I saw the griever between the walls. Did I kill it that way? I remember screaming and the griever exploding. I look back at my hands which are covered with blood. Is this my blood or the griever's? What is wrong with me?