Never Gave Up (Alby Love Story)

Chapter 27 Ashton's P.O.V

I'm finally telling my secret. Just hope WICKED won't kill anyone because I'm not suppose to remember this.

"I was a runner for two years before they took me out. They took me out because I was finding the code to fast. The words I found were FLOAT, CATCH, BLEED, DEATH, and a word that begins with the letter S and ends with F. I was taking out before I found the rest. The cliff is the way out."

The boys just stared at me. They all looked shocked. Minho was the first to recover.

"Is that way your maps were so good and why you ran so well your first day?"

"Yes."

"How did you find the letters?" Thomas asked.

"If they were mapped correctly you just had to put the maps together and the letter would be shown."

"So your saying all our maps aren't right? If the are we can't do anything about it. I ran last night. The maze stopped changing." Minho said.

"Wax paper. Frypan do you have any wax paper?" Thomas asked.

Wax paper. Why would he need wax paper? I looked at Thomas confused. But he was looking at Frypan.

"I have some. But I use it for special reasons."

"Well this is a special reason."

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Frypan reluctantly gave up his wax paper. We we in the Homestead were Minho and some other boys brought in the trunks that held the really maps. A table had been set up. Thomas was taking papers out of the trunks.

He arranged the papers in order by day and section. He took a paper from the section 1 stack and placed wax paper on top. He did the same for the other seven sections. When he was done he arranged the papers and They showed the letter P.

"Ashton and I where right. The maze does make letters."

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Minho had made some of the boys work on the maps. Teresa was helping to. I wanted to help but he wouldn't let me. I think everyone here either hates me, scared of me, or don't trust me because of what I said.

I sat outside the Homestead and looked around the Glade. There was no use running if the maze isn't changing. I can't work another job because they all think I have to sit and wait till I'm healed. I can't even talk to Alby because he is working on the maps. Frypan won't even let me help with the cooking.

Thomas walked out of the Homestead and sat down next to me. He looks a lot better then yesterday. The green lines vanished and more color came back. He still looks tired though.

"You were in some of my memories." he said.

"What? What was I doing?"

"You were saving me from begin killed. You stabbed someone."

He had the same memory I had before. The one where the person jump out and stab him in the leg. The first time I ever killed someone.

"I also saw my mom. She was saying good-bye to me. Telling me that she loved me and was proud of me. But I don't know what she was proud about."

What. Thomas wasn't even old enough to remember his mom. The memory must be a fake.

"Is there anything different between the memories of me and your mom?"

"Yeah. The one with my mom is kinda blurry and the one with you is pretty clear."

The memory was a fake. I'm not going to tell him it is. I'll tell him the truth once he remembers me.