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Chapter 11.

A few days have passed since Frypan bought me and Gally together again. We are (again) the annoying, PDAing, lovey-dovey couple like before. It's quite funny actually, seeing everyone react to our actions. Especially since we are so much more open with it now, I iften get told how much Gally loves me and in return he gets told it back with a kiss.

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Today has been great, but as it got later, after the runners got back, there was no grinding of the walls being shut for the night. As darkness was reaching closer, that's when it started. The terrifying sounds of the maze, the grieves rolling around and getting closer. Before too long everyone was hiding, mainly in the homestead but me, Gally, Minho, Newt, Chuck and Thomas hid in the darkness of the box, behind a barrier if crates. Between the crates was a tiny slat in which only Gally and Thomas could see out of. And every so often, after a scream or the sound of footsteps pounding the dry earth they would peek and look back in to tell us "It all looks clear, for now".

Before too long the sun started showing the first signs of brightening the glade. But we didn't get hopeful.

As I bury my face in Gally's chest, I start to hold back tears. "It's ok Ivy, we won't move until we hear the others start moving around, then we will know the coast is clear, they can see what's going on, it's okay" Gallys voice is reassuring, just like the hand rubbing my back, but I still can't hope for anything good to happen in the next few days.

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"NO GALLY, PLEASE!" As I break down at the site of my best friend and future stay, stubbornly in the glade, I'm getting rushed further into the maze.

"You can't do this to us Gally... You bastard" I manage to say in less than a whisper, we stop out side of the griever-hole. Minho has me tightly pulled into his chest and all I can do is cry. Because I'm loosing a friend, and what I could only see as my future. But somehow Minho gets me to stop and I help the group to escape the hell, some have braved for three years.

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After we all reach the bottom of the chute, I go to stand alone in a corner, the guys are all gathering round a singke computer screen and usher me over. As we watch the hysteria unfold on the glass, we take a minute to process the information bombarded on us. For up to half and hour, we relax and take time to understand our possibilities, that's when he comes through the metal door.

"We belong to the maze"...

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HEY! I'm a little disappointed in the fact that no one wants to join the competition :,( But any who, I'm still getting my hopes up for someone even just to possibly design one for me at their leisure. Thanks for reading, and I hope you can all visit my Instagram page @the_maze_games_fan. TTFN, ta ta for now. xxx