Mystified

Chapter 3

○●○Maisie POV○●○

It's been 2 days since I arrived to the Glade. The other boys are starting to approach me everytime I have freetime. They would back off though if Newt's around. I felt odd.

"Ivy?" I called. Alby put me as Ivy's roommate. "Hmm.." she replied. "How long have you been in here?" I ask. "About 3 years, I think," she replied plainly. Wow, 3 years. "How did people came here? Is it like me? Just found themselves in the Maze?" I ask, getting curious.

"No, they usually came from the box, like Thomas did. It's the one in the middle of the Glade. Every month, they send us a newbie and supplies, " she told. Just when I was about to ask more, a sirens went booming through the Glade.

"Shuck is that?" I said, recognising the slang very well. "That's weird..." Ivy said. I gave her a confused look. "Come, you'll see yourself!" She said, gesturing the door.

○●○Newt POV○●○

The sirens just went booming. Signing that the box is coming up. But the sirens is the usual supplies warning, its longer. Signing that a newbie is in there.

I bolted my way to the box. Gladers are gathering around the box. "NEWT!" Alby yelled. I looked across the box to see him. "Aye!" I yelled back. "The sirens broken?" He ask. "Don't know!" I replied.

I saw Ivy dragging Maisie out from the Homestead. The boys are calling dibs on her when she's in the Maze. Klunks. Maisie went up to me. "Hey, what's goin on?" She ask. "The box comin up. You better watch, " I said. She stayed beside me.

When the box finally reached the top, it stopped with a loud crashing sound. "Open it!" Gally yelled. I pulled the divider betweet the box. I jumped down and shocked with what I saw. "Who is it?", "Is it a newbie?", "What's in there?", Gladers are asking me. I looked up at them.

"It's a girl...". Then gladers are calling dibs on the new girl. "Is she dead?" Maisie ask. When I tried to reach the girl, she shot up.

"Thomas!". Then she collapsed again. Everybody look at Thomas, he just seemed confused. I still can hear her breathing heavily. I saw a paper in her hand, when I tried to take it, she whispered.

"Maisie...". I looked up to Maisie it seems that no one heard that. "What's that?" Alby ask. I unfold the paper, it read 'She's just a trigger'. "What kind of joke is that?" Gally shouted. I shrugged and give the paper to Alby. Ivy and the med-jacks carried the girl to the Homestead.

○●○Ivy POV○●○

Clint brought the new girl into the Homestead. We have our own room for Med-Jacks. "Lay her down," I said. Clint lay her on the bed.

I checked her pulsed is steady but her breathing is very slow. She's in some of comatose. "Clean her face. I'll tell Alby about her later," I said. Just then Thomas kicked the door open.

Maisie running behind him. "Sorry,  I tried to hold him but he said she looked familiar," she answered my expression. Thomas sat beside her bed, looking intensely at her face.

"Her name's Teresa..." he said.

○●○Maisie POV○●○

The week went normally after Teresa's arrival. 3 newbies in a week isn't very normal and Gally kept telling Alby that since Thomas arrived, things are getting weirder. I started running on my own after 4 days. And since I finished 2 section yesterday, Minho told me to took a rest.

So I hang out with Newt. "Quit starring at me," he said, snapping me from my trance. "I'm not starring, I'm just thinking!" I snap. He just chuckled. "How did you become a Track-Hoe?" I ask. His face stiffened. He had told Thomas about his past, but he won't tell me. "Is it something horrible? " I ask. He just nod. I patted the ground next to me, telling hin to sit. "Tell me," I said. "You'll think I'm bloody pathetic, " he said with a British accent that I learned to love. "Nah, I won't. Just tell me," I said.

"Okay...it isn't very pleased to hear. A year ago, I climbed up the top of t he maze, thinking that maybe there's a way out. When I reach to the top, I can't even see anything. Just endless maze. I was frustrated, I just jumped off from the bloody wall. Luckily, the ivy caught my ankle, but it ended up breaking it. Minho help me get into the maze. I can't run anymore so I became a Track-Hoe," he said.

"It wasn't that bad, except the part you tried to kill yourself. But hey, everyone makes mistakes," I said. A smile creep onto his face. "There's something about Teresa I haven't told you..." he suddenly said. I look at him confused.

"When she came, she yelled Thomas name, but when she black out I heard she whispered your name..." he said again. "Maybe she knows me before this..." I simply said. He just nod.

And then the sirens went booming again, longer. "What now?" I ask Newt. "Guess Gally's right?" He said sounding like a question. "Never trust him, he lied to me about everything in the maze," I said.

○●○Artemis○●○

The box I was in started moving again. It moved upwards, faster then it used to. I stood, grabbing everything for a handle.

Just when I touch something on the side, the box suddenly stopped. I fell on my butt. Damn. Just when I started thinking that no one will ever find me here, the top of the box open up. Lights piercing through my eyes. An asian guy jumped in.

"What's your name?" He ask. I start to think heavily. "Art...Artemis...." I said. "YO ALBY, ITS ANOTHER GIRL. ARTEMIS! " the boy yelled. The boy helped me out from the box. I was greeted by a black hair boy, he look the same age as me.

"I'm Alby. Welcome to the Glade. I'll let you clean yourself up and then we can discuss about your part," he said to me. I don't understand any word from him.

"ALBY!" a girl yelled. She has a hair like snow. "WE GOT PROBLEMS!" She yelled. I saw another girl behind her. Black hair, tan skin. She looked familiar but I can't remember who she is.

○●○Leigh POV○●○

I stopped running. I'm panting really hard. I think I had been stuck here for a week. Everytime I woke up, I found a bread and a bottle of water beside me.

I almost lost hope, but then I saw a big entering in front of me. A door. I ran like hell. I reached the place panting. I was shocked. It looked like the Glade back at the other maze but, it seems that only boys here. Oh no. Group A.

But then a girl with platinum blonde hair approach me. "Hello?" She ask. "Where am I?" I ask. I know exactly where I am but I'm making sure I'm not dreaming. "The Glade. I'm Maisie. How did you get here?" She ask.

"I, uh, went onto an opening and got stuck here..." I replied. Then she turned and yelled. "ALBY! WE GOT PROBLEMS!".