The Walls (Maze Runner Fan Fic)

ch 19

Gally POV

Wren hasn't spoken since this morning.  I wish I knew what was going on in her head.  The Keepers have called a meeting to discuss our plan moving forward, but I just want to be with her at this moment.
"Dammit!" Alby's punches the wall.  He is seething. "Why so suddenly?! I won't give one of my own to them." 
All of us nod our heads.  I love Wren.  She is a sister to everyone else in the Glade but how would we survive without the supplies coming in monthly? Food we could ration but we are more than before.  What we eat daily is already a ration.  Medical supplies were also running out.  Everything seems to be low.
"This was planned out." I blurted out as the realization dawned on me.
"We received piglets a while ago. It wouldn't make sense to eat them anytime soon." The Keeper of the Slicers pointed out.
"The last 2 boxes..the medical supplies we ordered never came in ...I just thought they forgot." Clint said into his hands.
We all faced Alby watching him as he looked out of the Homestead.
"We can't let them have one of us."
We called everyone in to discuss our decision. Wren was sitting down next to what would have been our bonfire pit tonight with Dan and Eric. I'm sure they were trying to get her mind off what was happening.  She seemed to be only half listening as they walked towards the meeting.
Panic and worried filled conversations all around us. Especially from the newest bunch that came in the past couple of  months.
"Listen up!" Alby demands ."We aren't giving them Wren."
"Why not?!" Screamed the newest greenie, I think his name was Vincent. "She is a girl that doesn't even belong here." Whispers could be heard agreeing with him. If it wasn't for Minho placing his hand on my shoulder, I would have gone over to punch him square in the face.
"She has caused enough problems anyway." Ben throws in as he leans against the wall. 
"Slim it!" Alby yells through his teeth. "We are all we have.  Wren is actively looking for an exit for all of us.  Half of you wouldn't last a day running in that Maze."
"So you will trade all of us for a girl!" Vincent argues back.
"I am the chosen leader.  All the Keepers have spoken. This was our decision."
"Well this whole system is broken.  I say we vote on it."
"We aren't giving her to them!"
Arguments began to break out among the crowd. I start my way towards Vincent slowly when a small hand rests on my chest.  I look into her sad eyes and notice them brimming with tears. 
"Stop it!  Everyone just stop! Please stop fighting!" Wren's voice brings the room to a silence. She looks around then just to the ground. "I'm not the reason we lose ourselves in here. I will make the decision overall.  Let them vote."
"Wren, is that what you want?" Alby asks her.
"Yes." My chest feels tight as she walks out.
"We will vote at the end of the week." Alby begins to discuss the way it would work but I can't hear him.  I follow Wren out. 
I ran to the Deadheads knowing exactly where she would be.
She was staring at the wall with her back towards me. I pulled her around to face me. My arms grip her shoulders. I didn't mean to yell at her but I couldn't stop myself. "Are you crazy?! We have already decided! No voting. That was our choice! I won't let anyone put you in that shucking box!"
"Gally it okay." She says with tears streaming down her face.
"None of this is okay." I can't catch my breath. "It's not okay."
Wren's arms wrap around my neck. "Breath slowly."
I can feel myself having a panic attack like the ones after my nightmares.  The ones she comforts me from. I listen as we lean down against the wall.  I pick her up onto my lap and embrace her whole body.  Has she always been this small compared to me? What would they want to do with her? Why do they want her?
"I won't give you to them. I promise." I kiss the top of her head.
She begins to sob into my chest "I know."