Grian Oneshots

109 ~ Maze

Yes, this was inspired by Maze Runner. Yes I love Maze Runner. Yes, I still need to finish the series. TvT

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The masked blonde sat on the ledge looking down at the clearing. His dirty blonde hair was fluffy, and he had a black sleeveless shirt. He had black fingerless gloves and black jeans. His black combat boots and a gold locket. A black sleeveless jacket and pouches on his belt. Twin swords rested on his back, and many knives rested around his body.

The maze was getting restless, signifying the short time until the monsters were released for all out anarchy. The familiar scratch of metal against metal caught his attention. Looking towards the center of the starting area of the maze, he saw the bunker doors open.

The group gathered round the bunker doors, before long he could see the two people join the group.

A voice chimed through his earbud, and he zoomed in on the group with his glasses.

"Two new people. Anyone recognize them?" The voice said.

"One looks familiar." He said.

The taller one had a black mustache and black hair. He wore a somewhat frayed suit. The second one was shorter but buffer. They were part cyborg, and had a brunette beard with their brunette hair.

He knew the taller.

"...The taller is a friend. No clue about the second." He said.

"Good. Get him out of there tonight." The voice said.

He nodded and stood up on the wall. He looked to the west, checking the time manually. Sure he had enough technology to do anything he wanted, but he liked doing things manually.

"Should I grab the second in case? If he's not a friend we can just send him back." He asked.

"That's a good idea." The voice said.

"See you soon X." He said.

"Get back safe, Grian." X warned.

"I always do~" He sang.

He could hear the sigh from the other side, along with the click of the connection being ended. Grian turned towards the large maze, and looked at the tops of the maze.

If he dropped now and made his way to the western gate, the sun would be set, and he would have no issue getting the two newbies.

Grian took a step off the wall's top, and fell to the ground. He hovered above the ground softly for 10 seconds before dropping to the ground softly.

He opened his phone to select a playlist, before walking through the maze. He waved to his friends in the maze, and paused to let the others walk past.

Let me explain.

In this world, 25% of the world's population are put into mazes all across the world. The mazes were ran by people called different things in different places. This maze was ran by the Hermits.

The members of the maze who lived within the maze itself, weren't necessarily evil, but these were. The Voiders were the members who weren't part of the Hermits. The Voiders were sadistic and violent, and tried to kill or sabotage the Hermits constantly.

There were the leaders of the ones from each side, the Hermit's being Xisuma, and the Voider's being Alex. Both sides were basically the same, with some from both having magic, and both having mostly hybrids.

Magic users usually had an item that their magic or soul were tethered to. Some had their souls tethered to their magic, but it posed more of an issue. Over usage of magic could fracture or scar the physical body, spiritual, or the itemsbtethered to the magic.

Grian was a Hermit, but used to be in a different maze south of this one named Evo. Evo was full of purely magical people and only two hybrids, so he was confused when he met the non-magical people and hybrids of the Hermits.

Grian paused the playlist as he turned the corner to see the gate to the western edge of the area. Almost everyone on the Voider's side were asleep, and Grian just walked into the area.

He made his way to the houses, checking for the two newbies. Grian eventually found them and slipped inside. He walked towards the bunk beds, and shook the taller ravenette awake.

"W-What...?" He asked.

"Shhhh..." Grian said. "I'm getting you out..."

"...Gri...?" Mumbo asked, sitting up and looking to Grian.

Grian smiled to Mumbo, before walking to the other newbie. He shook him awake, and told the man to be quiet. Grian led them out of the cabin, and out to the gate.

Grian checked to make sure no one was following them, only to get panicked. He muttered shit under his breath, before grabbing onto the two. He used his magic and forced them up and onto the top of the walls.

Grian fell to his knees, but forced himself up. He was far from used to using magic on more than two people.

Grian led the two on the walls of the maze towards the Hermit's base. He made sure there wasn't trackers on any of them using his magic, getting more and more tired.

"X- Fuck- Magic- Overusage-" Grian said, falling to his knees.

The two held Grian as Grian felt himself slip into unconsciousness.

He woke up hours later, with Scar hugging him. He slightly pushed Scar off, and sat up. He held his side as the pain began.

"Your lucky X had opened up that channel." Grian heard Ex's voice say.

Grian looked up at the albino male, and hesitantly smiled to him. Scar smiled to him, and rushed out of the room to get X or Stress.

"What happened?" Grian asked, looking down at his abdomen.

"Someone threw a trident at you, before it pulled out and traveled back to them. You continued getting Mumbo and Iskall away, but stopped only ten minutes away from the base. You called out for X, and Mumbo and Iskall tried helping you the best they could." Ex said. "X and Scar went to find you, and brought you three to the base. Physical wounds and magic overuse aren't good for you."

Grian nodded.

"Atleast I didn't loose my streak of not dying." Grian joked.

"Yeah, you idiot." Stress said, walking into the room. "This is serious. You were extremely injuried, and Ex had to fix the fractures on your magic."

Ex gave a look of 'I'm sorry' to Grian as Stress began to scold Grian. Before long Xisuma walked in and told Stress to get new bandages for Grian's wounds.

"How are you?" Xisuma asked, looking down at Grian.

"I'm fine." Grian said. "Where's Mumbo?"

X raised an eyebrow, but turned to his twin. He gestured him to get Mumbo, before turning back to Grian.

"Who is Mumbo?" Xisuma asked.

"An old friend. From before I was apart of the mazes." Grian said, slight annoyance in his voice.

Many people missed their families and pasts from before they were picked for the mazes. Grian's story was only know by a few people, but it was one of the worst stories they'd known.

Grian was raised on the streets, and wasn't even marked in the population. He was adopted by an abusive rich family at 9, and at 13 he volunteered to be sent instead of a friend. He had given up his life, which hadn't been that great, to be trapped in a maze for the rest of his life under constant threat of death or injury.

Mumbo walked into the room and smiled to Grian, though confused.

"I'll leave you two." Xisuma said, walking out of the room.

Mumbo sat down next to Grian, and he hugged Grian. Grian hugged Mumbo as well.

"This is the first time I've seen you since back then." Mumbo said. "Is this the maze you were sent?"

"...No..." Grian said. "I was sent to one called Evo, this one's Hermitcraft."

Mumbo nodded confused. Grian just held onto Mumbo, it was the first time he was genuinely happy in a long time.