The First One || TMR

Twenty-Three

• Hailey •

After I finally calmed down I got up looking for Newt. Which I finally find him climbing out of the look out tree with Spence.

"Have you been crying?" Spencer notices me which causes Newt to snap his head at me.

"Uh, yeah I have." I nod slowly.

"What happened?" They both walk over and I notice Thomas was behind me.

"Thomas and I were out in the Maze and Minho told us to go a certain way and just..." I sigh.

"What happened to showin' him?" Thomas pokes my shoulder.

"Showin' me what...?" Newt knits his brows.

I sigh grabbing his hand, "Follow me."

"Be safe. Don't freak out again." Thomas plants a soft kiss to my forehead before I drag Newt.

"You and Tommy-Boy?" He questions.

I shake my head, "Nothin'."

"Is everything okay?"

I didn't answer, just went the way I remember from Minho showing us. I finally got to the fork in the Maze; Newt right beside me.

"I've never seen this before." Newt admits. "Is this what you're showing me?"

I shake my head as I pull him with me down the corridor Thomas and I went down. I soon came across the motor oil death smell that was just so terrible.

"Ugh that's gross." Newt groans.

Oh but what you're gonna see. I stop remembering the exact spot then look at Newt. He gives me a questioning look before I graze towards the ground. He follows.

"Who're they? That's what you wanted to show me?"

"Uh, our um mum and dad." I say knowing he'd be confused.

"What?" He shakes his head looking at me. "The Creators wouldn't do something like this. They erased our memories for a reason. How would you even know that? We have no memory. You have no memory."

"Newt, I have a memory thank you. Kill me! Kill me now because I'm telling my brother! I'm done keeping secrets!" I scream looking up.

"Hailey!" Newt shouts.

"Look, the stupid Creators plant dreams in my head. And I've come to find out they're memories not dreams. That note I got when Thomas came here it told me not to tell anyone or there would be consequences." I explain quickly. "If you're gonna kill me do it now!" I look up before talking again. "That's mum and dad. I saw the dude before he died. Newt, he was blue eyes."

"You have blue eyes. Is there a point suppose to be proven here?" He looks at the dead bodies.

"Your hair looks just like his." I said. "Look at my hair." I pull on a section. "Just like her's. It makes sense, Newt. Don't deny it." My eyes were watered just a bit.

"What're you sayin'? That the girl has brown eyes like me?"

"I'm sure she does, Newt."

"That-That really is them, you think?" He finally looks at me. His eyes were puffy.

We suddenly hear loud movement in the Maze causing us to look around.

"It's changin'." Newt breathes. "We need to get out of here."

He grabs my hand pulling me behind him as we try to get out before anything changes.

• Spencer •

"Oh, where are they Tom?" I tap my foot waiting by the doors.

"They'll make it. It's not like the doors close anymore." He stands beside me.

"What if something happens?" I look at him.

"Hailey's a great Runner. Newt used to be awesome. It'll be okay, Spence." Minho walks up to Thomas's another side.

"Let Chuck cheer you up." Thomas smiles as Chuck comes up to my other side.

"What happened?" Chuck places his hands on his hips.

"Hailey and Newt are in there." I say dramatically.

"They'll be okay, right?" Chuck looks at all three of us.

"I hope so." I sigh.

"They'll be fine." Thomas messes with Chuck's curls.

"They'll both come running in at any moment." Minho assures.

"I wish Alby were here." Chuck suddenly speaks.

"What if Alby's still alive and they find him?" Minho wonders.

"That would be that would be pretty weird." Thomas breathes out slowly.

"He would've never died." I state.

"Would've been something the Creators did." Chuck says.

"Trickin' us? Into thinkin' that our closest friend here was dead? Our leader?" Minho asks. "That's shuckin' terrible."

"That would've been the whole point. To see how we'd react." I shrug.

"It'd make sense. Those signs out in the Maze. World In Catastrophe Kill zone Experimental Department. Experiment." Thomas says. "This is all one big test."

"What could they do now that we know it's a test? Everything that happens is meant to happen. Maybe everything is controlled. Includin' us." Chuck says.

That made me frown a little bit. So would that mean when Newt and I kissed was controlled? Meant to happen? When he asked me to be his. Was it all meant to happen? Be controlled. One big experiment.

"That w-would suck." I stutter out.

"Why would the Maze be movin'? It hasn't moved since the Grievers came." Chuck states.

"Dunno." Thomas sighs.

We finally all just sit down waiting for them to come running back. It still hasn't happened.

• Newt •

"What'd we do? What'd we do?" Hailey breaths heavenly against the section that closed.

"Hey, just calm down. We're gonna get through this." I assure her.

"Newt, you haven't spent a night in the Maze! I have!" She looks at me. "That's something I didn't want to ever do again!"

"Yeah but this time, Hailey, we can actually go to the doors. They don't close anymore." I had grabbed ahold of her hands.

"I don't know how to get back!" She chokes on a sob.

"Hailey, just think." I insist. "You've ran the Maze."

"I can't. I can't." She shakes her head taking in uneven breathes.

"Hailey, Hailey, Firefly." I try and she looks up at me. "Now that I have your attention. Look, what happened to the Hailye Minho described at that Gatherin'. Where he said you were the first one to actually not be scared. You ran in whole night, Hailey. You even had a Griever's claw in your leg but you know what... You still ran! I know I wouldn't have. I would've given up. What kept you goin'?"

"Y-you." She wipes the tear that had fallen. "I remember we just figure out we were twins. So I kept that in mind."

"Keep something in your mind now, Hailey. What would you choose?"

"Spencer and Thomas and Chuck and Minho." She sniffles.

"That's good. I'm gonna keep those same people in my mind. If we were together to get through this then we'll make it. Are you up for it? I'll be here the whole way. We won't get separated."

"Let's go." She whispers.

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