Newt x Y/n - Maze Runner

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Y/n POV:
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"Yeah..." I mumbled under my breath, my head still resting on Minho as I looked at the greyed ground of the deadheads. 

He sighed and rubbed my shoulder before I lifted my head and scanned the many graves around us. Lots of bones and skulls lay closer to the front of the deadheads. My back pressed against the cold stone of the maze wall as the numbers flitted through my mind again.

I could hear laughing echoing around the glade when Gally's voice reached us and I hung my head again, "We need to go... don't we." I shifted.

Minho nodded and stood up, reaching his hand down and letting me grab it with my good arm, he lifted me up.

"You'll be fine. I'll protect you, you shank." he rubbed my arm and I chuckled under my breath.

We walked out the dead lands to be greeted by Alby, his arms crossed as he watched all the gladers eat. Scanning everyone's faces when he turned and he saw both of us stood there and smiled.

"I'm glad your ok shank." he patted my shoulder and pulled me into a hug.

I sunk into his hug, tears coming into my eyes, "Thank you Alby." I nodded into him before we separated and Chuck ran over.

Chuck's eyes were still red and shiny as he ran towards us. He wrapped his arms around my waist making me giggle, "You ok Chuckie?" I rubbed his back as I felt his arms tighten with my words.

He then pulled back and stared at me, "Stay safe in the maze tomorrow."

"Woah there shank, who ever said she was going back into the maze tomorrow?" Alby spoke up.

I swivelled on my heel and turned to Alby, "Excuse me? What do you mean? I'm fine, why can't I go in the maze?" I pressed my hands on my hips and widened my eyes.

"Uh, cause you just got out after nearly dying to a griever. Why do you want to go back into that klunk hole." He responded, doing the same action to mimic me.

I squinted my eyes and removed my hands from my waist, "I... don't know. To prove you wrong?"

He laughed, "OK shank, go rest." he nodded to my hut and I sighed, turning and walking to my hut with Chuck closely following behind.

I opened the door to my hut and let Chuck walk inside before following closely behind. He sat on one of the chairs in the room, making himself comfortable and watching me as I sat on the edge of my bed.

I looked him over, his eyes still a glossy mess and nose scrunched up. He looked me over, staring at my eyes then lips which were getting nervously chewed by my teeth.

"You ok Chuckie?" I used his nickname again which diverted his attention to what I was saying.

He smiled and looked down, "I should be asking you that... shank." he attempted to use the glader slang, normally he was the one to forget what they meant or to have to write them down to use them but he wanted to make me feel happy.

I smiled, "Aww, Chuck." I scooted right on my bed and patted the space next to me, letting him move and sit beside me before I yanked him into a tight hug.

Once he finished laughing, I saw something flutter onto his mind and that saddening frown returned, making my heart ache.

I rubbed his arm and sighed, "What's on your mind?"

He looked up at me then down to the floor then at the door before resting on his hands that fiddled with each other in his lap, "Ben... he's getting banished tonight."

My eyes widened and I realised how I had completely forgotten about Ben. Obviously, they wouldn't send him into the maze when I was in there and now he was on day 3 of the changing. I lowered my gaze and shifted, mumbling a small, "I need to see him." under my breath then stood up.

"No. Alby said no one can see him until the banishing." Chuck shot to his feet making me jump.

I sighed, still walking to the door, "I need to Chuck."

I walked out of the hut, Chuck quickly following behind forcing me to start to jog which separated us further. I could see the slammer, it looking still and silent but as you got closer, you could hear the heavy breathing and grunting that came from the far right pit.

I slowed to a walk and approached the wooden bars, the noise of my dying friend getting louder until I crouched down at the bars. My hand rested on the wood above me as I peered into the dark, shaded pit.

Ben was lying at the back. His chest raising up and down in a fast and uneven way, his skin was grey and had long, rope-like, black lines spreading like a disease around him. His eyes were barely visible but almost all the blue colour was gone.

I furrowed my eye brows and lent further into the bars, whispering to myself, "Ben... what has this done to you?"

With my small whisper, his head snapped up in my direction and a low growl came from him when he dashed towards me. I jumped back, landing on my back with my forearms hitting the ground making me wince as my wound landed on the dirt.

Ben quickly wrapped his hands around the wood and started to shake the bars, growling and yelling at me. I backed up, still in pain from the wound as Ben stared at me, black spit drippling of his chin.

Then I heard rapid footsteps race towards me and a hand landed on my shoulder. I looked up to see Minho, him staring at Ben who was still trying to gab me.

"Y/n! What are you doing here, shank?" he grabbed my hand and helped me up, walking me to the homestead.

My eyes still glued on Ben. His screech echoing around the glade forcing some of the gladers to look in our direction. I could feel my heart rate increasing and breathing become fast and uncontrollable.

Minho could feel my panic and sped up. Almost running with me to the homestead where we walked in. Alby, Newt and Gally where inside talking when attention turned to us.

Tears threatened to spill from my eyes as I looked at the ground. Everything I was doing felt out of my control as my legs started to wobbly and I almost fell to the floor, only being stopped when Newt grabbed me, wrapping his arms around my torso and pulling me into a tight hug.

"Breath with me ok. In, out, in..." I listened to him whisper as the familiar scent of him flooded into me and I quickly calmed. Taking some control back on what I was able to do, my heart rate still a mess but breathing back to a steady pace.

"What happened?" Alby asked, walking towards me as I lent further into Newt.

Minho sighed and watched me, "Ben, he jumped at her through the bars. We need to banish him."

I sunk down again, Newt holding onto me, his lips smacking me cheek gently.

I heard Alby sigh, "Yeah, Gally. Go with Minho and tie him up, tell everyone to get ready. The doors'll close soon and we gotta get him out." And with that he left. Newt held onto me and slowly took me to my hut, telling me to stay inside and rest which I did, falling asleep was easy from the amount that I needed it.