The mute [Maze runner Minho X OC]

Chapter three

They hadn't seen Thomas for months, they were no longer able to get into the maintenance room anymore and it made Piper anxious. One day, they were allowed to go and see Thomas. Alby threw the door open, followed by Minho, then Piper, then Newt, then Teresa. ''What's up Tommy?'' Newt exclaimed, his voice suddenly happier than the days before. ''You look bloody fantastic for three in the morning.''

''Who's the new kid?'' Minho asked as Alby went up to the kid, followed by Piper who had a smile plastered on her face. ''What's your name? Mine's Alby and this is Piper.'' He spoke as he shook the kids hand. ''I'm Chuck. I just got here.'' 

Alby nodded as Piper shook his hand. ''Cool, man. They'll probably move you into the barracks with us soon. It'll be fun, don't worry. This place is all fun and games.'' Piper had to hide her face, pacing back to Minho and Newt in order not to give away the lies Alby was giving out. The next couple of hours were spent talking, laughing and dreams of the future. 

Piper had her head on Newt's shoulder, oblivious to Minho's glare at him as Newt looked at Thomas. ''Tommy? I can see your wheels spinnin' up there.'' He tapped the side of his head as Piper lifted her head of his shoulder, yawning. ''Care to share?'' 

Thomas shrugged at them. ''I don't know. We keep ... well, I keep thinking that WICKED did something terrible by stealing us from our family.'' 

''Yeah.'' Alby spoke, though the grin on his face showed that he'd probably too had considered what Thomas was going to say. ''But I'm not so sure that's true.'' Piper leaned against Newt as she shook her head ''I disagree, I still have nightmares about my older brother, he wasn't near the Gone yet.'' She looked at Chuck who looked at her shocked, remembering he was just a kid. ''But, they did keep me safe.''

''So WICKED isn't bad?'' He asked while he perked up. Thomas looked at them before turning back to Chuck. ''A man once gave us a message that we'll never forget. WICKED is good. I think our lives might have a lot more purpose than we could ever know. I think we need to remember to look at the big picture.'' 

''Thomas, dude,'' Alby spoke, ''there you go again, drifting off. Staring into space like an idiot.'' 

''Ah leave him, he's just not used to us anymore.'' Piper spoke as some chuckled while Thomas faked a gasp. ''I just think we need to keep things in perspective. We're safe, we're warm, we're fed. We're protected from the weather and the Cranks.'' 

''We did however lose our family and freedom.''

''Yeah Tommy, you make it sound like a bloody holiday.'' 

''It could be a lot worse,'' Thomas countered them both. ''Not to mention the small fact that we're trying to help save the entire human race.''

''And that means you, Newt.'' Alby added as Piper groaned softly. ''I don't wanna watch you go all Crank on me someday.'' That sobered both of them up as Piper grabbed onto his hand as Thomas glanced at Minho who had been quiet, which was nothing like him. 

He sat in the cornor, his back against the wall, staring at the floor when he caught Thomas' ey. ''Make up all the fantasies about WICKED you want. Tell yourself this is all a good cause, tat they treat us well. I'm not buying it, though. It looks like Piper and I are the only ones still working on ... '' He stopped as he shook his head. ''I'm heading back to my room now. Later.'' 

Piper had sprung up with him as Alby found his voice. ''What are you talking about?'' Minho had his back turned to them, not even turning back as Piper stood next to him. ''We used to talk about escaping before Thomas and Teresa came around.'' He grabbed Piper's hand rather quickly. ''Well, I never stopped thinking about it. Or planning for it. I hope you guys'll come with us. When we're ready.'' Then he and Piper left, not saying another word when they shut the door behind them. 

No-one spoke about the escape for another six months. Teresa had done something do the security camera and they were able to meet up back in the maintenance room. Piper usually reading in the corner now. She had distanced herself from the group, her crush on Minho growing and her shyness taking over. Next to that, it seemed like the group had gotten used to it, only glancing at the girl at times as her sarcastic and sassy comments had practically fainted from existence. 

It was still the same group, except that little Chuck would come sometimes as well. The fear of being sent back to the Crank pits had disappeared for the most, but Piper flinched every single time she heard footsteps, quickly looking up and hiding her book. Nothing ever came, but the girl stayed scared. 

Minho passed a liquid around, his hand in front of Piper's face as she shook her head, not interested in the stuff that she was offered. ''I'm good.'' He shrugged as he passed it to Thomas before he took the bag of chips from Alby. ''I've got a new guy coming tonight.'' Piper frowned as Alby looked at the boy. ''Come again?'' 

Minho stood up and waved his arm. ''Nothing to worry about, folks He's a good enough guy.'' 

''Good enough?'' Teresa repeated. ''That's the criteria now for trusting our secret to someone new?'' Minho's confidence disappeared as he looked at Piper for back-up, but the girl just looked at him. ''His name is Gally. And, he's uh ... You remember that plan I told you about. To escape?'' 

''Yeah, we remember.'' Alby said as he looked at Piper who shrugged. ''We also remember the beds we have, and the food we get and the walls that protect us from the insane asylum they call the world.'' He turned to Piper as she shook her head. ''Not to mention the Crank pits, which Piper has seen lots of times now, haven't you Pipes?'' Her eyes shot daggers at him. ''So your point?''  

''First of all, don't drag her into this, second of all, Gally is going to help us. He should be here any second.'' With perfect timing, someone knocked on the door as soon as Minho finished his sentence. 

Our poor Piper, as hinted, she has some mental trauma because of the Crank pits and I feel for her, even though I'm the one doing it to her, sorry Piper! I hope you still enjoyed this chapter and if you did, please leave a vote, comment and add this book to your reading list to stay updated. See you on Saturday! 

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