Into the Maze

The Killer PART II

1 DAY EARLIER; NEWT'S POV:

It had been a bad day for Newt. He just discovered that there was another Box arrival with even more people last time. It had about 7 people. This time, there was 12! Just one mouth was hard enough to feed. But 200 now? He had almost fainted.

He got out of bed, and heard lots of whirring and clicking sounds coming from just outside the Homestead. "Those dang Grievers!" Newt yelled.

"What the Hades is goin' on in here?"

"I told you! Don't bring that- what do you chaps call it again?" Newt asked.

"Demigod," they replied.

"Okay, then. I told you! Don't bring that DEMIGOD stuff into this!" Newt yelled.

"What did you just say?! We freakin' risk our lives out there just a year ago to make sure your little butts don't get whooped by Gaea and her giant children!"

"Seriously, how big are we talkin' here?"

"Oh, ya know, maybe, 50 feet?"

"You always have to the smart alec of the group," Newt muttered.

After awhile, Clarise went over to the garden where Newt was working. She always got on his nerves, but even though he hated to admit it, he kind of liked Clarisse.

"Hey, Newt! We need you over here!" Clarisse yelled.

By the time Newt got over there, the Maze doors had already closed for the evening, trapping them in there.

"Don't sweat it Clarisse. I got this all under control," Newt said calmly.

"Do I look like I was sweating it?" Clarisse replied matter-of-factly.

"Whatever. Me and a couple of buddies built a safe house just over there. We built it for this exact purpose," he said.

"What? For a missing Aphrodite girl trapped in here by herself, with no weapons or materials, and almost nobody looking for her but us?" Clarisse snapped.

"No, not exactly. What's this chick's name?" Newt asked.

"This chick's name is Piper."