Won't Give Up

Chapter 4

I laid in bed next to Alby who had his arm wrapped around my waist. The boys won't let me sleep in the other dorm. They don't want to chance me getting taken again. I was unable to sleep due to thinking and someone snoring like they never slept before.

'To Be Killed By Group B', those words swirled around in my head ever since Thomas told me. Why them? The group that I have so many friends in. Maybe if I tell them he's my brother they won't do anything. I can't let them kill him.

I untangled myself from Alby's arm and walked towards the bathroom. I passed the bunk Thomas was asleep on then looked on the top one. It was Minho. He was the one snoring so loud. I shook my head and entered the bathroom

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We stood in the common area five minutes before six. Minho and Newt decided that we use the bed sheets as backpacks to hold food and Thomas said to use bags to hold the water. I had a pack on my back and was waiting for the flat trans thingy.

"You ok?" Alby asked.

"I'm fine."

He nodded his head then kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he moved his hands to my waist. We kissed till someone cleared there throat. It was Minho as usual.

The flat trans had appeared. It looked just like the gray wall yesterday. Minho whose tattoo said he was the Leader, stepped into the gray mist. He told Thomas to go last to make sure everyone went through.

"I'll be on the other side." Alby said grabbing my hand.

"Ok."

He stepped through the flat trans and Thomas grabbed my arm. I turned and looked at him.

I can't believe how tall and mature Thomas has gotten. When he was taken from me he was only a starving twelve year old and I was taller then him. Now he's taller then me and in very good shape.

I kissed his cheek and pulled him in for a hug. He was startled at first but did hug me back. I pulled away and smiled at him.

"Sorry. I've wanted to do that ever since I first saw you in the boys maze." I said then walked through the flat trans.

After going through I took a step forward and ran into Alby's back. I know it was him because he began to laugh. Thomas did the same. He ran into me.

We walked down a dark corridor when a voice started to talk. At first it was hard to tell what it was saying, then all of a sudden you could hear him clearly.

"One-chance deal. Go back now, you won't be sliced."

Everyone stopped walking. And people started to whisper. Thomas grabbed my shirt from behind. I grabbed his hand an pulled him closer to me.

"Just keep going!" He shouted.

"Wait! Shouldn't we just think about this. The voice said a one chance deal." Frypan said.

"No. Let's just go!" Minho said.

"You're all dead. You're all going to be sliced. Dead and sliced." The voice hissed.

We walked on in silence. Thomas still had ahold of my shirt. There was a swooshing sound and then one of the boys screamed. Thomas ran forward shouting. The boy who was screaming abruptly stopped.

"His head was sliced off!" Thomas shouted.

"Run!" Minho shouted

Everyone started running I grabbed ahold of Alby's shirt. A swooshing sounded by my head and I ducked and fall to the ground.

"Ashton!" Alby yelled.

I pushed myself up and grabbed his arm. We ran till I slammed my knee into a step. Alby pulled me up and we ran up the steps till we ran into Owen. I looked to the top of the stairs and saw a faint light. Minho, Newt, and Thomas were standing in the light.

They lifted a hatch and bright light flooded down the steps. I had to shield my eyes because it was to bright.

After they closed it I opened my eyes in noticed something on the ceiling. A gray blob was moving across the the ceiling. Owen must have noticed it to because he moved closer to the wall.

The gray blob continued to move. As I went to grabbed Alby's arm to show him, the blob fell and landed on Winston's head.

He screamed and fell backwards. Owen moved backwards and I stepped out of the way so he won't step on me. Bad choice because Winston's body crashed into mine and we fell backwards down the stair.

I was able to stop us, but the back of my hand was stuck to the gray blob. My hand was burning and Winston was screaming and using his hands to push it off his head.

"Stop using your hands. Your just going to get them stuck." I said but he didn't listen.

I tried to pull my hand out but that just seemed to make the blob absorb my hand faster.

"Winston stop moving. If you move it just makes it absorb faster." Again he didn't listen to me.

My leg was hit by and apple and I looked up to see Thomas running down the stairs carrying a sheet. He put the sheet on too of the blob and told Winston to started pushing up. I pushed my hand up to and we finally got it off. Thomas through the sheet down the stairs and helped me up.

The back of my left was cover by a huge red blister and so was Winston's head and face.

We walked back out the stairs to hear Minho talking. He was saying that we need to partner up and use a sheet to protect ourselves from the sun.

Alby took his sheet off and put the food in my sheet. He then cover him and me and we walked up the stairs and out into the bright sun.