Newt x Y/n, Part 1: The Glade

Chapter 27, New Runners

I woke up and felt immediate soreness where my hash was. I had new clothes on and my face flushed pink.

"Y/n?" Minho asked.

Newt, Thomas, Teresa, Winston, and Chuck jolted awake.

"Hi." I croaked.

"You look like shit." Winston chuckled.

That got a laugh out of all of us.

"How are you feeling?" Thomas asked.

Newt grabbed my hand and kissed it.

"Better." I smiled. "I don't feel pain, just sore."

"Oh?" Newt smirked.

I started to blush and I got hot. I punched him on his shoulder. We all laughed.

"You guys are so cute together. I wish I had a guy like Newt." Teresa whined.

The room felt awkward.

"You will one day." Minho replied with a mischievous smile.

"Can I hug you?" Chuck asked.

"Of course you can lil' bro." I smiled.

He smiled huge and hugged me carefully but I could feel the love.

"Uhm- who changed my clothes?" I asked.

"I did, love." Newt laughed.

I have a huge sigh of relief.

"Thank GOD." I put my head back.

We all laughed once again.

"Can I walk?" I asked.

"Yea you can. You just gotta be careful and someone has to be with you at all times." Newt said.

I nodded and held my hands out for him to help me get out of bed. Now, I only felt the soreness of my gash but as soon as I hit the floor, my leg soreness hit and it was painful.

I let out of a hiss of pain.

"You okay?" Newt asked.

Everyone was really alert.

"I'm okay, just my legs." I reassured him.

I walked slowly and we all went to get breakfast. Everyone's faces looked worried at breakfast.

"Why do you all look like that?" I asked.

They all exchanged looks.

"What?" I asked.

"Well, Uhm. Gally called a meeting after breakfast." Winston said.

"Oh god." I said hiding my face in my hands.

Newt rubbed my back and kissed my cheek.

We all walked to the meeting hall. Chuck held my hand the entire walk. Everyone else behind us. My stomach was churning with every step we took.

When we got in there you could feel the tension running through the air. Everyone turned to look at me. I walked to sit down and ignored all the stairs. Everyone sat with me except for Newt. He obviously had to stand up.

Once was there Gally started,

"We need to discuss the incident that has happened."

He pointed at me and Thomas and I have him a death stare. I didn't dare look at Newt because I knew he was gonna tell me to cool it.

"Other than Alby getting stung, these 2 shanks took it upon themselves to run out into the maze." He said coldly.

Gally continued,

"And what did that get you? Almost killed? A gash straight across your stomach? Pathetic."

Newt snapped his head at Gally and was about to say something but I stood up and stood up for me and Thomas.

"Yea?! Well at least we had the BALLS to go out and help save your loyal leader! Would you have done it? Of course you wouldn't! So how about you slim it and THANK US!" I shouted.

I was fuming with anger. The entire room was so silent you could literally hear a pin drop. Gally was in shock but to my discretion he still had more to say.

"Minho didn't need help! He had it!" Gally yelled back.

Minho cleared his throat.

"Actually, I didn't have it. I was ready to give up. When we were trying to hide Alby so that the Grievers wouldn't get him I started to panic. The griever was about to find us and I turned the corner and ran. These 2 shanks stayed there to make sure Alby would be safe. If these 2 hadn't did what they did, me and Alby would've been dead." He said.

I looked at Gally with a death stare once more. It looks could kill, he would've definitely dropped dead.

Gally continued and pointed at me and Thomas once more.

"These 2 shanks need to be punished." He looked at Newt, "you know if Alby was here he would agree with me."

Newt looked down for a moment and then looked up.

"You're right. Thomas and y/n broke the rules. They aren't runners. So I think one night in the pit should be their punishment. Final." He looked at us seriously.

"Oh come on Newt!" Gally whined, "One night in the pit, you think that's gonna stop them from running out into the maze again?!" He said.

"No, and we can't just have non-runners running into the maze whenever they feel like it, so starting from tomorrow you're both runners." He said wincing.

He didn't like the idea of me being a runner but he knew that I wanted this. He looked at me with a serious look as if saying "we're gonna have a talk later". Boy was I not ready for that talk. Maybe more like lecture.

Gally rolled his eyes and gave an annoyed sigh. He stormed out of the hall and Frypan tried to comfort him but Gally pushed his hand away.

"Thank you Newt." Thomas said.

"Yea." He said.

"Minho? How do you feel about this?" Newt asked.

"Honestly, they'd be great runners. They're very strong, incredibly fast. Including y/n." he said looking at me. "She's has a strength and a speed that I think we underestimated when we made her a med-Jack. Honestly I'd say she's stronger and fast than all of us and I'm not even being sarcastic. Plus, both of their mindsets are incredible. They are smart and think fast. Incredible components to be a runner." He said proudly.

I smiled.

Newt nodded. He dismissed us.