The Maze Runner (my version)

Chapter 8

Thomas's POV (He woke up in the middle of the night and he went to his hammock.)

I woke up to the Maze doors opening. I opened my eyes and sat up. I looked towards the Maze entrance. I saw figures. Minho, Alby and Newt. Newt was handing them stuff, then they turned and sprinted. 

"Why would Alby go in the Maze?" I asked Newt. We were chopping a tree for I don't know what. Well I wasn't but Newt and Zart were. And I was curious about what I saw that morning. Me and Chuck were sitting on a log, watching them. "I mean he's not- he's not a runner." Newt stood up from chopping the tree and looked at me.

"Things are different now. Alby went to retrace Ben's step's before sundown, look, are you gonna help?"

"Okay, so he's gonna go back to where Ben was just stung-"

"Alby know's what he's doing, alright? He knows better than any of us." Newt continued to chop at the tree. I looked down and stabbed my knife into the ground, frustrated.

"What does that mean?" I asked and looked up towards Newt. He stopped chopping and stood up and took a couple steps toward me and Chuck. 

"Alright, it's like you've heard, yeah? Every month the box sends up a new arrival, but someone had to be first, right? Someone had to spend a whole month in the glade, alone. And that was Alby."He turned around and went back to chopping. I looked past them and saw Blair and Frypan. She had to work in the kitchen today, and it looked like she was carrying a armful of carrots and green vegetables, while Frypan carried an armful of potatoes and rhubarb. They were laughing and she dropped a few and she bent to pick it up, but then she dropped some more. I chuckled and looked back towards Newt. 

"I mean it can't have been easy." Newt continued. "But when those other boys started coming up, one after the other, he saw the truth. And he learned that the most important thing, is that we all have each other." He said and stopped chopping to catch his breath. "Cause we're all in this together." He went back to chopping. Me and Chuck exchanged looks. I sighed and got up. I walked towards the tree. I bent my back and raised my knife, and chopped at the tree. " Yeah, there you go, greenie." Newt said. Suddenly the wind started picking up and I heard thunder. 

We walked towards the kitchen and I wrapped my arms around a pole and watched as the rain came showering down. Then I realised it's been a long day and that means Alby and Minho should be coming back right now. "They should be back, by now." I said, to Newt who was behind me leaning on a pole. "What happens if they don't make it?" I asked, thrumming my fingers nervously on the pole. I looked at Newt. He was staring straight ahead. "They're gonna make it." He said. I abandoned the pole and walked to Newt. "Well, what happens if they don't?" I asked, again. He looked at me. "They're gonna make it." he said, with finality. We looked back at the Maze doors. I sighed frustrated and saw Blair, she was sitting on the ground and shivering, away from the boys. I walked to her, and could feel Newt's gaze on my back. I sat down beside her and wrapped my arms around her. She looked up at me and smiled. "Thanks, I was just a little cold." She said and shivered some more. I smiled and looked at the Maze doors, again, worriedly. She saw. "Whats wrong?" She asked. I sighed. 

"I have a bad feeling." 

Finally the rain stopped and me, Blair and all the gladers walked to the Maze entrance. Then the doors started to make the groaning noises. "Come on guys, can't we send someone after them?" I asked. 

"It's against the rules." Gally answered. He was squatted on the ground, watching the Maze, intensely. I looked down at him. "Either they make it back or they don't." 

"We can't risk losing anyone else." Newt said. We looked at each other. Then I looked back into the Maze. Then the wind picked up, meaning the door's were gonna close. After the wind cleared, I looked again, hoping they just happened to appear out of nowhere and we're coming back safe. Then the doors started to close. "Oh, no." I heard Chuck say beside me. Murmurs ran throughout the boys. Blair came up and wrapped her arms around my arm. "Oh, no Thomas." she whispered. Then I saw movement at the end of the closing doors. Minho and Alby. "There." I said and pointed with the arm that wasn't being hugged. But then they were groaning and- and Alby was on top of Minho. "Wait, no somethings wrong." Newt said beside me. Minho was struggling. Then all the gladers started shouting. "Come on!" "Come on Minho, you can do it!"

The doors seemed to be closing faster. Minho dropped Alby and started to drag him. "They're not gonna make it." Newt stated. My heart dropped. Everyone kept yelling. Minho groaned and yelled. Then everything seemed to blur. And go into slow motion. I looked around and saw Blair's beady green eyes. "Thomas," She said, a warning tone in her voice. She knew what I was gonna do. Her gripped tightened around my arm. She started shaking her head, but she was in slow motion too. Then suddenly I couldn't hear anything anymore. Blair was talking to me. But I couldn't hear her. The doors got closer to closing fully. Then I got my hearing back, in time to hear Blair. I kissed her head. Then I sprinted forward, into the enclosing space. "Thomas, no!" Blair yelled. I felt her and Newts hands grab out at me. But I was already in the doors. The doors pressed all around me. I could barely breath. Then I hit the stone ground. I caught my breathing and looked up to see Minho. He stared at me. "Good job." I was confused. 

"You just killed yourself."