Blank Spaces (A Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 12 (Lizzy's P.O.V)

I'm quietly eating dinner with my sister and we make conversation, trying to ignore what happened earlier but failing horribly.

"So, you and Minho," Alice says, trying her best to lighten the mood. I can hear her anger hidden in her voice though. She probably thinking about what Gally did.

"Really?" I ask and she nods. I sigh. "We did kiss and we did sleep together, but there was no shucking," I laugh. "And you and Newt?"

She sighs,"Same here," she says and I laugh. She laughs also. We go off to bed, Alice with Newt and Minho and I sleep in the Homestead.

"You beat up Gally, didn't you?" I ask him with my eyes closed while we cuddle. He doesn't answer my question.

"No one is going to hurt you, no one," he says and we both drift off to sleep. In the morning Minho wakes up first and is awake when I wake up.

"Morning," I say and stand up. He chuckles and watches as I get up.

"Good morning, shuck-face," he grins. We meet Alice and Newt for breakfast and make conversation as we eat. Minho and Alby go out into the maze for some reason, I think it's about a dead Griever Minho found or something. Alice and so do our jobs we got that day. This time I get the Med-Jacks and Alice gets the Slicers. I help out with everything and probably enjoyed this one the most so far. I laugh to myself thinking about what Alice is probably doing right now. While I'm putting away some supplies from cleaning up a Builder's wound a loud siren goes off, seeming to come from everywhere at once. I look over to Clint.

"What the hell?" I ask.

"The Box," he says. We run over to find everyone surrounding it, staring at something inside. I push my way through the crowd and what I see surprises me. It's a girl. They take her out if the Box and lay her in the ground, she's unconscious. There's a note in her hand and Newt reads it out loud.

"She's the last one... ever?" he says it more as a question then like he's reading something. Murmurs break out through the crowd and people sound concerned. She suddenly gasps and and she looks at Thomas and says his name. Everyone looks at him and the girl passes out. Med-Jacks take her to the infirmary and I'm released to do what I want and so is Alice. We sit next to each other and discuss the girl that came up in the Box. After not to long Newt comes up to us looking worried.

"They should be back by now" he says.

"What?" I ask.

"Minho and Ably," his expression doesn't change. They should be back by now. I didn't notice what time it was. I instantly stand and head for the door the leads out into the Maze. I walk there as fast as possible and stand at the door, waiting for something, anything. He better make it. If he doesn't I don't know what I'll do. Alice, Newt, and Thomas stand with me, waiting for their return. But they don't come. The doors are starting to close and I'm starting to panic. Where in shuck hell is he? I look into the Maze. I hear a yell. Then I see two figures come into view. Minho. he's carrying Alby.

"C'mon Minho!" I shout encouragement. I feel helpless, I can't do anything. The walls are about 7 feet away from eachother.

"They're not going to make it," I hear Newt say. 5 feet. Everyone is shout encouragement for Minho. 4 feet. I notice Gally standing there watching this all go down. 3 feet. I break into a run and go into the Maze, Thomas follows and Alice and Newt try to stop us. We're half way through the walls that are closing in. 2 feet. We make it to the other side. 1 foot. The walls slam closed behind us. We're trapped in here. Minho is sitting on the ground next to the unconscious Alby.

"Why would you come in here Lizzy?" He says, not looking up.

"I couldn't just leave you in here. And I wouldn't be able to live with out you," I whisper the last part. We are silent for a second then I get to the reality, that we might die tonight.