The maze runner ~ Minho x Female!reader

7. Run

Eloise looks down at the unconscious girl in the box. She has long black hair and pale skin. She looked familiar to Eloise for some reason, like she had seen her before, but of course she couldn't remember where.

Suddenly the girl opens her eyes and and gasps for air. "Eloise.." She whispers before she loses consciousness again. All the boys look at Eloise who is still staring confused at the familiar girl. When she notices everyone staring, she raises her hands. "What? I'm just as clueless as all of you.' She snaps at them and most of them look away after that.

"What's in her hand?" Fry suddenly asks. Newt reaches for what seems to be a note and takes it from the girl's hand. He folds it open and reads out loud what's on it:

"She's the last one ever."

The gladers start to whisper and look around confused. "What the bloody hell does that mean?" Newt exclaims. He makes eye contact with Eloise and she shrugs in response.

The second in command tries to get all the boys back to work while Eloise and Thomas get the girl out of the box. Clint and Jeff take her to the Med-hut. Eloise wants to follow them before Thomas calls out to her. "Did she seem familiar to you?" He asks. Eloise turns around to face him. "I don't know... Kinda?" She says it more like a question. "Did she seem familiar to you?" Eloise returns his question. He shrugs unknowingly. "Also kinda I guess" Eloise nods.

When she had made her way into the Med-hut she saw the girl laying down on one of the beds. Clint and Jeff were checking on her, looking of any injuries. "How is she?" Eloise asks. "There is still a heartbeat so we think she's just sleeping." Jeff answers. "When will she wake up?" Newt, who had just walked in, asked. "I don't know man, we got our job the same way you did. We will just have to wait and see."

Minho had walked in after Newt and Eloise looked up at him but when he met her eyes she quickly looked away. "Well keep me updated," Newt said before turning around to leave. When he passed Minho he stopped and looked at the boy. "Oh and Minho? Maybe you should put on a shirt" He says laughing before stepping outside.

Hearing that, Eloise turned around and noticed that Minho indeed wasn't wearing his shirt. When she looked over to the bed that he sat on when she treated his wounds, she saw the shirt still laying there. She figured he must have forgotten to put it back on in his rush to get outside. Eloise felt her face redden when she thought back to the moment they had before the sound of the box interrupted them.

Minho noticed her flushed cheeks and smirked to himself. Clint and Jeff shared a few knowing glances but the other two didn't notice. Minho walked over to the bed and grabbed his shirt, before putting it back over his head. He winked at her and left the hut. She heard a chuckle come from where Clint and Jeff stood. "What?" She snapped when she turned her head in their direction. "Nothing," Jeff said as both of them raised their hands in surrender.

Eloise huffed and left the hut.

The first time she saw Minho again that day was when she and a few others were standing around a round wooden table with a little version of the maze. Fry, Zart, Tommy, Minho and her were all standing in the maproom. Thomas thought it would be a good idea to go back into the maze with a little group to check out the dead griever. Nobody else knew about it since they weren't exactly allowed to do this but it was the first time they might make some progress on escaping this shitty place.

Eloise didn't have much else to do so she thought she'd tag along. Minho wasn't fond of the idea of bringing her in the maze but she was stubborn so he didn't really have anything to say about it.

"So how do we sneak out of here without Newt or anyone else noticing?" The girl asked out loud. Thomas looked up at her and smirked. "Don't worry, Chuck's working on that"

She didn't ask further questions.

Soon they left the hut and ran to the doors quickly but discreetly. Eloise could hear Chuck rambling on about something.

When they arrived in front of the entrance, everyone checked their bags once more. Minho motions for Eloise to come over to him. "Stay with me the whole time, go it?' He says in a serious voice. 'Yes sir," Eloise replied, getting ready for what was about to come.

Nobody really said anything while they were running. All too focused on their surroundings. Eloise tries to remember the turns they took. Right, left, right, right, left, right, left, left.

They have been running for quite a while before they turn one last corner. That's when Eloise saw a big robotic spider-thing squashed between two walls. She tried not to gag as they approached it. She could see that Fry was also trying to keep his last meal down.

"Are you sure it's dead?" Zart asked when they stood in front of it. Thomas nodded his head confidently but when he touched one of it's legs it moved, making an awful sound. All of them jumped back and Eloise bumped into Minho, who steadied her by holding her waist.

"Don't worry," he said "It"s just reflux"

"It better be" Eloise said sarcastically.

Minho let go of her and stepped closer to the squached griever. He reached his hand in the gap between the walls. When Eloise followed his gaze she saw a red dod flickering. When the boy pulled back he was holding a cylinder-like thing. It was covered in slime and the boys made sounds of disgust. Eloise also scrunched her nose but Minho didn't seem bothered by it as he just wiped it off.

There was a little screen with the number 7 on it. Eloise had no idea what it could mean and when she looked at the boys she could see they didn't know either.

"Let's go back, I don't wanna meet its friends" Fry spoke up. The others agreed and they started running again. The same way as they came but just backwards.

Minho and Eloise were running next to each other at the back of the group. Thomas was leading them. Again barely anyone said something. Minho and Eloise whispered some stuff back and forward but that was about it.

When they were almost at the glade, they suddenly heard a loud screech. When Eloise turned around her heart dropped. A few meters in front of her was standing a griever. It looked exactly like the one they just saw, but then more alive.

"Run!" Thomas yelled and that's what they did. They ran a few blocks hoping to shake of the griever before they reached the glade. Minho and Eloise were a little behind the others, who had just turned a corner but as they were about to turn the corner too, a griever suddenly seem to appear out of nowhere. They had no choice but to split from the rest of the group as they ran in the opposite direction.

When Eloise felt like falling to the ground and giving up, Minho wrapped his arms around her upper body and pulled her to the ground with him. He pulled her back into a little gap in one of the walls. Large strands of ivy fell in front of the opening.

The gap was small and they were laying on their sides. Eloise's back was turned to Minho's front. One of his arms was still wrapped around her waist and the other covered her mouth. After a while he lifted the hand from her mouth and rested it on her shoulder. She could feel his breath on her neck. Short rapid breaths from running.

After a while they didn't hear any grievers anymore and they both poked out their heads. They looked around trying to spot a griever but they didn't see one so they got up. Eloise dusted off her clothes real quick and they strated running again.

Not long after that, they made it back to the glade. Eloise and Minho collapsed to the ground once they entered through the doors. Right on time because said doors had started to close right after they arrived.

Eloise looked up and saw that the other boys they took with them were all back in the glade.

She rolled over so she was laying on her back right beside Minho. "I'm never going back in there again unless it's to escape this hellhole." She spoke and looked over at him. "Yeah that might be a good idea" He answered with a chuckle.

Newt came running at them. Alby on his heels. Eloise stared at the oldest boy for a second. "Alby?" She asked confused. "I thought you got stung?"