The Enemy

Chapter 15

"what ella did should be treated as if a guy would have done it." gally spoke like a spokesperson which was kinda of weird.

minho flew his arms into the air. "are you really allowing this alby?! this is fucking bullshit!"
newt nodded. "i agree with minho. we should enforce a rule because of how immoral it is and plus it is a rule here that we shouldn't harm another glader—"
gally interrupted aggressively. "exactly. we should kick ella out."

newt glared at him evilly. "let me finish."
"i think that ella should spend atleast a day in the pit and jenna should go two days with no food and one day in the pit."

a few boys gasped and gally refused with anger. "jenna didn't do shit compared to what ella did. what are we going to do when she keeps doing this? she too aggressive. that bitch has got anger issues or something!"

minho stepped forward, only being a few inches shorter than gally. "say that again and i will personally rock your jaw so far into your chest."

alby moved minhos chest backwards. "i'm on the fence right now, so i will decide by myself since everyone is so diverse in opinions."

minho and gally leered at alby with disapproval. they exit quickly, seeing both me and chloe standing out waiting for an answer.
"so?" i ask minho antsy.

minho shrugged. "i don't know. gally wants to kick you from the glade completely. alby is deciding what to do right now."

i gasp softly in disbelief. "you can't be serious! you can't do that! that's so wrong!"
i look over at chloe she was devastated.
"ella, if you go. i'll go with you."
her attempt to make me feel better.

jenna had awoken from her dreamy slumber and now is talking with teresa and gally, most likely gossiping about me.

i have fans.

eventually the time had come for alby is come to a conclusion. he walked out of the meeting room and the whole glade went quiet and walked over towards him, standing in silence.

"what's your decision?" minho gulped, biting his nails.
the small wait felt like hours until alby finally opened his mouth.

"i don't like being the bad guy but i want to do what's best for the group. i've decided to come to the decision of..—"

"— i think the punishment for jenna should be 2 days in the pit with 1 day no food. and for ella, i'm afraid i was too worried for the safety of the gladers for her to even be around the gladers. i think the great punishment is the best way to solve this."

my heart dropped.

without hesitation, minho quickly approached alby, pushing his chest so he fell back aggressively, every boy kept minho from beating him up. "YOU CAN'T DO THIS ALBY! YOU'RE A MAD MAN!"

my mouth hung open. there was a diverse of voices giving their opinion across the group, good and bad.

i look over to chloe as she glared at me in shock. i then turn back to alby. "so you're just going to throw me into the maze like i'm trash?! I'M A HUMAN ALBY!"

i move forward, but keeping a distance.

"it's the best for all of us, ella. i hope you find i'm right in the maze." alby gulped. everything i thought about alby had changed, especially the gladers reactions.

i felt a tear on my eyeline as my hands were wrapped behind my back. the funny thing is i didn't even resist, i just let it happen. i accepted my fate.

i stood close to the entrance of the maze.

newt and minho were trying to fight their way towards me either through words or physical. "PLEASE DON'T DO THIS ALBY!" minho yelled, still being held back by the gladers.

i stood frowning, letting the tears flow down my cheeks. is this really my fate ending right now?

alby sighed heartily, almost empathically. "if you must insist of going with ella, go step up now!"

with no hesitation minho and newt ran over to me. i still had shook i didn't even realize chloe was hiding behind alby.
"chloe?" i spoke with a crack and cry in my voice.
she shook her head at me. "i'm sorry, ella."

this betrayal was bigger than being rejected by the whole gladers.

chuck, thomas, frypan, clint, jeff and a few other gladers joined me next to me. my eyes still laid on chloe who wasn't even letting out a single cry about my soon to be death.

minho grabbed my hand between his, trying to hard to force me into the maze. i burst out with crying finally taking my eyes away from the other gladers betraying me, especially my best friend.

i wipe the tears off of my face, jogging with the ones who care for me. we turn one of the corners of the maze and minho stops to talk to me, he wiped the tears off my swelling cheeks. "it's okay. you've got us, ella. forget them, they mean nothing."

i burst out crying, my head falls to his chest. "chloe chose him.." he tapped my head. "i know, i'm so sorry."

as soon as i gathered myself and got in the right mindset, i looked over to the other gladers. i sniffle and take a deep breath. "if we want to get out of here, we have to be sneaky and smart."
everybody nodded towards me.

we walk towards the sliders, which thomas and minho mapped out earlier without me, since i wasn't ready for running yet. we found tools from previous gladers along the side, we grab them and make our way through the maze, trying our best to map out the path.

i won't bore you down with the journey there, but we manage to find a path way towards the exit by following my way.

in the distance we hear an audible roar from a griever.

the creature turned around with the whistle from the wind.

it immediately noticed us as we turned the corner to sharply.