Maze Runner - Poppys story

Chapter 11 - my new 'life'

I woke up and Newt was screaming at me, "Poppy, come on!", I was confused but he kept shouting, "come on we need to go!". I quickly took in my surroundings and followed Newt.

It was now dark, the sun had set, but it was bright, lit up by big bright lights.

I held Newts hands as I heard gun shots being fired behind us, I didn't let go of him.

We got in and a door slid shut. I looked at the door and then turned around, it was busy. We got put in a room of to the side and waited there for what seemed like forever. Until someone finally entered, it was a man, dark and white hair, tall. "You kids doing all right?" He asked, I looked around at my friends, "sorry about all the fuss, we had ourselves a bit of uhh a swarm" "who are you?" I asked. "I'm the reason you're still alive, and it's my intention to keep it that way, come with me we'll get you kids squared away" he said, we looked sceptical but followed him.

We walked out and it was still busy, but he started talking. "Call me Mr. Janson, I run this place. For us it is a sanctuary, safe from the horrors of the outside world. You all should think of it as a way station, kinda of a home between homes, watch yourself". "Your taking us home?" Thomas asked. "A home of sorts. Sadly there won't be much left of wherever you came from, but we do have a place for you, a refuge, outside the Scorch, where WICKED will never find you again, how's that sound?" he said. "Why are you helping us?" I said staying close to Newt. "Let's just say the world out there is in a rather precarious situation, we are all hanging on by a very thin thread, that fact that you kinds can survive the flare virus makes you the best chance of humanity's continued survival. Unfortunately it also makes you a target, no doubt you've noticed. Beyond this door, is the beginning of your new lives" he swiped a card and the door went flying up. "First things first, let's do something about that smell".

They put us in showers to let us just clean. I can't stop thinking about Chuck, i should've been the one to jump out infront of Thomas and died, not Chuck. He was only young, so much potential in his life, ruined by Gally.

We got out the showed and got changed, that gave me a white long sleeved top, similar to my old one, and a pair of black leggings.

They took us through to a room to get tests done.

They had taken blood from all of us to analyse it, now the doctor had a syringe filled with blue stuff. "Yeah that isn't going in me" I said standing up. "It's fine, full of vitamins that weren't available where you came from" he said. I sat back down and he injected it.

"Poppy?" A soldier asked, "what?" "Come with me please" he said. I got up and followed him, I could tell Newt was watching where I went.

He took me to a room with two chairs and a table separating them. "Sit in here until Mr, Janson arrives" he said. I sat down and started fiddling my thumbs.

He soon arrived and sat down infront of me. "Sorry for the inconvenience Poppy, I was just hoping we might get a moment to chat in private, away from the others" I looked at him and didn't say anything. "Well, I won't take much of your time" he said sitting down opposite me. "I only really have a few questions...what do you remember about your life before the Maze?". "Nothing, none of us do" I said, "perhaps, your parents, where you come from, anything" he said. I shook my head. "Well I can tell you one thing Poppy, I'm your father" "what" I snapped. "Yeah" "why did you let them out me in there?" I muttered. "Pardon" "why did you let them put me up there, for 3 years I suffered in that maze, losing hope that I'd ever leave!" I shouted, "I made friends that died, if you protested not to put me it would have been better!" I shouted again. "Poppy listen-". "No, Janson, get me out, I want to go see them" "fine, just one last thing, the green stuff, happens when you loose control, WICKED done to many tests on you, then a incident with there tests led to the green stuff" he said as he opened the door and a guard led me to the canteen where everyone else was.

Newts pov

Poppy was taken away, Janson wanted to talk to her, I didn't have a good feeling.

Not long after she left we were directed to the canteen for food. We all walked through and sat down at a table with other people. They told us that there were multiple Glades, multiple mazes.

We were talking to one boy when he got distracted, "damn...look at that pretty thing" he said looking at someone behind us. I turned back and Minho said, "that's Delilah, she's with us" he said, "she'll be with me by tomorrow" he said. I had enough, I got up and walked over to her and kissed her.

Back to Poppy

I had just walked into the canteen when Newt came up to me and started kissing me, passionately. We pulled away, "hi to you to" I said, "one of the other guys was commenting so I simply showed him what's mine" he said then kissed me again. I smiled, "also turns out we weren't the only maze" Newt said I raised my eyebrows and sped walked over to the guys.

"There was this big loud explosion, then these guys came out of no where started shooting to the place" a boy said, "it was intense" the other boy sitting next to him finished. He continued on, "they pulled us out the maze and brought us here" "and the rest? You know the ones left behind in the maze, what happened to them?" I asked, "we don't know, I guess WCKD still has them" I looked over and Newt, he seen I was on edge so he put his arm around me, trying his best to comfort me.

"How long have you guys been here" I shakily asked, "a day or two maybe, kid over there, he's been here the longest, almost a week" "his maze was nothing but girls", "I raised my eyebrows as Minho said, "really?" With the biggest attitude. "Some guys have all the luck" he said.

"Good evening ladies, gentlemen. We all know how this works, here your name please stand in an orderly fashion and line up behind me and my colleagues, we will take you to the eastern wing and your new life's will being there" Janson said.

I looked down, from the conversation i had with him earlier, made me feel wierd, I felt my knee shaking up and down, I then felt Newts arm around me squeeze, he knew how wierd I felt somehow.

He pulled out his clip board and started slowly reading out names. "Conner, Evelyn, Justin, Peter, Allison, Squiggy" with every name he called, there was a chatter of happiness between each group they were sat with, they were all happy to be chosen. "Franklin and Abigail" he finished, he put his clipboard away and a groan was let out from the crowd, "don't worry, there's always tomorrow, your time will come" he said as he started leading them out of the cafeteria.

"Where are they going?" Thomas asked, "far, far from here, lucky bastards". "Some kind of farm, like a safe place" the other guy explained more. "Only a couple of people can go through each day". I tuned out when I looked at the window. "Thomas that's Teresa..." I said, he looked up, then got up, he started walking towards the door calling her name. He tried to get through but was stopped by a guard. He came back over to us and sat back down.

We finished up and headed to our room, it was shared with bunk beds. They had tried to get me to leave them and join an all girls room but I declined and insisted I had to be in a room with them.

"Oh I got top bunk" Frypan called, meanwhile Minho had jumped up and lay down, "too slow though".

I went over to a bunk bed and climbed up to the top, Newt looked up and me and raised one eyebrow, I nodded so that he would come up as well. I lay down. It was like I was lying on a cloud it was that soft. "I could get used to this" Winston said. "Not bad is it?" I said staring at the roof.

We all soon fell asleep, I stayed up for a while, anticipating what tomorrow will hold.