NEPENTHE - Maze Runner , Minho

001 - 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔?

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LANA finally woke up, the room wasn't familiar to her. She tried to move but it seemed like she couldn't move her body at all, panic rose as she heard feminine voices in the room. Terrified, she looked around and saw two doctors standing beside each other with something in their hands... "She's subject A3, ten years of age. Name is Lana."

She said as the other doctor in complete shock looked at her.

"Ten years old?! Are you kidding? we're doing this to a kid. we could kill her!" The other doctor said worryingly.

"Look at me." There was a small uncomfortable silence but it broke as she continued her sentence.

"Does it look like I care about the kid? you chose this job and you can't take it back ____." I couldn't hear the names, it was like my head was blurring it out of my head.

"We're lucky that we still get to have a salary."

The other doctor approached her and whispered something, but she couldn't make up what she just said to her.

"Stay still and don't move." She wanted to move but something was stopping her until a familiar voice was heard calling out a once familiar nickname.

"Greenie."

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"Greenie!" It was the voice of a boy waking her up. The way he called the familiar nickname was so serious but there was a little hint of anxiousness,
wait what? waking me up?..

"LANA!"

As his tone grew stronger. My body jolted upwards, I woke up, and I felt cold all over my body and sweat dripping down the side of my face. I saw the boy's face, it was just Minho after all. The shank that I need to see every day, I mean he's the keeper of the runners can't blame him.

He came into my hut to wake me, after calling my name for the hundredth time outside of my hut doors.

"Get your shucking ass up, the maze doors are almost open." He glared at me and left just because I woke up late.

Yeah, she's a runner alright. She was so annoyed that Minho woke her up in a rude way. Well ever since she punched him as he tried to help her, it was different in her point of view, because the fact that she was the only girl in the glade made a shiver down her spine.

Luckily Alby made a rule anyone who does anything to her in a bad or inappropriate way without her consent will be in the pit or even be banished by doing it after the first punishment.

"What are you waiting for Greenie? finish your food. We need to run." She snapped out of her thoughts as she heard that annoying voice, she finished her last bit of soup and Frypan handed her lunch. She saw Minho jogging through the doors of the maze and started to follow along.

"remember Greenie, you're new. Follow my lead." He shot a glare at me as I rolled my eyes as I always knew what I was doing.

"Whatever," I mumble as I start to follow Minho into the maze.

It had been a few hours since we entered the maze, it was just as boring as when I first started as a runner.

But it felt relaxing and calming at the same time, I ate the lunch Frypan gave me and we continuously ran memorizing the maze's pattern and direction. I've been doing this for 3 weeks now, of course with the annoying grumpy boy.

"Lana, what are you waiting for? do you wanna get eaten by a griever?" I looked up to see Minho giving me a dirty stare, of course, I gave it back. I don't give up that easily, and it caught me off guard that he called me by my name, not the nickname they use for a new person in the glade.

"weird." she thought and just shrugged it off.

"Greenie! Come on!?" He called out and I snapped out of my thoughts, I stood up and wiped off the dirt on my clothes. I then grabbed my runner backpack and left the maze with him, It has been like this every day.

I have been having these weird dreams every night when I sleep, and in them, I find myself in those weird experiment labs. After Minho wakes me up like always we run through the maze. I'm still getting used to these dreams since they only started a few days ago, but they feel incredibly real.

Like it happened.

That was 3 years ago, the dreams didn't stop but I don't get them that often anymore unlike before.

"Lana!" I looked in the direction where the sound came from it was Newt, he was my best friend and the only boy that I could trust in the glade.

"Shouldn't you be running?" He asked,

"Alby gave me a day off, well now I got nothing to do," I replied not making eye contact.

"You and Minho should have a truce, you guys argue like a married couple almost every day." Did I give Newt an are-you-kidding-me? look and he nodded. She heard a voice calling Newt, it was Alby.

"I better get going, think about what I said." he patted my shoulder and stood up.

She observed the glade, finding it beautiful. The hard work we put into it was evident. It was almost 6 pm, just 30 more minutes until the door closed.

She was about to stand up, but my head felt heavy, and she started to feel dizzy. She decided to stay in the same position, hoping the ache would subside, but it didn't.

"I hate this." She said before her vision went black, she hated getting those dreams since it was full of needles and torture. She hated needles; it gave her a mixed feeling of fear and anxiety.

She felt her heart racing and her palms were sweating until she-

A/N :
A short chapter, But reached a thousand words, a record‼️🙏🏻 Hope you enjoyed chapter 1!!