Gladiolus ~ The Maze Runner

1~13: When People Don't Listen, You Pack Your Shit and Leave

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Bullshit. This is bullshit.

Gally was backed up by a majority of the Gladers, leaving only a small group of people who remained loyal to me. Those who remained alive had all gathered in the firelight outside of the destroyed Homestead as the rest of us argued. Thomas was laid unconscious by Teresa and Chuck. He had been administered the serum, so all we could do now was wait for him to wake up.

"She's only acting this way because she's in love with him!" Gally raved to the others.

"That's not true!" I shouted. Okay, maybe I do have feelings for him, but my main concern is still for the safety of everyone. I want us all to live and I want us all to escape the Maze.

"I'm supporting Thomas because if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have a way out of the Maze. Three years and finally we get something. Don't you understand? We can actually get out of here!"

"This isn't a miracle, it's an omen of death!" Gally claimed. "Most of us have already been killed by Grievers, and now because of Thomas, everyone is going to be massacred!"

"Because of Thomas, we have an opportunity to avoid massacre, Gally! Do you not see what's happening here? The only reason things are changing is because whoever put us here probably doesn't want us to escape! Thomas found something they didn't like, so they're trying to make it harder for us to get out."

Gally's face was grave and hopeless. "I can't believe you, Hanna," he scoffed. "He's really poisoned your mind." He turns to address the others. "Don't you see? He's even turned our own leader against us!"

The others murmured amongst themselves. I shake my head and reply, "I never turned against any of you. I'm trying to help you!"

"So then what do we do?" One boy, Luke, asks.

"We-" I start.

"I was asking Gally," Luke replies quietly.

"What?" I ask. Everyone else is agreeing quietly. They don't believe in me anymore.

"Are you SERIOUS right now?!" I erupt. Getting angry was probably not my best move right now. "After everything? My entire time here has been dedicated to looking after all of you."

"Calm down, Hanna," Gally says.

"Calm down?! You lose your shit all the time, but I express how I'm feeling once and it's a problem? Do you idiots have any idea what I have done for you? Of course you don't!"

"I mean it, you need to relax," Gally warns. I ignore him and continue ranting. 

"No matter how hard I try, you whiny little bitches are struck with fear and lose all rational thinking skills. If you want Gally as your leader, fine, fuck you. If you work under him, you're all going to die anyway. I'm done with this."

I march off towards Teresa and Chuck. "C'mon, let's get him to the Med-jack hut. If it's still standing."

"You're not taking him anywhere," Gally says. "He's going in the Pit. Teresa too."

"Like hell they are! They haven't broken any rules and they haven't done anything wrong," I refuse. Five boys step up in front of me, preventing me from reaching for Thomas. I see Minho, Newt, and Frypan push forward in protest, but they're held back by the other Gladers.