The next morning, Newt came to say goodbye when they left.
"Stay safe and stay together. If anything happens come straight back." He said to them.
"We'll come back as soon as we get to the bottom of what happened to Ben." Elizabeth said.
"Take care of everyone when I'm gone, everything must go on as usual. You know what to do." Alby said, shaking Newts hand in a friendly manner.
Minho stepped forwards and did the same, "See ya later, Newt."
Elizabeth embraced Newt in a hug, squeezing her best friend tightly.
"Be safe, Lizzy." He told her.
Elizabeth nodded and the door rumbled open. The three of them immediately ran out. Their aim was to get to where Minho and Ben split up as soon as possible and from there to figure out where Ben might have gone. Minho led the way and Elizabeth and Alby followed closely behind.
Elizabeth forgot how exhilarating it felt to run through the maze, almost freeing. Despite it having nearly been a year since she'd last run through the maze, she was still faster than Minho. The feeling of the window blowing into her face and the fresh air filling her lungs as she breathed almost fueled the adrenaline in her body. The walls that towered over the three of them were so recognizable to her that she found herself remembering which turns to take at each part of the maze to get to where Minho had informed them they were headed. Despite feeling somewhat nostalgic she was still keeping her eyes and ears peeled for any grievers.
Eventually, Minho stopped running, "This is where we decided to split up. I ran that way," He pointed towards another opening into the maze, "Ben covered that section." He pointed behind them towards two large, walls similar to the ones in the glade, except they had a large number 2 on it.
"Don't the sections change everyday?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah." Minho replied, staring at the open walls with his usual frowning expression.
"So if this section was open yesterday when Ben got stung, then surely it-"
"Shouldn't be open today? Yeah. I wasn't expecting it to be." Minho cut Elizabeth off, finishing her sentence for her
"Well, it makes it easier for us to trace Ben's steps." Alby inputted, stepping forward.
Elizabeth glanced uneasily at Minho who looked back at her as if he was unsure as to whether they should follow Alby. He wasn't experienced in the maze like they were, but when Minho took a step forward and followed him, choosing to trust their leader, Elizabeth did the same.
"Why all of a sudden are there random sections open and grievers out during the day?" Elizabeth asked
"I'm wondering the same thing." Alby pondered
"What if.. what if the people who put us here are trying to force us to leave? Like we've been here long enough, now they want us out." Elizabeth queried.
"But what's the point in-" Minho started but was cut of as a loud gargling sound came from behind them.
Slowly, the three of them turned around, coming face to face with a griever, forcing them into a dead end
"Run. Now." Minho told them, before the three of them turned and ran back into the maze.
Elizabeth sprinted along the seemingly never ending corridors of the maze. The sounds of the griever began to die down until they reached a dead end.
"Shit." Elizabeth muttered
"We need to split up." Minho said
"What?" Elizabeth turned on her heels, knowing that the last time they did that it hadn't ended well.
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𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙈𝙀𝙉𝙏 - thomas tmr
FanfictionLife in the glade has been the same for as long as she can remember. But Elizabeth is bored. When Thomas comes up in the box and starts to cause chaos in the glade, she is immediately intrigued by him. Will she break out of containment? "𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫�...
