Hey Brother- Newt Fanfic

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Newts POV
Holli and I cross the glade in silence, unlike other Greenies she manages to successfully navigate her way through the sleeping Gladers. The morning air is unusually fresh, the doors haven't opened yet so Holli and I are the only ones up. Once we clear the sleeping boys I break into a run, the dull ache in my leg serves as a painful reminder that my limp is slowly getting worse. Glancing back I see that Holli is keeping up with ease. Instead of bombarding me with questions she remains silent her eyes adverted.

We finally reach the Western Wall, according to my watch we have about an hour until wake up.
"Okay Greenie, I'm not sure exactly what Alby told you when he was yelling at you like some dumb shank but I'm the Glade we only have three rules!" I begin.
"Gee only three?" Holli says sarcastically "that must make it really hard to run this place."

I can't help my smile, I make a mental note to re-introduce Holli and Minho in the near future. "Well we obviously have more but these are the three main ones!" I pause and glare at her giving her a chance to challenge me, she doesn't.
"Rule one, do your part, we don't appreciate slackers around here, in a few days you'll be assigned a job and you'll be expected to happily work that job until the day that we escape this shucking maze!" I wince, usually at the first mention of the maze the greenie goes nuts but Holli's face remains impassive.
"So this place is a maze?" She asks.
"Yeah" I sigh
"And we're supposed to solve it? Or escape or whatever?"
"You got it." I say.
"Cool, rule number 2?" she asks.
"Never harm another glader!"
She frowns a bit at that.
"What if it's self-defence?"
"It's not likely to be self-defence, the boys here may be shanks but we're not gonna hurt you!"
"What if I do....... hurt another glader."
"You'll be banished into the maze, no one ever survives a night."
"Why?" She asks, looking on edge.
A distinct whirring and clicking noise sounds.
"You're about to find out." I take her arm and gently push her towards the window. I glance in myself and can see the metal, spiked legs of a griever, I look away focusing on Holli's face. Her expression is unreadable as she studied the creature in the other side of the wall.
"Is that one of those griever thingies you told me about last night?" She asks, her voice shakes.
"Yes." I say " and that leads us to rule four, never go beyond these walls."
Suddenly the griever shrieks and launches itself at the window, a loud thump and more hisses sound but the window stays intact. Holli lets out a small yelp and darts back.
"Woah, woah," I say reaching out to touch her shoulder, she's trembling and breathing shallowly, standard reaction. "It's alright, they can't get us in here." Identical to what I told her last night.
"Break one of those rules and you'll might just end up as their dinner though Greebean." Alby's voice sounds from behind us. I turn around to face him. Holli seems to shrink under his gaze.
"Hmmm, girlie ain't lookin to fresh, take her to Frypan to get some food then get on with the shuck tour!" He barks.