Blank Spaces (A Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 16 (Alice's POV)

Turning through the Maze, I do my best to remember our path. Right, left, left, right, left. I try memorizing these, but that distracts me from the next few turns. I eventually give up, not wanting to waste energy on thinking when I'm running through a massive death trap. Beetle Blades skitter around and bring to attention the markings on their backs. All of them have the word WICKED written in bold, black letters down their backs. I decide to assess that later on.

We stop for lunch after what seems like ages of running. I pull a small sandwich and an apple out of my lunch pack as well as my bottle of water. Lizzy practically attacks her food and has it all down wishing 5 minutes. I mentally shake my head and continue eating my sandwich. I finish it off and Lizzy stands. She walks over to a wall and I suddenly notice what she's looking at. Words are printed across the wall. I read them to myself. World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department. I recognize the words, but can't process where from.

"What's this?" Lizzy asks. I turn to Minho, who looks up from his apple.

"Oh ya, that, they're everywhere," he says simply. I re-assess the words, beginning to put two and two together.

"Is it what the Creators call themselves?" Lizzy asks.

"Possibly," Minho answers. I stand and walk over by Lizzy. Suddenly my sisters jaw drops open. My brow is furrowed looking up at the sign. Then, it hits me. I'm about to mention it, but my sister says it instead.

"You know how it says WICKED on the Beetle Blades?" she says.

"Ya," Minho responds.

"World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department, or WICKED," she says simply, gesturing to the sign.

"Woah," Minho says,"how'd you figure that out."

"Magic," my sister jokes. Suddenly, something hits me. Killzone. That word stands out. It's not right...what is the Killzone. I rack my brain. The answer is on the brink of my memory, but it can't break past the barrier that's blocking it out. "Alice?" Lizzy suddenly asks.

"Huh," I say. My sister laughs. We continue running, keeping sharp senses for any signs of Grievers. We finish our section and are running back to the Glade. We turn a corner only to be greeted by the most hideous thing in the universe plopped right in our tracks. It looks like a mix between a bionic spider and a slug. It turns to face us when a single memory breaks the glass and I plummet into a flashback.

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Lizzy and I are in a tidy room. We sit at a glass table and a women stands in front of us. There is a white projection screen set up next to her with a diagram of a Griever displayed on it. She suddenly speaks.

"It's killed by a lever inside of its back. Pull it out and it shuts down," she says and points to the diagram, showing the lever.

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I snap back into reality and glance at my sister. We both seem to know what to do. I make a diagonal stretch heading toward the side of the Griever, attempting to give my sister a clear path to its back. When that doesn't work, I think of something to say.

"Hey! Griever, over here!" it looks at me,"Do you like pie?!?! Cause I do!" This gets its attention and it begins to creak its way toward me. I back up at its same page. A step forward exchanged for a step back. My sister manages to sneak behind it and swings herself on top. She plummets her hand through the thick blubber, finds the handle, and pulls. The lever pops free and the Griever collapses on itself. She stands and over dramatically plants a foot on its back.

"I have defeated the evil beast!!" she yells. I chuckle. Minho looks completely astonished.

"What the shuck was that?!?!" he says. I saunter over to her and cross my arms beside her.

"I killed it," she says. We. I high five her. "Thanks for distracting it." I nod a you're welcome.

"You could've died," he says, worry merging with his words. I smirk.

"But I didn't," she replies, grinning. Minho doesn't seem to find this funny.

"Don't do that," he replies sternly. Lizzy nods and I role my eyes as we walk past the dead Griever and toward the Glade.

Quick author's note:

Sry we haven't updated for a while!! For people who have read this entire series you understand what I mean when I say I got to chapter 55 in The Death Cure and am currently recovering from the feels. That's also why this chapter probably sucked. So anyway, I'm sry and we will hopefully be back to our normal schedule. Thanks for reading!!