Blank Spaces (A Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 17 (Alice's POV)

We jog out of the Maze and back to the Safety of the Glade. Minho tells us to follow him and we run after him to medium sized wooden shack. He opens it to reveal a room with a table set in the middle and chests lining the back wall. The other Runners are already there. From what it looks like, they're sketching down the section they were assigned that day. Minho instructs us on how to do the same. Surprisingly, I easily get down the entire thing before we begin to hear yelling. Suddenly, Chuck appears in the doorway.

"The girl's awake," he says, grinning ear to ear. I put my map in the correct chest and follow Chuck. Lizzy trails behind me. A group of Glader's are gathered around the base of the Homestead, all guarding their heads somehow. I suddenly realize that someone is throwing random objects off the top of the Homestead. "Girls are awesome," Chuck says, giggling.

"Damn right," I say smirking. He looks at me and I ruffle his hair. I walk over to the side of the Homestead and Lizzy follows. Newt is the first to notice us.

"I don't think she likes us very much," he says.

"No shit," Lizzy and I say in sync. We look at each other and grin. Suddenly, Thomas appears. He takes in the scene before stepping into the wrong place and almost having a head on clash with a sizable rock. He ducks out of the way just in time and yells up.

"It's Thomas!!" he yells. "It's Thomas..." She peeks over the top and looks at him, then glances at my sister and I. Her eyes go wide.

"Bring Lizzy and Alice up with you!!" she yells down.

"How the hell did she know my name," Lizzy and I say, again, in sync. "This is getting freaky," we say together. My eyes go wide and so do hers. Thomas waves us over and we climb the ladder up to the top of the Homestead. We reach the top to see the girl directing a well sharp machete directly at us. I put up my hands as if in surrender and Lizzy and Thomas do the same. She lowers it and motions for us to come all the way up. We do so and sit next to her.

"Do you remember your name," Lizzy says.

"Teresa," the girl, Teresa, says strongly. I nod. "I need to tell you something. You two. Alice and Lizzy. Thomas and I can do this too, I just need to confirm it for him," she says this quickly and suddenly.

"And what's that?" Lizzy and I say in sync yet again. I feel confused. How is this happening?

"What just happened," she says,"thats not a coincidence. You might not believe me when I say this, but all four of us, well, we're telepathic." I'm taken back by this. See? I throw my hands to my head. Her voice was in my head. Lizzy also looks confused. Thomas just looks clarified. Try it. Teresa's voice again comes through my head. I think she just directed this message toward me, because Lizzy still looks confused. I close my eyes and seem to know what to do. I picture the Teresa's name and picture the message. I throw the words:

Can you hear me?

In her direction. She nods and grins. I think she directs Lizzy to try because about thirty seconds later she squeezes her eyes shut and Teresa nods. "Thomas, try to talk to me. You two, try to talk to each other." I turn toward Lizzy and squeeze my eyes shut again and repeat the process of picturing and throwing.

Can you hear me?

Yeah

Woah

This is so weird...

How do we know how to do this

I have no shucking clue