Blank Spaces (A Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 17 (Lizzy's P.O.V)

We arrive back in the Glade and we head to the Map Room. Minho explains everything and we work on drawing our maps for the day. Alice finishes before me, but I focus more on the map instead of what she's doing. I just finish when Chuck shows up in the door way, smiling like an idiot. I laugh silently to myself.

"The girl's awake," he says, grinning. We put our maps away and follow Chuck, Alice leading. The first thing I notice is objects flying off the roof of the Homestead and a female voice shouting occasionally at the group of Glader's gathered around the base of the Homestead, all guarding their heads somehow.

"Girls are awesome," Chuck says, giggling.

"Damn right," Alice says and ruffles his hair. She walks over to the side of the Homestead and I follow. Newt is the first to notice us.

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

"No shit," Alice 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 Alice and I. Her eyes go wide.

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

"How the hell did she know my name," Alice and I say, again, in sync. "This is getting freaky," we say together. Our eyes go wide. Thomas waves us over and we climb the ladder up to the top of the Homestead. We reach the top to see the girl pointing a sharp machete at us. I put up my hands up, hoping she doesn't decide to stab me, and Alice and Thomas are doing 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?" I ask.

"Teresa," she says strongly. "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?" Alice and I say in sync yet again. Confusion floods my brain. 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."

See?

Her voice was in my head. Alice also looks confused. Thomas just looks clarified. I'm still confused but Alice doesn't look like she is anymore. She closes her eyes and she's obviously thinking hard. Teresa nods and grins. I feel like I've been left out on a secret. Then I hear Teresa's voice again in my head:

Try to talk.

I do the same I saw Alice do. I imagine Teresa and imagine talking to her. It's surprisingly easy.

Hi, can you hear me?

She nods and I grin.

"Thomas, try to talk to me. You two, try to talk to each other." I turn toward Alice and close my eyes shut again and repeat what I did with Teresa. I hear Alice's voice first.

(Alice:)Can you hear me?

(Lizzy:)Yeah.

(Alice:)Woah.

(Lizzy:)This is so weird...

(Alice:)How do we know how to do this?

(Lizzy:)I have no shucking clue.