Subject A7 - The Leader [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter Three

The next morning you awoke with a start. Alby shook you awake and covered your mouth with his hand when you were about to scream.

"Sh. Don't scream. It's just me, greenie," Alby said as he slowly took his hand off your mouth.

"It... It would've been nice if you could've not done a half rape thing," you pouted as you got out of the bed. "Tour time, am I right?"

You felt so much better after a good night's sleep. Yesterday you were a huge shaking scaredy cat, now you were as confident as you could be in a situation like this.

"Yeah. It'll be quick and then I'll have you go around the Glade helping out with jobs. After a couple weeks, we'll decide what your main job can be." You followed Alby out of Homestead.

He gave you a quick tour. He showed you where everything was, and explained the jobs. Alby told you to start with the Track-Hoes, the gardeners of the Glade. You nodded.

Zart, the Keeper (the leader, Alby explained) told you to help them weed the garden. So you did. Sometimes you would look around the Glade, looking at some of the other jobs. You saw pretty much every face you saw yesterday, except for a select few. 

Newt came by and helped in mid day, so you decided to ask him, where some of the Gladers, like Minho were. 

"Minho and some of the others are Runners," Newt explained to you. 

"Runners?" You asked. You didn't remember Alby mentioning being a Runner as a job.

"Yeah. The fastest and most athletic of us go out in the Maze. Outside these walls. They go out and look for something as a hint to get out of here. And after two and a half years here, we figures the only way out, was that maze." Newt explained. He looked down at the weeds, or maybe his leg, you weren't sure. But his gaze downwards was extremely sad. 

"Oh.. Okay." You said. You felt uncomfortable with the tension you accidentally set up. You continued to pull weeds, some were easy to pull than others. If you came across any hard ones, Newt was quick to help you out.

Finally, the day came near to an end. The Track-Hoes started to head up to where the boys all ate. You looked at the doors and saw Minho run through with a quick pace to a building on the south side of the Glade. He ran passed you and when he did, he gave a small smile and wink. You gave back the smile and waved.