Made To Run

Chapter 1

I am running through the maze, Nick right behind me, the greiver's moaning and clicking growing louder and closer. "Run Ella," Nick screams, the greiver's claws reaching for him. "Ru-" his words drowned out by the horrible screaming, "Don't look back, keep running!" I wake up panting, in my room in the homestead. It has been a week since Nick was killed by the greiver, his screams are still in my mind, a though it was that horrible day. I change and wait, one of the med-jacks, Clint, arrives with a tray of breakfast, "Alby's got new orders, no leaving the glade, and the weapons are off limits." I stick my tongue out at him as he leaves and look at my tray. Eggs, toast and sausages. "No pancakes," I yell "Really Frypan!!!! Really!" Apparently he's still holding to his word. It's been a month since I got here. I was the first newbie they got. Apperently, 20 or so boys got dropped off here about a month ago. They settled down, organized, and set jobs for everyone. Runner (I'm one), Slicer, Bagger, Slopper, Track-Hoe, Builder, Cook, and Med-Jack.I eat, and when I finish, Rikki walks in and plops down on the bed. I raise my eye brows suspiciously. "Minho says he wants you back out in the maze next week." he says."Why doesn't the shuck-face tell me in person," I hiss "He's in the bloody maze, genius." I roll my eyes. "Great story Rikki, Minho's right there," I point to the window. Rikki blushes. I run outside to talk to the Keeper before he leaves. "Minho, Rikki said you want me back i n the maze next week." "Yeah, but the sooner the better," he yells vanishing into the maze. I sneak through a hole in the fence at the back of the gardens and while Zart and the track-hoes aren't looking, grab some carnations and race towards the deadheads. I stop at Nick's grave, the carefully painted white wooden cross and dark moist dirt and dappled sunlight in the clearing. I get up and walk away, fingering the necklace Nick gave me the day he died. My fingers run over the delicate wooden cross, the inscription upon the back, I LOVE YOU

I sit by the north wall, picking daisies and twisting them into a chain, when Minho runs through the door and collapses. 'Water..... Alby" he pants. "ALBY!!!!!" I shreik "ALBY, GET YOUR LAZY, PATHETIC ARSE OVER HERE RIGHT NOW OR I WILL FEED YOU TO THE SHUCKIN' GREIVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Alby emerges from the homestead, his scowl permanently plastered to his face since Nick died. I run to get a bucket of water from Frypan. When I come back, I hand Minho the water and Alby calls for Rikki. "I found a dead one." Minho says happily. "No..." I breath.

Da picuture is Minho