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The Maze

"Shuck. Not again."

Emily walked up to Thomas and crouched down beside him.

"I...I'm sorry. I just.. I couldn't not help you guys." Emily was holding back tears. What had she done?

Thomas looked up at the trembling girl, "Hey, it's okay. I get it. I--"

The pair heard a strange clicking and whirring sound echoing throughout the maze. Thomas sat up, alert, and he quickly pulled Emily to her feet.

"What was th--" Emily whispered.

"Just wait," Thomas interrupted, "Not now. Come on, we have to get Minho on the wall. Here, watch me." He commanded.

Emily nodded and followed Thomas. They got Minho about halfway off the ground before the griever noises got louder. Thomas turned to Emily, "Okay, I think it's good enough. Alrig--"

"Thomas!" Emily yelped as she pointed to something behind him. Thomas quickly turned around then he grabbed Emily's arm and started to run. Emily shook off his hand and ran beside him. The two ran and ran before running into another griever.

"Shuck. Shuck. Shuck. Shuck. Shuck. Shuck." Emily repeatedly muttered as she turned and followed Thomas. After many minutes of running, Thomas stopped at a cliff looking thing. Emily was out of breath and confused, "What's... going... on? What are...those? Why are...we...here?"

"This... is what... we call the... Griever... Hole. When.... Minho and I... got stuck... in the... maze for the .. first time... we found this... and... we.. defeated some grievers here." Thomas said in between breaths.

Emily was taken aback, "How did you manage to defeat those shucking beasts?"

"We did this diving move. Here, I'll show you."

Thomas demonstrated and Emily repeated his actions. Once she got the hang of it, they waited.

"So Thomas... what was it like on your first day?" Emily asked.

Thomas turned to face her, "Okay so..."

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Alby came running to Newt, "What the shuck happened?"

Newt slowly got up, his breath staggering, "Emily... she.. ran into the maze."

Alby gave him a stern questioning look, "What?!," he put his hands over his eyes, "Okay tell me everything that happened, shank."

"We.. we were talking and then we realized that Tommy and Minho didn't come back yet so.. so we ran to the West door and we saw Tommy carrying Minho on his back. It was so obvious that they weren't going to make it but.. but.."

"Spit it out, Newt."

"But.. Emily ran in.. I tried to grab her arm but I missed." Newt put his hands over his eyes, trying to stop the tears, "I should have tried harder. Why couldn't I bloody save her?"

Alby put his hand on Newt's back, "Hey, it's gonna be alright. She's with Thomas, right? He survived in the maze once, he can do it again."

Newt's face was grave and facing the ground, "I hope you're bloody right."

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"And then after that... I became a runner."

Emily was about to respond but she spotted a griever in her peripheral vision and yelled, "Thomas! Grievers!"

Thomas whipped around to face the metal and blubbery monsters crawling towards them then quickly turned back to Emily, "Get in position!"

They quickly got into their positions and paused.