Different (The Maze Runner)

Chapter 26

"Coyote this is Teresa, she's going to be one of your co-workers," Ava Paige says to a younger me.

The younger me looks forward and gives a slight wave to a girl with tar black hair who by now I recognize as Teresa.

"So, you're the werecoyote?" Teresa asks?"

I nod. "Yep, that's me."

"Can I see it?"

"I don't know... I'm not good with how to control not killing people yet."

She chuckles. "I won't let you kill anybody."

"I'll keep you guarded," Ava Paige says. "I'll make sure you don't hurt her."

I take a deep breath and close my eyes. Slowly, some of my facial features begin to shift, and when my eyes open I'm in full werecoyote form.

"Whoa," Teresa says in astonishment. "Can I go get Tom and show him?"

Ava Paige nods, and Teresa quickly runs out of the room. She returns a minute later with a boy with brown hair who I recognize as a younger Thomas.

"Tom, this is her." Teresa points to me.

"You're the coyote?"

I look down at the ground and slowly nod.

"Don't be afraid," he says.

"Yeah," Teresa adds. "We're not gonna hurt you."

I look up at them and say "I'm Aly-"

Ava Paige cuts off "your name is Coyote." She looks at me and says "that's not your name anymore. You're Coyote now."

I sigh and look back at the ground, nodding. "Yes Chancellor Paige."

"Well I'll leave the three of you to get acquainted, I have work to do." She turns on her heel and walks out of the room.

--

I see myself standing, looking into some tubes filled with some sort of liquid. There are little windows in the tubes where you can see through, to what's inside.

I look up at one of the doors and open it up. A young Alby falls out, gasping for breath. "Get away from me." he says between breaths. "Get away... you're with them... you're bad."

I kneel down next to him and try to help him up. "I'm not gonna hurt you."

He pushes me and says "I said get away!"

"Aris!"

The door to the room opens and Aris rushes in, almost immediately at my side. "What's wrong?"

"He's trying to hurt me, help me bring him for testing?"

He nods, looking at Alby. "Hurt her and I'll convince Chancellor Paige that you should be first, not Newton."

Wait. Newt was supposed to be first?

"C'mon Einstein," he grabs Alby's arm and picks him up. "If you were as smart as your namesake, you would never, ever try to hurt her again." He pulls Alby out of the room.

--

I see myself standing in a small, dark room. And I'm panicking. I grab at the walls and say "AIRS!"

The room begins to rise. "CHUCK!

It continues rising. "ARIS!"

"Wait, who am I yelling for again?"

I clench the small holes in the wall and shift into my werecoyote form. But suddenly, my eyes return to brown, slowly close, and I fall to the ground. My eyes close.

When they open again, I see myself fear-stricken and terrified. "Can anyone hear me?! Is anyone there?!"

I know what that scene was.

It was me in the Box.

**A/N I'm sorry there's been so many boring memory chapters, I didn't really know what to do for the month after Chuck got into the Glade, but I wanted to work these in somehow. Last memories, I promise. The action starts soon :)