❝The Maze Runner❞ Thomas

chapter five

"Lynn," Newt has breathed out as I looked to him rather quickly. "Come on," he paused for a moment as I stood to my feet. "I think there's something connected with the maze. Come to the gathering," he turned from my presence. "Everyone's waiting." Newt finished as I quickly grabbed my quarterstaff and jogging towards the gathering on Newt's side. In short terms, we had arrived at the gathering, looking to the faces of Alby and Gally.

"Okay," I breathed out exchanging glances between everyone in the group. "What do we got?"

"Whoever had built this maze, the Glade, they obviously had a purpose. And none the less, the walls seem to have a very important part to our civilization, right?" Newt has questioned as we all listened. "None of this would make any bloody sense unless there was a shuck of an exit," Newt breathed out as we all looked to one another in agreement. "There has to be a way out. If there wasn't," he paused for a moment. "Everything we've been put through, everything we've done would be meaningless. And I know for a fact that we weren't just wiped from our memory and thrown into a maze to fend for ourselves. There is a main reason, a main course of action that needs to be taken place. And I believe, whoever those mysterious beings are, they are waiting for us to make our move."

"What are you proposing?" I had questioned, looking to Newt with reasoning and understanding as a small smirk lifted from his lips.

"I say we get our bloody backsides up and start finding our wait out through that Maze," he stated with trueness in his heart and boldness of faith.

"I've been in that Maze more than enough times," I breathed out with not even a mere glimpse of hope. "I've seen nothing but more walls and more vines," I stated exchanging glances with the men in the room before me. "I even got lost at one point and you better be glad I made it out alive," I finished off as they all looked to one another with unsure expressions. Newt had then stepped closer towards my face, his brows furrowed with wonder.

"Have you ever gotten deeper into the Maze?" He questioned, waiting for me to reply, hesitating before shaking my head slowly. "Alright," he breathed out turning to the rest of the crew. "Now what do you think?" Newt questioned, looking directly to me as I stood there, thinking before I finally came to a conclusion.

"Newt and I will go into the Maze," I breathed out as Newt grinned with a nod of respect. "Alby and Gally," I paused looking to the two of them. "You two will stay here," I stated gripping some light backpacks with water, throwing one to Newt. "Continue on with the rest of our plans," I exhaled gripping another backpack for myself. "We'll be back before dawn." I finished, rushing out from the Gathering, Newt directly behind me before Alby stopped me in my tracks.

"Lynn," Alby paused as I looked to him with recognition. "Good luck," he breathed out as I nodded my head in respect and reassurance before turning from the Gathering with Newt once again before heading towards the Maze. We found our way to the south entrance as Newt and I began to run through the Maze, taking different turns and twist. There was nothing but concrete walls and floors for a few miles. Vines grew high above the walls everywhere. Left, right, ahead, right, right, straight, so many different turns and yet nothing but the same old junk I had seen before.

"You know," I began through heavy breaths as Newt and I jogged side by side. "I still think," I continued on as my chest rose up and down rapidly from drastic breathing. "It's funny how," I exhaled a deep breath. "You just got here," I stated glancing towards Newt for a second. "And you already want run through this shucking Maze," I finished between breaths as my lungs thirsted for water. I could feel my blood pumping through me faster than normal as my heart raced. Newt chuckled with no words to speak as we continued on.

My feet dragged behind me as my calves and thighs burned from the pain. We ran through more and more corners weaving through the Maze, but nothing till something caught my eyes, stopping in my tracks, my hand swinging to Newt's chest lightly, stopping him from running any further. I thought I had seen something hidden underneath some vines that had grown rather large. A letter maybe? A number? Well, there was only one way to find out.

"Newt," I paused as I slowly gesture Newt to come closer to where I was standing. "Check it out," I stated as we both stepped closer to the wall with heavy breaths escaping our chests. We took a glance to one another deciding to try to rip the ivy off, even spite the fact it was surely strong. We brushed that aside before pulled as hard as we could at the same time with full force. Once the vines were on the ground, we looked up to see a large number two printed against the wall.

"It's some clue," Newt breathed out as we both looked to the large number in amazement. We exchanged glances once again as I ran my fingers through my hair. After all these months of being here alone, searching for anything at all, it's been all this time.

"We have to let Alby and the greenie know," I sated as we quickly turned on the balls of our feet, running back towards the best possible exit we could remember. We weaved through the maze as our individual minds had taken us into deep thought. We continued to run with our best ability before we turned a corner, seeing our exit. We ran towards the Glade, looking on to see Alby and Gally working on some equipment closer by the Homestead. "Alby!" I called out as Alby and Gally both turned to look to the two of us.

"We think we found something," Newt finished off as we reached to one another, Newt and I trying our best to catch our desperate breaths. We all exchanged cautious glances, looking to one another in hope and in faith.

"Well, go on," Gally spoken up as Newt and I both exchanged glances to one another.

"We think it may be some type of coding, some numbered off section to the Maze. We found a number two printed against one of the Maze walls and if there are other numbers out there, who knows where it may lead us," I breathed out as they listened closely. "Think about it," I paused as we started to walk towards the Gathering. "If there's a number two on a certain wall, there's bound to be more numbers which lead to more sections of the Maze," I stated grabbing a rock from one of the tables holding down some small piece of paper. "Here's the entrance," I breathed out placing the rock in my desired position. "Newt and I had ran across till this point and found that printing on the wall. So, there has to be more numbers and sections surrounding the rest of these areas," I finished as we all looked to one another with grins of hope. "I think we found a start to our way out of this bloody Maze."