The Ominous Maze || The Maze Runner || Minho

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A sounds of Grievers knocking and penetrating the walls surely make all of us frightened or worse, trauma. Newt didn't bother about how we survive from the Grievers as he told everyone to stay quiet and stick together, hoping we're all stay away from the Grievers, that trying to break in.

Minho forced me to stay closed to him, behind the Gladers. He pulled me by my shoulder closer to him, making doesn't even have any single space between us. I couldn't help but to obeyed since the trauma of being trapped in the Maze were still inside. I could heard his heart rate fasten because I'm the way too close to him. The Gladers were infront of us, with Newt was the one who leading as they positioned themselves.

"Where's Teresa?" I asked quietly as I roaming my eyes around the Gladers.

"She's in the Slammer." A familiar voice said as I assumed it was Thomas. I turned aroumd facing Thomas in disbelief. "Alby commanded a couple of Gladers to put her in the Slammer."

"What?!" I harshly whispered. "What's wrong with him?! Why didn't you stopped him?!"

"I did! He taught that she was the one who behind all of this things happened." Thomas replied sadly. "And he said she saw you and her."

"What-"

"Can't you guys shut the bloody hell up?! There's a dozen of Grievers out there!" Newt harshly whispered as he was facing us with annoyed look.

"Sorry, Newt." I said while Newt turned back forward with an unsatisfied sighed.

The silent and frightened atmosphere became tense every single second as The Grievers started to claw the walls, making all of us need to huddle against the Maze wall, staying away from the horrific sounds. They were surrounding the premisses. I could feel Minho tightened his gripped on my forearm, doesn't want me to stay inches away from him.

I suddenly hear a sounds of footsteps from the hall where Minho and I came in through it. I leaned closer to Minho as the sounds became louder and fasten. The Gladers seemed to heard and turned their head facing the wide open doors. The footsteps suddenly stopped, making all of us waited, just after that Gally came inside.

All of the Gladers gasped in shock and disbelief. Minho and I glancing each other, still couldn't believe what we just saw. Gally looked terrible. His eyes raged with lunacy. His clothes were torn and filthy, revealing his skinny body. Bruises mark have been seen almost on his face and arms.

"Gally, you're aliv-" Newt were cutted off by Gally sudden screamed.

"They'll kill you!" Gally yelled. "The Grievers will kill you all. One every night till it's over!"

Gally sudden appearence, making Minho stood up from his place with his arms wrapped around me and pulling me closer to him. Thomas also stood up beside me, leaving Chuck sitting alone. Newt's mouth slightly apart as he was in a stated of shock.

He soon scanned the room with his lunacy eyes, much like a rabid dog searching for someone to bite. But after a moment, he stopped once he saw Minho and I. I swear I could see his eyes became even more furious and raged in anger.

"You." Gally said while pointing towards me with a bloody finger, causing me to freeze. "It's all your fault!"

"You're slinthead!" Minho shouted as he trying to make a fight with Gally but I immediately stopped him by his chest. He was breathing furiously as the mad started to surrounded his mind.

"Stop it, Minho. It doesn't give you any benefits." I harshly whispered, trying to ressuring him. Minho tightened his gripped on my forearms as he was unsatisfiedly gritted his teeth. Gladly, Newt immediately butted in, doesn't want to make the thing became worse.

"Gally, Shut your bloody hole! Tessa are as clueless as we are right now." Newt warned as he took a stepped forward.

"You don't get it, Newt. You're too stupid. You've always been too stupid. There's no way out! There's no way to win! They're gonna kill all of you, one by one!" Gally yelled as his eyes staring at Newt coldly. "The shuck Maze'll kill you shanks! They'll kill you! One by one every night!"

Gally then turned around and ran toward the window as he started tearing at the wooden board wildly. Before anyone could react, he'd already ripped one of the board free as he threw it on the ground. The figures of the Grievers from the outside started to visible from the ripped window.

"No!" Newt yelled as he running forward.

Thomas was the second to react as he ran forward, trying to helped Newt, before Minho followed him, leaving me near the wall with Chuck. Unfortunately, Gally had just ripped off the second board and swung it backward hardly as just Newt arrived. The board had hit Newt straight to his head, making he fell on the ground with a nasty wound on his temple.

I instinctively ran forward, toward Newt as I squat beside him, who was unconcious on the ground. The wound doesn't bad but the blood kept flowing. Jeff soon came after with a cloth, before helping me pulled Newt away from the window that Gally was ripped off.

I put up Newt's head on my laps, then looked up at Gally who was just ripped off the last board of the window. The other Gladers in the room had fled to the hallway, leaving Newt, Minho, Thomas, who struggling with Gally. I could saw the Grievers, trying to get in through the small window, while waving their long mechanical arms in all directions and shrieking out with it's hideous squawk.

"No ones ever understood what I saw! What the Changing did to me! Don't go back to the real world, Tessa! You don't want to remember!" Gally yelled.

His lunacy eyes was plastered on me, gave me a long, haunted and horrific look. He then turned around, before dove onto the Grievers skin. I couldn't hold back the shock expression as I watched Gally sank deep into the Grievers nasty skin. Then, with suprising speed, the Grievers pushed itself back outside the shattered frame of the window and began descending toward the ground below.

I carefully put Newt's head down on the ground. Minho, Thomas and I brought our feet to the ripped window for a better view. The Grievers started to rolled across the Glade as it make their way to the open West Door, exited the shattered Glade. I didn't realised Minho was gone, until a familiar figure from nowhere, ran heading toward the Maze.

"MINHO! WHERE ARE YOU GOIN'?!" I shouted but he completely ignored me, focusing on his running.

I immediately ran toward the door of the Homestead and make it to the Glade. A voice kept shouting, told me to stop but I ignored it as I'm trying my best forced my legs to catch up Minho.

He already make it into the Maze entrance. I forcefully fasten my pace and make it infront of the wide gapping Doors, until a pair of hands suddenly reached mine and forcefully pulled me back. I watched Minho make his first turn until his figure disappeared from my sight. My eyes widen by what Minho just did.

"It's okay, Tessa. I knew him. He knew what he did. He's a brilliant guy. He won't do anythin' stupid. Trust me." Thomas said resurringly, but I couldn't hold back my shock expression as I deeply looked into the empty hallway.

Minho, please be safe.