If There Is A Light

Chapter 35

Newt watched from afar. There was no need for him to really interfere, Chuck was with him.... Well perhaps if there was any real problematic situation he would approach, but then again there was Gally who was watching the Greenie like a hawk.

He was standing at the entrance to the maze. Newt could tell that he wanted to go in if only to see what was out there. Newt did not have to be there talking to him, because he knew exactly what was going through his head... sure there were slight differences. The Glade was not quite as well established when he got there.... In fact they were still establishing it. However, Newt did know what he felt like, because he had felt that way. In the beginning he was certain there had to be a way out and gosh darn it he was going to find it! Of course hope faded after years of looking at the same thing and not ever finding anything of significant importance.

Newt huffed slightly as he watched Gally easing towards him and then in a second Gally tackled the newcomer. He took a step too close in Gally's opinion. He could just barely hear Gally's yelling at him. Newt chuckled slightly he'd tell him later that Gally was like that with everyone.

Scratch that. They'd all go see him since he was now acting erratic and fighting back against Gally. Gally was trying to calm him down repeating the word and holding his hands out to seem less threatening.

"What the hell is wrong with you guys?!"

"Just calm down, alright?" Newt tried to talk him down.

"No, okay? Why won't you tell me what's out there?"

"We're just trying to protect you." Alby assured him.

Newt could identify with that. They were protecting his sanity and his physical well-being, "It's for your own good."

"You guys just can't keep me here!" Not like there was a way to leave. Newt would have bought the first ticket it if that were the case.

"I can't let you leave."

"Why not?" The clicking and the thudding starting just in time to answer his own question. A large gust of wind blew through. Newt turned his head and closed his eyes to avoid the dirt and leaves being thrown into them by Mother Nature (or whoever was causing the wind).

"What the hell?" The Greenie muttered under his breath as he watched the concrete walls close right in front of him.

"Next time, I'm gonna let you leave." Gally remarked before leaving him there.