If There Is A Light

Chapter 49

The girl was taken to the medjack. Newt grabbed Minho and Thomas as quickly as he could to walk with him. Thomas... well because, their newest guest had woken up calling out his name and Minho because he would be the most reasonable one to talk with. He had delegated the job of calming down and easing the minds of the other Gladers to Gally, that way he could have a second to think without Gally assuming the worst. He had been upset with Thomas before, he could only imagine the theories working through his head now.

Newt cringed slightly when he saw Alby struggling against some restraints.

"Jeff, what's going on? What's the matter with her? Why won't she wake up?" Newt questioned the boy who had been taking care of the girl (as brief as a time it may have been).

"Hey man, I got my job the same way you did."

"Do you recognize her?" Newt's eyes were on Thomas. He hated that he was annoyed, but he was. It was hard not to be angry and upset. His friend was going through the changing in the same room, the box came up completely unexpected with a strange note and a girl, that wasn't Ellia.

"No."

"Really? Because she seemed to recognize you."

Thomas ignored the accusation, "What about the note?"

His arms stayed crossed against his chest, but his gaze was now shifted to the girl. He knew that Thomas was in the same boat as him, he knew that this was not his fault, and he was trying to not let his feelings get the best of him. "We'll worry about the note later."

"I think you should worry about it now."

Comments like that made it a little difficult though. He glanced back at Thomas. "We've got enough to deal with at the moment."

"He's right, Newt. If the box isn't coming back up how long do you think we can last?" Jeff asked him. It was clear that he was worried about everything that was happening.

"No one said that." Although the thought had crossed his mind. He was not sure how Alby did it. In the past few hours he had gained a new admiration for the eldest and now suffering boy. He had been the one to put all of this together, he had been the one to take care of all of their problems, keep the Gladers in check and now Newt was the one supposed to be doing that and he was failing miserably, "Let's not jump to any conclusions. We just... We'll just wait until she wakes up and see what he knows. Somebody has gotta have some answers around here."

Thomas nodded, "Okay." And with that he started to run out.

"Where are you going?"

"Back into the maze."

Newt's mouth went slightly agape and exchanged a glance with Minho. Minho caught the meaning and followed him out. Newt sighed. Thomas was going to be the death of him.