If There Is A Light

Chapter 52

"Yeah, go get Minho and Thomas. I'm on my way." Newt had been conducting some rather important business in the Homestead when Clint and Jeff came busting in saying that the girl had woken up and now she was held up in the top of the tower. In reality Newt had been doing nothing... just contemplating everything that had been going on. He knew it was not healthy to dwell on the past, Alby told him that once he woke up from his fall in the maze. Alby was still the only one that knew the whole story. He felt guilty sometimes that he had not been completely honest with Minho about Ellia... if there even was an Ellia. He wished Alby was here.... He knew that technically he had not left the Glade, but he just wasn't the same person. He would know what to do... He would know how to stop the Glade from collapsing. Newt could see that was what was happening. Something was going to happen, he just was not sure what it was or how bad it was going to be.

Newt took a deep breath as he stood up and started walking to the center of the Glade where their handmade tower stood. Newt knew it should not have been funny, but it was very much so a sight to behold. All of the Gladers were around the base of the tallest building in the Glade, and they were shouting phrases like: We don't want to hurt you!

He tried to keep the smile off of his face when he saw Chuck standing back and laughing (perhaps he was the only smart one in the Glade). He walked over to the scene and quickly realized what all the yelling was about and why they were all holding shields of some sort.

"Watch yer head!" Fry warned Newt.

"Leave me alone!" She shouted from above them and down came something.

Gally piped up. Newt was not sure what he hoped to accomplish, clearly she was already scared, "If you throw one more of those things – OW!" Newt had to bite the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing and he took shelter under the piece of wood Winston was holding.

"GO AWAY!"

"We come in peace!"

"What happened?" Newt had been too busy guarding his head and trying not to laugh when Gally had been hit that he had not noticed Thomas and Minho rejoining their group.

"Just duck!" Gally offered advice even though he was not currently impressed with the actions of their Greenie... If he still was the Greenie... they had whoever she was pelting them with random objects from the Glade above them now.

"I don't think she likes us very much. "

"What do you want from me?"

"We just wanna talk!" Thomas offered, but was quickly hit with a rock.. She then yelled out 'I'm warning you', but at that point the warning seemed a little late.

"Take cover, y'all!"

"Hey, It's Thomas! It's Thomas!" Silence erupted in the Glade, from both parties in their apparent war. Even Gally was speechless as the girl peered over the ledge and no long throwing things at them. "I'm gonna come up, okay?... okay.... Just me."