Newts Little Sister (The Maze Runner)

Chapter Twenty-nine

AUDREY'S P.O.V.
Being careful used to be simple. It used to mean "don't fall off a bloody bridge above a field of grass" but as I ran holding onto Teresa's hand and dragging Chuck behind me, being careful suddenly turned into "don't get eaten, injured, and killed by a robotic beast as your boyfriend, best friends, and brother fight it"
Teresa led us safely past the griever as the boys held it back but when we reached the wall nothing seemed to be happening.
"Come on. Come on. Come on." Chuck and Teresa chanted as of it would help the wall open. Luckily it began to slide open as the cylinder shaped device in Chuck's hand clicked and the lights on it turned green.
"Go Chuck!" I said pushing him into the small gap that was forming as the griever lunged towards us. Thomas hit it in what appeared to be it's face with a spear and the griever turned to him.
"Thomas!" Teresa and I cried as it began to move on on him. A few boys that I didn't really know quickly began to fight it. Teresa and I shared a nervous glance as we turned to run after Chuck. The door was now fully open but everything behind it was dark.
"What do we..." I began but trailed off as a red beam ran down our bodies. The light shrunk until it was a ring on the wall farthest from us. When it reached a certain size smaller circles formed in the middle each with a different number. We ran over to look at the eight rings of red.
"A code." I said turning to the other two. Teresa took one look at it and ran back to the door of the small cave.
"Thomas!" she yelled. All of the boy's were fighting two Grievers. "There's a code. Eight numbers!"
Thomas glanced at her and grunted as he pushed the griever he was against with the butt of his spear. I watched as half of the boy's pushed it off the platform only to have two others climb up from out of no where. Thomas yelled something to Minho and Minho began to list off numbers. Chuck and I raced to tap the numbers in the red circles.
When Minho had listed all but 2 of the numbers Newt yelled Out. I turned around to see What happened only to see a griever jump down from a hole in the ceiling right on to Minho.
"No!" I yelled and tried to run to him but Chuck held into my arm to stop me. "Minho!"
Without hesitation Jeff charged at the griever Pulling its attention away from my boyfriend. He lunged onto its slimy body as he was grabbed by claws. Jeff's spear stabbed at the monsters skin multiple times but the griever didn't slow down. The robotic mass of blubber carried Jeff over the ledge  of the platform we were standing on. He was gone.
Minho good a deep breathe before finishing listing the two remaining numbers off. An alarm sounded as a all of the boy's ran towards Chuck Teresa and I. Three more Grievers had appeared.
Three Large slabs of cement began to shift towards the floor from above. The one farthest from us landed on the ground with a loud thud causing me to jump as it crushed a griever and green slime flew from it. The second landed on another griever just as Minho reached me. A protective Minho pulled me behind him as the last griever began to charge our small group. The boys who still had weapons threw them at the griever causing it to stop right under the final slab of cement.
Darkness surrounded us immediately. I felt Minho reach out for me. And I stepped towards where I knew he was in front of me. I grabbed his arm and he seemed to relax slightly.
"You good?" I whispered
"As good as I can be." He told me.
"Well," I heard Chuck say, "What now?"
"I don't-" Thomas began but stopped as a thin line of light shown into the dark room. It came from a door that had suddenly propped itself open.
We all glanced around as if we were waiting for someone else to go first. After a few moments Thomas stepped forward and pulled the door open. The bright light poured into the area we were in.
"Lets go." he said and stepped through the door.