Hope || Newt x Reader

03 || Another Runner

Your POV:

With a deafening screech, the pulleys that lifted up the Box began to slow down and then they stopped with a jolt. The lid parted and all the Gladers peered in curiously as you and Gally lifted up the metal grates above the Box.

The Builder then proceeded to jump down and held out his hand. "Day one Greenie, rise and shine." Hesitantly, the new boy took it. Gally pulled the Greenie to his feet and climbed out of the Box with little effort. You offered your hand to the Greenie and helped him scramble up behind the other boy.

His blue eyes widened as he turned his head in all directions, drinking in the impressive sight before him. All the Gladers hooted wildly at his expression, but deep down they all remembered a time where they themselves wore the same expression of fear and confusion.

Without warning, the newbie made a run for it, pushing roughly past all the Gladers and sprinting flat out towards the doors which led to the Maze.

You sighed and darted after him — anything to stop him going into the Maze and facing an almost certain death. He was fast, but he was no match for you.

Within seconds, you were at his heels. But, before you could dive on him, he tripped and face-planted, rolling over the dry ground before coming to an ungraceful stop.

Skidding along the mud in an effort to slow yourself down, you slid to a halt and, without hesitation, jumped on top of him and pinned his arms to his sides. "What the shuck were you thinking Greenie?" You half-yelled and half-panted to the boy who struggled beneath you. "Stop doing that!" You hissed as he continued to wriggle violently in your grasp.

Finally, Alby and Gally caught up, hauled the Greenie to his feet and led him over to the Pit. Throwing his still protesting body inside, they slammed the door shut behind him. Sighing, you turned to Newt — who had only just caught up. "Well, shall we go and talk to the Greenie?" He offered.

You groaned in response. "Come on then, before he klunks his pants in fear."

Newt chuckled as the two of you headed over to the Pit, where Alby and Gally were just leaving. "Go explain to the Greenie where we are and all that klunk," Alby called over, breaking his discussion with the Builder as he addressed the two of you.

"Will do!" You yelled back.

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Moments later, you reached the sturdily designed door. "Hey Greenie," You called cheerfully through the bars.

"Where am I? Who are you? Why can't I remember anything? What's a Greenie?" He stammered.

You held up your hands to interrupt the string of questions which he flung at you. "Woah, hold up, one question at a time."

"Can you remember your name?" Newt asked him calmly.

"No, I can't remember anything." He started to breath heavily in panic.

"Calm down Greenie." You tried to reassure him. "You're in the Glade, my name in Y/N and this is Newt. Every month, a newbie comes out of the Box with their memory wiped, don't worry it's happened to all of us. A Greenie is what we call a newbie when they can't remember their name, that'll come back to you in a couple of days."

He frowned and you could hear the puzzlement which laced his tone as he spoke. "Who put us here?" 

Newt caught your eye before he glanced back at the Greenie's confused face. "We call them the Creators but we don't know much about them," He explained.

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