final moments → THE MAZE RUNNER ✓

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
( AWAKE )

     "WHY WOULD YOU LET HER do this?" Thomas yells in frustration, slamming his hands against the table. "She wasn't supposed to go in!"

"She asked that it be done." Ava Paige shrugs it off, as if it were nothing. "We made a deal, and she promised to keep her sidelines. I'm very sorry, Thomas. But she's gone now."

"No." Thomas states harshly, his eyes dark with fury. "She isn't gone, and you aren't going to do anything to her. Send me up."

"It was a difficult decision," Ava sighs. "But it's what's best for all of us. She didn't want you to be alone."

"Now she's alone." Thomas says. "And after Trial 1 is complete, you won't want her anymore."

"Ah, ah, ah." Ava shakes her head. "Don't get angry with me, Thomas. We'll always want Grace. She is a key part of Trial 2 now. We need her, in order for this operation to succeed."

"Send me up," Thomas demands. "As soon as possible. I have to see her again."

"Under what circumstances, hmm?" Ava raises an eyebrow. "You want to be sent into the test zone for her, only to forget everything. You won't remember her, Thomas. I want you to understand that. Can't you just hold off for a while? Before the month is over?"

"No. I want to go. Even if I do lose every memory of her."

"And what about Teresa?"

"Teresa isn't Grace." Thomas whispers. "She never has, and she never will be."

With one last glance at Ava, Thomas leaves the room.

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3rd Person P.O.V.

"Why isn't she waking up?" Thomas stresses, staring down at a limp Grace. Her petite and pale body lay still, her breathing sounding too soft. "It's been two hours."

"I don't know." Newt sighs. "I wish I did."

"Maybe Marco was right," Alby clenches his fists. "This has only been happening to Grace. There's something going on here, that we don't know about."

"Alby, what are you implying?" Minho asks, stepping into the conversation.

"Maybe she's a part of this," Alby says, glancing at all of the boys in the room. "Wouldn't it make sense?"