The Fighter 》 The Maze Runner

Twenty-Eight

3rd POV

Thomas looked at the kid wide-eyed. This has to be Ben. But Ben doesn't look any better than he did in the Homestead. His skin is pale white, green pulsing vein were sticking out, his eyes were bloodshot red.

Thomas held his hand up as he slowly walked towards the boy, "Ben? It's Ben, right? I don't think we've met -" Thomas noticed the boy kept sneering at him. "Hey, are you ok?"

Ben didn't say anything. He let out an angry breath before tackling Thomas to the ground. He tried to choke the life out of Thomas, who was struggling.

"Get off of me!" He yelled.

Ben ignored him, "It was you! I saw you and her! It's your fault!"

Thomas moved his hand in front of Ben's face to shove him off, but with no anvil. Suddenly, Thomas felt Ben's weight being pushed off him. He looked up to see his savior.

Danielle.

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Danielle's POV

Gally may be my friend, but he is one dumb shank. How could you forget to get more wood for the stairs? Not only that, why send your best Builder to get it?

"I swear, I'm going to beat the klunk out of him the next bonfire." I mumbled.

I heard the sound of struggling and ran towards it. I stopped and my mouth flew open when I found Ben on top of Thomas.

"Get off me!" Thomas yelled.

Ben looked like he was about to bite Thomas, "It was you! I saw you and her! It's your fault!"

Thomas continued to struggle against Ben's weight. This isn't the Ben I know. The Ben I know is funny and sweet. This one is in killer mode. I have to do something.

I ran towards them and wrapped my arms around Ben before knocking him down. He started grunting under me as he tried to push me off.

"You're one of them! You helped! I saw you, you traitor!" Ben yelled.

"Thomas, go!" I shouted without looking back.

Ben removed my grip from his arms and flipped us over. He wrapped his hands around my throat and began choking me. I held on to one of his hands trying to pry it off while using the other to scratch his face.

"You're a traitor, Dan. You need to pay." Ben snapped as I gasp for air.

I began seeing spots around my vision as my chest begged for air. Then, Ben got knocked off by Thomas - who used a skull to hit his head.

He hauled me up, "Come on!"

I didn't waste a second before running after him. We went up the small hill and turned when we hear Ben behind us. Thomas was holding my arm, so when he tripped over a branch I fell down with him. Our bodies began rolling down the hill. I felt my stomach collide with one of the sharp rocks. I ignored the pain and got up before running again. We moved pass the fallen branches and made it towards the Glade.

"Help!" Thomas yelled as he waved his arms frantically.

I looked back to see Ben catching up with us. I went behind Thomas and pushed him forward before Ben knocked me down.

"Get off me, Shuck-face!" I yelled.

Ben sneered at me again as he raised his fist up, and collided it with my jaw. From the corner of my eye I see Newt running over with a shovel. He didn't waste a second before swinging that thing across Ben's face.