Clear as the 'Sky'

Meeting New People and Learning

We're back with Skylar for this chapter, and probably for the rest of the story, unless I choose otherwise.

I don't own anything

on with the story...

Chapter 14 - Meeting New People and Learning

The next day Rachel introduced me to Thomas and Aris. I had met Teresa that morning, not a pleasant person.

Thomas was okay, reminded me of Ben a little. They both had thick skulls as well as a great sense of purpose.

I immediately liked Aris. He was funny as well as very nice. I sensed something between him and Rachel as soon as I met him.

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Thomas showed me around and answered most of my questions. He seemed amused at a number of questions I had. He made a comment about me always being inquisitive but clammed up when I asked what he meant.

Apparently, I was a test subject in a large operation in hopes of finding a cure for a deadly disease called the Flare. The Flare turned people into crazed animals incapable of thinking. They could infect you just through physical contact. Even the tiniest of scratches could see you infected.

Thomas told me that I was to work in medicine with the head doctor, Mary.

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Mary turned out to be a very nice lady in her early 30's. She had medium length brown hair that curled slightly and warm brown eyes. She helped show me the ropes as well as fixing my foot a little. She said I'd always feel pain from it since the griever broke it again when tackling me.

The second break didn't help the fact that my first break wasn't totally fixed yet. I'd probably also develop a slight limp, not large enough to force me to stop running but enough to slow me down on occasion.

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I grew used to the routine and took to exploring the Wicked compound. It was rather large and complex. It held many twists and turns as well as a large vent system, great for ease dropping.

I learned many valuable things from the vents.

Area A: Wicked was good but only in its goal. Lately, it has become corrupted. The way they went about their goal was where they were wrong. Instead of using immune to look for a cure they should have used them as the cure.

Area B: Wicked had developed a way to harvest a cure from the immune, the young. It was barbaric but they had only used some kids, as far as I knew, which wasn't much. I didn't even think Thomas, Rachel, and Aris knew. Teresa might have but I doubted it.

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Teresa and I had been at odds since day one. She resented that I was taken from the maze and that she wouldn't be the first girl to enter Group A. (I had picked up on all the sciencey names by the first week.)

Thomas was alright, a little distant but alright. I had confronted him after two weeks and he told me that I'd been mad at him because he hadn't wanted me to go into the maze before I had to. He'd wanted to protect me but I didn't take to it kindly. We said some words and I left angry with him. Now I didn't remember. Though, Thomas said that it had been good for him. I helped him see the bigger picture. I still didn't understand what he meant by that statement.

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Rachel and Aris were more than friends to me: they'd become my brother and sister. Rachel was like my twin and Aris my protective older brother.

Weeks passed and I had only seen the Gladers twice, when I first got here and when I had snuck in. Rachel had quickly escorted me back to our room the second time.

Lately, I noticed a change in Thomas and Mary. They were more secretive than normal. I also overheard a conversation which made me determined to see the computer cameras.

Apparently, Newt's brain patterns hadn't been good. He was depressed. I feared for what he might do.

I would bide my time until I could check the computers.

Knowing I'd have to leave if caught, I packed a backpack. It had pens, paper, many water bottles, non-perishable food, and some files I had stolen from Wicked. I had grabbed all I could without getting caught. Which meant that I only had around seven other files, all from Group A. It had some background information but that was it. All of our birth names were 'classified' but it showed family members and who we were named after. It also showed personal information.

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Mine went like this:

Birth name: Classified

Subject Name: Skylar White, after the writer

Number: A13

Title: the Sky

Born: March 25 in London, England

Family: Parents: deceased

Step-Sister: unknown

Brother: alive. Kept the name of George, Subject A12

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The whole file was vague but it at least showed relations. I now knew why I had felt like a mother to George. He was my brother. I also had a step-sister who had escaped Wicked! Bloody hell!

This world was bloody messed up!

A/N I have absolutely no clue on medical issues. In my fictional world Sky's ankle never healed right while in the maze and when she was taken away the griever injured it more.

Skylar White is a real live author. The writer is currently alive but the story is set in the future so she is from the past in the story. The writer also spells it, Skyler.

Also the title: The Sky... can anyone guess why she's labeled that way?

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Later Gladers...