The Maze Runner (Newt x Reader Fanfic)

Chapter 7

Kaya woke up in the MedJacks in the same bed that she had gone through the Griever stings in. She sat up, her head throbbing and her muscles sore from using her powers the previous night.

"Glad you're awake." A familiar voice said. Kaya turned her head to face the only person she wanted to see, Newt.

"What happened?"

"Gally's taken over. He threw Tommy and Teresa in the Pit and they're getting banished at sundown. But we came up with a plan to stop him. And to get out of here."

Kaya's face lit up with joy. "How? What's the plan? Is it good? Was it Thomas's idea? If it is, we're dead."

"Yeah, it was Tommy's idea. We're going to have Tommy pretend to be unconsious, then Minho'll give me the signal. I'll create a diversion and Tommy and Teresa will get out. Chuck will have the supplies ready in the back. Sound good?"

"Sure. But what do I do?" she asked.

"I was really not looking forward to this, but you might have to do a little acting for us."

"What do you mean?"

He sighed. "We all agreed that you have to pretend that you think Gally's right and be all flirty and stuff. Don't be weird, but just kinda do the whole 'you've opened my eyes, now I finally understand how you're right' kinda thing."

Kaya thought for a moment, then slowly nodded her head. "Okay. Yeah, I think I can do that. So, that's it? Get out of here, then into the Maze?"

"Yeah, pretty much. We have the key from the Griever, so that'll get us through the Griever hole." They sat in silence, both pondering what to say next. Finally, Newt spoke up.

"What happened last night? What was that all about?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" Kaya was confused; the previous night was all a blur.

"You know, the way you saved Chuck from that Griever without even moving. And that light energy stuff coming out of you, what was that?"

"Chemical signals from the brain transmitted to the nerves and sent through the axons out of the body by the use of mass energy and cellular regeneration. The different color are based on my emotions that have been electrically and chemically enhanced." Kaya spoke like a robot, a flat tone in her voice. Her eyes widened, as she was suddenly aware of what she had said. "How do I know that? I didn't know that."

"I don't know. It has to be those bloody Creators. I mean, you can't remember your powers at all?"

"No. All I remember was who they made me resemble."

"What do you mean?"

"Last night when Gally took me to the Box, a Griever was coming straight for us. I remembered this woman, in the exact same position, but she didn't run like everyone told her to. She did this thing with her arms and the thing she was fighting got thrown back by something. A force, I guess. Something really similar to that happened with another woman, only she did the thing I used with Chuck. The Creators knew that they were inspiring to me, so they had me do the same thing. Only, I don't remember having powers. Just that my childhood memories soon became nightmares."

"Why did they do it? To you, I mean."

"I volunteered. Everyone else didn't want to, so I went up there and told them I wanted to do it."