The Maze Runner but without death (Survive #24)

Chapter 21

THOMAS POV:

"You see what he's trying to do right? First he brakes our rules and then he tries to convince us to abandon them totally" said Gally. That is not what I'm doing. "The rules are the only thing that ever kept us together. Why now are we questioning that" Gally said angrily. "If Alby was here you know he would agree with me. This shank needs to be punished" said Gally. Newt and Minho looked at each other and then me. Newt handed the thing to Minho. "You're right. Thomas broke the rules. One night in the pit and no food" said Newt. "Oh come on Newt. One night in the pit? You really think that's going to stop him from going into the maze" asked Gally. "No" said Newt. He looked at me. Oh here it comes. "And we can't have non runners running into the maze when ever they feel like it" said Newt. I looked at the floor. "So let's just make this official. Starting from tomorrow you're a runner" said Newt. "Huh, wow" said Gally annoyed. He started leaving. "Gally" said Frypan. "No Fry" said Gally. He left with Frypan behind him.

"Thanks Newt" I said. We all started leaving the hall. "Come with me Thomas" said Minho. He started to lead me threw the woods. "Hey where we going" I asked. "You'll see" said Minho. If it is sex related then I'm surprised Newt isn't here. Minho took me to what seemed to be the map room. He took the tarp off the table and revealed the map. It was huge. I wonder what the rocks mean. "That's the maze. All of it" said Minho. "What do you mean all of it I thought you were still mapping it" I said. "There's nothing left to map" said Minho. I was surprised. Then why did Newt tell me they are still mapping it? "I ran every inch of it myself. Every cycle, every pattern. If there was a way out we would of found it by now" said Minho. There is no exit. "Why didn't you tell anyone this" I asked. "It was Alby's call. People needed to believe that we had a chance of getting out of here" said Minho as he walked up to me. "But maybe now, we have a real chance" said Minho.

He handed the metal thing to me. "About a year ago we started exploring these outer sections and we found these numbers written on the walls. "Sections 1 threw 8. See the way it works is that every night when the maze changes it opens up a new section. So today, section six was open. Tomorrow it will be 4, then 8, then 3. The pattern always stays the same" said Minho. I looked at the thingy. "What's so special about seven" I asked. "I don't know. But last night when you killed that griever section seven was open. I think it must be where it comes from. When it opens you and I are going to take another look" said Minho. Daron and Lewis ran up to the door. "What are you doing? You're suppose to be resting Lewis" said Minho. "We know" said Lewis. "It's the girl" said Daron. "Is she awake" I asked. "More then awake. Come on" said Daron. We left and ran to find the others. I ran up to Chuck who was laughing. "Chuck what's going on" I asked. "Girls are awesome" said Chuck pointing at the tree fort. I ran up to the others by the tree fort. "LEAVE ME ALONE" the girl yelled. "I don't think she likes us very much" said Newt. "What happened" I asked. "Just duck" said Newt. The girl kept throwing apples. "HEY THROW ONE MORE OF THOSE THINGS I'LL" Gally yelled but was hit with a apple.