!!DISCONTINUED!! Into The Maze - The First Girl - Newt x Reader x Minho

Chapter 10

I run back through the trees towards the Box, and join the crowd gathering around.

"Y/N!" I hear my name being called and look around to find Alby. "It's your job to get the Greenie out." I nod and push my way to the front, making sure the rope ladder is ready to drop into the Box.

The grinding of gears, the rattling of chains, and the shrieking alarm all stop as the top of the Box starts to open. I look down and see a boy huddled in one corner, his head in his hands.

I kick the ladder down and drop into the Box, the sudden noise makes the boy raise his head, and I can see his face clearly. He has shaggy blonde hair and pale skin, he looks about my height, although its hard to tell when he's sitting down.

Then I notice his eyes. To say they are brown wouldn't be in the least accurate. They're the colour of melted chocolate and dark honey, and as I look into them, the world fades away.

~Flashback~

I see those same chocolate eyes looking wildly around, but they are in the face of a much younger boy -nine at most- and they're full of terror. I'm watching from another room, the image I see projected onto the screen in front of me. He's strapped to a chair in the middle of a bare white room, with one metal door that is chained shut.

I continue to watch, horror piercing my heart as I watch him scream and thrash around, trying to get free. I can hear the grainy sound of his voice through the video, "Please!" He screams. "Please! Not again! Don't do this!"

Then the wall opens, and a nightmare slips through.

~Present Time~

"Where the bloody hell am I?!"

The same voice -though much older now- snaps me out of whatever part of my mind I had disappeared to. He has a strange accent which I recognise as British, although I don't know how.

"Why can't I bloody remember anything??" He yells, looking wildly around, the movement reminding me of what I'd just seen in my head.

"Hey," I say softly, "Look at me." I move slowly closer and crouch down, using the same tactic Minho had when I first arrived. His beautiful eyes fix on mine, and the terror in them fades very slightly.

"I know you can't remember anything, and I know its terrifying; I was the same when I first came up, but you'll remember your name soon."

"The same thing happened to you?" He asks, and I nod. "All of us. There are about twenty five sh-" I stop myself from saying 'shanks', knowing it would just freak him out more, "-People here who all went through the same thing, waking up in this Box with no memories."

He looks at me suspiciously, and I slowly stand, offering my hand to help him up. He frowns but takes it, and I help him to his feet. Then I gesture to the ladder beside me, "Climb up." Then I repeat Minho's warning to me, "Don't run."

He looks at me, then turns back to the ladder, slowly climbing up. When he turns his back, I gesture urgently to Gally and mouth, 'He'll probably run'. Gally nods, and I quickly climb up after the Greenie.

Once he reaches the top I hear him break away. I pop my head over the top of the Box; the Greenie is sprinting for the Maze Doors with Gally chasing after him. Gally, however, is a Builder, made for work, not running, and the Greenie is pulling away.

I jump up and sprint after them, determined to stop him going into the Maze and getting lost. I rapidly overtake Gally, who's slowing down as he tires and charge after the Greenie. I hesitate as he gets closer to the Doors, then push myself to go faster than I ever have.