Chapter 3

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"You have no control, who lives who dies who tells your story

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"You have no control, who lives who dies who tells your story."

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Nicole's POV

After dinner the girls and I were taken back to our new dorm. We were separated from Aris since boys weren't allowed to bunk with girls. I watched as Tori darted for the top bed. "Oh, I call top bunk." She was about to climb up the ladder when Natasha beat her to it. "Ah, to slow."

"Guys, am I the only one that feels that something's off here?" I said bluntly as the other girls claimed their bunks.

"Nick, I know how you feel. This is such a big change for all of us." Phoebe said as she placed a hand on my shoulder. "I know the maze gave you trust issues, it did that to all of us, but it's in the past. And we are out. Okay?"

I knew most of the girls shared her opinion, but I just shook my head at her. "No. No something is just not right here-" "Nicole! Just drop it okay. We are safe! They saved us. We are safe. We are finally going to be fine."

Tori snapped at me. She let out an annoyed grunt before turning away from me. The other girls did the same and I was left standing in the middle of our room alone. I looked at the ground as I felt fingers intwine with mine. My eyes lifted up to meet with Rachel's. "I believe you, Nick."

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My hands wouldn't stop shaking. I kept trying to tighten the bolts but my hands kept clattering the wrench to the metal surface. I sucked in a deep breath as I felt judgmental eyes on my back. "Come on, Nick." I whispered to myself as I tried again. Breathe. Just breathe. My head ached from the lack of sleep and the long knife cut across my temple. I knew knife wounds and defensive wounds were littered all over my body due to these bitches. "Focus." I repeated to myself trying to tighten the damn bolt. Damn bolt. Damn bolt! Damn shaky hands! A ringing noise passed over my ears causing me to place my hands over them. I tried to turn back to my work when my arms started shaking with my hands. Then my legs. Then my whole body. The world around me started to blur as my body started jerking uncontrollably. The ringing was invaded by screams in the room.

"What's a matter with her?" "Is B-7 okay?" "Chancellor Paige what is this?" "I think she's seizing!" "Quick get her on her side."

I let a blood curling scream escape my lips as immense pain washed over me. I couldn't breathe. I couldn't move. I felt everything slip away as the room started to grow dark.

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"NICOLE! NICK! Wake up you stick!"

I heard. I suddenly jolted up to see 8 girls standing over me. I gasped for air as Sonya rushed to my side and began to make circles on my back.

"Deep breath, Nick, deep breaths." She said. "What the hell happened?" I chocked out as I felt sweat roll down my head.

"You woke us all up screaming bloody murder that's what." Renee said.

Harriet was crouched down in front of me as the other girls stood in a semi-circle around my bed. "Are you okay, Nick?" The leader asked. I never had nightmares back in the maze until I was stung.

"I'm fine." I whispered out unable to raise my voice any higher. "I'm serious, Nick. You looked like you were having freakin' seizure." Harriet said.

Her words flooded deep into my subconscious as I realized it. I had a seizure.

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A day passed and the time I found a new dread for came around. We sat at our table as Janson or newly dubbed in my mind the 'turtleneck twit' appeared in front of the room.

"All right everyone. Let's get this done." He said as he flipped open his clipboard.

"Winter, Dominic, Isaac, West, Theo, Natasha, and Phoebe."

I watched as my two friends actually high five each other as they ran up with the other kids in delight. I still couldn't believe they were going to some safe place. I couldn't believe that we were safe.








Aris's POV

Harriet, Sonya, and I walked down the halls of the factory trying to find our dorms.

"I hope Nick is going to be okay." Sonya said making me jerk my head up to her. "Wait, what. What's a matter with Nick!?" I stuttered out. Nick was like a sister to me, no way was I going to let anything happen to her.

"Didn't she tell you? Last night she woke us all up because she was screaming at the top of her lungs, flailing and thrashing around her bed." Sonya told me.

"She had some nightmare though she wouldn't tell us what it was about." Harriet continued. "Not to mention it's obvious that she's starting to get a limp." Sonya said. Harriet slapped her on the back of the head as the blonde gave me a guilty look.

They knew Rachel and I felt guilty for her getting stung. I know she survived and it could have been so much worst, but she was still in pain and it was obvious that she was limping and wasn't sleeping well.

I also knew she was feeling pretty tense about this place. Some of the girls were saying her getting stung and surviving made her go crazy. Others just said she was being paranoid. I couldn't help but share the feeling that something did seem strange here.







Nicole's POV

Another night came and past though this time I found a solution to avoid the nightmares. I just didn't sleep. I spent the whole night working on my new invention taking out pieces of scrapes of metal and bolts that I kept in a faded green bag.

Dinner time came around again, or as I think of it the time of me scoffing down food and having extreme paranoia. I sat across from Aris and Rachel as Janson walked up with his clipboard.

"Okay, today we have: Jane, David, Gavin, Tori, Louis, Harrison, Victoria, Landon, and...Rachel."

I watched as Rachel and Aris looked at each other. Everyone could tell there was an unspoken thing going on between those two. They just looked into each other's eyes having some private conversation in their head.

"Don't worry." Aris said taking Rachel's hands and giving them a right squeeze. "It'll be okay." I watched as Rachel gave a stiff nod to Aris before embracing him in a tight hug. She stood up and waved goodbye before she left.

As she walked away I knew deep down in my gut that I would never see my friend again.


A/n

Keep checking for more updates. Gif is Nicole telling the girls she thinks something is off.

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