Radioactive || The Maze Runner, Newt

Chapter Five

I ran as fast as I could and the wall is now only 3 feet from closing. And I'm still halfway through it. "Tori!" A voice shouted as I didn't look back at them. My heart was beating faster, thumping on my chest violently. I forced a scoot to the direction of Minho. 1 feet, I could already feel the wall squeezing me, I force an another scoot and practically jumped at the open space. I hear the walls behind me close as My heart was still pumping faster. I place my hands on my knees for support, breathing for air, desperately.

Remind me to decide ten seconds earlier.

"Congratulations, you just planned on killing yourself." Minho says as he shook his head in disapproval.

I glance at Alby, he's still unconscious and he has a wound on his head. "What happened to him?" I ask.

"I did what I had to do." He says as he heads on the maze.

"What are you doing?" I ask, confused. He's going to leave us.

"Its not safe here, We have to go."

"What are you saying? Alby needs us." I say, why would he do that? "We just can't abandon him, Were his friends." I practically shout. "Come on please, He needs us."

He doesn't look back, but schools his head and go back towards us. "You better not let us be killed Greenie." He says as he puts Alby's right arm on his shoulder. I went with his left arm. We carefully and hurriedly walked. Who knows what might pop at us.

"We have to find him." I say. "Incase something shows up, we won't find it hard to run." He nods. I look at our surroundings and an idea was given place at. "We have to bring him up to the wall using that vines." I point to the crawling plant on the wall. I grab one of the vines and tie it to Alby's body securely. Me and Minho started to pull the vine, and soon his already halfway through on the wall. Just a little bit more.

Then the horrible happened, we hear a faint scream. "It's a griever, we better hurry up Greenie!" Minho whisper-screams. "It's already seventeen meters away from us." He says impatiently.

"Don't worry just a little more, We'll be running for our lives." I say as I pulled faster.

Then Alby got heavier, Minho already let go of the vine. "Minho!" I whisper-scream. "Where are you going?!"

"I gotta go." I felt all the hope in me gone in a blink of an eye.

Before I could even speak he already left me with a hungry vile creature. I hurriedly look at my surroundings for a temporary place to hide. Then I found a hole in the wall, covered with vines, Great.

I was still shaking from holding the weight of Alby from above. But I was thankful that he was not found. A few seconds later I could already here the clanking sound. A metal hitting the cement floor. It was absolutely horrible.

I tie the Vine into the nearest root, and I made sure it was strong enough to hold Alby, and thankfully it was.

As soon as the noise was gone I hesitantly got out from my hiding spot, glancing at Alby before I left. I'm sure he's gonna be safe from above.

I ran as fast as I could, I turned left, right then an another right then went straight forward, then the hugest mistake I made was when I turned left. The creature was there, a few meters away from me. He already sensed that I was there. As soon as it saw me I stood frozen at my feet. I wanted to run, but my brain won't just send the message to my feet.

It was twelve meters away from me, yet it was descending cause it was already going on my way. eleven, ten, nine, eight. Then that was the time that my feet already got into their senses. I ran away from the Griever as fast as I could, not turning my back into it. Yet it feels like every step I took it was getting closer.

Maybe I could just run until morning comes, but that would be impossible since its just been an hour since we got in here. And my feet are gonna give up in any minute now.

I made so much many turns, that I got lost in track. (as If I knew in which way to go back.)

Then my next huge mistake was when I turned left again. It was already a dead end. When will I ever learn?

"Oh Sh-" I cursed as I started to climb on the vines. I thought the Griever wouldn't follow but It still is.

After a few grab of vines, my foot got stuck into a vine. And still the Griever was still following me.

I hurriedly shook my feet and still it's still stuck. I had no choice but to untie it, its a good thing it did, But then the Griever was already pinning my sleeve on the arm part on the wall. I squirm and the Griever was already aiming some kind of a serum with a large needle. But before the needle could hit me, I jerked my arm away which made my sleeve tore off.

I land on the ground with a loud thump and heard my left shoulder made an inaudible sickening crack.

I scream in pain yet stood up since I knew I wouldn't survive if I just kept on screaming lying on the ground. I was thankful that the Griever got stuck in the vines, but not too long it made out of the vines, but it gave me a good thirty seconds to be away from it. I ran and ran until I bumped into someone, Minho. Hope was all over me.

"Come we gotta go!" Minho Screams as he grabs my good arm. "I found a safe place." He says as we were still running. He led me to a hollow place and I noticed that the walls we passed by was closing.

I have a plan. I jerked my hand from Minho's and stopped at the entrance waiting for the beast to follow me. I had to do it, there might be a possibility it might see Alby.

After a few seconds I could already here the clanking sound again, ascending. There it is. A little bit closer.

When it was already two meters away from me, I made a run to the closing doors. It was long, and it was starting to get narrow, three meters left till the walls are shut close and Just a few steps, The walls will be squishing the griever. Minho kept in yelling; "Faster!" "You're close!" And other motivating words.

Three feet, two, one.

I made my way out. The monster did not.