Fearless (1 of 3)

Not coming back

Winter...

I laid on the fallen tree near the Gardens. I was here just to talk to Newt. Or possibly to Zart as they both work together in this part. But I wasn't expecting Thomas or Chuck to be here. I was having my day off from work today and I had nothing to do. That and my mind was mostly preoccupied with Summer, Minho, and Alby in the shucking maze. Anything can happen. Especially if they are searching for a place where Summer and Ben were attacked by a Griever the previous day. 

I can tell that it is eating Newt on the inside as well. He is putting all his effort into his work, to force dramatic thought out of his head. That's why he persuaded Zart that they need to get rid of this one old, dry tree. I was gazing up at the bright blue sky, counting the clouds and shaping them into pictures, while Thomas tried to pry the answers out of Newt. He should be rather helping them. He is supposed to be trying to work as a Track-hoe today, not as an investigative reporter. So far he looks more like a Slopper. 

"But why would Alby go into the maze? I mean, he's not a runner." I rolled my eyes and moved my head to glance at the Greenie. 

"He is a leader tho. He can do whatever he wants." I snapped. Newt glanced up from his work, holding his machete in the hand. 

"That and things are different now." 

"But why did Summer go with them as well. I mean she is injured isn't it dangerous for her." I clicked my tongue, displeased by Thomas' question. But not as much as Newt. 

"Greenie, you are here for too little to understand how Summer's mind works. Some of us are with her for so long and even they are amazed by the amount of bullshit she comes up with." I am just a tad bit irritated with my sister if you haven't noticed. 

"What?" And Thomas obviously doesn't get it. 

"Alby went to retrace Ben's footsteps before sundown. It was Summer's idea and she was the one who was with Ben that day so she knows where they should be going. Are you gonna help?" Newt asked slightly annoyed while pointing his machete towards the tree bark. When Thomas made no movement he sighed and got back to work.  

"So they're gonna go back to where Ben was just stung..." I cut the curious lad off before Newt could hurt him with the sharp, pointy thingy he had in hand.

"Look, Summer will be all right there and Alby knows what he's doing... all right? He knows better than any of us." I said, rolling over so I was now lying on my stomach to see the boys a bit better. 

"What does that mean?" Thomas asked confused, looking towards me. Newt stopped chopping down the tree and scratched the back of his head. 

"It's like you have heard, yeah? Every month, the Box sends up a new arrival. But someone had to be first, right? Someone had to have spent a whole month in the Glade, alone." 

"That was Alby," I finished for Newt while he got back to his work because poor Zart was doing most of the work now. 

"I mean, it can't have been easy. But when those other boys started coming up, one after the other... he saw the truth. And he learned that the most important thing...is that we all have each other." Newt said between chops. I really do feel like I need to help them. But it is my off day and the Greenie has the machete in his hands so he might try and get his ass up. 

"Because we're all in this together." I glanced up at him hoping he would catch on what I was trying to say. Thomas looked down at me noticing that I was staring at him from my lying position. I moved my eyes towards the machete in his hand and then back at him. He nodded, finally catching on what I wanted and he walked towards Newt and Zart to help them.