Meant to be | A maze runner story

Chapter 12 - Chaos

- "What the hell is going on out there." Asks Newt.
The guys and I slow down and everyone follows us.
- "What have you done now Thomas." Says Gally.
- "Oh shut up Gally." I say.
- "We found something. A new passage. We think it could be a way out."
Newt looks at me.
- "Really?" Asks Newt.
- "It's true." I say. "It opened a door. Something we've never seen before."
- "We think it's where the grievers must go during the day." Says Minho.
- "Wait. Wow wow wow." Says Chuck running next to Thomas and I. "You're saying you found the grievers home? And you want us to go in?"
- "Their way in could be our way out." Says Thomas.
- "Uh...yeah. Or," Says Gally, "there could be a dozen grievers waiting on the other side to kill us."
I roll my eyes and so does Minho.
- "The truth is Thomas doesn't know what he's done as usual." Says Gally.
Thomas and I both angrily turn around to face Gally. At the same time we both say the same thing: "yeah well at least I did something". The only difference is that I said 'he' instead of 'I'. I'm about to say something else, in order to put Gally back in his place, but Minho signals to me to calm down.
- "What have you done?" Asks Thomas. "Except for hiding behind these walls all the time."
- "Let me tell you something greenie. You've been here 3 days alright. I've been here 3 years."
- "Yeah you've been three years," Says Thomas cutting him off, "and you're still here Gally!"
Gally takes a step back not knowing what to say.
- "So what does that tell you?" Says Thomas. "Maybe you should start doing things."
- "Guys." Says Teresa.
I turn around to face her and she seems worried.
- "Maybe you should be in charge uh?" Says Gally.
- "HEY!" Says Teresa a bit louder.
No one listens to her.
- "It's Alby!" She says.
Everyone else turns around to face her in complete silence.
- "He's awake."
- "What?" I say.
I look at Newt.
- "Come on." Newt says.
He starts running in direction for the MedJack cabin. Teresa, Minho, Thomas, Frypan, Gally, and I follow him. On the way there I think about what could happen when we see him. Will he recognize us? Is he the same Alby he was before? Does he remember his past? We finally get to the cabin and enter. He is sitting on the bed, facing the other way.
- "Has he said anything?" Asks Minho.
- "No." Answers Teresa.
Newt walks up to him and squats down. I do the same, but go directly in front of Alby.
- "Alby," says Newt, "Alby are you alright?"
Alby doesn't say anything, and he doesn't even look at me. He has tears on his face. Thomas steps closer and squats down next to Newt.
- "Hey Alby." Says Thomas. "We might of just found a way out of the maze. We could be getting out of here."
Alby shakes his head.
- "We can't." Says Alby. "We cant leave." He takes a breath. "They won't let us."
I look around and everyone seems confused.
- "What are you talking about?" I ask.
- "I remember."
I look at Newt. He remembers before the glade.
- "What do you remember?" Asks Thomas.
Alby turns his head to Thomas.
- "You." Alby answers. He turns his head to me. "And you."
I take a deep breath and almost fall down from the squatting position I'm in. How does Alby remember me? What did I do? I look at everyone and they are all staring at Thomas and I.
- "You were always their favorite Thomas. Always. But they also loved y/n very much, because of how similar the bought of you are."
I look at Thomas not knowing what to say. I hear people yelling outside.
- "They liked Thomas a little better, because y/n would always break the rules and was plotting against them." Adds Alby. "Thomas why did you do this?"
I look at Thomas in total confusion. Is he really the guy? Would I really of fallen in love with someone who put us here? What exactly is Alby talking about? The screaming continues outside, but I don't quite pay attention to it.
- "Why did you come here?" Asks Alby.
Tears are streaming down his face. Thomas doesn't say anything but rather gets up.
- "What the hell is going on out there?" Asks Minho.
Thomas walks away and heads outside. We all follow him very closely. Once outside, I notice people are running around terrified. It is completely dark outside, so the boys are running around with torches in their hands. Winston runs up to us.
- "What going on?" Asks Thomas.
- "The doors," he answer, "they aren't closing."
- "Oh shit." I say.
I run at the entrance of the maze and everyone stands there in silence. Minho runs next to me.
- "How the hell is this even possible." I ask him.
- "I don't know."
Suddenly a loud noise is heard. We all block our ears and yell. I turn around and see another door opening up.
- "No no no no no." I say.
Another door opens up and a few seconds later the last one opens up. Thomas and I look at each other.
- "Chuck." Says Thomas. "I want you to go to Council Hall and barricade the doors."
- "Winston you go with him." Says Newt and I at the same time.
- "Got it!" Says Winston.
Chuck and him run away.
- "Get the others," says Gally to Jack, "tell the others to go to the forest and go hide. Now!"
Jack runs away.
- "Minho I want you to grab every weapon you can find. I'll meet you at Council Hall." Orders Thomas.
Minho nods and turns to other guys. Newt, Frypan and Will nod. They all run away. I'm about to run to, but Thomas grabs my arm.
- "You stay here with me."
- "Why?" I ask. "They need help."
He looks down at my arm.
- "You stay." He turns to Teresa. "We're going to get Alby alright?"
She nods while panting.
- "RUN!!!!!!" Some guys at the other doors yell. "ITS GRIEVERS!!"
Suddenly a griever is heard and I see it come into the maze from far away. I turn to face the door I am next too and see two grievers coming towards us.
- "EVERYBODY HIDE!!" Thomas and I yell.
We run away, but Teresa stays put. Thomas turns back around and grabs her by the arm. We run towards the corn maze and hide in there.
- "Stay down!" Says Zart.
All I can think about is Minho and how they need help carrying the weapons. I might not have two arms functioning right now but I can still help them. One is better than nothing.
- "I'm sorry Thomas."
- "What?"
I get up and run away.
- "Y/N!!" He yells.
I continue on running and I dodge a few grievers. My heart is beating at an incredible speed. I might be putting myself in danger but my friends need help. I finally get to the area where we keep all of our weapons.
- "What in the bloody hell are you doing here?!" Newt yells at me.
I grab a few weapons and a backpack.
- "You need all the help you can get."
- "You could of gotten yourself killed!" Minho yells at me.
- "Look we don't have time for arguing. Let's go!"
I quickly place the weapons in the bag then put it on my back. It hurts my arm but I don't mind. I also grab a wooden stick. We all run together to head to Council Hall. We see Thomas and the others facing a griever.
- "Come on!" Yells Thomas.
The griever charges at them, but Minho, Newt, and I, throw our wooden sticks at it.
- "Over here!" Screams Minho.
- "Let's go!" I scream.
We run towards the group and head towards Council Hall. I go next to Thomas.
- "You're a crazy son of a bitch." Says Thomas.
- "I could say the same thing about you."
We get to Council Hall and Winston and Chuck are at the door.
- "Over here! Come on!" Screams Chuck.
We all run inside and Winston closes the door. We barricade it as much as possible. We all get in a clump in the middle of Council Hall. The griever tries to break it. It smells around and we all stay quiet. It jumps on top and everyone screams. We're not gonna make it. We're not gonna make it. The griever breaks in and takes a piece of wood which breaks a bit the ceiling. Other pieces of wood fall and some guys fall on the ground.
- "Is everyone alright?" Asks Newt.
- "HELP!!" Yells someone.
I turn back around and a guy is taken out of Council Hall by the griever. We all take a step back.
- "Everyone back up!" I yell.
The griever breaks the wall from the side.
- "CHUCK!!" Screams Minho.
Chuck turns around and the griever takes him.
- "AAAAAAAH!" He yells.
We all grab onto him and try pulling him in.
- "Chuck don't let go!" Screams Thomas.
- "No shit!" He answers.
Everyone keeps on pulling as much as possible. I fall backwards on my arm.
- "AAAH!" I scream in pain.
- "Y/N!" Says Thomas.
I see Alby look at a weapon next to him.
- "Don't let him go!" Says Newt.
The grievers pulls out this seringue thing out of its leg. Alby grabs the weapon and just when the griever is about to stung Chuck, Alby breaks the seringue off and hits the grievers leg with all of its force. Alby is yelling and the griever finally lets Chuck go. The griever goes away. Alby yells at it, in victory. He turns around.
- "Chuck youre ok?" Asks Thomas.
- "Yeah im fine."
- "Y/n?"
- "Yeah im ok too."
I grab my arm in pain and Chuck grabs the seringue thing.
- "Thanks Alby."
Alby smiles. I hear the griever.
- "ALBY!" Thomas and I both say.
Suddenly, the griever comes back in and grabs Alby. Thomas and I both run and try to hold on to him, but he's incredibly high. We try to pull him back in.
- "Get them out." Alby says.
The griever takes him away and that was the last time I would ever see Alby again.
- "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Thomas and I both scream.
I fall on my knees and start crying. Alby was one of the most important people in my life...I told him everything and he took me under his wing, and now, I lost him. For ever. Thomas runs outside.
- "THOMAS!" We all scream.
I get up and follow him. Once outside, I notice the grievers are gone, but everything is one fire. The others join us outside. We all stand there in silence.
- "Where is everybody?" Asks Chuck.
- "Over there." Says Minho.
He points to the fire on our left where three figures appear from afar. It is Gally and he seems angry. He walks towards us at full speed.
- "Gally." Says Thomas.
Gally punches Thomas and Thomas falls on the ground.
- "HEY! What the hell Gally!" I say.
He is about to punch him again but the guys hold him back.
- "Woah calm down!" Says Newt.
- "It's all you Thomas!" Says Gally. "Look around!"
Thomas gets back up and I go next to him.
- "BACK UP GALLY! ITS NOT THOMAS'S FAULT." Says Minho.
- "You heard what Alby said." Says Gally still trying to fight the guys. "He's one of them."
I look at Thomas in silence. A part of me doesn't want to believe Gally, but then I remember what Alby said...maybe he is apart of them. On the other hand, I think about my memories and it's impossible that Thomas would do that. He isn't like that. I also think about what Alby said about me.
- "Hes one of them!" Gally continues. "They send him here to destroy everything and now he has! Look around Thomas!"
Thomas looks at the ground.
- "Look around Thomas! This is your fault!" Says Gally.
Thomas looks at the seringue that Chuck is holding. I know what he's about to do.
- "Thomas don't even think about it." I say.
He grabs the seringue out of Chucks hand. Gally continues on yelling but I don't really listen to him.
- "THOMAS!"
He looks at me and then at the seringue.
- "Maybe hes right."
- "Thomas." Teresa and I both say.
- "Don't do it." I say.
He looks at Gally who is still trying to pass the guys in order to give another punch.
- "I need to remember."
- "Thomas. Please don't. We don't know what the hell that thing is going to do to you." I say.
I run towards him and I'm about to grab the object, but Thomas stabs himself in the leg.
- "THOMAS NO!" Teresa and I both yell.
He falls on the ground and the guys let Gally go. They all towards him. I squat down.
- "Hey. Hey Thomas." I say worriedly.
- "Chuck. Get the other seringue." Teresa says.
Chuck runs. My heart shatters into a thousand pieces. I turn around to face Gally.
- "You." I say.
I angrily get up and walk towards him.
- "Is this what you wanted?!" I say.
I punch him in the face. He looks away and holds his face.
- "Y/N! Calm down!" Newt says.
I punch him again.
- "HEY!" Minho yells.
Minho and Newt grab me just as I was about to punch Gally again.
- "Do you realize what you've just done?!"
- "What I've just done? It's because of Thomas that we are in this mess in the first place!"
I try to fight off the guys as much as possible.
- "AND HOW WOUDL YOU KNOW THAT. YOURE JUST A USELESS PIECE OF SHIT."
- "Y/n calm down." Newt says.
- "NO IM NOT GOING TO CALM DOWN. BECAUSE OF HIM," I point to Gally, "THOMAS MIGHT OF JUST KILLED HIMSELF!"
I once again try to fight off the guys in order for them to let go of me.
- "You heard Alby. He said he was one of them." Gally says.
- "Yeah but if Alby is right, I was one of them too. If you actually listened to him, you would of heard him say that I WAS ONE OF THEM TOO!"
I instantly calm down and tears stroll down my face. I look at the ground.
- "I was one of them too."
Chuck runs back with the other seringue that came in Teresa's pocket and stabs Thomas in the leg.
- "Take him to the pit." Gally says. "And the girl." He points to Teresa.
Some guys grab Thomas and Teresa. I'm about to reciprocate and punch Gally again, but Minho stops me.
- "Don't you dare say another word." Gally says to me straight into my eyes. "Or you're going with them."
I walk away, in total anger.
- "Y/N!" Screams Newt.