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Chapter 51: I Thought Newt was Supposed to be the Cranky One, Not Gally

"Hey" Alby greets, startling the boy so much, he falls over. "Hey there, Green bean. You're not gonna run again, ok?" The Leader quickly assesses what mental state the Greenie was, before coming to a decision that it was ok to let him out. "Good" he says, unlocking the door. "My name is Alby. Can you tell me anything about yourself? Who you are, where you came from? Anything at all?"

The boy concentrates, thinking hard for a second, trying to remember something, anything, but it's not use. His mind is completely blank.

"No" he replies, looking up at Alby.

"Can you tell me your name?"

"No" He's panicking now, everything really starting to settle in. "I, uh, I can't remember anything. Why can't I remember anything?"

"It's ok" Alby reassures. "Hey, relax. Relax. It's normal. It happens to us all. You get your name back in a day or two. It's the one thing they let us keep"

The Greenie eyes him skeptically. "What is this place?"

"Let me show you" He offers his hand, which the newbie hesitantly accepts.

"How's my two favourite people in the whole wide world doing?" Gally asks, approaching Olivia and hugging her from behind, planting a kiss on her cheek and cradling her stomach.

"I'm ok. I just wish you would tell me the real reason why you don't trust the Greenie" she replies, turning round to face him.

Gally goes stiff. "This again?"

"Yes"

"Please just listen to me. Ok? I really need you to, darling. What if you get hurt because of him?"

"I could also get hurt by any other Glader here"

"No. They know not to touch you because they also know what I would do to them. But this Greenie... He's different. I want you to stay by my side at all times. Good that?"

"Gal, I know you're trying to protect me, but I can make my own judgement on him"

"What about Dylan, huh? What if he's as much, or more, of a threat than Dylan?"

"Then I would come straight to you and tell you that you were right all along"

"We eat here, we sleep here, we grow our own food, we build our own shelter. Whatever we need, the Box provides. The rest is up to us" Alby explains as he walks around the Glade with the Green Bean.

"The Box?" He looks over to what he arrived in only a couple of hours prior, and sees a handful of boys sorting out boxes and crates.

"Yeah. They send them once a month with fresh supplies and a new Greenie. This month, that's you. Congratulations"

"Sent up by who? Who put us here?"

"Yeah, that we don't know" Alby could tell that this Greenie was a lot more curious than most were. That could either of two ways: he asks enough things to be able to piece together enough to escape, or he annoys everyone with his constant bombarding of questions.

"Hey, you alright, Alby?" Newt asks, approaching the pair.

"Green Bean, meet Newt. When I'm not around, he's in charge"

"Well, it's a good thing you're always around then" he says, shaking the Greenie's hand. "Listen, that was some dash you made earlier. You know, for a second I thought you had the chops to be a Runner... till you face-planted" This comment makes the Leader let out a small laugh.

"Wait, Runner?" The newbie sends him a quizzical look.

"Newt, do me a favour. Go find Chuck" Alby commands.