Trapped - Gally x Reader - TMR

14. Names

But they weren't just names.

They were all crossed out.

A sharp chill crawled up my spine. My throat felt too tight to swallow.

"George," Minho whispered, fingers brushing over one of the names. His hand trembled. "David..." He sucked in a sharp breath. "Adam, Lucas, Ryan..."

Next to each name was a date. Some were old, barely visible. Others were newer.

Too new.

"Minho," my voice shook. "What the fuck is this?"

He didn't answer. Just stared.

I backed up, my legs unsteady, scanning the wall. The list went on and on, names carved, names crossed out.

"Those are runners. Runners who died. But we.. we didn't do this." He whispered.

Then my eyes hit the bottom of the list.

And my breath stopped.

There, at the very end, scratched in jagged, uneven letters..

(Y/N)

Crossed out. New. Visible.

Next to it, a date.

The fifteenth.

The silence swallowed me whole.

Slowly, my fingers curled around my watch, which Minho gave me this morning. My pulse roared in my ears as I tilted it and forced myself to look.

15th.

I staggered back like I'd been shot. My vision blurred, black creeping in at the edges. My hands were ice, my chest locked too tight to breathe.

I was going to die today.

The Maze was going to kill me today.

They were going to kill me today.

Minho grabbed me. His hands on my shoulders, firm, shaking. "No. No, look at me."

I couldn't.

"Look at me, (Y/N)!"

My eyes snapped to his. Wide. Scared.

His grip tightened. "No matter what happens, we run. You hear me?" His breath was fast, uneven. "We run, and I will get you out of here. I will get you out of here."

A deafening crack split the air.

The sound was so loud it felt like my skull was about to split open. My ears rang, a sharp, piercing whine cutting through my head. The ground beneath us shook.

I gasped. "Minho?"

Minho's head snapped around, eyes wide. "Shit! It's changing!" He grabbed my arm. "But it's not supposed to change now! This isn't..this isn't right."

The entire Maze was alive, moving, pulling itself into a new shape.

Minho's grip tightened. "Follow my lead. Do not stop. I mean it, (Y/N). Do. Not. Stop."

And then we were running.

The noise was unbearable...stone against stone, like bones grinding together, like the whole Maze was laughing at us.

I forced my legs to move, lungs burning. Minho was right in front of me.

"We have to get to the other side!" he yelled. "We can't make it before it closes, but we have to try!"

"What do you mean we can't make it?!" I screamed.

"The maze is changing! We need another route! It takes longer!" He shouted back.

Shit.

We took as small break. Just so we could catch our breath.

A few hours passed. It was like running a damn interval. And I was barely standing.

"Minho..." I whispered out of breath. "I'm not... not gonna....gonna make it. You make a run for it."

"Shut up! Don't say that! It's not far anymore. We are nearly there. Come on!"

I pushed, I really did and then I saw it.

The Gladers were standing in front of the entrance. Their faces pale, their eyes wide. And then.."RUN!" They all started to scream.

The maze was starting to close.

"Come on, make a run for it!" Minho sprinted off, forcing every last drop of energy into it.

I swallowed in panic and sprinted after him.

The Gladers reached out, shouted, but their voices sounded far away, like I was hearing them through water.

Minho made it out effortlessly, letting himself fall. The Gladers caught him, holding him steady.

Then..

I stopped.

Right in front of the exit.

My chest was heavy. My legs screamed for me to move but I looked over my shoulder.

The maze was shifting, twisting, like a living thing, like it was breathing.

My neck started to hurt and the corridor of the maze got longer.

"(Y/N)"

I heard the voice again. It send a shiver down my spine.

The sharp, hot pain stabbed into my neck again.

"(Y/N)"

The walls stretched longer.

"Come back."

Behind me, the echoes of the Glader's voices. But I couldn't move.

The maze was waiting. And I took a step towards it.

Well, damn, what now?
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