Fast As A Bullet {Maze Runner}

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Winston looks at him. "You hope."

They watch it cautiously for a second before Thomas steps towards it. "Okay, come on. Let's try and pull it out." They all step up and grab onto the monster. "Everybody get a hand on it. Alright, on three." Thomas stands at the back, holding onto the bottom of the leg. "One, two, three!" They pull for a couple seconds before it comes out, making them all fall back. Everyone stands up but Frypan, who sits there watching the dead Griever like it could move any second. "Are you okay, Fry?" Thomas asks.

"Yeah," Thomas offers his hand to help him up. "Thanks, brother." He says, partially out of breath.

Minho steps forward and slowly picks up what looks like the heart of the Griever, only it has a metal contraption in it. "I'm a Med-jack, and even I wouldn't touch that." Leanne mumbles, making a face. Minho pulls the metal thing out of the heart, making a trail of slime, and lets the organ fall to the ground. The boys and Leanne groan in disgust.

"What the hell is that?" Thomas questions as Minho turns the metal device in his hand. It makes a slight, constant beeping noise.

"Interesting." Minho says as he runs his fingers over it.

"Okay, whatever it is... can we take this up back at the Glade? Cause I dont wanna meet this guy's friends." Frypan says.

"He's right, it's getting late. Come on." Minho walks around them, and starts jogging with all of them behind him.

The group soon found themselves standing in the council hut, ready to inform Newt and Gally of their discovery. "We found this." Thomas hands Newt the metal device they found. "It was inside a Griever." Leanne grimaces.

Newt looks at the device. "These are the same letters we get in our supplies." He points out, seeing the sticker with the letters on it.

"Yeah, whoever put us here obviously made the Grievers." Leanne watches Thomas speak, then makes eye contact with Gally, who's watching her. From the look in his eyes, she can tell he's going to want to talk to her after. "This is the first real clue, the first anything, you've found in over three years. Right Minho?" Thomas turns to said boy.

"Right." He nods.

"Newt, we gotta go back out there." Thomas pleads. "Who knows where this might lead us."

Gally turns to look at Newt. "You see what he's trying to do, right?" Gally glances over at Leanne before looking back at Newt. "First he breaks our rules, then he tries to convince us to abandon them totally." He gestured around with his hands. "The rules are the only thing that have ever held us together. Why now are we questioning that?" Gally asks.

"He's not the first to break the rules." Leanne steps forwards. "We all know I went into the Maze, without permission."

"Yeah, and you got punished." Gally points out. "So should he." He looks over at Newt. "If Alby was here, you know he'd agree with me."

Looking down at the metal device, then up to Thomas, Newt hands it back to Minho. "You're right. Thomas broke the rules." Gally nods in agreement. "One night in the pit, and no food."

"Oh, come on, Newt!" Gally protests. "One night in the pit?! You think that's going to stop him from going into the Maze?" Gally raises his voice a little, making it clearer for them to hear his annoyance.