Running From Your Problems (a Newt/ Maze Runner fanfic)

Chapter 28

He lunged, his hands aimed for my neck the same as they had been with Gally, but I knew what to do that time. My knife moved, almost with a mind of its own, it moved from being pointed at his chest to his arm.

A scream pierced the silence and the sound of flesh being ripped open tore through my ears.

My body moved of its own accord from that point on until I was out of the woods. I ran faster than I could ever remember running, my legs burning and my arms pumping.

I ran blindly, no idea of where I was going. It wasn't until I was in my bed that I realized where I was.

I curled into a ball, only to find that the knife was still in my hand. I threw it away, not caring where it landing or if it hit something important, only wanting to get it out of my sight and away from me.

I pulled my blankets tight around me, covering my ears to block out the noise that was beginning to grow outside my bedroom window.

My body relaxed into the warm blankets and I drifted off.

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I am standing in a room similar to the last one. This time with four visible people surrounding me, all of their faces blurry but two of them much clearer than the other two.

I am with Thomas and Newt.

"Y/N. Is everything ready?" The voice was feminine. Definitely a woman, but much older than me, much wiser and more cunning. The woman seems to be sitting or standing by a table that is ten feet away from where we are standing. The person seems to have a high authority by the tone of her voice.

"Yes," I reply involuntarily. "The everything should begin in a few days and it seems that all should go to plan."

The woman's voice changes direction and points towards Newt.

He looks much younger, he couldn't have been much older than thirteen.

"You will be sent first. You will be among the first to arrive, many will look up to you to be a leader. It is time for you to step up and be strong. You are the foundation of the house that will save humanity. Good luck."

Guards grabbed us by the shoulders and began escorting us away, not roughly but with enough force to be freaky.

Thomas's voice broke through, "Teresa!"

The fourth person in the room is standing close to me. She turns and looks back, her face still too blurry to make out, even at the close proximity.

"Tom," she whispers and everything goes black.
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I awoke to the worried faces of Newt, Minho, and Chuck. Each of them staring down at me.

"She's up!" One of them whispered and all of them backed away immediately.

"You're having a party in my room and you didn't even invite me?" I mustered up a small laugh and looked out the window. None of them laughed, not even Minho.

The sun had gotten close to setting, either a few hours had passed or it had been over a day that I was out for.

"How long was I out for?" I whispered.

"Two hours, enough time for the Greenie to come out of the woods howling about how you attacked him and sliced his arm open," Chuck explained with a grave look on his face.

"He was the one who attacked me!" I yelled, getting out of bed. "I warned him to stand back and he did, but a second later he was launching himself at me the same way that Gally had, both hands aimed for my neck."

"Where's your knife?" Minho stood up and began scanning my room.

"I don't know, I threw it when I was lying in bed. It didn't matter to me where I landed, only that it was out of my sight."

"Chuck," Newt finally spoke up. "Go get Alby, he's going to want to hear this from her."

I cringed at the way he said 'her'. It was like I was a stranger to him, like I had disgusted him to the point where he didn't know who I was anymore.

"Did he act strange right before he attacked you?" Newt inquired.

I shook my head, but hesitated before continuing on, "he acted scared and stepped back when he saw the knife, but one second later his eyes seemed to almost glaze over and he lunged. It was almost like he was being controlled," I whispered the last part.

Newt just stared, not saying anything, just stared.

"I found it!" Minho popped up, knife in hand, with a huge grin on his face. "I'm taking this to the med-jacks!"

Minho darted out of the room without another word and left Newt and I alone, something that I dreaded and savored at the same time.

Newt was still staring.

"I need to talk to you, but it will have to wait until after Alby comes to interrogate you. It's kind of important," his voice shook with each word, as if he were nervous. "Meet me by the woods in an hour."

I nodded in response and he was gone, leaving me to deal with the next hour on my own.
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I didn't really mean to put all of the song lyrics and titles in there. They just kind of happened to fit there and I didn't realize that I did that until I had typed another three lines and I was too lazy to change it from 'first things first' to something different.

I already know that all of the song and movie references will be one of the top things that will be commented on, I didn't mean for them to be in there.

Hope you liked it!!!!! ~Caelyn