Vital Information
"Noo!" She screamed as she was shoved into the elevator. She hurled around and lounged for the door, to have it slam in her face.
The elevator was plunged into darkness. All that could be heard was her unsteady breathing. She slowly backed away from the doors. Her face damp with sweat, her head hurt with the stress. Her eyes were wide with fear. She felt around the ground with her hands until she maneuvered into a corner. She sat down with her arms wrapped around her legs. She rested her head on her knees.
"My name is Joan Adders. I was betrayed by my brother and I'm going into the maze. I know the way out, I have to remember!" She grit her teeth and closed her eyes.
A rumbling sound slowly grew in volume until the entire chamber shook. Then the entire elevator began to lift. Joan knew what was coming. She let out a whine before focusing on her mission.
"My name is Joan Adders. I was betrayed, betrayed! By my own brother and I'm going into the maze. I know the way out, I have to remember! My name is Joan Adders…" She continued reciting the vital information over and over out loud. She hugged her legs tighter, "I'm gonna forget! I'm gonna forget! No, no! My name is…"
A sudden hiss of air made Joan stop midsentence and throw her head back. There was a dim light shining from above but that wasn't causing the hiss. The gas had been released.
"No, no, no!" Joan stood and ran towards the doors. She threw her fists at the immoveable exit. "You can't do this! I know your watching! Don't do this! Please!" Any second the elevator would be consumed by the gas and then… "You know this isn't right!" She screamed before pushing herself away and returning to her monologue. "There is an exit! They have to leave the maze! Sector seven! Gotta remember! My name is Joan Adders…"
With a loud hiss the elevator entered into the large cloud of gas. Joan held her breath, despite knowing nothing would help. After barely a minute Joan coughed and sucked into much needed air along with the gas.
"My name is Joan Adders!" She shouted as loud as she could. "I was betrayed by my own kin. I'm being forced into the maze because I stood up against this cruelty! I know the way out. It's through Sector Five and…" A jolt knocked her off her feet and she landed on her bottom with a grunt. "No, no, not sector five it was sector seven and my name is Joanne. No, no it's Jo…Jesse?" Her eyes shot open and she stared at the doors.
"Where am I going?" She looked upward as the elevator began to accelerate in speed. "What is this place?" Something was wrong, she knew that but she couldn't recollect what exactly it was.
A loud screech made her cover her eyes as the elevator grinded to a halt. It hit something above her, making her fall backwards and hit her head against the wall and then there was silence.
Red dim lights flashed all around. A second passed before the lights turned green and then off. Her hands gripped the grated floor below her. She was growing nervous. Breath in. Breath out. She didn't know what else to do. She didn't know whether to be afraid, happy, or sad. So she sat and she waited.
She didn't need to wait for long as the roof opened up and the entire chamber was instantly drowned in blinding sunlight. She covered her eyes with her hands.
"It's another girl." Someone's voice said, it was coming from the bright light above her.
"Finally!" A female voice spoke with a sigh of relief.
She pushed herself up and tried to focus on the speaker. Several dark shapes circled around her. Still nothing was in focus.
She closed her eyes. "Too bright." She mumbled.
"Seems the little lady has got 'genteel' eyes!" A different voice spoke, from behind her. Small chuckles and snorts alerted her to the presence of several people, maybe twenty, all around her.
The entire chamber shook as someone jumped in. Her eyes shot opened and looked straight at the person approaching.
Her eyes focused to see a dark skinned man approaching her. He looked to be around her age, late teens. He was bald and wore an off-white long sleeved shirt with blue jeans. There was a knife in a sheath attached to his brown belt.
At the sight of a weapon she took a step back, bent her knees a bit and raised her hands in defense.
"Oh! Looks like Missy here's gonna put up a fight!" A tall fair-skinned kid with long brown hair laughed and was soon joined by others.
"Someone better get Gally!" Another laughed.
She frowned, 'little lady' and 'Missy' didn't settle well with her. But then what would? What was her name?
"Why don't I know my own name?" She asked, staring at the young man before her.
The male kept his hands away from his weapon and slowly began to approach her. "That's normal for us!"
She shook her head and looked towards the floor. Something was bugging her. It was like there was someone inside her own head banging from inside a locked room, begging to get out! But how to open that door? She needed to remember, a sense of urgency pulsed through her body. What was her name? The only thing she could discover was a feeling of anger. Towards who? Someone. Someone had done something to her. Had tricked her?
Something warm touched her shoulder causing her head to jerk up. All she was thinking about was that someone had hurt her somehow and she was angry. She whipped out her hand and a loud smack sounded as she slapped at the person in front of her.
~Author's Note~
So this happened in one go. Basically I have 22 pages of this story idea written (I even have the ending written) and I thought I'd give it a go. I liked the movie The Maze Runner but I think it lacked in certain story elements. Needless to say I'll be changing a lot of things. So here's my version as well as my introduction to my OC.
Yes, there are GIRLS and GUYS in my version. How do ya like them apples?
For those following my Merlin story I moved to a different house and in the process I lost my notes for the story! *cries* I've decided to put that story on hold until I find those notes!
