AN: This story is set in the scene from the movie version of The Maze Runner where Thomas is helping Newt and Zart in the garden.

Disclaimer: The Maze Runner and all of its characters belong to James Dashner.

It was the second day that Thomas had been in the Glade and Alby had assigned him to work in the gardens with Newt. Thomas still had so many burning questions that he wanted answers for, so as he was working, he turned to the only person who he knew he could rely on.

"Has anyone tried climbing to the top?" Thomas asked.

"Tried it." Newt replied, not taking his eyes away from the task at hand. "The ivy doesn't go all the way to the top. And besides, where are you gonna go from there?"

Of course they'd tried that, Thomas thought. That was an obvious idea. "Then what about the Box?" He said, "You know, next time someone comes up-"

"No, we tried that. The Box won't go back down with someone in it."

"Well what if we-"

"No, we tried it, alright? Twice." Newt said, "Alright, trust me, anything you can think of we've already tried." He paused, "The only way out is through the maze."

Thomas worked silently for a while. They'd been searching for three years, he thought, if they were supposed to find the way out through the maze surely they would've found something by now.

"Okay, but have you ever tried mapping the maze? Looking for patterns? I don't know, what if we overlapped the maps and looked for numbers? Or words? What if the maze spelled out a code that we have to enter into some kind of computer to unlock an exit?" All of Thomas' questions came out at once, "There could be a secret room that we haven't found yet. Maybe it's like, over a cliff or something. You know, somewhere no one would have a reason to go?"

Newt was stunned into silence. He stared at the brunette boy with a curious expression on his face, trying to come up with an appropriate response to what he'd just been asked.

"Tommy…" He started, "That's gotta be the dumbest, bloody, shuck-faced idea any Greenie has come up with to date." That summed up his thoughts perfectly. "Now look, you wanna be helpful? Here." He said, tossing Thomas a basket. "Go and dig us up some more fertilizer."

AN: The first chapter of my first multi-chapter story is almost ready to be uploaded. I can tell you that it's going to be a highschool AU.

FMASTWB xoxoxoxo