The boy opened his eyes. He was in some mobbing object with other boys. It was moving up. Other boys were just starting to wake up. It sounded as if there were thirty of them total. He couldn't remember anything; who he was or even his own age.

Other boys were panicking. One got over to him and pulled him to the floor as soon as he got up. He found the strength to ask, "What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?"

The other boy-he had dark brown or black hair-said. "We're trapped in a giant box, dude."

"I think I noticed." He responded. "But, I don't remember anything."

"All I remember is my name." The other boy looked at him. "I'm Minho."

Suddenly the box jolted to a halt. There were yells and groans. Suddenly, he realized that there were boxes in there too. "Minho!"

The other boy walked back over. "What?"

"What's with the bloody boxes?"

"They're not bloody." He answered.

"Just an expression." The boy rolled his eyes. "What's with the boxes?"

"I checked them out and they seem to hold supplies." Minho told him.

"Weird." He said distantly.

"Yeah."

The boy walked over to the middle of the strange box. "Well, I'm bloody getting out of here."

He pushed open one of the doors on top. Then he heaved himself up into the blinding light. He let out a gasp of awe. He looked around, taking a few paces forward.

Minho came out next. "Whoa, dude, what is this place?"

"No idea, Minho."

The other boys came out and he counted them.

"How many total?" Minho asked.

"Thirty."

"Just as I thought."

"Well, I'm going to explore this place." He murmured. Then he said, "You guys get the supplies out of the Box."

Minho shrugged, "You're the boss."

"I prefer not." He chuckled as he walked away.

"Remember your name yet?" Minho shouted.

"I just did." He yelled back. "I'm Newt."

"Nice to meet you." Called Minho.

"You too." Newt laughed as he went back to exploring the area.

*X*

It took Newt an hour to explore it all, but that was only because the place is so big. He and a black boy named Alby became good friends easily. They climbed up the ivy on the walls and made it to the top.

They were inside of a giant maze. They looked at each other in awe.

"Oh my god." Alby murmured.

"It's a maze." Newt looked around.

"See anything?" Shouted Minho from down below.

"Enough to know where we are!" Newt called down. "It's a giant maze!"

"We're in a maze?" Minho was amazed. "Oh my shucking god."

"Go tell the others." Alby yelled to Minho. "They'll want to know."

"No problem, Alby." The boy dashed off towards the group, which was still near the Box.

They repelled back down the ivy and went over to the group. It was nearly sundown.

One boy, named David suddenly said, "I'm going out in there and I'll solve it."

No one argued. He went to the doors as they began to close with a thundering noise. He went through them just before they closed. After a few minutes he said, "I give up. Can you guys let me back in?"

"We didn't close it." Newt yelled over. "The doors closed themselves."

"So, I'm trapped?" David's voice had a hint of fear.

Before Newt could answer there were weird moaning noises. David screamed in pain and fear.

"David!" Newt shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Newt, help me!" The boy shrieked. "This monster's killing me!"

More screams. Then there was the noise of metal clinking, the only thing you could hear in the silence. Newt's jaw dropped.

"David?!" He yelled. "You alright over there?"

No answer.

Minho and Alby ran over and started shouting for David to answer.

"He's dead." Newt concluded. "Whatever it was bloody killed him."

"So that's what the doors are for." Minho murmured.

"I have an idea." Alby spoke up. "It's prove if he's alive or not." He dashed over to the crates of supplies. He came back with a flashlight. He handed it to Newt. "Get back up there and tell us what you see. Can you do that, Newt?"

"Yeah. I can." Newt answered. He gripped the flashlight in his teeth and started climbing the ivy.

"Careful, man!" Minho called up.

A few minutes later, Newt reached the top. He shone the flashlight down the other side. He was too high up to see anything.

"What do you see?" Alby called.

"I'm too high up to see the bottom of it." The boy yelled back. "I have an idea, but it's insane. I'll tell you what I see in a minute."

Newt swallowed his fear. He was going into the Maze. He was going to get down there no matter what. He jumped off the wall. He threw the flashlight to the side as he fell so that he could grab the ivy.

But, Newt's sweaty hands couldn't grasp the ivy. He hit the ground with a thumb and a yell of pain and surprise. "Damn it." He muttered. "That hurt." He moved towards the door, picking up the flashlight on the way. He aimed it at the door.

He'd have nightmares forever from what he saw. "Oh my god." He murmured. He looked at David's body. He was definitely dead, no doubt. There was blood all over him as well as on the ground and walls. The poor kid's body had been sliced open. Newt fought the urge to throw up.

"Newt?" Minho called. "You alright?"

"He-he's dead." He stammered through his shock.

"Did you jump off of the wall?" Alby demanded.

"Maybe." Newt answered, pain flowing through his body, especially one of his legs. He fell to his knees. Then he gasped through heavy breaths. "My leg."

Apparently the other two heard.

"Newt, you okay, man?" Alby shouted.

"I-I don't think I'll be able to get back up the wall." He forced the words out, pain filling his British accent voice.

"What?" Minho was shocked. "Dude, you have to! You won't want to be slaughtered by one of those shuck things as well!"

"I'll try to wait out the night." He responded. He curled up into a call in the opposite corner of the door as David's body. "But when morning comes, don't let the others see David. They're already scared enough as it is."

"Alright." Alby sounded a little calmer now.

Newt forced himself to sleep, despite his fear, pain, and the disgust of seeing David's body.