A/N: Hey everybody! I'm back with an all new story for The Maze Runner series for you to enjoy. This is going to be an A.U. O.O.C fanfiction that does not follow the movies or the books at all. This is also a harem style pairing between three guys and one girl and will have very graphic mature content in it so if that makes you squeamish, just know there are tons of other nice fanfics for you to read. With that said, let's go find us some gladers. –MoonLitShadow

Disclaimer: I do NOT own The Maze Runner series. I only own my A.U. plotline and the O.C. characters that I have created. I am NOT making any profits off of this story and all rights go to James Dashner.

Because of You Chapter 1

It was a warm sunny day in the Glade, as Gally sat back on a stump of a tree while he took a small break from collecting firewood. The sky was blue and there were no clouds to be seen as he wiped the sweat from his dirt covered brow. It had been three years that they had been in the Glade and he had gotten used to the constant ebb and flow of the day to day activities. Looking around him, he watched with a hardened gaze the other Gladers working diligently in the hot sun. In a way, seeing the others gave him a sense of peace that was a far cry from the lack of order that they had dealt with when they had first arrived. The trees branches swayed lightly in the breeze as he closed his eyes for a moment just relishing in the quiet of the forest. He was rudely snapped out of his thoughts by the sound of the greenie alarm blaring and he sighed heavily knowing that it was his turn to take care of the greenie until they got settled. Tossing his axe to the side, he rose to his full height as he made his way slowly through the Glade over to where the box stood in the very middle.

Newt and Alby stood on either side of him as they waited patiently for the box to raise and reveal the poor sap who had been destined for a life in the Glade. "Who do you think it'll be this time?" He heard Newt ask Alby. Gally scoffed and rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms over his chest tapping his foot nervously against the ground. He always hated this part of the month where he had to endure the screaming and crying of a much younger boy who needed a crash course in how the Glade was ran. It took all of thirty minutes before the box screeched to a halt as Gally took his place at the side of the gates and with the help of his fellow Keepers, he lifted the gates up to reveal darkness below. There were the usual supplies but then something strange caught his eye in the corner of the metal room. Newt seemed to spot it too as he nudged Alby before jumping down onto the metal grate below, his steel toed boots thumping hard against the rusted metal. Gally crouched down along with several of the other Keepers trying to get a better look and was shocked when Newt called up to all of them. "It's…a girl." He shouted in disbelief as the others started hollering around them making Gally shake his head trying to rid of the building headache behind his eyes. Pinching the bridge of his nose he quickly stood up and turned around glaring at the younger Gladers. "Shut your holes, all of you! You're giving me a shucking headache. Newt are you sure it's a girl?" Newt stepped into a small spot of sun and nodded with his eyes wide. "That's not the half of it though. Something's wrong with her."

Alby quirked an eyebrow at Newt and then turned to Gally who only threw his hands up in the air with exasperation before they both jumped down into the box to assist the confused second in command. Both of them walked slowly over to where Newt was crouching on a small body that lay sprawled in the corner of the box and were shocked that when they bent down they saw that it was indeed a girl with long blonde hair and fair skin almost as white as snow. Gally's eyes widened when he noticed that there was small bulge protruding from her abdomen and reached out carefully laying his hand on it feeling that it was hard as a rock underneath her skin. He looked over at Newt and Alby who were busy staring at something in their hands that looked like a small note. "What is it? What's going on?" He questioned as Alby and Newt both turned to him wide eyed and blushing. Alby nodded to Newt who handed over the note to Gally who unfolded it and read it over several times.

Dear Gladers,

The trials have been altered as well as the end result that we are working for. The experiments for finding a cure have been discontinued instead to be replaced with the goal of experiments of co habitation, the endurance of the human body and repopulation. The girl that is before you is the second to the last new arrival that you will have in the Glade. Her name is Lacee and she is four months pregnant. Galileo the Builder is the father of her unborn child. She now belongs to Galileo, Issac Newton, and Thomas Edison. Please make sure that no harm comes to her or her unborn child as she is now your responsibility. She is the key to your impending survival during and after the trials. The Maze Trial will be coming to end shortly and The Elements of Survival Trial will begin. Prepare yourselves for the things to come. Only the strongest will survive.

And remember, Wicked is Good.

Gally stared at the girl who lay before him as Newt took her small hand in his as he cradled it to his chest. Gally took her into his arms and placed a small kiss on her forehead as he placed his hand on her swollen belly as he took in the situation that had been presented to him. She was his. But she was also Newt's and some shank named Thomas. A growl ripped from his throat as he raised himself up off the ground snatching her hand away from Newt before he turned to the Gladers who were watching with fascination above him. "Clint! Jeff! Someone get those shanks over here now!" Alby placed a comforting hand on Newt's shoulder as the blonde watched Gally carefully hand the girl over to Clint who swooped down and cradled her small body to his chest before turning and hurrying off to the Med jack Building. Gally stood stock still for a moment with his shoulders heaving as his breath became ragged. Newt took a small step forward but stopped in his tracks as Gally whipped around and faced him. "Well you slinthead you coming or not?" Newt swallowed hard and nodded as they both headed out of the box followed by Alby who watched the pair follow after the Med jacks to watch over the girl who was now considered theirs. "Shuckin slintheads…" He muttered before addressing the crowd that gathered. "Keepers, I'm calling a Gathering before dinner tonight. Someone let Minho and the runners know when they get back and I'll go see what trouble Gally and Newt are causing Clint and Jeff. Now get back to work." No one moved as silence descended upon the crowd. "NOW!" He shouted making everyone scurry away back to their duties as he raked a hand through his nonexistent hair. Things were going to be changing. And Alby knew it would affect all of them. Whether the changes were going to be good or bad, only time would tell.