Disclaimer ; I do not own The Maze Runner but Eliza is mine.

She couldn't breathe.

That was the first thing she realized, the second was somebody else was with her. "H-hello?" she whispered out quietly before the.. elevator? started jerking upwards. Her eyes burned with tears, she felt so helpless. Eliza. she thought My name is Eliza. She wanted to scream when she tried to remember where she was before this because she didn't. "Who are you?" Eliza jumped backwards, she almost forgot there was someone with her.. she now knew it was a boy. "Who are you?" Eliza asked defensively but covered her mouth as she hugged herself, her voice.. she had a weird accent. She squinted her eyes in the darkness, waiting for a reply.. minutes passed and nothing was said.

Eliza kept count of every second that passed, so she knew it had be ten minutes later when the boy finally spoke up, "I'm Thomas." He gritted out as if he hated speaking to her, as if it was her fault they was stuck in here. With these thoughts in mind she ignored the boy- Thomas' question when he asked what her name was and waited. five minutes turned into ten, ten turned into twenty, and twenty turned into forty.

In those forty minutes Eliza realized she could only remember the basics, like learning how to ride a bike but she couldn't remember who taught her, going to the movies, eating mac and cheese but not her parents. That lead to questions like, is her parents alive? does she have any siblings. She was so lost in her thoughts she jumped when Thomas started to scream for help.

And then the weirdest thing happened, the elevator opened. Light shined down on them and Eliza had to look away, covering her eyes since they got so used to the dark. She heard voices and she didn't know if that was a good or bad thing, she still felt uneasy though.

"There's two of them?!"

"Is that a girl?"

"I call dibs!"

"The dude looks like klunk in a t-shirt."

"And the girl doesn't?

"Are you even hearing yourself right now?!"

So many boys was staring at them, it made Eliza uncomfortable when it hit her it there was only boys. Her heart was beating so fast it scared her a little. A rope was dropped down with a loop on the end of it. She watched as Thomas stepped into it and got pulled up. Minutes later the rope dropped down again and a boy looked down at her, she hesitated as she weighed her options, stay in the box or go up. The boy sighed before giving her a pointed looked and she felt her shoulders dropped before she placed her foot into it just like Thomas had did.

Once she was up a lot of hands grabbed out to touch her but she pushed them away before standing up straight. She watched Thomas as he turned around slowly, taking in his surroundings while Eliza sat in place. Some watched Thomas and laughed but some stared at her, as if they was waiting for her to freak out. Which she was doing on the inside.. She couldn't seem to make her heart beat a little slower and her hands were shaking. To many eyes was on her and the sun was shining down right on her, she could feel the sweat building up on her forehead.

"Where am I?" Thomas asked as he looked at each boy. "Nowhere good." A dark boy spoke up, "Just slim yourself nice and calm."

Slim? the words was strange to Eliza. A boy shouted something about a keeper. "I told ya, shuck-face," Another boy spoke up, his tone was shrill. "The girl ain't freaking out as much as he is! He's a klunk. so he'll be a Slopper! no doubt about it." Apparently some of them had a lot to say about that. Eliza felt a chill go up her spine, she was confused and just a little scared, and there was nothing she could do about it.

"I said shut your holes!" Eliza would have thought he was a leader because of the way he hollered at them. "It's a long story," the boy said. "Piece by piece, you both will learn, I'll be takin' you shanks on the Tour tomorrow. Till then.. just don't break anything." He held a hand out to Eliza, "Name's Alby." Eliza let him grip her hand. He stared at her, waiting for a name. "I'm Eliza," I think she added mentally. Her voice was surprisingly steady and calm -which was the total opposite of how she was feeling.- and her accent was more thick then it was in the elevator, it made her try to think of where she was from.

Thomas hadn't shaken Alby's hand, instead he demanded answers. Alby had followed him, Eliza right behind him. "If you ain't scared," Alby said. "you ain't human. Act any different and I'd throw you off the Cliff because it'd mean you're a psycho." The Cliff? was that another slang word for something, like shank and klunk. "The Cliff?" Thomas asked as he paled, Eliza had decided Thomas asked questions when he wasn't exactly supposed to. "Shuck it." Alby said as he rubbed his eyes. Eliza felt her eyes soften for the boy, he looked about seventeen? and he was their leader. That's a lot of pressure.

"Man, I ain't good at this. you two are the first Greenies since Nick was killed."

"Killed?" Eliza gulped as her heart started beating faster again.

A boy appeared and playfully slapped Alby across the head. Eliza felt her eyes widen. "Wait for the bloody Tour, Alby." He had an accent, like she had but his was.. a lot more there. "Girl's gonna have a buggin' heart attack and the boy looks' like he saw a ghost." The boy held his hand out to Eliza, who quickly shook it. He waited for Thomas to shake his hand before he spoke up again, "Name's Newt, Greenie, and we'd all be right cheery if yard forgive our klunk-for-brains new leader, here." Eliza studied Newt, he was tall that was for sure. He was quite handsome, long blonde hair. "Pipe it, shuck face," Alby grunted as he pulled Newt down beside him. "At least he could understand half of my words."

A few guys laughed as they gathered around them. "This place is called the Glade, all right? it's where we live, where we eat, where we sleep. We called ourselves the Gladers. that's all you-"

"Who sent me here?" Thomas demanded as he glared at Alby, "How'd-" "Thomas." Eliza cut him off quietly but it didn't help since Alby still grabbed him by the shirt, "Get up, shank, get up!" Alby stood up, pulling Thomas with him, who was now pushed against a tree. Eliza let out a small sigh as she watched Alby shout at Thomas before Newt grabbed Alby by the shoulders. Eliza watched as they spoke, Alby letting go of Thomas. They spoke a few more words till Alby spoke loud enough for both Thomas and Eliza to hear him. "First Day. that's what today is for you two, shanks. Night's comin', Runners'll be back soon. The Box came late today, ain't got no time for the Tour, Tomorrow morning, right after the wake-up." He turned to Newt, "Get him a bed, get him to sleep."

"Good that." Newt said.

Alby looked directly at Thomas, narrowing his eyes at him. "A few weeks, you'll be happy, shank. You'll be happy and helpin'. None of us knew jack on First Day, you neither. New life begins tomorrow." Alby turned his attention to Eliza, "I like you. No questions was asked," He gave a pointed look to Thomas before looking back to a slightly shocked Eliza, because whoa he liked her already. "and I know you'll be happy and helpin' sooner then a few weeks." and with that he turned and pushed his way through the crowd, then headed toward the wooden building in the corner.

after that everybody went there own ways. Newt clamped a hand on Eliza's shoulder, which made her jump and him smile. "I never heard Alby talk to a greenie like that before," He paused when they both heard Thomas ask what did he do, Newt and Eliza shared a curious look before Newt walked over to Thomas. Eliza doesn't even attempt to listen to the conversation. She was suddenly tired, very hungry and confused.. she just hoped Alby was right about the 'happy and helpin'" thing.

A piercing scream made Eliza slightly jump, scared. The scream was so loud that Newt jumped too. Eliza looked at him with wide eyes, "Who was that?" she asked as she held a hand against her chest. "Shuck it, can't the bloody Med-jacks handle that boy for ten minutes without needin' my help?" He shook his head lightly before looking at Eliza with a smile, "Find Chuckie, tell him he's in charge of your sleepin' arrangements." He waited until Eliza nodded before he ran into the direction where the scream came from.

Eliza looked down at Thomas with slightly wide eyes who looked at her with narrowed eyes and his skin had paled, "Ok," She sighed as she rubbed her hands together. "Find Chuckie." she muttered to no one in particular.

Sorry Its a little short.

But i'm really excited for this story! Thanks for reading, let me know what you think. :)