Disclaimer: I do not own The Maze Runner, but Eliza is mine. :)

who knew listening to 'Like A Virgin' would inspire me to write this chapter.

also Thanks morgenstern18, Mel Vaughan, Baylee for the reviews they make me want to write more. xx

Thomas didn't move, so Eliza didn't. That doesn't mean it wasn't bothering her to go find Chuckie like Newt said. They sat for seven minutes until they heard a clicking sound, Eliza looked around to find where the noise was coming from but it was gone. "That was one of them beetle blades." Eliza turned around at the new voice. The boy was young, Eliza just wanted to hug him because he looked younger then thirteen. Eliza smiled down at him.

"A beetle what?" Thomas asked and the boy pointed up at the tree, "Beetle blade, won't hurt ya unless you're stupid enough to touch one of them," he paused before adding "Shank." The word sounded more off coming from him then it did when Alby said it. Another loud high pitched scream cut off Eliza's thoughts, her stomach twisted in knots. "What's going on there?" Thomas asked as he pointed towards the building.

"Don't know," the young boy replied. "Ben's in there, sicker than a dog. They got him." Before Eliza could asked who they were Thomas did.

"Better hope you never find out," he answered before holding his hand out to Thomas. "My name's Chuck. I was the Greenbean before you two showed up." "Why Greenbean?" Eliza asked curiously as she shook Chuck's hand. He shrugged, "Cause you're the newest Newbies." he replied and thought came into Eliza's head. "Do you always get two people at once." the thought been in here since she heard the boy saying it. "Never. and we never got a girl." "Oh." was all she could say before another scream came from the building.

The two boys talked but one word stuck out to Eliza the most, 'Griever'. What was that? "How 'bout you?" Chuck asked, snapping her out of her thoughts. "How 'bout me what?" Eliza asked, as she rubbed her hands together. "What's your name?" He asked with a smile, and felt her heart drop because he looked so young. "Um, Eliza." She answered as she gave him a small smile. "You can't even tell me anything. I wouldn't call that taking care of me." Thomas snapped as he looked at Chuck. Eliza raised an eyebrow.. what part of their conversation did she miss?

Chuck shrugged before speaking, "Nothin' I say'll will do you anything good, I'm basically still a Newbie, too. But I can be your guys friend-" "I don't need a friend." Thomas interrupted before walking away, going towards the building. Eliza glanced at Chuck before watching Thomas. "I could use a friend." Eliza said quietly as Chuck looked up at her with a bright smile.

A few hours later Eliza was just looking at the sky as she laid on her sleeping bag. just thinking of the whole day. She was far from a lot of people but she didn't really mind, a lot of people was in the Homestead and a lot was near the gardens, including Chuck and Thomas. The Maze, Eliza thought. Chuck had called the big walls The Maze. Everything about this place.. she thought she would have been more scared, more.. hesitate but instead she was curious, she couldn't wait until tomorrow. Soon enough she fell asleep.

Somebody was shaking her shoulders, and she woke faster than she expected. When she opened her eyes a pair of blue ones was looking down at her. She squinted her eyes in the early darkness, Newt, the nice guy from yesterday, he was smiling and everything from the day before came back to her. "What time is it?" she asked softly as she sat up, making Newt back up. "Early." he replied simply, before speaking again. "Come on, Greenie. Gotta show ya something."

Eliza nodded before running her hand over her face and standing up, following him. Every few steps they took he would glance over his shoulder, to make sure she was still there. He broke out in a run, which made Eliza notice that he had a limp. There was a good distance between the two so Eliza awkwardly ran towards him, once she caught up with him, he stopped. "What, what are we doing?" Eliza asked slightly out of breathe, leaning down. "Gotta get Tommy, stay right here." He didn't give her a chance to reply before he went to wake Thomas.

A few minutes later both boys walked towards her, and then Newt lead them towards a building, which meant more awkward running for Eliza. Newt suddenly stopped which caused Eliza to walk into him. She felt embarrassed as she gave him a sheepish smile, he just smile back before looking at the huge wall. Red lights flashed on and off, Eliza opened her mouth to ask what it was but Thomas beat her to it.

"When you bloody need to know, You''ll know, Greenie." Newt replied which made Eliza a bit happy she hadn't asked before Thomas. "Well, it's kind of stupid to send me to a place nothing makes sense and not answer any of my questions," He paused, "Shank." He was a bit sarcastic. Newt laughed and Eliza felt herself blush, which confused her, but not really since she found Newt very attractive. Newt stepped forward, pushing the thick ivy to the side, which revealed a big dusty window. Eliza squinted her eyes because the window was pitch black.

"Whats that?" she found herself asking quietly, glancing at Newt. "You'll know soon enough." He muttered. Seven minutes passed before a light shone through the window. So weird. Eliza thought to herself before Newt started speaking, "Out there's the Maze." Newt whispered which made her think of Chucks words. "Everything we do, -Our whole live- revolves around the Maze. Every lovin' second of every lovin' day we spend in honor of the Maze, tryin' to solve somethin' that's not shown to us it has to be a bloody solution, ya know? And we want to show ya why it's not to be messed with. Show ya why them buggin' walls close shut every night. Show ya why you should never, never find your butt out there." Newt held onto the ivy vines as he gestured for one of them to look.

Thomas went before her as Eliza felt herself staring at Newt, taking his worlds to heart. "How long have you been here?" She asked, genuinely curious. "Since the bloody beginning,"

Eliza stepped forward, very curious to know what was behind those big walls.. she wished she hadn't looked. The thing looked like an animal but she couldn't be so sure since she spotted metal. It had spikes and rods, the whole bloody package. "What are those." Eliza whispered softly as she starred at the creature in awe, and a little bit of terror.

"Grievers, we call 'em." Newt spoke up behind her, which made her turn to face him. He must have noticed the look of slight fear on her face because he continued, "Nasty bugger, eh? Just be glad the Grievers only come out at night. Be thankful for those walls." Eliza felt a chill run down her spine as she shivered. "Have you ever killed one?" Eliza asked as she looked into the window again. "What do you think?" Newt asked, after that Eliza stood silent.

After that she just sat around for a few hours, spacing out as she thought of this place and Grievers and bloody Mazes. Eliza felt nauseous after thinking to hard about it. Anxiety. the single word popped into her head and she wanted to scream, how could she remember something such as why she felt sick to her stomach but she couldn't remember her family or where she was from? All this thinking was giving her a big headache.

"Hey."

Eliza turned around quickly at the familiar voice. "Hi." She muttered as Newt took a seat beside her on the floor. "You okay, Greenie." He asked with a light grin and Eliza felt herself smile at him. "Uh, it's a lot to take in.." She admitted softly before taking a glance around. "But, I think I'll manage." She smiled at him.

"Good! Your tour starts' now." Newt said as he quickly stood up and held his hand out for her which she gladly took. "But I thought Alby was gonna show us around?" Eliza asked with a small frown. "I'm hurt," He said with a mock frown. "Do you not want me to show 'ya around?" He asked teasingly as he grinned. "What?! No, that's not what I me-" "Relax, love, I was just messing with ya."

She felt herself blush lightly at the word, 'love'.

"C'mon, theres' a lot you haven't seen yet," He said before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards him.

very short I know. But, this been sitting for two weeks and I finally fixed it up. I'm really glad that you guys are enjoying it so far. Thanks for reading, leave a review and let me know what you think. :) xx