Thomas somehow got away with procrastinating the rest of the day. Then evening began to fall, and the doors would shut soon. Somehow Alby and Newt had gotten word of the Banishment out to the entire Glade, so everyone showed up at one of the huge doors (they had names, the doors. Something about East and Left and Up. Thomas couldn't remember then all).
"I hereby pronounce that the mothershucker Ben is gonna get Banished for attacking Thomas the newbie. I mean, that slinthead really hurt him. He also broke the TV. Bring out the victim! Newt, bring out the Pole!"
The two med-jacks came forth, dragging the limp figure of Ben between them. Newt walked to some little shed that just so happened to exist, went inside, did something that made a huge crashing noise, and called, "We don't have the Pole!"
"Yes, we do, we used it just last Banishing!" Alby called.
"I know, and we threw it out into the Maze just as the doors were closing," Newt replied. "So it's gone."
"Then, I don't know, find another big stick."
"That's what I'm doing."
Ben turned his head from Alby to Newt in the shed, and said, "You know, if you guys can't find a stick, maybe I don't have to be Banished..."
"Slim it. You broke the shuck TV!" someone yelled.
"It was an accident!" Ben protested.
"Yeah, well, the screen's cracked and all the buttons are ripped out and the wires are split... it's broken, and it's not gonna work again. You deserve everything you're gonna get and worse," Alby said, looking very magnificent from the rock he was standing on.
Newt emerged from the shed, holding a mop which he dramatically ripped the mop part off of as he walked. He handed Alby the pole, muttering, "You know, the TV shouldn't be that big of a deal... we never watch it, anyway, and it's mostly just a distraction..."
"Yeah, we're Banishing him for hurting what's-his-face, the new guy," Alby replied.
"Great show of sympathy. But Thomas isn't even hurt."
"Quit it with your shuck logic, Newt! I don't care! The shank deserves to die, and I'm..."
"Using any and all excuses you can come up with?"
"Dude, slim it. Why do you even want to save him? He broke the TV!"
"He's still recovering from the Changing, Alby! It's not fair!"
At that point, Alby decided to do the smart thing. Well, two smart things, really. One was to growl, "Shut it. I'm the leader and you're being shuck logical so I say shut it!" The other thing was to pull out a leather collar, do something in the form of connecting it to the mop pole, and begin a slow and dramatic walk up to where Ben was held.
Ben immediately started protesting.
"It's not my fault, Alby! Please don't kill me! I'm your friend! I made you cake when you were sick, and Frypan threw boiling oil on my head for it! Don't kill me!"
"You broke the TV!" Alby snarled.
"But I've got the Changing!"
"The Changing isn't a disease!"
"Yes, it is! It makes you go nuts!"
"Too many diseases make you go nuts..." someone in the crowd muttered.
Alby forced the collar over Ben's head, then called for the Keepers. A whole bunch of people Thomas didn't recognize and Minho ran forward to grab parts of the mop handle. Despite Ben's mad protests of "Don't kill me don't kill me don't kill me dont kill me" ("You forgot the apostrophe," Gally muttered), they started to shove him out the door. Just as he was fully in the Maze (now sobbing in earnest), the Doors began to close. The Keepers threw the mop out into the Maze right before the Doors closed, trapping Ben out of the Maze forever.
Chuck was silent as he and Thomas laid down to sleep. Thomas felt sick to his stomach. Seriously, there was snot coming out of the guy's nose.
This one's really, really short, I know. Still review. Please? I'll give you a pancake...