Chapter 4

Taylor ended up sitting next to Newt (he came back from talking to the other glader from before), Minho, and some other "keepers". Taylor still didn't understand how the system worked. She silently poked at the steak on her plate.

"You not hungry Tay?" she looked up to see Minho looking at her. She quirked an eyebrow at her new nickname.

"What? Uh, no, I mean yeah. I mean…. It's just…. nothing." She replied. This time Newt raised his eyebrow.

"Excuse me?" he said.

"I don't eat meat." She sighed. Newt raised an eyebrow, but he had this look in his eye like this wasn't new info. Taylor wondered about it for a second before letting it go.

"Excuse me?" Minho asked.

"I'm a….." the word suddenly appeared in her mind. "Vegetarian."

"Well that sucks. Meat's what Frypan serves almost everyday." Newt said. Taylor made a face.

"Yeah. That sucks." She picked up her cup.

"If you're not going to eat your steak, can I?" Minho asked. Taylor choked on her water.

"Come again?"

"If you're not going to eat your steak, can I?" he repeated. She mutely nodded, and pushed her plate towards him. He grinned, picked up his fork, and started eating her steak. Taylor watched him with interest and disgust. When Minho finally realized that the whole table was staring at him, he lifted his head.

"What you Shucks looking at? I'm hungry and it's good food." He mumbled with his mouth full.

"Oh, no problem." Taylor said sarcastically. Minho went back to his eating. Taylor rolled her eyes at Newt. She opened her mouth to say some snide remark about Minho eating her food when a low rumbling noise filled the room. Taylor winced at the new noise as it made her headache range harder. "What the hell is that?" she asked to no one in particular. Newt smirked.

"The doors. They're closing." He replied.

"The what are doing what?" Taylor didn't quite register what he said. She hopped out of her seat, and ran over to the window to see that the big block doors that had been the open "gap" she was going to run through a few days ago were now closing. Newt appeared next to her.

"Didn't think they could close huh Greenie?" he said, a smirk on his face.

"No, I did-" Taylor stopped abruptly. Her eye widened. Her hand flew to her temple, and she looked around in confusion. The voices were back, slowly evolving into a loud shout in her mind. KILL THE BOY. The voice repeated again and again. What Boy? Taylor echoed back in her head. She rubbed her temples in vain trying to make the voices go away. Her headache changed from a mild concussion-caused headache to a loud buzz that made the lights seem even brighter and made her dizzy.

"Hey. Love? You okay? Hello?" Newt snapped his fingers in front of her dazed eyes, repeatedly trying to communicate with her. "Taylor? What's going on?" Taylor could feel his gaze on her, trying to figure out why the girl in front of him was know rubbing her temples, shaking her head back and forth, and seemingly muttering to herself. And as the doors finally slid shut, the loud screech abruptly stopped, and so did the voices in Taylor's head. She stumbled into Newt slightly as the voices suddenly stopped.

"Hey. Hey, Greenie. You okay?" Newt set a steadying hand on her shoulder. Taylor took a deep trembling breath. Shaking her head softly as the headache slowly receded back into what it had been before the doors had closed. Taking another deep breath, she nodded.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. Sorry bout' that." Her mind raced. She couldn't just tell him she was hearing voices in her head telling her to kill someone here. Like that's a good trust-maker, she thought to her self. "Just my…Concussion. The…sound... made it worse." She lied, gesturing vaguely towards her head.

"Hey Greenie." She saw Alby yell over to them. "Time for your gathering."

"Right. Yeah. Coming." She mumbled glancing sideways towards Newt before walking away.

Authors Note: Hey Guys! Sorry for the long wait, and the short chapter. I feel like each chapter is getting worse and worse, so I might go back and change some things, just so you know. But thanks to Angel Michael, April Marciano , Cheshire. Cat's. Witch, Lunatica Moony, TheJaneOfAllTrades, and wildcat171 for favoriting. Thanks to Angel Michael, Cheshire. Cat's. Witch, Lunatica Moony, TheJaneOfAllTrades, wildcat171, Embers to Ashes (got it right this time!), Faithful5, bmdrwho12, and iristmr for following. And thanks to BookWorm237 and Embers to Ashes for commenting/reviewing. Thanks to all who are reading, and I'll try to get the next chapter up soon!