Arcus Vis Vires Chapter 6

Two Years Later

Imagine sat in her favorite tree high above the Glade surveying the Gladers as they worked.

It had been two years since she arrived at the age of 14 in the Glade as the second youngest Glader and the only female to ever be sent to the Glade.

In two years, she had grown up from the scrawny fourteen year old girl to a tough as nails 16 year old woman.

Her hair was so long it touched the small of her back and had acquired reddish highlights from long day working in the sun.

Her face was slimmer with perfectly sculpted eyebrows, a small button nose, and full pink lips and eyes were still the same chocolate brown as her brother's to everyone's relief.

Gally always told her that they were the type of eyes that you could fall into and never return.

Her body was thin but shapely with an hour glass figure and her breasts were large and full that made her light blue singlet tight and slightly uncomfortable.

Her hips had filled out as did the curve of her bottom giving her a nice sized ass that made all the male Gladers stop and stare.

Her limbs were long and lean much like her brother.

She would've made a good runner if her gang of protectors allowed it.

But instead she ended up working in the gardens alongside Newt.

Around her neck she still wore the silver locket that her father had sent her into the glade with.

She often looked at the picture inside wondering where her mother and father were, even shedding a few tears about the fact that she may never know.

The sun was going to set soon and she could smell Fry's cooking from where she was perched in the tree as she waited patiently for the other Gladers to be finished with their work for the day and for her brother and Minho's arrival back into the Glade.

Thomas spent long hours in the maze with Minho searching for a way out refusing to believe that the Glade was all there was to this life.

Over the years that Imagine had spent in the Glade she had remembered bits and pieces of her life before she arrived in the box.

She often tried to dissect every memory to try and figure out the truth behind the maze so maybe her brother and the rest of Gladers would stop hoping for a way out when none was going to be found.

She felt a small push in her mind and smiled as her best friend's voice filled her head.

"Im, it's almost time for dinner. Where are you?

I'm almost done for the day. Come meet me before dinner. I want to talk to you about something."

Imagine smiled and gave a mental nod.

"Sure thing, Captain. I'm in the Deadheads if you must know. What do you want to talk about?"

She felt a wave of anxiousness from Gally and frowned wondering what could be causing him to act like that.

"It's nothing. I just thought we could maybe catch up about our days before your brother and Newt come find us."

She snorted with laughter at the fact that he was trying to sneak around from Newt and her brother but knew he would never succeed.

Her brother and Newt were the most overprotective guys in the Glade and Alby had more or less become a parental figure to her.

Gally was the most protective of them all though.

He always managed to stay right by her side no matter where she went.

It also helped that whenever they weren't near each other, they could talk telepathically to one another so it at least felt like they were together.

Her eyes softened into a wistful expression when she thought about how she and Thomas could talk that way as well.

It always put her at ease knowing that whenever he was in the maze they still had a way to communicate back and forth with each other.

Just as her thoughts turned to her brother, the man of the hour's voice popped into her head.

"Hey Immy, I'm back. Where are you?

Newt said he hasn't seen you in over an hour. You know I don't like it when you take off by yourself.

How am I supposed to make sure you're safe if none of us can find you?"

He scolded making her roll her eyes in annoyance.

"I'm fine Tommy. I was just talking to Gally.

He said he wanted to meet before dinner to talk."

Thomas didn't respond for a few minutes making her question whether or not he had passed out from sheer exhaustion yet. But just when she was about to climb out of her tree; his voice sounded once again, this time with hesitance.

"So he hasn't talked to you yet?

Shank was supposed to tell you everything by now.

Well, I guess you better get a move on and meet him so he can finally tell you.

I'll see you at dinner. Don't do anything stupid or I'll send Newt to check on you."

Imagine's face scrunched up in confusion as she barely processed her brother's words.

"What do you mean do something stupid? It's just me and Gally, Thomas. What on earth do you think we're going to do?"

Thomas let out a quiet chuckle that echoed in her mind.

"I'm just looking out for you baby sis. Calm down.

And Newt is telling me to tell you to get out of that fucking tree before you break your neck."

Imagine scowled as she spotted Thomas and Newt standing with their arms crossed over their chests giving her a look from the porch of the Homestead.

"Yeah well tell Newtie to not get his panties in a twist, alright? I'm coming down now anyways.

I'll see you two at dinner after I find out what the huge secret everyone's apparently keeping from me is."

Thomas nudged Newt as they both smiled and waved before heading off in the direction of the mess hall.

"Love you Immy. Be good for Gally.

And please try and keep an open mind."

She smiled and waved back before climbing swiftly out of the tree and sauntering off in the direction that Gally's workshop was.

She was curious now about what the big secret was that apparently everyone knew about but her.

Momentarily she blushed thinking that perhaps Gally was going to confess that he had feelings for her as more than a friend.

But then shook her head ridding herself of the thought knowing that she may want him to see her as more, but that she would never have a chance with the Builder who had stolen her heart.

As she walked she spotted Gally's workshop up ahead and smiled at the thought of seeing her best friend after a long day in the Glade.

He always knew just how to make her feel better even when she was so exhausted she couldn't see straight.

Glancing up at the red and orange sky, she smiled to herself before she reached for the door and silently crossed her fingers that maybe one day, the guy of her dreams would feel the same way for her as she did him.