~Free~

When Newt saw Lana charge towards the griever and it flung her across the room, his heart stopped, and he ran towards her unconscious body. "Tom, NO!" He looked behind him and saw Thomas run after the grievers, "Tommy!" what were they thinking?! Newt looked back at Lana, crouched to her level and cradled her body in his arms, "Lana... Lana, please be alright"

He could see Clint and Jeff beside him, but that didn't stop him from holding his princess' hand. They rushed her to the medjack tent, Newt didn't care that he was the 2nd in command and that Alby needed him, they all understood why he needed to leave them. She was in the same bed from earlier, Newt was sitting on the edge, holding her hand.

"Please wake up, Lana." He kissed her hand, hoping that she would wake up and would show him the smile that he's come to love. Newt knew that she didn't get stung, he checked her himself, not wanting Clint nor Jeff to touch her body. He didn't care about his desires by this point, all her cared about was Lana's safety.

"Newt," the brit looked up and saw Chuck, as far as he could tell, the boy had been crying. "What's wrong?" Chuck bit his lip before saying "Thomas got stung," Newt's eyes widen "Clint and Jeff are giving him the last vile and is going to be banished tomorrow together with Teresa"

Without letting go of Lana's hand, Newt faced Chuck "What?! By whose orders?!" He bit himself again, he was trying not to cry again, "Alby and Gally's orders" Newt grit his teeth, What?!, Chuck could tell that Newt was furious. "Um, Lana's hand..." Newt looked down and saw that he was squeezing Lana's hand too tight.

Newt's eyes soften and immediately loosened his grip, he brought it once more to his face and kissed it. "Sorry love" he mumbled as if she could hear him, Newt sighed "Where's Tommy now?" "Locked up with Teresa"

Newt nodded at the boy "Thank you Chuck, get some rest. I'll be here with Lana if you need me," chuck was about to leave when Newt said "Tell Minho that we'll pay Tommy a visit the first thing in the morning" "Good that" Chuck nodded and left. Newt sighed and caressed Lana's cheek "Please wake up, love"

He looked out the window, it was still dark out, everything happened so fast. Newt felt weak, he couldn't do anything to prevent her from charging at the Griever. By this point, he expected to feel Lana's grip on his hand, he expected to hear her comforting words and her gentle smile, but none came.

He needed her, the thought of him losing her was... No, he couldn't even imagine. Newt shook his head and slowly descended down to lie beside her. He could see her chest rising and falling, Newt eventually closed his eyes and fell asleep beside her.

He felt someone shake his shoulders, Newt opened his eyes and saw Minho staring down at him, "Rise and shine, time to see Thomas" Newt sat up and kissed Lana's cheek before leaving with Minho. By the time they get to the slammer, they saw Thomas and Teresa, Thomas was still unconscious while Teresa cradled his head.

"How is he?" Minho and Newt bent down to look into the slammer, Teresa frowned "He was talking but it was a slur, I couldn't understand a word he was saying" Newt nodded, hoping that Thomas would shed some light on what happened the other night.

Thomas stirred in his sleep, his eyes fluttered open and stared at Teresa, Thomas frowned at her "We did this" Teresa was clearly confused "What?" "We did this to them, we made the maze. We put them here Teresa!"

"I don't understand..." Thomas saw Newt and Minho, his eyes darted to the two and around them, "Where's Lana?" Newt's brows furrowed, but his voice was calm "Why are you looking for Lana?" Thomas gulped "I'm sorry for what happened last night, Lana agreed to help. But right now, I need to talk to her."

Newt frowned, Minho sighed and said "Lana's unconscious, she was knocked out by the griever because she helped you" the shock in Thomas' face made it clear that he didn't want her to get hurt.

"Newt... I-I'm sorry I didn't mean to" Newt could tell that he was really sorry, he sighed "Lana isn't dead, that's all that matters."

"So why do you want to see Lana?" Thomas swallowed "Because she was with us too, she and another boy, they were... special. She isn't supposed to be here." He sighed "We did this to you, all of you. You're here because of us." Thomas frowned "Gally was right not to trust me"

Newt frowned "I don't care who you, Teresa and Lana were before this. The people I know are the ones here in the Glade. The ones I met and became friends with," Newt thought of Lana, "Whoever you were, that was the past. What you do now matters." Minho patted him at the back and nodded "Yeah, so if you shanks are ready, I've got a plan!"

After they've decided on the plan, Teresa and Thomas got ready while Minho and Newt told a handful of their most trusted friends to prepare. Newt went back to the medjacks tent to check on Lana, she was still unconscious, he frowned. "We're gonna get out of here, I promise." He held her hand and faintly smiled as he kissed her cheek.

He stood up and headed for the gates where the banishment was being held. Almost all of the Gladers were gathered up, there were two poles in the middle. Newt was in front, so he could see what was going on. Alby was beside Gally, which made Newt furious, Alby still hadn't spoken to Newt about anything.

Teresa was being pushed towards the center, resisting with her every might. Thomas on the other hand was unconscious and was being dragged by the arms. Gally looked at Thomas in disgust and hatred "You're going to pay for everything Shank"

Newt saw Gally look up "Ah, finally the last one. Lana." Newt looked at the side and saw Lana being carried by a boy to the center, his eyes widened as he shouted "GALLY! NO!" Alby ran beside him "Lana was not apart of the plan!"

"She betrayed me, she needs to pay" Gally bitterly went towards Lana, the boy threw her on the ground. "Ugh!" Newt wanted to punch Gally and the boy. He tried to run to her side but the builders blocked his way. "Don't you bloody dare!" He screamed.

Even Clint, Zart, Jeff, Minho and some others tried to go past but the builders were stronger than they were. Alby firmly gripped his shoulder "If you hurt her, the deal is off!" Gally paused, then bent down and grabbed her face in his hand "Let the banishment begin"

"Let the banishment begin" was all he needed to say for the entire glade, except Newt and some others, to roar. "Gally, why?" I heard him chuckle "Why? It's because of you three, chaos started happening. First was the Shank over here, then out of nowhere this girl appears," he pointed at the two then at me, "Then you show up as well! Even after they said that she was the last one."

He dropped my face and stood back up, I tried but failed to hold myself up "What about ME!? You mean that you doing this, isn't from you being angry at me because i decided to leave?!" The entire glade was silent again, only the sound of people whispering filled the air. I could see Chuck at the corner of my eye, he was holding luggage. We're they still going to continue the plan without Alby and Gally knowing?

I look back at Gally, from the look on his face, I must have struck a nerve. Alby grabbed his shoulder again "Gally, it's Lana. Remember? Don't do this Gally, at least, not to her. Please" I almost smiled at Alby but then I remembered that he betrayed us. He's at Gally's side, he doesn't want to leave. I frowned at him, Alby noticed this and frowned as well "Im sorry Lana, I don't want anyone to know what's outside"

I could see the agony on his face, he really didn't want us to leave. "Alby," his eyes shifted to look at me, "Trust me, I know what i'm doing. You can't keep me hidden from the dark any longer. We all need to learn the truth." I was shocked by my own words, who are you? I thought to myself. I looked back at Alby, his eyes were wide open and were watering up, did my words... Reach him?

Gally's brows furrowed and shoved Alby backwards "Are you going to betray me too? Huh, Leader?!" Alby looked at me then at Gally. I could feel my strength coming back little by little.

I sat up slowly, Gally and the others eyeing my every move. "Lana!" I looked up and saw Newt, his face full of worry. I smiled at him and looked back at Gally, I could hear Teresa shout "Nothing good will come if you banish us. The grivers will come and they will kill you."

She was tied up to the post while Thomas was still down on the floor. "Oh, don't worry, I won't banish you and him, not after what this shank did in there. No," Gally shook his head, he grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled it. Raising me up in the process. I wanted to scream from the pain but I held it in, "Lana's the only one who'll be banished." He said as he started dragging me by the hair towards the gates.

I struggled, tossing myself from left to right, I could hear people shouting, Teresa and Newt's voice were the loudest ones. "LET HER GO!" "NO GALLY! STOP!" But he didn't listen, I looked up at him and saw a knife by his belt. I pushed myself to a position where I grabbed the knife. I held my head and cut my hair with the knife. It was sudden as it was painful.

What happened next happened in a blur, everything went by so quickly that I didn't even get to see it happen. Thomas was standing over a body while holding a spear pointed at Gally, Teresa was already free from her binds and was also holding a spear, Chuck was behind me with the luggage, Minho was pointing a spear at Alby, while Newt was beside me on the ground.

"Lana, are you alright?" I looked at him, Newt. I nodded and smiled at him, he hugged me tightly and smiled at me before helping me up. I could finally stand after all that, I looked at the ground and saw a bunch of hair strands on the ground as I gently touched my hair, I had cut it short. After Newt gave me a machete that was similar to his, I noticed the predicament that we were in.

Alby was slightly smiling, the rest of the Gladers were talking to each other while Gally was in the center, Thomas stepped forward "We're leaving the Glade as we planned. We could all be free, YOU could be free, all you have to do... Is follow us."

Gally turned to look at the Gladers "You're all going to die out there! There are Grievers out there that will kill you if you try to escape! Stay here in the Glade where it's safe." Minho scowled "Stay here and you'll die one by one till no one's left." The Gladers started arguing with each other, shouting, pushing, not knowing which side to choose.

The side where you could be free but you have to pass the horrifying Grievers to pass through an unknown passage, or, The side where you could stay in the Glade, the safe haven, but you would die one by one.

Alby shrugged "Since I'm the leader, I should choose first," he stepped forward until his neck was at the tip of Minho's spear, "I'll choose this side, Lana's right, you all need to learn the truth."

He looked at me and smiled, I nodded at Minho to move his spear away from Alby and he did. I saw Clint and the others walk towards us, grabbing a spear for self defense as they stood behind the group. The Builders and Gally were left, none of them flinched "You're going to kill all of them" Thomas shook his head "We're going to live Gally"

I frowned at the sight of my friends, "Please, come with us" I begged. Some of the builders mouthed "Sorry" while Gally stood there, looking at me. "Gally? Please, come with us... with me" He shook his head "I can't Lana, this is my home"

"Suit yourself" Thomas muttered before turning to face Newt and Minho, now that everyone was gathered right in front of us, waiting for our instructions. "There's fourty-one of us" Newt called out. I looked at Alby, Minho had given him a bow and arrow, he looked like himsef again, but there was something off.

"Shouldn't someone give a pep talk or something?" Minho asked us, Newt shrugged "Go ahead" He nodded and faced everyone else "Be careful," he crossed his arms "Don't die" I rolled my eyes at him, Newt did the same as he said "Great, we're all bloody inspired," he pointed to the maze

"You all know what to do. Tonight we make a stand. Tonight we're asking the fight back to the Creators. Tonight the Grievers better be scared!" Everyone cheered like thunder, Newt thrust his weapon to the air, yelling "Hear that, Creators! We're coming!"

We all roared as we ran into the maze, I looked back and saw Gally and the others with a frown on their faces. I didn't like that we were going to leave them, but I didn't want my friends to die.

"Lana, let's go" Newt held my hand as we raced into the maze, turning left and right, what scared me the most was not knowing how far we had to go before actually being free. Thomas and Minho were ahead of us but were keeping a steady pace for us to catch up. Every now and then Newt and I would stop for a moment for him to take a breather, his limp was causing him to tire very quickly.

But stopping made us see how the non-runners were doing, we would help them and encourage them to keep on moving. Chuck, being the youngest and chubbiest, would fall behind. "Are you alright?" I asked, he stopped running and was sweating like crazy "Yeah, just... need... to... rest..." he said between breaths.

"We'll wait until you feel better" Newt patted his back, Chuck nodded. After a while, we all started running again, they weren't that far and caught them when they entered a long alley way.

Thomas and Minho finally stopped, Newt and I reached he front and heard Minho moan "Oh no." he shook his head "Oh no." Then we heard it, the horrifying sounds of a Griever, they were just there, right in front of the exit. Minho peeked through the vines "A dozen... Maybe fifteen. They're just waiting for us!" I could hear the others whispering all the way to the back, I could see each of their expressions, they were scared. Even Newt, I noticed from his voice when he said "Well, we knew we'd have to fight"

I tightened my grip on my machete and bit my lip, I was scared too. I could feel my legs shaking as the color from my face faded, Newt probably noticed because he grabbed my free hand and held it tightly. Everyone was silent, a few cusses here and there, the sound of people breathing and shaking filled the air. I looked at Thomas and saw that he was pale, he had to go through the plan, he had to be the one.

A loud sound from behind made us jump, I could hear the gladers in the back swearing louder and louder, Zart shouted from behind "They're coming from the back!" and he was right, I looked over and saw a couple of Grievers blocking our way of going back. "Shuck!" I looked at the front and saw that more Grievers appeared, all of them blocking the way to the exit. "We're trapped" Thomas muttered.

Hello lovelies, As you may have noticed, this chapter is mostly based off the book, especially the maze part. That's because I love this scene so much that I couldn't change it as much. This is only a fanfiction story about my version of Maze Runner, James Dashner owns every bit of it except my character, some scenes and the parts that Wes Ball owns. I love these two.

Next Chapter:

"The Maze Trials"

Everything was getting blurry, my head was starting to feel light headed when I saw Gally appear from behind us with a knife and a woman beside him. "Shit" I cursed, holding onto the deep wound on my side.