Redemption: The Girl Hidden Within.

Hi! I'm out of school and I hope to finish this story soon. Here's the next chapter. 15 to go.

Sorry if things are a little out of order in the story compared t the movie. I was writing what I had from memory. I'll write this a little better.

Sakura slept in later that day.

She didn't want to wake up to the fact she wasn't seeing another friend in the glades.

"Sakura." A soothing voice spoke.

Sakura slowly opened her eyes.

"Sakura. It's time to wake up." There stood a woman over her...No! Not her!

"No!" Sakura screamed.

She sat up still in the tower. She was safe. She was fine.

"Thank God!" She said. Laying back down. "I hate this place. Why send me here?" She asked herself.

Why her of all people? It just didn't feel right. Something was bound to happen.

By next month everything will be okay. No one has gotten through that maze. So as long as there in here...They should be fine.

"Sakura." And there was Thomas.

"What is it?" She asked leaning over the floor to see his face.

"Sakura. Did you know Alby was going into the maze?"

Sakura froze hearing what Thomas said.

"What?!" She got up kicked down her ladder and quickly climbed down.

"I saw him this morning. He went in with Minho. Into the maze." Thomas said again.

Sakura walked on. "Come on!" She said. Sakura was a runner. She walked on till she found the other runners.

"What the heck are you thinking?" She asked.

"Sakura."

"You let Alby go into the maze with Minho. By themselves?!" Sakura was mad. If anything happened to Alby then it was going to be one new extreme hell hole for everyone with Sakura this pissed off.

"No one wanted to go back in. Besides, Alby said he wanted to see what happened to Ben in the first place." They said.

Sakura scoffed. "I quit being a runner after nearly getting killed. And I watched someone else DIE!" She screamed.

"What's going on here?" Gally came running over.

"You all are cowards! You all should have gone in! To protect Alby!" Sakura felt Gally grab her arm and pull her away.

"Thomas. Go help Newt." He told him. Gally pulled Sakura back to her tower.

"What are you thinking?!"

"What am I thinking?! They let Alby go in there with no backup!" Sakura was shouting. Her voice all high pitched. She was practically saying she WAS a GIRL.

"I know. But it WAS his choice. And if you can't calm yourself down, you'll be having your own problems." Gally warned.

"Like you really care." Sakura snapped.

"That's not-"

"I know you've wanted to be the leader for a long time Gally. You've always thought differently when it came to what Alby decided." Sakura did have a point. She knew Gally well.

"I don't need protection. I don't need to be babied. I need- Want to be helpful, supportive, and SMART about this! I NEVER asked for this!" She yelled.

Gally scoffed. He backed away from her. "You want to be alone. Fine." He just walked away.

Sakura was angry. Alby was like a brother to her. Everyone was. A family. That's what she called it.

Thunder began to rumble. Sakura ran for the shelter.

She hated rain. She also hated to be alone when it thundered like this.

She made it to the shelter in time. She stood with Chuck in the back while Newt and Thomas watched over the gate.

"They should be back by now." Thomas said.

While he was right, Sakura had to have faith in Alby. And in Minho.

"They will make it." Newt sounded confident which was good. But Thomas had his doubts. So did Sakura but she didn't say anything.

Thunder sounds grew louder. Sakura shrieked a little. Newt heard her and walked back to her.

"You okay?" He asked. Gally watched from afar rolling his eyes.

"Sorry. Never liked storms." Really she was tired. "How long did you sleep?" Chuck asked.

"Few hours?" Sakura had no idea when she fell asleep.

"Here." Newt sat down. "You can sleep on my lap." Sakura was shocked. It would seem odd to the others but then again Newt isn't one to really care. And everyone knew that she invited Chuck to her tower till they got him his own hammock all ready.

"Thanks Newt but-"

"Sakura. Sleep. I'll wake you when the storms over." He said.

Sakura could never win an argument with she could be she didn't fight him on this one.

She just laid her head down curled up and drifted off to sleep.

end of chapter 7