Minho wakes up and stretches, he rolls on his side to get a deeper stretch when he notices Alby's missing. At first Minho think it's strange because he is usually the first one up, but then he shrugs the thought away, figuring Alby went to the bathroom or something. Minho goes thorough his usual routine, make his bed, put a shirt on, reach under the bed and push Thomas's shoes out of the way to grab his own, put shoes on, go to the bathroom and – Alby's not there, but Minho assumes that Alby is in the cafeteria meditating or whatever he does. Minho goes to the Cafeteria and no Alby, that's when he starts to worry. Minho stomps his worry away and begins to check all the door to see if they are opened, once he confirms they are locked he goes back into the bedroom.
He lightly pushes Thomas, Thomas groans and says, "Five more minutes Alby."
"That poses a problem, I'm not Alby." Minho says.
Thomas's eyes snap open to see Minho's face before he plummets off the top bunk and lands on his back.
"Oww." Thomas hisses.
Newt rolls over and says, "Will you two shut up."
"Alby is missing." Minho bluntly says.
Newt wakes up fully and swings his legs over the bed, "What do you mean?"
Minho deadpans, "Alby's missing," he points to Albys empty bed for emphasis.
Thomas is rubbing his sore back when he looks up at Albys bed, "Oh." Thomas says.
Newt hops off his bed and says, "Lets wake everyone else up, and then we will go from there."
Minho mock salutes Newt, "Yes sir." He says dryly.
A few minutes later all the boys are staring wide eyed at Newt who is standing on one of the tables explaining what happened and, "did anyone see or hear anything last night."
A murmur of 'no's makes its way through the crowd, Minho stands off to the side of the room knowing this is useless.
One of the boys stands up, Gally Minho recognizes, "Why don't we ask them." Gally points to Thomas and a small boy with brown hair, it takes Minho a second to remember the boys' name, Aris.
The crowds attention shifts to the two boys in question, and the atmosphere changes from fear to anger, Minho knows these boys just want someone to blame. Newt looks at Minho, asking for his help, Minho shrugs wanting to know how this will play out. Thomas might be one of Minho's best friends, but a small part of Minho doesn't trust him completely because of how close he is to WICKED.
Newt throws his hands up in exasperation as the crowd starts to get louder with accusations toward Thomas and Aris. Aris looks like he wants to melt into the floor, and Thomas looks like he wants to punch Gally in the face. Newt tries to calm everyone down, but they simply ignore him. Minho wishes Alby was here, he would get everyone to listen to reason. Minho pushes off the wall he was leaning against and says, "Shut up!"
Everyone stops and looks at Minho bewildered, except Newt who looks annoyed.
Gally is the first one to speak up, "They are WICKED, they probably helped them steal Alby."
"Do you honestly think these two know anything?" Minho gestures to the two boys in question, "Aris looks like he's going to start crying, and Thomas looks constipated." The tense atmosphere breaks, and everyone starts laughing at Thomas.
Thomas was initially grateful that Minho stepped in to help them, but now he just wishes he would go back to where ever he came from.
Minho smiles at Thomas's glare.
Gally wants to fight back, but he knows it's a lost cause. The wall opens to reveal breakfast, and the boys disperse.
Minho walks over to Thomas, Newt, and Aris.
"Thanks for the save Minho." Thomas mumbles.
Minho ignores him and looks toward Newt. Newt says, "Do you guys know anything?"
"You don't trust me?" Thomas asks, slightly offended.
Aris shakes his head 'no'.
A few guard walk in and a light bulb goes off in Thomas's head, "The maze." He whispers.
"What?" Newt asks, but the guards come and take Thomas and Aris away before they could get their answers.
Once the guards' leave Gally walks over to Newt and Minho and says, "I told you they knew something."
"They didn't know anything, we asked them." Newt says, Minho sends his friend a glance but doesn't say anything against him.
Before Gally could argue Minho and Newt leave to go get breakfast, "Why did you lie?" Minho asks once they are out of earshot.
Newt sighs, "Telling the truth wont do any good, and it's not like we know what 'the maze' means."
"Who's next?" Minho asks.
Newt shrugs, wanting to say no one but knowing they don't have any control against WICKED.
A month later there is still no sign of Alby, Thomas, or Aris, and when Minho wakes up the next morning Nik is missing. They hold another meeting, and it just as useless as the last one, but the boys decide to take nightly shifts to try and stop this, Minho knows it's useless but doesn't say anything.
This goes on for a month with no change, but when Minho wakes up the next morning he finds the nightly watch asleep and Leo is missing. Minho wakes the watch up first; they say they couldn't keep their eyes open and how sorry they are. The next meeting is just the boys blaming the watch, but deep down everyone knows there was nothing they could do about it. Minho and Newt were talking, and they figure that WICKED has been drugging the boys somehow so they could steal one of them every month, but neither of the boys could figure out how they were being drugged or how to stop it.
The nightly watch still goes on for a month, and Minho offers to be the watch tonight knowing another boy will get stolen. Minho isn't hungry at the thought of another one of his friends missing tomorrow so he discreetly places some of his dinner on Frypan, Ben, Zart, Winston, and Newts plates. He doesn't want WICKED to know he's not eating, they will probably run some more tests on him.
Minho watches as Frank and Zart, the boys staying up with him, fall asleep with everyone else, knowing the drugs are responsible. Minho looks back on the day and realizes he didn't eat dinner with the rest of them, Minho is about to wake up Newt to tell him when he hears the door open, he lays next to Zart and Frank and pretends to sleep. Once he hears the boots walk by him he opens his eyes and sees two guards lifting Ben up and one standing there, Minho sees red when he realizes they are taking his friend. He gets up quietly and jumps on one of the guard's backs, and knocks the guard down. Minho punches him repeatedly in the head until he loses consciousness, The other two guards put Ben down and grab their stun guns, Minho sees what they are doing and grabs the gun off of the unconscious guard, he points it at them and tries to figure out how to work it. The guards snigger once they realize he has no idea what he's doing, at the sound of there laughs Minho squeezes the trigger and one of the guards go down, the other one shoots Minho and swears, mumbles something about a safety and then pokes the unconscious guy in the shoulder.
Minho can't move a muscle as the guard stalks toward him, "We were going to take your friend, but you seem like a better option." The guard says before he pulls out his radio and requests backup.
A few minutes' later six guards and a scientist appear, they have three gurneys with them. The unconscious guard and the paralyzed guard get put on two of the gurneys and are rushed out of the room; three guards and the scientist remain. "Should we stick to the initial plan, or take this one?" The guy who shot Minho asks.
The scientist says, "Take this one, he knows to much."
Two of the guards pick Minho up and place him on the gurney. Minho tries to struggle but he can't move.
Minho is taken out of the room and cafeteria and put in a room, he is taken off the gurney and placed on a steel table with paper over it. The paper does nothing to stop the cold from the steel to reach Minho's back, and soon Goosebumps rise all over him. Minho wiggles his toes and fingers, which means his paralysis is wearing off. They leave Minho alone for a few moments and then some people with scrubs enter, Minho recognizes one of them as the scientist from before.
"You weren't supposed to take him!" Minho hears, he recognizes Thomas's voice.
Then Thomas appears in Minho's line of sight, "I'm sorry." Thomas says, and Minho believes him.
The scientist puts an oxygen mask on Minho and then someone else injects him with something that causes him to fall asleep. Minho sees Thomas being dragged out, before he drifts off thinking about the maze and some boy named Monty.
A boy wakes up in a dark box, he feels around and bumps into some crates, he knows he's going up, but he doesn't know where he's from or even who he is, he can't remember a thing. The box eventually stops and the top opens, and light filters in the box, his pupils shrink and he squeezes his eyes close to stop the pain. He eventually opens them and sees three figures standing at the top of the box, they appear to be around his age.
One sticks his hand in to help the boy out, the boy grasp the hand and gets out of the box. The boy takes in his surroundings, there are four towering walls surrounding a glade.
"I'm Alby, and welcome to The Glade." The boy who helped him out of the box speaks; he is about the boy's height and has dark skin, and short black hair.
The other boy steps forward, he is skinny with tan skin and curly black hair, he is a few inches taller than Alby, "I'm Leo."
The other boy with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a stocky build says, "I'm Nik."
They look at him and he thinks for a minute Minho, "I'm Minho, but that's all I remember."
Leo smiles, "The first thing I remember is waking up in that box and then meeting Alby and Nik."
The boys look at Alby, "I don't remember anything either, come on lets empty the box and then we'll talk."
A/N Longest chapter yet! Please let me know what you think!
Guest - "This is very good so far! Keep up the good work and update soon plz! I can't wait for the two brothers to meet each other again!"
Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it! The brothers won't meet for awhile, around the second season of The 100 and The Death Cure.
Thank you to every one who has read this so far!
If I get a review today, I'll post another chapter this weekend. If not I'll post the chapter Monday.
Have a great weekend!
