Chapter 9:

Minho was furious and snatched the necklace out of Alby's hands.

"Avery, how come you didn't show me." Minho asked her. Avery didn't know the answer.

"I don't know." Avery said. "Something told me to keep it secret." She said. She didn't understand how it showed up.

"Who's Francesca then? Is it you?" Minho said, angry starting to coat his words.

"I don't know. I don't remember anything. You of all people should know, it's the same why with you." Avery snapped. Minho's eyes softed.

"Next time anything happens like this at least come to me." Minho said giving the necklace back to Alby and sitting down again.

"Now what do we do with it?" Gally asked. Alby turned towards him, then to Avery. Alby shook his head.

"i don't know."

"We should keep it safe." Frypan said. "Somewhere safe, just incase it's a key of some sort." he explained. Most of the Keepers nodded. She suddenly got confused.

"Wait this has never happened before?" She questionned. She had to ask, because they were making a big deal out of it. Everyone looked at her.

"Nope, never" Gally confirmed. "Which is why this is so strange." Avery nodded.

"I wonder who Francesca could be?" She muttered to herself. Is Avery even my real name? She thought to her self.

"What did you say Avery?" Newt asked. He was the only one to notice what she said. Everyone looked at her waiting for her to speak.

"Well it makes me wonder, if my name is even Avery, maybe it is Francesca and if so shouldn't the Greenie be in here." She said. "Seeing as it did come up with him. He should be here too." She finished.

"Fair enough. Gally go get the newbie." Alby ordered. Gally rolled his eyes at getting asked to do yet another thing. That's when avery realized, Why is Gally here? Isn't he released from Keeper duties?

"Alby?" Avery said after Gally left. "Why is Gally here? I thought he was released for two weeks?" She questionned. He sighed.

"Well this is about you, and once word got around about the necklace and a gathering that was to be held about you and the necklace he insisted on being here. And I let him because he is your friend. After the meeting he will go back to being a slopper." He explained. Avery nodded.

A few minutes later of sitting in total silence Gally came in with the Greenie in front of him. Gally got a chair and placed it next to Avery. Avery looked at Thomas he looked at her.

"Hey" she said, moving her chair slightly away from him.

"Hi" he said sitting up straigther.

"Now Thomas, does this mean anything to you?" Alby asked waving the necklace in front of him. Thomas stared for a few minutes. Reading and opening it. Examining it's contents.

"No sorry, does't ring a bell" Thomas said confused.

"Nothing at all?"Newt asked appearing beside Alby. Avery looked up to him.

"So that was uesless." She said. Clearly not pleased.

"I'm sorry." Thomas said. "Like I said I remember nothing. I didn't even see it until now." He spoke worried something was going to happen to him. Thomas slowly backed down more into his chair. Avery was getting fed up with this.

"Look if we are going to do something with it, I say we decide on that. Thomas clearly remembers about the shuck as much as we do, leave him alone."Avery said defending.

"Okay, well what do you suggest we do with it then Avery?' Minho asked standing up again. "Because any Glader could steal it, run out into the maze thinking this shuck necklace is a key or something." his tone changing with every word. " The point is to keep it safe. We need to be creative with the hiding spot. Somewhere that only the Keepers will know about." Minho said, thinking. Avery could almost see smoke coming from his head.

"Everyone think of a place. Somewhere where only we would know about." Alby shouted. Everyone went quite thinking of a place to put it.

After what seemed like a lifetime of thinking and quite Thomas thought of something.

"I got it." he said standing for the first time "I know the perfect place." Everyone looked up at him as if he had grown two heads.

"Well where is the perfect place?" Frypan asked leaning forward to hear what he had to say.

"Well earlie when I ran into the forest across the feild, I saw the grave yard, all the graves." Thomas said.

"And your point is?" Newt asked.

"We hide it in a grave"