CHAPTER 12

Lynn sat on a bed in her room. She sat there thinking about everything that had led her to where she was now. She was fifteen then. She wore a white tank top with tan brown shorts. She shut her eyes trying to forget everything.

She felt a presence hovering above her. She opened her eyes. Lynn couldn't believe what or rather who she was seeing in front of her.

A lady stood in front of her with similar black hair as hers and hazel coloured eyes. The lady was her mother. She held a card in her right hand and her clothes were blood stained and tattered. She was breathing heavily.

"Mom?" Lynn said, barely a whisper. At the same moment, recognition filled in her mother's eyes. She dropped her card and in a swift motion she pulled Lynn in hug. "Mom what happened to you?" Lynn asked. "Lynn honey, before I go completely crazy I want you to know that I love you and Ste- Thomas. Okay?" Her mother replied, her voice raspy.

Alarms started blaring across the hallways of the headquarters. "Lynn put me out of this misery. I don't want to live like this anymore." Her mother pleaded. "Mom you have to leave. They'll kill you when they find you here. Please mom." Lynn said.

"Well, she's right." Janson said as he entered the room. He looked back and forth between Lynn and her mother. "I'll put you out of this misery." He said. "No Janson. Plea-" Lynn was cut off by a loud gunshot. Blood splattered all over her hands and her clothes. She stared at Janson unable to process anything. "I'll get someone to get her body." He said as left.

Lynn looked at her mother's limp body and then back at the blood all over her. She knelt down and held her mother close to her chest. As it slowly hit her she started crying. Bawling. "No no no no. MOM! Mom! Please." She screamed as she held onto her mother.

Thomas came rushing in, followed by Skye. He stared at the sight for moment but rush forward to Lynn. He held her shoulders and helped her to stand up. She looked at him and said, "Thomas." "Lynn it's fine. It's okay." He said reassuring her. She looked at the blood and said, "Thomas, this isn't mine. It's mom's. It's not mine." She started crying even more. Skye had her hand over her mouth as tears started trickling down her cheeks. All Lynn felt was pain and guilt. It was too much for a fifteen year old girl to handle. She gave up and fainted as Thomas caught her, streaks of tears evident on his cheeks.

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Lynn woke up with a start. Her hair stuck to her face. A wave of emotions hit her. Guilt. Anger. Sadness. Fear. She couldn't breathe. She looked beside her where Skye and Drey lay asleep. They had slept near the doors. Newt and Chuck too slept nearby.

She moved a bit to rest her back and head on the wall. The sky was now a bit reddish with a tinge of blue. This was all becoming too much for her. Thomas and Lynn were the cause Ben's death, someone killed her mother in front of her, she had done something to all of these gladers, she and Skye shared a link that could get both of them killed and she had lost four most important people in her life.

Lynn pulled her knees close to her chest, put her head on them and started crying. She didn't know what to do. She was scared about telling someone about all of this. She didn't want them to have suspicions about her.

Lynn eventually fell asleep again. This time without any dreams.

Someone shook her awake. She looked up to find Skye staring at her, concern laced in her eyes. "Lynn, you okay?" Skye asked. Lynn simply nodded. "I don't think so. Your eyes are all red and puffy. Tell me." Skye said gently. Lynn looked at her considering for a moment but then decided against it. "No seriously Skye, I'm fine." She said smiling. "I'll be back." She said and left to go the washroom.

Lynn stared at the mirror in front of her. For the first time she got a good look at herself. Hazel coloured eyes which were now very red, straight black hair that extended just below her chest, fair skin and she was considerably tall. She quickly washed her face and tied her hair up in a ponytail and left for the doors. Hoping that her friends and brother were alive.

Again, all the gladers stood at the west door waiting for them to open. A similar loud boom echoed and the doors opened slowly to reveal nothing but empty corridors. Lynn had expected it. Newt ran a hand through his hair and said, "They're gone. We're just wastin' our bloody time waiting." Lynn looked at the ground not wanting to cry in front of everybody.

Just as everybody started walking to the homestead, someone shouted, "HELP!." Lynn immediately recognised his voice. She looked up and saw Minho and Thomas walking towards them. But something was off. Thomas was carrying Annie's limp body.

Lynn rushed forward as they entered the glade. Thomas kept Annie down for Lynn to examine her. Lynn placed two fingers on her wrist to check for pulse and luckily she found one. She sighed in relief. "Lynn." Thomas said. She looked at him. "She's stung." Lynn's eyes widened with shock. "Take her to the med hut and ask Clint to give her the serum. Oh and send Jeff." Thomas nodded and left carrying Annie with him.

She was surprised by how much she already knew about the what to do if one would get stung, although she had never witnessed such an incident before. Minho sat down and everybody stood staring at him waiting for him to speak.

"Quit starin' at me shanks, I ain't looking that pretty today. Get me some water." Minho said smirking. Lynn simply rolled her eyes. By that time Jeff came running to the crowd. "Thomas didn't want to leave her side. He didn't even budge when I told him get rest." Lynn chuckled. She knew how Thomas felt for Annie.

Jeff turned his attention to Minho and asked, "What happened to Alby?" Minho immediately tensed up. "Holy shuck. Newt, Drey, Lynn and Jeff come with me." The four of them followed Minho into the maze. Just before turning right that went further into the deeper sections, Minho stopped and looked up. The other gladers follow suit.

Lynn couldn't believe her eyes. Alby was tied up by ivy on top of the wall. "We need to get him down and check if he is alive." Drey said. Drey helped Newt and Minho to get their leader down. They carried him to the med-hut and made him lie down in the room beside Annie's.

Lynn stepped forward repeated the same procedure of checking the pulse she had done with Annie. At first she didn't feel anything but then she felt a small faint beating. "He's alive." Lynn said looking shocked.

Jeff moved Alby's shirt up to reveal green coloured protruding veins. Jeff rushed out to the other room to get the serum. "Minho get some buggin' sleep. We'll have a gathering later." Newt commanded. "Jeff and Lynn, you guys get somethin' to eat. I'll wait here till them." Jeff nodded and left immediately. Lynn looked at Alby not wanting to go but Newt placed his hand on her shoulder telling her that it was fine.

She stood up and turned around to face Newt. She pulled Newt in a bear hug and he hugged her back. She needed it and so did he. "You okay?" She whispered to him. "I should be asking you that." Newt's muffled reply came.

Lynn chuckled. "I'll go check on Annie." She said as left the room.

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