"Alby, where are we going?" I asked, confused as he was leading me into the forestry. "Alby?!"
"Listen Princess – you gotta give me break. You disappear into the maze, find the 4th quarter by yourself and you don't expect me to be curious about it? Come on now, you have to give me details. Why weren't the grievers let loose?"
"How do you expect me to know this?! Alby I just ran, I knew Minho had just made the map for the 4th section." Alby paused for what seemed like an eternity, I didn't know what else he expected me to say so I said nothing. Alby moved over to a tree and leaned back on it. Suddenly he opened his eyes wide and paced towards me
"That means they knew it too." He said quickly.
"What?"
"It means that they knew you'd be able to figure out what the 4th quarter was and where it would be. They know what we know."
"So they're watching us?"
"I think so, Princess." He said, "We gotta play their game. Something you did that night before you left upset their rules-"
"I slept with Newt." I said abruptly.
"You slept with him every night for 6 months Princess… Oh. Oh. Okay." Alby said, slowly coming to his realisation. "So that's how you had the baby?" I nodded at him, the pain washing over me as he mentioned what was stolen from me. "What are we going to do?"
"First of we're not telling anyone, Alby. Especially not Newt, Thomas, Gally or Minho. They cannot know or the Glade will fall apart."
"What's Thomas got to do with the Glade?"
"You don't hear what they're saying about him, do you? They say he's the one who took me-"
"He was though."
"No, they're saying he has the power to give and to take. That he's the one who put us all here."
"Let me guess. Gally?" I nodded "Chuck did mention something to me," He ran his hand over the back of his neck and sighed deeply. "And I've just sent him out there with Newt to take the tour."
"Let me go get them, please Alby."
He nodded and I ran out of the woods the way we came, "Make sure you bring them straight here!"