The group of boys parted for me and newt to walk past.
And that's when I saw it...
I was surrounded by four enormously tall gray walls.
"Holy shit"... I turned around for an explanation.
Newt just stood there. "Well? Care to explain were the hell I am?" He sighed." I guess I can tell you bloody that much.This grassy area your in currently is called the glade. And those, he explained are the walls."
"Are we trapped or something? Is there a wa"- then I saw it, a crack in the wall to my left, like an opening.
I changed my course and started heading for the opening.
Somebody gently but firmly grabbed my arm. " where do you think your goi'n?" I turned to face Newt."Why do you all stay in here when there's an exit?"
"First off, there's four buggi'n exits not one. Second, there not exits. Well there exits into the shuck maze I guess."
There was that word again;maze. And where were the other three exits?
"So your saying, that through that door"-"and the three others" newt said as he pointed to them on the other walls. So through those four doors is a maze?
"Yep."
"And we're in the middle."
"Yep."
"Why?"
"No more bloody questions till after albys tour" newt spat. He walked faster so we were no longer level.
He sounded stressed so I shut up.
"Ahh look" Newt said turning around" I didn't mean to sound snappy, there's just a lot of Klunk been goin on lately." He looked generally sorry and sad. " it's okay."
As we got closer to the building which I learned from Newt was called the homestead, I noticed things.
Fist of, it looked more like a huge sloppily made hut to me. But it was solid and supported with the ancient wall vines. Once in the house I was led up some rickety stairs to a room. It had two beds, a simple night table, and a lamp.
" why do I get a room, it looks like there's only 8 or 9 of them?"
"Because your one of the first shucking girls to show up in this hell hole. And we don't want other gladers gettin any ideas."
I made a decision right then to trust Newt, and maybe Alby.
