"Sarah, are you alright?" Sarah was so caught up with her dreams, her memories, that she'd forgot she wasn't alone. "Yeah, fine. I just had a bad dream," she explained. Niels moved closer to her. "It's okay, we all have them our first days. The nightmare, the weird things we think that are outside. It's probably the new noise from the Grievers that trigger it," Niels told her. "But, they weren't happening here. I think, I think they were memories, and it was awful!" Sarah whispered, not knowing if she could trust Niels with what she'd seen. "W.I.C.K.E.D. isn't awful, they're saving our lives, at least that's what Alfy told us. It was probably just a nightmare," Niels told her, and Sarah nodded, if only so that he'd stop talking. "You're probably right. Good night Niels," she told him, and she felt weird agreeing so fast. *But it's for the best, perhaps I was wrong. But if I wasn't, I don't want to endanger him too,* Sarah thought, as sleep came in and she fell back into a dreamless sleep.
The next morning Niels asked her again, but Sarah didn't want to share her dreams. What if they were real, and she would go against Alfy. Or what if it was just a dream, and she'd make Niels worried for nothing? No, better to stay safe and say nothing. "I don't remember. Was it that bad?" she asked Niels, playing innocent als Alfy walked by. "You screamed pretty badly. It surprises me you didn't wake up the entire Glade," he joked, and Sarah smiled. "I'm sorry Niels. And Ernest and Dimitri. I never meant to wake you. You must think I'm one sorry friend," Sarah said softly. "No, not at all! All the new Gladers had trouble the first nights. It's nothing new," Dimitri told her. Ernest nodded, and gave her a quick hug. "We must go now, I'm sorry. But Alfy get's mad if we don't find some kind of cure against the Griever venom. It's a hard task, almost impossible, but he has it in his mind that Dimitri and I can do it," Ernest said, sounding so much older then his age. "I get it Ernest. Good luck with your task," Sarah said to him, and gave both boys a quick hug before they left me and Niels and went off to their own little workstation, some kind of mini hospital. "And what are we supposed to do?" she asked Niels, and he gave me a wicked smile. "We will show the Gladers that you are just like them," he told me, and Sarah immediately liked that idea.
Niels took her to Alfy, and she found out that the awful guys from last night, Verin, was his right hand. "Alfy. Where would you like Sarah to start? I don't think she has what it takes to be a Slicer, but perhaps her eye for details could make a good Builder, or perhaps just put her with her friends and let her work with them on that antidote you so desperately want," Niels suggested. Alfy looked up, and Verin grinned. "She's a girl. Why make her work when she can do so much more? Let her be a reward for the one that works best that week," Verin suggested, and Sarah wished he would just die that very moment. "Well, how about no Verin? I don't think Sarah would like to be your reward every week," Niels just said to him, and he took her hand, as to show his support to her. "Well, I'm sure I would like that. But perhaps Alfy wants to keep her for himself," Verin said. That was the moment Sarah lost all control. "Excuse you! You may be Alfy's Right Hand, but I am a Glader, just like the other boys in here. And I want to help out in the Glade. I am not a reward, I am not a whore! I am a girl, just a girl, that likes biology and is willing to help out the Med-jecks to find that cure you want," Sarah told Verin, and a wink from Niels told her he was proud of her. "Well, it does seem kinda useless to only use such a clever and hot-headed girl to warm our beds Verin. Perhaps you can ask Jessie to help you out in that way," Alfy decided, and Sarah felt a bolt of joy, of hope. Maybe she really could help out the others. "However, I think Sarah should start with a few days at the Slicers. To see if she is fit to take care of animals, before we shall let her try her magic on us precious humans," Alfy continued, and Niels looked horrified. "Alfy, you can't let her do that! She's a girl!" he spoke fast. "Well, didn't she just say that she is a Glader, just like the other boys? Let her act like it, and make sure she meets with the Keeper of the Slicers!" Alfy said, and Sarah knew his word was final. Niels nodded, and had to except the truth.
"It can't be that bad, right?" Sarah asked him, as he took her to the Keeper of the Slicers. "It can be for you. You didn't hear yourself scream last night. You spoke of bodies, and cried!" Niels told her. "I really can't remember. But what has that to do with the work of Slicers?" Sarah asked him, only remembering that the Slicers took care of the animals and wheats and ensured that the Gladers had enough food. "Because Slicers have to kills animals to eat. And that is probably the work it's Keeper will let you start with…" Niels told her, and Sarah swallowed. "I have to kill animals?" she asked, just to verify that she'd heard him right. "Yes, I am afraid so Sarah," Niels said, and she could see the guilt lingering in his eyes.
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