OMG. Thank you so much to those people taking the time to read my story ;u; So here's another chapter. Hope you'll enjoy :D I heard somewhere that Scorch trials trailer might be out on the 24th *^* I'm excited! And oh check out emreader833's page. She also has a story about the Maze Runner :D

Beep…beep…beep…

Holly could hear a beeping sound that came from what seemed to be a heart monitor. Her eyes fluttered open and were dazzled by a bright white light directed at her. Everything was a blur but she could see a figure looking down on her and calling out her name. It didn't sound like Newt but it was familiar and comforting. Her vision cleared and could finally see the worried face of her best friend Minho. She wasn't at the Glade. Because of the stab wound, Holly lost a lot of blood in which the Clock Master decided to bring her back to the present time. The watchers did what they have to do to save her life and left her on the open pod to recuperate after getting a few stitches. Minho sat down on a black chair beside the pod, grateful that she was finally awake.

"W-what happened?" Holly whispered softly, her body still weak to move.

Minho gently pushed her hair back as he spoke. "You tell me. We just got worried that the light turned orange and started beeping. Jack had to bring you back or else you could've died"

Holly tried to remember what had happened and pictured a violent Ben. "Ben stabbed me. I was helping Thomas to get away from him. He's been stung and wants to kill Thomas".

"Yeah he does. Well, you don't have to worry about that now. The other gladers will help Thomas. But for now, you have to rest"

"No, I have to go back" she groaned at the sudden movement as she tried pulling herself up and looked at her bandaged left hand.

Minho sighed softly and carefully pushed his stubborn friend down. "The mission can wait"

Holly lay still and looked around the room. Although she wanted to go back to the Glade and continue with her job, she was happy to see the familiar TAIMN pod area and a twenty four year old Minho beside her. But sadness crept in her when there was no Newt around.

"How's your mission going?" Minho suddenly asked, curious as to what she'd been doing in the Glade. "Other than getting stabbed I mean"

Holly managed to smile. "I gave Newt the flare medicine"

"That's good to know. At least we're now sure that he'd be safe from the Flare"

"Does that mean he'll survive?"

"We still don't know that" Minho admitted. "Yes he is safe from the flare but not yet safe because of WICKED. They will still do experiments on them, on us, so you have to lead us out safely and destroy WICKED for the second time"

Minho grabbed a small notebook that was on the table and placed it inside her shorts' pocket. It consisted of sequences of events that might come in handy when Holly needed help. It was like a cheat code for a gamer that was having a hard time on a level of a video game.

"Don't let the other gladers see it if you don't want them to think you're the one who put them there" Minho reminded and smiled at her. "I'm glad to see you again". When in the Glade, it felt like it had been almost two months when in fact she had just been inside the TAIMN pod for approximately two hours.

The two of them heard someone running just outside the hallway and saw the door swung open. Standing by the door was a worried Jake, breathing heavily with all the running he'd done. Minho got up from the chair telling Holly he'd go out for a while to give them some privacy. On his way out, Jake already rushed to Holly's side and hugged her gently but tightly.

"Oh God, I thought I lost you" Jake whispered and wouldn't let go of his sister.

Holly suddenly felt emotional seeing her brother and cried, hugging him back. She got scared that she would die and not be able to see him again. She clung onto her older brother like a little girl and kept on crying.

"I was minding my own business doing some research" He started, rubbing Holly's head to calm her a bit. "Then all of a sudden, Minho barged into my office saying there's code red in the TAIMN pod area. Coming from him I already knew that it was you" he wiped her tears and frowned. "For a minute I thought I was going to die. I had to bring you back so that the watchers could save you. That was the scariest thing I've experienced. I don't want to lose my baby sister"

Holly sniffled and held her older brother's hand. She couldn't explain how delighted she was to be able to see her brother, her only family, again in such a long time. Couple of minutes later, Holly was relaxed and stopped crying. She lay comfortably on the time pod with Jake watching over her and Minho standing on guard by the door.

"You really scared us" Minho pointed out folding his arms and leaned back against the wall looking at her direction. He could distinctly remember how nervous he got when he saw the green light turned orange and beeped continuously. Then he saw her unconscious body began to bleed inside the pod indicating that she had been injured during the mission.

"I'm sorry you two" Holly mumbled apologetically. "I was being reckless"

Jake sighed, rubbing the back of his sister's hand with his thumb. "I told you the mission is going to be dangerous. Maybe I should just assign it to a new TAIMN traveler"

"No" she retorted and quickly sat up causing a pang on her stitched wound.

"Damn it, take it is easy Pony" Jake said, fixing the pillow she was reclining on.

"You can't give this mission away" Holly said again, placing her hand over her aching stomach. "Mr. Thomas entrusted it to me and so I will finish it"

"But Pony—"

"There's no use arguing with her, Jake" Minho pointed out with a smirk. "You know how stubborn she can get"

Jake couldn't agree more and smiled. He did have the most stubborn sister. The orange light from the monitor turned a light shade of green which indicated that Holly's body was getting better after having her broken wrist bandaged and her stab wound stitched. Minho then opened the door as soon as he heard knocking then took a tray of pumpkin soup from the cafeteria staff and handed it to Jake. The older Adams draped his white laboratory coat on the chair to make sure he wouldn't spill any soup on it and started feeding his sister.

"I hope you're not having too much difficulty with your mission" Jake said, damping a napkin on Holly's lips and fed her another spoonful of creamy soup.

Holly swallowed the warm soup and shook her head. "Being in the Glade isn't that difficult. I just got off guard in front of Ben"

"Make sure you'll keep yourself safe. If that monitor beeps orange again, I'll pull you off this mission and have someone else take your place" he warned.

"You can't do that" Holly opposed.

"Oh yes I can" Jake argued back. "That's the Clock Master's job which is what I am"

Holly puffed her cheeks and folded her arms knowing that she couldn't argue back because he was right. As Jake tried to feed her once again, Holly thought of something. It would take months or hours until she could get back to TAIMN again and thought it would be best to tell her brother and Minho about her relationship with Newt.

"I, uh, need to tell you something" Holly fidgeted with the blanket and couldn't directly look at her brother.

Jake placed the spoon back in the bowl of soup and looked at his younger sister curiously and so did Minho. The room became quiet with only the sound of the beeping heart monitor and the air conditioner. It made Holly feel awkward that she had to take a deep breath to be able to get herself say it.

"I…met a guy" she mumbled.

"Of course you did. The Glade consisted only of males" Jake said, looking at Minho to get an approval.

"Wha—no" Holly sighed and elaborated herself even more. "What I meant is that I met a guy that I fancy"

The two men were quiet, especially Jake who kept on looking at his sister strangely. He just couldn't register the words I, guy, and fancy in one sentence knowing that Holly wasn't interested in guys which delighted him as an overprotective brother.

"So you're saying you have a little crush over some guy?" Jake asked.

Holly kept on fidgeting with the blanket and mumbled. "More than just a little crush, really"

"What do you mean by more than just a little crush?" he was starting to get worried and raised an eyebrow.

"Meaning that we see each other as lovers" she said and looked down to hide her red cheeks. "And that we kiss from time to time"

More than kiss actually, Holly thought. But she wouldn't elaborate up to that part because she didn't want to get killed by her own brother.

Jake leaned back on the chair and rubbed his head as if he just got a migraine. "Props to you for telling me that when you're injured so I won't get to go crazy and scold you"

Holly suppressed a smile and tucked her hair behind. "I really love him, Jake. That's why I want to do my best to finish this mission—so you can meet him. He's very nice"

"Who is it?" it was Minho who asked, looking at her with a curious look.

"Newt" she mumbled.

"I'll be the judge if he's nice" Jake butted in, putting the bowl down on the table, and folded his arms. "Maybe I should try going back there with you"

"Oh no no no" Holly laughed softly. "That's not the Clock Master's job. And trust me, okay? I'm not a little girl anymore. I can decide things on my own"

"That won't stop me from being an overprotective brother" Jake smiled. "You'll always be my baby sister"

Holly smiled and was somehow happy to hear it.

"Well, anyway, I'm ready to go back doing my mission" she said as she lay down on the pod with her bag.

"Are you sure you feel better?" Jake asked and gave her a suspicious look. "Or are you just saying that so you could go be all sweet and stuff with that Newt guy without me knowing?"

Holly laughed. "It's not like that, Jake. I feel completely better, thanks to you guys"

"Okay, I love you" he leaned closer and kissed his sister on the cheek as he stood up. "I'll be calling the watchers back in"

Jake walked passed Minho, patting his shoulder, and went out to look for the watchers working with Holly's mission. The room fell silent. Ever since Holly mentioned about her being with Newt, Minho hadn't really spoken. Holly felt awkward and saw Minho quietly walked towards her—she knew very well how he felt for her and she was somewhat guilty that she ended up with his best friend during a mission.

"I hope you're not mad" Holly whispered as Minho sat on the chair beside the pod.

Minho just smiled. True that he had feelings for her up to that point but, he also accepted the fact that Holly would just see him as a friend. It did kind of break his heart but at the same time, he was glad he still had her as his best friend.

He took Holly's hand between his and squeezed it gently. "There's no reason for me to be mad" he explained. "And I'm happy for you and Newt. You picked a good guy; I know he wouldn't hurt you"

"Yes, he is pretty nice"

"Get him here so I could tease you both" he grinned.

"As if that's not what the younger you are doing" Holly grinned back. "But yes, we'll be back as soon as possible"

Three watchers—one female and two males—came back with Jake. They went on their places making sure that everything presented on the monitors were ready.

"I love you two" Holly quickly said before the pod closed on her.

A white light started to scan her from head to toe and released a kind of gas for her to inhale. It didn't have any smell but it felt cold. Her body relaxed and she could see her best friend and brother looking down at her making sure she was alright. Her eyes began to feel heavy and saw Jake leaning close and placed his hand on top of the pod's glass.

"Take care, Pony" she heard Jake say before everything went blurry, dark, and silent.