Newt POV
He looked at Gally and sighed. Ever since Tommy had come up in the box, Gally had been acting… strange. Suddenly he noticed a loud rumbling. He looked around to see if he had just imagined it, but Gally was looking at him funny too. Confusion washed over Newt when he realized that the sound was the box coming up. He jumped up the steps and ran out across the Glade towards the box, Gally close on his tail. Upon nearing the box, he slowed and drew his machete out of the scabbard on his back. The box wasn't supposed to be here for another week! Glancing down into the box, he first noticed that it was missing the usual barrels and crates. With a jolt he realized that there were three forms lying on the floor, and none of them were moving. He looked at Gally, who looked just as confused as he felt. They both lifted up one of the doors, and Newt jumped in. He couldn't believe his eyes. He looked up at the circle of boys that had formed around him. "It's a girl. Its three girls." He said in disbelief. He looked down at their still forms. One of them had long blondish brownish hair and glasses. The one next to her had lighter hair and, in his opinion, a much prettier face. Shaking his head a bit, he looked over at the last girl, who had black hair and was very pale. He noticed a note clutched in her hand, and leaned over her to grab it. He unfolded it and read it aloud. "She's the last one… ever. Well what the heck's that supposed to mean?" Before the last word was even out of his mouth, the girl who had been holding the not sat up and gasped "Thomas!" before sinking back down, unconscious once again. Every pair of eyes was raised to Thomas's shocked face. Gally was positively fuming as he said, "Still think I'm over reacting?" He stalked off. Newt shook his head. They needed to get these girls to the med-jack hut to get them checked out and make sure they weren't dead.
"Jeff, what's goin' on? Whatsa' matter with them? Why won't they wake up?" Newt couldn't contain his questions for a moment longer.
"Hey man, I got my job same way you got yours." Jeff replied, annoyed. Newt stared at the girls for a moment, then turned to Tommy. "Well do'ya recognize her?!"
"…No."
"Really? Cause she seemed to recognize you!" Thomas just stared at the girls. Minho seemed deep in thought as he stared at them as well.
"What about the note?" Tommy asked. Newt shrugged. "Nah, we'll worry about it later." He was thinking about the blonde girl; wondering who she was.
"I think you should worry about it now."
"Look, we've got enough to worry about at the moment." Newt replied, getting frustrated. Jeff joined in. "He's right, Newt. If the box isn't coming back up, how long you think we can last?"
"No one said that," he said nervously. They couldn't afford to have the Gladers panic. "Let's not jump to any conclusions. We'll just wait till they wake up and see what they know. Somebody's gotta have some answers around here."
"…Okay." Thomas said and walked towards the exit.
"Where are you going?" Newt asked quickly
"Back into the maze." Thomas stalked out of the hut. Newt sighed and looked at Minho, who followed Tommy out. Jeff picked up his medical bag and walked out as well, leaving him alone with the three unconscious girls and a very sick Alby. He ran a hand through his hair. He knew that he had much bigger problems to worry about, but all he wanted right now was for the blonde to wake up so he could talk to her. He stood there, lost in thought, for about 15 minutes when Gally came storming in. Shuck, Newt thought. This is gonna be about Tommy goin' into the maze, innit. Sure enough, he was right. Gally was furious and was demanding a council of the keepers, so Newt agreed. What else could he do?
"Thomas deserves to be punished." Gally's frustration was evident in his voice. Newt frowned as he thought. Sure, Tommy had broken the rules, but he had killed a griever and now they finally had a clue to getting out of the maze- the first clue in three years, in fact. And all Gally could think about was throwing him in the slammer. Newt looked up at Thomas's hopeful face, then Gally's angered one. He pursed his lips, then decided that Alby would want it done. "You're right. Thomas broke the rules." Gally nodded in approval, but Newt wasn't finished yet. "…One night in the pit and no food."
"Oh come on, Newt! You really think one night in the pit's gonna stop him?!"
"No," Newt replied as if it was the simplest thing in the world. "And we can't have non-runners running off into the maze whenever they feel like it." Thomas nodded in agreement and Newt continued. "So let's just make this official: starting tomorrow… you're a runner." Thomas's face went from humble to shocked so fast that Newt almost laughed, but Gally didn't seem to find anything amusing about the situation. "…Wow." Was all he said before he stalked out. The rest of the keepers sat in silence for a while, then Minho slapped Tommy on the shoulder. "Well if you're gonna be a runner, we'd better take you down to the runner's hut and get you gear and fill you in on what we'll be doing." Once they left, Newt announced that the day wasn't over and there was still work to do. As he left the council hall he spotted Jeff across the fields and called him over. "How're those shanks doing?" he asked worriedly. "Any changes?" Jeff opened his mouth to reply, but before he could, they heard a shattering noise and yelling. They both turned to the direction of the noise, and were shocked to see that it was coming from the medical hut. Jeff sprinted towards the hut, whereas Newt walked as fast as he could. His buggin' limp was doing better today, but not well enough to run. Just as Jeff was about to enter the hut, he was knocked aside by a running figure. Newt stepped in the direction of the figures path and caught her- it was the girl with the black hair. They struggled for control but Newt was stronger, probably because the girl had been in a coma for the past day or so. He grabbed her arms and tried to push her down to the ground, but the little shank bit him- hard. He yelled, let go and watched her run off towards the lookout tree. He ran after her as fast as he could, calling for the other Gladers to help. She had already reached to top by the time he got there. He started climbing up, but was met with a large rock flying past his face. He jumped off the ladder and backed up to get out of the way of the rocks that were now flying past him and the other Gladers. "CLINT, JEFF!" Newt yelled over the commotion. "GO FIND THOMAS AND MINHO AND GET THEM OVER HERE!" They ran off towards the forest. The Gladers were yelling and laughing and getting hit. Winston ran over to Newt and held a box lid over both of their heads for protection. Newt nodded his thanks as a rock hit it. "I don't think she likes us very much!" he said with a laugh. Gally tried threatening her. "If you throw one more of those things I'm gonna-" He was cut off as an smaller rock hit him in the middle of his forehead. "Hey we just wanna help!" Thomas had arrived and was trying to help get her down. "Leave me ALONE!" The girl yelled loudly. "Hey-HEY! IT'S THOMAS!" The stones ceased to rain down on them. The girl peeked her face over the edge of the platform. "I'm gonna come up, okay?" Thomas turned to the others. "Just me though." Gally seemed like he wanted to protest, but let him go. Tommy climbed up and Newt could hear his voice, but couldn't make out the words. He shook his head. "Alright, EVERYBODY BACK TO WORK!" Gally stayed behind with him to see if they would be coming down anytime soon, but it was soon obvious that they wouldn't be. Newt clapped him on the shoulder and headed over to the med-jack's hut to check on the other girls. He hoped that they wouldn't cause such a commotion when they woke up, but you could never be too sure when you're dealing with girls.
HEYYYYY! Well, whatd'ya think so far? Its taken a really long time to update this because me and my editor have both been SUPER busy what with school and all... anyway we'll try to update more often but no promises... sorry. Anyway leave a review or PM me if you have any ideas or thoughts or anything else like that for us!