Sorry that I forgot the disclaimer…. I disclaim the entire story. I DO NOT OWN THE MAZE RUNNER OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS! THEY BELONG TO JAMES DASHNER AND JAME DASHNER ONLY!
Alby walked foreword, dragging Leone along with the pole in his hand. She walked along wearily, her posture not changing. There were now clear of where the wall would be once it closed. Alby forced the pole into the ground with a stab. It made Leone jolt before standing upright again. Her eyes were half closed with heavy black lines underneath. The glade's leader left Leone in the maze. No, the walls had not started to close yet, but it seemed as if there was now an invisible wall that would forever block us from her now. There was no way to save her.
The walls began to close.
Then it happened. I bent over backwards for Leone. I wish I hadn't gotten to know her. I literally and involuntarily did a backflip. Into the maze. "I HATE HAVING THIS WEIRD ABILITY!" I screeched, "How can I suddenly do backflips!?" I yelled, in mid-air. How have I suddenly acquired the ability to do a backflip? Worse, how can I INVOLUNTARILY do backflips?
I could feel the eyes of the glade widening. I didn't need anyone to tell me that the whole glade was staring. That is, excluding Leone, who was still looking down. As a delayed reaction to my alarming words she looked up. Her pupils seemed to grow as her eyes followed me across the air.
Then, I was inside the walls. There I stood, breathing heavily. Leone stared at me. Then she looked back at the walls. I did too. They were closing slowly, but there wasn't enough room for me to get back out. The gladers outside all bent over to look in the crack. Leone and I stared through the crack as it went from half a foot, to 3 inches, to one inch, to a centimeter. Then they closed with a loud creak and odd groaning noise.
Darkness. It was dark. I turned back to where I knew Leone was. She had turned back to me. I could faintly see her face through the thick shade. It had turned almost white.
"Leone! I-" I started, trying to explain myself.
"SHUT UP!" She yelled with a dry, croaky voice. This was followed by a gasp, some crying noises, a hiccup, and a punch to my left cheek. It turned my whole head and sent a shot of pain down the rest of my body. I knew my cheek turned red and found that my hand had gone up to it. "Why?" Leone asked in a weak voice.
"I didn't mean to!" I said, trying to stay calm.
"Then how did you? Why did you?" She shouted. Nobody on the other side of the wall would hear us. They were practically sound proof. "I wanted you to live! I attacked you! I wanted to die! Why didn't you let me die?" She started low but her voice grew louder.
"YOU CAN'T DIE LEONE! I WONT ALLOW IT!" I screamed back.
Leone collapsed on the ground and hugged her knees. Her head was between them and there were hot, salty tears streaming from her cold, navy eyes. Then there was a quite 'snap' sound. Just a little crack. Leone probably didn't even hear it. I was looking down at her, my eyes filled with water. My head sprang up, making a slight noise as it did. Her crying ceased as she looked up at me confused. "What is it?" Leone asked.
"Grievers," I responded concisely, containing a calm tone in my voice. Leone stood up abruptly, staring at the inside of the maze. A griever came around the corner. We naturally started to back up against the wall. "RUN!" I screamed.
"WHERE?" She screamed back as my shoulder touch the cold wall.
"Follow me!" I formed a plan. The chance it would work was small, but I know I'll survive. Grievers are only programed to attacked Gladers. It's a fair guess that they accidentally switched the gladers for a month accidentally. Leone probably belongs in group B. Grievers will attack her anyway. But they won't attack outsiders. It's my priority to protect her. She needs to live.
"Build up speed!" I yell back at Leone, following close behind me. We run towards the wall on the left hand side of us.
"What're u doing?" She screams at me.
"Watch!" I scream back. The chaos seems to be noise, filling our ears, making us scream. I lift my left foot higher in my next stride. In a break in the ivy, I placed my toes, pushing myself upwards. I started to slant to the right, continuing to run on the wall. Leone copied and we made it safely around the griever, planting both our feet on the ground.
A/N:
Ohh my gosh, I'm sorry guys. I've had the weirdest case of writers block… I still do. Honestly, I can only write Newtmas right now and struggled to write this. It's so weird. Anyway, don't kill me… sure, you can virtually slap me, but don't kill me.
Anyway… Review time!
divergentlover523: Thank you so much! It's support that keeps me writing this. And niji… screaming at me… Sorry to keep you waiting!
Lovely Unicorn: I know! Im an evil monster! Anyway, Leone is actually based off of niji. Its nowhere near what she's like in real life, its just her OC. Sorry to keep you waiting as well… Nice name btw.
MilkshakeLuvrr: I do too! I also like it about anime and stuff… That didn't turn out well… So sorry to keep you all waiting
horsecrazierthanyou: I think you are my most loyal fan! Im sorry, its in my nature to always end in cliffies. Even with you're puppy dog eyes! I just can't help it!
Anyway, hope you guys are liking iku. Before I forget! I'm looking for a male OC (as you can probably tell by this chappie…) he won't come in until later, but submissions are starting now. PM me first then post it in the reviews if I PM u back. I need general details. I still haven't even decided if he pretended to be a girl or not… Write that in the submission too!
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