I wake up to yelling. Anna is screaming at the top of her lungs. I almost fall out of my chair I'm so startled. I run to her side. She sits up really fast, her eyes wide in shock. She's breathing heavily. I don't think she notices me. Looking around she spots me.
"Newt...?" She asks her eyes crumbling.
"I'm here. What's wrong?" I go to her side wrapping her in a hug.
"I-I can't take it anymore. I don't want the memories." She says putting her head in her hands. I don't know what to say.
"Please make it stop. Take them back. Take them back." She cries her face revealing a tortured pain.
"Anna, I don't know how I would do that. But I promise you that you aren't alone. I'm here for you. I will help you get through this." I say pulling her into my chest. She's shaking. Tears are running down her cheeks and landing on my shoulder.
"Thanks Newt." She says hugging me tighter. I sit against the wall and she rests her head on my stomach and her arm around my waist.
"I need to talk to you about my memories." She says sitting up.
"Do you want me to get Alby and Minho?" I ask sitting up to. She nods her eyes looking a little misty. I get up and go to find Alby and Minho. Minho is getting ready to go out running.
"Newt! There you are! It's time to go into the Maze." Minho says as soon as he sees me.
"We can't go into the Maze today. Anna needs to tell us about her memories." I say. Minho nods. I lead them back to the room where she is. Anna is at the window watching the other runners go into the Maze.
"Anna?" Minho sits on the bed. Alby leans on the door. I sit in the chair I sat in last night.
"Okay. I remember. I mean, I don't remember any of the outside world or the authority people or the places around there. But I remember certain things and people." She starts looking away from us. "I remember all of you, all of the Gladers. We lived in a warehouse with different rooms surrounding a dining hall and a living room thing. In the rooms all the Gladers here plus a lot of others that aren't here lived there." She starts closing her eyes. I stand up and go to her side.
"Is this hurting your head?" I say softly. She nods scrunching up her eyes.
"Take your time, we'll wait." Minho says quietly. Anna is quiet for a bit before speaking again. She sits down on the ground her back against the wall.
"We were all friends. We lived there. The authority people would take us away to do tests and then if we passed we would be put in trials. But the trials didn't start until two years ago. I watched so many of my friends leave me. I was closest to Newt, Minho, and a girl you don't know." Anna says putting her head in her hands.
"Wait. There were other girls?" Alby asks impatiently. Anna nods. "
Do you need a break?" I sit besides her. She nods. I can see the tears falling down her cheeks. I look at Alby and Minho. They get the message and leave the room. Well Minho gets the message and pulls Alby out of the room. Anna gets up and walks over to the door and leans against it.
"Newt...I was alone in the end. You all left me and I'm afraid that will happen again." She closes her eyes. I walk over to her and wipe the tears from her face.
"Nothing will make me leave you again. Nothing." I say giving her a hug. She rests her arms around my neck and pulls back. I'm still holding her waist as we touch foreheads.
"Can we just sit for a while?" Anna asks softly. I nod.