I walk towards the now closed door, and just as I'm about to open it, Newt comes out.

"Adelynn!" Newt says, astonished. "What are you bloody doing here?"

"I wanted to see what you were busy with. Sorry, I'll just go back to work now."

The door behind Newt swings open an Alby comes out. "Newt, what's taking you so-" he stops mid-sentence. "What're you doing here Greenie? Get out," Alby says roughly to me. The door swings shut behind Alby, but not in time to stop me from seeing the horror behind the door. There's someone laying on the bed, but not like anyone I've ever seen before. The boy has scratches and bruises all over. And that's not all. Greenish veins are popping out prominently all over his skin.

"Alby, she's just-" Newt tries to say.

"Get out," Alby say to me, his voice rising. He then turns to Newt. "You know that we don't even shucking show most people what happens when someone goes through the Changing. Much less Greenies!"

I stare at Alby, shocked at his reaction. 'What was the Changing that he mentioned? Is it what I saw on the bed?' Shaking myself out of my train of thought, I look at Alby. "Sorry, I'll just… go now," I say to him, and dart out of the Homestead.

I go sit near the Map Room with my back against the wall, waiting for Minho. Even though he was injured, he refused to be completely off the job. He insisted on working with the other runners when they were in the Map Room. I wanted to find out what the Changing was, and Minho was my best bet. I needed to know what it was that made people look like that. As I sat there with nothing to do, my mind keeps replaying that image of the boy covered in scratches and green veins. I'm shaken and want to just curl up into a ball on my bed, but my curiosity beats my fear. I'm somehow able to slowly drift off to sleep, though the image still haunts me.

I woke up to the sound of Minho's voice. "Hey! Shank! What are you doing here? Hello? Adelynn!" When I open my eyes, Minho is kneeling right in front of me.

"Huh?" I ask. For a moment, I'm confused as to what I'm doing on the ground in front of the Map Room. I then remember what my purpose was. "Uh, Minho…" I trail off. "I want to ask you about something. Something that everyone seems to avoid… Will you tell me what the Changing is?" I finally got the courage to flat out ask about it.

"Sure," he replies easily. "But lets go eat dinner first. I'm starving!" I laugh, glad that at least someone was willing to answer my questions.

We walk off to Frypan's kitchen, laughing and joking around. When we get there, we both get handed a bowl of noodles. "Don't worry," Frypan tells me, winking. "I didn't put any meat in your bowl."

"Thanks Frypan," I say, smiling.

Minho and I walk towards our now usual table. The only people missing, were Newt and Alby. Half way through the meal, I brought up the topic. "So… what's the Changing?" I asked Minho, glad Alby wasn't there to stop Minho from telling me.

"Do you really want to know?" he asks me seriously, his joking manner all gone.

"Yes," I reply with conviction, looking at him straight in the eye.

"Alright," he says. "The Changing… how do I start? You know what Grievers are. Correct?"

"Yeah, they crawl around in the maze and are only supposed to come out at night," I answer.

"Note the word supposed to," Minho says. "Sometimes, Grievers come out during the day. When us Runners are mapping out the maze." I gasp, realizing with horror what Minho is implying.

"What happens?" I instinctively whisper.

Minho matches my whisper. "The unlucky Runner sometimes runs into a Griever. They get stung by the Griever. The person first goes unconscious. That person then goes through hallucinations and seizures, if they even survive the Griever. They look terrible when they go through the Changing. They get greenish veins, hives, bruises, scratches, and bloodshot eyes." At Minho's description, I think back to what I saw in that room behind Newt and Alby.

Minho continues telling me about the Changing. "Some of us take turns taking care of the one going through the Changing. The first time I saw someone going through the Changing, I had nightmares for days after. When they finally wake up, sometimes, they go crazy. Everyone that has gone through the Changing, has changed. They're different from how they were before."

"That sounds terrible," I say, still whispering.

"It is," Minho replies.

"Minho?" I say.

"Yes, Adelynn?" he asks.

"Thanks. For telling me."

"No problem," he replies.

We eat the rest of our noodles in silence. When we're done, Minho heads back into the Map Room while I go to sit by an entrance to the Maze. I contemplate everything Minho's told me. His description matches up with the boy inside that room.I wondered if he too, would be different from how he was before. 'No wonder Newt didn't tell me anything, and Alby immediately tried to get me away,' I think.

After what seems like a short time, I head back to the Homestead. I open the door to my shared room with Newt. I'm shocked when I see him already inside. He's tousling his newly wet hair with a white towel. His back is facing the door, but I can see that he's wearing faded blue jeans with a green shirt. 'Was I out for that long? I remember that Minho had told me Newt would be really busy...'

"Adelynn?" Newt asks, turning around.

"Yeah, it's me," I answered.

Before I can say anything else, Newt starts speaking. "I'm sorry," he says.

I crinkle my eyebrows together, frowning. "What for?" I ask him.

"For not telling you about the Changing. For not stopping Alby from yelling at you. For not being better at keeping you from seeing the Changing."

He's about to say more, but I lean forward and put my hand on his mouth, stopping him from saying more. "It's okay," I say. "You don't need to apologize. It's my fault for walking in there. It's not like you or Alby knew I would be standing there when you guys opened the door." I smile at Newt.

"Are you sure you're okay? After seeing that?" Newt asks. That image pops up in my head yet again.

"I'm fine," I insisted, putting up a brave front.

"If you say so," Newt says doubtfully.

"I am fine. Now let me change," I say, pushing Newt out the door and closing it after him. I take my time changing, and when I'm done, I open the door to see Newt standing outside Minho's room, talking to him. I hear parts of their conversation.

"I can't believe you bloody told Adelynn what the Changing was!" Newt exclaims.

"Well, we can't keep her in the dark forever! Knowing her, she would've found a way to find out what it was anyways!" Minho replies hotly. "Plus, she didn't really seem shaken by the information I gave her anyways."

"But you know Alby. He won't be happy that you told her," Newt says.

"What's he going to do? Suspend me from running in the Maze? He and the Med-Jacks already won't let me because of my shucking ankle, and he knows he needs me out there to find a way out of here. We need as many Runners as we have."

"Fine. Whatever," Newt relents. "But I still don't like how you just flat out gave her the information."

I shift my weight a little, and Minho looks behind Newt to see what the sound was. "Oh, Hi Adelynn," he says to me.

"Adelynn," Newt says turning around. "Er… I didn't know you were standing right there," he says slightly uncomfortably, shifting his weight to his good leg.

"Well, I was," I say, a little miffed about how Newt wouldn't have told me about the Changing. Minho was the right person to ask after all. "How were you planning on telling me about the Changing then?" I ask him.

"Well…" Newt starts, then hesitates. I raise an eyebrow. "…I wasn't," he finishes.

"Ugh. Fine. Whatever. I'm going to sleep," I say and turn around, walking towards my bed. I collapse on it and about instantly falling asleep.

3rd Person POV:

"Well what are you doing Shank?" Minho asks, playfully hitting Newt. "Go after her. Even though going after her only means taking about a few steps."

"Thanks Minho," Newt says, and turns around walking into his shared room. He was planning on saying something, but stopped when he saw Adelynn lightly sleeping on the bed. He walks up to her and pulls the blanket up to her shoulders. "You're going to catch a cold if you sleep like that," he whispers softly.

What Adelynn didn't hear, was the other part of Newt and Minho's conversation. What they were talking about before they discussed telling her about the Changing.