Merry Christmas Everyone. Thank you for all the reviews. Here's Chapter 24!
Chapter 24:
Minho didn't understand. What was she talking about? Her trial was starting?
"Avery, what are you talking about?" he asked her. He was concerned for her. First she just walked right out of the Glade into the Maze. Then she runs back in and starts yelling and acting all jumpy. He looked down at her. She was staring off in the distance. He waved a hand in front of her face. She gasped and jumped, but she looked at him.
"Minho.." she breathe out then she started crying.
"What's going on?" Newt ran up to them and saw the female Glader crying in Minho's arms. Minho glanced up at Newt.
"I don't know. Help me get her to the Homestead. Gally keep everyone out." Minho ordered.
It took them about ten minutes to move Avery. She wouldn't stand up. She kept telling them that she was afraid to move. That she was scared to stand. Finally Newt and Minho picked her up and carried her to the Homestead. Everything was going through Minho's mind. Did she get stung by a Griever? Did she get stung by another Beetle Blade? Did W.I.C.K.E.D do something to her out in the Maze? He just didn't know.
Once they got in the Homestead they carried her up the stairs and placed on a bed in one of the rooms.
"Newt, something's not right. She isn't stung. " Minho said after checking over Avery for any signs of a Griever sting.
"Then why is she acting that way?" Newt questioned and starting pacing the room. After about five minutes a knock came to the door. Newt looked up and opened it. Thomas was standing on the other side.
"Thomas, you shouldn't be in here." Newt stated.
"I know. I just wanted to see if she was okay." Thomas said.
"She's fine." Minho told him.
"she didn't look fine a few minutes ago." Thomas stated.
"I SAID SHE'S FINE!" Minho yelled and went towards Thomas. Newt quickly acted though and jumped between Minho and Thomas.
"Minho, he only wanted to check on her. It's okay. She will be fine. Let him see her." Newt spoke to Minho. Minho stared at the second in command before pushing him off and walking out of the room. Newt rolled his eyes.
"Thomas, come in and see her. Stay with her I am going to calm down Minho. If anything happens come get me." Newt said before leaving and chasing after Minho. Thomas closed the door behind him. He walked closer to the bed. Avery was on top of it staring at the ceiling.
"Avery?" Thomas said, taking small steps towards the bed. Avery's eyes snapped towards him. Then just like that she snapped out of it.
"Thomas? Why am I here? How did I get here?" Avery asked the boy standing in front of her. Thomas looked at her.
"You don't remember?" Avery shook her head.
"No. Did something happen?"
"You ran out of the Glade into the Maze and when you came back you were crying and yelling. When Minho went to bring you in here, you told him you were to scared to move. You don't remember any of this?" Avery looked at him for a few minutes.
"No. I might remember in a few minutes." she said looking at the window.
"You might just be exhausted. Get some sleep, maybe that will help."
"Okay." so Avery lay down to sleep. She could here Thomas turning to leave.
"Thomas?"
"Yes?"
"Can you stay here until Minho gets back? Please?" Avery turned back to face him.
"I will." Thomas smiled at her. She watched as he moved to sit down in the chair next to the bed. She turned back to the wall and let sleep take her.
Avery was back in the Maze. She was running down corridor after corridor. There was voices shouting. Hundreds of voices. She didn't know any on them. Then she turned down another corridor and stopped altogether. Minho stood in front of her.
"Minho? What are you doing?" she asked him.
"Waiting for you." he stated.
"But how did you get here so fast? You were still in the Glade when I left." Avery had a sense of fear come over her. Minho was glaring at her. A glare that chilled her bones.
"It's all your fault, Francesca." Avery gasped.
"What.."
"Stop talking. That's all you do. You are always trying to talk about things that no one else wants to talk about. You need to learn to SHUT UP!" he yelled at her.
"Minho, What are you talking about?" Avery asked him. But what she seen next was horrifying. Minho was holding another her. A bloody knife in his hand. The other Avery was dead.
Avery jumped out of bed gasping for air, grasping at her neck.
"Avery, it's okay. It was just a bad dream." Avery looked up and saw Minho. She hugged him tight. Newt was standing next to Thomas who was still sitting in the chair.
"You wanna talk about it." Minho asked her. He looked at Avery for a minute. He knew she was about to say something. "What is it?" he brushed away some tears. "It's okay. No one here will hurt you." Minho waited a few more minutes. Then she spoke. Minho the biggest, toughest Glader, was even scared.
"You killed me." and she passed out in hims arms.
