Chapter 27:
Avery was scared as she ran into the Homestead with everyone in the Glade. Thomas found her at the top of the stairs and hauled her into a room with him. Sooner or later all the Gladers were in the rooms. There was no room to move. None at all. After Thomas and Avery were in a room, Newt and Minho came in.
"Grievers haven't come yet. I suppose people will sleep until they come." Newt said as he took the bed. Thomas was on the floors at the bottom of the bed and Avery and Minho took the corner by the window to keep an eye on things. Some of the builders put whatever they could find and they stacked it against the windows. Minho was on watch along with another Glader in each one of the rooms and downstairs. Avery drifted off into a deep sleep.
It was a few hours later that Avery awoke to people shouting. She shot up and looked at the other side of the room. The boys were all hudled against the wall. She wasn't too far from them and Minho was walking towards her.
"Get up Avery, They are here." Avery then listened. She could here the groaning and the grinding metal against the ground. Fear struck her and she grabbed onto Minho.
"Don't worry I won't let anything happen to you." Minho promised again. He was saying that a lot lately, Avery noticed but she couldn't talk to him now, if anyone made a sound a Griever would come knocking.
The Homestead was quiet. Really quiet. No one dared to make a noise. You could hear a pen drop it was so quiet, just the steady breathing of the Gladers. Then they found them. The Grievers started climbing up the Homestead. Each Glader now feared for their life. But the Grievers didn't do anything. They just kept climbing. Then they heared it. A Griever breaking through one of the walls and Gladers screaming. It sounded like a few rooms down the hall.
"They got Jake." Someone screamed. They had one. Avery regarded the Griever outside their window. It stopped and left. Just like that. No one moved a while after that. They just listened to the sound of the Grievers retreating. Even after they left no one moved until Thomas did.
"We need to do something. They are just going to keep coming back everynight now, and they are going to kill one of us each time." Thomas said looking out the window.
"Thomas is right. We need to figure something out. I am not living my last days like this." Avery agreed. Thomas turned around and looked at her. He stared at her.
"Thomas. You okay?" Avery started feeling unconfortable. His gaze was still on her. Minho noticed and walked over to Thomas.
"Yo. Thomas. You okay? I don't what your doing but I don't like you looking at my girl." Avery blushed in the darkness. Minho has been really protective these past couple days, it all started when she had her outburst at the gathering. Everyone knows now. So maybe thats why. Avery didn't understand, she would ask him later. A few more minutes went by then Thomas snapped out of it.
"What?" Thomas asked Minho.
"What do you mean what? You were just staring Avery down as if she had ten heads and you were trying yo make them disappear." Thomas looked behind Minho at Avery.
"I don't know. Sorry." Thomas said and he turned back to the window.
"Well, first off I think now the the Grievers are gone we should go and check out who the took and how much damage is done." Newt said ans opened the door. Some Gladers were in the hallway. The looked at Newt when he walked by.
"What room?" He asked a nearby Glader.
"That one there." he boy pointed. It was the door right next to him. Newt felt sorry for the boy, he had to hear everything going on in there. But he couldn't open the door, that would risk every other Gladers life.
"Thanks" Newt said and walked in. The room was a mess. Gladers were running about the room. Some were in the corners holding their knees to their chest. Some were crying. One Glader ran up to Newt.
"They took Jake! They killed him in front of us." Newt didn't remember who Jake was. He felt bad at how he was Second in Command for two years and he didn't remember anyone, Alby would have known.
"The Grievers did that. We need to think of something tomorrow. We need to come up with a plan." Newt heard Minho behind him talking. Newt's turned and looked at one of his closest friends.
"yeah we bloody do." Newt said and walked out the door. An idea forming in his brain.
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Author's note: Hey fellow Gladers, sorry to tell you but things are going to be slowing down a bit for me during the next two weeks. I have exam's coming up and will be buried under books and papers. I will try to write some chapters, but there won't be many. So I hope you enjoyed chapter 27!
Warrior 128