Holly didn't go to sleep immediately, unlike the rest of them. She sat with her back against the wall, knees pulled up to her chest looking at everyone. Most fell asleep in a matter of seconds, the fights from the previous day taking a toll on them. Others sat around and chatted for a while. Holly was too exhausted to talk to anyone but whatever she tried, she couldn't close her eyes. Whenever she did she saw the lightning again…the light bulb creatures and the horrors they faced in the scorch. She was a bit surprised to see so many sleeping so soundly as if at peace when they were far from safety. They were back in WICKED's hands yet again. Their fate now once again rested on the Rat Man.

After a while, Holly's eyes ached so she spread the blanket she had got on the floor and laid down on it. It had been an hour of her staring at the ceiling, listening to the gentle snores of her peers till a voice broke her from her thoughts.

"What was in it?" He asked. Holly turned her head sideways to look at the speaker and she saw him. He was sitting cross legged across her. Between Holly and him were two gladers sound asleep.

"What?" Holly spoke, her voice sounding raw and raspy.

"The bag you let go of, what was in it?" The boy asked her. Holly was confused for a second before she remembered it was him who had pulled her up onto the Berg. She sat up straight and turned to face him.

"Something that meant a lot to me" She said. The room was dark and quiet. Holly and the boy were the only ones awake…the rest were curled up in their sleeping bags.

"I got that…I mean I'm just curious as to what it was. In the world that we woke up in, with no memories, what could it possibly be that actually meant something to you?" He asked her.

"It was a picture of my family" She replied straight away. What was the point of hiding? It wouldn't do any good to anybody.

"Your family?" He questioned. She noticed he had an odd accent.

"WICKED gave the picture to me at the end of the Maze Trials but I lost it" She said, stating the obvious. She didn't even feel like crying…maybe she had gotten over it too quickly. The thought saddened her.

"I'm sorry" The boy said "What's your name?"

Holly thought for a minute. She didn't want to bring up unpleasant memories, especially about her previous life so she changed the topic and said "You are so lucky you were in Group A"

The boy looked taken aback at her sudden outburst but he questioned "Why?"

"Well…" Holly said and crossed her legs under her, holding the pillow in her lap "Girls are the most annoying creatures ever invented"

The boy seemed confused and said "You're a girl too"

"I know that" Holly said, rolling her eyes "I mean, obviously…but it's just I hate them so much"

"What did they ever do to you?" The boy asked leaning forward in interest.

"Okay…let me tell you this" Holly began "One night in the Glade…my first night there actually, this girl Eva came up to me and asked me if I wanted to share her room with her. That was very kind of her but I didn't even know who she was and she expected us to sleep on the same bed. Just because we're girls doesn't mean it wouldn't be awkward so I said no. The next day…Eva's best friend who apparently was in love with her came to me and started screaming about how I'd broken her lover's heart and that I didn't deserve to be there and I should be banished" Holly said.

"You're kidding right?" The boy asked, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

"No! I'm serious!" Holly laughed "She actually wanted me banished because she was jealous!"

"That's so ridiculous" he boy said and broke out into a soft laugh. Holly felt a tug in her stomach at that. His laugh was extremely pleasant and she moved her gaze away from him before she started to blush.

"What else?" He prodded, leaning on his elbows.

"Well, this girl once requested a dress from the creators and we could only make limited requests in a week so I was pretty upset at her for wasting it on that and every girl looked at me like I was the enemy at fault" Holly said "A dress! I mean, can you believe it?" She asked, laughing in disbelief.

The boy grinned and said "You're right. I am lucky I was stuck with the boys"

Holly smiled at him and leaned her head on one elbow "Well…doesn't matter now. They're dead now"

The boy glanced up at her in, almost in shock. He realized that Group B had lost a lot of its people and it should be no surprise that Holly's friends were lost too.

"I'm sorry. I completely ruined the mood" Holly realized "I should sleep anyway"

"Yeah" The boy mumbled and ran a hand through his hair. Holly got under her blanket and laid down on the floor.

"Goodnight I guess" She heard him say.

"It's Holly" She said.

"What?" The boy asked.

"My name. I never answered your question before. My name's Holly" She said.

"Oh. It was nice to meet you Holly" The boy said and extended a hand forward.

"I'm Newt" He told her and then they both went to sleep much like the rest of the teenagers in the room.