The next six months were uneventful, Newt and I were on good terms, really good terms. Chuck and I did our usual jobs, painting stuff, putting up some curtains, sorting screws and of course consoling the newbies. Sometimes, when we did all the stuff we had to do, we helped the others with their jobs. So at times, I was a track-hoe and Chuck a slopper. Of course Minho was being his usual annoying self during those six months. Everything was going so perfectly that I had the feeling that something was going to go wrong. And that something happened when Ben returned from running on day.

"Where are they? They should've been back by now" Minho said while pacing around in the glade, going from one door to another to another. Ben and Frankie still weren't back from running and the doors were going to close in less than half an hour. I didn't dare trying to console Minho this time. They were going to die and we all knew it. I remember what happened with Gally when he went in the maze and what happened when Minho and Newt came back late because Newt had jumped. And now it was happening again.

"There!" Chuck shouted from the other side of the glade. We ran to them and I saw that Ben was leaning on Frankie like Newt had done with Minho. When they finally entered the glade, the doors closed. Jack, Clint and Jeff immediately came to us and they took Ben with them to homestead. Frankie was fine but Ben was stung.

"Alby, dude, Ben was stung ... during the day" Frankie said upset.

"Yeah, I can also see that slinthead! There's nothing I can do about it, Jeff give him the cure. The rest, go look for the keepers , we're having a gathering in five minutes" Alby said and he walked towards homestead. Newt was confused but he went away to search the other keepers.

"So, first he's stung, then he gets the cure, he goes through the changing and after that he's cured?" Chuck asked me. I already had explained it to him once, but it was the first time it happened with Chuck here, so I nodded.

"Go fix the chairs from the kitchen, okay? I got to go" I said while pointing to a few chairs that were broken and I went to homestead. When I entered, Alby opened the gathering

"This isn't normal! I tell you, worse things are going happen" Gally said angrily.

"Shut up! It was an accident! Last time someone was stung, nothing bad happened" Minho shouted.

"Yes, or the times before that" Frypan said. Hmm, interesting. This had happened before I had arrived.

"It was just an accident! We can't do anything about it! Gathering closed!" Alby said.

"But something isn't right!" Gally shouted.

"Frankie saw nothing suspicious when he found him. Just another accident. Like with you and George and the others. Just leave" Alby said calmly and everyone left the room sad.

"But George is dead" Gally mumbled while leaving the room.

"Chuck, are you done with the chairs?" I asked him and he shook his head.

"Doesn't matter. Is the blanket done?"

"Yes, why?" he asked curiously.

"Go get it. I will explain it later" I said to him while gathering some flowers. Chuck went to homestead to get the blanket and I met him at the door of homestead.

"What are you're going to do now?" he asked curiously.

"I'm going to pay Ben a visit, but maybe it's better if you stay here and do something to cheer up the gladers. They look a bit sad, don't you think? Good that?"

"What do I have to do?"

"I don't know something" I went to homestead and left Chuck with the other gladers. I went up the stairs and saw Jeff sitting at the door.

"I wouldn't enter if I was you" he warned me.

"Is it that bad?" he nodded and I put my hand on the door knob but I hesitated for a few minutes before opening the door. I saw Ben laying on the bed, screaming from the pain. His eyes were bloodshot, his body was red with bumps, his veins stuck out and they were green. He didn't look human anymore, so bad was it. I couldn't see him anymore so I looked around the room and saw that Jack and Clint were at each side of the bed and Newt and Alby were also in the room looking at Ben.

"Here" I gave Newt the flowers and the blanket and quickly left, I couldn't be in this room while Ben looked like that.

"I told you that you didn't want to come in" Jeff said. I hate to admit this, but he was right, I shouldn't have entered the room. I was scared and terrified. But I wanted to see him, it was my job to help the gladers and so helping an ill glader was part of my job. I decided to get my stick so I would feel safer and then I went back to Ben's room. I opened the door and sat down next to Jack without looking at Ben. Then I put the stick in my lap, squeezed it and tried to look at Ben.

"In a week he's cured" Clint said and Alby nodded.

"Someone has to be in the room at all time, good that?" he said and Jack and Clint nodded. After that Alby left the room and Newt followed him. I also went outside and saw that a lot of gladers were laughing. What had Chuck done? I turned around looking for Chuck and then I saw Gally running after someone, Chuck. He was hot on his heels and I made sure that Gally wouldn't do anything to Chuck by jumping in front of Gally with my stick.

"Stop!" Gally immediately stopped and he looked angrily at my stick. If looks could kill, my stick would be six feet under the ground right now. Apparently he's afraid of my stick, like he should be.

"What did Chuck do?" I asked him still threatening him with my stick so he wouldn't dare to leave without answering me.

"Bathroom. He scared me to death in the bathroom" he gasped and I lowered my stick while looking confused.

"And why do you have to chase him?"

"Well, now it's my time to scare him" That seemed legit.

"Okay, now you're done with that. Congratulations, good job" I tried to pat him on the shoulder but he turned around to go to the kitchen. Chuckie, who was behind me, gave me a hug and said thanks.

"Good job, shank. I'm proud of you" I said to him.