Hey y'al, Im writing this now but its probably gonna be a while before its posted. Im currently without internet at my house. The whole situation is so frustrating! I was on the phone with the cable company for AN HOUR trying to see why I couldnt connect to the network and the guy kept telling me that on his end It shows that I should have use of the freaking internet and since Im a nice person I kept my cool and was nice to him but holy crap! He didnt even know why it wasnt working! He told me the only way to get the internet was to plug it directly into my laptop which is a lot of effort since its in a really bad spot to do that. So needless to say Im more than annoyed at them..oh and to top off my shitty night, my actual cable has decided to stop working too. So if theres a lot of anger in this chapter at least you know why...thanks for letting me rant and rave lets move forward shall we?

Chapter 13

Pain, thats all I felt, or atleast thats what I thought it was. My muscles were rock hard and so stiff it made me want to scream out but I couldnt. It took almost all my energy to just open my eyes and when I did really wished I didnt. Everything was bright and and so white I felt my eyes instantly tear up as I blinked against the assult of light. After a while they adjusted and everything was sharp, focused, abnormally focused.

"Welcome back Peyton." I heard this voice that almost sounded like I was underwater. A face came into view, it was a woman. Her curly brown hair and big round equally brown eyes smiled down at me, I wasnt sure how to feel towards this woman and I wanted to know who she was but my tongue felt as though it was made out of cement and I couldnt get a word out. The woman placed her hand lightly on my forhead. I wanted to speak so badly but everythin hurt, from my fingers to my toes, even my teeth hurt.

"Im sure youre wondering why you feel this way my dear." She clears her throat and she begins to check my vital signs, I watch helplessly as she picks up my hand and turns it palm up to check my pulse. She places it back down and it angers me that I cant move.

"After your last session we decided to examine your further. We did a full physical of your skeletal system as well as your muscular. You show great signs, your patterns are most interesting as well as your partner Devin, we think that after more studing and research we could make more like you." She just talks and talks like what shes telling me is the most normal thing in the world. She was interuppted when the door to the room opened and the boy from earlier that was in the room watching her walked in,

"Its time to wake her up, Jansen wants to see her for her debriefing." He watches as the woman pulls out a large needle, my heart beat speeds up and I hear the rapid beeping of my heart monitor as she injects it into my IV. It feels like fire spreading through my veins at the speed of lava flowing out of a volcano. The urge to scream became more and more intense until I was finally able to open my mouth and let it out.

Pain. Buring, so much pain!

The screams kept coming until I felt like I was being shaken violently. My eyes flew open and I realized the screams were actually coming from my mouth, I thrashed so violently to get away from the hands that I flipped out of my hammock and onto the hard ground with a loud thump.

"Bloody hell Peyton! Are you okay?" I heard a familiar accent and I rolled over and looked at Newt

"Holy shit." I was panting as I threw the Glader slang right out the window for that moment.

"Im sorry did I wake you up?" I sat up with a wince and Newt helped me the rest of the way and sat me on my hammock gently.

"No I was already up, luckily, you could have woken the whole bloody Glade. What the shuck kinda dream were you having?" He questions me with concern written all over his face. I ran my hands through my hair and down my face before looking back at the boy,

"I just started having these nightmares. They feel so real! Like full detail dreams, like im there. I feel like theyre memories or something. Theyre buggin scary Newt. Just dont tell anyone please, I dont want Alby or anything thinking ive been jacked." I gave him a small pleading look while he returned with a frown before sighing

"Fine fine. I wont tell anyone. Just slim it, you look scared. Go walk it off, Ill come up with some stupid excuse." I smile up at him

"Just say I saw a huge ass spider." I stood up and he nodded with a soft chuckle.

"Youre afraid of spiders?" He looks at me, amused. I shoot him a dirty look before I grab my clean clothes and a clean towel to head off to take a shower and wash off the sweat and loosen up my stiff muscles. I rubbed my neck, I swear my muscles felt like they were frozen stiff for hours.

Once clean, dressed and boots laced up I headed towards the kitchen to grab a bite since I missed breakfast. I entered without knocking and I was greeted with Minho stuffing pancakes down his throat with extraordinary speed,

"Slow down or youll choke shuck face." I walk up to the boys and the Runner looks at me and he rolls his eyes before swallowing whats in his mouth, he points his fork at me

"Mind your own shuck business Red." He pauses to give me a rather intense look before going back to his plate

"You should put ice on your face." He states with a strange tone to his voice, my shoulders slump in defeat, I had forgotten about my bruised cheek due to all the klunk going on this morning. I looked to Frypan who made a pained face

"Ooh girl that looks ugly." He doesnt soften the blow to my ego so I flip him the bird,

"Thanks Fry youre so kind." I push past the cook and get into the freezer, I grab a towel and place some cubes of ice into it and twist it before placing it softly on my face, I cringe yet again from pain as I sit down next to Minho at the table,

"Want something to eat Peyton?" Frypan asks and I nod

"You read my mind. Thanks." I smile at him slightly to avoid more pain and he proceeds to make more doughy goodness. I look to the Runner as he finishes his food

"Hows your knee?" I ask him and he looks at me like he totally forgot about it,

"Its fine. I should be able to run again by tomorrow. I dont give a rats ass what you say. I cant sit around here any shucking longer." He frowns and I mimic his expression

"Thats really not up to you stupid. Youre not going out there until I say you can." He slams his palms down onto the table and he flies out of his chair quickly, he glares down at me and I stubbornly meet his glare. I cant admit I wasnt a little shocked, I really wasnt expecting him to flip like that but I wasnt going to show weakness. If I needed him to listen to me then I needed to be just as shucking stubborn as him. I stood up and met his gaze at a better level.

"What did you say shank?" He growls out and I cross my arms to try to look more intimidating which probably didnt help at all.

"You heard me slinthead. You. Are. Not. Running." I spit out each word with emphasis. He moves quickly as he gets right in my face, the veins in his neck pop out as well as on his arms, his hands are balled up into fists.

"Who Minho calm the shuck down man." Frypan says and he walks around the counter ready to intervene. I hold my hand up to stop him as I keep my eyes locked with the Runners.

"Im not afraid of you Minho so you can stop with the death glare. Waiting a few more days wont kill you, If anything it will insure that youll come back safe." He clenches his jaw and without saying a word he spins around so quickly I take a step back and he storms out and slams the door behind him. I stare out the door and let out the breath I didnt know I was holding as I relax a little. I slump into the chair and look to the cook

"He is so bloody stubborn. Has he always been this angry?" I ask a little freaked hoenstly. Minho was borderline aggressive. Frypan nods at me, "Minho has a short fuse. You havent been here long enough I witness it, Im surprised he didnt hit you. I dont think you being a girl would stop him to be honest. He believes that if you deserve it well then you get it. Just dont let him get to you, he must of not been that shuckin angry if he didnt throw any punches. Just sit and eat." He places food in front of me and I look down at them and unfortunatly my appitite was gone.

For the rest of the day I noticed Minho was making it a point to avoid me. I was bored out of my mind and went to go bother Ben who was sitting with his Keeper, he saw me coming and without a word he left. I walked up to Ben and sat down on the bench with a sigh and a frown

"How mad is he?" I asked and Ben looked at me and raises a blonde eyebrow "Well hes been cursing under his breath every so often and hes moping. So I would say hes pretty mad. What exactly did you do to him?" He rested his arms on the table and I folded my hands together on and placed them on the table,

"I told him that he has to wait a couple more days before he can go back into the Maze. Saying he got mad is a shucking understatement. He flipped out Ben, I just, I cant send him out there without knowing for sure he'll make it back because he couldnt run." My face fell a little and the Runner looked at me with a knowing look,

"I understand. Hes just a stubborn shank who doesnt know what to do except run. He's just bored. If youre going to keep him out of the Maze for a few more days I suggest that you find a way to keep him busy or he'll make your life hell. If you thought Gally was bad, you havent seen anything yet." I gulped silently, I really didnt want to see that side of Minho, I was more afraid for him than for myself, If he rubbed me the wrong way I would never be able to get rid of him, because he'll be stuck in the sick room with me from how hard I beat him.

"That shouldnt be too hard. Ill just have to constantly annoy him, that will keep him busy. I cant get him to work in the sick room with me, that will bore him for sure." I placed my good cheek in my palm and Bens eyes landed on my purple cheek

"Wow Gally really did a number on your face." He snickered and I glared at him,

"Yeah well you saw what I did to him, do want me to do that to you? Cause im pretty sure it hurt." I narrowed my eyes at him and he moved back a bit and shook his head

"For a girl youre pretty scary you know that?" He looks at me a little unsure if Ill hit him or not, I shake my head at him the shrug

"I have to deal with you shucks all day, I have to have some balls." He laughes and I join in. I spend some more time with Ben before heading towards the sick room. Clint looks up when I walk in and he points to the chair,

"Sit. I was wondering when you would get here." He rummages through the herbs and the salves as I sit like he told me to.

"All you had to do was come find me shuck face. Ive been awake." Jeff chuckles as he reads his book. Clint comes back with the salve he showed me how to make the first time up here and he unscrewed the lid.

"If you came sooner your face wouldnt look this bad. Be glad we dont have mirrors, you look like klunk." He gingerly rubs it on my skin and I feel the burning from the mint and it makes my eye water for a second before it soothes the pain in my cheek.

"Thank you Clint. I actually forgot about it until Minho pointed it out. Its not that bad is it?" I look over his shoulder to Jeff who looks at me with a straight face

"Oh its bad. Im pretty sure Gally is spending the day in the Slammer because of it. I mean, technically you should too for even thinking you could take him but since he actually hit you, its him spending his time there." I roll my eyes,

"Oh Im so lucky. Honestly I wouldnt even care, he deserved what he got. He only punched me because he couldnt handle that a girl 2 times smaller than him can use his momentum against him. Its called being smart. Which is something he isnt." I state like its a matter of fact and I see Clint shake his head at me as he puts his salve away,

"You two are so much a like its shocking." The Med-jack states and I frown harshly at him

"I am nothing like that Slinthead! Take that back, im pretty sure im so much prettier.
I retorted and he looks at me,

"Not Gally you klunkhead, you and that shank Minho. Youre exactly alike." He leaves me with that and I find myself growing annoyed with that comparisson. We are nothing alike. Stupid shuckfaced Minho.

Oh yeahhh, the time it took me to write this my internet had enough time to refresh I guess since its working now. But incase it stops again im stopping this chapter right here and posting it. The message is always the same at this point, please review(: I look forward to your comments.