Greetings fellow humans! I am back and feeling a little bit better than I did yesterday. I was wondering if you guys wanted longer chapters so I will be giving it a try in this chapter. I was looking to have each chapter be like 2,000 words. I would like to thank shinigamigymnast13 and saraaaaaaahtjexoxo for following the story! You don't know how happy I am with the feedback I have gotten, and how many follows I have.
(Guest) I want Newt to be one of those overprotective brothers, I always felt that Newt was kinda like the mother hen of the Glade. Lynho will definitely be developing through the next few chapters. I don't know about Teresa, I might do a few story changes and have her be like the Thomas of Group B. I still don't know what to do with her.
(molliezoe21) I will be sure to add more Newt/Lynn brother and sister moments in this chapter or the next one!
(saraaaaaaahtiexoxo) Thank you for leaving such a wonderful review! Ummmmm right, I completely forgot about the whole 'I triggered the ending thing.' Well, I think I'll have Thomas trigger it before he came to the Glade. Yeah, let's go with that.
After a long needed shower, Lynn headed to the Homestead. When she opened up the door, she saw the greenie in the middle of a quarrel with Gally.
"What's going on?" She asked upon approaching them. The newbie turned towards Lynn,
"Your a girl, Why is she the only girl here? And what's going on upstairs?" The boy asked questions every other second.
"Listen Greenie you don't wanna go up there. Newt and Alby will kill you," Chuck said from Lynn's left.
"Just go upstairs," said Gally. The boy started to go up the rickety old staircase,
"No!" Lynn shouted, grabbing his arm and pulling him back down , "You don't want to go up there."
"Let him Lynn," Gally sneered, "Let the shuck-face go see for himself," The boy pried his arm out of Lynn's grip and ascended up the stairs.
"The Changing! Look forward to it slinthead!" Gally shouted. Once the greenie was out of sight, Lynn hit Gally on the arm.
"You stick!" she scolded him, "Alby's gonna eat him alive!" Before anything could come out of Gally's mouth, Lynn heard Alby yell "What're you doing up here greenie!" Seconds later the Greenie came flying down the stairs and said to Lynn, "Get me out of here,"
"You got it," and with that Lynn pulled the boy outside, Chuck following close behind. "Chuck," Lynn said, "Go get some food from Frypan for the Greenie,"
"I don't know if I can ever eat again," The greenie mumbled staring at the ground.
"Yeah, you will. Meet me at the same tree before in like ten minutes," Chuck hobbled off and Lynn followed the newbie towards some tree.
"I don't believe I ever got your name," Lynn held her hand out to him, "I'm Lynn, I was the greenie until you got here."
"Thomas," He said shaking her hand, "My name's Thomas." Lynn smiled at him,
"Nice to meet ya Thomas," The two sat at the base of the tree,
"Why are you the only girl here?" Thomas bluntly asked, looking at Lynn.
"Well, um- It's uh- It's a long story." Lynn stuttered, fiddling with her hands. Thomas shrugged his shoulders, "I got time," She looked glanced over at him.
"Okay," Lynn sighed, "I didn't come from the box like you and the other boys did. I came from the maze," She pointed, out towards the concrete walls that bordered the Glade. "I came from a group of girls and was second-in-command and a Mapper,"
"Mapper?"
"Yeah, someone who explores the-" By the look on Thomas' face she knew he had no idea what she was saying. "I'll tell you the rest once you know a little bit more about this place." Lynn said, patting his shoulder. Chuck then came over with a couple of sandwiches in his arms and handed one to Lynn and Thomas, saving a couple for himself.
"Frypan wasn't to happy about me invading his kitchen before dinner." said Chuck as he took a seat next to Lynn.
"Ah man," Thomas said through a mouthful, "I was starving."
"Told ya you'd be hungry," Lynn took a small bite out of her sandwich. After a few moments of silence with the only sound being the three munching on their sandwiches Thomas said,
"What was wrong with that Ben guy? He doesn't even look human anymore."
"Don't really know," Chuck said, "But I think Lynn does," The two boys looked at the girl in between them who was staring out in the distance.
"He's going through the Changing," she mumbled, "It's what happens when you get stung by a Greiver. I saw it happen."
"Greiver?" Thomas questioned, "What's a Greiver?" Lynn shook her head,
"I've said too much," Thomas turned towards the two,
"Why is everyone being so secretive?"
"That's just the way it is. Things are really weird around here, and most of us don't know everything. Half of everything." Chuck said. Out in the distance Lynn saw Minho exit the Maze through the east opening,
"I'll see you shanks later," She quickly stood up and jogged towards Minho, she followed him to a small little hut behind the Homestead. When he entered the building, she decided to wait outside. Lynn sat a few feet away on a tree trunk, resting her elbow on her knees and her head laying against her hand. Lynn's mind wandered to how she even got here in the first place, she ran the same Maze for two years and in just one day she showed up. She wondered how things were back at home, how Lily was handling her disappearance or how Sonya was doing without her right hand girl. Minho's voice disrupted her thoughts,
"Lynn?" she quickly stood up and turned to face him. He had that little smirk on his face with his arms crossed. "What are ya doin' out here?"
"Oh," Lynn said, "Um- I just wanted to wait for you to come out." Minho's smirk grew a little bigger,
"Couldn't resist this could you?" he motioned to himself. Lynn scoffed,
"Don't be ridiculous-"
"Lindy Lou as much as I would love to talk to you, I'm starving so can we please get to dinner." Lynn nodded and the pair began to walk to the kitchens.
"So," Minho began, "what did you do today girly?" He put an arm around her shoulders,
"I worked in the gardens with Zart and Newt," She said. Lynn could feel heat rise to her cheeks as Minho's arm fell down to her waist.
"Do you know how Ben is doing?" That is the question she dreaded hearing,
"No," she muttered, "I have no idea how he is. I just hope he is all right." The two walked in silence. Lynn looked over the Maze doors to see they already closed for the night.
"Lynn!" her and Minho turned to see Chuck running towards them, Thomas not too far behind them. The young boy's gaze drifted to Minho's arm which was around Lynn's waist. Minho quickly removed his arm as Lynn cleared her throat,
"What do you need Chuck?" she asked.
"We need your help with something," Chuck pulled on Lynn's arm, "Like right now," he began to drag her away with Thomas following them.
"I'll see ya later Minho!"
"Bye girly," Minho turned and continued towards the kitchens. The trio headed towards the bathrooms, "Chuck what are we doing here?"
"I like to do this to people before I go to bed." he whispered. Chuck stepped onto a wooden box under the window. He crouched so that his head was just below where the person on the inside would be able to see him. Chuck reached a hand up and tapped the glass.
"This is stupid," Lynn heard Thomas whisper, "I don't want to get in trouble, I just got here!" Chuck tapped the window again. Lynn could hear someone moving inside the bathroom. Thomas and Lynn pressed their backs against the wooden wall of the building,
"Who's there?!" Gally's voice could be heard inside.
"Chuck," Lynn whispered to the boy, but it was too late. Chuck popped his head toward the window and screamed at the top of his lungs. A loud crash was heard along with lots of curse words following.
"I'm gonna kill ya shuck-face!" Gally shouted, throwing the door open. Lynn turned her head to see Thomas and Chuck running towards the open Glade. Lynn went to run away when Gally grabbed her by her white hoodie and pulled her back. Lynn tripped over her own feet and stumbled to the ground.
"It wasn't me I swear," Lynn stuttered.
"Wasn't you?" He snarled, Lynn scrambled to get to her feet but was pushed back down by Gally. "The how do you know there was something you didn't do?" He grabbed her by the front of her jacket and brought her so their faces were inches apart.
"Gally!" Her brother came storming over to them, "Get your dirty shucking hands of my sister!" Gally let go of Lynn causing her to fall to the ground. The boy quickly scurried away,
"You alright Lynn," Newt asked, pulling her up. "I swear I'll kill that slinthead if you're hurt-"
"Newt I'm fine," she said, "Can we just go to bed I'm really tired." Newt sighed,
"Fine, but If i find that there is a scratch on you, Gally's gonna have hell to pay."
"Bloody Hell," Lynn said, "You are so protective."
"Hey, it's my job." Newt side hugged his sister and the two walked to the homestead.
So what do ya think? Do you guys like the longer chapters? I put in some Newt and Lynn brother/sister moments at the end. And we find Lynn and Minho growing closer by the minute! Let me know what you guys think! Leave a comment, favorite, and follow the story. See ya later humans!
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