Greetings humans! I am back from vacation and back in the cold weather. Yay me. I noticed that this story almost has 20 followers! That is totes awesome! It would make me the happiest fangirl on planet Earth! I am still having trouble deciding the tattoo for Lynn during the Scorch Trials and I do need a first kiss idea for Lynn and Minho. So if you humans have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments section! I would like to thank Wargetter and MIW-LOVER for favoriting the story!
Anonymous: That's okay, but if you do come up with any first kiss ideas please tell me. Like I said, I will not reveal any information for chapters to come. But something BIG is gonna happen during the Scorch Trials. I really didn't like Brenda either, I wish Thomas ended up with Teresa in the end. So maybe they'll get together in the end.
Lynn was awoken early the next morning by Chuck, she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and crawled out of her warm, cozy sleeping bag. The two started to head towards the kitchens when Lynn remembered that Thomas was probably still nestled in the ivy, sleeping the day away. She held an arm out infornt of Chuck, stopping him from walking any further.
"I'm gonna go get Thomas, but you go ahead to breakfast." Lynn said, resting a hand on his shoulder. "I'll be there in a few minutes." Chuck's brown curls shook as he nodded his head and continued to the kitchens. Lynn jogged over to where she spotted Thomas last night. There he was, pieces of ivy resting over his arms and shoulders, blankets now right above his waist.
"Tommy," Lynn said quietly, lightly shaking the sleeping boy. "Tommy, wake up." Thomas let out a tired groan as his eyes fluttered open, holding up a hand to block the sunlight shining down on him.
"What time is it?" he yawned, taking the blankets off of himself.
"Breakfast just started a few minutes ago." she responded, holding out a hand to Thomas. He grasped her hand and the pair started to walk away from the wall of ivy,
"Who's playing Glade Mother?" Thomas asked, looking over at Lynn.
"What?"
"Someone placed blankets on me last night, who was it?"
"Oh," Lynn let a small smile appear on her face, "It was me, I came across you last night. You looked a little cold so I brought you some blankets." She saw Thomas blush slightly, "We have a long day ahead of us, after breakfast Newt said that we have to head to the Slammer. We get to spend all day in the bloody Slammer."
"Yay us," Thomas commented.
"Indeed." Lynn added, they entered the kitchens to see Chuck waiting for them at a table, two plates of food beside his own. Lynn and Thomas made their way to the table and took a seat on either side of him,
"Hey Chuck," Thomas greeted him, Chuck looked up from his plate and grinned at the both of them.
"Hey," He said quietly, looking back at his plate. The trio ate in silence for a few minutes, it was unusual for Chuck to be so silent. Normally, he was a Chatty-Cathy. Lynn looked around to see other Glader sending pointed looks to herself and Thomas, guess it was the whole, 'they broke the rules, why aren't they be punished?' thing.
"Chuck?" Lynn asked, turning her head towards by the boy, who was seated in between her and Thomas. "Did anyone ever find out what happened to Gally?"
"No. Um-I was gonna tell you this morning. Someone saw him run into the Maze after the Gathering. Hasn't been seen since..." he trailed off. Thomas and Lynn's forks dropped in sync, making a clattering noise on the wooden table.
"What?" Thomas exclaimed in disbelief. "You're serious? He went into the Maze?"
"Yeah," Chuck sighed, "Everyone knows he went nuts, some shank even accused you two of killing him. But, Newt didn't believe any of it."
"I can't believe..." Lynn stared down at her plate, why would Gally run out into the Maze?
"Don't worry about it Lynn." Chuck said, reassuringly. "No one liked him except for his shuck cronies. They're the ones accusing you and Thomas of all this stuff."
"Ya know," Thomas began, "The guy is probably dead. You're talking about him like he went on vacation."
A blank looked washed over Chuck, "I don't think he's dead."
"Huh?" Thomas said, a puzzling look going across his face. " Then where is he? Aren't Minho, Lynn, and I the only ones who've survived a night out there?"
"That's what I'm saying. I think his buddies are hiding him in the Glade. Gally was an idiot, but he couldn't possibly survive a night out in the Maze all night. Like you two."
Lynn shook her head, "Maybe that's why he went out there, he thinks he can do anything that Thomas and I can do. That guy hates us...Well hated."
"Whatever," Chuck sighed, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly."If he's dead. you guys will probably find him...eventually. If not, he'll get hungry and show up to get something to eat. I really don't care."
Lynn and Thomas picked up their plates and brought them to the counter. She said, "All I want is just one buggin' day to go right here. To do absolutely nothing."
"Well your wish is bloody granted." an all to familiar voice said behind them. They both turned to see Newt there, smiling. Lynn let a tiny side smile grace her features at the sight of her brother. "C'mon jailbirds." said he, "Both of ya can relax all you like in the Slammer. Chucky'll bring you shanks some lunch at noon." Lynn walked to her brothers side and both of them walking towards the Slammer, Thomas not to far behind them. Maybe a day in prison would be relaxing, well...who knows?
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The Slammer was just as Lynn remembered it, Hidden inbetween the Homestead and the north wall, stood a big block of concrete. It was sunken into the ground a little bit with bushes covering every inch of it, it had one small window and a old wooden door that had a rusty latch locking it.
Newt had taken out a key from his pocket and unlocking the latch and opened up the door, motioning for them both to enter. "There's only one chair in there, so one of you will have to sit on the floor. There really isn't anything to do to keep yourself busy, Enjoy yourselves." Thomas went in first, Lynn following closely behind him. Before she was about to step in, Newt grabbed her by her wrist, pulling her back towards him. "The second it's sundown I'll come right back to let you out, okay?" he whispered in her ear.
"I'll be fine Newt," she squeezed his hand and went into the concrete cell, Newt locking the door behind her. Thomas had already taken the chair, so Lynn sat on the cold, hard, dirty ground and rested her back against the side of the wooden chair.
"Have fun." Newt said, poking his head through the window, then...he was gone.
"Sure," Lynn said sarcastically, "We'll have lots of fun." she could hear Thomas lightly chuckle.
"Yeah, lots." She rested her head on the side of Thomas' leg, he picked up a piece of Lynn's ponytail and started to play with it. "Lynn?"
"Yea Tommy."
"Can you tell me about how you arrived in the Glade?" Lynn was taken aback by this question, she never really gave Thomas the whole story.
"Well," she breathed out, "It went a little like this."
"Now," Lily began, straightening out Lynn's runner pack. "Be safe, avoid Greivers, make it back in time, Oh! and if you get hungry I stole some cookies from the Cafeteria. Isabella made them fresh this morning, don't tell her I took them." Lynn laughed as her red-headed friend shoved a brown paper bag in the zipper pocket of the pack.
"I won't, Isabella will never know." for effect Lynn pretended to zip her lips.
"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" Sonya asked coming beside her short, blonde, british friend. "Your going to be all alone out there."
"Sonya, I'm going to be fine." Lynn reassured her friend.
"I know," the leader sighed, "It's just, I can't lose my second-in-command. Otherwise I get stuck with that stick over there." Sonya pointed to Harriet, who was approaching swaggering over to them.
"Hey, I would make a good second command." The dark-skinned female said, resting her elbow on Sonya's shoulder, "Not as good as Lindy of course."
"That's right," Lynn added, crossing her arms. "No one is a better second command than me." They all laughed, but it was cut off by the loud thundering noise that happened every single morning when the doors to the Maze open. Sonya turned to face her friend and rested her hands on both Lynn's shoulders,
"Be careful out there Lynn, please make it back in time." Lynn rested her hands on top of Sonya's,
"I promise Sonya." The leader pulled her second-in-command into a tight hug, Lynn was released and felt a pair of arms around her waist. She looked down to see Charlotte, the youngest girl in the Glade, hugging her mid-section.
"You're gonna come back, right Lynn?" The brown haired girl looked up at Lynn. The blonde kneeled down in front of Charlotte, so that she was at the same height.
"I'll be back before dinner." she patted the young girl on the shoulder and stood up. After getting another tight hug from Harriet, Lynn turned to face Lily.
"Come back safe Lynn." she said, green eyes watering slightly.
"I will, I sure as hell don't want another night in that bloody Maze." Lynn hugged her best friend and patted her back. She turned to face the concrete jungle, ready to see what it had in store for her today. "Bye sticks, see ya soon. She jogged off into the Maze,
"Don't get lost!" Sonya shouted after her.
Lynn stopped and turned around, a smirk across her face. "Never have stick!" she said, "Never have." She winked at her friends and continued on her way. Little did anyone know, Lynn would be going into the Maze that day, and never coming back.
Thomas and Lynn sat in complete silence,
"So, you went into the Maze one way and came out another?" Thomas said, his fingers still playing with a piece of Lynn's hair.
"Yeah." She sighed, "Basically, I miss them all. Every single one of them." Both of them tried to occupy themselves for the remaining hour before noon, that's when Chuck would show up with lunch. When Chuck finally arrived, he did his normal job of talking Thomas and Lynn's ears off.
"Everything's getting back to normal," he announced, "The Runners are out in the Maze, everyone's working- maybe we'll survive after all. Still no sign of Gally, Newt told the Runners come back lickety-split if they found his body. And, oh, yeah, Alby's up and around. Seems fine- and Newt's glad he doesn't have to be the big boss anymore." It's great that Alby is better than we was yesterday, he wasn't in the best of shape.
"Lynn, Thomas," Chuck said, "I'm kinda of messed up you guys." Well, that was unexpected. "It's weird to feel sad and home-sick, but have no idea what it is you wish you could go back to, ya know? All I know is I don't wanna be here. I want to go back to my family. Whatever's there, whatever I was taken from. I wanna remember." Sadness filled Lynn, why would someone take a little boy like Chuck, and send them up to a place like this.
"I know what mean." Thomas murmured. Chuck looked Thomas in the eyes, a frown still etched on his face. He looked down at his hands,
"I used to cry," He quivered, "Every night." Tears blurred Lynn's vision, she used her thumb to wipe away the tears dripping down her cheek.
"Yeah?" Lynn said, reaching up to grab Chuck's hand through the window. She wrapped her fingers around his fist,
"Like a pants-wettin' baby. Almost til' the day you two showed up. Then I just kinda got used to it, I guess. This became home, even though we spend everyday hoping to get out."
"I've only cried once since showing up," Thomas looked, up at Chuck. "but, that was after almost getting eaten alive. I'm probably just a shallow shuck-face."
"You cried?" Chuck said, poking his head through the bars. "Then?"
"Yeah. When the last one fell over the Cliff, I broke down and sobbed til my chest and throat hurt. Everything crushed in on me at once. Sure made me feel better, don't feel bad about crying. Ever."
"Kinda does make you feel better." A few minutes of silence passed, Chuck gripped Lynn's hand tighter with each passing minute.
"Hey guys?"
"Yeah Chuck," Lynn said.
"Do you think I have parents? Like real parents?" Thomas opened and closed his mouth, trying to find the right words to say. Lynn decided to speak before he could even say anything,
"Of course you do Chuck." She said softly, "I'm sure that you have parents and their out there. Your mom is probably looking at a picture of you, clutching him to her chest and crying." Lynn could feel her tears coming back again, "I know that their out there somewhere Chuck, just like how Thomas and I probably have our parents out there."
She could hear Chuck sniffling lightly, Lynn wanted to get out of the cell and hug him close, and whisper sweet nothings into his ear, telling him everything is going to be fine.
"Don't give up Chuck," Thomas added, "Lynn and I are going to solve this thing, get you out of here. We are both Runners now, and I promise on my life that we're gonna get you back to that family of yours."
"We promise Chuck," Lynn said, trying to hide the evident tears pouring down her faccce. "We promise we'll get you home."
"Hope you two are right." Lynn squeezed his hand one more time, before he let go and walked away. Lynn's sobs where more noticeable than ever, Thomas got up from his chair and sat down on the floor next to her, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her into his embrace.
"We're gonna get him home Lynn," He whispered into her hair. "That's a promise that we are going to keep."
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