Hello Humans, it's Monday. Which means back to school and homework, yay. But, to make your Monday a little bit better a finished chapter 19! Before we continue on our fictional journey, I would like to thank JinLing, IAmJustAFangirl172, DarkLight2589, and k8callahan8 for following the story! Alse, by BFF and fanfic buddy k8callahan8 just started a Harry Potter and Frozen crossover story! It's called Untitled Harry Potter Fanfic and you humans should totes check it out. I would also like to thank you guys for leaving such wonderful reviews! It really helps me keep writing.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Maze Runner Trilogy. (I wish I did though, otherwise Lynn would be an actual character.)
Lynn's eyes fluttered open, she could feel a hand gripping her own. Then she felt pain. She let out a groan as an excruciating pain pierced her right shoulder. Last nights events came flooding back to her memory. The Maze, getting seperated from Minho and Thomas, Greivers, passing out after a one on one with said Greiver. She sat up and took notice that it Newt who was holding her hand, who had fallen asleep in his chair.
"Newt?" she questioned quietly, rubbing her eyes. He immediately opened his eyes and looked at his sister, a smile across his face. Newt quickly wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled Lynn into his arms,
"What did I say about not scaring me like that again?" said he.
Lynn let out a light chuckle, "I thought I told you no promises."
"Still," Newt said, letting go of his sister and holding her at arms length and brushing a piece of hair out of her face. "You had me worried."
"How did I get back here?" she asked, "I don't remember anything about running back."
"Minho and Thomas found you this afternoon." he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "You were passed out on the ground. But listen, we've got more important things to talk about."
"Like what?"
"Well, there are two things. One being that Minho and Thomas think they found a way out of here through the Cliff. We actually had a conversation about it earlier." Newt said.
"What's the second important thing?"
"The Maze doors didn't close tonight." Lynn looked on at him with wide eyes. If the doors don't close, that means the Greivers have a way to get into the Glade. That's not good. "Nightfall's in a few minutes, I better get you into the Homestead. C'mon." Newt stood up his chair and held out a hand for his sister. Lynn pushed her blankets off and placed her feet on the ground. She took her Newt's hand and stood up. Just as they we about to leave, the door was opened.
Minho's P.O.V
"Newt!" he called upon entering the Med-Jack Hut. "Newt, I need your-" Minho stopped himself, standing before him was the blonde girl that made his heart melt just by sating his name. The one who earlier was unconcious with blood pouring out of her shoulder. Lynn, who now had a bandage wwrapped around her shoulder.
"What did you need?" Newt. The only problem that stopped Minho from getting what he wanted.
"Um- I need you to help me get the Maps and hide them in the supply closet in the Homestead." Minho replied, his eyes not looking away from Lynn, who was doing her nervous habbit of fiddling with the hem of her tight fitting orange shirt. She always looked so cute doing that.
Stop thinking about that Minho! He scolded himself.
"Oh that, right." Newt said, "Let's go." He exchanged quiet words with Lynn and headed out of the small hut, going towards the Map Room. As Minho turned around, he heard her sweet voice.
"Minho, wait!" He faced back towards the blonde, only to have her run into his embrace. Minho smiled as he wrapped his arms around her petite body, loving the feeling of her in his arms. He rested his chin on top of her head and put a hand on the back of her head.
"What's with the hugs?" he smirked.
"Well, I just wanted to thank you for um-well, uh-"
"I get it Lynn," he said as he placed a kiss on her hairline. She pulled herself away from him and placed her hands on his chest, her hazel eyed gaze meeting his. Minho wanted to kiss her, ravish her, tell her he loved her with all his heart. But, what would Newt say? He knew Lynn wouldn't care at all what her brother thought, but Newt was his best friend. Speaking of Newt.
"Minho! What's taking ya so buggin' long?" Newt's voice could be heard outside. Minho turned his head towards the door and looked back at Lynn.
"See ya later girly." He patted her good shoulder and fled the room.
Lynn's P.O.V
Lynn stood frozen in her spot.
What just happened? Was she really thinking about kissing Minho? She shook her head, getting those thoughts out of her mind. She went out the door and headed towards the Homestead. She could see all the boys filing in the door. Lynn squeezed through all of them trying to get into the building, she just wanted to be with Thomas and Chuck right now. As soon as she made it into the Homestead, she could hear her name being shouted over the noise of everyone talking at once.
"Lynn!" she turned her head to see Chuck and Thomas waving their hands over their heads, trying to get her to notice them. "Lynn, over here!" She made her way through the crowd and went towards the back right corner. Upon arriving in front of the two, Chuck rushed forward and hugged her middle chest. She squeezed him tightly before letting go of the young boy.
"It's good to see you're doing better Lynn." Thomas said, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, being careful of her bandaged one.
"It's good to see you too, Tommy." she patted his cheek, "What happened while I was away?"
Chuck barked a laugh, "A lot of things happened while you were gone Lynn. A lot." The next thirty minutes was spent explaining to her what went on, The Cliff, the secret passage through the Greiver Hole, Minho and Thomas finding her, and the Doors not closing.
"Wow," Lynn breathed out. "I missed a lot."
"You sure did." Thomas said, leaning against the wall. "But, we are glad your back."
"Me-" she was cut off as the entire room went silent. An loud moan was coming from deep within the Maze, the night had just begun.
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Lynn now found herself in a room upstairs with Newt, Alby, Thomas, and Minho. Alby and her brother sat on a bed, while herself, Thomas, and Minho sat in chairs across from them. They were continuing the conversation that Newt said he had with Thomas earlier,
"Closest I've come so far," he began, "to hangin' it all up. Shuck it all and kiss a Greiver goodnight. Supplies cut, bloody gray skies, walls not closing. But we can't give up, and we all know it. The buggers that sent us here either want us dead or their givin' us a spur. This or that, we gotta work our arses off till we're dead or not dead." Thomas, Lynn, and Minho nodded. Alby just sat there, he seemed to be on another planet. Maybe a whole other universe. You could obviously tell he had been through the Changing, Alby was being very...distant ever since he got out of the coma he was in.
"Alby?" Newt questioned, looking at the dark-skinned male. "Are you gonna pitch in?"
Said boy looked up from his lap, eyes darting across the room. "Huh? Oh. Yeah. Good that. But you've seen what happens at night. Just because your sister and Greenie were freaking supergirl and superboy, doesn't mean the rest of us can."
Lynn and Thomas rolled their eyes in sync, Alby's attitude was getting old.
"What about you Lynn?" Newt asked, rubbing his hands together.
"I'm on the same page as you." she gestured to her brother.
"Well," Minho said, "Then, I'm on the same page as Newt, Lynn, and Thomas. We gotta quit boohooing and feeling sorry for ourselves. Tomorrow morning, first thing, you guys can assign teams to study the Maps full-time while the Runners go out. We'll pack our stuff shuck-full so we can stay out there for a few days."
"What?" Alby asked, his voice rising a little. "What do you mean days?"
"I mean, days. With the doors open and no sunset, there's no point in coming back here, anyway. If they still move."
"No way." Alby said, "We have a Homestead to hide in-and if that ain't workin', the Map Room and the Slammer. We can't freaking go ask people to go out there and die, Minho! Who'd volunteer for that?"
"Me," Minho said. "Lynn and Thomas."
Everyone looked at the two, they both exchanged sidewards glance before nodding their heads.
"I will if I have to.' Newt suggested. This suprised Lynn, she never talked to her brother on how he got his limp. But, it was a reminder that something bad had happened to him in the Maze. And she was going to find out what really happened, just maybe not today.
"And I'm sure all the Runners'll do it." he continued.
Alby let out a harsh laugh, "With your bum leg?" Lynn snapped her head in his general direction, eyes narrowed.
"Well, I don't feel good askin' Gladers to do the same thing if I'm not bloody willing to do it myself." Newt said, a frown upon his face.
Alby sighed, moving back on the bed. "Whatever, do what you want."
"Do what I want?!" Newt exclaimed, standing up. "What's wrong with you, man? Are you tellin' me we have a choice? Should we just sit on our butts and wait to be snuffed by the Greivers?"
Alby scoffed, "Well, it be better than running to them."
Newt sat back down, "Alby. You gotta start talkin' reason."
The leader drew in a deep breath, "You guys know I'm all screwed up. Seriously, I'm...sorry. I shouldn't be the stupid leader anymore."
"Oh bloody-" Newt started.
"No!" Alby shouted, his face red. "That's not what I meant. Listen to me. I ain't saying we should or ant of that klunk. I'm just sayin' that, I think that I need to let you guys make the decisions. I don't trust myself. So, yeah. I'll do whatever."
"Um, right." Newt said, his voice cracking slightly. "We'll make it work, I promise. You'll see."
"Yeah," muttered Alby. A pregnant pause filled the room before he spoke up again, "Hey, tell you what. Put me in charge of the Maps. I'll freaking work every Glader to the bone studying those things."
"Works for me," Minho said. Lynn felt as if she wanted to agree, but didn't know if it was her place to do so. Alby sat a little straighter,
"Ya know, it was really stupid for us to sleep in here tonight. We should've been in the Map Room, working.
"Probably right," Minho shrugged
"Well, I'll go." Alby said confidently, "Right now."
"You can't be serious." Newt said, taken back. "You can't go out there now!" The dark-skinned boy stood up,
"Seriously, I need this. So, I'm going and that's that." He pulled out a ring of keys from his pocket and rattled them. "See you shucks in the morning."
With that, he walked out.
I am really sorry about this poor excuse for a chapter. I just really wanted to get something out to you humans, I apologize. But, hopefully the next chapter will be better than this. Remember to favorite, follow, and review the story! Bon Voyage humans!
-Broadwaykid1832
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