A cave. Teresa and this Aris guy dragged Lynn and Thomas to a freaking cave. And this so called cave had a glowing neon green door tucked away in the back.

What the hell were they taking Lynn and Thomas to a glowing green door? Is this door some sort of a magical portal to a far off universe that the two captives well be trapped in forever? It could be possible, depending on how insane Teresa and Aris are.

Lynn remained trapped in Aris' arms, desperately struggling to escape. She wanted out. Now. She wanted to get Thomas and run away from these psychos that were holding them hostage. Lynn could hear Aris mutter multiple curses as she her feet rapidly kicked his shins, doing her best to break free.

"All right," Teresa sighed, tightening the grip that she had on Thomas. "Let's get this over with."

The two started to bring Lynn and Thomas closer to the glowing door, the light becoming greater and greater as the vibrant light source was beginning to burn Lynn's amber eyes.

"Get what over with?!" Lynn shouted, pushing her feet into the ground, trying to prevent going any further towards the door. "What the stick are you talking about Teresa?! Are you going to do some weird voodoo shit to us inside that litt-"

The tip of a knife sticking into the Lynn's back stopped her from talking, her breath hitching in her throat. Aris' arm was circled around her neck, choking her slightly but not really choking her; more like...holding her in place. She could feel the his warm breath against the back of her neck, his lips hovering a centimeter away from her ear.

"Listen blondie," Aris whispered hoarsely into her ear, blocking out all sounds of conversation that were occurring between Teresa and Thomas. "You are going to do whatever Teresa tells you to do, you are going to shut the hell up for once in your life otherwise this knife is going straight into your back, got it?"

"My name is not blondie," Lynn spat through gritted teeth, "It's Lynn, and I'm not going to listen to your petty little threats. You are not going to do anything, I know you're not. You are just some 18-year-old boy that tries to act all mature and shit like that but you're really not. So just put the knife down and let me go."

"Sorry blondie, we all know that that is not going to happen." Aris removed the knife from her back, tugging her body back against his chest, preventing her from escaping.

Lynn let out an aggravated sigh, stomping her foot in frustration.

"Why are you doing this Aris?" She inquired, speaking harshly as she tried to prevent Teresa getting word of this little conversation between them. "Did Teresa put you up to this?"

There was a thick silence between the two, the air practically smelling of tension. "Yes," Aris said, "She did."

"So you're basically being whipped by a weird psycho chick?"

"Will you shut up?!" Aris exclaimed, speaking under his breath.

"Sorry, sorry," Lynn apologized, relaxing a little bit. "I'm just voicing my opinion."

"Yeah, well I don't care about your little opinions and protests."

The darkness of the cave took over the two, standing in the most uncomfortable of positions on earth. Lynn hated the feeling of having another guy's arms wrapped around her, Aris' arms tightening by the second to make sure she wouldn't try to make an escape.

"Aris!" Teresa nasally voice rung through out the air, attracting both of Aris and Lynn's attention. "Open the door! It's time for Tom to go."

Aris let go of Lynn for a split second, only to grab her hand tightly instead.

"Whipped," Lynn coughed, making Thomas snicker slightly.

"And put Icelyn in there too." Teresa's statement made the blonde stiffen, struggling even more for Aris to let go of her hand as he tugged her towards the neon green door.

Aris swung the door open, the hinges squeaking as it was pulled wide open. A black abyss awaited Lynn as she stared at the vault like structure with widened eyes. A gleam of fear shimmered over Lynn's amber eyes, shaking her head no, trying to signal Aris to stop pushing her towards the door. She spun around, placing her hands on Aris' chest to shove him away from her exit out of here.

"Please no!" Lynn screamed, "Please! I didn't do anything wrong! Just let Thomas and I go! Please!"

Lynn caught a glance of Thomas, seeing his eyes widen as he went to take a step towards her and Aris. Teresa flung out an arm to stop him from taking a step forward, keeping him away from helping his best friend.

"Please, please no!" Lynn's protests were ignored as Aris gripped her upper arms with his long, scary looking hands, turning her around so that she face the abyss once more. She became as stiff as a board, her shoulders raising with fear as her toes dipped into the edge of darkness, swaying slightly.

"See ya on the flip side blondie." Aris then pushed her into a oblivion, the cold air and blackness swallowing Lynn whole.

She fell onto the smooth, hard flooring, putting her hands out in front of her to save her herself from another head injury as she was shoved into the dark room.

Lynn was basically sprawled out on the floor, her freckled forehead hovering above the rough stone that was under her. Her fingers dug into the gritty flooring, regaining her breath as the wind slipped from her lungs. A painful groan escaped her lips as she pushed herself off the ground, finding her way into a sitting position with her back resting up against the wall.

Her amber eyes soon adjusted to the darkness, hearing the faint sound of Thomas' protests not to go into this chamber/vault thingy that Lynn was in now. She noticed that the air was a mixture between bitter and febrile, not being able to decide whether it was too cold or too hot. The only light source were the neon green bars that were plastered onto the door, otherwise the young blonde was submerged in total darkness.

Well, at least she wasn't alone.

Thomas came tumbling in a mere minute after she had been thrown in by Aris, landing in the spot directly next to her with a loud 'oof'. His large hand came up to feel for some part of Lynn, bringing the younger girl to think that he was trying to make sure that she was still in here. Thomas' hand clasped onto her wrist, squeezing it tightly as he fixated himself in a sitting position next to her.

When they looked up to see if Teresa and Aris were standing in the doorway of the vault, they saw that the door has been slammed shut, their possible exit disappearing right before their eyes. A click and a squeak followed the clamorous sound of the heavy metal door being pushed closed, locking immediately.

The two sat in a silence for a second, as if they were waiting for something to happen. A griever could come out of nowhere and feast on their insides, people from WICKED could be hiding somewhere with needles in their hand to inject them with some weird substance, or possibly Gally could be in the shadows with a gun pointed in their general direction. Who knows what's in store for the brunet and the blonde.

As Lynn was about to say something, a sharp hiss echoed against the walls; like helium being let out of a balloon. A valve had been opened somewhere, a heavy grey mist/fog filling up the room. It made the neon green lights begin to fog up, Lynn and Thomas' vision becoming hazy.

The mist started to fill Lynn's lungs, irritating her throat as her eyelids started to droop. In her blurry peripheral vision, she could see that this mist wasn't affecting Thomas at all, it was just affecting her. Her throat started to become scratchy, barely taking in enough oxygen to provide air for herself. She could feel Thomas place a hand on her shoulder, asking her if she was alright. Did he not see the mist at all?

Lynn couldn't feel her body, she couldn't press her fingertips together or form word to tell Thomas what was going on.

Then the world went dark, her mind going blank as her eyes were shut tight. The only thing Lynn remembering from there was her head falling into Thomas' lap, barely hearing his gentle commands for her to keep her eyes open, to stay awake.

But Lynn couldn't obey.

Her eyes were already closed.

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Hey guys, here's the chapter as promised.

Now I finally was able to develop a schedule for this story. I will mainly be updating on the weekend because of homework and after school activities that I have to deal with on the weekdays. This story will be updated on Sunday, and my other Maze Runner story, To Love in Secret, will be updated on Saturday.

I know the way I did the whole Teresa and Aris throwing Thomas into the vault chamber thingy is a little different than the book, I'm not sure how you guys like it, but what I wrote down is how it was carried out in my mind. If you have any input (good or bad) please tell me, all I want to do is give you all a new take on the Maze Runner since basically everybody follows the book or does it some weird crazy way that doesn't make sense.

Sorry for giving you guys this long schpiel but I just wanted to update you all on what's going on.

Before I leave you all, I just wanted to thank every single person that has been following this story from the beginning and the people who have just joined the journey of Lynn. It means so much to me to see all the wonderful comments and getting like 10 followers for every chapter! It is truly amazing!

Also, special thanks to Embers to Ashes for giving me the idea for this chapter. I was stuck in the realm of writer's block and just couldn't get out, so thank you!

Until next time!