BookWorm237: No, they were still like in the Maze, but close to the entrance of the Glade. Sorry for the confusion and thanks for all your reviews! They're super helpful!

Day 3: (Still)

Maria's POV:

I was standing with Minho, while he held my hand and tucked my hair behind my ear.

"You're absolutely beautiful, Maria," he whispered and leaned in to me.

"You're not so bad yourself, slinthead," I giggled. In one swift motion, he pressed his lips against mine and kissed me. The day would have been perfect if I hadn't heard screams coming from the Maze. It could only be the Ben and Lizzy;they hadn't returned from the Maze yet.

"Minho," I whispered before we both took off running towards the Maze. My legs raced to catch up to his rapid strides. Dammit. Minho was a good Runner. We stopped at the entrance along with the rest of the Gladers to see Lizzy and Ben fighting a Griever. As soon as I saw it, I knew that it's dark eyes and horrible features would haunt me for the rest of my life.

"We have to do something!" I cried.

"Maria! NO! I will not lose you. I can't lose you," Minho said and held me in his arms. I fought and fought, but Minho was too strong. I was just about to give up when I heard a gasp behind me to see that Rosa had knocked Minho out with what, I didn't know.

"Come on!" she said and started running into the Maze. I didn't know why, but she sure seemed determined to save them.

Rosa's POV:

I pulled out the two knives I had hidden in my sleeves and rushed at the Gladers. No way in hell was I going to let them hurt Lizzy. She was my sister. I just hoped that the letter I left behind in her room would explain everything. Everything that I had to do to enter the Maze and fight to protect her. She couldn't suspect, I had to act mean to her, or she would know about WICKED. If that had happened, WICKED would have killed her for sure. I used what little training I had gotten from WICKED and dived at the Griever.

"Rosa?" I heard Lizzy next to me say with fear in her eyes and sweat on her face.

"Go! You too Ben!" I screamed and swiped at the Griever with one of my knives. I tossed Maria, who was staring dumbfounded at the Grievers, one of my knives. I was sure that Maria didn't know the truth, but I wasn't sure. We'd both been put into the Maze to punish Lizzy.

"What! NO!" I heard Lizzy scream and throw a dagger straight into the Grievers eye. Sadly, it didn't do much.

"I'm not going to say it again, Elizabeth! Go!" I said and pushed her away. With tears in her eyes, she threw one more dagger at the Griever, pulled Ben away and ran back into the safety of the Glade.

"Maria? Do you know?" I yelled after taking another swing with my knife at the Griever.

"Yes," she whispered. "I had to save her. She's got nothing left." Without another word, Maria, who was a far better fighter than me ran straight at the Griever, slid and stuck the knife right under it. It gave an agonizing wail and then stun Maria.

"No!" I screamed and flung my knife straight at the Griever. With one final breath, it fell. It also collapsed onto Maria.

"No!" I cried and ran forward. I managed to pull her out, but she was too far gone to be saved. Scratches covered her body, and the sting was already killing her.

"Wait," I whispered and studied the sting carefully. To dispose of those who weren't supposed to be in the Maze, WICKED created another set of Grievers with stingers that would just simply kill instead of sting the person. These Grievers had never been used until now, but I was sure that WICKED just had killed Maria. I sobbed and held her in my arms as she slowly died. I could hear several people running towards me, but I didn't look up.

"Rosa! Move!" I heard Lizzy scream before the supposedly dead Griever stirred suddenly, hit me with it's stinger, and fell again.

"No!" I heard Lizzy wail from behind me and run towards me as I collapsed onto the stone cold floor of the Maze.

Minho appeared and held Maria in his arms, sobbing and screaming at the Griever. I could feel myself being pulled into Lizzy's strong arms.

"What did you do?" I heard her cry and hug me to her.

Lizzy's POV:

Tears clouded my eyes and poured down my cheeks as I held Rosa in my arms. I didn't understand. The girl absolutely hated me, but according to this Thomas character, she was my sister.

"I'm sorry, and I know you're confused. But I left you a letter in your room," Rosa gave a weak smile and squeezed my hands.

"Come on," I said and wiped away my tears. "Let's get you to the Med-hut." I started to pick her up but stopped when she cried out with pain.

"Don't. WICKED, the Creators. They created Grievers," she coughed and spat out blood. As I held her, I knew she was dying. But I didn't know why. "Can kill instead sting. I'm sorry."

"Rosa!" I sobbed.

"I'd do anything for...for my sister," she gave one last smile and closed her eyes. As Ben and the rest of the Gladers carried Maria and Rosa away to be buried, and Minho had finally stopped crying and left, I returned to my room to find the letter. It was gone.

Alby held a short ceremony for the two where he told everyone how brave they had fought to protect Ben and me. I wouldn't hold Ben's hand that day or even go near him. Maybe if I stayed away from him, WICKED wouldn't take him away from me.

"Be at peace, Rosa and Maria," Alby whispered and ushered away the rest of the Gladers except for me and Minho.

"I'm sorry," Minho said and held me in my arms as I cried. After he left, I knelt next to their graves and placed two flowers down.

"Goodbye, Rosa. Goodbye, Maria," I said. Pausing I finally said, "Goodbye, Ben," and walked away.

I know. This was a really bad chapter and it was super confusing. Don't worry. The next chapter should clear a lot of things. Sorry! Thanks for all your wonderful reviews and favorites and follows. They make me unbelievably happy! I just wanted to get out another chapter. Okay..bye guys!