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I yawned and rubbed my eyes. I almost sobbed when I saw Ben unmoving on the bed.

"Good. You're awake," I turned to see Newt standing there with a grim expression.

"I have to go take a shower," I muttered and shoved past him. After cleaning away all the tears and grime, I slipped into a white breezy tank top and black shorts along with my running shoes. In a flash, I returned to Ben's side with an apple and cup of water. Newt sat down behind me and played with some papers before finally saying something.

"Lizzy?"

"Yeah," I replied and tossed my apple and cup into the trash bin in the corner.

"He'll be fine." I said nothing.

Alby made me return to the Maze despite my complaints and insults; Minho ran with me. After we ate our lunch, I noticed a strange object in the ivy.

"Minho," I raised my eyebrows and jogged towards the object. It was a slip of paper that said, "Your final punishment."

"Ben," I whispered and glanced at Minho. Furrowing his eyebrows, he shook his head and tossed the paper into his pack. "Come on! Please! Minho I have to get back."

With a sigh, he replied, "Go." I took off sprinting to the Glade at full speed and leapt up the stairs to the room where Ben was. It was empty and Clint was knocked out on the floor.

"Shit! Clint! Wake up!" I screamed and smacked him as hard as I could.

"Shuck! What happened! Shit! Lizzy! It's Ben! Go!" My eyes widened as Clint awoke and sprint back down the creaky stairs. Closing my eyes as I ran through the Glade, I thought about where Ben would be. Thomas. Shit. He said that Thomas was in his dreams which meant that he would go after Thomas. After locating Zart who told me he had sent Thomas off to get some more gardening shit, I raced to the Deadheads and ran right into Thomas.

"Ouch! What the-" Thomas growled and then relaxed when he saw that it was just me.

"Come on! Move!" I shouted, which probably wasn't a good idea, and helped him up.

"Why? What's wrong?" he replied, frowning. I spun around when I heard someone stomping towards us, the tree branches crackling. It was Ben.

Thomas's POV:

It was the sick boy. Lizzy had called him Ben, but he had never talked to the Runner before.

"Ben," Lizzy whispered and took a tentative step towards her boyfriend.

"Don't," Thomas muttered and held her back. She pulled away from him as gently as she could and returned to staring at Ben.

"Ben. What's wrong?" she said.

"You! You and him! You put us in here, and you are both going to pay for it. You stupid bitch! I'll kill you!" And with one final scream, Ben lunged for them.

Lizzy's POV:

I pushed Thomas to the side and collided with Ben. But he was not the boy that I remembered and loved so much. Groaning, I got back on my feet and ducked as Ben threw a wild punch as me.

"Thomas go! Get help! I can hold him off!" I screamed and side stepped as Ben charged at me. I tried kicking him in the back like I did with Gally, but the Runner was much cleverer. He easily moved out of the way and lunged again. Thomas was still standing there with a bewildered expression. That is until Ben reached for him.

"NO!" I yelled and tackled Ben to the floor. But the stung boy was much stronger than and somehow a lot more skilled. With one final push, I managed to shove Ben off of me and roll on top of him. Punching his face as hard as I could, Ben groaned but pushed me off of him. He lunged at me again and shoved me into a tree…hard.

"Hey!" Thomas yelled and tried to punch Ben. But he was no match for him and was soon being chased.

"Go to the Glade!" I screamed, chasing after them. I had to admit; Thomas was pretty damn fast. Sprinting forward, I was just about to tackle Ben when the boy swung around and smacked me. Crying out, I sidestepped his next punch and kicked him in the side. Fortunately, we were already in the Glade and a bunch of Gladers were racing to us, including Newt. Ben shoved me aside and tackled Thomas to the floor where he started to choke him.

"No!" I cried out again and stumbled to my feet. Newt got there first and whacked Ben with a shovel, knocking him out. Crying, I knelt down next to Ben and pulled his head into my lap.

"Ben," I sobbed. "Come back to me, please. Please! PLEASE!" Newt took my arms and pulled me away before I could do anything else.

"Are you alright?" Newt's eyes searched mine as he held me by the arms.

"I'm fine, Newt!" I yelled and pulled away form him.

"No you're not," Newt replied and pulled me to the Med-hut. I calmed down enough for Newt to bandage up my hurt ribs and head, which was bleeding a little. Sighing, I put my head in my hands and wiped away the tears that had started to form.

Newt sat down next to me and rubbed my back until I said, "He's going to be banished, isn't he?"

Newt replied, "I…Lizzy…I'm sorry."

"No. God damnit Newt. Answer me," I seethed.

"Yes."

"You can't do that. He'll get better," I spat back and stood up.

"Wait!" Newt said and pulled me back down next to him. "Lizzy…the boy that you knew…"

"I didn't just know him, Newt! I loved him!" I cried out and put my head in my hands again.

"He's gone, Lizzy. I'm sorry, but Ben is gone."

The long one's coming up soon! Get excited! JK….