I am in a place that is unfamiliar again. This one is different than the others though. Just like in the others I am in my own body, but this time I don't seem to be in control of my own actions. I also notice that I am younger, maybe by a year or two. Alby is standing in front of me and somehow I know that we are saying goodbye. He looks a little younger too... Maybe this is a memory...
"I wish you could keep your memories." I hear myself say.
"We have to forget. You know that." Alby tells me, his voice not quite as harsh as it is in the Glade.
"Yeah I know." I say. Then I smile. "Do good out there. We'll be watching." What did I mean by that?
"Of course he'll do good! There's no way he could fail!" Someone yells behind me. I turn around and smile at the crowd of people behind me and laugh. Some of them are Gladers that I know, but a few of them are people I have never seen before.
Alby chuckles and pushes my arm playfully. "Good luck being the new girl again."
"If I could handle it the first time I can handle it again. Besides, I shouldn't be in there very long before Thomas and Teresa show up. Then I won't be the new girl anymore."
He chuckles again. "Yeah, I know. Your one tough girl Echo."
"Hell yeah I am."
"Hey stop hogging him! The rest of us wanna say bye too!" Someone else shouts from behind me. I turn around and stick my tongue out at the person. A few people laugh and I back away from Alby as everything starts to fade.
When it all comes back I am in the same place, but now I am facing Minho, and I know that we are alone.
"Promise me you'll be safe in there." I say to him.
"I wont remember it." He reminds me.
"I know, but I need to hear you say it."
"I promise that I wont do anything too stupid." He says and smiles as I roll my eyes. "I'll be fine. You know me. I can handle anything." I sigh and look down as I feel a tear slip down my cheek. He puts his hand on my cheek and I look up at him as he wipes the tear away. He leans forward until our lips are almost touching. "I promise that I will survive the Maze and see you again." He says and then closes the gap between us. Our lips are touching for a few glorious seconds before he pulls away to look at me. "You know what the best part of all this is?" He asks and when I don't answer he continues. "We'll get to fall in love all over again." This time I am the one who kisses him. As I wrap my arms around his neck the scene fades away and I am left standing alone.
When everything comes back I am in the same place again, this time I am with Newt and a bunch of the Gladers.
"We'll miss you Newt!" Someone behind me says
"Hell yeah we'll miss him!" Someone else says.
"Look out for Minho and Alby and them, okay?" I tell him.
"Of course I will." He says as he walks over to hug some of us. I notice that he doesn't limp as he walks. That must mean that he got it in the Maze. When he hugs me I whisper, "Stay safe." in his ear and then everything fades away again.
Now I am standing with some of the Gladers and Winston. He hugs me and I laugh a little and say,
"Hey, maybe being in the Maze will help get rid of some of your acne."
Everyone laughs and the sound echos all around me as the memory fades.
I am surrounded by Gladers again and I see Zart standing in front of me. I want to walk away or look away or cry or something, but I can't. I'm still not in control of my own body.
"Good luck in there." I say to him.
"Good luck in here." He says jokingly. "You guys still have to deal with this place." He laughs and hugs me as the scene fades away for the last time tonight.