The Maze Runner

Her eyes flickered ,

She stared up at the top of a box,

A giant metal crate.

The gears pumped and churned as the box forced it's self up.

"Help!" the girl shrieked

Hopeless, she pounded on the sides of the metal trap.

Suddenly,

The box stopped

A ray of light, shone through the opening of the box.

That awful, blistering, light.

It had been long since she had seen light,

She felt like she had lived in darkness for the past year.

The box doors had opened.

"What the -"

"Hello shank-face, Welcome to the Glade." A tall dark skinned boy said,

The boy wore a leather apron; it seemed as if he must have lived in a kitchen.

A taller, skinnier boy with dirty blonde hair that fell over his face

"Welcome Greenie." the boy said in an English accent.

A boy with light brown hair and green-ish eyes looked at her

"Day one Girly" The boy said.

He literally picked her up and threw her out of the miserable trap.

She coughed up blood. S\Her hands started to shake

The girl stood up and looked around

"Boys," She thought "Boys, everywhere."

Her heartbeat got faster, faster,and faster.

She broke out into a full run

"Catch her!" A tall boy with short blonde hair yelled

"Ma'am stop!" another English boy yelled,

This one had short brown hair and brown eyes.

She looked back and saw all of the boys charging at her,

A taller Asian boy with Black hair yelled out

"I think we got a Runner!"

Her feet crept up from under neath her and she fell.

She hit the ground, her face pounded into cold wet dirt; it felt refreshing against her blistering checks.

"Carry her!" The tall Blonde haired boy order.

"Come on! Help me ya Klunk bags!"

The boys lifted her.

"What did ya to that for Shank?" The tall boy asked

"Gally, let her be." the English boy growled

Gally grabbed her face and squished her cheeks in

"Cat got your tongue?"

The Girl coughed blood up on him.

"EW!" Gally sputtered.

Gally threw Her on the ground.

"Newt, just come on." gally said

"Go away." Newt shoved Gally away

"Minho! Hurry up! You’re supposed to be a runner, ain't ya?" Newt asked

"I'm sorry." She said in a murmur.

"You scared me."

"Ne'er said I was determined." Minho replied ruining up

Minho and Newt hoisted the girl up and carried her off into the Homestead.

Inside it was nice and cool, it smelt of feet.

The Girl was knocked out,

Thomas sat with Zart in the field pulling weeds.

"I wonder what this girl will be like." Thomas said

"I dunno." Zart said

Thomas heard yelling, Chuck ran over to him smiling.

"Girls Rock!" he yelled

Over at the look out tree, Newt and the other Gladers tried covering their heads.

"Leave me alone!" The Girl yelled from the top.

"Listen Girly," Gally said

"My name isn't girly!" The Girl yelled.

"I remember my Name,"

"It's Iris."

"That's wonderful." Gally said

"I'm Gally."

"You hit me!"

Iris threw tomatoes and fruits at the boys.

"I don't think she likes us very much." Newt said

He covered his head with a Basket.

Iris stood up and looked over the edge the boys started at her.

"Come down!" Newt yelled.

"We won't hurt you."

"GO AWAY!" Iris yelled.

She threw a Potato at Gally and Hit him in the head.

"HEY!" Gally yelled alarmed

He picked the Potato up and inspected it.

"WHY DID YOU THROUGH A POTATO AT ME!"

"Come down!" Newt yelled.

"I promise, if they harm you I'll slit their gizzards."

Iris trusted the boy, so she did as she was asked. and stepped down.

Iris stepped in front of Newt and Gally.

"I'm Newt; When Alby's not around, I run this place."

"Don't listen to that Skinny Shuck-face I run this place." Gally said

"Girly, you can Call me Captain Gally."

"Who in this Bloody place named you king?"

Newt stood up to Gally

"God forbid you run this Klunk of a community." Gally snorted

"Oh, you’re so hysterical." Newt complained.

Iris stood up and looked around

Newt and Gally argued like an old couple, While Minho, Thomas, and Peter stared at Iris.

Iris pulled out a knife

"Sweetheart, put the knife down." Newt said

Newt put his hands out and slowly approached Iris.

Gally walked over to Iris and grabbed the knife he threw it at the ground

Iris shoved Gally and ran.

"Why's Gally going after Iris?" Chuck tried to say,

He sounded choked up and fearful.

"I don't know," Alby sighed

Alby started ruining.

"Wait!" Frypan yelled

"Let's go Chuckles." Frypan ordered

"You think you can shove me Shank!!?!" Gally yelled

Iris walked back slowly; she tripped on a rock and fell back.

Gally picked Iris up and shoved her into a wall

"Gally!" Alby yelled

"What on the Bloody earth do you think you're doing!?!?" Alby fussed

The Gladers gathered around.

"You never hit a girl." One boy whispered to another.

"Gally never went after her." Thomas stated

"She ran away and shoved him."

"She needs to eat what i whipped up!" Frypan said with a gleeful tone

It was the afternoon; at that point the sun was setting.

Iris sat behind a log as Gally and another boy fought in a ring, the boys cheers echoed throughout the Glade.

"Whatya munching on Greenie?" a voice asked

Iris turned around

"Hello Newt."

"Salmon." Newt sighed as he whiffed Iris's food.

Iris chuckled

"I don't exactly feel..... Welcomed." Iris stuttered.

Peter jumped out and tree and smiled at Iris

"It takes awhile."

A tall boy with Brown hair, Brown eyes, the wore A grey V-neck muscle shirt with faded skinny jeans.

He stopped looked at Iris and smiled,

"So this is the green bean?"The boy asked while smiling

"Her names Iris." Newt stated

"I'm Marcus."

"What's the giant stonewall?"

A tall Concrete stone wall covered in Ivy stood tall, over shadowing the Glade.

"The Maze." Thomas said coming up from behind of Iris and Newt.

"What's the Maze?" Iris asked wonderingly.

"The Bloody Ruth of all of our damned existence." Newt growled.

"What ever goes in," Marcus started to say

"Never comes out." Minho chimed in

"Except once!"Thomas Protested

"Minho, Alby, and I made it out,"

"It was once Tommy," Newt remarked.

A loud rumble suddenly shook the Glade

Iris's eyes widened she grabbed on to Newt and Thomas's arms.

"What is that?' She gulped

"The Maze, every night it changes, the maze never takes the same form twice." Marcus lectured.

Out in a distance Iris and the other Gladers heard Whooping,

It was Gally as he proclaimed his Victory.

"Hey Greenie!" Gally called out

"You wanna fight?"

Gally cracked his knuckles.

"So, I fight until you get kicked out the circle, and you try to last longer than 5 minutes."

"You're on." Iris taunted

Iris walked into the ring

"Girl," Gally started to say

"Why are you jeans ripped up?" He asked

"From hard work."

Iris stood in a stance as she clenched her fist tightly.

Gally charged at her,

Iris ducked

She kicked Gally in the back causing him to fall.

"You’re on Green bean." Gally murmured

Gally got up; he charged at Iris and lifted her by her waist

He threw he on the ground and sat on her,

"Maybe better luck next time," Gally snorted

"I win."

Gally smiled

Iris jumped up and punched Gally,

Gally stumbled back causing him to fall,

He got backup and charged at Iris he knocked her on the ground.

"OHHH!!" The boys cheered

"C'mon Shank," Gally shook his wrists loosing them up.

Iris got up and pushed Gally.

"Don't count me out just because I'm a girl."

"I can take a fight."

Gally pushed her back, she fell into 3 of the boys who pushed her back in.

Iris charged at Gally she knocked him over and sat on him.

"That Greenie got moves." A Glader Jeff sighed

she held his fists down.

Gally used all of his might and rolled over, suddenly Iris was the one pinned on the ground.

"I win Girly."

Gally stood up and Flexed.

"NEWT!" Alby yelled

"Aye cap'n!" Newt yelled back from a distance

"Take Iris to your room, she get's top bunk." Alby instructed.

"Got it!" Newt called back

"Come on Greenie bean."

Iris followed Newt, they walked pass the Gladers raging Bone fire,

The Sparks and Ashes whizzed through the air like dancing fairies.

Laughing and Cheering.

The Glader never could imagine such beauty, since their memories have been stolen,

Their Precious memories. The ones that make them such wonderful people they have become.

When they see a fire, they see a source to help them live another day,

When Iris saw the fire, she saw Hope burn in that fury heat.

"Where are we going?" Iris asked

"Back to where you and I will sleep, there's a bunk bed in their as well, I get bottom, and you get top, Thanks to Alby, At least you'll be protected from the Beetle Blades." Newt preached

"Beetle what's?"

"Beetle Blade's ghastly things if you ask me, don't you worry Shank, you'll be fine..."

Iris let out a sigh as if a big heavy block had been lifted of her chest.

"I think...” Newt teased

Iris playfully shoved newt

Newts walked faster and lead the way for Iris

As he walked she studied the way he walked.

He limped a little.

"Newt...." Iris stuttered

"You have a -"

"A limp,"

"Yeah I know."

"Why is that?" Iris asked

"I tried to kill myself, In the Maze."

"I climbed halfway up those bloody walls and jumped right off,"

"I hated this Place Irie." Newt confessed

Iris was speechless

Newts just lead her into where they would sleep.

He grabbed a blanket of the bottom bunk and laid it on the top.

"You can have that."

Iris climbed on the top bunk.

She unbuttoned her Blue denim shirt and took it off

"Oh lovely, you took your shirt off...." newt grumbled

"I have a black tank top on underneath."

"I know." Newt chuckled

Newt lay down on his bunk,

A small candle burned,

It lit part the room,

"Get some sleep Green bean." Newt murmured

Newt rolled over to the back part of his bunk.

Iris sat up trying to take in her day.

"So, this is my life." She said quietly.

Newt stood up and climbed on her bunk.

"This is what you call a life?" he growled

"All of us have been here for a long time! We have no life! The Maze and those Bloody life ruiners had to take it all away! Love, your life is over."

"You're already dead."

Newt jumped off the bunk and blew out the candle

He lay on his bunk and buried his head in his Pillow.

The next day

Iris was still asleep,

"She needs to get her lazy Arse up." Gally whined

He stood there frowning.

"According to legend," Chuck started to say

"Girl's have to have their beauty sleep or else they'll wake up and look like trolls." Chuck smiled at Gally and Thomas,

"Just wake her up!" Gally yelled

"We never let Teresa sleep that long."

"Gally!" fry pan called out from outside the shack

"It's 4:00 in the morning!"

"The birds are chirping and the sun is singing!" Gally fussed

"You say that all the time...." Frypan sighed

"Be original dude."

Gally picked Iris up

"Hey!" Iris yelled

Her yells were muffled by the blanket that Gally carried her in.

Gally threw her down into a pool of water.

"What the heck?!?" Iris fussed

"You need get up Greenie, you WILL work!" Gally yelled

"GALLY!" Newt called out

"She's with me, she will help me not you. We're working in the fields today." Newt explained

Newt grabbed Iris's arm and dragged her to the field.

"I'm sopping wet..." Iris growled

"You're wearing a black tank top, jeans, and those weird black canvas boots. Best clothes you can get for field work!"

Obviously. Newt was trying to cheer Iris up.

Iris threw her hair up in a pony tail and followed Newt to the fields where Gladers harvest crops for Frypan.

Iris and Newt started passing out fertilizer to the crops.

"Hey chuck! Bring me back some seeds!" Iris chipped

Iris like Chuck,

Chuck was very kind.

"Ok!" Chuck responded

Chuck dumped some seeds in a bucket and put it on a conveyer.

He pulled the ropes as the bucket traveled across the field on a line.

The bucket reached Iris,

She grabbed the bucket and handed it to Newt

Marcus and Minho ran out the maze.

"I want to go in the maze." Iris mumbled

"You have a death wish love," Newt sighed

"I need more fertilizer!" Newt yelled

"Iris, if you want to be helpful, then you'll go get some Fertilizer from the woods."

Newt stood up and handed iris a bucket for fertilizer.

"Listen,"

"You may be a girl, and have shiny hair, flawless skin, and be pretty and all that Klunk, but I can't be babying you like I am, so go get it!"

Iris took the bucket and looked over to the woods,

"I should a worked with Frypan today..." Iris complained.

Iris ran into the woods,

"Frypan could use my help in the Blood house, yet I’m stuck with newt in the Garden." Iris grumbled.

She looked around; the forest was so...... dead. It was near the grave yard.

Iris walked through the timber; she got to an open space where a small stream flowed.

She looked at herself in the water, and could see the trees behind her.

Iris turned around and Ben faced her.

"Ben, what are yo-"

Ben attacked Iris

He threw her on the ground. His face was pale with a green poison looking color in his veins.

"Get off of me!" Iris yelled

"HELP!" She screamed

Back in the garden everyone looked around.

"Was that Iris?" Gally asked

"Where is Iris?" Alby asked approaching them.

"In the woods." Newt responded

"Alone?"

"Yes."

"We have to find her." Gally ordered.

"Help!" iris yelled again.

Iris put the bucket over Ben's head and head butted it.

Ben fell over.

Iris tried to run but he grabbed her ankle

"NEWT!" Iris yelled

"ALBY!"

"THOMAS!"

"CHUCK!"

"FRYPAN!"

"GALLY!"

"MINHO!"

Iris panicked and yelled for anyone she could.

Iris had a knife in her pocket Frypan gave her,

She pulled it out and stabbed Ben's hand with it.

Iris ran out into the Glade

Ben traced along

Iris ran into Marcus's arms.

"BEN!" Marcus yelled

"IT'S BEN!"

Newt ran to Ben with a large poll,

Newt swung the poll and hit Ben in the head, causing him to faint.

"He's going through the changing." Newt quavered as Gally walked up to him.

Everyone gathered around.

"Thank you Newt." Iris wept

She stepped over to Newt and gave him a hug,

"No problem Greenie."

That night Ben faced the keepers for attempted murder.

They locked Ben in the Maze, knowing he'd never return.

Iris was traumatized,

She ran to where she slept.

“you don't belong here, you’re going to die, they’re going to Kill you.....I can't do this!" Iris Cried.

Tears that shined like diamonds dripped from her bloodshot eyes.

Newt walked in and found her curdled up on the top bunk, mumbling.

Iris turned her head around. Newt could see all of her tears. Her eyes were so bloodshot it looked as if she just squeezed blood in her eyes.

"I want to go in the maze." Iris blurted out.

She ran out the shack and onto the homestead, Gally and Frypan stood talking.

Iris ran pass Gally and Frypan to the Maze.

"She's going in the Maze!" Newt yelled

He chased after her, Gally started running.

Gally caught up to Iris and threw her on the ground.

"What were you thinking!?!?!" Gally yelled

Iris spit up blood on the ground.

"H-h-h-h-how can you be so scared if you don't even know what's inside?" Iris stuttered.

Gally picked Iris up and threw her over his shoulder.

"You're going to help me build today." He said

"Put me down!" Iris yelled

"When are you going to learn?" Gally asked.

"Learn what?" Iris questioned.

Suddenly the maze doors closed.

"I saved your life."

Gally walked away shaking his head.

"Stupid girl." He mumbled

Iris stood up and watched Gally walked away.

Iris was infuriated.

She started bolting out running and jumped on Gally's back and pinned him to the ground.

"You don't even know what lurks in that Maze!" She yelled

Gally threw Iris on the ground.

"WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE ANYMORE PEOPLE!" Gally yelled

"Now, Sweetheart...” he started to say

"If you want to live, you must stay in the Glade."

Gally picked Iris up and threw her into a wall,

Iris stumbled and hit her head on the Maze wall.

She fell on the ground, drops of blood fell on her face,

"Get her to the doctor!" She heard Newt yell

Marcus ran to her, and picked her up.

Iris turned her head, and could see Gally,

Standing there,

Completely speechless.

The room went dark,

Iris's eyes flickered,

The room was very bright, the light was blinding.

She could hear a steady beep.

"Beep"

Iris took a breath and looked out the clear door

"Beep."

She could see a mom, and a dad...

A tall boy stood next to him,

He looked like Iris,

He had the perfectly combed spiked up hair, Light blue, and he wore a red and white denim shirt. With skinny khakis, and black converse.

The boy smiled at Iris.

He opened the door and walked in.

The boy sat next to Iris.

"Hey sis." He said

"Where am i?" She stuttered

"The Hospital." The boy said

Iris looked at a band around her wrist,

It read

"Iris Nichole"

"What's your name?" Iris asked the boy.

"Chase Nichole, I'm your brother."

Chase sighed and smiled at Iris.

Chase leaned in and kissed Iris's forehead.

Iris lifted up her arm,

An IV stuck in her arm.

She sat up.

"You're safe now." Chase assured

Iris stared at Chase

She remembers now.

Chase was her younger brother.

"I'm so sorry i left you, dad, and mom."

Iris hugged Chase tightly.

She started to cry,

"What about Luke?" Chase asked

"Who's Luke?"

"Your older brother..."

A tall boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes stood with her parents.

They all walked in.

"Hello Iris." Her mom spoke

"Hey Irie." Luke smiled

A woman with a tight bun walked in.

"Hello Iris Nichole,"

"Who are you?" iris asked

"Ava Paige."

The woman held a clipboard near and dear.

"You survived the Maze," Ava announced

"Where are the Gladers?" Iris asked Ava

Iris wanted to know that her friends where well.

"We kept them all there, including Newt."

"How did you keep them there?!"

Ava took a deep breath and smiled

"We designed the Maze."

"YOU PUT ME THERE!" Iris yelled

Iris tried to attack Ava.

"YOU LEFT A 12 YEAR OLD ALONE! TO DEFEND THEM SELF!"

A large crack formed on the ceiling.

"Next you have to face the Scorch Trials, with Aris, Sonya, Harriet and Beth, group B."

"Thomas will be killed."

The building started to shake,

The ceiling loosened.

Suddenly the beam fell

"NOOO!"

Iris yelled.

She jumped up.

Iris was in the Glade still, it was a dream.

She sat up quickly

Taking death breaths.

"What's wrong?" A voice asked

It was Newt he stood behind her.

"NEWT!" she cheered

Iris jumped up and hugged Newt.

"I-i-i-i-i-I thought you were dead." She stuttered.

"I had this awful nightmare,"

"I was in the hospital, with my family, and the lady that created the maze and something about the Scorch trials...." Iris rambled off.

"You wha-, Go get Thomas." Newt instructed.

Clint ran out the room and brought Thomas back,

"That happened to him too." Newt explained

Iris told Newt and Thomas everything, even Gally listened.

"This, I mean. I think that wasn't just a dream." Thomas said

"I had to brothers," Iris started to say.

"Apart of me feels like their real, and out there, waiting for me to come home..."

"We're never going to get out here." Gally stated

"Sure we can,"

Thomas tried to lighten up the situation.

"I need to go in that maze," Iris said

"Fine," Newt sighed

"Starting tomorrow you're a runner."

Later that night Iris followed Marcus and Minho to where the runners keep their things.

Chuck saw Iris listening in on Marcus and Minho, he hid behind a tree and ushered Iris to come over to him and back away from the runners center, Iris just shook her head and shushed him.

Inside, Marcus and Minho stood around a table,

"There has to be some way to get out from here, I know that a Griever was squished between the walls,Maybe if we go in tomorrow and pull it out we can find something," Another voice said,

It was Thomas, Iris peeked in,

Chuck watched her,

Iris heard twigs crack from behind her,

"go away Chuck..." She mumbled

A strong hand pushed her against the wall.

She couldn't see the persons face.

She was cornered,

She could call for help,

But it would be useless.

The Person put both hands on the wall behind her and looked at Iris,

The tall dark figure, appeared to have muscular arms,

"What are you doing?" the figure asked

Iris recognized the voice, it was gally.

"You're sneaking around at night, that's against the rules."

"I-i-i-"

"You where what?"

"I was looking for you," Iris stuttered.

"Looking for me for what?" Gally asked

Gally pressed Iris against the wall harder.

"I asked you a question green bean."

Gally looked down at Iris.As she looked up at him.

"I just wanted to....."

The door on the shack flew open and Minho peeked out.

"Seriously Gally?" Minho chuckled

"Leave the poor girl alone."

"It's against the rules to be out pass 9:00 at night and to be sneaking around the Runners center,

Thomas stepped out the shack

"She's going to be a runner tomorrow, newt said so."

"It's not up to him to make the decision!" Gally yelled

"Newt can do whatever he wants with out your consent!" Thomas yelled back."

"Shut up! Just shut up!" Gally exclaimed

"The day YOU showed up everything went wrong!" Gally growled

"Go get newt." Gally ordered

A tall boy with curly blonde hair ran out the shack and to where Newt slept.

"What do you want Zart?" Newt mumbled as he stood next to Gally.

"Your little Princess was sneaking around after 9:00 around the Runners center," Gally spat

"You see what she is trying to do, right? First she breaks our rules, and then she tries to convince us to abandon them totally. The rules are the only thing that have ever held us together. Why now are we questioning that? If Alby was here, you know he'd agree with me. This shank, needs to be punished."

Newt scratched his head and looked at Iris, debating what to do.

"She will spend the rest of the night in the pit, and gally, if you're feeling nice give her 3 pieces of bread. If you feel like it, and you will become a runner in 3 more days for this Iris," Newt explained

"Oh, come on, Newt. One night in the Pit? You think that's gonna stop her?!" gally yelled

newt walked away.

"You just did that because you're soft! And you like her!" Gally called out.

"SHE MAY BE THE LAST HOPE WE HAVE! We need to keep her safe!" newt yelled

he clinched his fist's and walked back to the living quarters.

gally dragged Iris to the pit.

He unlocked the door and threw her down there with only a blanket.

"Why do you Hate me?" Iris asked

she held onto the bars on the door.

gally locked the door and looked at her.

He pulled out 3 pieces of bread. he tore one in half,

he gave the half and the 2 pieces to Iris.

"i don't hate you."

"The minute Thomas, Teresa and then you showed up. Everything changed."

"Thomas and you show motivation, see that wall?" Gally asked

he pointed off into a distance.

"Every person in the glade carved there name, and all the ones that are crossed out, well, they died. I lost my family and friends to this place."

Iris watched Gally stare at the wall, and for the first time... she actually saw some one who was caring.

"I don't think i can forgive you." Iris said

"I know,"

Gally sighed and watch Iris in the pit as she sat down and slumped against the wall.

"Here," Gally said

he gave Iris some more bread,

"I brought more." he smiled

"Thank you..." Iris stuttered,

Gally blushed and looked out into the Glade at the Fire as it died.

He looked back at Iris.

She came up to the door and kissed Gally of the cheek and said

"Thank you friend."

Gally walked away.

Iris pulled the blanket up on her and sighed.

"ugg, emotions..." The Next day

Iris saw Gally, she felt awkward.

"Hey gally." Iris mumbled at breakfast.

Newt walked up to Iris stretching.

He put his arm around Iris and walked with her to a table and whispered.

"Gally's just so bloody rude, Under my watch, i wont put you in the pit. It's awful down there."

"Thank's Newt." Iris smiled

at the table Iris sat next to Newt and Frypan, Chuck sat across from her. gally sat across from Frypan and Jeff was across from newt.

"Frypan at his finest!" Jeff smirked

"ahhh."

Jeff smelled the bacon, and waved his hand to fan the smell in his nose.

"That look's weird," Frypan stated

"keep flirting with that bacon and I'll stick it up your nose." Frypan gagged

He HATED when people played with his food.

"Don't question him jeff." gally smiled.

"gally's everywhere..." newt sighed

Jeff picked up his bacon and stuck it with syrup to his eyebrows and raised an eyebrow

"I have Bacon brows!"

Frypan smack jeff,

causing Jeff's chair to fall over on the floor.

"Animals..." he sighed

Chuck finished his plate and set it on a separate table for dirty dishes.

"So," Newt started to say.

"Today you will go with Minho and Thomas for runner training."

"I thought it was my day to get her!" Winston shouted from across the room.

"Being a Slicer wont kill her..."

"So far you worked in the Garden with me, that's a Track-Hoes job." newt explained

"Their Gladers who work in the Gardens - tilling, weeding, planting and harvesting."

"Slicers in the bloodhouse, Builders... build. Brinknicks repair. Med-jacks are doctors, and we all know runners." Newt said

"You're yet to work with me." Gally announced

"I thought I become a runner in 3 more days?" Iris questioned

"No, Gally was stupid. you start today." Newt smiled

After breakfast iris followed Minho and Thomas to where the runner equipment was.

"Here's your runner's bag."

Minho Handed Iris a leather old backpack.

It was like the one Minho wore. It went across her chest and had two pockets on the back.

"and you need these."

Thomas handed her old rags to wrap around her hands and wrist's.

Iris slipped it on.

She looked like a runner,

beat worn down ripped skinny jeans. Blue denim shirt the runners pack, and the wraps.

"We use the same wrap's boxer's use when training. But we use them for protection when picking stuff up in the Maze." Minho explained

Thomas, Minho, and Iris ran into the maze.

"The Maze has rules." Thomas said

"Then what are the rules?" Iris asked

"Never stop running." Thomas and Minho said at the same time.

"Is this about the crushed Griever?" Iris asked

"yeah,"

Minho walked to a wall, between it, a crush large spider like thing.

Thomas reached his arm in the wall and pulled out a leg,

"eww." He sighed

"What's that?" Iris asked

a beeping machine was placed in the leg, it had a seven on it in red letters. It held a steady beep.

"I don't know...." Minho said

He pulled the Beeper out of the leg, a large string of goo strung from the leg, a green slimy ghastly goo.

"I don't know,"

Later that day Minho and Newt talked about the Beeping machine, trying to figure out anything they could.

At Dinner Iris walked up to the Line, in front was Gally.

"Hey Gally!" iris chirped, hoping to get a nice reply.

Gally turned around and furrowed his brows

"What Makes you think you can talk to me?"

"I'm already standing on the edge, Please don't push me over."

Gally rolled his eyes and turned around.

"Douche...." Iris mumbled

Gally clenched his fist's.He grabbed his Plate and walked off, he sat behind a log.

Iris followed him, knowing that it would make him upset.

"Hey Gally." iris smiled

"You're not going away, are you?" Gally asked

"I just want to be your friend!" Iris lashed out.

"Why do you have to be so rude!?!?!"

"I'm not rude! If I were you I'd watch out Little Girl."

"Or what?" Iris growled

"You're going to hurt me?"

"If I wanted to, I would of hurt you a long time ago."

"I could of Killed you if I wanted."

Gally sighed and Gulped.

he rubbed his hand on the back of his neck.

Iris looked at her food and set it down.

Gally hit her hard, she did feel guilty for being mean to him.

She looked up at him.

Gally looked her in the eye,

"We need to stop meeting like this greenie."

Iris leaned in and hugged Gally.

Gally pulled her closer and tried to kiss her.

"Bye!"

Iris took her plate and ran to where Newt and Chuck sat at a table with Marcus.

"Peter's been missing for days." Chuck said.

"Dang Grievers must've got to him." Newt mumbled into his cup.

"Hey Iris." Marcus said

"try this."

Newt opened Iris's mouth and poured some of his drink into her mouth.

Iris spit on the ground,

"What was that!?!" The yelled

newt furrowed his brows and looked into the mug.

"I don't know..."

Iris spit at the ground,

Her eyes where still wide, newt looked at her suspiciously.

"What happened to ya love?" he asked

"nothing."

Marcus got up and clenched his fists.

Iris grabbed his sleeve and pulled him on the ground.

"Cool it Shuck-face."

Marcus rubbed his Sleeve and sat down.

"I taught her well!" Newt gloated

Newt and Iris high-fived.

"Sadly," newt started to say

"Since your a new runner, Minho and Marcus, Thomas, and I need to talk about the thing..."

"And you have duty with Gally..."

Newt words trialed off.

"I can manage." Iris said

That night Iris climbed up to the watch tree.

A few Gladers where still out and about,

Frypan washed dishes

Gally dragged wood over to a dead tree,

that was most likely what they would work on tomorrow.

Iris just sighed and bit her lip.

Suddenly, she felt a hand on her back,

"HEY!" Iris yelled she tried to turn around but the person threw her off the tree

Iris grabbed on to some sticks that stuck out the floor, She gritted her teeth and tried to pulled herself up.

"I really don't want to play this card but..."

"HELP!"

Iris yelled.

From below Newt looked up.

"I'm Coming!" he yelled

Gally and Frypan looked over, Gally followed Newt.

"Gally pull her up." Newt ordered

gally ran ahead of Newt.

"Give me your hand," he said Iris

Iris tried to give Gally her hand.

Iris's hand slipped Gally still held onto her,

Gally pulled her up with all his might, Newt pitched in, he grabbed Iris's waist and hoisted her on the base of the tree,

Iris let out a big sigh of relief.

Newt saw someone run across the glade.

"He pushed me!" Iris yelled

She ran down the stairs and chased after the boy.

"HEY!" She yelled

Iris grabbed a small knife out of her runners pack and threw it at the boy it stuck him in the arm, he squealed in pain.

Iris pinned the boy on the ground and saw it was Peter,

"He's been stung.." Frypan said

"KILlER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He yelled

Peter looked at Iris he bit at her.

"I-i--i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-I can get better....." he said

"No you can't." Gally said.

Peter bolted up, he grabbed the knife out his arm and stabbed Iris.

Frypan whacked Peter in the head with a fry pan.

Iris pulled the knife out her arm and looked at the blood on her hands.

"I'll take to a med-jacket." Gally said inspecting her arm.

"I'll be waiting at the homestead,"

The Homestead is where the Gladers sleep they all asleep in hammocks.

In a big group.

Gally and Iris walked side by side.

"You're being nice all a sudden..." Iris said looking at Gally

Gally let out a sigh,

he smiled at her and said

"Better than me being a jerk?"

"It's strange, your nice guy."

"Why am I always hit on by the boys I never like" Iris thought

Gally put his arm around Iris's waist

"Get your hands off my hips, before I'll punch you in the lips." She growled

"I was hopping you would say that,"

"I've been hopping that you would stand up to some Gladers.You're the only girl here, and many guys here have a things for memory less Chicks." he said

Eventually gally got her to Jeff where he placed a bandage on her arm, he wrapped it as tight as he could.

"I need to listen to your heart to make sure everything is ok," Jeff told Iris

He grabbed an old Stethoscope and whipped it off

"Take your shirt off,"

"Take my what?"

"You heard me."Jeff sighed

Iris looked over at Gally who was messing with his tool belt,

he wore 2 one to hold up his pants and the other to holding his building tools.

Iris slipped off her blue denim shirt and her tank top.

Jeff listened to her breathe

"You're good."

Gally looked up for a second and widened his eyes

she slipped her shirt back on and walked out.

Gally walked up to her and wrapped his arm her shoulders,

"Well... That went well."

"Don't touch me." Iris growled

"What's your problem?" Gally asked

"I'm not an armrest!"

Iris threw Gally's arm off her.

Gally walked away.

"You're a Priss!" He yelled

"Sure!" Iris yelled back at her

"I tried to be Nice but it isn't good enough for ya princess."

Iris ran up to Gally and punched him.

Gally's nose started to bleed.

He was knocked to tr ground.

"I wish I could still call you friend" Iris told him.

He looked up at her

Iris walked away shaking her wrist

Suddenly

Gally threw her on the ground,

He pinned her down.

"Now what are you going to do?"

Iris struggled to get up,

she tried with all her might,

Gally was just too strong,

He sat on her, Iris tried pulling up,

"Why do good girls like bad guys?" He asked

Gally loosened his grip.

Iris laid on the ground.

"Go away"

Gally pulled Iris up, she looked around an ran.

to the Homestead

Newt laid in his hammock.

Next to him was Thomas,

"You ok?" Newt asked with a smile

"Yeah." Iris smiled back

It was a Fake smile

Gally walked into the Homestead and laid in his hammock.... That was next to Iris's.

Gally grabbed Iris's wrist and pulled her to the side.

"I'm sorry I lashed out." he said with a half smile

"You don't change," Iris murmured

"sociopaths Don't change.."

Iris walked away,

Iris laid in her hammock.

"Gally's been nice to ya," Newt smiled

"Yeah," Iris rubbed her hands together

"Oddly..."

"At least he's being nice to ya shank." Newt smiled

"I need to get some sleep,"

Iris rolled over and pulled the blanket onto her.

She stood in a dark hallway, she wore a Hospital gown, the blue and white gown went up to her knees, and oddly, her legs where spotless and shaved.

"This is strange," Iris thought

she ascended further down the hallway, a door appeared on her right, So she opened it,

Inside a large glass capsule stood,

A boy.

A Glader,

It was Gally.

Gally was awake, he saw Iris and started yelling in the tube, he hit on the glass walls.

Iris's eyes widened, she didn't now what he would do to her,

Iris ran out the room and walked down the darken hallway to a new room,

Same kind of Glass tube, but in it.

Was Newt.

Iris looked around for something to break the glass with.

A Crowbar sat on a gleaming aluminum table,

Iris grabbed the bar and whacked the glass, it broke and newt fell out,

"Newt!"

Iris Grabbed Newt, she picked up and leaned him against the wall. He eventually woke up,

"Are you ok?" Iris asked

She brushed stray pieces of Glass from his face, Iris moved the hair from his face and looked at him,

"Who are you?" He asked

Newt didn't sound normal, he sounded.

Afraid

and Lost.

"It's me, Iris."

Iris grabbed Newts hand,

small tears spilled form his eyes,

"Where am I?"

Iris took a deep breath, she pulled her bangs behind her ear.

"I don't know,"

Iris knew she had a chilled voice, she knew her voice was cracking and shaky.

Iris stood on her tipy toes and hugged Newt,

"I will be right back," She assured him

Iris walked back to the room where Gally was,

She clenched the crowbar and hit the glass.

Gally fell out,

Iris walked over to the table and grabbed his tool belt,

She looked down at her,

She was in her clothes

her Blue denim shirt, runners back, hand wraps around her wrists, her skinny jeans, and black lace up doc.martens.

"What?"

She looked up at Gally.

He had his fist clenched.

"Who are you!" He demanded

"My name is Iris, I'm your friend, I won't hurt you."

"Who am I?" Gally asked

"Your name is Gally, You're a builder, and we're friends."

"You need to trust me." Iris gulped

"You Helped me," Iris told him

Iris showed him her cut from Peter.

"You helped me,"

"We need to find Newt,"

Iris took Gally's hand and walked back into Newts room.

Iris opened up the door, and saw what she feared most,

her eyes widened.

Ava page had Newt in a head lock, she held a gun to his head.

"We need to Make you stronger Iris." She smiled

"Someone you care about will die."

Ava had her finger on the trigger..

"NOOOO!" Iris yelled

Iris started screaming, she sat up at once

"What's wrong?" A voice asked hugging her.

It was Newt.

It had been a dream

"Newt!" Iris cried

She started crying tears.

Newt hugged her

"What's wrong love?" he asked sweetly

"I had a nightmare, it was awful." She cried

"You-you-you-you were dead."

"They Killed you Newt!" Iris hugged Newt so hard she popped his back,

"I'm here, It's ok."

Newt pet the back of her head, he ran his fingers through her hair.

"I'm okay," Newt kissed the top of her head and smiled.

"I'm here,"

"I'll never leave you."

"Now." Newt said in a more positive voice.

"Let's go get us so grub from Frypan and hope we don't Bloody Choke." He smiled.

"Ok,"

Iris climbed out the hammock still shaking.

A few Gladers stared at her.

Iris put her hair up in a pony tail, she walked along with Newt, soon Chuck joined them.

"Hey guys!" He chirped

Newt shot him a cold look.

"What's wrong with the Greenie?" He asked

"She had a traumatizing Nightmare."

Newt kept her under his arm until they got to the kitchen.

Newt got his food and sat behind a log.

Iris sat on a stump and watched everyone.

Thomas came up to her.

"I remember being in the state your in," he said

"Gally's a first class nodcock."

"A Nod what?"

"A Nodcock someone how dose something before thinking, they don't use their brain, or have one." Thomas smiled

Iris giggled.

"Get some food Shuck-face." Thomas pushed Iris into the line.

Iris stood in line, Iris grabbed her plate, she sat on the log next to Newt.

"Try this."

Newt passed Iris a glass of unfamiliar liquid.

"Oh My god! what is that!?!?"

"I don't know..... It's Gally's recipe.A trade secret."

"Speaking of which, you better hurry, You have to help him today.And depending on if I'm feeling Bloody Cheery, I may pull you out for training,but we wouldn't wanna do that to ol' Gal know would we?"

Iris gave Newt a long sigh and answered him

"No we wouldn't...."

Iris stood up and walked over to to Frypan.

"Working with Gal today, ain't ya?" He asked

"Yeah." Iris couldn't help but smile,

"Good luck snapping him out of his crazy phase."

Iris pinned her hair up in a pony tail and walked over to Gally, he was setting up a ladder, Gally grunted as sweat dripped from his forehead

"Need any help?" Iris asked looking around

"Nah,"

“Shouldn't I give a pep talk or something?"

"Sure, go ahead" Gall grunted as he fixed the ladder

"Try not to squish yourself, last things Chuck wants to do is scrap Gally Glob's of the ground and the walls, and well.... Everything."

Gally turned around unamused

"Save a Chuck save the plant?" Iris joked

Gally murmured

Iris leaned up against a tree.

She looked at her Skinny Green Cargo pants, she slipped her hands into the pockets on her thighs.

"Ok, Now, here's what we're doing," Gally stated

"We're making a new smaller lookout tree, we can always find a way to use these Old dead trees,rather then treat em' like Klunk."

"Ok, get on the Ladder and I need you to set up the base."

Iris took a death breath.

She climbed on the ladder,

It wasn't sturdy at all. It wobbled,

Iris's foot slipped her she fell back a little.

"I got it."

Gally held the ladder still,

"Go!"

"So," Iris said as she climbed up the ladder

"The Great Gally is afraid of something after all."

"Can't we just let it go?"

Iris set up the posts and she stood on the first level.

Iris took a deep breath and smiled.

"Jump down!" Gally yelled from below.

"No, I'm going to get squished!" Iris yelled back,

"I'll catch ya shank!"

Iris stood on the edge on the base and looked at Gally

he waved his hands for her to jump.

"You got this."

Iris jumped.

"ahh!" she screamed

Gally caught her just in time.

"That was fun wasn't it?" He asked

Iris walked around the tree

"Yeah."

"I need to Pre-Drill 4 spots so I can make a V shape between those branches."

Gally pointed up to a Nice and sturdy branch.

"Ok, so i do want to talk to you." Iris told Gally.

"Bout what?"

Gally made his way up the ladder,

and stood on the Base.

"Do you have any memories?"

"Anything at all, even with dreams?"

"I'm not telling you." Gally grunted

"You survived a sting you must remember something."

"Drop it." Gally grunted

Iris frowned

"Every time I try to get closer you shut me out and the conversation is over, you always leave me in the dark!"

Iris yelled

"You were stung by a Griever in the middle of the day near the west door."

"Yeah and?"

"What do you want from me?! I saw Thomas in the changing, that's it. I SAW HIM! He's why we're all stuck here! I know it!"

"You have Arrogant nature,"

"Ya know what, I will just drop it." Iris sighed

"Need any help?"

Iris heard a drill from above,

The drill stopped and Gally looked over the edge.

"Come up here, i need those post's."

Gally pointed to 4 posts that sat on the ground.

Iris lifted one up, she handed it to Gally one after the other.

Iris climbed up the ladder and sat down.

She watched the Gladers.

"Maybe you should be a Builder,not a runner. I find funny how they throw the Greenie into the Parade." Gally spat

Gally fixed the second level.

Gally and Iris sat on the New smaller Watch tree

"we're not done yet."

Gally smirked.

"ugg"

Iris laid on the floor Gally looked at.

Iris followed Gally's eye's.

Iris looked down at herself, her Black V-neck creeped down

"HEY!"

"Oh, sorry." Gally said

Iris sat up again.

Newt climbed up the Ladder,

"Nice, good job Shanks."

He sat Next to Iris

"We're stuck in here, aren't we?" Iris asked

"For the moment, but we'll make our way out." Newt smiled

Gally shook his head in disagreement.

"We're stuck in here for good."

"No way out, what so ever,"

"C'mon Gal, be more positive."

"Newt You know that there is no buggin' way out o-"

"Gally, stop." Iris cut him off.

Out of the two of them, Newt was the more upbeat one and Gally seemed to have very little faith that they can survive the Maze.

"I think it was stupid to make her a runner." Gally growled

The way he said Her, as if it was wrong for a girl to be in the Glade, or be a runner.

Maybe he was just looking out for Iris, she didn't really even know.

"So, I'm just a Her?" Iris grew an Icy tone, her words were like ice,

They seemed to hit Gally hard.

Gally gulped,

"You're a Greenie,"

"Freaking Newbies..." Gally sighed

"You've been here for like 2 weeks! I've been here for 2 years!" Gally spat

"She's not ready for that."

Gally jumped down and walked away.

Newt sat rubbing his hands together,

"What's wrong?" Iris asked

"Minho and Alby aren't back yet. They should of been out the Maze a long time ago."

"They'll be back soon, trust me."

Newt hopped down too and walked away rubbing his hands together.

Iris jumped off and walked away too.

Everyone stood by the Maze door,

Gally squatted on the ground.

"Why can't we send in a search party?" Thomas asked

"We can't afford to loose anyone else, Tommy." Newt said

"We can't someone just go in there?" Iris asked

"It's against the rules, either they make it back or they don't." Gally groaned

He looked up at Iris.

"Right not, things aren't looking too good."

"Look!" Chuck yelled

It was Minho and Alby,

Minho grunted and yelled as he carried Alby on his back,

Gally sat up,

"Their not going to make it." Gally said

The Maze doors started to shift, Everyone started Yelling and screaming at Minho. He was trying his hardest to drag Alby back into the Glade. Pretty soon the Maze doors would shut.

Thomas looked around.

He darted in the Maze

"Thomas no!" Chuck yelled

Iris ran in after him.

Gally tried grabbing her arm but he was too late.

"IRIS!" She heard Newt, Chuck, and Gally yell.

"Why did you too Shanks do that?" Minho asked

Minho laughed

"You two just killed yourselves."

"Why?" Iris asked

"You're suppose to be a Runner in training, and yet. you know Nothing."

"Your trainer Newt, he used to be a runner, but we all know what happened to him."

"C'mon, let's leave Alby here and give them Grievers at least one freebie."

That very sentence made Thomas choke

"How can you say that?" iris stood up and yelled

"He's you friend! Alby was your friend!"

"We can hide him in the vines." Thomas suggested

Thomas and Minho ran Alby up in the vines they tied him there.

"The sun will set soon," Minho stated

"We need to Move."

Minho ran,

Thomas and Iris followed,

Outside the Maze in the Glade everyone panicked

"We're about to loose 4 of our friends." Newt said

His voice was shaky and shot.

He stood biting his nails.

"We need to get Iris out of there, and Minho!" Gally yelled

"There's nothing we can do." Marcus said from behind them.

"They're fair game."

"THIS IS ALL THOMAS'S FAULT!" Gally yelled

"If he would of NEVER EVER Ran into the Maze Iris would of NEVER FOLLOWED!" Gally roared

Gally slammed his fist the the wall.

"We have to get Minho, Alby, and Iris back." He groaned

Back inside the maze

Iris, Thomas, and Minho seemed to of gotten separated.

Iris walked around a Maze wall,

The sun had set,

"MINHO!" Iris yelled

"THOMAS!"

Iris was lost,

In the Maze.

"I'm going to die..." The mumbled

She walked around in the dark Shivering.

Iris sighed "Just One more moment, that's all that's needed. Like wounded soldiers in need of healing. Time to be honest, this time I'm pleading Please don't dwell on it, cause I didn't mean it. I cant believe I said I'd lay our love on the ground But it doesn't matter cause I've made it up forgive me now" she sang

her voice was shot.

Iris leaned against a Wall.

Tears dripped from her face.

Iris heard a creaking sound

It scratched,

Iris looked over.

"GRIEVER!" She screamed

Iris ran screaming she tore her way though the Maze.

Iris stopped, she reached into her pocket and threw a knife at the Griever.

Some of the Gladers liked to call her "The Girl that Played with Knives."

The knife stuck the Griever in the eye

It growled

"Crap."

Iris started running,

Bye that Time the sun was coming up.

The Maze doors started to shift.

Iris had a plan

"HEY RUST BUCKET!" She yelled

"COME AT ME!"

iris started running through a wall.

She stood at the end of the walls.

The Griever had stopped

Iris pulled out a knife and made 3 small cuts on her arm.

"ahhh." Iris whined

Her hands shook as she took her right hand and got blood on her fingers,

She whipped it on the wall.

The Griever smelt the blood and ran after it.

Iris stepped back and as soon as the Griever made it's way to the edge of the wall. The doors closed.

Crushing the Griever.

Iris dropped to her feet,

Dropping the knife.

tears poured from her face.

She could hear the Maze doors opening,

On the leg of the creature read

"W.C.I.K.E.D"

"That's the name on their supplies..." Iris mumbled

Iris hissed in pain.

Bye that Time Minho, Alby, and Thomas made it out the Maze.

"Where's Iris?" Newt asked anxiously.

"I don't know." Minho grunted hoisting Alby on his back, Alby was clearly stung, and knocked out.

"What happened to him?" Thomas asked.

"Just because a griever looks dead, doesn't mean they are." Minho replied

Unaware of her.

Iris stood between the Maze doors.

Newt saw her and ran to her.

Iris was holding her arm, the wraps on her arm where stained with blood.

Newt hugged Iris hard, he wrapped his arms around her tightly.

He looked at her arm,

"What happened to you?" He asked inspecting her arm.

"I cut my self and smeared blood on the wall so the Griever would walk trough this tunnel as it closed.I killed a Griever..." Iris sighed looking up

"Killing em' won't help. Tension will rise."

"You could of died." Newt sighed

He reached in his bag and pulled out a bottle and Q-tip and some fabric.

Newt poured the liquid on the Q-tip.

He grabbed Iris's arm and tried cleaning her arm.

"That burns." Iris whined.

Newt wrapped the cloth around her wound.

"YOU!" Gally yelled.

Gally clenched his fists. Charging at Thomas.

"YOU KILLED HER!" Gally yelled

Gally walked up to Thomas, Gally's face was red hot. He cracked his knuckle's

Gally through a Punch at Thomas.

Knocking him on the ground.

Thomas spit out blood,

"IF YOU WOULD OF NEVER WENT IN THAT MAZE SHE WOULD OF NEVER FOLLOWED!"

The 2 boys pulled Gally back.

"LET ME GO!" Gally spat

Iris ran over.

"GALLY! GALLY! GALLY!" Iris yelled

Gally saw Iris the 2 boys let him go.

Gally still stood staring at Thomas.

Iris walked in front of Gally.

"Gally, look at me."

"Look."

Iris grabbed Gally's hand,

She gulped

"Gally, look at me."

"GALLY!" she yelled

Gally looked down.

"I'm ok," Iris smiled

"I'm ok."

Gally just shook his head.

"I would of gone in anyway,"

Iris hugged Gally.

Which looked awkward considering Gally was 6ft2 and Iris was only 5ft.

"I'm ok, Alby and Thomas are ok." Iris reassured.

Gally jerked Iris away.

"Get away from me!" He yelled.

He threw Iris on the ground.

"HEY!" Newt yelled tearing through the boys.

He picked Iris up, and pulled out his knife he pointed it in Gally's face.

"Rule number 2 never hurt another Glader!" Newt yelled

"It's ok," Iris shifted her weight.

"I got this." Iris grinned.

Iris smiled at Gally.

She held his hand.

"You ok?"

"Yeah." Gally murmured.

Gally reached in for a hug,

Iris kicked his shin and threw him on the ground,

Iris placed her hands on his chest.

She stood over him and smiled.

"Ever been beaten up by a girl?" she asked

"Do you want an legit answer?" He asked

Iris help Gally stand up,

he brushed his shirt off and looked at Iris.

Iris took a deep breath and walked off to the Homestead passing up Marcus.

"Hey what happened to your arm?" he asked

Marcus grabbed her arm,

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" she yelled

Iris shoved Marcus out of the way.

"What's up with her?" Marcus asked Chuck as he trailed off.

"She's like a Female version of Gally." Chuck snorted

"A Gally in a dress."

Chuck plodded along "carrying" or trying to carry pots and pans.

He dropped at least half of them every 3 feet he walked.

Iris wrapped herself up in her cot.

She stared out into the Glade, still Furious.

Gally approached her.

"Get away from me!" She yelled

Iris threw a Pillow at Gally.

he quickly ducked on the ground.

"And i thought I was the mean one."

"Leave me alone.." She growled

Iris moved her legs and Gally sat on her cot.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I'm the only girl here, I'm stuck with like 50 guys."

"40 give or take..." Gally murmured

"I love that you guys do look after me, but I don't need everyone waiting on me, and watching over me."

"Well, you're are only one here that we can do that too." Gally said

"I may be a chick, but I can take care of myself."

Iris sat up. she fumbled with her arm.

"What happened?" Gally asked

"I cut myself...to escape a Griever. Newt wrapped it and cleaned it." Iris explained.

Iris let out a long sigh. She got up and walked with Gally to the Food shack.

"I need to meet Minho in the Map room." She told Gally.

Iris ran ahead.

"Hey Zart the Fart!" Iris waved at Zart as he dug up a weed.

Iris made her way to the line, she jumped in it

Grabbed her food and left.

Iris ran up to Newt and Minho and the Map room.

Minho walked inside and through a cloth of the table.

It relieved a Model of the Maze.

Minho leaned on the table and smirked

"Know what this is Shank?" He asked

Newt leaned a against a wall.

"A map of the Maze.... how come you've been hiding this!?!?"

"Irie, we have no choice you know how Gally would react. His sorry butt isn't allowed in here." Newt sighed.

"Keepers will be Havin' a meetin' Later today bout what we need to do with You and Thomas." Newt added

"Gally would go nuts." Iris mumbled

"The Shank's is as crazy as balls." Minho chuckled

Iris raised one eyebrow and looked at Newt.

He smiled and started laughing.

Soon, they were all rolling around on the floor dying of laughter.

A mighty fist pounded on the door.

"What's going on?" The voice boomed.

Ironically, it was Gally.

Outside Gally was leaning against the door waiting for an answer.

"Captain Gally is outside.." Newt murmured

Iris gagged.

She stepped outside the Map room and stood in front of Gally.

"well..."

"What's so funny?"

Gally folded his arms

"Your eyebrows." Iris snickered.

Gally frowned.

"Let me in." he tried to push pass Iris.

Iris blocked him wedging herself between the door and the wall.

"You can't come in." She said her eyes widened.

"Why not?" he asked.

"How bout......"

Iris needed to think quickly.

"We go for a walk! Yeah, let's go!"

Iris grabbed Gally's hand, leading him away from the Map room.

Iris gripped Gally's hand tightly.

They walked pass Marcus.

His mouth flew open and Marcus slowly pointed at Gally.

"HEY!" Marcus yelled.

Gally turned around.

"What?" He asked

"let's go." Iris said

She grabbed Gally's hand again and jerked him away.

They walked across the Glade, into the woods.

"Ok, ok,." Gally said stopping.

"What are you doing?" Gally asked suspiciously.

Iris knew she couldn't tell Gally about the Map. But apart of her trusted him.

He was crazy though.

He was insane.

She knew that he could cause her harm. She knew that he would Kill her if he had to.

Iris gulped and looked Gally in the eye.

She played with her thumb and looked back up.

Gally kept his hard stare on her.

"I-i-i."

"I wanted to talk to you,"

Iris sat out and log and Gally sat next to her.

"I wanted to ask you, about... the changing and why you hate thomas."

"I'm not talking about that."

Gally tried to walk away but Iris grabbed onto his arm and pulled him back down.

"Please Gally, just talk to me."

"Well...." He started to say.

"I saw things, my memories."

Iris turned around so she faced him, trying to make sure she heard every word.

"I saw Thomas, during that changing, I was in this tube filled with water and i-i-i-I couldn't breath and it was terrifying."

"I heard that you were despised by most of the Gladers due to your arrogant nature."

"I was." Gally murmured

Iris almost felt sorry for Gally.

He smiled at her,

Iris suddenly remembered.

"I had a dream like that!" She blurt out

"You what?"

"I had a dream like that, you were in a tube full of water and so was Newt... and it was a a long dark hallway and I was terrified."

Iris blabbered on.

Gally raised on eyebrow,

"anyways.."

"I don' trust Thomas because I saw him, I think he helped put us here, and he's some kinda spy."

Gally did sound crazy as he was pretty crazy.

Iris sighed, she sat up and Gally followed.

Iris and Gally walked out the woods.

As they walked they talked.

"Ya know, this feels like home for me." Iris smirked

She smiled as she looked out into the Glade.

"This isn't home," Gally said

"Can't you try to be positive?" Iris asked Gally.

Iris shoved Gally over a foot.

"Hey." he chuckled

Everyone saw Gally as a nut job. It was true... he was one.

But they never got to know him. Not like Iris did she saw a side of him that no one ever saw. A side that he must of hide. It was a.... sweeter side.

"Can I ride on your back?" Iris asked Gally.

"sure, get on."

Gally squatted down, and Iris jumped on his back.

She wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Hold on." He said

Gally grasped a tight grip on her legs as he carried her through the thick timber.

From up there.Iris felt as if she could she everything, Then again it was an improvement from what she actually could see.

From the top, she could smell Gally's hair.

It was matted with Sweat and dirt. It smelled like a Christmas tree oddly.

They made their way out the woods.

Everyone stared as Gally walked by.

Winston smiled at them and waved.

Frypan walked pass them and grinned.

"Hows my favorite cooking partner?" he asked

"Awesome!"

Iris high-fived Frypan

Gally walked pass Marcus.

Marcus scoffed.

He always hated Gally.

"I thought you were talking to Minho and Newt?" Marcus asked with a tone full of Hate. He raised one eyebrow and waited for Iris's response.

"I was, but I had to ask Gally something."

"I see that," Marcus murmured

Newt walked up to them he had a spring in his step.

"Meetin' start's in 2 hours." He announced.

Newt walked away. His limp had gotten better, Iris smiled at Newt as he walked away.

"ahh, your slipping," Gally said

He hoisted Iris up so she wouldn't slide as much.

"Why are you so kind to me, but mean to ever one else?" Iris asked

"It's simple,"

"Ilise you better than i like them."

2 hours passed and everyone met in the Council Hall,

A rugged shack held together by sweat, mud and sticks.

Newt walking around as the keepers got in there places.

"Ok." he said

"You're all wondering why I've gathered you here today!" he announced

"Where here about or Greenies, Thomas and Iris."

"Everyone's been coming to me, either 1 boohooing about them, or begging to take Iris's hand bloody marriage,"

"So,"

"We need to figure out what we're going to do with them!"

"So, any ideas?" Newt asked

iris raised her hand.

"You're not allowed to say a bloody word! you too Tommy." Newt ordered

"Well, they need to be punished in some way.... We all know how i feel about this incident -" Gally spat

"Gally, shut your hole, you'll get a chance,"

"Zart that fart you start." Newt said

Zart stood up and looked at the ground.

"Non-runners can't be sprinting in the Maze. it's against the rules... So, i guess 2 days in the slammer."

Zart sat back down.

Gally stood back up.

"I've been trying to say that! Thomas is the reason why we're all here! he put us here!"

"GALLY!" Newt yelled.

"I'M TRYING TO KEEP SOME BLOODY ORDER IN THIS PLACE! SO SHUT UP AND SIT YOU SHUCK-FACE DOWN! I'M NOT IN A CHEERY MOOD!" Newt yelled

Gally sat back down in a rush.

"Glad we got that out the way." Newt smiled

"Frypan, you're on." he said

Frypan stood up.

"They saved Alby's life, that's a big thing to do." He started

"Oh. did they?" Gally questioned.

Newt glared at Gally.

"Shut your Shuck-face up." Newt said to him

Frypan sat down.

"So what's your ruling?"

"Make them runners." frypan said

"NO!" Gally yelled

"They come here acting all like they know nothing and they start running around with Grievers! that's impossible!"

"It can be done!" Iris yelled

"Hush it!' newt yelled at her

Iris growled at Newt.

He was her friend, but he could be a klunk face.

Iris walked up to Newt and stood up to him.

"I believe I have a right to speak considering that this is partly about me. I have the time to present my case." She said

Newt sighed, "Fine, this place has lost all order, can't get much screwy."

Iris stood up on a platform,

"you guys have been here for a long time!"

"2 years, and your not out yet. that say's something!"

"We need to change things up! And maybe! just maybe! we can get out of this pile of klunk!"

The boys cheered

"WHAT DO WE WANT!" Iris cheered

"WE WANT CHANGE!" The glades shouted, they whooped.

"AND HOW WE GONNA GET THERE!?"

Gally just stood there shaking his head,

Iris jumped off the plat form.

"Change is good." she said to him

"No.."

"You're so complicated." she said

"One minute you're like my best friend and the next you hate me,"

"I don't get that."

Gally crossed his arms and raised one eyebrow.

"I doing what i feel is best for the Glade."

"Why so serious?" Iris asked

"I swear." she mumbled

"I'm young, I'm stupid and I ain't got that long to live, so why not."

Iris reached up and kissed Gally on the lips and walked away.

She walked out feeling as if she could do anything.

She knew she could die at any moment but that didn't scare her at all anymore.

Iris felt like she had sicken it to the man, or men.

Even though the Gladers were really still boys.

Iris walked into the map room.

Minho and Newt walked in.

"WHAT THE BLOODY H-" Newt had started to say.

"What was that!?!?" he spat

"I made it out the Maze alive! I was the first to do it!"

"I believe that I can give a motivational speech if i freaking feel like it!"

"You're still very much a Newbie, you're a green bean and nothing more!"

Iris pulled the beeping thing out of her pack.

"I found this in the griever, it has an 7 flashing on it. I was in a section with 7 on it. That may be a clue." She said

iris placed her hands on her hips.

"You're the Shuckiest shuck-faced shuck there ever was, but you have a point." Minho said

"He get's it." Iris said

She placed her hands on her hips.

"But... One night in the Maze... and surviving. That's nearly impossible."

"No ones ever done it. Other than -"

"Other than me, i know."

"Trust me on this, I got this."

Minho started chomping on a apple.

"I believe her." he said between bites,

pieces flew out from his mouth.

"Seal of approval." Iris smiled and shrugged

She walked away smiling.

Minho followed her.

Minho threw his apple into the woods.

"I can train you," Minho said

Iris turned around and grinned.

"Let's do this."

Minho set up a course.

"Ok, you gotta jump over thees barrels as Chuck throws some stale Moldy oranges at you." Minho explained.

"Why oranges!??!"

"For my own amusement don't ask!" Minho exclaimed

"GO!" Minho yelled

Iris jumped over the barrels dodging the oranges.

She ran up to 2 barrels stack on each other,

iris picked up on stepped and did a double front flip.

Iris landed on her feet and started running faster.

Iris tripped over barrel and fell on her face.

She rolled over in pain Minho stood over her.

"Now is not the time to pee your pants and cry for your mommy."

Iris chuckled.

"I hate you so much." She smiled

Minho helped Iris up.

"Thomas!" He yelled

"Your turn!"

Thomas ran and hurled over the Barrels.

Iris sighed and walked away.

She walked pass newt as he worked in the Fields.

Him and Zart pulled at weeds.

"I'm sorry i left you, alone to work in the miserable heat." Iris said to Newt.

Newt pulled a weed.

"it's ok." He said

Iris helped Newt pull a weed.

"Little Shank is stuck." He said

"Bloody thing won't come up."

Iris and Newt pulled at it.

Iris yanked it hard the weed came up and she fell backwards.

Newt and Iris laughed.

Iris sat up and walked away.

She walked back to Minho.

"So, how's he doing."

Minho sighed.

"That Shuck Face is slow as a turtle."

"I'll throw some rotten apples at him, Gally was taking apples of a dead tree to create a new Tree house. Something he can sleep in. I guess." iris suggested

"Go get the apples." Minho said

Iris ran over to Gally. He was standing on the floor of a New house he was setting up a wall.

"I need some rotten apples." Iris said.

"I told Frypan if he keeps using rotten stuff He's gonna kill someone." Gally said

Iris smiled.

"Minho needs them, we we're going to Chuck em' at Thomas." iris explained

Gally turned around instantly.

"You need them for what now?' he asked interested.

Iris grabbed the sack and walked away.

"I'll help!" Gally called out

Gally ran up to Iris and took the sack.

"Let me carry that for ya Princess." He said with a smile.

"That's a fake smile." Iris laughed

Gally skipped along, he was so cheery.

Just the thought of throwing apples at Thomas appealed to him.

Thomas hopped over Barrels and he saw gally throwing an Apple up and catching it.

Iris stood between Gally and Minho.

"I'm coming for ya Tommy boy!" Gally yelled

Gally started throwing apples At Thomas. Every apple hit him.

"THIS ISN'T FAIR!" Thomas yelled.

"Why can't Iris get Apples get lunched at her at High speed?" Thomas asked.

Gally wrapped his arm around Iris and held an apple in one hand.

"We need to respect the lady!" Gally yelled back.

and threw the apple.

"He's right, it's not fair." Iris laughed.

"I got this."

Iris stepped in front of the first barrel.

"GO!" Minho yelled

Iris leaped over the first barrel as Gally chucked apples at her.

One hit her leg.

Iris stumbled,

Iris got back up and jumped over the next hurdles.

She ran and did her front flip.

And apples flew in front of her face as she floated thrown mid air, the whole world seemed to slow down.

She stuck the landing and Summer saluted over a pool of crushed berries.

Iris grinned.

And kept running.

She finished.

Iris walked over to Thomas.

Iris smiled.

"Was that hard?" She asked

"I hate her so much." Thomas said as Iris walked around.

"I can here you!" She yelled.

The boys walked her walk. A Few Gladers whistled at her.

Iris threw an apple at them.

"SORRY! I'M SORRY!" One of them yelled

"Umm humm." Iris growled

Marcus approached Iris.

"Hey green bean."

Iris smiled "what's up?" She asked waiting for her response.

"I thought you hated gally." Marcus asked

"Yeah.. about that." Iris started to say

"Oh, I gotta go."

Iris ran across the Glade to Newt.

She jumped on his back.

"hey Newtie Tootie" She laughed

"Hey Iris." Newt smiled

Iris hugged Newt.

"You're a Happy shank, aren't ya?" He asked

"Yes I am!" iris kissed Newt's cheeked and jumped up.

"I aced my Runner training."

"First day!"

"Good job Shank," newt smiled

Iris ran away and back to Minho

"What do we do tomorrow?" She asked

"Same thing." minho said

Iris walked over to Gally.

He completed his tree house.

He was tying a cot in it.

"You're going to sleep in here." Iris said as she hoisted her self on the new wooden structure.

"You're really good at your job." Iris smiled as she looked around, it was true. Gally was Amazing at building. Some say Gally was born with a tool belt.

"This is for you." Gally said

"You made this for me?" Iris smiled

"Yep,"

Gally pulled on the cot to make sure it was strong enough.

Iris ran up to Gally and Jumped in his arms. She hugged him tightly. "I love it," she said "Thank you."

Iris let go and walked around.

"You're Amazing." Iris said as she pressed her hand on the smooth polished wood.

"I can't tell you how thankful I am." She smiled. Iris couldn't help but smile.

"And at first, you hated me. But now, you're. Being super kind to me."

Iris turned around.

"What changed?"

"Nothing." Gally groaned

Iris followed Gally out the door.

The night had passed.

Iris slept in the cot in the room that night,

The next morning she woke up just in time.

She saw Minho and Thomas run into the Maze.

Iris looked down at her,

She had on a blue denim button down shirt, Military skinny Cargo pants, and her canvas lace up Doc.Martens.

"This is good wear for running." Iris grinned.

She slipped on her pack and brought a few knives with her.

She followed them in, but she stayed far away.

Iris slipped into one corner.

She re traced her steps from the one night she spent in the Maze.

She found the crushed Griever.

Iris pulled some spikes off of the arm and slipped them in her pack.

Iris walked further.

"Oh my god." She cupped her hand over her mouth and circled around her worst nightmare.

A dead glader.

The blood was fresh. A note was tacked on his body.

Iris gulped and pulled it off.

"You're not alone." The note read.

Iris slipped that in her pack.

She bent down to look at the glader.

Iris gagged.

She rubbed her hands together and kept walking.

Iris looked around brushing her long brown curls out off her face.

"Everything's ok," She tried to tell herself.

The Maze was really eerie.

For sure, most of the day had passed.

By that time it was 12:00 pm.

Minho and Thomas arrived back in the Glade.

Newt, Gally, and Chuck waited for them.

"Have you seen iris?" Newt asked

"Nope," Thomas said.

"We need to find her." Newt bit his nails.

He glanced up at Thomas.

"You don't think she went in the Maze,do you?"

Gally shoved his way Between Minho, Newt, and Thomas.

"Of course she did."

"I can have evidence that SHE is a rule breaker!"

"She's Practicality a Runner." Minho said

"Then teach her to follow the damn rules!" Gally yelled

Inside the Maze Iris was running back to the Glade, she heard little clicking noises behind her.

"What the H-"

Iris shrieked and started running. A Griever managed to track her.

The Griever roared as if blazed through the walls.

"HELP ME!" Iris yelled.

She felt the same way she did when she first arrived. Alone, afraid, And Naive. Iris tore her way through the Maze. Running for her life. Her life deepened on weather or not she could make it out in time.

Iris made her way to the doors.

She saw Newt, Minho, Thomas, Gally, and Chuck.

"HELP!!!" She screamed

They saw the Griever chasing her.

"Oh crap,"

"Get her out of that Bloody Maze!" Newt yelled

Newt ran up to Iris with Gally.

The Maze doors started to close and shift, They all ran.

Iris, Newt and Gally jumped out of the Maze just in time.

"What where you thinking?!?!" Newt yelled

"Going in alone!"

Gally helped Iris up.

"That's it, You're having it." Gally said he through Iris against the wall.

"You're getting a punishment." Gally said

He pushed Iris up against the wall.

"Understood?" he asked

"She's a runner!" Thomas yelled.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!" Gally yelled

He walked over to Thomas extending his arms and shoving him down.

"It's all YOUR fault where here! I saw YOU, YOU put US here!" Gally spat

He clenched his fist's and growled.

Iris grabbed a spike out of her pack and threw it up in the air.

"I'll find out my self!" She yelled

Without thinking Iris stabbed it into her leg.

She fell on the ground in pain.And started twitching.

She could see Thomas. Creating it. The Maze.

She saw a flashback of her family.

She saw herself in the tube.

She saw herself. Getting put in the box.

Suddenly she came out of that.

Minho had injected serum into her leg.

Iris's eyes dilated as she came back.

Gally lifted her up.

She leaned against him her legs where still wobbly.

"I saw him.." She sputtered.

Iris fell on the ground.

Coughing.

"I saw him."

She couldn't get the words out of her mouth.

Like, something was stopping her from speaking.

Iris fell to the ground in pain.

She rolled over and looked up.

Iris's eye's closed, and she blacked out. The Next morning,

Iris found herself Surrounded by 2 Med-jackets, The bright sun blinded her.

"We're all going to die." Iris mumbled "We're all going to die."

Iris laughed.

"We're all full of lies."

Iris looked over at Gally and grinned. Showing her white teeth.

"Aren't we?"

Iris sat up.

"They're building a coffin your size."

Iris smiled baring her teeth.

Newt was in a chair, he stepped away.

"Watch out, she's probably still recovering from the changing."

It was true. Iris had no clue what was wrong with her brain. Part of her was there and the other half, wasn't her. But something else, and opposite side.

Iris got up and walked up to Gally.

She smiled and tilted her head.

"What's wrong girly?"

"Cat got your tongue?"

"Seem's like you said that to me when I was New here?"

Iris shoved Gally out the door.

"Iris stop!"

Newt called out.

he held a knife to her back.

"A knife to the back,"

Iris turned around and her voice got deeper. And scarier.

"LIKE THAT WILL STOP ME!" She roared

Iris kicked Newt backwards.

She stumbled. Iris kicked his hand that held the knife down and stepped on it.

She rammed her knee into Newt's stomach and kicked him in the head.

Newt fell on the ground.

Iris turned around to Gally.

She ran up to him,

Iris jumped on Gally's back.

Gally threw her off and threw her on the ground.

Iris jumped back up.

She drew knife and stabbed Gally in the shoulder.

he fell to his knee's and pulled it out.

Iris kicked Gally in the head. She pinned him on the ground.

"We're all going to die, we're all going to die, we're all going to die." She chanted.

Gally flipped Iris over.

Now he had her pinned on the ground.

"Nope, When the Reaper comes. I'll be waiting with a Baseball bat."

Gally injected Iris's with the serum once more.

Her eyes changed back to their color.

"What the H-" Iris sputtered.

Her voice shook.

"What's wrong, Why do I feel like I was hit by a truck."

Iris put her Hand on Gally's head.

"What happened to you?"

"Argue with Minho again?"

"GALLY!" Jeff yelled

"COME HERE!"

Iris got up, she saw newt laying on the ground.

She ran over as fast as she could.

"Oh my god."

Iris knelled next to Newt.

"What happened to him?"

Jeff sighed "You did this to him."

Iris gasped tear spilled from her eyes.

"It feels like something was inside of me, I would of NEVER done that to him."

Iris rubbed her hand on Newt's cheek

"Please." She cried

"Wake up."