Escaping The Maze

Everything has, quite frankly, gone to shit since the grievers attacked the glade, and Thomas decided to inject himself with the needle that was originally attached to a griever. Last night, after Gally had calmed down, he took control of the glade and put Teresa and an unconscious Thomas into the pit. 

Gally hasn't said a word to me since yesterday, and we haven't had the chance to talk because he's too busy outcasting Thomas, Teresa, and the little family i have left. 

Currently, Chuck, Minho, Newt and i are sitting on the ground outside of the pit, waiting for Thomas to wake up. Frypan has gone back to the kitchen to carry on with work to keep up appearances, and to avoid being banished by Gally. He's on our side, but for our plan to work, there's something he has to do before he joins us in rebellion. 

I hate how i'm about to rebel against Gally. I have a feeling he won't forgive me, and i don't blame him. I'm hoping that i will be able to talk him down and help him to see why we need to get out of here.

"Well this is depressing" Minho says, glancing at our little group.

"Shut up, Minho" Newt replies tiredly, clearly fed up after the events that played out last night.

"It's hard to believe that we were all happy a few days ago" I say with a sigh.

"We pulled some amazing pranks" Chuck says with a small smile.

"Indeed we did, kid" i say, ruffling his hair with a smile.

"Do you think, you'll be able to convince Gally to come with us?" Minho asks me.

"I hope so. I never told you guys, but we're together, officially" i say to them, glancing at each of them for their reactions. 

To my shock, they all just look at each other and burst into laughter. 

"Of course we knew. You both didn't exactly hide it" Newt says with a grin.

"You two were so obvious" Chuck says whilst giggling.

"Plus, i told them all when Ben and i caught you kissing outside of your hut. We knew you two would become official soon enough" Minho says with a smirk, causing me to blush at the fact that he remembered that. 

I've tried so hard to block out the memory of seeing Ben and Minho catch us. I basically forgot about it and assumed they did too, but clearly i was wrong. 

Our conversation is cut short when we hear Teresa say something. We turn around, and feel relief at the sight of Thomas awake and his breathing steady.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Chuck asks Thomas sternly. He slightly glares at him, and i know it's only because he was so worried about him. 

Since Thomas arrived, Chuck has formed a special bond with him. I'm glad to see Thomas accept Chuck so easily, and it's nice to see him spend time with another close friend. I was always afraid that he would only have me, and no one would ever give him the time of day because he's younger than most of us. 

I would kill every griever in existence if it meant seeing a smile on Chuck's face every day.

"What happened?" Thomas asks, noticing the glum looks of our faces.

"Gally's taken control. He said we have a choice. Either join him, or get banished at sundown with you" Newt explains, noticing the sad look at the mention of Gally.

"And everyone else agreed to that?" Thomas asks, moving to sit up in the pit.

"Gally has everyone convinced, that you're the reason all of this has happened" Teresa replies, sending me an apologetic look. 

I know she definitely heard us talking about my, well, what was my relationship with Gally. I hate to even consider it, but if he doesn't listen to us and come with me, then our relationship will be over. 

I don't want to lose him. I want him to leave with us, with me, and find somewhere new to call home. To be safe from the creators.

"Well, he's been right so far" Thomas says, looking down. 

We all glance at each other confused. What does he mean by that?

"What do you mean?" i ask, confused.

"Yeah, what are you talking about?" Minho also asks, frowning slightly.

"This place... It's not what we thought it was. It's not a prison, it's a test. It all started when we were kids. They'd give us these challenges, they were experimenting on us. And then people started disappearing. Every month, one after the other, like clock work" Thomas explains, making me pale slightly at the discovery. 

We've been stuck with the creators since we were young. We were so young when we last spent time with our families. No wonder we can't remember them. We've been trapped for years.

"Sending them up into the maze?" Newt asks, although, he doesn't really need Thomas to confirm it.

"Yeah, but not all of us" Thomas says, looking at Newt.

"What do you mean?" Newt asks. 

"Guys, i'm one of them" Thomas admits, watching as we all stare in shock.

"You're what?" i ask, my voice quiet as i try to hide the feeling of betrayal. 

Thomas is one of them? He's helped us out so much since he got here. It's hard to believe he's against us when he's found out things the others couldn't for over 3 years.

"The people who put you here, i worked with them. I watched you guys for years. The entire time you've been here i... I was on the other side of it. So were you" Thomas says, looking at Teresa. 

"What?" Teresa asks in disbelief. I watch as her eyes water.

"Teresa, we did this to them" Thomas replies, looking ashamed. His voice is filled with regret.

"No. That can't be true" Teresa denies, letting her tears fall.

"It is. I saw it" Thomas replies sadly.

"Why would they send us up, if we was with them?" Teresa asks, sounding confused and upset. 

"It doesn't matter" Thomas says, shaking his head slightly.

"He's right. It doesn't matter. Any of it, because the people we were before the maze, they don't even exist anymore. These creators took care of that. But what matters, is who we are now, and what we do right now. You went into the maze, and you found a way out" Newt explains, saying everything that i was thinking. 

He took the words right out of my mouth. 

"Yeah, but if i hadn't, Alby would still be alive" Thomas says, broken, causing me to look down at the mention of Alby.

"Maybe. But i know that if he were here, he would be telling you the exact same thing. Pick your ass up, and finish what you started. Because if we do nothing, then that means Alby died for nothing, and i can't have that" Newt finishes his speech, and i can't help myself when i reply. 

"Wow Newt. Do you write your speeches before, or do you come up with that all on your own?" i ask teasingly, earning giggles from Minho and Chuck.

"Yeah Newtie, do you practice them in the shower every morning?" Minho adds with a smirk.

"Do you pretend there's people cheering for you too?" Chuck asks with a grin, causing us all to laugh. 

I feel happy to see Thomas and Teresa chuckling with us.

"Oh, fuck off you three" Newt replies, playfully glaring at us. 

"Watch you language!" Minho gasps dramatically.

"Yeah, there's a child present" i add, feigning disappointment.

"Shame on you. I'm just a kid" Chuck says, shaking his head in disapproval. 

Newt doesn't bother replying, knowing better than to encourage us. The three of us high five in victory, before pulling our attention back to Thomas. 

"Ok... Ok, but we gotta get through Gally first" Thomas says. 

"We already have a plan" i say, faking a smile because it hurts to betray Gally like this. 

We spend some time with Thomas and Teresa, explaining our plan to save them from whatever Gally has planned, and to try to convince him to escape with us for good. We explain that Fry is on our side, but is currently packing food and supplies we may need to leave with. 

After a while, we notice Gally walking around the glade with a small group of his followers, so we leave Thomas and Teresa, to not raise any suspicion that we are preparing to rebel.  We spend the day trying to be as normal as possible, and sneakily grabbing and packing supplies and stealing weapons we may need for protection. 

I pass Gally multiple times in the day, but he's oblivious to my presence, his mind clouded with hate for Thomas and fear of the grievers coming back to finish us off. The power he has gained hasn't helped, and now he's ignoring me and even Frypan, who's considered to be his closest friend here. I fear that his judgement is too clouded to listen to what we have to say. That he won't come with us.

It gets to sunset and the remaining gladers head towards the maze doors. A couple of boys head to the pit to get Thomas and Teresa, and i try to hide the fact that my nerves have started going crazy, and hide how worried i am with what's about to happen. 

I watch as Gally crosses Alby's name off of the wall, and i take a moment to look at Ben's crossed off name. I know that Ben and Alby would want us to go, and i also know that if they were here, they would be coming with us.

Thank you boys, for welcoming me with open arms, and being the best family a girl could ask for. 

I get snapped out of my thoughts when i watch as Thomas and Teresa are walked towards us. Thomas is pretending to still be passed out, which is a smart move from him. It will catch the others off guard, giving him a chance to escape from their grip.

They drop him on the floor, by a pole that's stuck in the ground. Gally walks over and looks at Thomas.

"This is such a waste" Gally says, causing Minho and i to glance at each other.

"Gally. It doesn't feel right man" Winston says, not looking happy with where this is going. 

I have a feeling that he'll be coming with us. I hope he does. The more that come, the less that will be here when the grievers decide to attack again.

"Yeah, what if Thomas is right? Maybe he can lead us home" Jeff says, hope in his voice. I watch as Fry walks to stand next to him, studying Gally.

"We are home. Ok? I don't wanna have to cross anymore names off that wall" Gally explains, not understanding the boy's backing Thomas.

"You really think banishing us is going to solve anything?" Teresa asks in disbelief.

She's right. Killing then won't help us in any way. 

"No. But this isn't a banishing, it's an offering" Gally says, looking at Teresa.

"What? What are you?, Gally? What are you doing?!" Teresa asks, panicking as she tries to fight out of the hold of a boy, who's trying to tie her to the pole.

"You really think i'm gonna let Thomas back into the maze, after what he's done? Look around you. Look at our glade. This is the only way" Gally says, gesturing to the torn up glade.

Minho and i share another glance in concern. Gally's gone completely mental. We need to act now. Minho and Newt nod discreetly to each other. I glance at Chuck, seeing him ready to run to us with as many supplies as he can hold.

"And when the grievers get what they came here for, everything goes back to the way it was" Gally says, seeming completely delusional. 

He seriously thinks that's all it'll take for the grievers to leave us alone? They won't keep coming back until there's no one left!

"Are you listening to this? Why are you all just standing there? He's crazy" Teresa argues. 

"You, shut up!" Gally orders her. 

"If you stay here, the grievers are going to come back. They're gonna come back, and keep coming back until you're all dead!" She says to the others, trying to open their eyes to the reality of the situation. 

"Shut up. Tie him up!" Gally says, done with her and eager to get Thomas tied up, and offered to the griever. 

Which sounds batshit insane, by the way.

"Do you here me? I said tie him up!" Gally shouts at the boys, who are hesitant and unsure. 

They eventually grab Thomas, who uses this as the perfect opportunity to fight them off of him. Everyone quickly jumps into action, and i rush straight to Teresa, cutting the ropes off of her arms and legs, pulling her with me to stand behind Thomas. 

Chuck rushes over with the supplies, and i pull him next to me. Fry and i grab some things so he doesn't drop them. Minho keeps his machete raised at Gally, as he moves to stand with us. Fry also hands Teresa and i a machete each for protection. I look at Gally who looks at me with hurt written in his features.

"You're full of surprised aren't you" he says, glaring at Thomas.

"You don't have to come with us, but we are leaving. Anyone else who wants to come, now's your last chance" Thomas says to Gally and the other gladers who stand behind him.

"Don't listen to him. He's just trying to scare you" Gally says, attempting to keep them on his side.

"I'm not trying to scare you. You're already scared. All right? I'm scared. But i'd rather risk my life out there, than spend it in here. We don't belong here. Ok? This place, isn't our home. We were put here, Ok? We were trapped here. At least out there we have a choice. We can make it outta here.I know that" Thomas says, his voice filled with hope and determination. 

I watch as Winston, Jeff and a few other boys slowly walk to stand with us, which hurts Gally greatly. 

"Gally, it's over. Just come with us" Thomas says, glancing at me as i step forward. 

Gally doesn't answer him, but stares at me as i step beside Thomas.

"Gally, please come with us. I know your scared, even though you won't show it, but this place isn't safe anymore. We can get out of here and find somewhere to call home, or hopefully find our families. I don't want to go without you, i want and need you to come with me, with us. Please" i plead to Gally, my eyes watering beyond my control and my voice wavering. 

He stares at me and for a moment, i think that he'll agree, but my world comes crashing down when his face hardens, and he says "Goodluck against the grievers" to us. 

I let a tear slip, and swiftly wipe it. I feel Frypan grab my arm, lightly pulling me with him to leave with our group. I take once last glance at Gally, who i swear lets a tear of his own fall, and run down the corridor of the maze, without looking back.

If i look back once more, then i won't go. I have to be strong, and escape the maze. Even if it means leaving half of my heart behind.

We all stick together, running through the maze, following Minho and Thomas to the exit they found. I stick next to Frypan and Chuck, letting a few more tears fall whilst no ones paying attention. 

"It'll be alright Maddie. You still have me" Chuck says with a sweet smile, whilst breathing heavily from the long run we're doing.

"I love you kid. Make sure you stay by my side, until we're safe" I reply, ruffling his hair with a small smile. I'm going to miss Gally so much, but i can't deny Chuck a smile when he's trying to lift my spirits.

I'm breathing just as heavily as him as we run. God, i'm so happy i didn't try to become a runner. I'm not cut out for this.

"I promise i'll be right next to you, mum" he teases with a cheeky smile.

"That's good to hear, kid. God, i hate running" i say, huffing as we keep running through this stupid, very long maze.

"Same. I think i might pass out" Chuck agrees, trying to maintain his pace so we don't end up behind everyone.

"Don't you dare, because i don't have the strength or energy to carry you with me" i say, pointing my finger at him.

"No promises" he replies, faking to stumble, making my eyes widen in panic, until he starts giggling.

"You're so much like me, and i love it" i say with a grin.

"You've been a bad influence on him" Frypan says, breathing just as heavily as Chuck and i.

"Correction. Maddie's been the greatest influence on me" Chuck says, and i nod my head in agreement.

"And this kid, is the best prodigy of mine to exist" i add proudly, causing Chuck to beam.

"He's your only prodigy" Fry corrects me, his face betraying amusement.

"And there will never be anyone better" i reply matter of factly.

"That's because i will be your only prodigy forever. No one will replace me" Chuck adds defiantly.

"That's right Chuck. You're irreplaceable" I say to him, holding my fist out to fist pump him, which he returns happily.

Our happy moment is disrupted when we all come to a stop, and move to lean against a wall. Thomas peaks around the corner, and turns back, looking a little stressed out.

"Is there a griever?" Chuck asks Thomas, his voice betraying his fear.

"Yeah" Thomas replies, making everyone in the group glance around worriedly.

"You take this, Chuck. Stay behind us" Minho says, handing the, uh, the key thing? I'm sure they said it's some sort of key? 

Not the time for an internal debate over what to call it Madeline!

Minho hands Chuck the key thing. 

"It's ok. Just stick with me and Madeline" Teresa says, glancing to me as i nod in agreement.

"Remember what you said, kid. You will stick by me the whole time" i say, no longer joking around. He senses my worry for him and nods back instantly.

"Once we're through, it'll activate and the door will open. All right, we stay close. we stick together. We get through this. We get out now, or we die trying. Ready?" Thomas asks, watching as we pull our weapons, ready and eager to attack and escape. 

My mind goes back to Gally, and the look of betrayal on his face as i stood with Thomas, and how i left him behind. I push him out of my thoughts, because for now, i've got to be fully focused and aware.

"All right. Let's go!" Thomas shouts, as we all run down the corridor towards the exit, shouting along with him. 

We all run together, and the boys start attacking the griever that was waiting for us. They fail to push it off of the side, and i keep my machete raised and my free hand shielding Chuck and Teresa. 

"Watch the tail!" Thomas shouts, warning us as the griever aims it's tail towards us. It manages to grab a boy, and threw him off of the side of the wall screaming. We all watch in shock and sadness, unable to save him.

Teresa slashes at one of the grievers leg, and i look back in panic when i hear Chuck shout out. 

"The key!" Chuck shouts, rushing over to grab the key before it rolls off the side.

"Chuck! Watch the Edge!" Teresa warns, looking just as panicked me as we watch Chuck run without looking back.

"Chuck!" i shout out, slashing at the grievers leg in my way, clearing my path and sprinting towards him.

Why doesn't the kid ever listen to me, and stay by my side?! 

I rush over as Chuck manages to grab the key, but half of his body is hanging off of the side.

"Oh no" i hear Chuck say, and i grab him and swiftly pull him up. Teresa close behind to help me.

"We got you, kid!" i say, trying to calm him, but it doesn't work when i see him staring at a griever that's climbing towards him.

"Pull me up. Pull me up!" Chuck pleads, just as we get him fully up and safe. 

Well, considering a griever is right there, it's not totally safe. 

I keep hold of him and push him away from the griever. Teresa is right next to me as we run away from the griever, and notice a second griever has made it up to us.

"Thomas. Thomas!" Chuck screams as we run towards the cheering boys, who celebrated from killing a griever but saw us and immediately paled at the sight of two grievers chasing us.

Chuck, Teresa and i make to the end of the corridor, and watch as part of the wall opens up.

"It works!" Chuck says happily, watching as the walls open up and the device beeps loudly.

We look back at the boys, who are fighting the grievers. Thomas glances at us.

"Teresa, go!" he shouts, before turning back to help the others fight. 

The three of us run through the new opening, we get to a circular hole in the wall, and panic at the sight of no opening. It looks like a dead end.

Oh, we're so screwed.

We bang on the wall, desperately calling out to anyone that can help us. It's kind of stupid, because there's probably nobody there, but we're scared and desperate.

"There's gotta be a way out, come on!" Teresa shouts in frustration.

We shuffle back slightly when a weird screen shows up with numbers on it.

"It looks like a code?" i say, very confused.

"Thomas. There's a code. Eight numbers!" Teresa shouts to Thomas. 

I stare at the screen for a moment, and finally, it clicks.

I run to stand beside Teresa. "Thomas. What's the sequence to the maze?!" i ask. I watch as Thomas takes a moment, looking slightly confused as he fights the griever. I watch as he catches on to what i'm saying, before shouting out to Minho.

"Minho, What's the sequence?!" he shouts, getting Minho's attention.

"7, 1, 5, 2, uh, 6, 4" he shouts out. Teresa runs back to the screen, and starts putting in the numbers.

"6, then 4" i say to her, earning a grateful look back as she puts in the numbers.

I hear everyone shout Minho's name, causing us to turn. I almost scream at the sight of a griever on top of him. I go to run towards him, but Jeff beats me to it, and stabs the griever. I almost cheer for him, before i watch in horror as the griever grabs him, and starts ripping him to pieces.

"Jeff!" Winston shouts desperately. I can't help but cry as i watch him get eaten and disappearing from our sight, as the griever steps back.

Jeff's screams will be something that i'll never be able to forget.

Chuck asks Minho for the sequence, and Minho starts repeating it once more. I input the numbers, using that chance to compose myself. Teresa stands by my side, repeating the numbers over and over, checking for any errors we may have made. 

To our joy, it lights up green with the word complete written across it. We turn back and watch as the walls collapsed on the grievers. The boys rush towards us to get inside and yelp as the circular door closes, leaving us in complete darkness.

Another door opens, blinding us slightly with new light. Teresa is the first to step through. I grab hold of Chuck's hand, walking through with the remaining boys behind us.

The doors we just stepped through closes, and the dark ish hallway lights up fully. We all look down it warily, before starting are walk down it. We stay cautious, waiting for anything to happen. I don't let go of Chuck's hand, which he seems to appreciate, as he squeezes mine slightly.

We eventually stop when we see a door, and notice a sign above it that reads 'exit'. I try to to rip the damn thing off in anger.

"Seriously?" Fry says, looking at Winston in disbelief.

"Well that's anticlimactic" i comment, earning a smile from the others.

Thomas cautiously steps towards the door, slowly grabbing the handle and opening it. We follow him into a room that has bodies on the floor and orange lights flashing. A small alarm is heard echoing through the room. 

"Don't look kid" i warn Chuck, keeping hold of his hand and making sure he doesn't stare at the bodies and the blood on the walls.

We walk into another room with screens and more bodies scattered on the ground. I follow Newt and look at screens showing the glade. 

"So they were watching us. This whole time" Newt says in pure annoyance.

We all gather around Thomas, watching a screen light up, showing a recording of a blonde woman, who begins speaking.

"Hello. My name is Doctor Ava Paige. I'm Director of operations at the World, Catastrophe, Killzone Department. If you're watching this, that means you have successfully completed The Maze Trials. I wish i could be there in person to congratulate you, but circumstances seemed to have prevented it. I'm sure by now you must all be very confused, angry, frightened. I can only assure you, that everything that's happened to you, everything we've done to you, it was all done for a reason. You won't remember, but the sun has scorched our world. Billions of lives lost to fire, famine, suffering on a global scale. The fallout was unimaginable" she explains, and we all watch disturbed as we are shown fires and dead bodies.

"What came after was worse. We called it The Flare. A deadly virus that attacks the brain. It is violent, unpredictable, incurable, Or so we thought. In time, a new generation emerged that could survive the virus. Suddenly, there was a reason to hope for a cure, but finding it would not be easy. The young would have to be tested, even sacrificed inside harsh environments, where their brain activity could be studied. All in an effort to understand what makes them different. What makes you different. You may not realise it, but you're very important. Unfortunately, you're trials have only just begun. As you'll no doubt soon discover, not everyone agrees with our methods. Progress is slow. People are scared. It may be too late for us, for me, but not for you. The outside world awaits. Remember... WCKD is good" she finishes. and i immediately turn Chuck and myself away from the screen when i watch her put a gun to her head.

Most of us look away, flinching when we here the gunshot. We turn around, following Thomas' eyeline and see the room and the body of Ava Paige. We hear a sound and turn towards it to find a new door opening. 

"Is it over?" Chuck asks, staring at the new exit provided to us.

"She said we were important. Well, what are we supposed to do now?" Newt asks, still trying to digest the information given to us.

"I don't know, but let's get out of here" Thomas says as we look to him for guidance.

"No" a voice i recognise all too well says, causing us to stop and turn towards them.

I look in shock to see Gally standing there, his eyes black, and holding a gun and the key we had earlier.

"Gally" Thomas says, moving towards him. He's stopped by Teresa.

"Don't. He's been stung" she says as she stares at him.

Gally drops the key, still holding the gun tightly. He looks broken, breathing heavily as he stares at us. I almost start crying again at the look on his face.

"We can't leave" he says tearing up, his hand shaking as he holds the gun.

"We did, Gally, we're out. We're free" Thomas says, glancing at the gun.

"Free. You think we're free out there? No. No, there's no escape from this place" he sobs, raising the gun at Thomas. 

"Gally" i whisper, tearing up. I look at Thomas in fear. 

"Gally listen to me. You're not thinking straight. You're not. Now, we can help you.Just put down the gun" Thomas pleads. 

"I belong to the maze" Gally says, his tears streaming down his face.

"Just put down the gun" Thomas says.

"We all do" Gally replies. 

Everything happens too fast. Gally pulls the trigger just as Chuck leaps in front of Thomas. I try to grab him, but i fail to. I watch as Minho throws the spear, hitting Gally in the chest.

Gally gasps and drops to the floor. I run over to him and i can't stop myself from crying as i grab his hand. 

"I love you Gally. I love you too much" i whisper as i sob. I hear Chuck call out to Thomas and i. I turn and watch in horror as he bleeds from his chest and collapses in Thomas' arms.

I rush over, kneeling next to Chuck. 

"Shit. Shit" Thomas says, holding Chuck in his arms. 

"No. No, kid please" i sob, grabbing Chucks hand and using my other to brush his curls.

"Chuck look at me, look at me, all right. I got you, i just need you to look at me" Thomas pleads. 

"It's ok" Chuck keeps repeating as he looks at us. 

"Thomas. Thomas" Chuck says, holding out his wooden figure to Thomas.

"No. No Chuck. You're gonna give it to them yourself" Thomas says. 

"Take it. Thank you" he says, then looks at me with tears in his eyes. 

"Don't give up kid. We'll get you fixed up ok?" i say, struggling to control my sobs.

"Thank you... for being... a mum to me... I... love you, Maddie" he struggles to get out. 

"I love you more, kid" i reply, kissing his head. 

My heart shatters when i watch as he takes his last breathe. Thomas calls out to him, getting no reply. I brush his curls as i sob, struggling to breathe. 

Not the kid. Not Chuck too.

Thomas holds Chuck and we both sob uncontrollably. I feel like i'm suffocating. Grieving the loss of Gally and Chuck, and then i cry more remembering Ben and Alby, Jeff, Clint, Zart and everyone we lost. 

I hear a door opening in the distance, but i couldn't care less. The shouting is muffled, and i feel Minho pull me up. I try to fight back to Chuck, but he's too strong. He wraps his arms around me, pulling me with everyone. We follow the men who showed up, and i hear the men force Thomas towards the helicopter. We all get in, and i feel numb. I sit in between Frypan and Minho, who both grab each of my hands and hold them tight. I let the tears fall until there's none left. 

"You guys all right?" the man asks, sitting opposite us. 

I want to slap him for asking. We was just sobbing over a dead kids body. What does he think?

"Don't worry. You're safe now" he says, earning no replies from us as we lift off. 

We look out the window to see the view of the glade and the maze surrounding it. The place we were trapped in. 

"Relax kid. Everything's gonna change" the man says to us. 

I keep my hands entwined with Fry and Minho, needing the comfort. I know they need it just as much as me. Wherever we're going, i can't help but feel like it wasn't worth losing most of my family. 

Chuck was my prodigy. My kid. My partner in crime. Ben was the funniest guy, with the greatest prank ideas. Jeff and Clint were kind, skilled, and friendly. Alby was the stern, but kind, smart leader. He was the most caring. Gally was my boyfriend. He was mean on the outside, but the most loving underneath the rough exterior. 

I don't know how i'm going to survive without them.

Author's Note:

I know i said that i would post last week, but i took an extra shift at work. Hopefully this chapter being longer than the others makes up for it. I cried whilst writing Chuck's death, and i know you guys are gonna hate me for it. 

So, that's the The Maze Runner completed. The Scorch Trials are next, and i'm excited to write it because i adore Brenda and Jorge :)

I hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Xxxx