New Greenie: Chapter 14

HEEEEYYYY Ok, this part I came up with with some help from my friend Lily, So thanks! <3

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A few more weeks pass, Kayla is officially a runner.

Her ankle has fully healed, and the only thing on her stomach is a large, ragged scar.

Every morning she goes into the Maze with the other runners, and she already has her own section.

Section 7.

She has found nothing so far, though never loses hope.

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Kayla inhales deeply and stares at the sky.

She is lying on her hammock, the sun rising above the Glade walls.

Another day in the Maze.... Wait. No!

It's been a month! The new Greenie is coming today!!

She quickly rolls to side to get off. Kayla gasps slightly as her foot catches in the strings at the end and flips the hammock over on itself. Shes trapped.

"UUUUGGGGHHH!!!!!"

Kayla sighs and relaxes, hoping someone will get her out.

As if on cue, footsteps thump in her range of hearing and a hand touches the head of the hammock.

"Hold on Kk, oh, and heads up."

Suddenly, the hammock is spun around and Kayla is flung to the ground. She lands on her stomach with a thud, the breath knocked out of her.

"Ohhh...."

Laughter is heard above her and she slowly climbs to her feet. A smiling blonde boy with messy, morning hair is standing in front of her. Newt.

She reaches out and shoves him in the shoulder, which had healed too by the way.

"Hey, come on. That's no way to treat someone who just saved your bloody life."

Another laugh follows and Kayla smirks.

"I wasn't going to die, Prince Charming."

He rolls his eyes and turns to the right, facing the Box.

"Greenie's comin' up today."

"Yep."

"Excited to be promoted?"

She smirks again and huffs, regaining her respiratory functions.

"It'll be nice, I guess."

"Yeah..."

She reaches her hands up above her head and interlaces her fingers, stretching out her shoulders and back.

"So...." She exhales and drops them down to her sides.

"What time is the Greenie arriving?"

Newt shrugs.

"Dunno. Never really an exact time, but maybe around noon."

She nods. 

"And what time is it exactly?"

Newt looks to her.

"I don't bloody know you're the shank with the watch, check it."

She rolls her eyes and steps to her hammock. Kayla kneels down and peers under it. The small woven basket in which she kept her things is pulled out and she grabs her Runner's Watch from inside.

"7:30."

Newt nods.

"Alright, well come on then, go change and let's get some breakfast."

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10 minutes later the two teenagers are sitting at a picnic table, eating fried eggs.

Minho walks over with his breakfast and sits down on the other side.

"Morning, shuck-faces. Ready for the new Greenie?"

"Yep." Kayla mumbles as she eats, Newt just nods.

"Oh, Minho?"

He looks to her. "Yeah?"

"Could I...possibly miss the Maze today to um...meet the new Greenie?"

Minho opens his mouth to object, but she presses on.

"Pleeeeaaassseee! Come on, it could be another girl!"

He sighs. "Fine. I'll get someone else to fill your spot. But don't go bragging, I don't do this often."

She smirks.

"I must be special to you."

"In your dreams, shank."

"Oh come on. Admit you love me!"

Newt looks up from his food at Minho, swallowing the last of his breakfast.

Minho laughs sarcastically, finishing his as well. He gets up and puts his plate on the wooden counter of the Food Shack and starts walking towards the Map Room.

Kayla giggles and continues eating her egg. She turns to Newt with a smile on her face.

"He so wants me."

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Kayla checks her watch.

11:00 a.m

The whole day she had been struggling to not kill any more plants while helping Newt in the gardens, waiting for the Greenie alarm.

Suddenly, it sounds. It's somewhat like the sound of a truck backing up, though much louder.

Newt looks up from a root he was slicing out of the ground.

"Give it thirty minutes." 

He starts digging his knife into the roots once again.

Kayla has been planting seeds and she smiles widely, excited to meet the newbie. She turns back to the dirt and keeps working.

Jeez. Time flies.

The sound of the Box stopping clangs through the air and everyone turns to the cement square in the middle of the Glade.

Kayla runs over to Newt and grabs his arm.

"Come on!"

She can hear Newt's laugh behind her as she pulls him to the Box.

"Okay, okay, calm down."

They reach their destination and the other Gladers cluster around them.

"Is it gonna be another girl?"

"If it is, I call dibs totally."

Gally and Alby pull open the rusty metal doors and peer down into the Box.

"Gally, what is it?"

"What do you see?"

Gally turns to them.

"Its a guy."

Some cheers and some sighs are heard around the Glade.

Kayla lets go of Newt's arm and steps forward, looking down into the cube.

Wow.

A very frightened looking boy looks up at them. He looks around 17 and has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He's dressed in a blue long sleeve and dark pants.

Hes not bad looking....

Kayla looks over to Alby.

"Can I go get him!"

He nods curtly.

She smiles and jumps down into the Box with a thud.

The boy scoots over to the back of the cubical area.

She holds out a hand.

"Kayla. Now come on. You've got lots to see."