At first it was scary. You might have screamed, but you were so deep in thought, reality seemed like fantasy. You just stared at River. Her smile had disappeared. She seemed worried. She was shaking your hand, trying to get you out of whatever came over you. You could see Newt hobbling over out of the corner of your eye. He knelt beside you. You could tell he was calling your name. It was so faint you could barely hear it.

"I know what to do." You said. It was so low you wondered if anyone could hear you.

"What?" Newt asked, he knit his eyebrows together in that cute way he does when he's confused.

"I know what to do." You said a little louder, looking him straight in the eyes.

"Know what?"

"How to get out."

A look of disbelief spread across his face. That then turned to confusion. Then, back to disbelief. "Really?"

"I-I think."

"How? Can you tell me? Wait-wait! Don't tell me! We should have a Gathering. Bloody hell! Maybe this time we can really get out of this place for good." Newt squealed. He squealed. He actually squealed. You stared at him with one of your best 'What the shuck is wrong with you?' face, trying to stifle a laugh. "I'll go tell everyone about the Gathering."

"Yeah."

Newt got up and limped out the door. You turned to River.

"Should we fix your ankle?" You asked her. Pain was written all over her face. She nodded. "This might hurt." You pulled her foot and set the bone without her screaming. You looked back at River. You would have laughed if you were under different circumstances. Her face was all scrunched up like she was constipated, her hands were clenched into fists, her eyes were squeezed shut, and she puffed out her cheeks. "Better?"

"Not really." River replied opening one eye, then relaxing completely.

You picked up the piece of wood Newt dropped by your side along with the duct tape. You broke the wood in half and placed it on both sides of River's ankle. You used the duct tape to hold the wood in place firmly.

"It will feel better in a little while, okay?" You said to River. 

"Okay," River replied, "Thank you, (Y/N)."

"No problem, Squish." You smiled remembering how she got that nickname. You were watching 'Finding Nemo' one night when River was about 2. It was one of your favorites. You were at the part where Marlin and Crush the Turtle were talking and the little turtle, Squirt, flew out of the EAC. When Squirt came back in Crush said "You so totally rocked, Squirt!" and River thought he said Squish. And from that day forward you would call her Squish. You can't believe WCKD took that memory away from you. Cruel people.

Newt and the others started to come back in the Homestead.

"You know how to get us out of here?" Thomas asked, a look of excitement already on his face.

"I think so," You guessed.

"Can you tell us?" Minho asked crossing his arms over his chest.

"It's gonna be difficult," You stated, "They set up exits all around the Maze. In the Maze walls, the ground, some we even have to climb up the walls for. We have to get to one of them by the sunrise of the tenth day or the whole program will shut down. They set them up in the most dangerous parts of the Maze. This used to be a test, now its just getting back at us for what we caused for them,"

Everyone was quiet for what seemed like an eternity, but was really only a few minutes. You could almost taste the tension in the air, like smoke. Minho was the first to speak.

"Who put us back here? Who's shuck idea was this? What did we do to them? How did they find us? How did they bring Newt, Alby, and Chuck back to life? I'm not upset about that part, but how? What happened to Ava? If that son of a-" Minho's voice kept getting louder and angrier with each word spoken.

"Okay! I'm gonna stop you there," You said. "I know who's idea this was. I know that some of us could die, but I'm determined to keep us all alive. They upgraded the Maze, so the Cliff is bigger, section 7 has been expanded, and they set Cranks loose in the Maze. The Grievers are being attacked by them, obviously, and the Cranks are turning the Grievers into mutant monsters with the Flare. Their actions are reckless and unpredictable. That's exactly what WCKD wanted. They want us all to die,"

"But what did you do to them?" Newt asked. He had his arms crossed and was rubbing his lip with his index finger and thumb.

You opened your mouth to speak but hesitated. Finally, you spoke. "I was the first one here. Like I said. I went crazy and threw myself off the Cliff. It was the day they were going to send Alex up. The first person in the Maze. No one mentioned me because no one remembered. My-" You were going to say 'mother' but you swore you would never call her that, "guardian, she scolded me for it. That's why they didn't put any girls in this Maze until Teresa. They thought a girl would ruin their plans. They made a Maze specifically for girls. Maze B, as you know. Where Aris was sent-"

"How do you know Aris?" Thomas asked.

You smiled remembering good times with all the guys you knew. Alby, Frypan, Thomas, Minho, Newt, Gally - all of them. "You don't remember? We all were best friends. Me, Teresa, and River being the only girls, you guys would pull pranks on us, try and fight us. One time you guys made fun of Me and Teresa changing River's diaper, so we threw it at you,"

"I remember that. It hit Minho in the stomach." Newt laugh.

"I still cannot believe you guys could throw that good." Minho smiled.

"Wait," Thomas' expression showed confusion, anger, excitement, and happiness all at the same time, "So you're saying, we all worked for WCKD? Not just me?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying," You stared at him, " Why?"

"If we all worked for WCKD, then why did they put us here? What was the point of it? It can't be just to study brain function. There has to be another reason."

"There is. And you know damn well what it was,"

"What?"

"We were helping the Right Arm."

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Hey guys! Long time no see! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was busy with school stuff. Anyway, I am putting my other story Not Everything Magic Is Beautiful on hold until I finish this book. I hope you like this! I write like crap but if you like it, let me know in the comments! Please? While you're at it, let me know what you think will happen next!

~ TheMazeOfMyLife