𝖲𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖠2

After Noa's telling the rest of the Gladers off, she walked off over to the MedTents, to check on Teresa I assume.

I could tell everyone was shocked.

I was suspicious of Alex because he looked a little more than a little mad that a girl Greenie had beat him.

I shook it off and went over to where Newt and Minho were.

"Can you believe it?" I laughed.

"No. No I really can't...," Newt said chuckling under his breath.

"I mean, it was pretty awesome what she did, but the best part was Gally's face during the entire thing," Minho cackled.

"Yeah. My favorite is either after she actually won, or when she said she'll do it," I said with a large smile.

"Yeah, I think when Gally's reasoning was she was a girl... her head whipped around so fast I thought she might've broken it."

I chuckled at Newt's comment but quietly agreed.

"You know Greenie, they were planning on doing it today, but since the whole thing with the Greenies, we couldn't...," Minho said after a moment of silence.

"What?" I asked, slightly confused.

"Your sentencing. There's gonna be a Gathering tomorrow deciding your punishment for running into the Maze unauthorized," Newt said nervously.

I thought about it for a while.

I mean, I wasn't allowed into the Maze, I was actually warned off of it multiple times, and even if I helped save Alby, I was taught it was one of the most important rule.

I saw Newt and Minho exchange worried glances.

"Okay," I said simply with a soft smile.

"Okay?" Minho questions disbelievingly.

Newt gives me the same look.

"Yeah. I mean, I was told not to, and I did. So yeah, okay."

"Anyway," I continue. "I'm gonna go to bed. Today was tiring. 'Night."

I started to walk away before I was pulled back by the arm.

I was faced with Minho holding my arm with one hand and the other on my waist.

I felt Newt come up behind me and encircle my waist with his arms while he rested his head on my shoulder, his hot breath hitting my ear.

"I don't think so," he whispered, making me shiver.

They dragged me off to a secluded spot farther in the Deadheads where we spent the night together.

𝖲𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖠26

I was woken up early in the morning by one of the Medjacks.

Aparrently, I had fallen asleep by Teresa's bed.

He told me he was Jeff and he needed to check on her so I needed to get out.

I glared at him, but left anyway.

I saw Thomas sitting by his boyfriends and I walked over to him after getting food.

"'Sup, Tom," I said once I had sat down.

He looked away from his conversation with his boyfriends and smiled.

"Hey No," he greeted back.

I was about to greet the other two, when my eye caught on a purple and red marking near his collarbone.

I would've thought it was hust a bruise if I was innocent.

But I'm not, and even if I lost my memory, J knew what a hickey looked like.

Just to make sure my theory was correct, I checked the other two, and surprise surprise, they had some too.

I smirked.

"So, have any fun last night?" I asked, purposefully eyeing the hickeys.

They all blushed a deep red before Thomas just shrugged.

I would've pursued the conversation further but then Chuck came over.

So the conversation was put on pause.

"Hey, Chuck!" I said cheerily.

"Hey!" He replied happily.

He said hi to the others before rushing over to help Frypan clean up.

"Well, we have to go to a Gathering," Thomas said soon after. "So, we'll see you around."

"See you around Tom. But don't think that conversation is over," I winked.

Thay all blushed before running off, saying rushed goodbyes.

I chuckled quietly while shaking my head.

Gally then came over and sat next to me.

"Gally," I stated coldly.

"Noa... I'm sorry about last night. Probably shouldn't've assumed you couldn't take him just 'cause you're a girl," he said.

I looked over at him with squinted eyes.

"It's fine," I said while looking back at my finished plate. "As long as you don't make that mistake again," I finished with a smirk.

"Oh trust me, I won't."

"Good. Are you gonna show me around, Eyebrows?"

He threw his head back and laughed.

"Yeah, later. I have to go to a Gathering, so I'll drop you off with Jeff, then I'll come around and show yoy more of the Glade."

𝖲𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖠2

We left after the embarrasing encounter with Noa.

They led me to a large hut.

Before we entered, they pulled me back.

"Okay Greenie, listen closely."

I looked at him, annoyed with the nickname.

He just gave me a cheeky smile in return.

"Okay, I know you seem to have a problem with authority, but you can't talk. At all. Unless someone tells you to, don't talk at all. I know it sucks, but you can't defend yourself. It'll just make it worse," Newt says, looking at me concerned.

"You're gonna have to rely on us to defend you alright? You're gonna have to trust us," Minho continues.

I nod in agreement.

"Okay, good. Now, um... maybe, you know, put a hand over your neck amd try to cover up the hickeys...," Newt says bashfully.

I look at him with raised eyebrows, but agree anyway.

"Okay, that's it," he said.

Then they led me into the hut.

𝖲𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖠5

All three of us walk into the hut to see we only need Gally now, along with Frypan and Clint.

I head over to the rest of them along with Minho while Tommy goes off to sit away from all of us.

The other chat while Minho and I just talk about what we think the outcome of the meeting will be.

Then Frypan and Clint come into the hut together.

Surprisingly, Gally is the last to come in. I thouvht he would've been one of the first considering he hasn't exactly hidden his dislike for Tommy.

Then I start the Gathering.

"Okay, let us begin the Gathering," I say with an eye roll at the formality. "Since Alby is currently unavailable at the moment, I am acting leader at this time.

"So, Zart, you start."

"Well, I think that he broke the rules, but he also saved Alby and Minho. Two very important people in our society. I think that outweighs wether or not he broke the rules," Zart said.

"So, no actual reccomendation?" I question.

He shakes his head.

"Okay, next, Frypan."

"I think he did something heroic, but he also broke the rules. A very important rule in our society. And we shouldn't let people think they can break rules and get away with it."

"Do you have any ideas as punishment?"

"Not officially, no."

"Okay, next, Clint."

"I think he should be put in the Slammer for one night. And that is his punishment, but other than that, nothing. Other than killing a Griever using excpetional speed, he is about as harmful as a baby kitten."

"Okay," I said while I wrote down his reccomendation. "Next."

"Well," Winston started. "He broke the rules. A rule that is a huge part of our society. I say, everg night he sleeps in the Slammer, for a month."

I gape at Winston in surprise.

I write down the suggestion, despite wanting to take it and shove it up his ass.

"Alright. Minho?"

"I'm saving my opinion for the end," he replied.

He had something planned, I knew it.

"Gally?" I asked, despite wanting to end the meeting and just taking Minho and Tommy and hiding out in the Deadheads.

"A month in the Slammer all day, no food the first day. We let him off easy - or worse, with no punishment at all - people will start thinking they can stop following all the rules, and it will go back to how it was when we first came here. A bloodbath," Gally states.

I look at him in disbelief.

I write the suggestion down with my free hand in a tight fist.

"Minho?" I said through gritted teeth.

"Look, it's easy for you to judge him because you weren't there and you don't know what happened, not really. When I turned tail and ran, this crazy shank, stayed behind to finish tying Alby up. I don't know if he is really stupid, or really brave, bur whatever it is, we need more of it... I say we make him Keeper of the Runners."

The whole room exploded in noise, while I looked at Minho in disbelief.

"Okay, quiet down!" I say.

"QUIET!" I yell.

The whole room goes silent.

"Alright. Anyone have another suggestion?" I ask.

No hands go up.

"Alright. My decision is, Tommy gets one night in the Slammer, with no dinner. Then, starting tomorrow, he's a Runner."

The room burst in noise again while Minho looks at me with a slight smile.

I look over to Thomas and he meets my gaze with one of gratitude.

"SHUT IT!" I yell.

Once it was quiet, I continued.

"You guys are all acting like children! That is my final decision. He still gets punishment, and he is made a Runner! Works for everyone, I think. Now, this meeting is finished, you shluld all head back to your jobs," I say.

Everyone got up and started to the door.

Then a scream ran through the Glade.

A girls scream.

I looked at Tommy and Minho.

It was Noa.

---

𝖠𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋! 𝖸𝖺𝗒! 𝖧𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾.

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𝖠𝗅𝗌𝗈, 𝖨 𝖺𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾. 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗆𝗂𝗑𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖺𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍.

𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗍.

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