𝖲𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖠2

Chuck led me around, rapidly speaking and tried my best to keep up with his rapid speech.

I felt like I was a big brother when before this, becuase almost as soon as I saw Chuck, I felt a feirce protectiveness, which is a bit ood, considering he was here long before me.

And for whatever reason, I couldn't get my mind off of the blonde, Newt, and the tall Asian, Minho.

"And these are the Slicers. I spend most of my time either here or the kitchens because I'm a Slopper. Mostly because I'm not good at anything else," Chuck said. The way he said would lead you to believe that he was fine with it, but if you looked close enough you could see him slightly dim.

I knelt down and looked at him.

"Come on, I'm sure that's not true. Just because the jobs they currently have in this Glade doesn't mean that you aren't good at anything."

He straightened up and brightened again.

"Yeah... maybe... Come on, let's show you the kitchen. Then the Medjacks!"

He dragged me away and I just shook my head with a fond smiled and followed him.

I met Frypan, and he smiled at me and said, "Tomorrow when you get the full tour of the Glade, maybe we can see if you are any good in the kitchens."

We talked a little and Chuck stealed me a little bit of bread, which I was grateful for, and led me over to the Medjacks.

"So this is Clint," Chuck said while pointing at what he assumed was a Medjack. "He is the Keeper of the Medjacks. This is Jack. Most of the time you will see hem attending to the Slicers or Runners, but yeah."

I politely smiled and waved and Clint smiled back. Jack waved back before going to attend to what I assumed was a Slicer.

"Well Greenie, see you tomorrow when you try out with the Medjacks," he said with a kind smile.

I smiled back before Chuck led me out of the Med Tent and brought me back over to Alby, who was still talking to Minho and Newt by what Chuck vaguely explained was the Box.

"Hey Greenie," Alby said. "How was the Welcome Tour?"

"Pretty good."

"That's good. Soon we'll have a little party or fun gathering to celebrate your arrival," he smiled.

"Yeah okay."

"Now, tomorrow, I'll give you the rest of the tour, along with explain a couple of things and give you the rules," he said. "For now, let Chuckie here show you where to sleep, and then he'll lead you over to the bonfire."

"Yeah," I said. "See you soon."

Chuck led me away again, this time to a wooden hut type thing with hammoks and sleeping bags laying everywhere.

He grabbed a sheet and started setting up a hammock.

"You'll sleep here, and I'm setting up because you don't want to fall down in the middle of the night and wake the Gladers up. They get seriously cranky when you wake them up."

"Alright."

Chuck and me talked for a while, and then he led to a party that looked as if it was already pretty much in full-swing.

Chuck led me to a log and I sat down by it, facing away from the party.

Chuck had left to go get something apparently, and then I saw Newt sit next to me.

"Hey Newt," I greeted with a smile.

"Hey, Greenie," he said back with a pleased? smile.

We got to talking about the Maze after a weird noise came from behind the walls.

I think he meant for it to freak me out, but it did the exact opposite.

If anything it made me more curious about it, making me want to solve the puzzle even more.

Even if those Grievers don't sound fun.

I felt someone sit next to me so I looked, thinking it was Chuck, when I saw Minho.

"Oh, hey Minho," I said, slightly surprised.

"What, dissapointed to see me?" He asked fake-hurt.

"No!" I laughed. "I was just expecting it to be Chuck."

"Yeah. You're pretty good with him."

"Oh, I don't know about that. He is easy to get along with, good kid."

"Yeah, the whole Glade loves him," Newt cut in. "But sometimes, he is a bit much. He is very hyper and the Gladers can be a bit annoyeddor exasperated."

"I don't know...," I shrugged. "Just... feels natural I guess..."

"Hm...," Newt made a noncommital sound at the back of his throat with a slight smile.

Just then Chuck came back.

"Hey! Look, I stole this from the kitchen," seemingly oblivious to Newt and Minho at my sides.

"Chuckie... You should not let the Greenie drink this and you shouldn't be stealing this."

Chuck looked slightly surprised when he realized that Newt and Minho were there, but deflated when Newt spoke.

"Hey, Chuck. Here give me this," I said grabbing the drink, "and maybe, you can get some food so I can taste just what the food Glade is like," I said with a smile.

Chuck immediately lightened, and rushed off.

I chuckled while watching after him with a fond smile while shaking my head, missing the glances Newt and and Minho traded.

"You see, that is what I mean. None of the other Gladers - us included - can handle him like that," Minho said.

"Well that's the problem most likely. You try to handle him. Keep him on a leash. You have to entertain him, be easy going. He is a sweet and cute kid, you just got to let him run his course, it becomes entertaining as well as cute if you just let go," I said almost absentmindedly while shrugging my shoulders, atill holding the drink.

"I guess that's why then. Unless you're Chuck, even if you are only here for a month, you have a bit of a problem with being easy going."

"Maybe," I shrugged noncommitedly. " But that's why you all love Chuck. To you, he's liks a breath of fresh air while trapped behind these walls. You guys probably relax - at least a little - without noticing while around him. You just got to relax a little more," I finsihed with a slight smile.

"Well... Tommy, I must say... you keep surprising me. First, you don't freak out or start crying or any of that klunk. You also don't get snappy at anyone, not even Chuck, not once ever since you got out of the Box. And now, you've managed to observe us all, pretty accurrately with barely even meeting half of us properly," Newt said.

For some reason, my heart jumped at the nickname.

We kept talking, all three of us, while Chuck went to bed.

They explained the basic idea of the Keepers and the dynamic of the Glade.

We started walking when Gally yelled.

"Hey, Greenie!"

I turned but stayed silent.

"Come on, wanna fight?"

I shook my head and tried to turn around when I was thrown into the circle of people that had formed.

Gally grabbed me and started throwing me around.

I managed to get the upper hand got him on the ground.

I put my hand on my knees, breathing heavily.

Then I was hit from the side and thrown on the ground hitting my head, hard.

It hurt, like hell, when I remembered something.

Thomas.

My name... My name is Thomas.

"Hey, you good there Greenie?"

"Thomas...," I mumbled.

"Hey what was that Greenie?"

"Thomas," I said louder. "My name is Thomas!

I had gotten off the ground when the person who was asking me questions, who I now identified as Alby, grabbed my arm and rasied it above my head.

"Thomas!" He yelled.

Everyone started cheering and patting me on the back.

After I got away, I walked over to where Chuck showed me we were supposed to sleep.

I layed down in my hammock and drifted off.

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𝖲𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋! 𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝖻𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗌.

𝖭𝖾𝗐𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾, 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖳𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝗓𝖾, 𝗈𝗋 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍, 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝖳𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝗓𝖾. 𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝖾𝗍.

𝖠𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖨 𝗃𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌! :)

𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 ♡︎

𝖴𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 . 𝖬𝖺𝗒 15, 2020