"Newt!"

The blonde boy turned around and saw Emily sprinting towards him with open arms. Newt limped to her as fast as he could and the two met in a tight embrace. The pair looked up at each other and Newt spoke softly, "I thought I was going to lose you."

Emily smiled and whispered, "You're never going to lose me."

The moment between the two was interrupted by Alby scolding Emily, "What the shuck, Emily?! It hasn't even been your first month here and you've already broken one of the Glade's biggest rules! I swear, you're just like Thomas." Alby gestured towards Thomas but then he froze when he saw him carrying a limp body. Minho. The three teenagers ran over to help carry Minho to the Med-jacks. After Minho was laying on a bed and injected with the Grief Serum, Alby turned to Thomas, "What the shuck happened?"

"Well we were just doing our normal route when a griever just popped out of nowhere. Minho started to run but it caught him by his leg and stung him. After it stung him it just... ran away. I checked my watch and I saw that the doors were going to close soon so I picked him up and tried to get back as fast as I could. I almost made it... but it wasn't close enough... then that's when Emily ran in."

Alby looked to Emily with a look that said, "What made you run in?"

Emily sighed and gave him a cold stare, "I couldn't just leave them there without trying to help. Plus, it didn't look like anyone else was going to shucking try." And with that, she stormed out the door. Behind her, she could hear the sounds of Newt and Alby arguing diminishing with each step she took.

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Emily was abruptly woken up by someone shaking her, causing her to fall out of her bed.

"Shuck!" she groaned, "What time is it? You'd better have woken me up for a good reason or else I wi-"

"Em," Newt interrupted, "Minho's awake."

The girl's eyes widened, "Really?"

Newt nodded, "He wanted to talk to you."

Emily gave him a questioning look, shrugged and went down to see her bedridden friend. She opened the door and waved, "Hey, Minho. What did you want to talk to me for?"

"I need to talk to you. Alone." his eyes darted to the figures behind her. She turned around and faced Thomas and Newt.

Emily whispered, "Well, better follow Queen Minho's orders." The trio giggled.

"Whatever will please her majesty." Thomas snickered.

Minho gave him a death stare, "Get out you shuckface shanks!"

Newt put up his hands as if he was surrendering, "Alright, alright. Calm down ya bugger. We're leaving." The two boys closed the door and Emily walked towards Minho and sat down on a nearby chair.

"I'm listening." Emily said as she put her elbows on her thighs and rested her head in her hands.

Minho gave her a paranoid look, " You have to swear to me that you won't tell anyone. Not even Newt."

Emily gulped, "I swear."

Minho grabbed her arm and pulled her closer to him, "Emily... you can't trust Thomas."

Emily pulled away, "What? Are you sure you're okay? Newt told me that the after effe-"

"I'm not shucking crazy! I'm serious You can't trust Thomas. Be car-"

The door slammed open and a voice yelled, "Emily!"

Emily jumped in her seat and then swivelled around. It was Gally.

"What do you want?" She asked.

"Alby wants you to come. He called a Gathering." The boy talked as his eyes wandered down to her chest.

"Hey," Emily grabbed his face to make his eyes meet hers, "my face is up here." She shoved him backwards causing him to blush in embarrassment.

Flustered, Gally quickly left the room while Emily turned to Minho.

"I'll come back. Then we can talk more. Okay?" she whispered.

Minho shook his head, "No... it's okay. Thanks."

Emily patted his shoulder and proceeded to leave when she heard Minho call for her.

"Hm?" she turned to face him.

"Take me to the shucking Gathering. There's some things that I need to say."

"Ok."

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Emily opened the door and the smell of sweaty boys burned her nose. She helped Minho sit down and then looked around for an open seat. Her eyes met Newt's and he motioned her to sit beside him. She smiled and accepted his offer.

"Alright," Alby began, "so as you guys know, Emily, here, has broken one of our most important rules by running into the maze."

Gally stood up, "Alby, you've said it all. She broke the most important rule. Plus she already knew about how Thomas did the same thing. We can't let other gladers think this acceptable. I say w-"

"Shut your hole, Gally. We've discussed this before." Alby interrupted.

Gally rolled his eyes, "I'm not going through this klunk again." He looked over at Emily and Newt then furiously left the room.

"Okay then. Thomas, do you have anything to say?" Alby pointed to Thomas.

"I don't think Emily should be punished. I think she should become a runner. She's fast on her feet and she's fast at learning. Besides, she ran in to try to help. Not because she was fooling around." Thomas looked over to Emily, gave her a slight nod, then went back to his seat.

"Alright. Emily, got anything to say?" Alby looked to her.

"I.. uh.." Emily started, "well.. what Thomas said was true. I ran in because I wanted to help them. I couldn't just stand there and leave them. Plus.. when we were doing that dive thing in front of the Cliff... I noticed something. Something that might be our way out."

With those words, all the boys looked to her with more interest.

Emily continued, "I noticed that when the grievers fell down into the Cliff, I didn't hear any crash. It looked like they... disappeared. So Thomas and I did some testing and.. well... all the things we threw just disappeared. And I know this doesn't tell us that it's a way out but.. it just feels like it is."

The boys stayed silent, thinking over Emily's words. Newt broke the silence, "I believe her."

"Phht," Minho scoffed, "of course you do. You lik-"

"Hey!" Newt interrupted before Minho could finish his sentence, "It's not like we've found any buggin' exit before. If what Emily says is true, we might be able to get out of this bloody place."

The room started to fill with chatter until they heard a mechanical sound from outside.

"What's that?" Emily questioned, "Is it the grievers?"

"No... it's..." Frypan started.

"It's the Box." Minho finished, frantically trying to get outside.

Everyone ran over to the Box and waited until it stopped. Newt opened the door hesitantly and jumped in.

"Well? What is it?" Chuck asked.

Newt looked up to the staring boys, "It's a girl."

"A girl?" Emily thought. She moved closer to see the inside when suddenly,

"EMILY! I'm losing my memory. Em.. remember...
FLOAT
CATCH
BLEED
DEATH
STIFF
PUSH"

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Hey guys! Sorry for the really inconsistent updating. Buut here you go!

I know, I know, they don't figure out the code like that but it just fits with the story. I hope you guys like it!

- Rach(: