Credit to FangirlofFiction for the *previous* cover! Thank you, again!

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Emily paused, Huh... this is harder than I thought. Alright, Emily. You got this. You've spent a night in the maze and you can't even tell a boy that you like him?! Ok ok. Here we go.

"Newt..." The girl began, "I..."

"YO SHANKS!" Minho yelled, "YOU GUYS GOTTA COME. THE TERESA CHICK IS AWAKE."

Emily's anxiousness dwindled, Thank you Min Min.

Newt stood up and whispered, "Uhm, we can talk later. Okay?"

Emily nodded and the two walked to see Teresa.

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As Emily entered the room where Teresa was, she heard the voice in her head again.

"Emily, I need to talk to you."

Emily gave Teresa a confused look.

"I need to talk to you. Alone. Please."  Teresa said.

Emily nodded, "Yo, guys?" Minho, Newt, Thomas, and Clint looked to her. "Can I talk to Teresa?"

The boys shrugged and left. Emily walked over to the chair beside Teresa's bed.

"What's up? Yo, can I do that mind talking thing too?! I mean, it's kind of creepy but onc--"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can. I can teach you later." Teresa interrupted, "But there's something I need to tell you. The Creators.... they sent me up here as some sort of trigger. Everything is going to change."

Emily nodded slowly, "Uh... Thomas already told me that. Is there any--" Emily noticed Teresa tense up at Thomas's name. "Something wrong?"

Teresa looked up at Emily with hate in her eyes, "You cannot trust Thomas. Do you understand me? He's... he's just act--"

The girls were interrupted by Thomas opening the door. Teresa glared at him then looked away.

"Sorry to interrupt." Thomas apologized, "But Clint wanted me to tell you that you should let Teresa rest."

"I'm feeling fine." Teresa muttered.

Emily raised her eyebrow, "Why couldn't Clint tell me himself?"

Thomas replied, "He's busy. One of the other runners got stung."

"Okay. Just a few more minutes."

Thomas nodded and then left. Emily turned back to Teresa, "So what were you saying?"

"I... I can't remember. Sorry, all my memories are fading and they only come back in bits. Sometimes." Teresa frowned.

Emily put her hand on Teresa's shoulder, "It's okay."

Teresa changed the topic, "So... about that mind trick..."

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"Teresa!" 

"I heard it that time! Quiet, but I heard it!" Teresa said encouragingly.

Emily slumped back into her chair, a bit exhausted. She looked out the window then turned back to Teresa, "I should go to bed. Thanks for the lessons."

"No problem." Teresa smiled, "Goodnight."

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"Emily. Em. Emily." Someone whispered.

"Ughhh," Emily groaned as she pulled her blanket over her head, "five more minutes! No, wait. One more hour."

The person chuckled and slowly pulled off her blankets, "Sorry, love. We've already let you sleep in an extra hour. We have to bring you to the Slammer."

Emily opened her eyes and saw Newt standing over her. She rubbed her eyes, closed them again, and sat up. She put her arms out, "Carry me."

Newt laughed but Emily's frown told him that she wasn't joking. He picked her up and carried her, bridal style. Emily smiled and nestled her head into Newt's chest. When they got to the Slammer, he slowly let her down and Emily went into the cage.

"Alright, Chucky'll bring your food later. Have fun in there." Newt took one more look at Emily and then left.

The girl sighed and slumped in the wooden chair that sat in the Slammer. She started to doze off when she suddenly heard,

"Emily!"

Emily popped up and looked through the cage but no one was nearby. Then the voice spoke again, "Emily! It's Thomas!"

"Uh... hello?" She tried.

"Hey! I heard you! I'm glad to see that you can do this now."

Emily hesitated, "Uh.. how did you know that you could do this? How did you know that I could do this?"

"I...Teresa told me."

"Oh... ok."

"How is it in the Slammer?"

"Boring as shuck."

"Haha yeah, I remember when I had to stay there. You just need people to come over and talk to ya. Do you want me to visit?"

"Uhmm," Her voice full of uncertainty, "It's okay. I... uh... should get some sleep. My head's starting to hurt and I'm tired."

"Yeah, that can happen if you do this for too long. Sleep tight."

Emily breathed out and closed her eyes.

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"Okay, girls, time to get up!" A woman's voice spoke.

Emily rubbed her eyes and slowly rose from the mattress. She looked to the bed across from her and saw a girl do the same thing.

"Good morning, Em." The other girl greeted, but she didn't say it out loud. Emily heard it in her head.

"Good morning." Emily responded the same way that the other girl spoke to her.

Before the two could walk out the door, the woman stopped them.

"Ah, ah, ah! I'll only let you through if you figure out the password!"

The girls looked at each other and subtly rolled their eyes, "Wicked is good." It was the same thing every morning.

"Perfect! Come on through!" The woman said, her perkiness over exaggerated.

The woman guided them to a cafeteria and then to an empty table. A few seconds later, she brought over what appeared to be their breakfast.

"Thank you, ma'am." They said in unison.

The two girls began to eat when three boys, with trays of food, were seated in front of them. Emily and the girl turned to each other and they both raised an eyebrow. The other girl was the first to speak up, "What are your names? How old are you?"

The boy with brown hair spoke first, "I'm Thomas, 10 years old."

Then the Asian boy, "The name's Minho, 11."

Then, finally, the blonde boy, "Newt, 10."

"His voice sounds funny." Emily thought.

Emily looked up shyly at Newt and their eyes met. The two looked down at their food as their cheeks started to turn pink.

"What about you guys?" Thomas asked.

"Emily, 10."

"I'm Teresa, 10 years old."

"You two kind of look the same." Minho observed.

"We're sisters." Teresa replied, "Twins, actually."