The bright red lights girl the girls eyes as she awakes from what seemed to be a deep sleep. Her head was throbbing but that didn't stop her from trying to see where she was. She laid curled up in the corner of a square cage surrounded by boxes with bold lettering 'WCKD' in black. Suddenly the cage rapidly started to rise off the ground at tremendous speeds. She starts to scream for help. AS she tries to get to her feet to try and find a way out, a wave of pain overcomes her in her stomach. Looking down she saw blood everywhere and a stab wound on the left side of her abdomen. Shocked by this, her eyes felt heavy as she became unconscious.

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"That's the box, what the hell is it doing here so early?" a young blonde boy questioned a group of other boys. They all scramble over to metal doors in the ground with the same 'WICKD' lettering on it but in white. The deafening alarm that signals the box coming up finally fades out. The blonde boy and another boy both open the doors and immediately jump in one after the other.

"What do you see?" a couple of boys say.

The blonde boy kneels down beside the girl moving her long brown hair out of her face as the other boy starts picking up boxes and handing them to the group cautiously peering over them.

"It's .... It's a girl, ''the boy replies.

"Are you sure newt '' a small curly haired boy enquiries.

"Yeah i'm sure"

"But she's hurt badly, lets get her to the med bay" newt says sympathetically.

A couple other boys jump into the cage and grab the girl by her arms and lift her out, they then carry her to a wooden hut where they place her onto a bamboo bed. Two boys come over and start questioning what happened and who she is until Newt catches them up and they start cleaning the girl's wound.

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Her eyes flicker open to see a candle lit room. She still felt sore all over but was more concerned at how she got from that disgusting cage to a warm bed. She goes to sit up and check her stomach wound but she is restricted. She looks to her sides and sees rope fastened around her wrists and then her ankles. She starts to squirm, wriggle and cry. Panicking she starts to realise she cant remember anything not even her own name, this makes her panic even more and start to quietly scream whilst also crying. Until a blonde boy (newt) comes running in through a door to her right.

"Hey calm down, its okay calm down"

"Let me out"

"I can't do that"

Crying harder now, Newt runs out the room leaving her alone. One of her arms breaks free from the rope as she only has small hands, she starts to untie the rest of her limbs until she is free. As she stands up her body aches even more than before but she pushes through and opens the door to see a large open grassed area surrounded by massive smooth stone walls covered in ivy, they were 200ft tall and nearly blocked out the sun. This made her panic even more and she started to run to an opening in the walls which led to long corridors. She started in disbelief as she started to walk into the corridor hoping for a way out.

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"Hey do you think we should restrain her, you know just incase" one of the boys patching up the girl said.

"Why would we need to do that Jeff?" Newt replied.

"Yeah good idea, don't do it too tight though we don't want to hurt her" a tall young man said crossing his arms.

"Hey Alby why do we need to do that, she be scared as it is and now we are going to tie her up"

"Listen Newt she came up here 2 weeks early, she's a girl, she had a stab wound and she was holding blue liquid in syringes, I just don't want to take any chances"

"And don't forget that scar she has on her face too, if that doesn't say evil i don't know what does" Another boy said from within the shadows

"Shut up Gally" Newt harshly responded

"Oooohhh does someone have a crush on the new greenie aye" the boy replied coming out from the shadows now.

"No i don't shuck face" Newt replied

"Hey come on now let's leave her to rest, we will come back when she wakes up and i'll give her a tour and Newt will set up a bed in that spare hut, she can't be sleeping with us boys" the man sincerely asked them.

"Ok Alby" the others replied and left the hut.

2 hours later

Screams and cries were coming from the med bay, only a couple boys including newt could hear them as everyone else was busy chatting and doing what seemed to be their jobs.

"Hey, i'll go in by myself, we don't want to scare her" he said whilst giving hand gestures for the other boys to go away.

He opens the door to see the girl crying and wriggling in the bed. He tries his best to calm her down until he makes the decision to go find the leader, Alby. He is running around the open space going into different huts and asking where Alby is whilst continuously saying that it's urgent whenever a boy shrugs it off. Newt has started to worry even more about how the girl is feeling in there all alone tied to a bed. Until he hears shouting and people running towards the opening of the walls. He runs over wanting to know what was going on when he sees the girl about to walk straight into the maze.

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The girl is just a couple steps away from the concrete flooring leading to the long corridor when she sees people, boys running over to her from all directions. She starts to walk backwards into the corridor when suddenly she backs into a tall, slim bodied boy who came from the direction of the stone corridor he then grabs a hold of her via her arms and grips on tightly.

"Let me go'

"Get of of me"

Alby then runs over and gives the boy a look to let go of her, he does so but still stays behind her blocking the exit.

"Hey calm down, it's okay" she heard the young man say over all the shouting from the large group of boys surrounding her.

"What the fuck is this place, why was i tied up, why cant i remember anything" she shouted desperately hoping for a straight answer and not something stupid like calm down again.

"You tied her up?" the boy from behind her said in a concerned manner.

"Yes as a precaution so this didn't happen" Alby said quite loudly so that the rest of them heard as well.

Suddenly the girl felt heavy and dizzy, she fell to her knees and put her hands on her head. She had flashes of a pristine lab and a blonde woman looking at her, was this a memory she thought to herself, she felt like throwing up or passing out or both. She then felt a hand on her shoulder and a voice say "hey let me help you".

"I don't need your, your he..." she breathlessly said when she fell to her side, becoming unconscious yet again.

She then awoke back in the same bed but only restrained with one rope on her left arm that was significantly tight. Except this time she wasn't alone. A boy with brown hair, big hazel with long dark eyelashes, an upturned nose and a harsh jawling wearing a baby blue vest top was sitting at the end of the bed looking concerned but friendly. Her hands were shaking and her hair had fallen over her eyes. She pushed her hair back with her shaky hands, sat up against the nearest wall and brought her knees up to her face wrapping her arm around them tightly with the other arm stretched out tied up against the best post. She felt a strange familiarity to the boy which made her pluck up the courage to try and say something, but before she could he spoke.

"My name is Thomas, I'm new here too, I've only been here for 2 weeks, so i know how you feel" he said in a soft tone.

"I ... err... don't remember my name ...or anything really"

"That's okay it happens to all of us, your name will come back soon it's the only thing they let us keep"

"Who's they"

"The people that put us here we assume"

"Oh, why haven't i seen any girls here"

"Well you're actually the first one, that's sort of got everyone interested into you"

"That and the fact you came here with that scar on your face and nearly bleeding out"

"What scar, what do you mean?"

"I can show you if you want but you have to promise not to run away again."

"Okay, sure"

He stood up and reached into his backpack that was next to him on the floor and took out a small blade with a wood handle. He walked up to her and delicately cut her wrist loose. As he did this she noticed his hands and how his knuckles were covered in cuts and bruises.

"What happened to your hands?" she asked whilst rubbing her wrist to try and ease the pain.

"Oh me and Gally aren't really the best of friends"

The girl let out a small chuckle at his statement as he held out his hand to help her up. Without hesitation she took it and was surprised at how he was as he didn't seem like the muscled type. He then led her into a wooded area and walked for around 3 minutes until they found a narrow stream. He told her to look into the stream's reflection to see the scar. She was shocked at the sight of her face, how did she forget what she looked like. She had small freckles placed all over, emerald green eyes, deep red lips and a small nose that she was concerned at how she could even breathe through it. She then noticed a horizontal white scar that caused a small slit in her eyebrow on her left eye, it was large and very noticeable and she could help but wonder how she had gotten it.

"You okay?" the boy said after precisely watching her look at her face in wonder.

"Yeah I'm fine, I just can't help but think about how I got it," she replied.

"Okay come on then let's go, Alby needs to give you a tour" he said cheerfully.

As they walked back in silence the girl couldn't help but think about the memory she had of a woman in a lab just looking at her and why she could remember that and not her name.

Alby then came running over covered in dirt and sweat, he was older than the rest of them and seemed to have a bigger presence than the rest of them, she assumed he was the leader of the boys. He was black and was bald, he had big brown eyes and sharp features with a single earring in his left ear. This made the girl check her ears to find she had multiple earrings in each ear, some were small hoops and some were small gemstones.

"Hey, I'm Alby the leader around this place, I'm glad you've calmed down a bit now"

"Yeah, but why was I tied up again?"

"Well you see every month a new greenie comes up in the box with supplies but you came 2 weeks early and was nearly about to die, i have a duty to protect my people and you were unusual and different from the others because your a girl and someone must have had a reason to hurt you right?" he said whilst starting to walk off with the girl.

"Right?" she responded.

"So it was only a precaution to not only to protect us but to protect you"

"okay "

"Okay, if you have any questions you can leave them to the end of the tour and i'll answer them all"

During the tour Alby showed her the kitchen area which consisted of an open fire stove, shelves and various tables and chairs outside partially covered by a green tarmac roof held up by wood beams. He also showed her the watch tower which was crooked and swaying in the wind because of how tall it was, he also showed her the gardening area, the boys sleeping area, the toilets and showers which where all tiled and looked industrial, Alby informed her that it was there when he arrived and that all they had to do was connect the plumbing to a pipe near the edge of the large walls. He then showed her her room which was a cute hut made of wood and had a hay roof. It had a bed in it, a small chest of drawers, a basket and a small chair. He then gave her a pile of clothes that came up in the box with her that were all her size and a pair of lace up boots. As the tour came to an end Alby told her about the rules:

"No hurting another glader, do your job and never go into the maze" he said sternly as he lost is usual kind charisma.

"I'm sorry did you just say maze?" she eagerly questioned.

"Yes, we are trapped in the center of a maze"

"Why!"

"We don't know, we have been trying to find a way out for three years"

"Three years and you haven't found anything?!" she demanded

"Well its more difficult that you think, it changes everyday"

"How is that even possible and why can't i go into it, maybe i can help find a way out'

"NO!, your not go in there"

"Why not, i can help"

"Its dangerous and anyways i have to choose who can be a runner, you know thomas"

"Yeah"

"He was made a runner along with a couple others, Minho is the keeper of the runners"

Just as he said that a blonde boy with soft features and a shovel in hand came over, he was the one she first saw when she woke up.

"Hi I'm Newt and this is Chuck '' he looked over to a young small boy that looked around 12, he had curly hair and had a huge grin forming on his face. She smiled back quickly but immediately looked down at the ground when she saw another boy come over. The others left except Newt.

"Hi I'm Gally '' he said but in a way the girl felt wasn't sincere.

"The new greenie is pretty huh chuck" he said whilst ruffling the boy's hair as he turned away.

"Ignore him, he's just intrigued" Newt said

"Oh ok" she replied

"You must be starving, don't worry Fry makes the BEST food" he said enthusiastically. They made their way over to the kitchen area and she poured hot steaming strew into her wooden bowl and sat down next to Thomas and who she assumed was Minho. She dug in by dipping a buttered bread roll into her straw and ate as much as she could.

"Wow Fry really is an amazing cook,'' she said to Newt who chuckled. Thomas was also devouring his food but also gazing over his shoulder to the new greenie every 5 or so seconds to check if she was ok or just pretending to be okay. He felt as though he had a strange connection to her and needed to protect her. However she caught onto his constant staring and looked over at him at the same time. Their eye contact was unbroken and wasn't awkward until she heard a large clunking noise, she looked over to the entrance of the maze to see the doors slowly closing, it wasn't dark yet as it was probably summer but the sundial in the middle of the field said it was 8 o'clock, Alby then suggested everyone sing the song they had made up to the greenie as they usually have a bonfire but they had no time to build one for her early arrival.

After around 2 hours of chatting and the girl meeting everyone in the glade she felt her eyes get droopy and the thought of sleep was the only thing on her mind. Thomas recognized this and told her to go get some sleep and said Alby will wake her in the morning. As she started walking to the hut, everyone else started walking over to their sleeping area.

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Cold water seeped from every corner of the glass floor, it was freezing cold and was rising fast. The girl started to panic, banging on the glass walls begging for help. Her mind raced and made her palms sweaty. Looking around hopelessly for something or someone to hear her. The clear water was now at her hips, she looked up to see she was boxed in and seeing a harsh bright light directly above her disorienting her for a moment.

"Help" sobs started pouring out of her mouth as she noticed Thomas run up to the glass banging on it shouting to let me out, he seemed only around 10. Until 2 men came up behind him and dragged him off. She started to scream now as the water was up to her neck. She tried to find where the water was coming from so she could block it off somehow but it was all hopeless. She was now treading water, occasionally going under. One last sob came out when she took a deep breath as there was no more air, she was in a glass box drowning at only 10. This went on for around 1 or 2 minutes when suddenly she couldn't hold on anymore and tried to breathe in as her head felt like it was about to explode.

She awoke and sat straight up breathing hard and drastically, feeling confused and terrified. She rubbed her face and laid back down trying to get back to sleep. However she couldn't anymore, she didn't even feel tired anymore. She decided to take a walk to clear her head. She decided it would be best to go into the wooded area so she wouldn't be spotted or would wake anyone up. The air was crisp as the greenie took deep breaths until she felt watched, like someone was stalking her every move. She turned around hoping she wouldn't see someone. No one, she turned back around about to make her way towards the stream to find some comfort. Except she didn't see the stream, instead she saw a dirty sinister face that made her jump. She was being watched. 

"sorry, I err thought I was alone" She said nervously, his face was now filled with anger as he gave a partial smirk taking small steps towards the fragile girl. She took steps back trying to discretely get away until her back hit a tree stump almost making her jump at fright yet again. 

"you know I haven't seen a girl before, especially one so beautiful"  he finally spat at the girl moving closer and closer to her. She was horrified at what was about to happen, she could bring up the courage to say something or even do anything to get him away from her. 

"So I hope you understand why I want you so bad and how I just have to have you" he whispered into her ear as he grabbed her wrists and pushed himself against her. She let out a small whimper and tried to get free from his grip. Nothing was working, he was stronger than her and had an advantage as she was still healing from her nearly dying. 

Her thoughts ran manic trying to figure away out of this or at least trying to scream for help. But she just couldn't do it for some reason. His breathe was hot and heavy on her neck, he pushed even harder against her until the bark on the tree stump slowly pierced her skin on her back. She closed her eyes tightly accepting the next most horrifying events she was sure was going to happen. Then just as she almost went numb, he let go of her wrists and pushed himself off of her. 

"but I want to make it special and not in the mud where anyone could interrupt us" he  said as he started walking away from her still body. A small sob of relief seeped out of her as she drooped to her knees. 'what the fuck'  'I hate him' 'I hate it here' 'what the fuck just happened' she said in her head as she started to feel like throwing up.

"hey are you okay?" Thomas said while running up to her.

"what happened?" he said in a  sympathetic voice.

"nothing I'm ... I'm fine don't worry" the girl said breathlessly as Thomas knelt down to see her eyes he thought were beautiful.  The girl went to stand up but as she did all of Fry's food came up through her throat and out her mouth. 

"oh shoot" Thomas said rubbing her back trying his best to comfort her. The girl coughed and wiped her mouth with her sleeve and stood up. 

"I'm fine don't worry about it" She somehow felt embarrassed about what had happened and swore to herself she wouldn't tell anyone about what that vile boy did to her.

"don't worry, most of us threw up when we first got here, I think its because they drugged us to fall asleep in the box or its just nerves"

The girl started walking back to her hut to go think things through and Thomas escorted her back in silence.