NOTE: I'M GOING TO SAY THIS NOW, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE MAZE RUNNER, I AM TRYING AND IF I MAKE ANY MISTAKES, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! I LOVE YOU ALL!

THE MAZE RUNNER STORYLINE AND CHARACTERS BELONGS TO JAMES DASHNER. KATRI, HER STORYLINE AND ANY OTHER CHARACTER BELONG TO ME<3 HAPPY READING!

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Sighing a little bit while she manages the garden after being back, she was ignoring everything around her. Her hair in a high ponytail today while she walked off to the other part of the garden. Swallowing thickly, Katri continues her endeavor with everything.

"HELP!"

Katri heard Thomas scream out, Katri stands and sees him running away from Ben. Gasping quietly, she drops her things, rushing quickly to help him. "Hey! Help! Help!" Katri quickly tackles Ben off Thomas making sure to hold his arms to his sides while her legs wrap around his pinning them down.

"I'll kill you!" She heard Ben snap at Thomas making Katri's eyes widen, she felt Ben grip her arms tightly, but she didn't flinch. She felt the crescent marks from his nails digging in.

"Calm down, Ben."

"What the hell happened?" Frypan asked Thomas who shrugged quickly.

"He just attacked me!"

Ben shakes his head. "No! No!"

"Alby!"

Alby looks at her trying to keep him pinned as he nods. "Lift his shirt, lift it."

"No!"

When they lifted his shirt, they saw a dark purple, blue wound with veins crawling all over. Katri frowns keeping him pinned. "He's been stung."

"In the middle of the day?"

"Put him in the pit, I'm sorry." Katri ordered while Gally and two others grab him from Katri's hold as she stands up. Panting a little bit, she looks to Alby who looks at her. She frowns and turns around. "You know what we gotta do."

"You got it." Newt nods as they all walk off behind Ben who was screaming out apologies.

A little while later, Thomas was standing there by Katri, wondering what was going on. Alby was sitting beside her. "So, what happened to him?"

"It's called "the Changing"." Alby answered. "It's what happens when someone gets stung."

"Listen. We haven't been able to get a clear word out of Ben since it happened. He's not making any sense and it's only going to get worse." Katri spoke to him, it sounded cold. "The infection is spreading. He's dangerous." Katri looks at Thomas, a glare held, and Thomas shifted uncomfortably under it. "What did he say to you?"

"He said he saw me... and that this was all my fault." Thomas told her honestly as she huffs. "How could this be my fault?"

"Get some rest." Alby told him, getting up and began walking off. Katri shifts from her spot and begins walking off.

"Alby?"

"Yeah?"

"What's gonna happen to him?"

Katri pauses in her spot and then turns her head. "Banishment, Thomas. There's nothing else we can do for him." Katri turns her head back where she was headed. "Alby, I'm gonna skip this part, you got this?"

"I got this, Kat." Alby nods while she walks off.

"What's with her?"

"She was close to Ben," Chuck said to him. "She's the reason he's a Runner and for this to happen under her nose. She's not taking it well."

"Just like James..." Alby spoke sadly.

"He was one of the names crossed out on the Wall."

"James was her first love here, he supported her, helped her and took a lot of the responsibility to help her out so she could sleep and focus on the Maze. But when he went with another Runner, he was stung. Didn't even make it back to the Doors before they shut. That was the last time she ever saw him."

"It never gets any easier... especially for her..."

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"You sure you wanna come too, Kat?"

"I'm sure, I wanna be sure you guys are safe."

Newt looks at her and then to the two boys. "Don't go dying in there, can't afford to lose another one of ya."

"We got this," Alby nods as they did their handshake and Minho, Katri and Alby look at one another quickly.

They nod and they all run into the Maze. Unaware of what was going to happen. During the run, Katri had one thing in mind. Find out why her friend was stung in the middle of the day, and to make sure it never happened again.

"Alby!" shouted Minho, knocking Katri out of her thoughts and she gasps.

"Not again..."

The rain started downpouring on them while Minho and Katri both carried Alby through the rain. Alby's head was bleeding, and he was knocked out.

"We got this, Minho!" Katri encouraged to him. Minho nods while they continue carrying him.

Katri was shorter than the guys, so her carrying Alby was harder than she thought, but she couldn't leave them behind. She was the protector of these guys and she'd rather die than her friends. Newt already tried to commit suicide on her watch, and she vowed that she would take all the responsibility of everyone here. She couldn't let them die like all her past friends. Tears formed in her eyes, and they slowly left them, blending in with the rain as they trudged through the Maze, trying to make it back to the Glade.

"We're almost there, Kat!"

"I know!"

"Come on, Minho! Kat!" shouted one of the Gladers. "You can do it!"

"Come on! Go!"

"Come on, you can make it!"

They both dropped Alby and Katri panted, while Minho grabbed his legs and began dragging him while Katri rushed to his arms, picking them up trying to make it quicker.

"No! You got to leave him!"

"Thomas, no!"

Katri's heart pounded when she looked up when she slipped and dropped Alby on the ground and she fell face first into the ground while Minho gently put him down and sat down, panting while Katri groans in pain trying to lift herself up but a shooting pain shot through her ribcage.

"Good job," Minho said sarcastically, glaring at Thomas.

"What?"

"You moron..." Katri groans again, pushing herself up. "You just got yourself killed..." Katri pushes herself fully up and begins standing up. "Minho,"

"I know," Minho nods standing up too.

"What happened to him?"

"What does it look like?" Minho snapped at him. "He got stung."

"What happened to his head?"

Katri frowns deeply. "We did what we had too."

"Okay, okay," Thomas said, bringing one of his arms around his shoulders. "Help me get him up."

"We gotta go," Minho told him. "The Maze is already changing."

"Hey, Minho!" assured Thomas, looking him. "We can't just leave him here, we gotta get him up, come on."

Minho shakes his head, helping Thomas as the three began running through the Maze.

Katri shakes her head. "This isn't working, we gotta go!"

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Thomas asked her, turning his head to her. "We gotta hide him."

"Where do you suggest we hide him?"

"I don't know..." Thomas looks at Minho. "Are you both telling me there's not a single place we could take him."

"Listen to me, shuck-face, all right." Minho snapped at him. "Take a look around. There's nowhere to go! You don't get it! We're already dead."

"Not exactly, Minho." Katri said looking up seeing vines on the wall. "I have an idea..."

A little while later, Minho, Thomas and Katri will all pulling on a vine, pulling Alby up so he wouldn't get hurt from the Grievers. The sound of Grievers sent shivers up and down Katri's spine every time they roared in the night. Pinching her lips when Minho left, Katri growls helping Thomas finish up and then he drags her into the vine wall where a Griever was in front of them. Taking a quiet deep breath, Katri stayed near Thomas.

Their hearts were pounding against their chests, they tried to steady their breaths while the Griever walked around. Katri, for the first time, felt scared. She didn't know what to do to save her and Thomas. Was Minho even okay or was he injured?

"Stay here with Alby, I'm going to look for Minho..." Thomas said to her making her look at him shocked. "Please, keep him and yourself safe. I don't know what I'd do if you'd get hurt..." Katri slowly nods while he shifts around her and begins walking off.

"Don't die... Thomas..." whispers the young maiden with a heavy frown and then winced when she heard a familiar sound of the Griever. "This can't be happening again..." She mutters quietly slowly making her way out of the vine wall and looks around seeing no sign of the Griever. "This already happened once... I can't let it end like this..."

Before she could move, she looked at Alby and frowns. A lone tear escapes her eye as she looks down at the floor. Shaking her fists, her eyes close trying to rid the tears from falling. Katri then heard someone scream and she turns to hear it but then...

Absolute silence.

"What... the hell?"

She takes a step forward but then was stopped when she saw Minho and Thomas rushing to her. Katri smiles rushing to them and hugs them both while they hug her back. When she lets them go, she then punches them both in the shoulder making them both yelp in pain.

"Kat!"

"Don't you ever do that again, you hear me?" Katri scolds them. "I'm the protector of the both of you, hell, I'm the protector of the Glade. You shouldn't have risked your lives for something stupid!"

"You don't understand, Kat, he did it."

"How do you mean?"

"Thomas killed the Griever..."