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"I was born a leader. No throne or crown is needed."
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After Aife watched Gally, from a distance, lock Thomas in the slammer, she decided to bring him some food. It's the least she could do considering everything that's went down within the last couple of days. She made her way over and she noticed the raven haired boy immediately got defensive, "Who's there?!"

"It's just me." Aife held her hands up in surrender, he let out a sigh of relieve as the girl crouched down and looked down at him. "Sorry, Aife." He apologized. She simply waved him off and threw a bag of bread down towards him. He practically scrambled towards it and began to chow down on it.

"ahh," He moaned in relieve at the fact that he finally was getting food in his system, "Thanks, Aife." He said and she nodded in response with a grin.

"No problem, i'll see you first thing in the morning." She gave a sharp nod, which he returned, and went to check on chuck.

Aife found his silhouette sitting on a log as he was examining something in his hands, "Hey Chuckie."

"Hey, mom." He said jokingly with a grin and she let out a small laugh through her nose.

"What do you got there?" Aife jerked her head towards the object he had in his grasp. He turned to the older girl and held up a small wooden figure that he had carved out.

"Woah, that came out pretty damn good." She nodded and gave him a smirk, "What's that for?"

"It's for my parents." He said and she cocked her head to the side slightly.

"You're remembering you're parents?" The girls voice was gentle, she only uses that tone with him and occasionally when other boys need reassurance. Of course, he knows that and swore to never say a nothing about how soft she gets around him.

"No. Well, i mean, i know i must have them," He shrugged, his flushed cheeks were full on display and were being reflected upon by the fire. "And wherever they are i'm sure they miss me, but, i cant miss them because i don't remember them." He sighed and she felt her features soften at the young boy that sat next to her.

He looked out into the distance towards the maze and pinched his eyebrows together, "What do you think you're going to find out there tomorrow?"

"Honestly? I don't know," She said truthfully said to him, "But if there is a way out, Chuck, I'm gonna find it. We will, together." Aife spoke with pure determination in her voice.

He nodded his head before handing his small wooden carved figure to her, "Here."

She gave him an incredulous look, "Chuck, why would you give this to me?"

The young boy shrugged careless and responded, "I can't remember them anyway. But, maybe if you find a way out, you can give it to them for me." He nodded his head in an attempt to reassure the girl who he looked up to.

"I'm gonna go get some sleep." He mumbled as he stood up and began to walk away, the sound of his shoes were padding against the dirt. Aife examined the small object in her hand before she called out after him.

"Hey, Chuck? Come here." Aife ordered.

He turned around and walked towards the girl again, "Put out you're hand." He then stuck out his hand and she put his carved piece of wood back in his grasp as she held onto his hand and looked deep into his eyes, "I want you to give that to them yourself. Okay, we're gonna get outta here, all of us. Okay? I promise." The tanned skinned girl spoke to the curly haired boy firmly as he nodded in understanding.

"Goodnight." He said to her and she returned it as she kissed the top of his head and watched him walk away.

*

Minho and Aife jogged over to the slammers and they crouched down in front of Thomas who had been sitting up with a bored, yet eager look on his face, "Big day, Tommy. Sure you don't wanna sit this one out?" Minho joked and Aide playfully rolled her eyes.

"C'mon man, get me outta here." He chuckled. They pulled him out of the slammer and quickly headed towards the maze walls that were just about to open.

Aife wore a Steampunk Brocade Jacket corset As well as olive trousers and her usual combat boots. Her raven colored hair hair was up in a pony tail and it had braids up the sides of it. Her war paint were three black streaks that started underneath her eyes and down her cheeks. Then a line from her bottom lip to her chin. There were two lines that went from the start of her eyebrows, then half way up her forehead and then in the opposite direction of each other.

A loud mumble came from the wall and it slowly began to pry itself open, "You ready?" Minho asked Thomas and Aife, who nodded in confirmation.

"Let's go!" Aife said sharply and took off running into the maze, as did Minho and Thomas.

They took a right turn, then a left and another right. "This way!" Aife called out to the two boys that had been running after her. When they got to where we had been running to, Minho and Aife gave each other a questioning look as they took in every inch of their surroundings.

"That's strange."

"What?" Thomas asked the both of them curiously.

"This spots not supposed to be opened for another week." Aife muttered to the both of them.

They walked towards the small stands that looked like tall, slim doors, "What the hell is this place?" Thomas asked in confusion and awe.

"We call em' blades." Minho spoke up. Aife noticed something on the floor that caught her attention. She jogged towards it and noticed a crimson color that had stained the white tank-top.

It had been ripped to shreds.

"It's Bens, isn't it?" Thomas asked softly and she nodded before putting up a cold exterior.

"The grieved must've pulled him down here." Minho mumbled as Aife tucked the bloody shirt in the waist band of her pants for memory. Suddenly, they heard a ringing sound and the three looked at each other with curiosity written on their features.

Aife looked at Minho with a pointed look and harshly turned him around by the shoulders and grabbed the device that they had found in the dead griever from the other day, "Woah, hey!" He yelped in surprise. But she simply ignored his protests.

Aife looked at it with a confused look as she slightly cocked her head to the side as she tried to comprehend why it was making noises.

She paced back and forth with it in her hands, she noticed the beeping got more frequent when she turned to her right instead of left.

"I think it's showing us the way."

Aife began to walk confidently towards the direction the device led her to when suddenly she felt a tug on her right arm, "Woah, woah," Minho said to the girl as he cautiously looked at their surroundings. Aife could tell he was getting an uneasy feeling, because she was too.

The place was eerie and she found herself having endless questions in her head about it.

"This way, come on." Thomas waved for them to keep walking, which they did.

They then turned to their right and Aife absentmindedly began to walk towards the walls as the beeps got louder.

"Minho, Aife, you ever seen this place before?" Thomas asked the two runners.

"No." Minho replied, every word that had been said echoed throughout the corridor of maze.

"Ah, it's just another dead end." Minho sighed sadly with his hands on his hips. Aife rolled her eyes as Thomas grabbed the device from her hands and pointed it towards the wall. It made a louder beeping sound and a loud grumble came from the wall.

It seemed as though three narrowed walls had lifted and a circular door had twisted itself open.

Minho and Thomas turned to Aife for confirmation, "You sure about this?"

She kept my neutral expression as always as she replied with a, "Nope." She then began walking forwards.

Minho swiped his hand along the wall and held it up, it had a sticky slime substance that was way too familiar for her liking.

"Grievers."

"Oh hell no.." Aife mumbled under her breath as her expression hardened even more.

Then, a beep came from the tunnel and a red light flashed as a scanner came and moved up and down, causing them to move their hands to their face and cover themselves from the brightness of it.

Another loud sound emerged from our surroundings causing her jaw to clench, "We gotta get outta here,"

"Give me the Key." Minho requested frantically. She tossed him the device and they began to sprint.

The walls began to close in on them as they picked up the pace, when the trio reached the blades, they began to change directions.

"Come on!" Minho shouted for encouragement.

They were all running on the same side until Thomas began to trip on his own feet, he was just a second too late before a blade closed on him.

"Come on!" Aife yelled at him, It took about ten seconds for her to be able to pull him back towards them. He stumbled into Minho but quickly regained composure.

"Keep Moving!"

Aife could feel her chest heaving more frequently as they picked up their pace.

They finally made it out of the blades and they came to a halt as they heard the ground rumble and shake underneath their feet. Aife looked up and noticed the ground had literally separated and now a piece of the wall was falling directly towards them. She shoved the boys out of the way before she kept running. The slams of the concrete against concrete were causing them to stumble, making it harder for them to get away.

The floor continued to separate itself as they ran.

"Come on, Don't look back!" Minho shouted at Thomas who had been getting distracted by everything happening around them. He was just a couple steps behind. The three could barely see what was happening due to all of the dust and concrete that was flying everywhere, causing her to cough.

They turned the corner and had to jump onto a slap of concrete that was rising upwards, meaning if they didn't hurry, they would be squashed.

"Go!" Minho shouted as they army crawled through the last space. She could feel the concrete scraping her elbows as she continued to skid across the platform.

They stumbled to the ground harshly and Aife released a sigh of relieve as she attempted to catch her breath.

"Wooh!" She laid her head on the floor and smiled as she shut her eyes and rested herself.

She always loves a good rush.