It was that time of the month again. The loud siren echoed throughout the glade, beckoning us that a new greenie would appear.

We all rushed over to the box that would give us our monthly supplies and a new person to welcome to this place we call home; a home which is a trap.

When the alarm went off, my job was to catch the greenies if they decided to pull a runner, since I'm the fastest they have here. The last arrival didn't run but he clunked his pants 3 times, poor kid.

The noise stopped and escalating sounds began coming towards us quickly. Then stopped.

"Hoping its a girl Taylor?" Newt smirked, his British accent on display. He knows that it most likely won't be a girl to show up, everyone does. I'm the only girl here, but it would be nice to have another female companion.

"Just shut up and open the shucking gate" I chuckled.

Gally and Newt opened the doors to the box, a boy sat at the bottom, his hand covering his face. He looked confused, well of course he would be, he doesn't know where he is and why there are a bunch of teenage boys surrounding him, plus me.

Gally jumped down and kneeled in front of the greenie.

"Day one greenie, rise and shine" Were the words I could make out that Gally was saying.

Soon, the new guy was thrown onto the ground by our feet.

"A bit harsh don't ya think?" I asked, Gally shrugged his shoulders. He couldn't care less.

The boy was squirming on the ground, petrified. Then he met my eyes, why did he look so familiar? My eyes laid on him for a while until I heard some commotion, only then was I fully realising what was going on.

"Hey, we got a runner!" Zart yelled happily.

"Oh for shuck sake" I mumbled, I really couldn't be bothered to run, this was my day off my job after all.

I ran after the greenie, he was quick I'll give him that but I was quicker.

A few seconds later, I was running next to him, then in front of him. I put my foot out to trip him over but before he could, he was already face-planting the floor.

As he was taking in his surroundings, I decided to take a look at him. His hair a dark brunette, his body muscular and his eyes were a light brown. It was so familiar to me but I couldn't grasp what...or why.

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Thomas' pov

I was thrown into a jail of some sorts, a pit I overheard someone say. What was going on? Why can't I remember anything? What is this place? Who was that girl? Endless questions rammed my head until a dark-skinned person covered the only brightness of where I was before kneeling down next to what it seemed like a lock.

"Hey there, Green Bean. You're not gonna run again, okay?" He spoke in a reassuring way.

Unlocking the door and opening it, he introduced himself as Alby. He looked at least seventeen or eighteen.

"Can you tell me anything about yourself? Who you are, where you come from? Anything at all?" Alby began to question.

My emotions were mixed, frightened and confused, but some part of my mind drifted off towards the girl, she seemed like she was the only one here. Her long brunette hair, hazel eyes, freckles sat on her nose, her thin lips, it all seemed familiar. I just don't remember. As I thought of her, my breathing was no longer shaky, it grew calmer.

I shook my head, "No,"

"Can you tell me your name?" he asked another question, shouldn't I be the one with the questions here?

My breathing grew heavy again, "I can't remember anything. Why can't I remember anything?"

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Taylor's pov

I watched from a far where Chuck was speaking to the greenie. I looked at my watch to see if Minho and Ben would be back soon before hearing heavy footstep tread against the floor. I walked over to the two runners, forgetting about the two boys (greenie and Chuck) behind me.

"You look terrible shank" I joked to Minho who now stopped in front of me, catching his breath with beaded sweat on the side of his face.

"Slacking off your job today huh, we'll go on the longer route tomorrow then, shank" Minho sarcastically said, a smile spread across his face.

Me and Minho have been best friends for as along as I came up the box, which was a month after him. He was more of a brother to me than anything else. We ran the maze together and nearly did everything together. Our bond was unbreakable.

"Hey Chuck. New greenie huh?" Minho and Ben began jogging past them, Ben took my position as runner today.

"How does it feel to be promoted,"

"Feels great Ben." Chuck smiled.

I turned around to see Thomas staring at me, Chuck just watching the two boys jog away.

"You alright there greenie?" I asked.

He nodded.

"I thought no one was allowed to leave." He said confused.

"I said were not allowed to leave. They're different. They're runners, including Taylor here. They know more about the Maze than anyone." Chuck explained.

My hand smacked my face, the thirteen year old boy was not supposed to mention the Maze. The greenie's eyes looked into mine at the mention of my name, as if it meant something to him.

"What? You just said "Maze"" The blue-shirted boy questioned, no longer staring at me.

"I did?" Chuck spoke, acting dumb.

Before I could intervene, the greenie was heading off, towards the entrance of the Maze. He stood in front of the massive slabs of stone wall, vines hanging down from it. Chuck rushed behind him.

As I began walking to get to them, Gally had used all his force to push the greenie into the ground. I quickened up my speed, soon standing in front of the boy on the floor.

"Gally-" I began but before I could say anything else, the new boy was up on his feet, panicked by the sudden outburst.

"All right, calm, calm, calm" Gally announced.

"Hey, don't touch me!"

Before we knew it, everyone was surrounding us.

"Hey what the hell is wrong with you guys?" The greenie yelled.

"Just calm down, all right?" Newt spoke.

"No. Why won't you tell me what's out there?"

Everyone grew silent, not knowing what to say this time. The maze doors rumbled, before everyone's attention went towards the doors closing except mine and Alby. His eyes gazed towards me, mouthing 'you ok?' to me, I nodded with a short smile.

"Come on Greenie," I announced, "I'll explain everything."

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