𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙄𝙎 𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙐𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉

★ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 "——" 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙.

★ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚.

★ 𝙎𝙤, 𝙞𝙛 𝙮'𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙭 𝙞𝙩. 𝙇𝙢𝙛𝙖𝙤.

★ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙯𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙛𝙪𝙡. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨.

★ 𝙄'𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝...𝙨𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧.

𝙄𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧?

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 rush towards the griever as it growls and turns towards them. The group makes the creature spin as it gets poked by the spears.

The group pushes the griever back as it continues to growl at them, pushing them back. It growls angrily at them as Thomas yells, "Oh shit!" And stabs it in the head.

The griever grows angry at the gladers and grabs one of the boys, throwing him off the side of the bridge as he screams.

The griever stomps down on the concrete, Blake takes her blade and slashes at its leg, causing it to fumble. The key goes flying onto the other side of the bridge as Chuck rushes after it. "No! Chuck! Stay here!" Blake yells after him.

"Watch the edge!" Teresa shouts; just as the key is about to fall off the edge, Chuck grabs it.

Blake is taken off guard from watching the boy as she griever knocks the girl back into the wall, making her slump down.

Black spots form in her vision and her hearing disappears as she watches the scene before her.

She can see the teen's lips moving but can't hear them, just a loud ringing sound in her ears.

Minho runs beside the girl to see if she's okay, yelling her name as Blake stares at him. "I can't hear you!" She shouts

Minho helps the girl up, as they turn around to see Chuck and Teresa running behind the boys with the key.

The boys hold the griever off as Minho pulls Blake's arm over his shoulders, carrying the girl through the doors as they open. Chuck and Teresa stand beside the two, saying something Blake can't hear.

The four rush towards the hole as the boys are backed into it; Blake gets her hearing back as she hears Thomas scream, "Stay together!"

Chuck and Teresa search the door for any sign or clue to get out. "Ah! There's got to be a way out! Come on!" Chuck yells

"Hold them back!" Blake hears a yell and a scream as she turns around to see one of the boys fly over the bridge; the grievers are getting angrier by the second.

Blake turns back after hearing Chuck yell, "It won't open!" And then a sound of something powering up.

A red screen appears before them, showing numbers on the circular screen. "What the fuck?" Blake says

"Thomas, the code!" Teresa yells

"Whoa, heads up!" Someone yells as a griever falls from the sky, separating the girls and Chuck from the rest.

"Minho! Minho!" Blake yells as she sees a griever on top of her best friend. Jeff rushes forward and stabs the griever, making it back up to release Minho.

Minho crawls backward as the griever punctures Jeff, causing the boy to scream in pain. "Ow, ow," Jeff shouts

"Jeff!"

Jeff gets pulled back by the griever out of view as the group backs into the small hallway.

"Minho, what's the sequence?" Chuck shouts

"Uh ah.." Minho stumbles, "Six, four, eight—." He shouts. Blake's wheels in her head turn as Minho struggles to fight. The light bulb inside her brain finally clicks. "three" Blake says as Teresa pushes the button, causing the screen to appear green.

The door opens as the grievers get trapped inside. All the boys fight back as the last griever tries to push its way through but gets squished by the concrete from above.

The familiar green goo splatters on the ground as the teens stand in shock.

The circle doors come to a close as the room goes dark, causing the teens to scream.

A door rumbles as it hisses, sliding open, making the gladers stare at it. Teresa is the first to push the door open as it creaks. She looks out into the room with her eyebrows furrowed.

Blake steps behind Chuck as he walks out, following the other girl. As Blake climbs out of the maze, she looks down a hallway of some sort, her face scrunches.

"The fuck?"

Suddenly a thud sounds from the end of the hall, making all of the gladers turn their attention towards the lights flickering over them, illuminating the hallway.

The gladers walk down the hallway cautiously as they follow to where the lights lead. They finally reach the end as there is a door with an exit sign above it.

Blake rolls her eyes in aggravation. "You're kidding."

"Seriously?" Fry questions in disbelief, glaring up at the red light shining above.

Thomas steps forward and opens the door, revealing flickering lights with smoke around the room. Bodies lay on the floor as they step inside. An alarm sounds above them as the gladers take in the scene.

They pass a window that has two bodies laid on metal tables, both covered with a sheet and blood stains.

Blake flinches as she sees the bodies, earning a hand to rub circles on her back. The girl looks over her shoulder to see Thomas; smiling softly, she silently thanks him.

"What happened here?" Winston questions

The group steps down as they near a control center, the electronics sparking as they pass. Blake scans the floor to see a room with computers—showing the glade. She walks over to it, scoffing, "Bastards."

Before she further explores the hallway, Blake glances back to see Thomas staring at a familiar desk, and she turns her gaze to see Teresa smiling softly at him from across the glass, with Thomas staring right back at her.

Blake shakes her head, letting out a sigh as she continues down the hall.

Suddenly,  a hand wraps around her mouth and waist, silencing her. The person drags her into the other room and shuts the door.

Lights flicker on as Blake sees none other than—Gally.

The small brunette turns to scream but is quickly cut off by Gally's fist connecting to her face, he punches the girl another and another before he realizes he can't use her to his advantage.

Thomas presses a button as a lady in a white coat speaks.

"Hello, my name is Dr. Ava Paige. I'm director of operations of the World Catastrophe Kill Zone department. If you're watching this, it means you've successfully completed the maze trials. I wish I could be there to congratulate you, but circumstances seem to prevent it. I'm sure by now, you must all be very confused, mad, frightened. You won't remember, but the sun has scorched our world. Billions of lives were lost to fire, famine, and suffering on a global scale. The fallout was unimaginable. What came after was worse; we called it the flare. A deadly virus that attacks the brain. It is violent and unpredictable, incurable, or so we thought. In time, a new generation emerged that could survive the virus; suddenly, there was a reason to have hope for the cure, but finding it would not be easy. The young would have to be tested, even sacrificed, inside harsh environments where their brains could be studied. All in an effort to understand what makes them different. What makes you different. You may not realize it, but you're very important. Unfortunately, the trials have only just begun. As you no doubt, the sooner. Not everyone agrees with our methods. Progress is slow, and people are scared. It may be too late for us, for me, but not for you. The outside world awaits..remember..." Ava says, pulling a gun out to her head

"Wicked is good." She finishes saying before she shoots herself, falling to the ground.

All the gladers flinch at the sight as Teresa had covered Chuck's eyes.

Thomas turns his attention away before Ava shoots herself, his eyebrows furrow as he sees the blonde woman lying lifeless on the ground across from them.

Thomas walks over to where the older woman lay as the rest of the group followed behind.

Suddenly, an alarm blares before anyone has any time to look around or say anything, doors open to reveal the outside world.

"Is it over?" Chuck asks

"I don't know, but let's get out of here." Thomas says, looking around.

Minho looks around to see Blake missing; his head whips in every direction, searching for his best friend.

"Hey, has anybody seen Blake?" Minho asks with a shaky voice, worried for his best friend.