DEFENCE SYSTEM | NEWT; THE MAZE RUNNER

chapter four | ava paige

"HEYYY BESTIEEE-" minho started to say but then looked at me and newt getting closer and closer to each other.
"oh-" minho said with his hand covering he mouth. me and newt looked at him, newt with embarrassment and me with pure rage.
"well, get it i guess!" minho said, now hyping me up in a 'minho' type of way. i immediately stood up and shoved pass the boys to run towards the beginning of the forest. i was so embarrassed, i didn't even wanna think about it anymore.

'jesus minho way to ruin a moment' i thought.

'wait no, why did i think it was a moment, it's just newt, there is nothing going on between me and newt' i tried my best to convince myself that, but other feelings consumed that thought.

'why was minho there? was he following me?' i thought. that was one of many things i was thinking of currently.  i just brushed it off and decided to go back to bed.

AVA PAIGE'S POV

i can see subject A0 by herself at the river, which seemed to be a very common place for her, at night doing what she normally does, throwing rocks into the river. but then subject A5 came towards her and sat beside her. i knew something was going to happen. 'maybe i should punish subject A5, he has been nothing but making subject A0 feel happy and safe, that just cant do.

but maybe i should keep it going for a little while and really crush subject A0's feelings. YES! i will do that' then i saw both of them getting closer and closer towards each other. my eyes widened at this sudden encounter. i couldn't believe my eyes, it has only been a day! but then subject A7, came to them. i sighed in relief to see subject A0 walk away from both of the subjects. and with that, i left.

THE NEXT DAY

YOUR POV

i woke up to the sunlight beaming on my eyes, and a little boy sitting down carving a little figure. he has curly brown locks and probably the youngest out of all of us. the boys here were 16-18, i was 17 and he looked about 13. i already felt awful for him considering he has been put in this place and he has to survive to live. i crossed all negative thoughts and cleared my throat.

"oh, sorry greenie, the name's chuck," he said then took his hand out and i shook it.

'clearly alby has taught him to shake hands as a polite welcoming' i thought.

"c'mon! i'm gonna show you to breakfast," he skipped out and i followed him.

we both ended up in the kitchen to be greeted to the main cook. frypan. he was this tall dark-skinned boy.

"hello greenie! my name is frypan, its nice to meet you!" he said nicely and nodded his head, he was cooking so he obviously couldn't shake my hand.

"nice to meet you too," i replied. he gave me bacon and eggs and then me and chuck sat down at a table. while i was eating, chuck was carving that little, wooden figure again.
"hey, what's that?" i said pointing to the carving with my fork.

"oh this? this is a figure i'm carving for my parents," he said not taking his eyes off the work he's doing.

"you remember your parents?" i asked him.

"no, but i know i must have them" he replied now putting it down and eating his own food. i looked at him for a second with sorrow and then back to my food again. i still feel really bad for him. after we both finished, we gave our dishes to fry and walked around the glade.
"oh! that reminded me, alby needs you in council hall for a meeting," chuck said to me while coming to a stop.

"well where is it?" i asked. he pointed to the biggest hut in the glade.

"see ya' greenie!" and with that he left and i walked towards it.

i opened the door to see alby, gally, clint, jack and newt. as soon as i opened the door, they stopped talking and looked directly at me with the same facial expression. confusion.

"what are you doing here greenie? this is a keepers meeting?" gally said daggering my eyes.

"chuck told me that alby needs me in a meeting," everyone looked at alby including me.

"why?" gally said alternating between me and alby.

"you dumb shanks! she needs a job," alby said and smacking his hand to his forehead and shaking his head. everyone shouted 'oh yeah's' and 'forgot about that's' i walked down the steps and towards alby.

"well what's my job then?" i asked getting impatient.

"well she's definitely not working with me!" gally said crossing his arms. i 'phewed' with relief and he gave me a glare.

"good that!" i said with a sigh of happiness. then i see that stupid smirk on newts face again. 'ughh! that smirk' i thought and turned away.

"i know she doesn't like slopping," jack said. 'true'

"she's good at gardening," newt said looking at me.

"well shes amazing at being a madjack," clint said and gave me a genuine smile. i kinda wanna be a medjack, but there's one job that makes me feel intrigued.

"i think the greenie should be a medjack," alby said looking at me. a smile appeared on my face. i was happy about being a medjack, but a runner sounds so much more interesting and fun. some boys were happy about that, but some were bummed that they can't work with me. including newt. looks like i'm a medjack!