forever in my heart

chapter 3

aviana woke up bright and early. her own little private shack was filled with all the things she collected for the three years she's been here. her eyes met minho and ben's. they were already their at the walls. the rumbling started, and they opened.

aviana wasn't just chose for her ability to fight, she could remember anything to the smallest detail. of course, minho helped with the mapping of the maze, but she was the first to know the maze in and out. as soon as the space between the walls was big enough, minho ran in.

they've went through the whole maze, but minho hasn't gave up hope. aviana ran up besides him. "thomas asked me if i think we could ever escape this place."

he eyed her from the side, but kept his head forwards. "well? what did you tell him?"

"maybe." she said, looking towards minho with a bored look on her face.

"i thought you said we couldn't?"

"i feel like thomas is different. i think he can get us out of here." her eyes fell towards the floor, minho slowed down slightly.

"how is everyone else different?"

"i don't know how to explain it," minho patiently waited for a response, since it's not every day where aviana says what she's thinking, "when i first came here, i remembered someone named thomas. what if he's my thomas?" she questioned.

"well, i don't know who's outside the maze, or what, but we'll see who's out there. there could be millions of thomas's out there." minho advised, before aviana nodded slightly.

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the runners each made their way back, a good hour before the walls closed. aviana played with the harness on her body. it fit her just perfectly. it was different than the other runners because it ran to her waist, making her curves stand out slightly.

she walked over to newt who was busy with the garden. "where is thomas?" she questioned, not seeing the new guy. he pointed towards the forest.

"i sent him to gather fertilizer, he's been there a while though, must've got lost. would you go and fetch him?" aviana nodded, before making her way towards the dense trees. she sighed, before her head shot up when she heard thomas's cries for help.

"hey! hey! help!" she raced to see ben on top of thomas, he looked like he wanted to kill him. she came up behind him, and placed him in a chokehold, dragging him back to the floor.

"i'll kill you!" he seethed at thomas. thomas flew himself away from ben and raised himself to his feet.

"what's the hell is wrong with him?" thomas asked, out of breath, seeing ben struggle against aviana.

"hold him down." newt said, as alby with the other gladers, who helped aviana keep him still. "calm down, ben."

"what the hell happened?" newt asked thomas, thomas looked between him and ben.

"he just attacked me!" everyone struggled, as newt asked if thomas was okay.

ben began crying, "no. no.." he dragged out, as alby's eyes dragged down to his shirt.

"lift his shirt." everyone looked between one another, gally glanced at alby. "lift his shirt." he repeated, gally reached down as ben let out wails of protest. he lifted up his shirt to see an infected looking hole in his stomach.

"he's been stung." alby cursed, newt sent him a look of confusion.

"in the middle of the day?" aviana's eyebrows furrowed at his comments, but then when the realization of what ben had to face made her face go back to an emotionless state. they lifted ben up.