The next day on the glade was surprisingly calm after the arrival of the bots the previous night as Thomas was assigned to work with Newt on farming some of the plants in the glade while the two bots kept to themselves near the forest of the glade.
"Have you guys ever tried climbing the wall yourselves?" Thomas asked Newt.
"Well if two giant robots couldn't, what makes you think we could?" Newt asked with a surprised look.
"Well what about the Box, you know the next time it comes up?" Thomas asked Newt.
"Box won't go back down with someone in it." Newt said, still digging through the dirt.
Thomas opened back up his mouth to suggest another idea but Newt stopped him. "No, we already tried it okay twice. The only way out of here is through the Maze." Newt said.
"You know the more I think about it, it seems really convenient they wanted these walls to be big enough so giant robots couldn't get over them." Thomas said while eyeing the two bots having a private conversation across the glade. "Well that probably wasn't their bloody intention but ya, Personally I stopped overthinking the creators a long time ago. You should try it, it'll make you feel better." Newt claimed, then grabbed a bucket and tossed it to Thomas.
"Make yourself useful and go dig us up more fertilizer." Newt asked, Thomas nodded and walked off towards the woods.
As Thomas was walking towards the tree line he looked up at the bots for as second as he walked by and Bee gave a friendly smile, Thomas returned it as he walked past the treeline.
"You know something's different about that kid." Wheeljack claimed, gaining Bumblebee's attention. "What makes you say that?" Bumblebee asked.
"He's the only one who didn't run away when we showed up." Wheeljack said, Bumblebee looked off for a second and realized he was right.
"Well, we can try to get to know him before trying to bombard him with any questions." Bumblebee claimed and Wheeljack nodded.
IN THE WOODS
Thomas continued to walk across the fallen leaves, hearing a satisfying crunch with every step he took. As he headed to the spot where he heard fertilizer was most common, as he got closer he looked down at his feet and realized there were bones around him on the ground and he saw a grave marked George.
He knelt down to get a closer look at and realized he should ask Alby about this later. And when he got back up and turned around he saw Ben whom he saw yesterday coming back to the glade from the Maze, standing there sweaty with black eyes.
Despite the bad feeling Thomas was getting, he tried to keep things calm.
"Ben, right? I don't know If we ever-" Thomas started, but was interrupted by Ben breathing heavily all of a sudden and seeming to look very feral.
"Are you okay?" Thomas asked, getting worried then Ben lunged at him and tackled him to the ground and held down his arms. Thomas tried to kick him off to no avail.
"Get the hell off me!" Thomas yelled, but Ben didn't listen and continued to push him down and breathe heavily.
"It's your fault! I saw you, you did this." Ben seethed in anger and started to make his nails dig into Thomas's skin. Thomas yelled in pain in response and tried reaching for the shovel he was given, but couldn't reach it. He then saw a nearby animal skull, grabbed it and slammed it into the side of Ben's head knocking him off.
Thomas immediately got on his feet and took off, running back towards the Glade while yelling for help. When Thomas reached a hill, Ben lunged at him again only to send them both tumbling down the hill. When they both got up, Ben was still trying to grab at Thomas's feet in an attempt to grab him like his life depended on it.
It was then Thomas finally broke through the tree line and was still calling for help, then Thomas fell as his leg was grabbed and Ben got on top of him and held him down again.
"I'll kill you!" Ben yelled before some loud booms were heard, to the left of them and Ben was suddenly grabbed by a large metal hand and was hanging upside down from Wheeljack's hand. Ben tried to fight from his grasp so hard he actually almost slipped.
Then to stop the boy from falling to his death he quickly grabbed the boy by the crotch and Ben yelled in pain.
"PUT HIM DOWN!" Gally yelled to the bot, thinking he was trying to kill him. Wheeljack rolled his optics and dropped him on the grass, he pushed everyone away and tried to run at Thomas again but was quickly knocked down by Newt hitting him with a stick.
Everyone grabbed Ben and held him down as everyone tried to calm him down.
"What the hell happened?" Jeff asked Thomas.
"He just attacked me." Thomas responded while rubbing his arm, Ben looked down at his stomach and Alby's eyes followed his, sending Ben into panic.
"No, no." Ben pleaded, now getting worried for his life.
"Alright, lift his shirt." Alby asked, Gally obliged and on his chest was a nasty hole with black veins coming out of it.
"He's been stung." Newt claimed and everyone had a surprised look on their face.
"In the middle of the day?" Gally asked, surprised.
"NO! NO! PLEASE!" Ben pleaded but everyone ignored him.
"Med-Jack!" Alby yelled, gesturing to the medics who ran over to the jack and tied Ben down to it, lifting him off to the medical building.
LATER THAT DAY
Both Alby and Thomas were on the watchtower to discuss what happened.
"We haven't been able to hear a clear word out of Ben since it happened, what did he say to you?" Alby asked calmly.
"He said I did this and that this was my fault, how is this my fault?" Thomas asked, confused.
"We call it the changing, it's when someone gets stung by a Griever. But the weird thing about this one is it happened in the middle of the day." Alby claimed, then gestured for Thomas to follow him.
They climbed down the tower and walked towards The Maze doors, they stopped at a wall next to it. They saw various names of the Gladers Thomas has come to meet and some had lines across them and to his surprise he saw his own name there.
"Why are some crossed out?" Thomas asked and Alby got a somber look on his face.
"Dark days, Thomas." Alby claimed, then Thomas pointed at Ben's name and Alby just stared.
A FEW HOURS LATER
Almost all of the boys around the glade gathered at the Maze doors as the sun started to fall and even Wheeljack and Bumblebee watched from a distance, Ben was brought over by Minho he had his hands tied behind his back and was wearing ragged pants and a small tank top.
"No, Minho please." Ben pleaded, but Minho ignored him and pushed him into the circle of boys. Ben puked up a strange liquid before looking up at Alby with a terrified look.
"No, please don't." Ben said while his lips were quivering.
Then the large gust of wind blew, indicating the Maze doors were about to close.
"Poles!" Alby yelled, then all of the boys in the circle pointed large sticks toward Ben and started pushing him towards the doors. As they were starting to slowly close.
"No! Please! I can get better! Please!" Ben yelled, begging for his life. Thomas and Chuck were watching the banishment from afar and Chuck walked away, not being able to bear the event for a second longer and even Bumblebee got a griefful look on his face. Both Bots walked over.
Then Ben was pushed past the doors and was in the maze just before they closed, he looked back at the group and gave one last gut-wrenching scream. As the doors were closed completely everyone bowed their heads for a second, before Alby looked at Thomas and the Bots and explained with a few simple words.
HE BELONGS TO THE MAZE NOW
ESTÁS LEYENDO
Unity at Dawn (Maze Runner and TFP Crossover)
Fanfiction(Co-Written by BlatenHero and Soundwave-Megatron) A boy arrives in a deadly Maze with his memory gone and he has to fight to survive and help his fellow Gladers escape and learn the 3 rules of being a Maze Runner Always Be Alert Bring Back Hope Neve...
