Bound by Maze - Newt x Reader

Chapter 3 - Remembering his Name

Just as Ben had made an attempt to punch Winston in the face, Winston came back faster than Ben did and punched him across the face. Ben stumbled backwards from the blow and fell out of the circle of Galders. There were some cheers and laughs from everyone as they watched Adam fall. Soon after, Winston and a Med-Jack helped Ben to his feet and made sure he was alright.

"Winston's sure good at fighting," commented Chuck as we watched Ben sit down on a stump nearby.

I nodded, "Yeah," I said, as I watched Ben for a while as he took a sip of water from a cup another boy handed to him. "But it also didn't seem too fair since Ben doesn't seem to be doing too well tonight."

Chuck looked over at Ben and shrugged, "I think we're all kinda tired from today."

I sighed, "I guess you're right." I said, then spotted Gally step into the circle.

Chuck looked to where I was looking, "Here we go." he said, "Gally's probably going to show off to the Greenie how strong he is to keep his title."

"Yes, and I wonder who he's going to pick," I commented curiously, as Gally looked around our circle of Gladers.

As I watched Gally look around, his eyes locked onto someone outside of the circle we had all created. When I looked to see where he was looking, I saw the Greenie and Newt. At that moment, I suddenly realized that Gally had been scanning for the Greenie the whole time.

"Gally's challenging the Greenie?" I questioned, slightly surprised since Gally and the Greenie's other encounters with each other didn't go too well. This will just make things worse between them.

The Greenie spotted Gally looking at him, "What do you say Greenie?" Gally asked as all of us looked at him. "Want to see what you're made of?"

The Greenie fell silent, unsure of what to do, then a few Gladers started chanting his name, encouraging him to fight Gally. Within moments, the chanting grew louder as more and more joined in.

I looked over at Newt who I could see was unsure yet very curious about seeing the Greenie fight against Gally. As the chanting continued, the Greenie finally gave in, earning the chanting to become cheers of excitement.

Newt stepped back so that the Greenie and Gally were the only ones clearly in the circle.

"Alright," began Gally, as he walked around the circle, "You're going to fight, and you better fight good or else you'll embarrass us."

'Embarrass us'? Now what's on Gally's mind that he's talking like that.

Gally's eyes suddenly locked with mine and I finally understood what he had ment. I had no idea how to even respond then a few other Gladers began chanting my name just like they had done for the Greenie. Although there were a few who seemed reluctant of me fighting the Greenie, knowing I was a girl.

"Come on, Y/N," said Gally, motioning for me to join him and the Greenie in the circle.

I hesitated at first then slowly made my way into the circle which was surrounded with claps of excitement. As I scanned around the circle of boys, I noticed Newt who gave me a nod of encouragement even though I knew that he was worried about both me and the Greenie.

"The rules are simple," said Gally, as the Greenie and I looked back at him. "Whichever one of you gets the other out of the circle first wins."

We both nodded, then Gally stepped out of the inner circle. The Greenie and I looked at each other for a while as we both stood on opposite sides of the circle. Suddenly, Gally shouted for us to begin and there were even more shouts of excitement from the other Gladers.

The Greenie and I began to approach each other carefully but both of us didn't want to take the first move. We both began to move in a circle around each other until I finally decided to take action so that we could get this over with.

I swung quickly at the Greenie's face and made contact, causing the Greenie to fall on the ground. There were cheers and some laughs from the other Gladers as they watched the beginning of our fight. I bit my lip lightly, hoping that my hit didn't hurt him badly.

Some of the boys from the outer circle helped the Greenie back onto his feet and shoved him back to my direction. "Come on, Greenie!" I heard some of the other Gladers shout, as the Greenie still seemed slightly hesitant to fight me.

I knew that if I were to just quickly get him out of the circle, the fight would be done for the night.

Just as I was about to make another move, I was caught by surprise as the Greenie lunged towards me and punched me in the face. I stumbled backwards and put my hand to my forehead which I could tell would have a large bump on it the next day.

As I finally balanced myself, the Greenie lunged at me again, trying to punch me in the face. Although not like before, this time I was ready and quickly avoided his punch. Now with surprise on my side, I swiftly came around to the back of the Greenie and punched him in the back. He stumbled forward but was able to regain his balance. Then, he came back at me again and yet again, I avoided his attack, this time causing him to fall forward.

There were some laughs as he hit the ground and for some reason, the Greenie was on the ground longer than I had thought he would. I began to feel bad and began to approach him but just as I did, he swung his legs across the ground and hit my feet, causing me to fall backwards.

The air suddenly got knocked out of me and I saw the Greenie get back up. But just as he did so, I swung my legs across the ground like he did to me and made him fall on his back. The laughing and cheering from the other Gladers continued as I got up.

Just as I did finally get up, the Greenie tried to get up and I quickly kicked him back down with my foot. The Greenie laid there for a little while then said something that I could quite hear. Then, he began saying it again, "Thomas," he began, as he finally got himself to his feet, "My name, it's Thomas!"

Everyone began to cheer and clap, happy that he had finally remembered his name. I looked over at Newt who had a smile on his face as he clapped along. Then, I spotted Alby and Minho who were doing the same thing.

All of the Gladers caved the circle inward as they all walked over to congratulate Thomas on remembering his name. Newt suddenly walked up behind me and I turned around, a smile on my face.

"What an adrenaline rush," I commented to Newt, who nodded.

"Yeah, you did really good out there, Y/N." he said.

"Thanks," I replied, as we both began to walk over to Thomas to congratulate him on finally remembering his name.