The First Glader | The Maze Runner || Newt x OC

Chapter 1: No Way Out

Song: Llora Llora by Milo j & AKRIILA

In a cold, hard box, a girl awakens to thunderous sounds. Machinery whirling, beeps, and darkness are all she sees as her eyes flutter open. In a swift motion, she picks herself up, her legs heavy, and a massive pounding on her head that makes her lose her balance slightly. Stumbling back into another cold, hard metal wall, she turns and grips the surface full of holes. It takes her a moment before she finally gathers herself. She turns her head around, but darkness is the only thing that meets her eyes. Her mouth was dry, sweat beading on her forehead. She lifts her palm in front of her, slightly seeing a dark silhouette of her fingers. She lets out a shaky breath, as if to reassure herself she's real.

It takes her a bit before she shouts. "Hello?"

Her voice sends a shiver down her spine, as if a foreign sound had come out of her, frightened by her own words.

"Hello!" She yells louder, but no response.

Where the hell am I? She can't help but think about the situation. She could not remember how she got there or where she even was. So with not much more to do, she travels the wall down until her hands are touching the same cold metal on the floor.

A cage? She doesn't take long to make assumptions.

She begins traveling around the so-called 'cage,' almost crawling as she bumps into objects.

What the hell! What is this?! She jumps in place as her hands travel over the containers, soft, sometimes hard, objects scatter around her. She feels fabric, clothes, maybe- and keeps examining everything around her. It's not long before she figures out the shape of this 'cage'. It's a pretty big box, all sides, even the floor and ceiling, in a sturdy, cold metal with finger-sized openings.

Am I trapped here? Why? Who? Trying to remember what happened that led her to this predicament. But nothing came to mind, not a single thing.

"Hello!" She tries again, loudly, her voice raspy and hoarse.

But again, no response.

Just as she stands once more, sighing loudly, a loud thunderous noise accompanied by the shaking of the box makes her fall on her back.

"Ah-" She yelps, fabric softening her landing. "What the fuck!"

The box moves up, shaking violently as the velocity increases. The girl grips the cage's floor in fear, her heart pounding, startled.

"Hello!"

"Help!"

"There's someone here!" The girl pleads in fear as if someone could hear her over the blasting noise of the box rapidly ascending.

"Someone help!!"

"HELP!"

Dammit!

She shuts her eyes as her muscles tense, tears starting to form at the end of her eyes. Her focus shifts when a distant light surfaces up ahead. She looks up as the light grows closer. She stands, holding herself steady against the wall, as rays of light flash through the ceiling holes.

What?- Wait... is that? Her lips curl into a hopeful smile, which freezes the moment she notices the light growing even bigger and closer.

Wait!

Stop!

Stop!

Fuck I'm gonna crash! She curses in her mind as she quickly throws herself to the floor and braces for impact.