1. FIGHTER - the maze runner, newt

Chapter 11

"If you kill me...you'll be killin' the wrong one," He head snapped towards us, making my insides jump, "They're the shanks you should and want to kill."

His voice was written in madness.

But the question I asked him earlier appeared in my head once again;

What did I do?

"Don't be stupid, Ben. Thomas and Ame just got here. There ain't nothin' to worry 'bout. You're still buggin' from the Changing. Get back to bed." Alby spoke calmly, keeping his weapon drawn.

"They are not one of us!" Ben shook with anger.

"Listen, Ame is as apart of us as any other Glader. And Thomas-" Alby tried to reason.

"I saw them- he...she...they're bad. We have to kill them. I'll gut the boy! You hang the girl!" Ben glared at us, his words laced with insanity and hatred.

Ben frightened me.

And his words.

When he said that I should be hanged, I nearly jumped out of my skin. Why does this boy have such hatred upon Thomas and I?

What did we do?

What did I do?

"You leave that to me and the Keepers to figure out, shuck-face." When Alby responded this, I couldn't help but snap my head to him. How is he staying so calm and collected about this?

"They'll wanna bring us back. Bring us home. They'll wanna get us out of the Maze. Better we jumped off the cliff! Better we all tear each other's guts out!" Ben screamed, making shivers run up my spine in fear.

"What're you talking about-" Thomas asked, looking at Ben with a mixture of fear and confusion before getting interrupted,

"Shut your face!" Ben screamed.

"Ben, I'm gonna count to three...." Alby said calmly, tightening his grip on the bow.

"They're bad, they're bad, they're bad...," Ben whispered, chanting the same words over and over again.

"One...," Alby said loudly.

Ben turned to us, and it looked like he was staring into our souls. I didn't understand. Why does he hate us? What could Thomas or I could have done to this boy to make him hate us so much?

That's when he smiled. But not just any "joking" or "kind" smile, it was filled with hate and madness just like everything else about him was filled with.

"Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad..." He smiled, exposing his yellowish-white sharp teeth, while cocking his head to the side.

"Two..." Alby almost shouted, stretching the bow further back.

"Ben, I'm not...I-I-I-I don't even know what-" Thomas started before I interrupted him.

"Ben we don't want you hurt just st-" I began before being interrupted by a strange scream by Ben. It was almost a battle cry. It looked like it took all his energy.

Then he booked it towards us.

"Three!" Alby shouted, letting the arrow fly.

I watched in horror as Ben launched over at me. He stared me dead into my soul while still chanting.

I watched as the arrow pierced his head, making his head snap to the left. I watched as that small fatal arrow killed the sick boy. It was gruesome. I wanted to look away but I couldn't. It was like my body was punishing itself for making this boy crazy. I didn't make him crazy. The grievers did. Just I couldn't help but feel like it's my fault.

Before I could comprehend what was happening, the corpse of Ben fell on top of my petrified figure. I squealed as the use-to-be-sick boy's body fell onto me.

I covered my face with my hands, now realizing that I was shaking. Keeping my eyes closed, I pushed the corpse off of me, making his upper-body roll off to the right.

My hands dug into the ground, feeling dirt and tiny grains of sand make their way under my nails. I stood with grunt, pressing my hand to my wound as my heavy pants began to slow. I closed my eyes, gathering my thoughts before allowing myself to absorb anymore.

I didn't bother to look over at the body. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty. But I did speak.

"That's the second time someone has fallen onto me." I breathed to myself with a breathy laugh. It was humorless, of course.

I opened my eyes, then slowly looked over to the corpse who laid twitching on the forest floor.

But just as I was beginning to walk away, my eyes were met with the dead, cold grey eyes that belonged to the empty body of Ben the sick boy. The boy who went mad because of me.

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