CHEATING DEATH - A Maze Runners' Tale • 001

CHAPTER 1

"there's two of them which one do we send to group b?" A man asked.

"Send the stronger one." Another man replied.

"What about the other girl?" He asked again.

"Kill her. We don't need her." The man from before replied.

Not today! I thought as I opened my eyes and started fighting the sedative thing I had been shot with. I was being dragged down a hall to a room with a large "b" over the door. Out of me and my twin sister rosie I was definitely the weaker one. I never thought being defiant would get me killed but I guess missing meals had a consequence.

If I didn't make a run for that cage now I would lose my life. I was already beginning to forget it at this point. As I managed to wiggle out of the firm grip of the guard beside me I broke into the fastest sprint of my life which proved to be quite fast as I almost made it to the door in record time.

That was until I was slammed into what felt like a door by the guard carrying Rosie. I tried to scream her name but I was dragged into the room I had slammed into and everything went black. I couldn't see anything but I felt a cloth being brushed across the side of my head before I was gently tossed somewhere.

By gently I mean my head hit something hard and metal and I blacked out. The last thing I felt was cold wire smushing into my face as I rolled to the ground laying on my stomach.

•~❇️~•

I began stirring what felt like hours later and as I stumbled to get to my feet I felt a jolt of the moving cage I was thrown into a while earlier. With the jolt came a crashing body and my already sore head bashed with another skull and I fell to the ground in pain. I heard groaning from above me before the other body crashed to the ground.

Unlucky I was the cushion for the body and as I had lifted my head to look around at flashing lights it was slammed back into the cage. I was barely holding onto conceousnes and I felt blood dripping down my forehead. I inched my hand to my face and felt a gash just below my hairline. I wiped it away with my sweaty sleeve and pulled my hood over my head to keep pressure on the wound.

The cage came to a halt seconds later and the body on top of me got off and I assumed they stood up because as a door opened above casting I bright light over me there was a shadow of a boys figure hovering over me.

"Why are their two greenies?" A distant voice of a young man said.

"Get 'em out you shuck-face." Another distant voice replied.

There was a bang as someone jumped into the cage and hoisted me up from the ground. I squirmed out of his grip and fell back to the bottom of the cage and turned over quickly. I wrenched my hood off my head to get a better look at my surroundings and there was a collective gasp from above me.

About twenty or thirty boys hovered over me looking at me like I was the weirdest thing they had ever laid eyes on. One of the boys who was tall and blonde jumped down into the cage as the other boy dragged my companion out on a rope.

The blonde boy held out a dirty hand to me and smiled. It was an intrigued smile as he tilted his head to the side and watched my reaction.

"What's your name?" He asked in an odd accent unlike the rest of the boys still hovering over me.

"I- I don't know. I don't remember anything. I remember remembering but I can't put a finger on anything." I said quickly as I took his hand and he helped me to my feet.