Atomic [Newt || Maze Runner]

[Chapter 6] ✙ Marie

[Chapter 6] ✙ Marie

"Ah, there you are.

Welcome back.

Today, I wanted to go off on a tangent and tell a little side-story, if you don't mind.

Why?

Well, you want to know why Eden was crying last time, don't you? I promise this little pit-stop can provide an answer to that.

Oh, don't worry about it. Conversations go off the rails all the time, especially when it comes to storytelling.

Haven't you ever had that conversation where you start at one point but keep veering off-track as new and more interesting topics come up? You always end up wondering how you got from your original topic to where you end up.

Don't worry; I won't do that. I promise.

And you trust your lovely narrator, don't you?

So just for today, let me tell you a story of my choice.

It's one of my favourites, after all."

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Inhaling a sharp and sudden breath, her eyes snapped open as the world immediately began to spiral out of control.

Flashing colours scrolled across her vision, terrifying the young girl as she nestled herself into the nearest corner of the ascending metal box, pulling her knees to her chest.

In the sinking darkness of her mind, she could barely make out the faces of the three most important people in her life. Her elder brothers.

But just as she reached out to grasp for them, an endless sinkhole opened at the base of her skull, rapidly draining away every last one of her memories that made her... her.

She buried her head in her hands, letting out a shrilling scream as she begged for it to stop. The elevator, the loud rattling, and the oblivion pipe that continued to dump the rest of her fragile memories into a dark abyss where they would never be seen again.

Soon, she began to forget the forgetting as a hollow feeling overtook her. She knew that something precious had been stolen from her, that it had forcefully ripped away, but she didn't remember what. As a matter of fact, she couldn't remember anything anymore. Her name, her identity, and her life led up to the very moment where she sat motionlessly in an upward moving shaft. All of that was nothing but a jumbled blur.

The world suddenly lurched to a halt as the lights surrounding her shone a dangerous red before flickering to green. Then with an ear-screeching noise, the sky began to open, and she was instantly blinded by a rain of light.