Part 2: The Maze

The Final Chapter

I collapse onto a heap of boys. Newt groaned underneath me.

"Oops sorry." I said.

After we all got back to standing up on our feet I walk over to Thomas who is sitting at a computer.

"How'd you do it?" I asked. I could tell Thomas was the one who shut the Grievers down.

"It was the code. Float, Catch, Bleed, Death, Stiff, Push. It deactivated the Grievers." Thomas explained.

"I guess the code wasn't useless after all." I said.

"So what now?" Frypan asked. Good question. I look around the dark room.

"Hey there's something over here." Minho said. We all walked over to where Minho was. A dark hole was in the wall.

"It looks like a slide." Newt said.

"Well what do we do?" Winston asked.

"I guess that's the way out so go down it." I said.

"Ladies first then." Minho said. I rolled my eyes and sat down at the top of the slide. I took a deep breath then went down the dark slide.

When I reached the bottom I looked around. All there was was a corridor. It was dark though so I couldn't see. Safe enough. I told the rest of the boys to come down. One by one the boys slid down the slide. Once the last one was out Minho takes a step into the hall. Suddenly lights flickered on lighting up the hallway. Before us was a long straight corridor. I don't know if it was to make me feel safe or not but I had my bow ready in my hand just in case something decides to pop out. With Newt by my side we walked down the corridor.

When we finally reached the end there was a door with a sigh above it that said exit.

"Seriously?" Frypan said. We all chuckled a little bit. Minho slowly opens the door. And in the room was another horrifying sight. Men and women in white lab coats were laying on the floor dead. Gunshot wounds. There are computers everywhere. Some of the screens have the Glade and Maze on them. They were watching us this whole time. I watched as Thomas clicked a button then the big screen in the middle of the room turned on. A lady in white was sitting in a chair looking at the camera. People in lab coats were working behind her. It's a video. The lady began talking.

"Hello. My name is Dr. Ava Paige. I'm director of operations of the World In Catastrophe Killzone Experiment Department. If you're watching this that means you successfully completed the Maze Trials. I wish I could be there in person to congratulate you but circumstances seem to have prevented it." The lady explained. The people in lab coats started running around grabbing papers and stuffing them in brief cases. I could hear an alarm sounding in the video. The lady kept talking.

"I'm sure by now you must all be very confused, angry, frightened. I can only assure you that everything that's happened to you, everything we've done to you, it was all done for a reason. You won't remember but the sun has scorched our world. Billions of lives lost to fire, famine, suffering on a global scale. The fallout was unimaginable. What came after was worse. We called it the Flare. A deadly virus that attacks the brain. It is violent, unpredictable, incurable. Or so we thought. In time a new generation emerges that could survive the virus. Suddenly there was a reason to hope for a cure. But finding it would not be easy. The young would have to be tested, even sacrificed inside harsh environments, where their brain activity could be studied. All in an effort to understand what makes them different. What makes you different. You may not realize it, but you're very important." Ava explained. Suddenly people in uniforms showed up and started shooting at people. Gunfire was all over the place. However Ava ignored it and kept explaining.