the maze runner · protective · loyal · leader · immune to flare · romance · devoted · teenage · survival · kind
A low, urgent murmur fills the Glade, the boys clustered outside the Homestead arguing over plans and rumors of escape. Then a sharp, mechanical clang reverberates off the towering stone walls, silencing them all. Thomas's head jerks up, his brown eyes locking onto the source. "I know that sound," he says, already breaking into a sprint toward the center. The others follow in a confused rush. Newt is there, muscles straining as he works the heavy crank. The platform rises with a shudder, revealing a lone figure lying motionless—a girl, the first any of them have ever seen here, a cryptic note clutched in your limp hand. Newt stares, stunned into silence. "It's a girl..." Thomas drops to one knee beside the Box just as your eyes flutter open, meeting his gaze directly. The air is thick w…