Y/N gently stroked the cow’s snout, completely lost in her own thoughts that she didn’t even realize someone was trying to speak to her, that was until she felt a rough grip on her shoulder.
“Jesus, can you ever pay attention?” It was Gally. Working in the barn was her only escape from reality of living in the glade, but somehow Gally always managed to ruin that for her.
“I’m sorry…is everything alright?” She asked him. He rolled his eyes in annoyance.
“No, those damn chickens that you are responsible for got out again and are in our way of building the new camp.” Y/N just smiled and shook her head. She left the cow’s stall and made her way outside where she saw the chickens grazing on the ground. She quietly walked over and with no issues she was able to pick up the first chicken, then the second, and so on till they were returned back to their coop.
“They aren’t afraid of us so they are easy to round back up.” She told him closing the coop door.
“It doesn’t matter, it shouldn’t happen.” He barked at her. Ever since she arrived at the glade two months ago, Gally has had something against her, she wasn’t sure what she did and she is convinced it was nothing.
“Accidents happen Gally…it was taken care of.” It was as if she insulted him, she threw his hands in their air.
“Accidents can’t happen Y/N, accidents are what gets us killed out here!” His tone was harsh, he was shouting in her face. She tried to back away from him, but she was trapped by the chicken coop.
“Back off Gally.” It was Winston, she closed her eyes and sighed in relief when Gally moved away from her.
“Tell her to get it together or she goes out in the maze because she’s useless here she might as well be useless out there.” His words stung, she felt the tears form in her eyes. She looked down and felt the hot tears drip down her cheeks.
“Get the hell out of here Gally.” Winston told him.
“I’m serious Winston.” Gally warned.
“Excuse me.” Y/N said she pushed past the two boys, she ran to her bunk and laid down in her hammock.
Y/N sat beside Chuck and the new boy Thomas during dinner, avoiding any glares from Gally.
“I heard Stella will be giving birth soon.” Chuck said.
“Any day now.” Y/N spoke.
“I can’t wait, I’ve never seen a baby cow before-“
“That’s if she can keep it alive long enough.” She heard Gally mumble, abusing his building buddies to laugh. Y/N looked over at him, a smile of amusement on his face. She couldn’t take it anymore, she couldn’t keep letting him treat her this way and think it was okay. She stood up, she walked around, and he laughed, thinking she would just leave and let him win. Not this time. She took a full cup of water from the table discreetly and made her way towards him, from behind him she poured the cup over his head, the cold water falling onto him. He quickly shot up, she moved away and glared up at him.
“What the hell!” He shouted.
“I am done with you treating me like this.” She told him calmly.
“Then stop screwing up everything you do.”
“Last time I checked the chickens keep escaping from the coop that you and your goons built.” A few people in the room laughed, which Gally didn’t like.
“You want to act tough now?” He stepped closer to her and got in her face. “Don’t get scared now, it’s just getting good.”
“Enough, the two of you. Come with me now.” It was the voice of Gally.
Y/N walked behind Alby with her head down. She doesn’t like to cause issues, she also doesn’t like to bother Alby. He led them into the main cabin where they held meetings.
“Why are you two are constantly going at each other?“ Alby asked.
“Alby I am sorry for what I did-“
“Why are you apologizing to him? I am the one who has water all over them.” Gally said.
“I am not sorry for what I did to you…I am sorry for causing a scene. I am not apologizing for that.”
“You two need to learn to get along. We are building and sustaining a community, a community that needs to get along.” Alby said to them.
“I don’t need to get along with anyone to keep surviving. She is always doing something that messes with either my guys and I or someone else.”
“That’s not true.” She argued.
“Tell that to the crops we had to trash last week because your damn cow got loose.”
“Because of the loose hinge you put on her stall. Winston is the one who fixed it properly.”
“Now I can’t do my job right?” He was getting heated again and Alby stepped between the two.
“I’m just saying stop coming for me when you make mistakes too.”
“The only mistake I’ll make is not getting rid of you when I have the chance.”
“Enough Gally…go cool off.” Alby ordered him. Y/N remained silent, how was she supposed to react to that?
Days went by and Y/N kept to herself and work. She made sure nothing happened with the chickens, the livestock, and herself. She decided to work late today because she was avoiding Gally by any means and sometimes that meant late dinners. She sat with Stella who was laying down, she was close to giving birth and Y/N didn’t want to leave her side.
“Why aren’t they closing!?” She heard shouting, she got up and peeked out of the barn, she noticed the maze doors weren’t closed, normally at the time they were. Panic was flooding the Glade.
“I swear this is Greenie's fault.” She heard the voice of Gally, always finding someone to blame. “We need to get those doors closed.” Y/N was about to leave the barn till she heard the most terrifying screech.
She knew staying in the barn wasn’t a safe option for her or the livestock. She quietly walked into the chaos, avoiding being seen. She had to find a safe place to hide. Around her were cries for help, screaming from fear. She found herself at the meeting hall, she thought this could be a safe place till she heard snarling from behind her.
Her body froze. She slowly turned around. A Griever had his stinger up ready to impale her. It creeped closer and as it did, she would step back. It let out the worst growl that made her cover her ears, this was the end. She waited for the pain to start, for the stinger to stab her, but it never happened. She opened her eyes and saw Gally standing above the now dead creature, a large wooden steak in its head.
“Gally.” She spoke. He moved away from the Griever and towards her. Despite what the two have been going through, she didn’t care. She ran towards him and wrapped her arms around him. “Thank you.” She felt tears fall from her eyes. She wasn’t expecting him to return the hug, but he did. Within seconds she felt safe in his embrace.
“Let’s find the others.” He pulled away from her, clearing his throat, she nodded her head and followed him.
The night was long but eventually the sun rose and the Grievers retreated back into the maze. Y/N listened as a meeting was being commenced, many were dead, including their leader Alby. Gally was on a rampage, he was impossible to reason with. She listened as he wanted to send Thomas into the maze, convinced he was the reason for this happening. Newt couldn’t get a word in to try to calm anyone down.
“You know what…do what you guys want. That’s what will happen anyways.” Gally spoke.
“We can’t stay here anymore Gally. The doors won’t close anymore, it’s our chance to find a way out.” Thomas said.
“We know a way.” Minho added. “With numbers we can make it out there.”
“What numbers, we lost too many last night.” Gally argued.
“We shouldn’t fight about this.” Y/N spoke up.
“I agree, we need to vote.” Newt added.
“Go ahead and vote.” Gally left the meeting, Y/N quickly followed behind.
“What happened with the two of them last night?” Chuck asked.
“Gally…now isn’t the time to run off.” She grabbed his hand to stop him from walking any further.
“Go back Y/N. Last night didn’t make us friends.”
“I know…and that is fine but I mean it. We need to figure out what our next step is.” He snatched his hand away roughly.
“There is no “our” or “we”. Go back to them and just leave.”
“Not without you.” She choked, she never would admit it to herself but she always had feelings for Gally. Despite the way he treated her, but now, she could lose him and she couldn’t bare that.
“You don’t need me out there.”
“I do, I needed you last night and you were there. Any time something needed to be fixed in the barn you were right there or when the animals got loose. You are always there.”
“What are you going on about?“
“Are you that oblivious Gally?”
“No, I’m just sparing you from getting hurt.” He told her. “Go with them.” She shook her head no. If being with him meant staying in the Glade, then she would.
“You don’t want to stay here. You want to leave and I’m not going to be the reason you regret your decision.” He stepped closer to her.
“Then come with us. It’s not safe here anymore.” She argued. “We can see what is out there, beyond the Glade.”
“Y/N go with them.” He pushed. She gently took his hand in hers, searching for any reason why he would stay, was he scared? Too prideful? “When I said I would get rid of you…I didn’t mean it.” She smiled, knowing this was going to be a goodbye. She nodded her head, tears blurring her vision, he released her hand and wiped her tears. She leaned into his touch, not wanting to forget what it felt like.
“Just don’t…don’t disappear because when we find help I’ll make sure se come back-“
“I know, I know I couldn’t escape you that easily.” He joked, his laugh was stale and painful. “You should go.” She looked up at him, everything in her wanted to lean up and kiss him, but she knew that would make it harder to leave. He let her go and back away.
“I…I’ll be back okay.” He nodded his head, knowing that was going to a promise not kept.
Leaving the maze wasn’t easy, she never imagined she would be stepping foot into the death trap, but there she was, running for her life trying to keep up. It wasn’t till they reached an old building that they knew they were safe.
At least that is what they thought. Y/N held tightly onto Chuck’s, the building they entered was a lab, with the word WCKD all over it.
“What does WCKD mean?” Chuck asked.
“I don’t know but I have a feeling we will find out soon.” Thomas answered.
“No you won’t.” Everyone turned, Gally was standing there with a gun pointed at Thomas. Y/N gripped Chuck.
“Gally, how did you find us?” Newt asked. “And the gun?”
“Tell them the truth Thomas, I know who you really are and they have to know. Tell them how you work for WCKD.” Gally cocked the gun.
“He was stung.” Chuck whispered.
“I don’t know who WCKD is Gally.” Thomas reasoned. “I am just like you, I don’t have any memory before the Glade.”
“Gally put the gun down.” Y/N spoke.
“This is to protect all of you.” Within seconds disaster struck, Minho threw a spear at Gally, impaling him, the gun shot off and Y/N felt the grip in her loosen, Chuck fell to the ground. It was a blur to Y/N, Thomas was on the ground holding Chuck in his arms, blood covered the poor boy. She looked towards Gally, the gun laying beside him, his eyes barely open. She ran to him, kneeLing down. His body was covered with dark veins, the spear gorged into his chest.
“I’m sorry.” He cried. Blood dripped from his mouth. She gently stroked his cheek, wiping his tears like he did for her back at the Glade.
“It wasn’t you. It was the sting.” She assured him, he began to cough, she knew this wasn’t good for him.
“Is he okay?” He asked, she knew who he was referring to, she turned back to Thomas, he had placed Chuck on the ground, crying over the boy's limp body.
“Shh, it’s alright.” She gripped his hand. Blood everywhere. She was about to say something but the sound of the lab door swung open, she looked and a swarm of men in military armor barged the room, snatching the group up. She looked back at Gally, his eyes were closed. She tried to stay with him. She felt a set of arms wrap around her waist and pull her away from. She cried and lashed around trying to break free but it was useless. She took one more glance at the Gally before he was out of her sight.
There will be part two soon!
