Lizzie couldn't sleep at all that night because she couldn't stop thinking about Minho, Alby, and Thomas. She hoped that they could make it, but with Alby hurt. She wasn't sure if they were going to make it. Unfortunately, no one made it a night in the maze.

"You look tired." Jeff noticed.

"Thanks, Captain Obvious." She sarcastically comments. "I couldn't sleep at all because I was worried about them."

"They'll be fine," Jeff reassures her, pointing at her. "You need sleep."

"No, I don't. I'm fine." Lizzie shook her head as she yawned. Jeff crossed his arms, staring at her with raised eyebrows.

"Okay, so maybe I need sleep." Lizzie sighs. "But we have work to do."

She heard the familiar sound of the door opening and looked out the window. "Come on in, the door is opening." She walked out of the hut, not wanting to be lectured about needing sleep by Jeff.

She walks to the door of the maze seeing that some of the Gladers were already there waiting. "Guys, get up." Chuck told them when he noticed the door opening. Lizzie stood beside Newt, anxiously waiting for Minho's, Thomas', and Alby's arrival. Minutes past and they still haven't arrived.

Newt sighs and looks at Chuck. "I told you, Chuck, they're not coming back."

"Newt, don't say that." Lizzie shakes her head with a small frown on her face. She didn't want to believe that they might not make it back. Even though she started losing hope that they would make it back in time, part of her still thought they would make it. They have to. It's Alby, Minho, and Thomas. "The door just opened. They still have time." Newt sent her a sympathetic look before walking off along with some of the others while she stayed there with Chuck.

"No way..." Zart spoke up, looking back at the maze with wide eyes.

Lizzie glanced at him with confusion before she looked back at the maze. Her eye's eyes widened when she saw Thomas and Minho walking around the corner carrying Alby. She was beyond relieved and happy they were all alive, but a concerned expression formed on her face upon seeing Alby still looked hurt.

"Yeah!" Chuck cheers, looking back at the others, who started walking off with a grin. "They're back!"

They all walked back up, looking forward with shock. As Thomas and Minho got to them, Newt, Zart, and Frypan took Alby from them and laid him on the ground. Lizzie's eyes widened when she noticed the blood on Alby and realized he must've been stung.

"You saw a Griever?" Chuck asked as he looked at Thomas with surprise.

Lizzie looks over at Thomas, wanting to know the answer to this as well. "Yeah, I saw one." Thomas replied.

Minho shakes his head, glancing at everyone. "He didn't just see it. He killed it."

Lizzie's eyes widened, staring at Thomas with surprise. No one has ever done that before. But Thomas hasn't been in the Glade and just survives a night in the maze, plus kills a Griever. That was kind of suspicious to Lizzie.

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Lizzie stood in the middle of the room with the other keepers of the jobs. She was with the keepers because she's the keeper of the Med-Jacks. They were in the Council Hall, where they had gatherings. Gatherings were what they called meetings. The Gladers sat in front of them while Thomas sat behind them. They were having a gathering because Thomas technically broke a rule by going into the maze even though he did help save Alby.

"Things are changing." Gally was the first one to speak. "There's no denying that. First, Ben gets stung in broad daylight. And then Alby."

He turns around to Thomas. "Then the Greenie has taken it upon himself to go into the maze, which is a clear violation of our rules.

"Yeah," Frypan nods. "But he helped save Alby's life."

"Did he?" Gally inquired. 

Lizzie crossed her arms as she thought about this. Unfortunately, they didn't have a serum to help Alby, and he was most likely getting worse. Gally was somewhat right because even though Thomas didn't entirely save Alby, he still saved Alby from dying in the maze. 

"For three years, we have co-existed with these things." Gally said, referring to the Grievers. He points at Thomas. "And now you killed one of them. Who knows what that could mean for us."

"Well, what do you suggest we do?" Newt questioned.

"He has to be punished." Gally replied. Everyone started protesting at hearing that, Lizzie included. She knows that Thomas broke a rule, but he also saved Alby.

"Minho," Newt speaks up, and everyone settles down. Minho looks over at him with raised eyebrows. "You were there with him. What do you think?"

Minho sighs. "I think for all the time that we've been here, no one's ever killed a Griever before. When I turned tail and ran, this dumb Shank stayed behind to help Alby."

"Look, I don't know if he's brave or stupid. Whatever it is, we need more of it." Minho explains. A smile tugs on his lips. "I say we make him a Runner."

The Council Hall grew loud as everyone began talking at once, voicing their opinions about what Minho just said. Lizzie locked eyes with Minho and smiled and nodded at him which was her way of letting him know she agreed with him. Minho nodded and smiled back at her. Thomas was brave enough to stay back to help Alby, and he was fast enough to be a Runner. Lizzie thought Thomas would be a great Runner. Chuck then started chanting Thomas' name, trying to get others to do it along with him but stopped when he realized no one was going to.

"If you guys wanna throw the newbie a parade, that's fine." Gally rolls his eyes. "Go ahead. But if there's one thing that I know about the maze it is that you do not..."

Lizzie's eyes grew wide whenever she heard the familiar alarm of the Box. She shared a confused look with Minho. The Gladers already got their supplies for the month and their Greenie. So why would the Box be coming up again in the same month? Everyone went outside to see what was going on, some murmuring to each other about why this was happening.

"What's going on?" Thomas asked as he, Lizzie, Minho, and Chuck stood outside of the Council Hall.

"The Box is coming up." Chuck said, glancing at Lizzie and Minho, wondering if they might know what was going on.

"It shouldn't be." Minho shook his head.

The four of them ran over to the Box along with the other Gladers. Lizzie stood in front besides Minho and Thomas as Newt jumped down into the Box after he and Gally opened it.

"Newt, what'd you see?" One of the Gladers asked.

Newt looks up at everyone with furrowed eyebrows. "It's a girl."

Gasps filled the air when he said that. Usually, only boys came up in the Box, besides Lizzie. She was the first and only girl that the Glade had ever had. Some of the Gladers looked at Lizzie as if she knew what was going on.

Lizzie raises her hands in defense. "Don't look at me. I'm just as clueless about this as you guys are."

"I think she's dead," Newt said, glancing back at the unconscious girl.

Lizzie looked down at the girl lying on the floor of the Box and saw that her eyes were closed. She noticed that the dark-haired girl was breathing, so she knew that the girl wasn't dead, but she was for sure unconscious. She furrowed her eyebrows when she noticed something in the girl's hand.

"What's in her hand?" Gally questioned.

Newt kneels beside the unconscious girl and grabs what is in her hand, finding out it is a note. "'She's the last one ever'." He read the note, looking back at everyone with wide eyes.

Lizzie's eyes widened, not liking how this was going. At first, she thought having another girl would be fun, but things would be different and weird if this girl were the last person to be sent up to the Glade.

Whenever the girl suddenly gasped for breath, Lizzie jumped back, bumping into Minho on accident. He put a hand on her arm to steady her and to help calm her down since he noticed her panicked expression. Lizzie began to calm down, and she glanced at Minho to see he was already looking at her. She sent him a small smile, letting him know she was okay. He nodded, returning the smile as he took his hand off her arm.

"Thomas." The dark-haired girl breathed out, and then she passed out. Lizzie looked at Thomas along with everyone else, seeing that he was just as confused as they were.

Gally crosses his arms, looking more angrier than before while he looks at everyone. "You still think I'm overreacting?"