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"Help! Thomas! Get off of me!" Teresa screamed, trying to shove the girl away from her. "This is all your fault! You bitch," before Destiny could get another hit at Teresa, arms wrapped around her torso, forcing her off of the girl who then hugged closely to Thomas. "What's going on in here?" Ava Paige questioned, looking between the three as Destiny breathed heavily, glaring at Ava.

"I don't know, she just snapped. Somethings wrong with her," Teresa said, looking at Thomas for backup. "You're all a bunch of fucking psychos!" Destiny exclaimed, trying to fight against the guards hold on her.

"Thomas? Is this true?" Ava asked, looking for a third opinion.

Thomas looked at Destiny who gave pleading eyes, hoping he would take her side. "Thomas?" Teresa spoke, causing him to turn to look at her. "Thomas? What happened?" Ava asked once more, needing an answer.

Thomas sighed, "Destiny attacked Teresa for no reason," he said, avoiding Destiny's eyes as she looked at him with betrayal that soon turned to anger. "You fucking liar! I hate all of you!" Destiny struggled against the guards, wanting so desperately to run away from everything.

Ava sighed, rubbing her forehead with her thumb and index finger, she didn't wanna do this so soon. "Fine. Send her into the maze," she concluded.

Destiny's eyes widened and she screamed protests, unfortunately not able to get much words out.

Everything went dark.

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It was hot, her mouth was dry, her stomach was empty, and she barely felt alive. Confusion was her only thought as she peeked open her dry eyes to see where she was, but all she could make out was concrete walls and ivy. She let out a desperate groan, trying to muster up any strength she had to stand up. She used to the ivy to pull her up, her breathing was strained and her stomach grumbled, desperate for food and water.

There was a tote bag wrapped around her but she didn't care to check what was inside, more concerned about getting out. "What the fuck?" She was in the one place she never wanted to be. They put her in the maze. And no, not the glade, not the box. The maze.

It was obvious they were testing her. Testing to see if she was alive. But she didn't know this. She didn't know anything. She just knew her name. It was Destiny.

Destiny used the tall concrete walls to walk the maze, trying to look for a way out. It felt impossible. And it was supposed to be. She looked around, pushing her braids out of her face as she walked down the corridors. She heard some voices, two voices in which appeared to sound like males. Destiny followed their voices until they slowly disappeared, making it seem like it was all in her head.

Until she seen the light, the light peeking from the corner. Using whatever strength she had, she ran. Destiny ran all the way until she found an exit. She looked out, seeing what appeared to be grass, her vision was blurry so she could only make out so much. Destiny froze feeling the walls begin to move, her eyes widened.

Gally and Alby were having a conversation when it was interrupted by some nearby shouting from the gladers. "It's a girl! She's in the maze!" Was all he made out before he ran towards the entrance of the maze where everyone was gathered around.

Destiny groaned at all the shouting from the boys, still trying her best to make it out. Though one voice in particular caught her attention, "Come on! Run!" Gally didn't know if his eyes were actually deceiving him. He was actually looking at a girl. A beautiful one at that. He was getting frustrated seeing the girl struggle to walk as the walls were slowly closing on her. Someone had to grab her. And as much as he wanted to, it was against the rules.

Destiny wanted to give up. She wanted to fall right there and let herself be crushed by the walls. At least she wouldn't have to be in anymore pain. But his voice, the voice that sounded all so familiar, gave her strength. Destiny pulled off the bag that was dragging her down and threw it out of the maze, right into a blonde boys arms. She took a breath before running one last time, just making it out before the walls closed.

The boys cheered, then quickly gasped as she fell to the ground, barely conscious. "Alright, give her some room! Back up!" Gally ordered as Alby and Newt leaned down next to the girl.

Gally finally leaned down next to the girl, he reached down to brush her braids from her face. His breath caught in his throat, everything about her took his breath away. And he didn't even know her. But he felt a connection, almost instantly. "You know her, Gally?" Newt questioned, seeing how Gally froze.

Gally shook his head, snapping out of his trance, "Nah. I've never seen her before," he shrugged.

"How did she get in the maze?" Ben, one of their runners, spoke up. For all he knew, there was no way to get in or out. Unless you came from the box. Which she clearly didn't. "I have no idea. But, let's treat her the same way we treat all the greenies," Alby announced.

"What's in the bag?" Gally asked, referring to the bag Destiny threw out, in which Newt had caught. "Just some clothes, a brush, soap, coconut oil, shea butter and a bunch of girl stuff. I don't even know what half of this stuff is," Newt said.

"Is that a tattoo?" Minho leaned down, pointing at the little writing that was peeking from her cargo pants. "I think so," Newt went to see until Destiny let out a loud gasp, waking up and crawling away from him. She backed up into someone, causing her to turn around to see who it was. And then she felt it. That instant connection that took her breath away.

But unfortunately for him, her first instinct was to punch him. Gally barely got a chance to react before her fist collided with his face. Destiny crawled to her feet and ran. The boys all laughed and cheered as they watched Destiny run towards the watchtower and climb to the top. "Damn she's got a good left hook," Gally rubbed his sore jaw as Frypan helped him up.

"Yeah, I don't think she likes us very much," Frypan mused. They all ran towards the watchtower, some attempting to climb up only to get hit with objects. "We don't wanna hurt you! We're just here to help!" Gally tried to reason only to get hit directly in the head with a wooden spoon. "What the hell is her problem?" Frypan said, only to get hit with a flying spatula.

"Leave me alone!" Destiny shouted, though her voice was hoarse, still desperate for water. She practically used whatever strength left in her to hit Gally and run to the watchtower.

"You can't stay up there forever!" Alby said, nudging Frypan to go get some food and water to reason with the girl.

Destiny ignored him and looked down at her stomach, seeing she had a belly button piercing. But what caught her attention was the letters peeking out from her pants. She pulled them down just enough to read the word written there with a small broken heart next to it. "Gally?" She read aloud to herself, wondering what that could've meant. She licked her finger and rubbed on the word, hoping for it to come off but it seemed pretty permanent. "Shit," she muttered.

Destiny checked her body for anymore tattoos and found some letters tattooed on her ankle from which appeared to be a date but she didn't know what for. There was that and a small flower tattooed just on her middle finger. "Did you at least want some food, water maybe?" Alby tried to reason again.

The offer did seem compelling, but it also could've been a trick. Destiny peeked her head out at the edge, getting anxious from all the boys crowded around. There was not one girl in sight. "Who did I punch?" Destiny spoke, they barely heard her but Gally caught what she was saying. "Me. You also hit me with a spoon. Thanks for that by the way," he said sarcastically raising his hand.

"What's your name?" She asked, only speaking to him and ignoring the others questions.

"Gally," He answered, "do you remember yours?" Destiny ignored the question and pointed at him, "Only you. I just want you," she stated firmly. Gally looked at Alby for permission and he nodded, handing Gally the food and water. "You know what to do?" Gally nodded and climbed up to the top.

"Man, why Gally gotta get the girl?" One of the gladers scoffed, walking off with the rest.

Gally climbed to the top and Destiny backed away cautiously. He held his hands up in surrender and pushed the food and water towards her. "Can you put that down please?" He referred to the pocket knife she held in her hand, clearly she had gotten it from her pockets cause they didn't get any of those kinds of knives from the box.

Destiny shut the knife and shoved it back into her pocket where she found it. "Destiny." She mumbled before taking a large gulp of the cold water.

"What?"

"You asked what my name is. It's Destiny," she replied, reaching for the bread in the basket.

"That's a nice name. It's nice to meet you, Destiny," he stuck his hand out and she just stared at it in confusion. Gally dropped it, seeing she clearly wasn't comfortable with touching which was perfectly okay.

"Can I show you something?" Destiny slowly asked, a bit hesitantly. Gally had no clue what she could possibly show him but nodded his head nevertheless. Destiny slowly pushed down the front of her pants to reveal the tattoo of his name on her hip bone. At first he was taken back by her movements but then caught sight of the tattoo and snapped out of it.

"Is that how you spell your name?" Destiny asked, letting him get a closer look. "Yeah, actually it is," he mumbled, confusion flooding the tone of his voice.

"Do you know why I have this?" She questioned, pulling them back up, she sat back against the wood and chewed on some more bread.

"My guess is, we probably knew each other before this," Gally suggested, leaning back against the tree, watching her. "Before what?" She asked.

"Before we got sent here."

"What's here?"

"The glade."

Destiny pulled her knees to her chest, her mind flooding with thoughts, mostly about the boy a few feet away from her. "Uhm, you want me to just go until you're ready to come down?" He asked after a few seconds of the surprisingly comfortable silence.

"No, stay," her voice barely above a whisper but he caught it anyways. He didn't make a sound, letting her gather herself until she was ready to come down and get the tour from Alby.

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Destiny sat down on the wooden stool, her eyes directed at the floor, feeling uncomfortable with all the stares from the boys of the glade. Alby called a meeting in regards of her and some new rules apparently. She could hear the whispers of the gladers, some of the boys making weird comments about who was gonna kiss her first or make a move. Newt could sense she was uncomfortable and nudged Alby, silently telling him to hurry up with it.

"Now I know everyone has their concerns and questions. We don't know how she got here, but we won't question it further unless necessary. Let's just treat this like any other month we get a new greenie. But, as this greenie tends to be a girl, we will have a new set of rules in respect for her." Alby announced firmly, not leaving any room for arguments.

"The builders will build Destiny a private room and shower. And absolutely nobody is allowed to enter her space without her consent. If anyone even dares to break that rule, you will be punished or even worse, banished. Are we clear?" Alby looked around for any objections and got none, as he expected. Nobody was gonna risk getting banished.

"Tomorrow we will celebrate our new glader. You are all excused. Get some sleep," Alby dismissed. Everyone but Newt, Minho, Frypan, Gally and Alby left as they had to discuss where Destiny would be sleeping and showering until the builders finished her space.

"We have an empty space you can sleep but you would be sleeping with the slicers and I doubt that would be very comfortable for you," Alby said.

"Look, the only person that I trust right now, is Gally. So I'm not staying anywhere unless he's nearby," Destiny concluded firmly, making her mind up. The guys all looked at Gally who gave an equally confused look, not sure why she trusted him so much. Gally sighed, coming up with something they'd all be fine with. "Destiny can take my space, I'll take the extra hammock with the slicers," Gally suggested.

Destiny immediately disagreed, "No."

"What do you mean, no?" Gally furrowed his brows in confusion at her objection. He hadn't even known her for five hours and she was by far the most stubborn person he'd met.

"I'm not staying anywhere if you're not within a few feet from me. Do you honestly expect me to be comfortable staying in a space alone where a bunch of hormonal teenage boys can enter as they please?" Newt and Frypan pursed their lips, understanding her point of view.

"You know what? She makes a pretty good point," Minho agreed.

"Agreed," Frypan and Newt added.

Gally sighed, already tired of this chaotic day. He just wanted to get this over with and sleep. "Okay fine, I'll sleep on the floor next to you. That better?"

Destiny nodded, "Yup. And don't sass me," she shot back. Gally rolled his eyes, "My bad."

"You guys done flirting, or can we continue?" Minho crossed his arms over his chest, holding his smile when Destiny and Gally both glared at him.

"Since Destiny seems to trust you so much, when she showers, you will guard the doors. And one more thing. Destiny, what job would you like to do?" Alby asked.

"Whichever one the blondie does," Destiny said, clearly taking about Newt. "You sure you handle not being around Gally?" Newt teased, getting chuckles from Frypan and Minho.

"Not funny, Newt," Gally scoffed. 

"No, it was actually kinda funny," Destiny smiled.

"Well, meeting concluded. Everyone head to sleep. See you in the morning." Alby finished up, heading out, Frypan and Minho following him out.

"See you in the morning, Destiny." Newt gave a polite smile at the girl before heading out.

"So, where do you sleep?"

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a/n: first chapter done and i love it so far, although this is not my first attempt at a maze runner fic, it's certainly my best bc the first one was A WHOLE ASS MESS 😭

anyways, what do we think of it so far? personally i love destiny so far and dynamic with gally is only gonna get cuter but also gonna break your heart after act one 🌚

title inspired by rihannas - needed me <3

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