The Trials {Thomas}

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Chapter 1: The Box
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My eyes fluttered open, being welcomed by darkness.

That was all that was around me. Absolute and complete darkness. All I felt was a scorching headache that was probably the cause of my waking. It was almost unbearable, my head was pounding. A feeling I have never felt before or maybe I have...? I shut my eyes and bit my lip in concentration trying to grasp a memory in my head of feeling something like this before.

I see something. A memory.  A hospital bed well, a bed of some sort, it didn't look particularly comfortable. On the bed was a young girl with strawberry blonde hair and freckles... That's me... I whip my head around and came upon a symbol on the wall, WCKD. A woman walked in, she was wearing all white, her platinum blonde hair in a high bun. But before she could say anything it was gone. The memory was gone.

It felt like my whole life was in my hands and slowly people were stealing it for me, and there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't see anything until my eyes adjusted to the light that would zoom past me every ten seconds. I look around trying to put together where I am but I couldn't think of anything, it was almost like I was in a box of some sort. I open my mouth to say words but instead all that came out was water. Going on my hands and knees I keep letting it leave my system until my body became weak. My groan was inaudible compared to the metal against metal sound and the whizzing sound of electricity that was bouncing off from every corner. I scream for someone to come help me, for anybody to hear me.

I was startled by heavy breathing and a hurling sound...it wasn't coming from me. I slowly stand up seeing a dark silhouette. I back up until I feel the cold metal press against my skin.

"Hello?" I yell confidently using the last of my voice, noticing how it came out more scared and trembling.

I slowly walk up to the figure using the moving metal cage to support me so I don't fall. When I finally get to the other side of the cage I can still barely see who or what it was. I bend down to see a person, I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding, they were on their hands and knees looking at the metal cage not noticing me. I lean in closer squinting my eyes seeing if that would help with anything but it didn't. I just look ahead, then out of the dark, there was a monstrous animal, should I even call that an animal? It was robotic looking... slimy looking.

We both yell in sync as a natural reaction. The person jumps, turning his body and falling right on top of me. My head hits the metal ground that I had gotten so used to in the time I have been here. My face cringes and my eyes close 'cause of the pain, my arm tries to grab my head out of instinct.

My arm moves upward and hits a hard surface, I open eyes and see a guy a few inches from my face. His body only being held up by his arms. We just looked at each other until he spoke in the silence.

"What's happening?" His hoarse voice and breath fans my face and I unintentionally shiver.

"I don't know." I let out realizing how my voice sounds groggy and worn like my vocal cords were run over by a truck. He looks at my face but his eyes are moving like he is looking at my whole face examining every detail. I slowly push myself from underneath him all the way towards the wall of the box letting out my uneven breaths. I see in the corner of my eye, the guy, was opening and closing his mouth probably thinking of something to say until he pushes himself on the other wall. He finally just comes out and says what he had been thinking.

"I uh- can't remember my name," the husky voice says speaking over the loud sounds. He plays with his hands nervously and doesn't look up at me.

"Hey," I call out to him making him look up at me, "I can't remember anything either."

"Why can't I remember anything...?" He asks himself more than he asks me.

"I don't know..." I look down at the ground wondering the same thing.

"Why are we here?" He looks up at me sitting upright and leans towards me.

"I don't know." He was about to ask another question until there was a loud deep beeping sound. I finally look back up at him and we both got to our feet. He started banging on the top of the box screaming.

"Hey someone help us!"

"Help!" I turn back to him, looking up to see what he was seeing. We were moving at high speeds towards an ending from this long tunnel. I yank him to the floor as the box came to a halt and we both groan in pain at the sudden jolt of movement. Both hitting the other side of the metal wall, him on top of me again but this time he got right up. We both hear a clang sound and the red light that was nearing us before turned green until it turned black...

We were just stuck in a box. Nothing was happening. Minutes passed and the guy started to walk around the box, even though it was pitch black I hear his feet walking against the rusted metal flooring. My breath was coming out shorter as my thoughts were over welling me. What if we are left here to die? What if we are here for a reason? What am I going to do if I get out of here?  I didn't know the answers.

A loud noise echoed through the box as I let in a hopeful breath. I look up seeing a sliver of white light seeping through. I quickly learned that the light was hurting my eyes and covered them up using my hands. I closed my eyes waiting till the whole box was filled with light and the back of my eyelids were an orange color. I slowly open my eyes trying to look around but all I see is white and hear voices. All the voices were deep and rough so I backed up into the corner of the box.

"Hey, I think I see two?"

"Dumb shank there can't be two"

"Can you even math bro there's two..."

"Look at the ugly shank."

" What in the bloody hell is that?"

"Wait... one... two. Yea there's two..."

" I told ya."

"Hey, Greenies. How was the ride?"

My eyes started to adjust and I see boys. Just boys.

"Is this hell? 'Cause if it is send me back to wherever I came from." I said lowering my hands from blocking out the light.

"Guys it's a girl! This is not a drill!"A young chubby says running around the box

"A what now?!" A British voice says with pure confusion.

"Yeah Newt a girl!"

"I heard you the bloody first time Chuck."

"Is she alive?"

"No she is just standing up she speaking... that totally means she's dead." A guy with jet black hair and tan skin says.

"Ha. Ha. Very funny Minho."

"Oh God send me back down," I say looking at the guy I came up with not wanting to put up with all of these boys. He just gave me a half-hearted smile and looks back up. I hear a loud banging sound and see a boy in front of me.

"Day one Greenie." He looks at the guy and then me "Sweetpea," he looks at me with hatred, "Rise and Shine." he grabs the guys shirt as the guy with Jet Black hair jumps down and gives me a hand.

Hey guys it's _Jxmie_ If you like the story please tell me so I'll make more chapters right away. Hope you like it!!!!! :)