Greenies Maze Runner Novels & Stories

"It leads to a creek bed half a mile out. Van's toast, but there's a dirt bike stashed there." They scrambled in, Grey first with the satchel, Lisa behind him– her movements mechanical, the space between them now a chasm of unspoken hurt. Maya covered the rear with her pistol. The tunnel was claustrophobic, roots snagging at clothes, the air damp and fungal. Echoes of drilling vibrated through the soil– Tessy's team boring through the hatch. "Why help us?" Grey called back to Maya as they crawled, trying to focus on anything but Lisa's silence.

" No alarms. If the rest of the unit sees Marcus bleeding before the grid is clear, the purists will bolt into the ridge." The lower bypass smelled of old iron and sulfur. Marcus and three of his supply runners had already cleared the first biometric lock when we cut the lights. The dark didn't last three seconds—only long enough for Ezra’s vanguard to drop from the overhead ventilation shafts... It was a slaughter. Marcus was on his back in the shallow water of the drain, his boots kicking uselessly against the rusted grate as I walked up. He had two rounds in his stomach, his hands slick with his own dark blood as he tried to look up at the catwalk.

"Thorne, bring the vellum. If the escrow child speaks the language of the ground, we need to lay the primary baseline sheets directly onto the source." The small group sprinted through the fracturing village with their boots slipping on the freshly overturned earth. All around them, the world was reinventing itself. The dead timber from the violet storm was splitting open, giving way to bright, aggressive veins of silver moss that pulsed with the same rhythm as the twins' heartbeats. The hijacked corporate drones above them fired a series of defensive kinetic bursts, intercepting a volley of long-range mortar rounds launched from a distant, invisible corporate cruiser somewhere beyond the ri

Now let's go. The guards stepped forward and tied the blindfolds. Total darkness swallowed me. I was led to my starting position on the left side of the maze. My other senses immediately kicked into high gear. I could hear the rustle of the wind, the distant cheers of the crowd, and the slow creak-creak-creak of the vine cage lowering Raven toward the ice. “Are we ready?” Maddox’s voice boomed through a microphone. “Kings, on my mark... Go!”

“The backup generators will kick-start after five minutes I think, that's all the time we have,” Jane said, her eyes fixed on the timer she was setting on her wristwatch. “Let's move, now.” They rolled like shadows with Jane leading the way to the old greenhouse. It was the entry point to the service tunnel. The greenhouse was a prestigious antique that her mother cherished—a glass sanctuary now overrun by vines and the touch of neglect. Jane looked around, trying to remember where the entrance was. Then, she found it. The tunnel’s entrance was hidden under a heavy, antique stone planter.

ang boses ni Liam sa earpiece ay malinaw, isang pamilyar na tunog na nagbigay ng lakas kay Aria. ​"Yes, Liam. I’m inside," bulong ni Aria habang dahan-dahang naglalakad. ​"Okay, Mommy. My micro-drone is already at Level 2. Ang maze na ito ay hindi static. It’s a mechanical clockwork maze. Ang mga pader ay gumagalaw bawat limang minuto base sa agos ng tubig sa ilalim," paliwanag ni Liam. "I’m mapping the blueprint right now. Standby."

Maze let out a small laugh,her cheeks flushed and her eyes sparkling. “What's your name?” Even though I thought the question odd,I still answered it. “Jordan Marcel Black.” She nodded, “and what's the colour of this beauty?” I nearly rolled my eyes as it clicked,but Maze went on. “And look,it's eyes are the same colour as yours!” “No they aren't.” “Yes they are!” I averted my gaze to hide a smile,no need to encourage her impulsive purchase. “My eyes are…greener,” I said as I turned to face her again. And with her brows slightly raised,she glanced down at the suspiciously quiet animal,as if to confirm.

‘Okay. I plunge through tapestries, slam hidden buttons, shoulder open secret doors. Estrella’s blood leaks over my fingers. My own smears on the floor as I run. Staff and delegates alike scatter out of our way on the rare occasions we actually use main hallways. Through the mind-link, I hear the running updates of our location—north tower, second floor, main castle, private wing. Clanking, armored footsteps chase us, but I’m not going to slow down for fucking anything. I will not let hesitation take my future from me. We burst into the greenhouse. Raven and Kieran both look up from a bench along one wall. Something puffs smoke behind them.

"That part's easy. There's only one building in the entire place that requires security clearance, so that's where he'll be." "And if you're wrong?" "We're not." "Just say we all manage to get in and find Nick. How will we all get back out again? It's not like we can walk out the only door with a Taken." "I think Ronnie's planning on using the underground evacuation tunnels." "But the UV lights will kill us!" The evacuation tunnels were the only other way in or out of Quanu, or any of the cities besides the single entry and exit gate. The maze of shoulder high glowing tubes could be accessed through the basement of any government building before joining up to one exit point.

I stared. All of us did, including the ones who’d been led on this same journey before. I gathered that not every exit from Mannerly Hall was the same, and perhaps this one was new to them, too. Beyond the doorway lay a broad corridor, slanting ever so slightly upward. The floor here was inlaid with emerald tiles and speckled with what looked to be gold paint, or perhaps even gold itself.