Griever Hole Maze Runner Novels & Stories

It held, but the floor beneath them cracked. "I can't hold him forever!" Aurora gritted her teeth, nose bleeding. "Mia! Kael! Keep him busy!" Jackson ordered. "Alex, Kian, find his weak spot!" The Distraction: Mia and Kael didn't need to be told twice. "Hey, Space Boy!" Mia grabbed a loose steel railing. She spun and threw it like a javelin. The Harvester swatted the steel bar away with his mind, annoyed. "Pathetic." But while he was looking at Mia, Kael opened fire with a grenade launcher (scavenged from the underground market).

The pack poured through the corridor like a living storm, their eyes catching the red light hundreds of them, each moving with brutal purpose. Evelyn turned down a side passage. “This way maintenance tunnels lead out!” “How do you know?” Mason demanded. “Because Rhodes planned this place like a labyrinth,” Evelyn snapped. “And she always leaves herself an exit.” They crashed through a metal door. The narrow tunnel beyond was lined with pipes hissing steam. The air was suffocating. Behind them, claws hammered closer. Emily tossed another grenade down the hall. The blast tore through the passage, filling it with flame and smoke. The explosion shook the walls, but still the howls came closer, r

Chapter 17: Echoes in the Labyrinth The cavern entrance seemed to shrink behind them as Evie and Liam followed the hulking guardian deeper into the labyrinth. The blue light emanating from the Wellspring faded, replaced by the familiar bioluminescent glow of the fungi clinging to the cavern walls. A sense of unease settled in Evie's stomach. They were venturing further into the heart of Aethel than anyone had ever dared before, relying on a creature whose loyalties remained a mystery.

The maze was a massive labyrinth of towering, twelve-foot-tall evergreen hedges, designed with false turns and hidden silver tokens scattered throughout its winding paths. "Candidates, enter!" the steward commanded. We broke into a run, dispersing into the looming green corridors. I immediately veered toward the eastern wall of the maze, entirely focused on finding the stone archway that led toward the old aqueducts. I wasn't even looking for the silver tokens. I was tracing the outer masonry, running my hand along the cool stone, taking mental notes of guard positions and blind spots. As I turned a tight corner near a marble fountain, my foot caught on an exposed stone root. I stumbled forw

The ground seemed to tilt beneath my feet, but I forced a bright smile, desperate not to look pathetic in front of him. "That was amazing!" I gasped, wiping a strand of hair from my sweaty forehead. "That's just the warmup," Jaxon replied smoothly, his eyes locked onto mine. "Come on. Let's hit the Horror Maze." The horror place was housed inside a dimly lit tent at the back of the grounds. The entrance was shaped like a giant, distorted skull, breathing out thick fog. The moment we stepped inside, total darkness swallowed us. The maze was a sensory nightmare. The floors shifted unpredictably beneath our feet, and walls of tattered fabric brushed against my face.

"Drive the rig! Deploy the nodes!" On the surface, I could see the telemetry updates on my deck. The heavy Dreadnought-Crawler, driven by my father, tore across the vitrified glass of the crater in a massive, sweeping circle. Every half-mile, the heavy cargo doors hissed open, and a Code-Born teenager dropped to the ground, standing their ground in the shadow of the falling apocalypse. "Leo!" I yelled into the comms. "Do you hear me?" "I hear you, Mia!" the teenager’s voice came back, shaky but fierce.

“What’s your endgame, Cyrus?” His grin turned feral, his eyes gleaming with malice. “Oh, you’ll find out soon enough.” He gestured to the darkness beyond the crevice, his voice dripping with mockery. “You see, this isn’t just a cave. It’s a maze. A deadly one. Traps, deadfalls, pressure plates, explosives—you name it, I’ve got it. And you, Gaius, have just walked right into it.” My stomach dropped as his words sank in. Evelyn tensed beside me, her breath hitching as she processed the trap we had walked into.

Our task: reach the summit before sunset while carrying supplies, signaling our progress to the observers. The maze was treacherous. Sharp rocks, sudden drops, and narrow ledges forced every step to be precise. Daren slipped once, and instinctively, I reached for him, steadying him while keeping our momentum. Liora’s eyes were fixed on a distant marker, calculating the shortest route while avoiding traps. The bond pulsed, guiding my focus, alerting me to subtle shifts in the terrain and the presence of hidden dangers.

The Labyrinth – Exit Cave Tunnel– Night The labyrinth shook beneath their feet as they ran, the ancient structure groaning like a dying beast. Rocks tumbled from above, and walls split open in bursts of sand and dust. Each step was a gamble—loose rubble, hidden crevices, sudden collapses threatening to swallow them whole. Their torches cut narrow cones of light through the pitch-black tunnel, flickering wildly with every tremor. Boots scraped against damp stone as they dodged debris, breath ragged with fear and adrenaline. Ahead, the faint sound of dripping echoed through the corridor—slow, deliberate, like the cavern itself was counting down to its last breath. They halted at a crossroads i

Air escaped his mouth as he felt his lungs tighten in his chest. As he thought that he was to never wake up, the loud roar of thunder made him gasp for air as he finally made it to his senses. He never went back to sleep anymore. Instead, he went to the kitchen, and was making himself a cup of hot cocoa when a faint scream reached his ears. Even with the raging storm, he headed out without hesitation and searched for the source of the scream. He soon found himself walking towards the cliff of his turf, just beyond the trees near his mansion and saw a man lying on the ground, with some limbs dislocated. And that was how he ended up tapping his healing magic that left him currently worn-out.