Maze Runner: The Scorch Novels & Stories

"...Hide-and-seek in the maze is a training course that ends when you find a book to fill the only bookshelf that is now hidden in the pool. You will need to read and understand them to pass the theory exam. The swimming pool underneath us is 50 meters wide by 100 meters long and has a fully furnished mechanism to move the steel frame around the pool to form a 2-layer underwater maze, 3 meters deep each. There is a night vision camera attached to every corner in case of an emergency. From now on, when you turn on the flashlight, it will signal the technician in the control room to open the way for you to descend into the maze, which will automatically close after you get in the water. Gettin

But for every one we hit, three more crawled out of the junk. "There are too many!" Isaac shouted, kicking away a mechanical limb that tried to grab his ankle. "This way!" Mira yelled, pointing to a heavy blast door hidden behind a stack of rusted tanks. "If we reach the tunnels, we can lose them!" We ran. The ground was uneven, filled with sharp metal and slick oil. I tripped over a pile of old wires, nearly dropping Leo. Rowan caught me, lifting me up and pushing me toward the door. The Scrappers were snapping at our heels, their metal jaws clicking with a hungry sound.

Twenty miles of open, coverless wasteland, carrying a bomb of pure anti-matter, with an alien armada descending from the sky and hounds of deletion snapping at our tires. The Speedrun was over. Now, it was just a race for our lives.

Slowly. Grinding metal echoed through the darkness. Lena looked around nervously. “I hate this place.” “It hates you too.” “That’s comforting.” “It wasn’t meant to be.” A white screen flickered above them. MAZE PHASE UPDATED TWO PLAYERS DETECTED ONLY ONE EXIT REMAINS Lena stared upward. “Oh come on.” Riven’s expression became unreadable again. The screen vanished. Then distant screaming echoed through the maze. Tess. Lena recognized her immediately.

she said, finding my confused gaze again. "Aaron? But their nests are impossible to find. Not unless... light have mercy," I said, feeling like I'd been punched in the chest. "We're gonna go," Lills mumbled, getting to her feet. I nodded, too lost for words to find the one's that would make her stay. Scorchers were dangerous, a militia that stood outside the rules and laws the rest of us lived by. They were those who'd committed their lives to the destruction of every non human creature beyond the borders of the Diarna, the furthest mining town in the south. They married their work and bred for numbers. They were smart, strong and loyal to a fault and would rather see our entire world blaze

"Welcome to the Gauntlet Run. Racers will navigate a three-mile course through the Ravine Sector. Only the top four finishers advance. The rest are disqualified." Disqualified. Such a clean word for what really happened. The course map appeared on the screens. Narrow pathways, collapsing bridges, and a stretch called the Killing Floor where the path split into three routes. According to Ash's intel, only one route was safe. The other two led straight into traps designed to look like accidents. I touched my helmet, feeling the tiny camera Juno had installed. It was active. Recording. "Racers, take your positions." I moved to the starting line. A girl next to me was shaking so badly I could he

Luna's voice rose to a shout, her aura flaring. It was a mere flicker of her former power, but it was enough to send the omegas scrambling for the door. Marissa shot her one last venomous look before they vanished, their footsteps hurrying down the hall. The moment they were gone, Luna's legs gave out. She collapsed on the vanity stool, her hands shaking violently. The brief surge of power had cost her dearly and nausea returned with vengeance. She barely made it to the toilet before she was retching, her body trying to expel the poison in her veins.

Scar turned back fully her eyes scanning them taking notes if the bodyguards,how many minutes will it take her to beat this people up, nothing more than ten minutes,but her health,she can't risk fainting halfway in a fight. “You all get out from my property,this is a private property and this is trespassing” Scar said,they paid no heed as more cameras flashed,and more annoying questions were asked. “Did you lose your memories” “Did you have a grudge against everyone,so you disappeared to make them suffer for not standing up for you” Scar walked out as she got on a tractor, She turned the engine on ,it roared to life,she shifted the gear as the tires moved forward,the reporters screamed still

The icy water stung, but it washed away the dirt, the sweat, and some of the shame clinging to me. When I dressed again, I lay back on my blanket, staring up at the sky. “Is this what I’ve become?” I whispered. “A runaway… soon to be branded rogue if I don’t find a pack fast enough. The Moon Goddess gave me a mate only to take him away. Why?” My words faded into the night, carried by the sound of the rushing water. Eventually, exhaustion pulled me into sleep. When I awoke, dawn had painted the forest in gold, but the pain of Rafael’s rejection still burned through my chest like fresh fire. Slowly, I rose and went to the stream.

Roman There was chemistry in the air, the kind that pulled you in, just begging to be explored. There was also the scent of fear in the air, the same smell I felt when I looked into those eyes, the kind that could turn you into a puddle without even trying but there was also something else in them. There was hunger, a wild hunger that ran through her eyes and made her mouth go dry like the desert sand around her. I knew this because she ran her tongue over her bottom lip, maybe consciously, maybe not , but I couldn't help myself from watching.