Gen woke to the sound of Winston screaming. She had gotten at least an hour of sleep... if she was lucky; the voice she had heard in the night had terrified her. She had never heard the boy- Nikola's voice before and it was something not even Gen could imagine. If it weren't for the fact that Thomas and Teresa were able to talk to each other telepathically, she more than likely would have thought she was going insane Jumping out of the bed, Gen looked around at the Gladers that all shifted around in a panicked manner, all pointing to windows, their faces pale with fear. As she rubbed her eyes, she caught sight of Minho and Newt who both ran towards the door and followed them, her eyes set onto Winston stood, his face pale with fear. As Gen started to look around the chaotic room, she listened to the unfamiliar sound that echoed around them: screams of what sounded like tortured animals. She hadn't heard anything like it. As the three of them were joined by Thomas, Gen set her eyes onto the window that Frypan was pointing to and she felt her stomach turn. In the window, was a bloodied man, gripping at the bars that covered the windows. He wore a look of madness and tried to pull at the bars, screaming the same words over and over that chilled Gen to the core,

"Kill me! Kill me! Kill Me!" The words echoed through her head, causing her to cover her ears. Looking around, she found that they were at every window, all staring in and all begging for death. Gen tried her best to block out the sounds that escaped the cracked lips of the people that called themselves 'Cranks', but the longer they were ignored, the louder they cried.

"I wish those shuck... Cranks would shut up!" Minho screamed, spinning around, his eyes locked onto a woman who was far uglier than the first man they had seen. As Gen brought her hands down from her ears, she pushed past the trio of boys and took a hold of the handle that was locked.

"Shuck it." Gen cried, kicking the door as she tried to shake the handle. Feeling Newt place a hand on her shoulder, she stopped, snapping her head around to look at him, "What?" She snapped,

"Shaking the door isn't gonna open it." He snapped, "Now will someone find me something to break through this stupid door." He cried, looking around at the boys who started looking around for something, minus Thomas and Minho who both stared at Newt.

"What are those things and why are they here?" Gen asked. Minho shrugged his shoulders,

"They're callin' themselves Cranks, so... guess that's what they are." He smirked. Gen had have the mind to punch him, but resisted the urge.

"Thanks Minho." She replied, rolling her eye. Minho shot her a grin, reaching his hand out to grab hers and pull her towards him,

"Always happy to help." he teased, bringing his face down towards hers. Before Minho was able to kiss her, he was interrupted by Newt,

"Seriously? You will have plenty of bloody time for that later!" He snapped, shooting Minho a glare. Minho was about to open his mouth to speak before he was cut off by a short boy who moved towards Newt holding a fire extinguisher by the looks of it.

"Here." The boy murmured, handing the red cylinder to Newt who, without a word, started to slam it against the handle of the door. With a loud thud, the handle snapped off and the door creaked open, showing nothing but darkness. As the crowd of Gladers all exchanged looks, Minho was the one who spoke up, slipping his fingers in between Gen's

"Shuck it, Gen and I'll go first." He said, causing Gen's eyes to widen,

"What?"

"Don't worry. I'll protect you." Minho smirked, brushing his thumb along hers. Gen rolled her eyes but gave a reluctant nod,

"Lead on then." As Minho lead them through the door, they were both almost immediately engulfed inside of the darkness. There was no light to guide them and Gen was rather glade that she had Minho to hold her hand. As she followed him further into the darkness, she jumped as he gave out a small yelp.

"What is it?" Gen asked, pulling herself towards him and wrapping her free hand around his arm,

"I dunno. Think there's something... weird hanging from the roof." He said. Gen looked up, before realizing just how stupid that decision was. Hearing another crashed, she snapped her head around to look to the direction it came from.

"Tables." Newt's voice greeted them all within the darkness, "Look out for tables."

"Where the hell are the damned lights?" Gen asked, snapping her head around in confusion as she clung onto Minho.

"That's where I'm headed." Newt's voice came back, "Pretty sure I saw a set of them over here." Feeling Minho tug her along once more, Gen felt her heart start to pound.

"Where are we-" Before she could finish the question. Minho gave out a disgusted cry, pushing the pair of them back, "What the hell happened?" Gen questioned,

"I stood on something..." Minho replied, "No more moving for us." He grumbled, stopping dead in his tracks and instead pulling Gen into a tight hug. Staying as still as possible, Gen placed her head against Minho's head, listening only to his steady heartbeat. Listening as a few Newt switched on the lights, Gen temporarily closed her eyes, protecting herself from the sudden light that near blinded her. Not opening her eyes, she felt Minho's grip tighten on her and his heartbeat quicken as he shuffled them along back the way they came, "Gen. Whatever you do, don't open your eyes." Gen didn't say anything, but she did as she was told. Whatever it was the lights had revealed to the Gladers, it had most of them throwing up and gagging by what Gen could hear and even caused Minho's heartbeat to quicken.

"Minho, what's going on?" Gen asked, clinging onto Minho who stopped.

"Gen, he's right. You don't wanna bloody see this." Newt muttered. As soon as Gen heard Minho swear under his breath, she did the very thing she was told not to and opened her eyes. As soon as she set her gaze onto the horrid sight before her, she wished she had listened and kept her eyes shut. Pulling away from Minho, Gen stared in horror at the bodies that hung from the ceiling, all purple and bloated. Averting her eyes from the corpses, Gen took a breath, she recognized them. She actually recognized them. They were the men who had rescued them from W.I.C.K.E.D.

A/N: First chapter is up! I will be taking a break for a little bit, but I hope you all enjoyed this :) (Benjamin's name has been changed to Nikola, after Nikola Tesla. My bad, forgot about Ben. Sorry)