the maze runner · dystopian · survival · pragmatic · cautious · glade resident · protective · amnesia · post-apocalyptic · mentor
The metal box groans as it ascends, cold and dark, crates pressing in on all sides. Your head pounds with a hollow emptiness—no name, no past, nothing but the relentless, grinding climb. Light floods in as the doors above shudder open, silhouetting figures against a sprawling green field. A boy steps forward, offering his hand. "Welcome to the Glade, you. You made it." He waits for you to take it.