Бегущий в лабиринте

Chapter 14

           "Noooooooooo!"Benscreamed,spitflyingfromhismouthashethrashedabout,tearingatthecollarwithhishands.ButthecombinedstrengthoftheKeeperswaswaytoomuch,forcingthecondemnedboycloserandclosertotheedgeoftheGlade,justastherightwallwasalmostthere."Noooo!"hescreamedagain,andthenagain.

           Hetriedtoplanthisfeetatthethreshold,butitonlylastedforasplitsecond;thepolesenthimintotheMazewithalurch.SoonhewasfullyfourfeetoutsidetheGlade,jerkinghisbodyfromsidetosideashetriedtoescapehiscollar.ThewallsoftheDoorwereonlysecondsfromsealingshut.

           Withonelastviolenteffort,BenwasfinallyabletotwisthisneckinthecircleofleathersothathiswholebodyturnedtofacetheGladers.Thomascouldn’tbelievehewasstilllookinguponahumanbeingthemadnessinBen’seyes,thephlegmflyingfromhismouth,thepaleskinstretchedtautacrosshisveinsandbones.HelookedasalienasanythingThomascouldimagine.

           "Hold!"Albyshouted.

           Benscreamedthen,withoutpause,asoundsopiercingthatThomascoveredhisears.Itwasabestial,lunaticcry,surelyrippingtheboy’svocalcordstoshreds.Atthelastsecond,thefrontKeepersomehowloosenedthelargerpolefromthepieceattachedtoBenandyankeditbackintotheGlade,leavingtheboytohisBanishment.Ben’sfinalscreamswerecutoffwhenthewallsclosedwithaterribleboom.

           Thomassqueezedhiseyesshutandwassurprisedtofeeltearstricklingdownhischeeks.

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