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Chapter 21

           Itendedinblackness.

           Thomasnarrowedhiseyesastheyrantowardthewallofdarkness,tryingtocomprehendwhattheywereapproaching.Thetwoivy-coveredwallsoneithersideofhimseemedtointersectwithnothingbutskyupahead.Hecouldseestars.Astheygotcloser,hefinallyrealizedthatitwasanopeningtheMazeended.

           How?hewondered.Afteryearsofsearching,howdidMinhoandIfinditthiseasily?

           Minhoseemedtosensehisthoughts."Don’tgetexcited,"hesaid,barelyabletogetthewordsout.

           Afewfeetbeforetheendofthecorridor,Minhopulledup,holdinghishandoutoverThomas’schesttomakesurehestopped,too.Thomasslowed,thenwalkeduptowheretheMazeopenedoutintoopensky.ThesoundsoftheonrushingGrieversgrewcloser,buthehadtosee.

           TheyhadindeedreachedawayoutoftheMaze,butlikeMinhohadsaid,itwasnothingtogetexcitedabout.AllThomascouldseeineverydirection,upanddown,sidetoside,wasemptyairandfadingstars.Itwasastrangeandunsettlingsight,likehewasstandingattheedgeoftheuniverse,andforabriefmomenthewasovercomebyvertigo,hiskneesweakeningbeforehesteadiedhimself.

           Dawnwasbeginningtomakeitsmark,theskyseemingtohavelightenedconsiderablyeveninthelastminuteorso.Thomasstaredincompletedisbelief,notunderstandinghowitcouldallbepossible.ItwaslikesomebodyhadbuilttheMazeandthensetitafloatintheskytohoverthereinthemiddleofnothingfortherestofeternity.

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