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Chapter 46

           TheotherGrievershadalreadygatheredinthecourtyardandfollowedtheircompaniontowardtheMaze.Withouthesitating,knowingtheotherswouldthinkhewastryingtocommitsuicide,Thomassprintedintheirdirectionuntilhefoundhimselfinthemiddleofthepackofcreatures.Havingbeentakenbysurprise,theGrievershesitated.

           ThomasjumpedontheoneholdingDave,triedtojerkthekidfree,hopingthecreaturewouldretaliate.Teresa’sscreaminsidehismindwassolouditfeltasifadaggerhadbeendriventhroughhisskull.

           ThreeoftheGrieversswarmedonhimatonce,theirlongpincersandclaspersandneedlesflyinginfromalldirections.Thomasflailedhisarmsandlegs,knockingawaythehorriblemetallicarmsashekickedatthepulsatingblubberoftheGrievers’bodiesheonlywantedtobestung,nottakenlikeDave.Theirrelentlessattackintensified,andThomasfeltpaineruptovereveryinchofhisbodyneedlepricksthattoldhimhe’dsucceeded.Screaming,hekickedandpushedandthrashed,throwinghisbodyintoaroll,tryingtogetawayfromthem.Struggling,burstingwithadrenaline,hefinallyfoundanopenspottogethisfeetunderhimandranwithallhispower.

           AssoonasheescapedtheimmediatereachoftheGrievers’instruments,theygaveupandretreated,disappearingintotheMaze.Thomascollapsedtotheground,groaningfromthepain.

           Newtwasonhiminasecond,followedimmediatelybyChuck,Teresa,severalothers.Newtgrabbedhimbytheshouldersandliftedhimup,grippinghimunderbotharms

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