(heavy thump)

(heavy door opening)

(mechanical whirring)

(buzzing)

(squeaking)

(gasping)

(coughing)

(retching)

(gasps)

Hello?

(coughing)

Hello?!

(panting)

(squealing)

(gasping)

Hey! Hey!

Help me!

(rapid panting)

(whirring stops)

(buzzer blares)

(panting slows)

(whirring)

(laughter)

Okay, go get him.

Day one, Greenie.

Rise and shine.

(laughter)

Kid looks like a slopper to me.

(indistinct chatter, laughter)

I could use some help in the kitchen.

(laughter)

ALL: Oh!

Hey, we got a runner!

Yeah, look at him go.

(panting)

(groans)

Whoa!

Oh, yeah!

(laughter)

Watch it there, Greenie.

Nice!

(whooping)

Take it all in.

Be here a long time!

(whooping continues)

(panting)

Come on back!

(boys whooping)

(grunting)

(lock clicking)

He's all yours!

I got it.

Tie the end.

(goat bleating)

Okay.

What do you think?

Hey.

(gasps)

Hey there, Green Bean.

You're not gonna run again, okay?

Good.

(lock clicking)

(clears throat)

My name is Alby.

Now, can you tell me anything about yourself,

who you are,

where you came from?

Anything at all?

(sniffling) No.

Can you tell me your name?

No.

I, uh... I can't remember anything.

Why can't I remember anything?

It's okay.

(breathing heavily)

Hey, relax.

Relax.

It's normal.

(sighs)

It happens to us all.

You get your name back in a day or two.

It's the one thing

they let us keep.

What is this place?

Let me show you.

(indistinct chatter)

ALBY: We eat here.

We sleep here.

We grow our own food.

We build our own shelter.

Whatever we need, the Box provides.

The rest is up to us.

"The Box"?

Yeah.

They send them once a month with fresh supplies

and a new Greenie.

This month, that's you.

Congratulations.

Sent up? By who, though?

Who put us here?

Yeah, that we don't know.

Hey, you all right, Alby?

(chuckles)

Green Bean, meet Newt.

Hi.

When I'm not around, he's in charge.

Well, it's a good thing you're always around, then.

Listen, that was some dash you made earlier.

You know, for a second,

I thought you had the chops to be a runner,

till you face-planted.

(laughs)

That's great.

Wait, a "runner"?

Newt, do me a favor.

Go find Chuck.

All right.

Thanks.

Look, I'm sorry to rush this.

You came up a little late, and there's a lot to do.

We got something special planned tonight.

Yeah. You'll see.

Hope you're not afraid of heights.

Let's go.

Come on.

This is all we got.

We've worked hard for it.

If you respect this place,

you and I will get along just fine.

What's out there?

We only have three rules.

First, do your part.

No time for any freeloaders.

Second, never harm another Glader.

None of this works unless we have trust.

And most importantly,

never go beyond those walls.

Do you understand me, Greenie?

Hey, Alby!

(chuckles)

ALBY: Hey, Chuck.

Where you been, man?

CHUCK: It's basically the same story

for all of us.

We wake up in the Box.

Alby gives us the tour.

Then here we are.

Don't worry.

You're already doing better than I did.

I clunked my pants three times

before they got me out of the pit.

Three more of those!

Oh, come on.

Here's the last one.

All right, lash those all together, guys.

Dude, where are you going?

I just want to see.

You can look around all you want,

but you better not go out there.

Why not? What's through there?

I don't know. I just know what I'm told.

And we're not supposed to leave.

(sighs)

Hey, Chuck.

New Greenie, huh?

How does it feel to be promoted?

Feels great, Ben.

I thought no one was allowed to leave.

I said we're not allowed to leave.

They're different-- they're runners.

They know more about the maze than anyone.

W-Wait, what?

What?

What? You just said "maze."

What? I-I did?

Yeah.

CHUCK: Where are you going?

What are you doing?

I'm just gonna take a look.

I told you, you can't.

No one leaves, especially not now.

It's not safe.

Okay, all right, I'm not gonna go.

Hey!

(grunts)

(panting)

We got to stop meeting like this, Greenie.

Get off me.

All right, calm, calm,

calm, calm.

Hey, don't touch me!

Whoa, take it easy.

Take it easy. Just relax.

Hey, what the hell is wrong with you guys?

Relax.

Just calm down, all right?

No, okay?

Why won't you tell me what's out there?

Just trying to protect you, man.

For your own good.

All right, you guys can't just keep me here.

I can't let you leave.

Why not?

(rumbling)

(rumbling continues)

(wind whistling)

(panting) What the hell?

(rumbling continues)

(rumbling stops)

Next time,

I'm gonna let you leave.

Welcome to the Glade.

Light him up!

(cheering)

ALL: Gladers! Gladers!

Gladers! Gladers! Gladers!

Gladers! Gladers!

(cheering continues)

(chuckles)

To the Gladers!

Hell of a first day, Greenie.

Here.

Put some hair on your chest.

(gags, spits)

Oh! (coughs)

Oh, my God, what is that?

(chuckles)

(coughing)

I don't even know.

It's Gally's recipe.

It's a trade secret.

Yeah, well, he's still an asshole.

He saved your life today.

Trust me.

The maze is a dangerous place.

We're trapped here, aren't we?

For the moment.

But...

you see those guys?

There, by the fire?

Those are the runners.

And that guy in the middle there,

that's Minho.

He's the Keeper of the runners.

Now, every morning when those doors open,

they run the maze, mapping it.

Memorizing it, trying to find a way out.

How long have they been looking?

Three years.

And they haven't found anything?

It's a lot easier said than done.

(distant rumbling)

Listen.

(rumbling continues)

Hear that?

That's the maze changing.

It changes every night.

How is that even possible?

You can ask the people who put us in here

if you ever meet the bastards.

Listen, the truth is

the runners are the only ones

that really know what's out there.

They're the strongest and the fastest of us all,

and it's a good thing, too, because if they don't

make it back before those doors close,

then they're stuck out there for the night.

And no one's ever survived a night in the maze.

(rumbling continues)

What happens to them?

Well, we call them Grievers.

Of course, no one's ever...

seen one and lived to tell about it.

But they're out there.

Right, well,

that's enough questions for one night.

Come on. Listen,

you're supposed to be the guest of honor.

Oh, well, no, no...

No!

No, no, come on.

Let me show you around.

I... Really, I'm not...

Come on.

Yeah, I've got...

(grunting, cheering)

Oh! Ow!

Over there, we've got the builders.

Very good with their hands, but then not

a lot going upstairs.

And then we got Winston.

He's the Keeper of the slicers.

And we got two med-jacks, Clint and Jeff.

Right here. What's up?

Yo, Newt.

They spend most of their time bandaging up the slicers.

What if I want to be a runner?

(Newt chuckles)

Have you listened to a word I just said?

No... no one wants to be a runner.

And besides, you got to get chosen.

(grunting)

Get chosen by who?

(shouts)

Whoa!

(grunts)

Huh?