During the tour, he explained each section of the Glade and the purpose of each. Later, Alby arrived to take Thomas on the tour, but told Thomas to ask no questions until it was over. The next morning, Alby sent Newt to show Thomas a Griever through a window. He proceeded to furiously ask why he had come up there and demanded for him to leave immediately and to not see him again until tomorrow. When Thomas came into the room, once again asking for answers, Alby jumped up and took Thomas out of the room. Later that day, Alby was seen tending to Ben along with Newt. He reaffirmed that Thomas would get a tour of the Glade and left it to Newt to get him a bed and sleep before walking off.

Alby proceeded to tell Thomas that he needed to accept his new life in the Glade. Thomas nonetheless continued to ask questions, causing Alby to get angry with him. As Thomas began to ask questions, Alby told him that he'd gradually get his answers and that he would give him the tour of the Glade the next day. He feels uneasy about this task, since Thomas is the first Greenbean since Nick's death, and Alby never had to introduce one before. Alby introduced himself to Thomas and informed him of his location in the Glade. In The Maze Runner, Alby was first seen telling the surrounding Gladers to be quiet after Thomas climbed out of the Box, causing Thomas to assume he was the leader of the group. Later in the book, it is mentioned that Alby and Newt seemed to argue a lot with Nick, the self-appointed leader of the Glade and the friend of George. To save the other boy, Alby grabbed a sharp stick, stabbing George through the neck and killing him almost instantly. They injected George with it, but he only went crazier, managing to jump on a random Glader and clawing at his eyes. Alby yelled at him, telling him to go get it. A crowd formed, with no one knowing what to do, until Frypan said that he had found a syringe of liquid labelled 'serum' in a box of supplies recently. When that would no longer work, he and Newt took him outside, but George was violent and tried to bite Alby, leading Alby to punch him repeatedly in the face, forcing Newt to stop him. When George was stung by a Griever a few months into the Trials (nothing like that had ever happened before), Alby took charge of the situation, hiding George away in the Homestead for a time to prevent a general panic. Once in the Maze, with their memories wiped, Alby and Newt seemed to become friends again. Then, like his other friends, he became suspicious of the fact that Thomas and Teresa were not coming along like they originally thought. Then, at Michael's request, Randall Spilker shot him dead.ДЄlby was friends with Thomas right up until they entered the Maze. When Alby managed to anger him, Michael jumped on the boy and started hitting him, only to be pulled off by the guards.

While there, John Michael, the Flare-crazed former chancellor, appeared, writing 'WICKED is good' on a small chalkboard. With the exception of Newt, who was not immune, the kids were forced to venture into the Crank pits to teach them a lesson. The five even sneaked outside the WICKED facility, but they were caught by WICKED. Alby and the others befriended them, having fun together for about a week.

Eventually, they became aware of Thomas and Teresa and the fact that the pair were kept in individual rooms instead of a dorm. They often sneaked out of their dorm at night to goof off in a maintenance room. In The Fever Code, Alby, who was around eight or nine, was friends with Newt and Minho.

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