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"If you ain't scared, you ain't human."
— Alby, The Maze Runner

Alby was the First-in-Command of the Gladers, and former Runner, named after Albert Einstein, the German theoretical physicist. It was mentioned in The Scorch Trials and The Fever Code that he was one of the first 10 Gladers to enter the Glade.

Biography

The Fever Code

In The Fever Code, Alby, who was around eight or nine, was friends with Newt and Minho. They often snuck out of their dorm at night to goof off in one of the maintenance rooms. Eventually, they became aware of Thomas and Teresa and the fact that the pair were kept in individual rooms instead of a dorm like them. Alby, along with the others, befriended them, having fun together for about a week. The five even sneaked outside the WICKED facility, but they were caught by WICKED guards. With the exception of Newt, who was not Immune, the kids were forced to venture into the Crank pits to teach them a lesson. While there, John Michael, the Flare-crazed former chancellor, appeared, writing "WICKED is good" on a small chalkboard. When Alby managed to anger him, Michael jumped on the boy and started repeatedly hitting him, only to be pulled off by a few guards. Then, at Michael's request, Randall Spilker shot him, ending his misery.

8 years later, Alby was still friends with Thomas right up until they entered the Maze. Then, like his other friends, he became suspicious of the fact that Thomas and Teresa were not coming along like they originally thought. This made Alby feel betrayed.

Once in the Maze, with their memories wiped, Alby and Newt seemed to become friends again. 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. When that would no longer work, he and Newt took him outside, but George was violent and tried to bite Alby, leading Alby to beating him up repeatedly, forcing Newt to stop him. 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 sent up from The Box. Alby yelled at him, telling him to go get it. After Frypan found the syringe, they injected George with it, but he only went crazier, managing to jump on a young Glader and clawing at his eyes. To save the boy, Alby grabbed a sharp stick, stabbing George through the neck and killing him almost instantly. Alby and the other Gladers watched as Nick, who was very close to George, kneeled beside his best friends dead body.

Alby, along with Newt, seemed to argue a lot with Nick, the self-appointed leader of the Glade, as he was the first person to be sent into the Glade.

The Maze Runner

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. Alby introduced himself to Thomas and informed him of his position in the Glade. He felt uneasy about this task, since Thomas was the first Greenbean since Nick's death, and Alby never had to introduce one to the Glade. 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. Thomas nonetheless continued to ask questions, causing Alby to lose control and get angry. Alby proceeded to tell Thomas that he needed to accept his new life in the Glade. He reaffirmed to Thomas that he would get a tour of the Glade and left it to Newt to get him a bed and sleep before walking off.

Later that day, Alby was seen tending to Ben along with Newt, in the Homestead. When Thomas came into the room, once again asking for answers, Alby jumped up and took Thomas out of the room. 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.

The next morning, Alby sent Newt to show Thomas a Griever through a window, showing a part of the Maze. Later, Alby arrived to take Thomas on the tour, but told Thomas to ask no questions until it was over. During the tour, he explained each section of the Glade and the purpose it each had. He also explained that outside the Glade was the Maze and told Thomas that they have a rule that no one, except Runners, allowed in it. Just as he was explaining what a Beetle Blade was to Thomas, the siren for a new person entering the Glade went off. Confused, he and Thomas both set off towards the Box.

Before the Box opened, Alby told the Gladers surrounding the Box to move out of the way. Once the gates opened, Alby told Newt to jump down to check on the new Greenie. To his shock, Newt said it was a girl and read out a note she had, reading "She's the last one, ever." After everyone watches in confusion, Alby got the girl up from the ground and took her to the Homestead for her to rest.

Soon after, Alby, along with Minho, went out into the Maze to check on Minho's sighting of a dead Griever. However, the Griever turned out to be playing dead, and Alby got stung. Minho tried to half-carry him back to the Glade. However, they arrived outside the doors just as they began to close for the night. As he saw them approach, Thomas slipped out just as the doors closed in an attempt to help them. Minho was angry at him for this, saying he had no hope. Believing their chances were better if they split up, Minho ran off, leaving the now unconscious Alby and Thomas alone together.

Thomas, refusing to leave his friend behind, grabbed Alby and started running through the Maze. He eventually realized he was too tired to keep carrying Alby, but still wouldn't leave him, so he tied himself and Alby in vines that hung from the walls. As the Griever rolled up the wall toward Alby, Thomas redirected them towards himself, and when the Griever had picked up too much speed to miss him, he moved aside, throwing the Griever past him.

After Minho's return, as seeing Thomas dodging the Grievers gave him an idea. They left Alby tied up and ran towards the Cliff together. As they approached, they braced themselves and faced the Grievers that had pursued them. They then used Thomas' dodging idea to lead the Griever over the Cliff, saving themselves and Alby. They then started back towards the Glade, grabbing Alby on the way.

After the doors opened, Alby was immediately taken into the Homestead and given the Grief Serum. Soon after, he went through the Changing.

After the Changing, Alby asked to see Thomas. He started to tell Thomas how he knew a lot now, such as who Thomas and Teresa were, and that he could remember what the outside world was like. But just as Alby was about to go into more detail, he had a seizure, induced by WICKED to prevent him from revealing too much information to Thomas.

When the Grievers started coming into the Glade to pick off one kid a night, Alby decided to go to the Map Room to "study" the maps more closely. But when a Griever took one of the boys, Winston went to check on Alby. He found him lying in the Map Room, stunned, with a cut across his forehead. The maps in the room were apparently burned by an unknown Glader; however, they turned out to be decoys, as the real ones had been moved. Alby later confessed that he burned what he thought were the maps and then slammed his head against the table to give himself an alibi. He then ranted about how they shouldn't try to escape the Maze because there was a terrible disease in the world that he would rather die than get.

After Alby had undergone the Changing, it seemed as if he feared the outside world due to his memories. He became distant and no longer trusted himself to make any decisions for the Gladers, having Newt be first in-command.

As the Gladers were attempting to escape the Maze, they were confronted by many Grievers. Afraid to return to the real world, and possibly believing that the death of one Glader would satisfy the Grievers, Alby did the unthinkable. Sacrificing himself to the Grievers, he thought the Grievers would leave his friends, but unfortunately, his death was for nothing, as a bloody battle ensued in which many of the remaining Gladers were killed.

The Scorch Trials

In The Scorch Trials, it was mentioned by Newt that Alby was one of the first 10 Gladers. This confirmed that Nick was the first Glader, and then the next 10 Gladers came to the Glade the exact same time the following month.

The Death Cure

In The Death Cure, Newt told Thomas that, after his botched suicide attempt, Alby was the one who found him in the Maze, close one of the Doors and dragged him back to the Glade just before the doors closed for the night.

Film

The Maze Runner

Alby's death

Alby's death

In the The Maze Runner, Alby was kind to Thomas when he arrived in the Glade, as was actually happy to show Thomas around. Alby introduced Newt to Thomas while giving him the tour of the Glade. After Thomas was attacked by Ben, who was stung by a Griever, Alby, along with Minho, explored the Maze to trace back Ben's steps to where he had been stung. Since there was no Grief Serum in the Film, people who were stung by Grievers suffered the Changing from just being stung, though the sting itself seemed not to be lethal. Instead, Teresa, who had arrived in the Glade, carried two syringes with unknown content. One of them was used to calm and heal Alby after he had been stung by a Griever. In the film, Alby was one of the victims of the Griever Attack in the night the doors remained open. While running from the Grievers, Thomas and some other Gladers found Clint and Jeff carrying an unconscious Alby, began trying to find shelter, they were attacked by a Griever. Just before the Griever could attack them, they were saved by Minho, Newt, Frypan and Tim, distracting it long enough for them to make it to the Council Hall. While hiding, a Griever jumped onto the roof, causing it to collapse. Alby was saved from being under the rubble, but a Glader was unable to be saved, as a Griever dragged him further into the rubble, killing him. While everyone was waiting for an aftermath, a Griever crashed through the wall, grabbing Chuck. While everyone was in panic, and Thomas and Teresa were trying to help him, Alby, having grabbed a knife, began endlessly stabbing the Grievers sting, until finally breaking it, causing the Griever to let go of Chuck. Seconds later, Alby was grabbed by the same Griever. Before he was dragged away, he told Thomas to get the remaining Gladers out of the Maze and away from the Grievers.

The Death Cure

In the The Death Cure, when Minho was hallucinating being back in the Glade, three people were seen near the wall. The figures in the hallucination were Alby, Chuck, and Winston. This wasn't Alby, but a vision of him.

Alby's name was seen engraved on the Memorial Rock along with all the names of the people killed during the war against WCKD.

Physical Appearance & Personality

Alby was described as a dark-skinned boy with short-cropped hair and a clean-shaven face. He also had a permanent scowl on his face.

Alby was short-tempered and rather harsh, though he cared about the Gladers and wanted to keep them safe. As a child, however, he was fun-loving and kind.

Trivia

  • In The Death Cure, it was mentioned that Alby was one of the first Gladers, being part of the First Thirty. However, in the The Maze Runner, it is stated that he was the first person to be sent into the Glade.

Quotes

  • "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. Most importantly... never go beyond those walls. Do you understand me, Greenie?" The Maze Runner (film)

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