Thomas and the Gladers hike towards a city to stock back up on supplies, along the way, he has another 'memory dream' where Teresa and Thomas practice talking telepathically. She kisses him and tells him to tell the Gladers to get as far away from her as possible. Teresa is crying, still telling him to get away from her. They enter the Scorch and eventually come to a building, where they heard screaming from a long way away. Winston gets attacked too, but Thomas manages to save him. Two boys get killed by molten steel balls that cover a person's head then decapitate them and roll away. The Gladers enter a Flat Trans and wander through the darkness for about an hour when they hear strange whispers. Shortly after he leaves, the Gladers discover tattoos on the back of their necks. And as an incentive, they've all caught the Flare and will receive a cure when they reach their destination. He tells them they are to make their way travel through the Scorch, a burned-out section of the land. The Partner.'Īfter they leave the room they find a man sitting in the middle of the room which they dub Rat Man. Even the plaque is changed to 'Aris Jones, Group B, Subject B1. Thomas opens the door to find no dead bodies. The Betrayer.' An alarm, similar to the one in the Glade when the Box came up, goes off, and the room door locks until the alarm stops. Outside of the room is a plaque that says 'Teresa Agnes. He can also talk telepathically, and even had a telepathy partner named Rachel, but she was killed just like Gally had killed Chuck in the first book. They enter Teresa's room, which is empty, except for a boy that just came out of the bathroom named Aris, who's from Group B. They ram the door down and turn on the lights to find the rescuers dead bodies hanging from the ceiling. Thomas and the rest of the Gladers go around to investigate, finding that the room where they'd eaten pizza with the people who rescued them was locked. He wakes up to seeing everyone panicking about Cranks, which are people infected with the Flare, outside their windows. Teresa calls out to him telepathically, but can't seem to get Thomas's attention. After a while, Thomas finally falls asleep. The book starts in the middle of the night where Thomas wakes up and can't get back to sleep. Their survival depends on the Gladers’ destruction-and they’re determined to survive. And WICKED has made sure to adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.įriendships will be tested. The Gladers have two weeks to cross through the Scorch-the most burned-out section of the world. Thomas was sure that escape from the Maze would mean freedom for him and the Gladers.

Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end.

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