More people were piling into the room, and Thomas turned his attention to what was going on. But judging by the looks on their faces, Thomas was sure they were on board. Rat Man returned before Newt or Minho could respond. “But as soon as we get a chance, we’re going to fight our way out of this place.” “We’ll stick around, play along and act nice,” he whispered. Then he finally voiced what had been building inside him for weeks. Minho reached over and squeezed Newt’s shoulder. “Yeah, well, we’ll just have to find you a new place to cook.” Newt grabbed Thomas and Minho by the arms and led them away from the group. “You forget about the Grievers?” Newt asked.įrypan paused a second, then said, “They never messed with me in the kitchen, now, did they?” “We can’t let them put those things on our face, can we? I’d just be happy back in my kitchen in the Homestead, I swear I would.” “Ah, man,” Frypan’s voice cut in, jarring Thomas back. “Suit yourselves.” She shook her head, then turned and walked away.ĭespite everything that had happened, Thomas’s heart lurched in his chest as she retreated across the room. He stared at her, forcing his own expression to remain blank-and Teresa’s face fell. But the difference was that now he was suspicious about why she wanted it so badly. It was a look he knew so well-she expected him to side with her. Every instinct he had told him Minho was right, but he didn’t voice his opinion aloud. Thomas couldn’t have said it better himself. “If Aris and Teresa are for it, I’m against it.” “Well, that settles it for me,” Minho answered. ![]() ![]() ![]() “And I’m the one who supposedly has the bloody Flare, so I have more stake in it than anybody. “Come on, she’s not so bad,” Frypan offered. Thomas and his friends watched as she walked over, and she and her group started whispering furiously to each other. But Thomas could never forgive the boy for the part he’d played in helping Teresa back in the Scorch, luring him to the chamber in the mountains and forcing him inside. He’d been hanging out with them since Thomas had arrived, which Thomas figured made sense-Aris had gone through his own Maze experience with that group. Thomas scanned the room until he found Aris talking to some of his friends from Group B. “Didn’t you say he was with you guys before you came to the Maze? What does he think?” “What about Aris?” Newt had been so quiet, Thomas hadn’t even noticed that he’d walked up behind him with Frypan. “Well, I never trusted you anyway,” Minho said, shaking his head slowly. “You guys are missing the whole point! If they can control us, if they can do whatever they want with us, make us do anything, then why would they even bother with this whole charade of giving us a choice? Plus, he said they’d also be taking out the part that lets them control us. “They can manipulate us, play with our shuck brains, dude! How would we even know if they’re giving us back our own memories or shoving new ones inside us?” I’m not sure what you’re up to, but I’m not buying it.” But I also know you’re in love with WICKED. Thomas’s mind was spinning, trying to put it all together. You can take this time to make your decisions.” The Rat Man paused, then finished, “Give me just a few moments to make sure the medical teams are ready. Now, I’m sure you have a million questions, but most of them will be answered by your own memories, so I’m going to wait until after the procedure for any more Q and A.” We have several more rooms like this one, and a whole team of doctors waiting to get started. Much of that was for the purpose of stimulating brain patterns. ![]() “You will fall into a trancelike state as the nerves repair themselves and your memories return, similar to what some of you went through during what you called the Changing back in the Maze. Our doctors and nurses will give you a sedative to calm your nerves and something to dull the discomfort.” From there they will remove the machinery in your brain. Small wires within the device will descend and enter your ear canals. It’ll be placed on your face-and I promise you’ll still look just as pretty when everything is done. It’s called a Retractor, and it will be performing this procedure. “This is something we’re very proud of here-a feat of scientific and medical engineering. He walked over to the closest bed, then reached up and put a hand on the odd metallic device hanging from the ceiling. “And what if you don’t figure things out?” Minho asked. But the Trials required your participation.” Most of you not immune are in the early stages of the Flare, and I have every confidence that you’ll be taken care of before it goes too far. “Mainly so I could tell you myself and remind you that the whole point of this operation has been to build toward a cure. “I wanted to get that out of the way,” Rat Man said.
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