Gally has joined a rebel group called the Right Arm, and explains that WICKED is capturing every Immune they can find to prepare another cycle of the Trials.

There, a man in a black-suit directs them to an address where Gally is waiting for them. The five then travel to Denver to find Hans, a former WICKED researcher, who can remove their mind-control chips. Newt gives Thomas a note and tells him to open it 'when the time is right'. Soon after, the Gladers discover everyone who had undergone the memory-restoration abandoned them. Thomas initially feels betrayed, but Brenda convinces him to forgive her. All three of them escape from WICKED with the help of Brenda and Jorge before their chips are removed.īrenda and Jorge are revealed to be working for WICKED. Only Thomas, Minho, and Newt choose not to undergo the surgery, as they do not trust WICKED and Thomas does not want to know who he was when he helped create the maze. The Gladers are offered the chance to remove the mind-control chips in their heads, thus restoring their memories, but at the cost of Thomas' ability to communicate telepathically with Teresa and Aris. Thomas is devastated to hear his friend Newt is not immune. Janson tells the Gladers (Group A) and Group B that most of their number are immune to the Flare while some are not, reading out names of people who are not immune to the Flare. After being held in solitary confinement, Thomas is eventually released by Janson (Rat Man in the prior novel), the assistant director of WICKED.

The Death Cure by James Dashner