How It All Goes Down
- Thomas hears the voice again. It says, "Thomas I have faith in you" (63.1).
- Somehow, Thomas is able to get himself up. When he gets up, there's still no one in the room.
- But hey, he's alive. So that's a plus.
- On a table is a manila envelope with Thomas written on the front in big red letters.
- The first paper inside is a map of the WICKED complex; the second is a letter from Chancellor Paige.
- In the letter, Chancellor Paige describes how the Trials are over. She stopped the procedure, much to some of her associates' dismay, and she will work on a cure from the data she gathered.
- Chancellor Paige also placed a back door in an unused maintenance room. She needs Thomas to gather his friends as well as all the immune people he can and escape.
- Oh, and there are paths marked on the map: a tunnel that will lead Thomas to the Right Arm, a path that will get him to the Immunes, and route that will get him to the maintenance room. There, a Flat Trans will transport him to what will hopefully be a new life.
- Huh, sounds legit.
- Remember, Brenda once told Thomas to trust Chancellor Paige. So he is all for it.
- Thomas memorizes the paths and looks at the map, and one thing in particular catches his eye: they hid the Immunes in the Maze.