How It All Goes Down
- Thomas can tell this Aris kid isn't lying.
- Minho walks into the room amazed at seeing a new boy, so Thomas gives them the old, "Minho, meet Aris... Aris, meet Minho" (5.9).
- Teresa's still gone, so Thomas quickly tells everyone to search for her in another room. But there aren't any other rooms; Minho checked.
- Everything is locked from the inside, which is strange.
- Thomas has a sinking feeling that Teresa is one of the dead bodies—but he checks, and she isn't.
- The boys interrogate Aris to figure out his situation.
- Apparently, Aris was in the Maze, but he was the only boy with a bunch of girls.
- Hmm, so he was the male equivalent of Teresa.
- Just as Aris continues his story, Newt finishes his story for him. Newt's all like, Wait, were you the last one to get there? And did you get there in a coma? And did you have a note that said you were the last one?
- Remember, Newt has educated guesses because what he describes is that's exactly what happened to Teresa.
- Aris is flabbergasted, and Minho shouts out that WICKED must have built two mazes with two different tests. So Aris must have been part of Group B.
- Oh, and one last thing: Aris can speak telepathically, just like Thomas.
- So Thomas and Aris bond for a few seconds telepathically, and Thomas learns that WICKED killed Aris's best friend, Rachel.
- Sounds a lot like how WICKED killed Chuck.