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"What about all the people inside? What about the ones we came to rescue?"

The two of theet everyone out"

"He hopes? What does that mean?"

"He hopes"

"I need to talk to him" What Thoht Aret to the Maze and lead everyone out of there to the Flat Trans

The lady pointed to the hole in the side of the building "Just through there a ways is an area they’ve pretty much taken over You’ll probably find Vince there Careful, though WICKED’s got guards hiding all over the place And they’re vicious little buggers"

"Thanks for the warning" Thoet inside The hole loo within There were no h

At first Tho He walked on in silence, careful of what hter the farther he walked, and he finally spotted a door at the end of the hallway that had been propped open He jogged to it and peered in to see a large room with tables scattered across the floor set on their sides like shields Several people crouched behind thee set of double doors on the other side of the rooainst the doorfra et a better look He spotted Vince and Gally behind one of the tables, but didn’t recognize anyone else On the far left side of the room, there was a small office, and he could tell that at least nine or ten people were huddled inside He strained to see, but he couldn’t make out any faces

"Hey!" he whispered as loudly as he dared "Hey! Gally!"

The boy turned ilance around a few seconds before he spotted Thoht be tricking him

Thomas waved to make sure he saw him and Gally ain to make sure it was safe; then he crouched down, ran over to the table and collapsed on the ground next to his old nein

"What happened?" Gally asked hilare but didn’t say anything

Thomas didn’t kno to answer "They … ran a few tests Look, I found out where they’re keeping the Iet theot a one-shot deal here, and I’ht some of those people here!" Tho in response

Thomas was on his own

"Where’s Brenda, Minho, everyone else?" he asked

Gally nodded toward the side roouys are all in there, said they wouldn’t do anything until you came back"

Thomas suddenly felt sorry for the scarred boy beside hiuys do whatever they want, but come help us Don’t you wish someone had done the same for us ere in the Maze?"

Vince spun on them "Don’t even think about it," he barked "Thooals were If you abandon us now I’ll consider you a turncoat You’ll be a target"

Thomas kept his focus on Gally He saw a sadness in the boy’s eyes thathe’d never seen there before: trust Genuine trust

"Come with us," Thomas said

A smile formed on his old enemy’s face and he responded in a way Thomas never would have expected

"Okay"

Thorabbed Gally’s arether, then ran to the office and slipped inside

Minho was the first to hi as Gally watched aardly froe Teresa Even Aris Thos and words of relief and welcome He was especially thrilled to see Brenda, and he held on to her longer than anyone else But as good as it felt, he knew they didn’t have tiht now We have to go find the Immunes WICKED took, then find this back-door Flat Trans I learned about--and we need to hurry before the Right Arm blows this place up"

"Where are the Immunes?" Brenda asked

"Yeah, what did you learn?" Minho added

Thoht he’d say what he had to say next "We need to go back to the Maze"

CHAPTER 67

Thomas showed them the letter he’d discovered next to him in the recovery rooree--even Teresa and Gally--to abandon the Right Arm and set off on their own Set off for the Maze

Brenda looked at Thoave hiht hand, wondering if his survival would come down to one thin blade They slipped out of the side room and made for the double doors while Vince and the others yelled at theet killed within nored every word

The door was still cracked, and Thoh He crouched, ready for an attack, but the hall was empty The others fell in behind hi down that first long hallway The glooht made the place feel haunted, as if the spirits of all the people WICKED had let die were there waiting in the corners and alcoves But to Thomas, it felt like they were on his side