The New Race

When the guards of the right arm were taking Thomas to a new facility they encountered a group of cranks who were fighting over a pile of trash but as they were passing through, Thomas notice a particular crank sitting on alone far from the others. It was Newt but he looked horrible any hint of sanity within him was gone forever. Thomas made the van stop and walked towards him until he stopped took his gun out and as Newt charged to him he pulled the trigger. 
Later on he was sent by the right arm to the WICKED facility to plant a device, when he got there the Rat Man welcomed him and told him what was his last trial. He had to comply with a operation to his brain the last step was for him to give his brain to WICKED. But as he was on the operating room a blast was heard an alarms were turned on. Later on, Thomas woke up on the operating room with a note next to him. It was from the chancellor of WICKED. It said that with the trails they've already been through they have more then enough data to build the cure, but some people disagreed with her and that's why they wanted his brain. She printed a map with a secret passage out of WICKED but he neede to get out the new subject out of the Maze first. He, Minho, Brenda, Teresa, Jorge and Gally all went to save the new test subjects. They confronted Grievers, WICKED soldiers but finally they had made it to the secrete Flat Trans were the chancellor promised to be a escape. But they've met with the Rat Man and other guards. But the bombs that the Right Arm planted were seten off and the whole building was falling apart. In a attempt on saving Thomas, Teresa got crushed by one of the boulders from the falling ceiling. All the people crossed the Flat Trans and appeared on a shack in the middle of the woods. After everyone got through Brenda closed the Flat Trans for good, and then it was clear to Thomas what the chancellor's intention were. There wouldn't be a cure, she just reunited the best immunes of the world and gave them place to live in order for the human race not to go extinct. They were the legacy of the human race.


A part that I found very shocking was the final encounter Thomas had with Newt in the dessert when Newt forced Thomas to shoot him.
"Shut up! Just Shut up!I trusted you! Now do it!"
"I can't."
"Do it!"
"I can't!" How could Newt ask him to do something like this? How could he possibly kill one of his best friends?
"Kill me or I'll kill you. Kill me! Do it!"
"Newt..."
"Do it before I become one of them!"
"I..."
"KILL ME!" And then Newt's eyes cleared, as if he'd gain one last trembling gasp of sanity, and his voice softened. "Please, Tommy. Please." With his heart falling into a black abyss, Thomas pulled the trigger." (pg 250)
This was a real intense scene since Newt was one of the main characters and now he just got killed by the main character in such a tragic way. I could only imagine the burden Thomas must've felt after that, and then telling the event to Minho wasn't going to be easy since Minho knew Newt for much longer than Thomas.


Another shocking part of the story was when the group was escaping from the WICKED facility and everything was falling apart.

"He watched, hypnotized, as it fell toward him. Teresa appeared in the corner of his vision, her image barely discernible through the clogged air. Her body slammed into his shoving him toward the maintenance room. His mind emptied as he stumbled backward and fell, jut as the huge piece of the building landed on top of Teresa, pinning her body, only head and an arm jutted out from under its girth." (pg 317)

This was a real surprise to me and a sad moment since all the book me and Thomas have been seeing Teresa as the villain and now she just save his life proving that she only wanted to protect him. Thomas couldn't believe it either since he believed he didn't cared about Teresa anymore but now he realized how much it meant to have her.


I really enjoyed the ending since it kind of gave a theme of reborn meaning that there was a new start for humanity a second chance to change things. I really enjoyed to have so many twists and turns in the book because it made it far more interesting than previous
series I've read before.

Insanity

The next morning after staying the night at that motel Thomas and his group decided to go to a place called the Crank Palace, this was a special place where cranks were kept before going insane. They wanted to go there since Newt was taken there by the police of Denver.
As they reached the Crank Palace, Thomas realized this was an incredible facility it was huge. But when they arrived the peacekeepers acted aggressively on them, luckily Jorge was able to convince the guards to let them in, in exchange for some money. When the enter the facility they could hear screams or random laughters that scared even more. The facility itself was wrecked since most of the guards were injured form confronting the cranks. When they looked up on where Newt was located, they were told he was on the center of the facility on the bowling alley. When they went to see Newt his eyes showed madness, he wasn't the same as he was before. He started screaming at them since they wanted him to come with them to find a cure. But obviously he refused and pointed a Launcher at them and threatened them to leave. It was a hard decision for Thomas but they had to let their friend go. When they arrived back to Denver they were kidnapped by the Right Arm. That's when Thomas got to talk with the Right Arm leader of what was happening, and Vince the leader told him they were planing on sending the immunes the captured to WICKED as a decoy in order to attack the main facility. And that Thomas would be essential to this plan.


A part of the book that shocked me the most was when they were at the Crank Palace and Newt was screaming at his friends to leave him alone.

"Newt let's go outside..."
"Go!" Newt stepped closer and aimed more fiercely. "Get out of here!"
Thomas hated what he was seeing, the complete wildness that had taken over Newt. His whole body trembled and his eyes had lost any hint of sanity. He was losing it completely
.
This was a very intense moment for Thomas, he had come all the way from Denver to here to be pointed with a Launcher by hi best friend. I have two thoughts about this, why does a crank such as Newt have a Launcher? It could possibly means that the guards are being overruned by the cranks making some of the guards lose their weapons. And if this is happening then it won't take long before the crank break out of the facility, meaning that Thomas and Newt will meat again.


Another quote that made me be even more shocked was when Thomas opens the envelope that Newt gave him from the beginning of the book.

"He pulled the envelope out of his pocket and ripped it open, then took out the slip of paper. The soft lights that ringed the mirror lit up the message in a warm glow, It had two short sentences:
Kill me. If you've ever been my friend, kill me." 

I'm pretty sure that if there ever is a recounter with Newt, Thomas will kill him, since it was the last sane wish Newt wanted him to do. And it will also be an act of mercy upon on Newt since he doesn't want to turn into one of them.


This part of the book has centered a lot around the Flare meaning that the author really wants to give significance to this disease in order for Thomas to make a choice and give a little bit more of a conflict. And I'm pretty sure that there is going to be a moment of doubt in Thomas's mind whether if WICKED is good.

Reality

Thomas didn't knew how to react to the news Jorge gave him since last time he thought Teresa supported WICKED and that she wanted to stay there. When he came back to his senses guards appeared from the door and started shooting at them, thankfully they were able to escape the WICKED facility on a hovercraft piloted by Jorge. Brenda knew that Minho, Thomas and Newt had to remove the "swipe" from their brains since WICKED could take over them. Fortunately Brenda knew a man named Hans who used to work for WICKED and he is able to remove the "swipe". So they headed to Denver. But when they got in they knew they couldn't bring Newt in with them since he is infected with the flare and he isn't immune as the others. So they left him to keep guard on the hovercraft till they come back. When they passed the security checkpoints and enter Denver they were surprised on how wrecked the city look and how people were so paranoid. Everyone was everyone so they kept distance between themselves and all of them used mask to cove their mouths. As they progressed into the city a stranger bumped into them leaving them a letter. It was from Gally the one who killed Chuck back at the maze. It said that the Right Arm needed their help and to meet him on a abandoned building somewhere. They had a long talk and it was told that the right arm fought against WICKED and that they needed them since they were in WICKED they can help them find the hidden facilities. That afternoon they met with Hans, who removed the "swipe" and helped them go to a close motel but on their way they felt as if someone was following them.


A part I particularly found very interesting was when the hovercraft save Thomas and it resulted that the hovercraft was piloted by Wicked and that Janson wanted to speak with him.
"Janson's expression was blank. 'We've been using our data to select a Final Candidate, and you're the one. We need you, Thomas, It all rests on your shoulders." 
if WICKED is revealing this to Thomas it means two things, that they are extremely close to the cure and also that they want Thomas to understand that they are not bad. But after everything they've done to Thomas I think it will be hard form them to change their image towards them. I think they need a stronger motivation for Thomas if they want him to comply with the experiment.

Another quote I believe it will come to great importance later on in the book was when Thomas was speaking with Janson about the possibility of him to go back to WICKED
"There's something I feel obligated to tell you. Mainly because I think it will influence your decision. Make you realize that you have to do what we're asking'... 'It's about your friend, Newt. I'm afraid he is in a tremendous amount of trouble."
Thomas knows that in not much time Newt will become a crank and there is nothing he can do since there is no cure. Unless he cooperates with WICKED and finishes the cure on time, he knows that they are really close and that the only need  him in order to not only save Newt's life but thousands of others. The problem is what will WICKED do to him if he goes to their facility or even what has happened to Newt, has he been discovered?



I really think that one way or another Thomas is going to end up cooperating with WICKED since now he knows how bad the world has become, how desperate people need hope, how they need a cure. But is he willing to risk his life for the sake of the others? I'm pretty sure the state of Newt will influence on Thomas's thoughts and maybe change sides. Maybe.