They head out in the morning and notice there are still not many people on the streets. Minho confides with Thomas that he is worried about the state they will find Newt in. They pass an empty lot and Thomas notices movement. He points out a man in the lot. The man is hunched over and moving his hands. “Without warning, the man sprang up and turned toward them; blood covered his mouth and nose” (161). The infected man does not pursue them, but goes back about his business.

Once back at the Berg, Jorge opens it up. Thomas expects Newt to be waiting for them, but “nothing moved inside or out, and his heart sank. Minho obviously felt the same way. ‘Something’s wrong.’ He sprinted to the door and ran up the ramp before Thomas had a chance to react” (163).

“They could hear Minho calling Newt’s name somewhere deep in the ship, but the infected boy wasn’t responding. A cavity seemed to open within Thomas, widening and sucking the hope out of him” (163). Thomas finds Minho with a piece of paper in his hand. Minho is near tears. Newt’s note says someone got inside and took him to live with the other Cranks.