Thomas shows the others the letter, and everyone agrees to abandon the Right Arm and head to the Maze. Brenda leads the way down many WICKED hallways. When they near the end of one hallway, they are attacked. Thomas stabs his attacker with a knife. They resume their travel down the hallways and make it to the room before the Maze. They climb the ladder and enter the Maze: “seeing the massive ivy-covered walls leading away from the Cliff took his breath away. Those had been towering even without the help of illusion, and now they rose above him like ancient monoliths, green and gray and cracked. As if they’d stand there for a thousand years, enormous tombstones marking the death of so many” (285).

When they enter the Glade, they see hundreds of people. Among them are Frypan and some of their other friends. Thomas wonders how they will get all of them out through the Maze and through the WICKED facility. They decide to split them into groups with Brenda and Teresa leading, Thomas directing, and the others bringing up the rear.