Thomas and the Gladers follow Rat Man’s instructions and step through the force-field, called a Flat Trans, the next morning. After delivering instructions for the coming days, Rat Man leaves. Rat Man tells the boys that Phase 2, the Scorch Trials, are about to begin for them. The man, who works for WICKED, is nicknamed 'Rat Man' by the boys, a reference to his appearance. Finally, a strange man appears in the facility, protected by a force-field. Thomas and his friends are left alone for several days, during which they slowly starve. The boys also discover strange 'roles' dictated by tattoos on their necks. A series of mysterious events take place, wherein the dead hanging bodies disappear. Group B has escaped their own Maze, but Aris does not know how he got to the Group A facility. Aris claims to have been the only boy in Group B, much like Teresa was the only girl in Group A. When he goes to look for Teresa, he finds a boy named Aris instead in her place. Thomas finds the dead bodies of their rescuers hanging in a nearby room. Cranks are humans who have gone insane, slowly being eaten up by a virus called the Flare. When Thomas wakes up, he finds that zombie-like Cranks are attacking the facility. The boys and Teresa are unsure of what is going to happen next. The Maze was a horrific set of trials set up as a human experiment. The Gladers have escaped the Maze and are resting in dorm-like chambers in the rescue facility. The story picks up where the series' previous installment, The Maze Runner, left off.
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