Thomas follows Minho through the Maze. He is able to keep up, but feels himself becoming fatigued over time and hopes the feeling is simply due to nerves. They start in section Eight and find the Door that leads into Section One. As they run, Minho shows Thomas how to cut ivy without stopping and how to drop it behind them like “bread crumbs”, in order to leave a trail. At lunchtime, they rest and Minho explains how they found the “dead” Griever and how Alby nudged it with his foot, which caused the creature to suddenly come alive. Instead of attacking them, however, it tried to flee, and ran over Alby in the process.

They run some more and then rest again. Thomas sees a beetle blade and asks Minho what the creatures are for and why they have the word WICKED written on them. Minho says that the Gladers have never been able to catch one, and that they do not know what the word stands for. The Gladers have always assumed that the beetle blades spy for the Creators. As Minho talks about his desire for revenge on the Creators, Thomas notices a glimmer of gray on a wall.