The Maze Runner 225-324

When they went back to the Glade, they told Newt and Alby of what they had found.Thomas then went over to the jail to see Teresa. He explained to her what they had found and told her all about it. That night, something weird happened in the Glade. When they awoke, all a few hours late, the sun was not shining. Their was just a grayish light hovering over the glade. Nobody knew what was going on, and they were all worried. Thomas and Minho then went out into the maze to see if anything had changed. They found out that none of the walls had moved from the night before. They then went back, knowing it was going to be dark again soon. Once it was time for the doors of the Glade to shut, they didn't. This then led to panic, and everybody hustling to get work done so they could protect themselves that night. After all of the windows and doors were boarded up in the homestead, they all tried to catch some sleep. Thomas was laying by Teresa, knowing that she'd be safe by him. Then, later that night, Thomas awoke to the sound of grievers coming into the Glade. Everybody was completely silent in fear that the grievers would come and kill them all. The grievers however, only took one person and then left. They continued to do this for several more nights. One morning when Thomas woke up, he noticed that smoke was coming from the Map room. He rushed in there with Newt and Minho following him, and found that all the maps were burned. This was especially devastating because he had a new theory of how the maps could be a clue to get out of the maze. He then went and talked to Teresa and convinced Newt to let her out of the jail. Newt did so, and then told Thomas that him and Minho had hid the maps the night before in fear that something would happen to him. At this news, Thomas ran to the cellar where they had hid the maps and began to get to work. He, Teresa, Newt, and Minho found that the maps of each section made words and that the words could be clues. They didn't know how though, and fear struck them that it didn't make sense. Right then, Thomas knew what he had to do. He had to get stung by a griever in order to go through the changing and get some of his memories back. He didn't tell anybody he was going to, but the next night when the grievers came he followed them and was stung by them multiple times. Before he passed out, he told Teresa and Newt not to worry, for he did it on purpose. Thomas then went through the changing and when he awoke, he could remember very much. He then asked Newt to call a gathering, and do it very quickly. Once at the gathering, Thomas told them all he remembered. He told them how he knew that they had to go through the griever hole and punch in the codes in order to exit the maze and how he and Teresa knew each other prior to this. They had been in on the creation of the maze, because they were very smart and were telepathic. He told them though, that it was against their will to do it, and that he swore he didn't want to. All of the keepers believed him and decided to take his advice. Although Newt knew not all of the gladers would go with, he agreed that they needed to do something in order to get out of there. Newt then decided that they would go that night. Thomas and Teresa talked to each other after the gathering, and were both sure that this was the right thing to do. They didn't know how many people would die, but they knew that there was nothing left to lose.