The moment the memory finishes, my eyes snap open. My head's swimming with questions. I want to know about my life in W.I.C.K.E.D before going into the Maze. 

Who was Lizzy? And who and where is she now? My friend? My sister? Do I even have a sister?

 I groan with annoyance, since these questions will probably never be answered and I look around me.  I'm on my back, on the floor. I roll over on to my front and pick myself up. I see Jane doing the same and Chancellor Paige is looking at us with expectation.  

"Oh, you're back," she says," If you two, just want to come over here. I'm going to play what happened in Janson's office on my computer. I have hidden cameras all over the place, and when Janson took Thomas, I made sure there was at least one camera recording in his office."

Jane and I walk over the computer. Paige has a screen showing lots of rooms. She clicks on one, which enlarges and she types in a password, then she presses play.

"This is the one," she says, satisfied.

On the screen it shows a man and a woman facing a desk. The door opens, and Rat Man, and Tommy walk inside. He gestures for Tommy to sit between them, and then Rat Man sits down on the other side of the desk.

"These are my associates," he says,"Dr. Wright," he indicates to the woman," is our lead Psych, and Dr. Christensen our lead physician. We have a lot to discuss so you'll pardon me if I'm short on introduction."

They go on to why Tommy's the Final Candidate and what a honor it is, and how important he is to finding the cure. I can tell Tommy's slowly losing it; he doesn't want this pet talk. They tell him how everything he-we have been through, all comes down to one final thing.

"Thomas, we need your brain."

I'm stunned. No, not Tommy. I stumble back and grab hold of a chair behind me. Dr. Paige pauses the recording, and looks at the two of us. Jane's horrified. As for me, I can't speak. I've already lost Alby, I can't lose Tommy too.

" We do have one advantage," says Dr. Paige, " Thomas is allowed time if he needs it to compose himself-"

There's a knock at her office door. She turns off the feed on her computer, and walks briskly towards the door.

There's a guard on the other side, and an alarm blaring.

"Sorry for the inconvenience, Ma'am- a Berg arrived with a delivery, but it was a trick to get people inside-they're trying to take over the main building this very second."