The Fever Code like stated back in another one of my posts, is about the past of the maze and how it was built (The series Maze Runner). I can’t get enough of this book because after I watched the movies, there’s all these great moments that either foreshadow, or lead on to the future like the very start of the first movie. The quotation below has our main character Thomas and a doctor or worker for the maze, Dr. Paige. Dr. Paige is found cutting some corners in her work and is now preparing Thomas for his stay in the maze.
“It was me, Thomas. I know you won’t remember this, but I want to say the words to you anyway. Explain myself. It was me who infected Chancellor Anderson and his senior staff. They wanted to give up. And I could never allow that, could I? What we’re trying to achieve is too important.”… “You were always my favorite” Dr. Paige said… “Let’s get him prepared.”… He didn’t want them gone. WICKED had tricked him. Of course they’d tricked him… Because these people were nothing but manipulative, single-minded monsters? And Dr. Paige had confirmed it all. (pp. 336-337)
I love these quotations because WICKED finally shows their true colors to a worker or subject of theirs, Thomas. Although they were preparing him for a procedure, one to wipe his memory, so the secrets of WICKED would still never be exploited, just used to traumatize patients before they undergo the surgery. What makes this even better is It’s right before the first movie or book. When Thomas gets sent into the Glade (Maze) he has no memory of anything, reading this moment in the book was amazing because it has him going through the surgery and at the very end he describes himself in darkness. It makes me kind of want to go back and watch the first movie!