How It All Goes Down
- The boys all prepare for a nice little scuffle with the two figures. The two figures stop about a dozen feet in front of the boys; there's a man and a woman.
- After a few futile attempts at asking who these people are, the woman responds that they're Cranks.
- Oh, goodie goodie gumdrops.
- The Cranks came to see if the boys had the Flare, and they're wondering how they got in the Scorch.
- The Scorch must be another word for the area they're in.
- The Cranks ignore all of the boys' questions. Then tell the boys that not all of the Cranks are gone, but not all of them are past the Gone.
- So now "Gone" has been capitalized, making it into a noun. Just as happened with the Maze, slap a capital letter on it, and you've got a whole new meaning.
- The Cranks then say that they'll all have the Flare soon, and so will the other group. You know, the ones that are supposed to kill the boys.
- Ooh, nice—not only will the Flare kill the boys, but Group B will, too—assuming that the Cranks are referencing Group B.
- The Cranks then leave, and the boys decide they need to follow them. What else are they going to do?
- It turns to nighttime, and things get a little less hot and a little more comfortable. Looks like the Gladers are on their way to Crankville.