<P> The five of them then go to Denver looking for a former WICKED researcher named Hans who can remove Thomas', Minho's, and Newt's mind - control chips . </P> <P> When they arrive at the airport a man in a black - suit directs them to an address where ex-Glader Gally is waiting for them . Newt must remain behind because he would be arrested and confined with the other Cranks . Gally has joined a rebel group called the Right Arm, and is determined to end WICKED's trials and experiments . He tells them that WICKED is capturing every Immune they can find to prepare another cycle of the Trials . He also reveals the decaying cities are home to many who suffer from the Flare, but take an illicit drug called Bliss which slows down brain functioning and helps relieve the pain Cranks feel from the Flare . </P> <P> Thomas and his friends find Hans who removes Minho's control chip, but WICKED uses the chip to force Thomas to resist the procedure: Brenda, Jorge, and Minho have to hold him down in order for Hans to perform the surgery . </P> <P> They visit a café where a man is caught taking Bliss and arrested by the security guards . One of the guards apprehends Thomas in order to sell him to bounty hunters that will take him to WICKED . WICKED Assistant Director Janson intervenes in holographic form, sending a police vehicle to rescue Thomas . Janson tells Thomas that "to save Newt", he must return to WICKED . </P>

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