Newly arrived at the ruins, Tally finds that Maddy has managed to break into Dr. She apologizes for accidentally betraying the Smoke, and Shay’s immediate forgiveness brings her to tears Shay is no longer Shay, her forgiveness isn’t real. Shay asks Tally if she is in love with David. Though Shay contends that it was just because she realized it was time for her to grow up, Tally sows doubt by suggesting to Shay that the shift in her thinking happened at the same time as her operation. Tally and Shay are on one board, David and Maddy on another, two other escapees on a third, and Croy alone on the fourth.Īs she and Shay coast out of the city, Tally asks her friend what changed her rebellious spirit into acquiescence. They will meet later at a cave near the ruins. The group separates into two people per board.

Cable’s tablet and take the elevator to the roof, where Tally has called the hoverboards. Maddy tells him that he can’t help his father Az is dead. David and Tally manage to gather everyone, but Az is conspicuously missing. Cable through her tablet that she's busy. While David and Tally help the prisoners out of their cages, Shay buys time by telling the Specials trying to contact Dr. A carefree Shay assures Tally that she forgives her, but Tally knows it is only the lesions talking. David goes to break them out, and Tally and Shay stay behind. She lives in New Pretty Town now, but has been brought in by Dr. Shay is untroubled and upbeat, completely and utterly changed. Tally is devastated to witness the brain damage the operation has wrought on her best friend. Cable is with someone: Shay, who has been turned pretty. Tally surprises her and David knocks her out. In the basement, Tally and David find a room labeled “Long Term Detention.” Before they can hide, Dr. Tally pries open the elevator door and they bungee jump down the shaft. She and David bungee jump onto the roof, where David jams the hovercar exit with special glue. The next night, An, Sussy, and Dex set off safety sparklers in New Pretty Town that spell out “The Smoke Lives.” Just as Tally predicted, the Specials set off toward the disturbance from their headquarters in hovercars.

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