Study Guide

The Kill Order Chapter 26

By James Dashner

Chapter 26

So you can say that strange things are certainly happening; even the guys who are holding Mark's and Alec's ropes seem confused.
Alec, noticing the confusion, springs into action and unties the rope. Mark does the same.
The woman who had first captured them then starts holding her head, and then she stumbles backwards. Looks like she's about to get the Jed-treatment.
Alec grabs a piece of wood that's half in the fire, ready to use it as a weapon.
Now people are charging Mark and Alec; two people even run straight into the bonfire.
But it seems like they really don't care. They just rush off into the forest, sure to light the whole place on fire.
The woman who had initially captured them yells for them to take her with them—pshh, fat chance.
Plus, at this point everyone's in a huge brawl and people are getting punched and tackled from all over the place.
After a huge battle royale where Mark gets beaten pretty badly, Mark and Alec escape into the forest.
But the forest doesn't look so good. In fact, the part between them and where they left Trina, Lana, and Deedee is engulfed in flames.