They are the fifth wave, the humans who will unknowingly kill other humans. They continue on together, with Evan warning her that if she runs again, he will need to kill her.Įvan confesses that the children taken from Camp Ashpit are being trained as soldiers, just like the ones he killed. Evan catches up to her and says he can't let her go.

She runs away through the forest, but returns soon after, having left all her things, only to find that Evan is gone. Cassie realizes that the people Evan killed were child soldiers and ponders whether he is human or Other or both.Ĭassie loses it and hits and yells at Evan, completely confused about what he is and what she should do. She treats his wounds and gives him pain medication. She momentarily thinks he may be dead when a grenade goes off in the ravine where he was hiding.Įvan is alive but riddled with shrapnel, which Cassie picks out with her hands. Evan kills all of them with ease, even though Cassie worries about him. They are ambushed by a group of child soldiers, who shoot and throw grenades at them, thinking that they are Others. Evan hears something and they hide in a ravine. Cassie describes what happened on that fateful day that her father died, again. Evan burns his house down as they leave to make sure that the Others will be distracted and won't be able to trace them.Ĭassie and Evan arrive back at Camp Ashpit. They prepare to go together and several weeks elapse before they are ready.

Cassie protests and Evan says he doesn't want her to die. There is tension between Cassie and Evan, both unsure of how to act in front of the other.Įvan asks Cassie to let him go save Sammy by himself, as it is too dangerous for her to go, especially in her weakened state. She envisions what she will do to Vosch once she finally meets him again. In A Flower to the Rain, Cassie wakes up with Evan by the fireplace.

Is evan one ofn the others he 5th wave