Ava Paige

"WCKD is Good."

- Ava Paige "Thomas... You can save your friends or you can save all us."

- Ava Paige to Thomas

Ava Paige is the main antagonist in The Maze Runner film series, and an antagonist in its book series.

She is the main villain in the 2014 film adaptation The Maze Runner and one of two main antagonists in the 2015 film adaptation Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, alongside Janson, and is set to resume her role in the 2018 film adaptation, ''Maze Runner: The Death Cure. ''She is the highest ranking official of WICKED.

She was portrayed by Patricia Clarkson, who also portrayed Margaret White.

The Maze Runner
Chancellor Ava Paige appears at various times throughout the film in Thomas' visions, but doesn't fully appear until the end.

As Thomas and the Gladers invade the WCKD headquarters, they find a video of Chancellor Paige explaining the Flare to them. In the background of the video people are breaking in and shooting members of WICKED. Before they reach Chancellor Paige, she commits suicide. Thomas sees a body laying where she was filming and goes over to check but is interrupted.

In the end, A woman walks into another WCKD headquarters and its revealed to be Chancellor Paige, alive and well, who says they are ready for "Phase Two".

Scorch Trials
In the second film, Thomas realizes she is alive when he sees her communicating with Janson. She tells him what to do to the kids but tells him not to hurt them. Later Thomas finds out that Ava is harvesting the Immunies of an enzyme that makes them immune to the Flare (that cannot be manufactured in a lab), so they can find a way to create a cure. She would sacrifice a whole generation, only to get a cure.

In the end, she shows up at the Right Arm's camp after her soldiers attack. She speaks with Thomas and takes Teresa and many others with her. Thomas then declares that he is going to kill her.