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Group B, referred to by its members as the Icers in The Scorch Trials Official Graphic Novel Prelude, canon to the film-universe, is one of the two groups that participated in the Trials created by WICKED.

Unlike the Group A (known as Gladers), which were composed almost entirely of teenage boys, Group B was the opposite, as it was composed almost entirely of teenage girls (except for Aris Jones). During their Maze Trial, they escaped from the Maze three days faster and lost fewer people than the Gladers, showing that they were significantly more capable than the Gladers.

Group B's First-in-Commands were Harriet and Sonya (until Teresa joined them in the Scorch - in the film-universe comic The True Maze, which contradicts the Original Books in many respects, the group was led by Ximena until she was killed before they escaped the Maze.) Several of the girls' roles seemed to be equivalent to those of the Gladers, and the experiences of the two groups in the Maze appeared to have been extremely similar. One major difference was that Rachel (Thomas' equivalent) was killed by Beth (Gally's equivalent), but with the Gladers, Chuck was forced by WICKED to jump in the way of the knife Gally threw to kill Thomas.

Before Group B began their Scorch Trials, they were told by Janson that they must kill Thomas if they wished to receive the Cure when they arrived at the Safe Haven. They were allowed to travel through underground tunnels through The Scorch, while the Gladers were forced to travel overland in the burning sun. After they ambushed the Gladers, they took Thomas and dragged him up into the mountain pass, and Thomas convinced them not to kill him. Group B and the Gladers met up at the Safe Haven, and they fought together against the Bulb Monsters before being rescued by WICKED.

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In the story "True Maze" of The Scorch Trials Official Graphic Novel Prelude (which is canon to the Films but not to the Original Book Series), Group B welcomed Aris to their Maze. At the time of his arrival, there were eight girls in their Maze. They were all shocked when a boy came up from the Box. Their Maze was in a snowy, coniferous forested area that they called "the Spring" and referred to themselves as "Icers". Instead of Grievers, they had giant, flying, winged bat-like creatures called Shades. The Shades dwelled in the outer reaches of the Maze and seemed indifferent to the time of day. When the doors opened in the morning, all the girls Mapped the Maze in ice skates. At the outer reached of their Maze complex, the Maze became vertical, requiring the Icers to use ice climbing to further map it out.

Following Aris' arrival, the Icers, unsure of how to initially deal with him, decided to have a summit at the "Decision Tree", their Equivalent of a Gathering at the Homestead for the Gladers. Whilst on his way there, Aris learned of the Icers terminology and that of the Maze and it's nature. After his arrival, the girls got into a heated debate over what to do with Aris. Ximena, the Icers' First-in-Command, was suspicious of Aris' intentions, believing him to be a spy or jinx. She cited that in the more than two years she had been in the Maze, only girls have arrived every month, until Aris showed up. Rachel, the last girl to have arrived before Aris, disagreed. She argued that he was one of them, noting that he did not have any memories of his past before his arrival in the Maze, just like all of them when they arrived. Alexandra, another Icer, proposed that they simply abandon Aris to the Maze and let the Shades deal with him. Rachel and Alexandra quickly got into a heated argument over the morality of leaving Aris to die in the Maze. Before it could escalate further, Aris interjected, much to their chagrin.

Aris stated that neither side was wrong in what they said. Ximena was right to not trust him over who he was. Rachel was also right in that he was not a spy and, like the girls, did not know why he was here. He nevertheless stated that he was willing to assist the girls in finding a way out. The short speech earned the support of the Icers in allowing Aris to join them. Immediately afterward, Ximena punched Aris square in the face, stating that it was the most effective way of helping Aris remember his name, to which he told them.

Sometime later, all the Icers, including Aris, headed out into the Maze. Once they reached the vertical portion of the Maze, they began the strenuous work of ice climbing it. As the girls ascended, they made note it was the farthest up they had ever been in their time in the Maze as well as the fact that no Shades had appeared. Before the group could ascend further up, a Shade attacked the group, killing Ximena and severely injuring Rachel, having her back broken.

As Rachel recovered from her fall, Aris discovered that there is a Maze pattern on the wings of the Shade hung up in the hut surrounding the Decision Tree. Using their time out of the Maze, the two worked together on examining the patterns and drawing it out on paper. Meanwhile, the able-bodied Icers continued to head out into the Maze, suffering additional losses as the Shades grew bolder in their attacks. One day, Aris decided to cut open the Shade and discovered a transmitter buried inside it. At that same moment, the remaining Icers, led by both Harriet and Sonya, confronted the pair over the actions.

Aris explained to the rest that he discovered what appeared to be a transmitter, which could be a way out of the Maze. Before a vote could be made on whether or not they should activate it, Rachel pressed the button, hoping for the best. Instead, it released all the Shades into the Spring. The two began apologizing to the group for leading them into a trap, but Harriet stopped them. She stated that while the two didn't save them as they had hoped, they did finally bring an end to the nightmare of being in the Maze. The Icers quickly rallied to attack the incoming Shades. As the Icers tried to fight off the Shades, the transmitter turned green and WCKD soldiers arrived to save them. The only survivors were Harriet, Sonya, Aris, and Rachel, as the remaining Icers were killed by the Shades.

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