Brenda was a female Crank from Canada who aided the Gladers on their quest to cross the Scorch.
The Scorch Trials
Brenda once lived in Canada with her parents until the Flare struck. Her father was killed by the organization WICKED shortly afterwards. Sometime later, Earth was baked by sunflares and Brenda made her way to the wasteland known as the Scorch and was infected with the Flare, becoming a Crank in the process. Two years later, the Crank leader Jorge introduced her to a group of teenagers who escaped WICKED called the Gladers and had her accompany him and the Gladers to a safe haven in the mountains beyond the abandoned city where the Gladers were told they would be given a cure to eradicate the Flare. When she went with the Gladers to a tower to feed them, Brenda expressed interest in Thomas, one of the Gladers. After lunch, Brenda heard an crash coming from the lower levels of the tower and she rushed to evacuate, but she and Thomas were separated from the Gladers during the evacuation. They made their way to the remains of an underground area beneath the city. they began to search for a way out of the tunnels. While searching, Thomas and Brenda were attacked by Cranks fully succumbed to the Flare. Thomas and Brenda ran through the tunnels while being pursued by the gone Cranks. They eventually found a hiding place and took cover where the leader of the gone Cranks searched for them to no avail. Thomas and Brenda, hoping they had left, emerged from their hiding place, only to be attacked by the leader. The leader knocked away Brenda's knife and Thomas grabbed it and stabbed the Crank, killing him. Shortly afterwards, the two teenagers found a hatch leading to the streets where they took refuge in an alley and slept in a car. When she woke up, they decided to search for Thomas's companions. Before they could, however, two Cranks showed up and told them to attend a celebration. In a ruined apartment, a Crank told Thomas and Brenda to drink fire juice, which knocked them unconscious. When they awoke, they found themselves locked to chairs, and were questioned by a Crank nicknamed "Blondie". Before they could bite their fingers, however, Blondie heard chaos erupting froom the upper floor and ran upstairs to stop it. When Blondie left, Thomas and Brenda were reunited with Minho, Jorge, and the Gladers who rescued them and the Cranks surrendered. As the Gladers and Jorge left with Thomas and Brenda, Thomas was shot by a persistant Blondie. Minho attacked and knocked Blondie out and carried Thomas back to a tent established by the Gladers. There, Thomas had the bullet removed from his body and slowly recovered. Minho told Thomas and Brenda that Jorge led the Gladers through the cities and Frypan spotted Thomas as he was taken to the apartment, which angered the Gladers and they eventually ambushed them. After telling Thomas and Brenda what had happened, the Gladers packed up the tent and left the abandoned city with Jorge and Brenda. Later, Brenda and the Gladers confronted a Group of female Gladers called Group B led by Thomas's best friend, Teresa, who was corrupted by WICKED. Group B took Thomas hostage and warned the Gladers if they tried to rescue Thomas, they would open fire with arrows. The Gladers had no choice but to continue on through the mountains to reach the safe haven. After reaching a valley, the Gladers made an alliance with Group B to confront WICKED. Thomas and Teresa, now free of her corruption, regrouped with the combined group and finally reached the safe haven. Suddenly, canisters emerged from the ground and released monsters to kill the Gladers. Brenda helped fight and kill the monsters after they discovered their weak spots. A flying transport called the Berg arrived after the group overcame the monsters. Brenda, along with Jorge and the rest of the Gladers, climed onto the Berg and escaped the valley. On the Berg, the Gladers and the two cranks celebrated their success. Hours later, the Berg landed at WICKED's headquarters where Brenda, Jorge, and the Gladers were given the cure. She and Jorge disappeared shortly afterwards.