The final chapter is here! I thank all who read this story and please review what you think.
Marcus walked into the building holding his side in pain as a Griever had stabbed his side, before his men were slaughtered.
"THOMAS!" Marcus screamed as he limped down the hall, holding his 44. Magnum in his other hand.
"I know you are here!" he yelled and he heard his voice echo through the building.
Then he heard the sound of someone running behind him, he turned and fired a bullet, only to have it hit the wall.
"Damn!" he said and limped toward the bullet hole, he looked down the hall and saw Minho running down the hall.
He raised the gun and fired another shot, nailing Minho right in the back.
"Got you!" Marcus said victoriously and ran to the injured teenager.
"Thought you could escape me!?" he said laughing.
He kicked the teen and he rolled over and Marcus screamed at his face.
It was a skeleton, their was no skin only bone.
"What?! What the hell!?" Marcus said as he backed up from the skeleton.
He turned and he screamed again, Teresa and Winston were running toward him and slowly they melted into a large spider.
"What is going on!?" Marcus screamed as he fired two more shots at the spider but nothing happened.
Everyone's POV.
"That venom really did a number on him." Thomas said as they watched Marcus screaming and fire four bullets into the air.
"I thought the venom was supposed to make you want to kill the Gladers. Not see illusions and go crazy." Minho said.
"Obviously you've never been stung." a voice behind them said.
They all turned and Sam was sitting up his eyes more of pink than blood red, and his iris more of grey than black.
"Sam?" Thomas asked.
"Yes Tom boy. Before you all start asking questions let me explain. I'm crazy, and I have manifested two versions of myself, good and evil. The good side is me, Sam Neaks, while the bad side is Sneaks the crazy shuck that has been after you guys. Now I will take questions." Sam said.
"What's up with Marcus?" Winston asked.
"Ah, you see when I created the Grievers I made it so if I was ever to take control of the Grievers, the venom would become a hallucinogenic poison, so everyone would become like me. Absolutely insane!" Sam said with a chuckle.
"That's...insane." Newt said and laughed at that.
Marcus screamed in the other room and started banging against the glass.
"Sam? Your name is Sam?" Sarah asked as she walked over to him cautiously.
Sam nodded as they looked at each other.
"And...your still you?" she asked.
Sam smiled "I'm still me." he said softly.
Sarah grabbed him and pushed their lips together, when she pulled away Sam looked shocked but eventually he broke into a large grin.
"That was unexpected." Winston said.
"Shut up!" Sam said with a laugh as they helped him out of bound hands and feet.
"Kill them all!" Marcus screamed as he broke through the glass.
"Everyone run!" Sam yelled and they all ran out the door.
Marcus looked as crazy as Sneaks as he started after them screaming incoherently.
"Shuck! He's gaining!" Thomas yelled and he felt something leave his pocket.
"Keep running!" Sam said and then cut a corner down another hall, Marcus followed him.
Thomas stopped and realized what was missing from his pocket, then he realized what Sam was planning.
"Sam! No!" Thomas yelled and went after him.
Marcus was running after Sam and waving his gun, his eyes looking at the teen with a hungry stare.
Marcus licked his lips as he started to gain on Sam, until suddenly someone tackled him and brought him to the ground.
Marcus growled viciously as he turned and grabbed Thomas who was on top of him.
"I'm so hungry!" Marcus yelled as he opened his mouth.
"Tom boy!" Sam yelled as he saw that Marcus was holding him against the ground.
Marcus turned and grabbed his gun, he aimed it at Sam and fired twice.
The bullets sailed through his shoulder and leg, Sam screamed in pain as he fell.
"Sam!" Thomas yelled as he saw Marcus turn back and he saw that his eyes were turning red and black, just like Sneaks.
"You look delicious!" Marcus said licking his lips hungrily.
At that he opened his mouth and bit down into his shoulder, Thomas screamed in pain as he felt the teeth break the skin.
Then a miracle happened, Sam appeared ignoring the two bullets in him and grabbed Marcus by the neck and yanked him back, causing him to release Thomas.
"Tom boy! Get out of here!" Sam yelled as he swung around and kicked Marcus in the leg.
"I'm not leaving you!" Thomas said as he got up holding his wounded shoulder.
Teresa and Newt came running down the hall.
"Just go Thomas!" Sam screamed as he punched Marcus in the nose.
"Not without..." he started.
"Get out of here now!" he said and then suddenly he fell on the ground, clutching his head in pain.
Marcus growled viciously and started after them again.
Sam tackled him again and held him down.
"Run!" he yelled in pain as his head throbbed.
Marcus started to break free of his grip and growled like an animal.
Sarah appeared out of nowhere and helped Sam hold Marcus down.
"Get out of here!" Sam yelled at her, but she shook her head.
"I lost you once! I'm not losing you again!" she said with tears.
Sarah pressed her lips against his "I love you." she said.
"I love you too!" he said with tears "Thomas run!" he yelled.
"No!" Thomas said as Newt and Teresa grabbed him and started pulling him back.
"NOW!" he screamed as he pulled out the C4 brick that he had taken from Thomas.
"You can't kill me!" Sneaks screamed both in his mind and out loud.
Sam pulled out the detonator as he shoved the C4 against the captains neck.
"Run!" Newt said and they started down the hall as Sam pulled out the detonator.
He pressed it and the C4 started beeping rapidly.
Sam fell on the ground and Sneaks took over his body.
"Finally! I'm in full control!" Sneaks yelled laughing.
He looked at the captain who had the beeping C4 right next to him.
"Goodbye Sneaks!" Sarah said with a tearful smile as she hugged the life out of him, never wanting to let go.
"Oh shuck me!" Sneaks said with a look of fear on his face for once and the C4 exploded.
Fire erupted from the hall and shot down heading right for the three Gladers.
"SAM!" Thomas screamed but was drowned out by the roar of the flames heading towards them.
"Go, go, go!" Teresa yelled as they cut a corner and ran into a closet.
Newt started to shut the door and flames shot into the room, and then Newt slammed it shut.
They were all breathing heavily as the flames died down outside.
"Sam." Thomas said with a shaky voice as he held his shoulder in pain.
"He did what he had to do Thomas. He'll be remembered that way." Teresa said as she helped him up.
Newt opened the door and it fell right off it's hinges and slammed into the ground.
The door was charred black just like the rest of the hall, then another door fell forward.
Winston, Frypan, and Minho all walked out and looked at the charred hallway.
"That C4 is some powerful stuff." Winston said.
"Sam." Thomas said again as he ripped off a piece of his shirt and wrapped it against his shoulder to dull the pain and slow the bleeding.
"I'm sorry Thomas." Minho said.
Then they heard glass shattering from down the hall.
Thomas lifted his head and bolted down the destroyed hall.
He kept running ignoring his friends calls, he tripped over something in the hall.
He looked back and found a charred corpse, clutching a gun tightly in its burnt hand.
"Is that Captain Marcus?" Frypan asked as they caught up to him.
But that wasn't what Thomas was staring at.
He was staring at the footprints in the charred ground that led away from the body, two sets side by side heading for a shattered window at the end of the hall.
Thomas walked over to the broken window and saw claw marks on the walls, very similar to Griever marks.
Thomas looked in the distance and a large bulbous creature rise over a dune and then disappear from sight.
"Thomas? You okay?" Teresa asked grabbing his hand.
Thomas smiled and then squeezed her hand.
"Yeah, just saying goodbye."
"Oh shuck me!" Sneaks yelled as the C4 detonated and shot them both against the wall as the captain was engulfed in flames.
Sarah looked up and saw that the flames were going down the hall but didn't touch them.
Sneaks groaned as he looked over at Sarah, she gulped afraid of what would happen.
Then she saw his eyes, emerald green instead of black.
"S-Sam?" she asked in amazement.
"I...I think... You killed Sneaks." he said as he broke into a grin.
"What do you mean?" she asked confused.
"Like how cats have nine lives, I have two, Sneaks and me, I think you killed Sneaks because he was in full control when the C4 went off." Sam explained as he felt no headache, no voice screaming at him.
"Why am not dead though?" she asked.
"Grievers hate fire and are more vulnerable to it, the heat of the fire is what probably finished him off." Sam said as he got up very unsteadily, then helped up Sarah.
"But shouldn't we be on fire or something?" she asked.
"The C4 was pointing towards that end of the hall so it didn't get us hopefully the others escaped." Sam said with a worried look.
"So, now what? We stay with your friends?" Sarah asked.
Sam smiled and kissed her softly on the lips.
"I have a better idea. Let's just run. See where it takes us." Sam said with another smile.
Sarah chuckled amused as she took his hands in hers.
"Sounds like a plan as long as I'm with you." she said.
Then a small roar came up behind them, they turned and found Grieves running towards them.
"Your alive buddy!" Sam said happily as he picked up his pet.
"Must have hid in the plane or something." Sam said as he stroked his little Griever.
"So how do we get out of here?" Sarah asked as she pet Grieves.
Sam grinned as he looked down at his pet, his best friend, his control panel.
"I think I can get us a ride." he said and suddenly shattering sound rang through the hall and a large Griever scuttled in.
"Hop on." Sam said as he helped his girlfriend onto the large creature.
The Griever ran out the window fast but smooth enough so they wouldn't fall off.
The Griever ran up one of the sand dunes and Sam looked back at the building where he could see Thomas and the others standing there.
Sam smiled, happy that they survived and then he took Sarah's hand.
He leaned over and kissed her again, happy she was in his life.
"Anyplace in particular you want to go to Sam?" Sarah asked.
Sam put his arm around her and kissed her forehead as he gazed out into the Scorch.
"Nope, as long as I'm with you, I don't give a shuck!"
And the story is over! Please tell me what you think! Please! Bye!
