Well how do I know if I should stay or just go
The bottom line is way that I'll never know
Stay with me
Stay with me

YouMeAtSix - Stay With Me

Marie awoke with a start, her eyes focusing on the plain white ceiling above her. She knew where she was, despite her unconsciousness state seconds ago; she was in a hospital.

But how? She last remembered falling to the ground in agony and bleeding profusely when Adam had taken Lawrence up the staircase; she didn't recall going up the stairs herself.

Adam and Lawrence! Where were they?

She tried to sit up, but immediately stopped once the pain in her side came back. She tried to move her head to look, but that was throbbing too. She raised her hand to her head, feeling the smooth bandages running around her forehead, thicker in some places than others.

She moved slowly up her bed, using the rails on each side to keep her steady. Her head and side screamed in protest, but she resisted until she was almost sitting upright on the bed.

She lifted the covers from her stomach to inspect the cut, which she discovered was now completely covered in thick bandages. She gently felt along the injury, cringing when she felt more pain.

After her inspection, she looked around the hospital room she was in. She was alone, very generous for a hospital indeed; maybe she was a special case?

But where were Lawrence and Adam? She was worried, scared they had not made it back, especially with the state Lawrence was in. Flashes of what had happened to them were flooding through her mind.

She sat up, releasing an agonised groan from the pain everywhere in her body. She noticed an IV drip in her forearm, and went to pull it out, when a strong hand stopped her from doing so.

"You best make sure you don't do that," said a calm male voice.

She looked up to the source of the arm, delight spreading across her face.

"Adam!" she cried, wrapping her other arm around him. He responded by wrapping his arm around her also, rubbing her back and hair as he gripped her tight.

"I was so worried about you," he told her, "When you passed out, I thought you were going to die. Both you and Lawrence looked awful!"

"Thank you, so much." She felt tears fall from her eyes. He had saved them all, and from the looks of things, they were going to be ok. They broke apart from the embrace so she could wipe her eyes clean of tears. His other arm was in a sling from the gunshot wound, and he also had a bandage around his head.

"What happened to your leg?" she asked, noticing another bandage around his shin.

"It's nothing. I pulled a muscle. Must have been when I was carrying Lawrence." He pulled a chair over to the side of the bed and sat beside her. "He woke up yesterday, but he isn't able to get out of the bed yet," he pointed at his right ankle, "obviously."

"Yesterday? How long have I been out for?"

"About three days?" guessed Adam, "Doctors had to operate on you. Apparently your lower intestine was grazed when I took the key out." He stared at the floor, "I felt so guilty, but they told me you'd recover."

Marie lifted his chin gently and looked at his face, "I'm alive because of you. We all are."

"I wouldn't have been able to get out if it wasn't for you giving me my key…"

"I promised I would, didn't I?" She smiled, mischievously, "That reminds me! I'm pretty sure I was promised a 'fancy dinner'? Courtesy of the great saviour Adam?"

He laughed, "I did, didn't I? Well, where would you like to go?"

"Anywhere! But when am I due out of here?"

"No idea. Basically when we all get better." He looked out towards the corridor outside. "Lawrence is in the room across from yours, getting fitted for a prosthetic leg right now. His family just left an hour ago."

Marie grinned. Everything was looking up. They were all recovering well, and would be out as soon as they were better. One thing still bugged her though.

"Who was it?"

"Who was what?"

"Jigsaw. Did the police ever find him?"

Adam shook his head, "No. The building wasn't searched, because they needed a warrant. They mentioned something about the fact that we were found outside the building, and not inside. Not sure if they got around to it…"

She sighed. The atmosphere in the room seemed to darken at that. After everything they had went through, no one was in custody. The three of them were left in a disgusting bathroom, forced to kill one another; they were lucky to have escaped with their lives.

"That reminds me," voiced Adam, "There's been a couple of detectives wanting to speak to you. They already got to me, but you were still asleep…"

"So there is actually an investigation going on?"

"Yeah. Lawrence was right. It's been going on for a few months. I think it's safe to say Larry isn't a suspect anymore."

"I should think so!" snapped Marie, "We were in that room with him, he was in as much trouble as we were. He's missing a freakin' foot!"

"I know," explained Adam, "I told them all of this, but they can't say much until they get more work on the case. Don't worry, everything's going to be alright…"

Adam raised his free hand to gently stroke the side of her face. His soothing words and soft actions made Marie feel instantly better.

She groaned, holding her head; it had started to throb all of a sudden. Adam dropped his hand away and looked at her, concerned.

"What's wrong?" asked Adam.

"Nothing, probably just need some more pain killers…"

He stood up, "I'll get a nurse-"

"Wait!" cried Marie, grabbing his loose arm. He turned back around to her with a confused expression on his face.

"You're not going to leave, are you?" she begged.

He bent down to look at her scared expression, "I'm not going anywhere. I'll be back soon."

She closed the short distance in between them and met his lips. She didn't know why, but she didn't care. This man had done more for her in a few hours than anyone had ever done for her in her life. She was alive because of him, and she was beyond thankful.

Adam's eyes widened at first, before he melted into her kiss. She had the softest lips, warm and inviting as she raised her hand to brush his cheek. He felt a small shiver crawl down his back as he held the back of her head, not wanting the sweet moment to end.

Adam was in a state of ecstasy. Here he was, damaged, bandaged and injured, but kissing the girl he was developing feelings for. Everything terrible which had happened to them seemed to fly out of the window as they continued to hold each other.

She kept kissing him for what felt like hours, but in reality, was only a few seconds. It was not long enough for her, though. He was compassionate, gentle and she was beyond comfortable with him. His three-day stubble rubbed against her chin, but she didn't mind; she was a fan of the rugged look. She caressed his face softly as they gripped each other tighter.

Despite not wanting the kiss to end, they both knew that it was inevitable. They simultaneously broke apart, gazing into each others eyes for a few seconds before smiling again.

"Thank you," whispered Marie, leaning her forehead on his, "For everything…"

Adam reached for the hand that was on his face and squeezed it. "I owe you as much." He kissed her hand, "Anytime."

He turned to leave the room, reluctantly releasing her hand as he left the room. Marie stared after him as he spoke to a nurse for her, who came in shortly afterwards to give her more meds.

After she left, a sleepy Marie watched Adam walk slowly over to the bed, and whispered into her ear, "I'll let you rest. I'll be back, I promise." He kissed her on the forehead, and walked to the doorway.

"I like Chinese food!" she slurred softly to him. She was pretty sure she heard him laugh before she slipped into a deep slumber.

Adam closed the door gently behind him, and limped back to his room. He knew he wasn't supposed to be out of his own bed this late, but he had to make sure she was ok.

He had spoken to Lawrence yesterday, and he was getting on brilliantly. His wife and daughter had visited him everyday, much to the joy of the doctor, and had stayed with him for hours. Adam was introduced to his family briefly before being sent back to his room to rest.

Adam sighed as he entered his room. The detectives would be in to question himself, Marie and Lawrence tomorrow, to much displeasure; he just wanted the whole experience to be over.

But at the same time, he felt happy that it had happened. He had finally gotten to know the young woman who he had been following for a few days, his feelings for her beginning to feel like the start of a young teenage relationship. He really liked her, and wanted to get to know her outside of the whole experience; to get to know her for who she really was, and not rumoured to be.

Something else struck him too; he was suddenly thankful to Jigsaw. He had made him appreciate his life. He understood his methods, despite disagreeing with them at the same time. There were so many things he would have taken for granted before, that he now thought of in a new light. He was going to phone his mother as soon as he could, and tell her how much he missed her.

Adam clambered into the hospital bed, and wrapped the thin sheets around him. Something told him he had not heard the last from Jigsaw. It frightened him, but he kept the feeling to himself.

But he knew it. They all did.

This was just the beginning.

This was just the warm up to something much more greater.

This was the start of Marie's, Dr. Gordon's, and his own life as they knew it now…

*Sniff Sniff*And that's the end of the story! I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did writing it! :)
I totally forgot to credit the people who reviewed the last chapter! How awful of me! Here goes:
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Anyways! I really wish you fantastic readers would help by telling me how you enjoyed/hated the story, or thoughts! Ya know!
I am totally up for writing a sequel, but only if I were to get people to read it :)
As I said before, it would basically look at Adam and Marie's relationship, and how the both of them and Dr. Gordon are affected by the jigsaw killings and how they are involved! There would be a great number of the movie characters in it, and the timeline would be over the other movies :)
Let me know what you guys would be up for! Thank you so much for taking the time to review/read/favourite/alert this story, and I really hope it's not the last I hear from you all :D
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