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Chapter 25 – She's Alive – I Know It!

"What - !" Four was shocked. What was going on? He felt bad about what happened to Sam. It was his entire fault – if only he didn't bring him along with him; if only he went against him about coming along – but he didn't. He was to blame for this mess, the mess that he brought Sam into.

"Come on Sam, talk!" but Sam barely heard him and only chanted "my fault" over and over again.

"Sam!" he yelled again, but Sam continued to ignore him.

He sighed, totally lost at what to do. Six couldn't have possibly been gone could she? No: he knew she was still alive for if she wasn't, then he, along with the rest of the Gardes, would have felt it, and of course, a new scar would appear. Coming to an accepted conclusion, maybe telling Sam this would finally make him get his attention.

And so, he started, "Sam, I know mwam mhammem moo mix mmmmm mamibe..." but someone had covered his mouth, preventing him to fully speak. He looked down to check, but nothing was there; and then….SIX! Oh God – Sam was here, going crazy, thinking that he had killed her – just what was going on? Moreover, what was Six doing? Couldn't she see Sam suffering?

Being still, he listened attentively as Six whispered to him in a hushed tone. "Get him to the hotel and do it fast. Don't let 'im get away again. I think the Mogs have done something to him…." and then, she was gone….temporarily of course.

Meanwhile, Sam slowly stood up. Four caught sight of this movement, and quickly acted, rushing to him so that he could block him. After getting a strong hold on his shoulders, he asked, "Sam?"

"Don't try and stop me John," said Sam as he tried to push him away.

Knowing that a fight might ensue, he strengthened his hold of him more. "You're not going anywhere Sam."

Sam tried to shove him, but he didn't even budge. "Move John, I – I ki-ll-ed h-e-r," said Sam like it was enough of a reason to let him go, but it wasn't, for he knew that Six was alive.

So, not letting go of Sam, he said, "You, Sam, are not going anywhere. You are coming with me."

Sam was being stubborn and proved it even more when he firmly answered, "No," and tried to push him away by walking purposely towards him.

"S-a-m…." it was getting harder to stop Sam… "You didn't kill her Sam!" he finally said, hoping that it would make it less difficult to convince his best friend to come with him: it did.

Sam however, although he had stopped, was still not convinced that Six was alive. "I have John…and…and I have nothing left. I have no one left. I'm… I-a-m-a-m-o-n-s-t-e-r."

He frowned. "What happened Sam? You're unstable…"

Sam jerked his head up. "My father's dead! Six is dead!" he exclaimed, and then started to shake. "They killed him, and I killed her. They made me a monster John. Whenever I'm near you guys, all I can think about is killing you. Don't you see?"

There was a sudden stillness in the air and he knew that this was due to Six's emotion in response to Sam's revelation. "How about now?" he asked.

With his eyebrows coming together, Sam shook his head. "No."

"No?" he asked.

"I don't know," stated Sam.

"You don't know?" he repeated.

"John…." warned Sam.

"Come on buddy," he finally said as he slowly dragged him in the direction that leads out of the woods. When he didn't comply, he added, "You didn't kill her."

"What do you mean?" asked Sam. When Four tried to drag him again, he was thankful that he complied.

"She's still –" he shook his head. Six wouldn't probably want him to tell Sam this yet, not when she had purposely hid herself from his best friend. Right now, she has a plan and he found himself playing along with it.

"John?" croaked out Sam.

Four looked at Sam, contemplating at what he should tell him. Finally, "…At the hotel… If you truly love her, then don't leave her ever again," he said. "And," he added, "if you truly are my best friend, then don't ever scare the c*** out of me like ever again!"

Sam fervently nodded and he sighed – at least it looked like his best friend is being himself again. At first he thought if it would be safe to let him go. Besides, he knew that he wouldn't because right now, all he could probably think about was finding out whether or not Six was alive. Taking a deep breath, he let go of him. He'll catch him anyway when he tries to run away – he'll make sure of that…but Sam didn't run away and he was glad for that.

"Thanks," Sam whispered timidly.

"No problem," he replied. Hesitatingly, he added, "And Sam?"

"Yes?"

"You better tell us everything."

"Everything?"

"Every single detail that happened when you were away."

Sam winced. "As long as you promise to still be my friend John."

He gave out a light hearted laugh. "I'll still be your best friend no matter what Sam…and you can't make me quit."

"I didn't know you see our friendship as a job," joked Sam.

He smiled. "Yes, it's a one hell of a job. You gave us a scare, you know."

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay. Right now, I'm glad you're safe."

This time, it was Sam's turn to smile. "Thanks," and with a relief in his voice he added, "me too John, me too."

While they walked back to the hotel, the two boys talked nonstop about everything that happened in the past couple of days. Four told Sam of how Sarah had finally convinced him of taking her with him while Sam told him about Charlie and Cindy.

"So that's where you got the jacket and the shades!" he exclaimed, pointing at Sam's outfit.

"Yes," Sam answered. "I'll have to bring it back though. I wrote them a note and I promised. Besides, this was their sons and it is really important to them." He shook his head mournfully. "Did you know that his name was John too?"

He looked at him surprised. "Really?"

"Yeah, and I guess hearing that name was what triggered my memories to come back to me."

"What?" he asked in a shocked tone. "You had amnesia?" Suddenly, there was a gust of wind – a sign that Six was angry.

"Yeah." Sam shook his head… "God, I don't know how many times I had lost these memories of mine."

"And how many time you got them all back," added Four. Another gust of wind blew, stronger this time.

Sam looked around. "What's with the weather today?"

He speeded up his pace. "Come on, we better hurry up."

Sam speeded up as well. "Is it Six?" he asked in a hopeful tone.

He sighed, feeling a tension in the atmosphere back again. "Not now…at the hotel."

"I just, I just really need to know, John."

He bit his lip. "Look, we're almost there. Anyway, I'm glad that Sarah pointed you out," he said, trying to change the topic.

"I'm not. If she didn't, well, then I wouldn't have hurt her." The last word came out in a regretful tone.

"Look Sam Goode, I don't know how many times I should tell you this but you didn't okay?"

"So she's really alive?" asked Sam suddenly.

He didn't respond and taking this as a yes, Sam went jumping around afterwards while screaming "woohoo" repeatedly while people looked at his direction as if to question him why he hangs around with someone who is mad. So now they notice us, he remarked. As he opened the door to the entrance of the hotel, Sam bolted his way to the stair way.

"Don't you wanna use the elevator?" he screamed but was too late. He shrugged and decided to use the stairs as way. As he entered the door to it, he saw Sam already a couple of flights of stairs above him. How did he do that? It's inhumanly possible! Knowing that he'll get the explanation, he tried to catch up to him. What have they done to you Sam?"

A/N: You all know what happened to Sam. So up next, we'll see him explaining what happened to him. Remember, he thought that it was the Mogs who have changed him but it was _! We'll see if she'll tell him the truth or not and later on, we might have some trouble again with Seven's feelings for Sam…but that will be later on when this issue is solved. Sorry if it's becoming OOC guys. I'm trying not to but I get carried out often Reviews are very much appreciated!