Chapter Thirty Seven: Reunion

Maria's POV

Jigsaw had a car. That kind of surprised me. I kind of wondered if he pinched anything from people's wallets after he killed them . . . Wouldn't have shocked me at that point. After minutes of silent driving, he stopped by a warehouse that looked nearly identical to one the that maze was in. But the address was different . . .

"My home away from home, if you will," Jigsaw smiled at me before stepping out of the car.

He walked around to the other side of the car and opened the door for me. I got out slowly, trying to figure out what he had up his sleeve. I looked around at the warehouse again and then at him. He started walking toward the side of the warehouse. I slowly followed, still not sure what the hell to take on all of it.

He held open a side door, gesturing chivalrously. "Ladies first, if you will."

"I don't get it," I finally said. I stopped beside him, looking at him. "The warehouse was totally cleaned out when the group went to check it . . ."

He chuckled. "Oh, that's not very difficult. You see, I have multiple locations around the city."

"So that's why you're so damn hard to track."

He nodded. "Never stay in one place. That's where several have faltered before me. Now, if you will, Miss Maria."

I stepped through on to a long platform, a simple set of metal stairs at the end. Only two lights were suspended above the platform, so there was a gap of darkness in between them and after them, descending down into the stairs. Jigsaw slipped past me and led the way, going down the stairs immediately. I followed him again, becoming impatient with all of his dramatics involved in his "offices." He had some elaborate way to get there every time.

He opened a door at the bottom slightly and turned to look at me. "I hope you'll excuse the mess," he explained. "I wasn't expecting visitors so soon."

He held the door open for me again. I stepped past him, still not sure what to expect. I suddenly jumped back, sensing something. A large hunk of wall winged by the open doorway, just barely missing me. I whirled around and looked at Jigsaw.

He was actually laughing. I looked back at the doorway as a figure stepped in. He was panting heavily, gripping a piece of plaster as if his life depended on it. His hands were bloodied and bandaged, a hunk of gauze prodding from the back of his head. His eyes were dark and stormy-looking, as though he was ready to kill anything and everything in his path . . . But it was Adam. It was my Adam, alive and crazy-looking as hell, but still alive.

"You fucking son of a bitch!" he shouted. "I'll fucking kill you!"

He almost went to swing, but stopped with the piece of plaster held high over his head. He blinked and squinted, focusing on me. Despite the situation, I felt a smile spread across my face. He stepped back into the room obviously confused. Jigsaw followed him in and I came in after him.

"Now, Adam, that's not a nice way to greet your guest," he said as he walked by him.

Adam, however, didn't seem to notice him. He stared at me in total disbelief. He looked me up and down, as if to make sure it was really me and that I was real. I smiled wider, feeling tears immediately spring from my eyes. He was here, right in front of me . . . He was alive.

"Maria?" he asked slowly, still studying me.

I felt tears slip down my cheeks, but I didn't care. "Adam," I said softly.

"Sorry to break this picture perfect moment here," a gruff voice snapped from the other side of the room. "But a little assistance would be great."

I looked away from Adam and saw Rickers, bound, but also alive. He was half-way out of a door that was once encased in plaster, half of his body sticking out from the small-sized opening the door had for him to squeeze through. Jigsaw was moved away from him, but was crumpling up what looked like electrical tape and tossing it into a waste bin by a desk littered with papers.

Adam and I walked over, tearing away the rest of the plaster away from the door. Once enough was out of the way, Rickers tumbled out of the door, landing heavily on the floor. He cursed violently as Adam and I went to untie him.

"I thought both of you were dead," I sighed, feeling a fresh wave of tears coming to push again the back of my eyes. "I thought I would never see you again."

"I thought I was dead when I woke up," Rickers grumbled as he rubbed his wrists slowly. "It was just pitch black. But then I felt my arms were behind my back taped, and I thought that was a nasty ass trick to play on a cop for an eternity. Have them bound up."

The three of us stayed huddled together after Rickers was completely free for a long moment, watching Jigsaw. He occupied himself at the desk, organizing some of the papers littering the surface. I hugged Rickers quickly and then kissed Adam on the cheek (dirty and bloodied cheek, but I didn't care.).

"Jigsaw," I said slowly, unsure of how to get his attention.

He looked up at me and then over at Rickers and Adam, as if noticing us for the first time.

"Oh, I'm sorry," he said, a slight smirk pulling up one side of his mouth. "I wanted you three to have your reunion moment. Are you finished?"

I shook my head. "Yes. Now, is there a reason that you brought me here?"

"Of course," he answered simply. He rummaged through the papers, picking one up and examining it. He didn't look up. "I just thought getting those two out would take a bit longer. I didn't expect them to get freed so easily."

"Easily?" Rickers and Adam practically shouted in unison.

"I was in a fucking coffin, with my dead father, you sick fuck!" Adam snapped.

"I was gagged and bound in a goddamn encased room!" Rickers said angrily.

"Exactly," Jigsaw said, still not looking up from his papers. "I made them easy for you."

He offered some of the papers to me. I took them and nearly dropped them when I realized what they were.

A/N: And I'm back! Sorry about the wait, guys, a little overwhelmed with the first week of college, but I got it up! Yay! Reviews are great, thank you again. Hope you enjoyed it and more to come, I promise, now that I have UNLIMITED INTERNET ACCESS!!!! Whoo hoo!