Arcus Vis Vires Chapter 35
A/N: Woo! It's the last chapter of this Book One of the Soulmate Chronicles Trilogy! I can't believe we made it this far. I'm super excited about continuing this story for all of you. This has turned out to be one of my favorite stories that I've written so far. So, this Chapter 35 will contain the last chapter of this book and also an epilogue that will give you info on the start of the next book. Look out for the next book coming to you shortly. Book Two in the Soulmate Chronicles Trilogy: Across The Great Divide. Theme song for this last chapter and epilogue is From the Ground by Hollywood Undead. Love you all-MoonlitShadow
The sunset glistened across the blades of tall grass in the Glade as Gally stood at the very head of a makeshift aisle in the gardens where he and his bride to often spent all their time.
There was a makeshift rose trellis that served as the backdrop for their ceremony and Newt stood beside him acting as the officiant.
Both waited for the bride to appear and Gally exchanged a nervous glance with Newt who looked as calm as ever.
The quiet in the Glade painted a serene setting for the wedding that had been practically thrown together at the last minute even though every detail had been planned down to a t weeks earlier.
The clock struck 6:00 p.m. and right as the sun began lowering over the maze walls, his bride appeared on the arm of her brother who kept his eyes firmly set on the sun.
Gally's breath caught in his throat as Thomas walked his sister down the aisle that was filled with small rose petals and any other flowers that they could find on short notice.
He barely registered Newt telling the Gladers to please stand for the bride.
Gally's eyes flitted over his bride's simple wedding attire.
A white shirt and white skirt and her hair braided with lovely wild flowers.
He couldn't have thought she could've looked more beautiful if she tried.
It was simple, but elegant and Imagine wore it well making every eye in the Glade turn to her in awe. Her big brown eyes soon found his and tears began to fall down her pale cheeks.
Imagine's eyes scanned her best friend's wedding attire and took in his almost clean white long sleeved shirt covered with a loose flannel shirt over it and a pair of dark cargo pants and his infamous black steel toed boots.
He was breathtakingly handsome and she enjoyed looking at him every moment that it took her to walk down the rather long aisle.
She made it to their makeshift altar just in time for both her and Gally to see the sun set completely over the horizon for the last time before they were married.
Thomas reached out a shook Gally's hand firmly in his own before he handed off his sister to her new life partner.
Imagine took a deep breath and handed her small bouquet of wildflowers back to her brother who had gathered them with immense care only a few minutes before.
Thomas's hands were shaky when he took hold her own just for a moment before forcing himself to let go and let her move on to her new life.
"Imagine…"
Gally breathed out as his beautiful bride turned to him and he took her small hands in his own, clutching them for dear life.
She was his life.
His lifeline to a future that only they could determine.
Together they would make history as the first married couple of the Glade and the most beautiful love story of this entire experiment.
"Shall we begin?"
Newt asked gently as he looked between the two.
Both Gally and Imagine nodded in agreement as they turned to face him but never let go of one another, not even for a second.
Both were scared out of their minds.
Both didn't know what to expect or where to go from here.
But both knew that their love would keep them together.
Keep them strong in whatever they faced from here on out.
Newt began the made-up ceremony that they had decided on a few weeks ago.
None of them had remembered anything about weddings in the outside world so they were going strictly from their few fuzzy memories and whatever they could come up that would be suitable for this occasion.
"Gally, do you take Imagine to be your wife, life partner and the keeper of your heart, mind, body and soul?"
Newt asked as Gally's eyes flickered down to his brides who looked up at him in a state of pure awe and adoration.
"I do."
He said as he smiled down her, tears blurring his beautiful vision of her.
"And do you Imagine, take Gally to be your husband, life partner and the keeper of your heart, mind, body and soul?"
Newt asked as he and Gally and everyone else waited for the response of the young bride who seemed to contemplate it only for a second before she answered in a confident tone.
"I do."
She breathed out making Gally's heart nearly stop beating in his chest.
Those words were all he needed.
She was all he needed.
And in just a moment, she would become his wife, best friend and would join with him as his soulmate until the end of time.
"Then by the power vested in me, and in the union of the Glade I pronounce you both, husband and wife. Gally you may kiss your bride."
And all at once the Glade broke out into screams and cheers as Gally took his new wife into his arms and dipped her low towards the ground as he kissed her with everything he had.
Imagine felt her heart flutter in her chest as Gally's lips touched down on her own.
And a longing start to form, in other regions of her body now that they were no longer forbidden.
"Congratulations, you two. None of us could've seen a better pair to be married here for the first time."
Newt said as he sniffled and clung to Thomas who had rejoined them and the rest of the Gladers as the surrounded the newly married couple with well wishes and congratulations of their own.
"We did it. We're finally married."
Imagine said as her voice shook with emotion when looking up into the face of not only her best friend and soulmate but now her husband.
"That we did. And we'll do more as soon as we bloody get out of here."
Gally whispered in her ear making her blush brightly and the Gladers to break out into more cheers.
Her brother scowled at them both but didn't say a word as the Glader's joked and cheered about their impending wedding night that would happen almost as soon as they left the celebrations.
Darkness had now fallen over the Glade and the only lights that surrounded the Gladers was the fire light from the fire in the bonfire pit and hundreds of lanterns lit brightly from the inside, lighting their way into the night.
But just as Gally was about to lead his new bride over to the fire pit, the ground began to rumble, shake and he nearly fell over as he clutched his bride to his chest.
"What the hell is happening?!"
Imagine yelled up at him as they both dropped to the ground in a massive heap.
Gally looked around them and noticed that every other Glader was on the ground as well and the lights seemed to have gone completely pitch black in the entire Glade.
The rumbling stopped for a moment before an eerie silence fell over them all.
And then it started.
The hell that they never could've imagined.
All at once the lights came on and blinded them as shots began in every direction hitting every single one of them.
Gally and Imagine watched in horror as armed guards stormed into the Glade and fired into the Glader's making each one drop into a dead faint on the Glade's hard ground.
It was then that she felt it.
A large pin prick that seemed to spread throughout her shoulder.
She looked down and saw that a bloody spot was left where what looked like a dart with some sort of liquid seeping out of it was falling down next to her.
"Imagine! No!"
Gally cried out weakly as they both began to lose all consciousness.
As the two fell down next to one another, in a last ditch effort to keep them together, Gally grabbed his wife's hand and held to it tightly as the room began to spin and fade around them.
"I love you, Immy."
He breathed out just as darkness overtook them all for the first time in a long time.
End Of Book One
Epilogue
Marcus ran into the Glade carrying his own launcher, as he searched desperately for his daughter, her brother and their friends amongst the many, many Glader's who were being lifted and taken out of the room quickly on long stretchers.
They may have only been hit with tranquilizers darts, but the shock to their systems would be a lot and he knew that he had to find them sooner rather than later.
"Marcus! There you are."
Paige exclaimed as she too came over carrying her own launcher.
She was dressed more causal than he had seen her in years in a simple black shirt and black cargo pants.
Her hair was tied back in a ponytail and the artificial lights of a sun that never existed glistened off of her round glasses that sat on the bridge of her pale nose.
"Did you find them yet?"
She asked and he could only shake his head No as they began to go deeper into the Glade and search for their children who now had become lost in all the chaos.
"There! There they are!"
She cried out as she and Marcus hurried over to the gardens where they found that both Gally and Imagine lay unconscious along with Newt and her brother surrounding them in a protective circle underneath what looked like a poorly built makeshift altar.
Marcus dropped down next to Imagine, Thomas and Newt and placed a hand one a time on each of their necks checking their pulse quickly.
"They seem to be doing just fine. I told you not to worry."
Paige exclaimed as she checked her own son's pulse for any irregularities.
When they both found none, they signaled for several stretchers to be brought over to evacuate the last of the group out of the large room.
"Be careful. They just were married for God's sakes."
Marcus gritted out as two of Wicked's lab workers hoisted both Gally and Imagine on one large stretcher and began to wheel them out of the room.
"I want both of them and Thomas and Newt all together in one room. Don't you dare separate them."
He ordered as the workers wheeled away his newly married daughter, her husband, her brother and his long time lover.
He then turned and lent a hand to Paige to help her off the floor as they took one more look around the Glade that had now been emptied completely.
The farm animals and anything else that would be useful in the future had also been evacuated and moved for safe keeping.
But as they stood in the now silent room, both of them couldn't help but look around at all they had created in a state of awe and wonder.
"It's beautiful isn't it? It's a shame that it's going to be destroyed."
Paige said quietly as she placed a gentle hand on her long time friend and now new family member's shoulder.
Marcus nodded with a solemn expression, taking a few minutes himself to say goodbye to all that they had built and accomplished over the years.
"It's time for a new start. Time for them to finally have lives in a safe environment. Where they can grow and flourish under our proper guidance."
He murmured as they both turned their backs on what they had once thought was their greatest creation and went to join the ones that really were their greatest creations of all.
"Indeed. We'll get them all transported safely to the new compound as soon as possible. First I want each of them looked over for any illness or injuries. Then we'll take it from there."
Paige said as Marcus nodded in agreement.
As they made their way through the many twists and turns of the Wicked's main compound hallways, both were deep in thought.
Hoping and praying that they would be forgiven once again for uprooting their children and their friends only to be placing them into yet another uncertain environment where neither of them knew if they would flourish or fail.
And in that moment, the Glade disappeared. From sight, from mind and all that was left was the core of Glade.
The heart and soul.
The young bride and groom that would be the last hope for a new generation of world leaders and their friends who would help them every step of the way.
End of Epilogue