Q&A:
1: What are Stalkers?: Basically I came up with an idea of scorpion's attacking the team, but what if they were made by WICKED. In the movie where Janson is having a video chat with Paige, there is vats full of embryonic creatures. You can argue that they are Grievers, but I took it a step forward. Making nearly undying creatures. Although there presence wasn't seen but once, they had escape from a facility and migrated towards the Scorch. They will appear in the offshoot, which I'll get into in a few.
2: Why use both movie and book elements, and ending with the movies directive?: It sets up future plot's. And I've decided to use just the movie and my imagination to draw a few dots to do Death Cure. The novel of Death Cure will come full circle, but that's much later on. It opens a whole new playing field to explore.
3: Where the last fifteen chapters a bit sloppy edited?: Yes, because I was done way before I was editing in the twenties. I was rush for time, against a clock. I apologise for that, but due to Pandemic raging across the world, if anything happens to me, atlest I finished the Scorch Trials. I've entrusted a close friend to carry on for me, to get my story out. But have no plans of quitting plague or not.
4: Writing and use of the same words over and over, is it repetitive?: Yes, I've noticed. And because writing all of this on a phone, (bad one at that,) it's easy to fall into that trap. I won't for certain start Death Cure until I get a new phone and app to help with such repetitiveness. Do bare with me okay?
5: What the hell is Group C and did you pull them out of thin air?: I wanted to write a standalone story with Nyx as the protagonist during his Maze Trials, but I got lazy and wrote him and his friends story, weaven between this story. The idea came to me after watching Janson calling the names of different kids to be brought to a new home, during the movie. Opening up a whole alley way of various groups beside the Gladers and the Girl's. I wanted to deviate from the main story of the movie and use more of the books elements to flush out Ross as a standalone protagonist. Despite mentioning before that, the Thomas will be the true protagonist.
6: Tesla? Who is he really and what's his deal? Will there be more of him?: A escapee from the Grove (post Drone which if you didn't guess was a arena based society that WICKED allowed to continue as they managed to solve the Maze within half a year, being the fastest to complete their Trials.) When Jacob lead his crew to the exit, Ava Paige standard death and world status video played as plan. The whole retrieval team facade gave Tesla the only choice he needed. Never be captured again. Letting his friends get captured and Jacob's retreat back into the Grove, allotted him the chance to run for his life out into the rustic mountain top, he wander for three years until settling in the Scorch. Intelligence and cunning was his arsenal. Now armed with apathy nobody is truly safe with him around. He will appear a few more times trust me on that, I'm teeming to write his character once more.
7: Leon & Elizabeth, where are they now?" Alive and well but far from safe. That's all you get for now.
8: Why did I cheat the system of the Berg in the fight with the Bulb creatures?: I couldn't think of anything but a random act of nature, without that, being brought back would lead to a direct Death Cure book begining. I wanted to have a way for the Right Arm to play a part. Yes I'm a fan of the Right Arm appearing in the Scorch Trials.
9: The latter half of the story, what was that about?: I wanted to have Ross save the day and rescue Thomas. So it was easy to imply that if the Gladers not breaking free would of still ended with them facing the Scorch Trials. That's why Teresa mention it was more of a punishment for Group C and Ross to deal with it. And either way Thomas would of ended up feeling betrayed by Teresa one way or another. I had to figure a way for everything to merge. So I made her breakaway from the boys during the factory raid to meet up with Group B. It was her job to get Thomas to the machine regardless. And her treating Ross, like crap? Variables pure and simple.
10: Ross Paige?: Yup, the Son of Ava Paige. Either by child birth or other, you'll need to stay tuned.
11: What's next?: Definitely not Death Cure. I didn't like how we go to the Right Arm dealt heavy losses to Thomas ready to raid a train. Such a time jump with no substance in-between doesn't bode well with me. I plan to work on something that branches between Scorch Trials to Death Cure. So that'll be my focus till I get my new phone which will be soon.
13: Will they, won't they?: Oh boy, this is a burning question. Ross & Teresa: One sided, love triangle. Ross & Brenda: Possibly… Ross & Newt: Spoiler's….
14: Lastly who the hell was Joanna/Claire?: Claire was a special train agent hired by a unknown Director of the board, to assassinate Ross. When Deacon and Nightingale failed to. Someone who is very close to Ava Paige managed to give her the slip of Ross's whereabouts, misleading them to enter the Drone in search of him. Sadly many innocent people died due to her search, and her rather private personality and Jacob's irrationality cost Jane her voice. She had freedom inside the Maze and often had contact with her employer, before Nyx over threw Jacob and lead everyone to freedom/capture. She was long gone and hot on the iron, her ability to speak to him, was the only lead she had up until the party.
15: Okay for reals, lastly what's with all the death's?: It was plot convenience. And I do miss killing off Socrates. It made me rethink how to continue own without his skills and presence. Curie only being more technical then him. If left alive, endings would of highly deviated far beyond both mediums. As a AU, I'm still striving for some consistency in the continuity. So I resigned to letting him be killed. Sad face for reals.
Thanks to everyone who read, and will continue to. It means so much to me. Thank You