Epilogue: Loss of Chances

He stared at her, her hair a mess, her body covered in bandages, fake blood here and there but to be honest, she couldn't have been more beautiful than she was at that moment.

"I don't think your friends will be expecting you back Samantha."

Heh, of course they weren't, they thought she was dead! But of course she didn't know that yet but he had no intention from hiding that from her. After all, why should he? Him, hide the last part of his plan? He would never allow such a thing to occur.

She would know, yes. But by now, it was too late for her to do anything about it.

"WHAT?" Her reaction, as usual, was not a surprise and he knew she'd act this way, demanding to know this and that and other stuff he couldn't be bothered to care about at that moment.

"You heard me."

Then she went on demanding he tell her the truth. Why wouldn't her friends want her back, why wouldn't they be expecting her. Why this, why that, to be honest he was getting tired of her nagging. (1)

A quick kiss on the lips had done more than enough to silence her.

"They think you're dead. Simple as that."

She got over her initial shock very quickly and continued to bother him with questions, as well as insulting him for kissing her and blah, blah, blah.

All her talk of her friends was annoying him to no end. But that's all right, let her have her moment of reminiscing. Soon she would realize that she could do nothing. Nothing she said or did would leave her looking as innocent as she was before he tainted her with his deadly touch of poison.

"Let me go! You can't do this! Why are you--"

He scowled.

Enough was enough.

"My dear Samantha." He said, gripping her shoulders as he held her closer to him. "The whole reason for this charade, for our little game, was to get my revenge on WOOHP. The fact that you wanted revenge just made it easier. I helped you, and you should be thankful."

Of course, he had no intention of telling her that he was the reason she even wanted revenge.

"But, but... but..."

"But they think you're dead, yes what a shame. Too bad, they'll miss you, blah, blah, and BLAH." He growled out, hating the fact that she still thought WOOHP was a part of her life.

He was going to change that.

"You think I was going to let you go?" He chuckled, amused at her face that signaled that she had indeed thought that. "Please... I'm a selfish, greedy man. Always have been and always will be, and I'm very proud of that little fact." His eyes glinted with malice. "They think I killed you off and that's how it's going to stay. Honestly..." He chuckled again. "We've been faking so many tortures, so who's to say I'm not allowed to fake your death?"

Her eyes widened.

"I'm going to be selfish and torture WOOHP while keeping you here for myself." He smirked again and Sam knew she had no way out. She was stuck here and he was going to do whatever he wanted with her and she wouldn't be able to escape.

As if he read her mind...

"And no one is going to rescue you because no one thinks you're alive."

(1) - Who thinks of Fairly Odd Parents when you hear the word "Nagging"? lol.

THAT my dear readers, is the REAL ending of The Art of Revenge. Lol, and all of you thought I really killed of Sam. No... :O If you want to see her dead you're allowed to go visit my other fic "It's Still Murder" which has 22 (possibly 23) drabbles of Scam killing Sam. Very fun to write. nods

Sigh Dammit I don't WANT THIS TO END!! But I don't want another sequel fic on my head to add to the 20 stories I need to finish and the 20+ stories I WANT to write!! Gahhhh.

SOOOOO... I went over reviews and readers already but I don't mind boring all of you with it again. :P

THANK YOU for ALL the reviews for this story and EVERYONE who read this! I had extreme fun writing it and I hope you loved reading it!! (An author's dream come true. Sigh) I will miss all my readers and this story but I hope to see you on my other TS stories!!

By the way, I love all your reactions to the last chapter. :D

Yes. This is the real ending.

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Just making sure you got that, lol.

Love,

Ivy