The Outsider

CHAPTER 3: The End

(There is a MASSIVE time jump here because this is all I have of this story)

I struggle against the guard, but it's no use - I'm going to the crank palace and there's nothing I can do about it. Newt is behind me, trying desperately to break free of the guard's grip. We step off the Berg and are dragged to the entrance, where two gruff-looking guards stand, awaiting us two teenagers.

We are thrown to the ground, forced to walk into the horrifying streets of the crank palace. Newt and I stumble forward awkwardly, not wanting to move but afraid to be blown apart if we protest.

A sudden screech echoes from around the corner, and a bloodthirsty Crank appears, armed with a dagger. He's missing his entire upper lip, and only patches of his hair remains. It runs straight towards me, and I scream as I am pummeled towards the ground.

The Crank thrashes ruthlessly at my face with the dagger, but I try to avoid them. I scream for help, and spot the four guards wrestling the gruesome creature of a human, but the Crank is strong.

"Heather!" Newt screams, his voice hysterical.

He distracts me, and the Crank stabs one more time before the guards finally take control of him. The dagger hits me right in the head, and I feel the blade pierce through my skin. I am in agony, screaming on the ground. The pain is unimaginable, like being stung by a griever ten times over then shot with a million launchers.

Newt grabs me by the arms, and I stop screaming to look directly into his eyes, and I realise...

I remember.

"Newt..."

I remember it all. WICKED, Minho, Alby, Chuck, Teresa, Thomas...

"The Crank... I think it... hit WICKED's device."

I remember the tests, the scans, the doctors. Everything before the Maze.

"I remember everything,"

I remember me and Newt.

I pull him into a kiss. A warm, perfect kiss. And that's all that matters - I don't care if I'm bleeding, I don't care if I have the flare, I don't care that the world is ending. I only care about this kiss. The world begins to disappear around me, and I try to hold on to life...

I feel a little light-headed, and what's left of my world starts to spin dizzily around me. I lie down, and catch a few last words before I am gone.

"I will avenge you," It's Newt.

I want to respond, to cry out for him, but it's too late. The darkness consumes me.

I'm dead.

Epilogue

Light. Bright, bright, light. That's all I see. All I know. All I am aware of at that moment. My body feels like it's floating, rising, into a place I do not know, but I remember. It's so peaceful, so quiet.

I Don't know how much time has passed before it happens - A minute? A year? But at that point - I hear it. My name, his voice. He's calling me, and I want to run to him, embrace him. I turn around, and there he is, as gorgeous as ever. He takes my hand and holds it tight. I wrap my arms around him. He pulls me closer.

"Rose. You were never alone. I was by your side the whole way."

Y/N. My real name. My free name. I'm free - free from Heather. Free from WICKED. Free from Life. Tears spill from my eyes as he lifts me up into the bright abyss. We're together, and it couldn't be more perfect.

Eternity doesn't feel so long when it's spent with someone you love. I am not afraid of Death.