We're going to war
(Bellamy's POV)
I stood watching as Clarke talked with the grounder Princess.
"Grounder Princess looks pissed" Raven said
"Our Princess has that effect" I said.
Raven chuckled and looked through the scope on her gun.
"Uh Bellamy…" Raven started.
"What?" I asked turning to her. She pointed up with her gun motioning me to look at Clarke.
I turned and watched as the grounder started to yell.
"Bellamy…" Jasper started.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"In the tress…"
I looked at the tress and watched as a grounder pulled the string on his bow back aiming for Clarke. "Shit!" I said. I watched Raven tighten her finger on the trigger and I said "don't shoot yet… we don't want to be the ones to fire first!"
She groaned but moved her finger away.
I looked back up at Clarke just as the grounder drew her blade. Clarke took a step back and raised her hands up in surrender. I sucked in a breath "what's going on up there?" I asked.
"Hell if I know" Jasper said still pointing his gun at the trees. The grounder put her knife away and looked into the trees. We watched as the grounders stepped out and put away their weapons. "Bellamy!" Clarke called. I stepped out of the trees and put my gun down. The two of them started talking again and we all watched them no longer paying attention to the grounders in the trees. That was our first mistake.
I heard a whizzing sound and watched in horror as an arrow pierced Clarke's hip.
(Clarkes POV)
I stared at the grounder princess in front of me.
"Your name is Clarke?" she asked. I nodded "yes".
"I'm Anya" she said. I smiled and held my hand out. She didn't take it so I put my hand down.
"I think we got off to a rough start… but we want to find a way to live together… in peace" I said.
She raised her eyebrows "I understand, you started a war you don't know how to end"
"What no! We didn't start anything. You attacked us for no reason" I said puzzled.
"No reason!" she interrupted "the missals you launched burned a village to the ground!"
"The flairs? No that was a signal meant for our families!"
"You're invaders! Your ship landed in our territory!" Anya spat.
"We didn't know anyone was here. We thought the ground was uninhabited"
"You knew we were here when you sent an armed raiding party to capture one of us and torture him! These are all acts of war"
"I see your point, that's why we need to put an end to all of this"
"Lincoln said there are more of you coming down, Warriors"
"The guard. Yes… but also farmers, doctors, engineers. We can help each other. But not if we're at war"
"Can you promise that these new arrivals won't attack us, that they'll respect the terms that you and I agree on?" Anya asked.
"I promise I will do everything I can to convince them to honor the terms that we set" I answered.
"Why would I agree to an alliance that your people can break the moment they get here?"
"If you fire the first shot those people coming won't bother negotiating. Our technology… they will wipe you out"
"They wouldn't be the first to try" Anya said removing her blade from its sheath.
I held my hands up "I'm not here to fight you… I just want to ensure peace between us" I said.
"Peace!" she yelled "how can we have peace when you can't ensure your half of the bargain!"
"I promise I will try! I don't want more people to die! Do you? Or do you want us to live in peace together?" I asked.
She put her blade back and said "how can we have peace when you can't even honor the rules we set for this meeting?" she asked and motioned to the forest where Bellamy was hiding.
"You didn't honour those rules either" I said and pointed to the grounders in the trees.
She looked back and nodded and her people walked out into the light.
"Your turn" she said. I turned and yelled "Bellamy!"
Bellamy, Raven and Jasper all walked out of the tree line for us to see them.
"Alright… So can we talk about peace between our people now?" I asked.
She looked at the ground and said "peace was never an option"
I took a step back and I felt an arrow pierce my side. I screamed and gunfire started to ring out. Someone hit Anya in the shoulder and she ran away along with all the grounders that were still alive.
"Clarke!" Finn called out. I fell to my knees and Finn picked me up. I cried out in pain as he started running back to camp.
When we reached Bellamy and the others Bellamy said "I'll carry her! You'll rip your stitches"
Finn placed me in Bellamy's arms and I cried out when Finn hit the arrow by accident.
Bellamy pulled to his chest and started running. I blinked a couple of times and passed out.
(Bellamy's POV)
When we reached camp Octavia ran straight for the drop ship and cleaned off a table for me to put Clarke down on. I placed her on her side and said "we need to get the arrow out!"
Octavia nodded but didn't move. "Octavia!" I yelled "Snap out of it you need to hold her still while I break this part of the arrow off"
She blinked and nodded. She placed both of her hands on Clarke and said "okay whenever you're ready"
I looked down at the arrow and gulped. In one swift movement I broke the back of the arrow off and Clarke woke up screaming. "Octavia pull!" I yelled. Octavia grabbed her half of the arrow and tugged it out of Clarke. Clarke screamed and cried. When the arrow was completely out Octavia threw it to the ground and started stitching Clarke up but her hands were shaking so I said "I'll do it, go wash the blood off."
She nodded and walked out of the drop ship. I walked around the table and finished the stiches there and repeated the process on the other side of her body. At this point Clarke had fallen out of consciousness and was breathing softly. I wrapped the wound and stood in front of Clarke staring down at her. I sighed and sat down and rested my head on the table and fell asleep watching her breathing.
When I woke up Clarke was still sleeping. I stared at her and thought about how beautiful she was while she slept. For once she didn't look pissed at me.
She woke up and jumped out of shock of seeing me staring at her. She groaned from the pain it caused her and I asked "You okay Princess?"
"Oh yeah, I'm just perfect! Nothing like being shot with an arrow" she said sarcastically.
"At least you're still alive" I said. She smiled at me and said "yeah…"
"What happened? It seemed like everything was going smoothly" I said.
Clarke winced and said "she told me peace was never an option. She didn't go to negotiate she went to try and kill me"
I sucked in a breath "shit" I said.
"Yeah… shit" she breathed.
Clarke started to push herself up from the table and I pushed her back down "what do you think you're doing Princess? You need to rest" I said.
"I'd prefer to sleep in my own tent" she said.
I sighed "fine but let me help you"
She nodded and let me help her stand up. As we were walking out of the drop ship she pointed to the sky. "What is that?" she asked.
I looked up and watched a ship fall from the sky "the exodus ship? Your mom's early"
She laughed. "Wait… to fast… no power shoot… something's wrong" she said. Then we watched as the ship crashed into the side of the mountain. "No" Clarke said. "No! no no no no no!" she yelled. She ran away out of my grasp and right out of the gate. She started to run for the crash site. "Shit" I said and ran after her. I found her in the middle of a clearing and she was crying. Gut wrenching sobs. I walked over to her cautiously, "Clarke?" I asked. No response. "Clarke?" I asked again. I knelt down next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She cried harder and I pulled her into my arms. I looked out at the forest and watched Finn, Raven, Jasper, Monty, and Octavia appear out of the shadows. "We heard her yell and we saw you run out here after her so we wanted to make sure she was okay" Octavia said.
"Go back to camp" I said. Octavia looked hesitant so I said again more forceful "go back to camp!"
Octavia nodded and pulled everyone back with her. I looked down at Clarke and pulled back and moved tear stained streaks of hair out of her face and made her look at me. "Clarke we don't know if your mother was on that ship or not! It was probably just extra supplies!"
She shook her head at me "they wouldn't send us supplies Bellamy! Not until they had trust worthy people on the ground!"
I sighed and pulled her back into my arms. She continued crying and I kissed the crown of her head "it's going to be okay" I whispered to her. She nodded and wrapped her arms around me. "We should go back" I said after a time. She nodded and stood up. "Please say something" I pleaded. She continued to stare at the ground and started walking towards camp. It pained me to see her like this. She was always so strong, she never showed any weakness. I walked behind her cautiously. Watching each step she took. I sighed and felt a huge amount of pain in my head and I fell to my knees with a grunt. I looked up and a grounder smashed his fist into my face, and I blacked out.
When I awoke Finn was shaking my shoulder "Where is she!?" he yelled. I looked around and he yelled again "Where is Clarke!?" he demanded.
I glanced around and said "the grounders took her" I spat.
Finn looked shocked "What?" he asked;
"We're going to war!" I said.