AN: hey guys... this is my first fanfic, so no hate i beg. this is basically what i hope happens in season 5. im hoping to continue this story and introduce a few new characters. im a huge bellarke fan, so we'll see where it goes. feel free to review and critique, i'd really appreciate any help i can get. i hope you guys will stick with this story, it might be pretty long. so without further ado, the first chapter to my first fanfic!

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Clarke's hand squeezed her radio as she ran to her rover in fear. It wasn't Bellamy. It wasn't them. For 6 years and seven days she had waited, and it wasn't them. And the worst part was, she had no idea who it was. She stopped to grab Madi's blanket from off the ground, and spoke into her radio. "Bell, if you are hearing this, I need you to come back. Someone's here. And it looks like they could be trouble," she said, recalling the 'Prisoner Transport' sign she has seen painted on the ship.

She sprinted and caught up to Madi. "Did you get all the guns?" she asked over the distant sound of whirring engines. "What are they for Clarke?" asked Madi. Clarke laughed to herself, remembering her initial hesitation towards the use of guns, and then her pleasure when Bellamy had first taught her how to shoot. Now, she and Madi depended on them for survival. "Well, quite frankly, for shooting whoever or whatever gets out of that ship."

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"Raven," Bellamy pleaded, "please, you need to do this, please. I need you to do this for me." The residents of the Ark sat around the control room, Raven toying with a screwdriver, staring down at the ground. "Bellamy, I'm sorry! I've tried practically everything. I can't do it."

Tears spilled down Bellamy's cheeks, as Clarke's words rang in his ears. _. "Please," he whispered, almost to himself, as though trying to convince his conscience to allow him to accept the inevitable. Monty shuffled over to him, patting his back. Never had the friends seen Bellamy in such a vulnerable state, it was always Clarke he opened up to. They didn't know what to say.
Bellamy heaved a deep breath, calming his emotions. He looked up at the crew he was in charge of. You have the heart, use the brain too, he imagined Clarke saying. But this time, his heart mattered more. "I can't stop. Not when I know she sacrificed everything for us. Not when I have heard her call me every day since Praimfaya, and I can't even give her a response. Not when I know she is alone on a dead planet, and has to deal with an invasion by herself. She has no one. And that's because of me."

The others looked at him in silence. They knew not to reason, he was right. Clarke wouldn't stop at anything to save her friends, so neither could they.

"Look, the only, even slightly imaginable way to get to Earth is through a pod on the other side of the Ring. And the only way we can get there is through a spacewalk," Raven explained, breaking the silence, and ruining any hope Bellamy had. "Then we spacewalk," said Murphy. They all turned to him, ever surprised that he was so determined to get to Clarke. "Look, guys, Bellamy is right. We left her to die once, we can't do it again," he said. In silence they sat, contemplating what to do next. Then Harper spoke up, "I have an idea, and its a crazy one..."

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"Run, Madi! Move!" Clarke yelled. They jumped into the Rover, Clarke tossing her radio into the back. She hit the gas, and they drove. "Clarke, what's wrong?!" Madi asked from under her fort beneath blankets. "That's not them. That's not Bellamy," she responded. "But, I thought…" "Well, apparently, they weren't the only ones in space, alright Madi? I don't know what to do, last time we realized there were others, I had Bellamy's help. And now it's just me," Clarke said, her eyes focused on the greenery ahead of her. "You have me, Clarke. I'm sorry it isn't them, but right now we need to figure out what to do, and I know you can do it."

Clarke's vision turned blurry as she blinked back tears. She hadn't felt this way in a few months. After Praimfaya, she had grieved for a while, the solitude driving her crazy. But, she had her radio. She called Bellamy every day, even though she never got an answer. Sometimes, the silence got into her head, it made her sick. Her heart ached more with every passing day. But then, she had found Madi, a shining sun amidst the darkness of her life. And Madi had helped, she drew Clarke out of her depression, gave her something to live for. Madi distracted her from her constant grief about losing her friends. And so, after five years, Clarke began to avoid her thoughts about them, about him. She still radioed him, but her nightmares disappeared. So, when the new ship landed, and it wasn't from the Ark, she fell apart. And it hurt, to have all her memories come flooding back.

Clarke wiped at the droplets sliding down her cheeks. She pressed on the gas pedal with full force, sending the rover forward at a crazy speed. But then, it stopped. Her foot remained on the pedal, yet the rover wouldn't move. She opened her door and hopped to the ground, Madi remaining under her blankets. They weren't stuck, the engine simply wouldn't start up. She closed her eyes, and thought of how Bellamy would keep her calm under such stress, how he would put his reassuring hand on her shoulder, how he would look at her with protective eyes. She missed her best friend.

Clarke stepped back into the rover, and climbed into the back near Madi. "Madi," she said into the lump on the floor, "Come out, my little nightblood." Madi pulled the blanket off her head, her hair a mess from the static. "We aren't moving," she said, inquisitively, yet stating the obvious. "I know, engine's fried again. God, I wish Raven were here," Clarke answered. "Well, then, what now?" asked Madi. "Now? We walk."

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AN: aaaaah! there it is! please leave comments and reviews, let me know what you want to see more of, ill definitely try to incorporate lots of ideas! let's see what happens in chapter 2...it should be coming soon! thanks a lot for reading! (The fact that this font is so much smaller than the rest is really irritating, anyone know how to fix it...im new to this whole thing. hehe)