The story is based on the 100 series, tho it does not follow the happenings of the series.

Hope you all enjoy it, lets get it started. Please review or favorite and I'll bring the second part of the first chapter.


Down memory lane

"The ability to make fire kept the human race alive during the ice age," Mr. Pike stated as he was showing the process to the class. "Here we go… here we go…" whispered as some smoke flew upwards the ceiling.

"I wonder how they didn't freeze to death by the time that thing got on flames finally," murmured Harper, the perky blonde with a mocking smile.

"Who knows, it may do the same for us someday," stated Pike with a calm smile peaking to Harper and then back to the small flames, blowing them until they quickly got higher and higher. "And voala, the difference between life and death."

Pike seemed satisfied with his performance while the students watched the flames with bored expressions. The next moment lazy clapping was heard from the backrows and everyone seemed to wake up, turning back to see John Murphy applauding on a really John Murphy way: sarcastically, of course.

Nikki, who was sitting just a few seats away, turned her head to the right towards him as a naughty smile appeared on her face, then looked to Pike in sync with everyone else to see the teacher's reaction as she pulled an eyebrow.

"Thank you, Mr. Murphy," Pike leaned forward on his table calmly. "Perhaps you'd like to tell us the key to surviving on the ground."

"Not really… no," sighed as he leaned back on his chair and gave a half smile to his friend who laughed on his response.

"Miss Blake, what about you? Do you know the key to survival on the ground?" Pike now looked to the girl who was "from under the floor", Octavia.

"Umm… not dying?" asked uncertain and as everyone started to laugh on her she sank lower in her chair.

"Now you all laugh but we got a lot to learn here!" Pike spoke up with more force in his voice. "Making fire, tying knots! How to navigate using the stars, how to hunt! You have to learn which plants you can eat and…

"Which ones can we smoke?" A boy with ridiculous goggles cut him half what made the class burst out in laugh… again.

"Mr Jordan, that is precisely why we had to separate you and Mr. Green," Pike reacted quickly and Jordan smiled back to him.

"Fair enough."

"The key to survival is fighting!" Started Pike motivating. "The moment you stop fighting you are dead!"

Quiet whispers were barely audible what once again, made Pike stop his speech and walked to the other side of his table.

"Mr. Murphy, am I boring you?" asked Pike with a little annoyance in his voice.

The class turned towards the boy who looked to Pike raising an eyebrow.

"I'll survive," said Murphy then he gave Pike a wide, challenging smile.

Nikki giggled by the boy's comment and looked to him with an evil half smile. Murphy smiled back to her just the same way what showed double the trouble. Nikki then turned back to the teacher with naughty sparkles in her eyes.

"Miss Raid? I see you really want to say something, please share your thoughts," asked Pike looking at her knowing that behind the wavy locks of smooth red hair lies only trouble.

Nikki fleshed her light brown eyes to the teacher what showed no emotions, just a brick wall.

"Well… taking the fact that I'll be dead in two months I much rather have my thoughts occupied with shit that actually is real and here, Professor Pike," Nikki commented mentioning his name sarcasticly as she crossed her arms on her chest.

By her sentence everyone smiled but then reality hit them thinking about why they actually learn this if they will end up dead sooner or later.

Pike looked to her uneasy as he walked back and forth in front of his desk.

"Class, I know it is our first class, I know it has come quickly but you have to listen to me!" there was something in his voice what made a few students wonder, it was almost desperate trying to make the class understand.

"Why now? Why us?" asked Harper "We gonna sit in the skybox 'til we are all outta here."

The students now looked at Pike questioningly and their smile disappeared as they just realized, maybe now they are giggling around, their fate is already written. Literally. As soon as someone hits 18 they get floated.

By this Pike's back stiffened as he took a deep breath taking a look on the kids. He had no answer to that and his eyebrows grew together.

"Ten-minute break." He spat and hurried out of the room making sure the door gets locked behind him.

"Earth girl still knows how to deactivate people." grinned Miller and Nikki smirked at him as Harper chuckled next to her and gave Nikki a high five.

Suddenly the door flung open and Pike stepped in "The lesion is over for the day. The guards are going to guide you back to the common area of the skyboxes. I made sure you all get an hour free time before lock up.

The teens looked around questioningly but then just smiled sitting up following the guards. They knew that for some reason all the prisoners are getting Earth skills lesions all of a sudden, and each sector has different schedules, making sure that the actual bad guys are not getting mixed with the naughty teens. Although their fate is the same, doesn't matter why they are in the sky boxes.


Nikki was lost in thoughts didn't even recognize when they have the common area of the prison.

"So, you really have only two months left?" Murphy snapped her out of her own world as he aggressively jumped into her personal space making her step back to the wall in surprise. Murphy just smiled with pulled up eyebrows putting his right palm on the wall next to Nikki's head. "You look great taking the fact how old of a granny you are," smirked at her.

"Shut up Murphy, you are just 3 months behind," she sighed pushing him away by his chest hard.

"Well… May we'll meet again," grinned naughty stepping back a few steps giving her personal space back.

"Yupp…" rolled her eyes then shook her head as she walked towards Harper.

"Where are you going now?" asked Murphy turning around with open arms. "We barely get time in the common room and now you ditch me?" he shouted after her stunned.

Nikki just waved his hand but didn't turn around as she went to talk to Harper.

She knew Murphy was joking around the floating topic because it was the easiest way. For Nikki, the easiest way was not even talking to him... or anyone else.


John Murphy and Nicole Raid got to know each other on the night John Murphy got himself into prison. Murphy was 15 when he got locked up and a year later Nikki followed him with Harper. If the guards thought that Harper and Nikki were the symbol of "double the trouble", they obviously haven't dealt with Nikki and John together. Yet.

Nikki now was sitting by the chess table where Harper and Miller played, and just sighed watching the game bored, peaking to Murphy from time to time lost in thoughts.

She will never forget the first time they met on that silent night 2 years ago in the Ark.

She sneaked out from her "home" like most of the time she could. She couldn't bare hearing her drunk mother laying under different men, while they assumed she is sleeping in the other bed.

She wanted to see the Earth but for that she had to sneak all the way to the Alpha station. She did it, and was so happy no one was around and could reach her goal easily.

She was almost at the window when heard footsteps from one direction. She turned into a narrow hallway and quickly hid behind a trashcan. Three guards and Chancellor Jaha were in a hurry somewhere talking about a disturbance.

When they seemed to be far enough she stood up blowing her air out as she continued her way just to see a boy sneaking into the arresting office with a bag moving quickly.

"Hey!" whispered walking after him looking around with wide eyes before she stepped into the office. And there he was. A young boy with big blue eyes turning red from all the tears he cried. He looked back to her and his breathing stopped, Nikki could tell from the way he suddenly stopped crying. His face was weary and wet from tears and salvia.

"Please just… just don't… don't call them I…" he whispered with shaking voice and that's when Nikki looked down to his hands just to see he had oil and lighter with him. He was going to do something… really stupid. But then again… looking back at the door Nikki saw: Arresting officer's quarters.

She knew it is his business and she will not give this broken boy out.

"It's okay," Nikki said holding her hands up. "You… need a hand?" smiled just for the sake of cheering him up. The boy stunned looking at her with even bigger eyes then looked around and continued his "job" in hurry.

Nikki helped him set the oil trails on fire. The boy looked at the growing flames as tears fell from his revenge filled eyes, while the girl looked to the flames amazed then smiled to him as he was staring into the flames. Then the boy looked back to her and a light smile appeared on his tormented face.

"There's always hope, I believe," whispered the naïve girl but the boy just looked back into the flames and she knew he wants to be alone. She just left him slowly and decided it is time to go home.

The boy never had a chance to go back home again. Later she figured, he didn't even try.


"Ten minutes and the free time is over!" shouted one of the guards what made Nikki get back into here and now. Harper and Miller tried to fasten up the game and Nikki could see Murphy talking to a couple of his friends by the wall on a low tone. She was just watching him so when he turned she could catch his eyes to give him a half smile what Murphy didn't return.

True it wasn't that often they got to spend time in the common room nowadays, but no matter how cold Nikki was, how strong walls she had inside her, she couldn't let the fact go that she, the wild, curious girl is about to die way too soon, having experienced way too little.

If Harper wouldn't be that chatty, glued to her kind of a friend, Nikki would already have started to separate herself from her too. And no way Murphy will run after her. And that is good. She didn't want him to.

"Nik, what's wrong?" asked Murphy slipping next to her in the other chair and Nikki sighed.

"Murph… nothing I just, two months…" whispered and the look on her face made Murphy straighten and frown at her. She usually is not the type showing emotions, but for a second he could see some desperateness peeking through her eyes.

"Let's get out of here again then," smiled Murphy looking at her challengingly.

Nikki smiled back with some excitement but then shook her head.

"Last time we got into real trouble for that, babe and I can't stay behind bars without any free time for 3 months again."

"Wasn't it worth it?" asked with that naughty smile leaning closer to her and whispered, "besides, you don't even have 3 months left now. Does it really matter anymore?" shrugged leaning back keeping his eyes on her.

She smiled naughty as she was debating in herself but then a guard stepped there standing firmly.

"Raid, Murphy, it is time for you two to get back in the box."

They looked up to the guard with hate. They knew so well that the guards keep an eye on their every move when they are out, trying to prevent their master plans to work out.


Back in the cell, sky box - as if calling it this way would make them feel any better - there was nothing but an old mattress, a toilet and a sink.

Nikki was just sitting on her bed looking out of her head contemplating her short life. It is a bit less than 2 months and she will get floated.

There were many examples of teens not getting floated if both the chancellor and members of the council came to the decision that the prisoner had learned from their mistakes, showed respect and behavioral change.

Well that is what Nikki haven't done. From the day, she got into the prison she was trouble and it only got worse when they found each other with Murphy.

Sparks of regret blurred her mind as she thought about all the stupid things she had done hand in hand with Murphy, despite Harper trying to hold her back. It's not that everyone suddenly became an angel once they got to prison, but definitely tried to behave so they would spare their life.

She just sighed throwing herself onto her back on the matrass looking up to the ceiling when she heard a whisper from the cell door. She peaked to the dark figure who was already leaning forward, closer to the automatic door lock.

"Nik, come, it's time to have fun while you can," Murphy's low voice was barely audible and Nikki sat up surprised.

Now, if the guards thought that having sex in the common area's toilet was the most outrageous rule breaking they did, than sneaking out from the cells will make their head explode, for sure.