Madi tugs at a sleeve asking to have a turn looking through the scope. Clarke looks to her little nightblood, a very bright, courageous, girl of about 12 years of age and feeling no current threat from the new sky people slides over and hands off the riffle. She issues a warning to not shoot and if she sees anything odd to let her know.
Clarke sighs inaudibly she was so excited for a brief moment seeing the ship enter earths atmosphere only to be crushed once it was near enough to see the size and shape definitively ruling out the ship of her bellamy and friends. Still there was a slight chance they could have been on this Eligius ship, even as prisoners was a better thought then not at all. But everyone that had exited the ship had now removed there helmets and none of the faces belonged to the people that had left her to save them.
After Madi became bored of the new inhabitants of earth they pack up their gear and head back to home camp, it would be dark soon. Madi had become quite preceptive of Clarke's feelings over the past 6 years, since they had found each other. They had become each others everything, and reading each other was a key to survival. She prompts Clarke as to whats up. Clarke shrugs, confessing simply she missed her friends and just wished these strangers were instead her crew. Madi nods and being back at camp goes to start the fire for the night. Clarke checks a few traps set around camp and finds a squirrel and a rabbit, and smiles 'dinner will be served'. They prepare dinner and eat with little talking and soon go to sleep.
Over the next few days the people of the ship progressively get closer to the green patch of earth they depend on for survival and Clarke grows weary of their intentions and motivations. They seem to destroy everything in their way, clearing trees and debris for a rover like vehicle to make its way through, each night regressing back to the ship. She is still unsure if they plan to make earth home or retreat back to space. She fears the worst though and spends the days training Madi for the combat that is inevitable.
On the other side of the planet or so it seemed a small ship with 6 travelers lands into a lake with no sight of shore. Raven the ships pilot and resident badass mechanic opens the hatch and proclaims " Awesome, another problem to solve." The remainder in the ship fill the silence with groans and laughter. Bellamy convinced that they should all just start swimming jumps from the cockpit and perches on the side of the ship, is about to jump in when the silence around him strikes him as off. He flashes back to the 1st year on earth when the giant under water creature would have eaten them all had they just jumped in. It dawns on him that he would have to push aside some of the daily givens from living in space. Sure every day was a challenge, but the dangers were vastly different. He dips a hand into the water and instantly retracts it. "Fuck its acid, or at least feels like it". He sparingly pours some fresh water from the pod and drys his hand, defeated. He had spent a vast many years dreaming of the moment he would return to earth, many involved begging Clarke to forgive him for leaving her. The last few he spent just wondering if she was alive. And then this past year they received a garbled message, he was sure it was Clarke, but the messages were very broken, and the others weren't convinced. They would get them daily, tracking them to earth they decide to try to land the ship near the location of transmission. It would appear that did not work.
Raven calls down to monty to see what in the pod they could use to make a boat and motor or even paddles. They did not just spend 6 years floating in space waiting to hitch hike off the back of the Gagarin ship to be stranded in a pool of acid. She and monty begin to brainstorm testing several objects in the abyss around them to see what could be resistant to the liquid.
Echo sits beside Bellamy looking defeated as well. She definitely did not belong in space, here back on earth though where was her place. Growing close to the sky people in space happened overtime, she kinda became distantly family, but here what happens when they meet up with azgeda. Bellamy just about reads her mind quietly speaking, "I love my sister, But I wont let O hurt you, you know that right," he looks to her eyes searching for acceptance of that statement. She nods and looks into the distance. Echo and Bellamy had shared some intense moments on the ship, some that would make her blush, if she wasn't a hardened war leader, however nothing more ever came from those occasions, he was never in a place to give her actual feelings and honestly she wasn't sure if she could ever let go of love being a weakness. It somehow was never actually spoken, yet never became awkward. They used each other as a release, now on earth though once they met up with the others that survived, that would surely change. Bellamy took her hand in his, bought it to his lips placing a chaste kiss upon her fingers softened from being in space and not battle. Un entwining there fingers he gets up and goes back into the ship to help make this boat. This was goodbye of sorts.
By the time the boat was coming together the night was falling and all decided that they would start the trek to shore at first light. They all find someplace to crash, no one actually comfortable but it would have to make do.
The sun rose waking Madi, She looks to Clarke still asleep and decides to quietly gather berries for breakfast. She stays close to camp so that she can be seen, as to not worry Clarke if she wakes before collecting enough berries. Returning to camp Madi sees Clarke stir in her dreams and scream, startling awake. She goes to her companions side and gives her a big hug, and offers the bowl of berries. It takes several moments but eventually Clarke takes a few berries and pops them in her mouth. Madi is used to this reaction, it happens frequently. The past years have been filled with nightmares, at first Clarke wouldn't talk about them, Madi assured her she was old enough and could handle it, one day she told her a lot about her nightmares and continued to until it seemed like all the stories had been told. As of late no discussions were needed, Madi knew what plagued her mind, and simply made sure to be there for comfort until the mood passed.
Clarke being abruptly woke by a nightmare is still tense when Madi hugs her, melting a little looking into her bright brown eyes. Still full of hope and excitement, even after loosing both her parents and everyone she had ever known, maybe being that young it didn't effect her as harshly. Then again the loss of her father and the unknown status of her mother were the least of the weight on her heart. This dream actually started out normal for once, she was back on the Arc strangely and all her friends were there, they were having a dance or party for some reason, Finn was even there hanging out with Wells and Bellamy, now awake she laughs internally at the thought of her two ex's hanging out with Bellamy. Then the ship began to fall to earth and in the process catches fire. She watches all her friends burn and she is helpless to stop it. Then she woke, thankful to not experience another second of that nightmare. Eating a few more berries she rises, and prepares for the day.