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Chapter: Space

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There had been a nuclear apocalypse on Earth around ninety-seven years ago. With powerful nuclear weapons destroying homes, there had been preparations if something chaotic like this was to happen. The preparation had been twelve space stations that were had been quickly launched into space.

Those twelve space shuttles had a combine total of four hundred or maybe more humans out of the whole Earth population.

They were known as the grounders because they had been born on Earth first rather than space. Those four hundred grounders soon got together. They ended up connecting, building and fused together all twelve space stations to be a whole. Once all together, they renamed the whole structure as Ark Station.

And they thrived.

For ninety-seven years, the Ark Station has been orbiting the Earth, the planet that their ancestors once lived. Over the years, many things have changed on the Ark Station. The population had grown to over two thousand plus; thus, resources had to be disputed cautiously. However, that had made the council to make stricter laws on the Ark Station to keep a good amount of resources. Therefore, if anyone got into trouble with the law, those over eighteen were usually sentence to death, which meant you were put into a capsule and shot out into space known as floated. Those under eighteen were the delinquent and were imprisoned until they are let go or sentence to death, which most likely happens after they turn eighteen.

All around the Ark Station there were jobs for everyone to keep the Ark Station up and running, such as, medical, mecha, hydra, agro, prison stations and so on. Everything had a purpose.

At twenty-one, Arla Griffin jogged down the hallways with a container of medicine in her hands. She apologized to those that she accidently brushed against as she tried hard to dodge those that were crowding up the hallway.

"Excuse me. Need to get to Ark station medical!" Arla exclaimed as a group of people decided to take up the whole hallway. They stared at her then move, some smiling as they knew how she was.

"Thanks!" Arla shouted to them as she runs on by.

Sliding around a corner and jogging again, her boot heels clanking across the metal flooring. Coming to a stop, she deeply breathed in and then out as the sliding glass and metal door open up before her to show her the medical stations.

"Look at that. Record time of six minutes."

"Record time for almost running a mile across the stations to get this to you, Aunt Abby." Arla handed over the medical supplies that had just been created by the government and science station.

Standing before Arla was her late cousin wife, Abigail Griffin, the chief medical officer. She had been married to Jake Griffin, who was Arla's second cousin while her father, Thomas Griffin had been the first cousin. But being around the same age, Thomas and Jake acted like brothers. Sad to say, both of them had been floated on the same day due to having important engineering information that the council didn't want to get out in public. With her mother gone too from a tragic accident, Arla had lived on her own but Jake's wife, Abigail, keeps watch on her. With Abigail watching over her, Arla begin to take lessons with her so that she can become a doctor in the future.

"How is Clarke?"

"She has been quiet." Abby replied while opening up the box to show vials of various medicines.

Arla nodded her head and she begin to help Abigail out with putting the supplies away. Arla would glance at Abigail, seeing that the lock up of Clarke was effecting her. Arla third cousin, Jake and Abigail daughter, Clarke, has been locked up for treason at the age of sixteen. She has been locked up for a year and a half now because Clarke knew about what her father and Thomas knew.

Both Jake and Thomas Griffin had been senior environmental engineers, who had discovered that The Ark was running out of oxygen supply. They wanted to tell the people, but instead, someone ratted them out and they had been floated.

Arla obviously knew the secret, but kept her mouth shut and the council had overlooked her. As for Clarke, she got sentence to treason. It made Arla to wonder why Clarke and not her.

Was it because she is aiming to be the future doctor once Abigail was gone? Arla didn't know.

"Arla."

"Yes?" Arla snapped out of the past thought to look over at Abigail. Her eyebrows coming slightly together as she saw Abigail looking around as if she was making sure no one was around before she stepped closer to Arla with seriousness.

"I need you to do something very important yet crazy and illegal."

"What!? Do you want me to get floated?" Arla whispered in reply, staring at her cousin wife Abigail with wide eyes as she couldn't believe what her Abigail, one of the council members had just said to her.

"Come on." Abby grabs her wrist and quickly led Arla out of the medical station, leading her down the hallway until they got back to Abby suite.

Once the door shut behind them, Arla pulled her wrist from Abby's grip and rubbed her left hand over her right wrist, staring at Abby like she was a crazy woman.

"What is it you need that can get me floated?"

"You mean, get me floated. I need you to sneak onto a dropship."

"Dropship? What do you mean, dropship?" Arla asked as she watched Abby pace back and forth in the room with her right hand gripping her chin before she stopped walking and stepped towards Arla.

"The council has decided to take a hundred delinquencies and send them down to Earth to see if it is livable. Clarke has been chosen to go down too."

"Why are you telling me all of this? Oh wait…" Arla realized why Abby was telling her this information because what Abby said about doing something illegal and crazy.

"No, no, no—"

"Arla I want you to pose as a guard to get onto that dropship and go down with them. They need something with medical experience."

"But Clarke knows a—"

"She knows enough to help wounds, but she doesn't know surgery or knowing certain types of herbs unless it smacks her in the face." Abby explained, reaching up to cup either side of Arla's face and swiping her long dark brown hair back.

"How can this work?" Arla lowly asked, having a funny feeling that Abby will not take no for an answer.

To have a medical person on bay, one that reads about what nature has to offer for medicine and learning from her late father about environment, Arla will be a good asset to have with the teenagers.

"The launch is going to happen tomorrow." Abby explained, walking away from Arla and going to the bedroom before coming back out with folded clothes. Guard clothes to be exact.

"Stay here for the night. There is a medical pack in the bedroom that you will need too. I will come by tomorrow and together we will go see Clarke. You'll lead Clarke with another guard to the dropship. Strip out of the guard clothes and get yourself buckle in. Put the pack underneath the seat and strap around her legs so it doesn't separate from you." Abby explained as Arla took the guard clothes from her and watched Abby disappear into the bedroom to come back out to show a backpack.

"How long have you been thinking of this? Planning?" Arla lowly asked as Abby stood at the door to leave the suite.

"Since the council passed the idea which has been two weeks ago. Be ready early tomorrow morning." Abby told her before leaving the suite.

Arla stood there with guard clothes in hand and a backpack on her side. She could not believe that this was happening, but she knew that this was because of the oxygen supply becoming very limited on the Ark. Sending down a hundred to see if the Earth is livable for everyone to survive.

Dropping the guard clothes on the coffee table, Arla collapsed in one of the armchairs and she blankly stared at the wall. With her left hand, she reached up to her necklace and touched the worn down sterling silver angel that has been passed down through generations of ancestors.

Earth.

To live there again, Arla could only image all the trees, animals and wildness on the Earth. A small smile could not help but slip upon her lips.

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Hi Everyone,

Here's a first look of what I have in mind.

I have just started watching The 100 and I have to say, it is very interesting. I had been hit with ideas for this and decided to try on writing a story about it.

I'm going to apologize now and say sorry if any ideas and such is wrong. I'll try to understand everything closely. I just started watching season one.

(Side Note: I had just updated this because I notice a mistake about relating Clarke and Arla…I won't go into detail, but I fixed it).

Anyways, thanks for reading and please enjoy.

Disclaimer for this chapter and future chapters: I do not own anything about The 100, but I do, however, own my original characters, Arla and her parents.

Thank You!