Chapter 1
Shot By Accident
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As the Commander of the army, Lexa didn't have anyone higher up than her in the chain of command and she liked things that way. Being a leader, having command over other people was something she was born to do and having that control put her at ease. She was the youngest person to have ever been called to lead as the Commander at the young of 18 six years ago. She excelled in hand to hand combat and though she had the best aim out of everyone in the army, she always felt the need to have several hidden daggers and her sword on her back with her no matter where she was. Sometimes Lexa wondered if she had been reborn with prior knowledge of how to fight because of how naturally these things came to her but she knew it was a foolish thought and often times just shook it off.
Lexa poured over the map of her country, Trigeda, and wondered why the people of Arkadia wanted to invade their land so badly. She was currently in a camp near the border between both lands but on the Arkadia side and trying to fend off their attempts at guerilla tactics. So far she had experienced quite a few losses with being bombed and some of her people had even been burned by flamethrowers. Lexa sighed as she tried to think of a strategy that would give her people a fighting chance against the invaders with better technology than them. Arkadia was downright far more advanced than her people and perhaps that was why they were trying to invade and take over. The land in Trigeda was more prosperous without as much pollution and waste being left on crops from their technology bleeding their land dry of all use.
"Heda," someone said on the other side of her tent, causing Lexa to shake her head of her distracting thoughts. "Permission to enter Heda?" They had come up with an extremely coded version of English to keep enemies from truly understanding anything if they were to steal documents or letters passed on from soldier to soldier giving them a slight advantage over the Arkadians.
"Sha, min yu op. (Yes, enter.)" Lexa responded.
"I have news, bad news Heda." Echo stepped in and looked harried where she stood. "We've been attacked, Anya's second in command has been injured terribly and some of her people are dead and many wounded. A bomb went off near a bridge she was about to cross and they had snipers shoot at her people. Luckily they are terrible shots and didn't managed to do much in terms of killing us. More of us were injured and killed by the explosion over there. Anya is fine but her second might not make it."
"Mochof Echo." Lexa paused in thought before formulating a plan, a dangerous plan that was riskier than she'd like but she needed to do something to save her people somehow. "Call Anya, Lincoln, Nyko, and Ryder here and report back here as soon as you have gathered everyone. I have a plan and you are included in it."
Echo nodded her head and went to do as she was told and she came back within several minutes with everyone Lexa had called for. "I am leaving Indra and Gustus in charge while I am gone and we are going to break up into groups of three. Anya and Echo, you will be with me. Lincoln, Nyko, and Ryder, you three will be together and here's the plan. We're going to do some reconnaissance and I want this to be as silent as possible. I have these radios here so we can communicate relatively quietly. They have earpieces right here and make sure our radio frequency doesn't pick up any other frequencies before we leave. If by any chance the frequency can be tapped speak only Trigedasleng so they will not be able to understand what we are saying to each other and figure out our location. Lincoln, you will wear the radio on your team and I have you there to be their healer if anything happens Nyko. The same for you Echo, you are my healer and I will wear an earpiece as well. Any questions?"
"What are we going to be looking for Heda?" Lincoln asked.
"This is reconnaissance so look for anything that can help give us an advantage or edge. If you find one of their encampments then try to mark the location somehow or find a way to remember where it is. If you can figure out their numbers in the encampment then do so. The biggest thing I must stress is to not engage the enemies. Even if they shoot at your or spot you, do not engage. The sun hasn't set yet so we are going to wait until nightfall before leaving. Wear all black and do not bring any kind of identification with you. We are going out in the dark and make sure there is no way for them to identify us or our ranks." Lexa looked at her brave and loyal people. "You are all aware of this mission's parameters now, are there any other questions?"
"How long are we going to be out and will we have a rendezvous point Heda?" This time Anya spoke her question.
"As long as it takes but … I don't want this to take longer than two hours because then we are at greater risk of being discovered, silent as we are. Our rendezvous point will be back at this camp. We must not allow them to be alerted of their presence so avoid knocking anyone out but if it can't be helped do what you must without leaving a trail."
"If one of us gets injured … or shot …" Echo asked haltingly before tapering off, unsure of how she wanted to word her question.
"Our healers will have to give temporary aid before better assistance is available. If the injury seems fatal … we will deal with it back at camp." Lexa saw the quickly fading light. "Go prepare and meet me back here in half in hour with minimal supplies. Whatever will fit in these two backpacks is all we can take. Try to fit as many medical supplies in the larger duffle bags if possible Echo and Nyko. Don't bring any flashlights because they will just be able to spot us more easily that way. We might not know their land as well but we are accustomed to moving swiftly but silently. Be prepared for anything and if we are at risk of discovery we must leave immediately. Try to avoid capture at all costs if they attempt to pursue us but remember we are not here to engage them in combat. Bring a single muffled gun and as many daggers as you can and bring either your sword or bow and arrow, whichever your prefer. We must be silent but remember, our objective is not to attack them unless there is no other option but to do so. Dismissed."
Nodding and giving Lexa quick bows they all left the tent to prepare to leave for a mission with many unknowns. Lexa only hoped that nothing would go wrong and that they all returned to camp safely.
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Meeting back up at Lexa's tent, Lexa decided not to use a backpack and neither did Ryder. Lexa had two hidden daggers at her thighs and one strapped on her arm above her elbow, hidden underneath her shirt. Lexa would have taken more but she didn't want to have to hide her weapons if she carried too many and they were spotted.
Lexa instructed for Team LNR to head east while her team AEL would head west instead. Lexa's earpiece irritated her as she spoke into the radio to make sure it was working right. "El, em klir, en yu? (L, we're safe, and you?) "
"Sha, Heda. Em klir. (Yes, Commander. We're safe.)"
They now knew that the radios were working just fine and they walked on in silence and spoke to each other in fifteen minute intervals to check up on each other before Lexa's team stumbled upon something. "Hod up, baga kamp raun hir. Shof op. (Stop, enemies are around here. Be quiet.)" Lincoln didn't respond through the radio because of Lexa's command. He merely continued on with his team because he was sure that Lexa had meant for her team to stop. "Mela op, blinka au. (Heads up, eyes open.)" Lexa spoke this softly into the night, barely above a whisper. The three stood in a triangle formation and Lexa motioned her arms for them to separate slightly, Anya to Lexa's left and Echo to her right.
Moving virtually soundlessly, the three woman continued on to scout the supposed camp they discovered. It was definitely the Arkadians as their uniforms showed a patch with their symbol on it with several guards standing around the camp to keep watch. "Heda, Skaikru lufa au som hir. Fai Skaikru. (Commander, the Arkadians are searching for something here. Five Arkadians.)"
"Ait El. Ste klir. (Right L. Be safe.)" Lexa continued on to the camp, looking out for anyone near her who might spot her despite her dark clothing. Everything was going smoothly so far and it had been nearly an hour since they left their camp so they were running out of time with scarcely another hour left. Looking to her left to check on Anya's position proved difficult in the dark but she could make out her general several feet away and she looked to her right to confirm Echo's location as well when a shot rang out in the night and Lexa felt a sharp pain in her stomach before turning around and running away.
Voices could be heard behind her, shouting instructions and another shot rang out but missed. Anya and Echo joined her not far away but Lexa knew that this would endanger them. "Heda hedplei osir? (Commander, what are your commands for us?)" Echo asked.
"Gonot, ai lukot. Ai ste laksen. (Leave, my friends. I am hurt.)" Lexa said through gritted teeth much to both of their dismay.
"No, Heda. Osir no ban op Heda. (No, Commander. We won't abandon you.)
"Ai laik Heda, ai hedplei emo ban op ai. Nau. (I am the Commander, I command you to leave me. Now.)" The authority in Lexa's voice could not be ignored and Lexa gave them hard glares when they looked back before moving more quickly ahead of her. She knew she would only slow them down with her injury. The very least she could do was distract these men from finding her people. Lexa moved to run in a different direction and heard footsteps several yards away from her and ran in a zig zag pattern. Wearing dark clothes helped disguise her and she wasn't nearly as loud as the Arkadians and she knew she had lost them at some point because she could hear loud cursing and orders being barked from at least half a mile away. She almost laughed knowing that the Arkadians were so loud she wouldn't have to worry about one of them sneaking up on her.
Not knowing where she was but knowing that she had to keep moving, Lexa continued to walk and finally felt the ache of her wound. She knew that the bullet had gone straight through her because she didn't feel the pain of having a small object lodged inside of her stomach and she wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing. Feeling blood oozing from the wound, Lexa continued on despite the blood loss. Too much blood was coming out of her wound but she couldn't stop, had to keep going. It was going to be a long, agonizing night that much she knew for sure.
Eventually Lexa came across a road but decided that it was safer to stick to the trees just in case someone might possibly spot her and shoot her again, if they were even out this far searching. It was the safer bet and Lexa hoped this road led to a town at the very least if not a city with a doctor to patch her up without asking too many questions. Then again, she had no idea what the laws were like over here but she just had a feeling that gunshot wound victims weren't common enough for her not to warrant unwanted attention of some kind. She needed to plan out what she would say that would be plausible. No one could know who she really was … that she was in enemy territory. Perhaps she could say that she was shot by accident or that someone had attempted to mug her.
"Heda, em klir? (Commander, are you safe?)" Lexa heard over the radio after an indiscernible amount of time.
"Nou get yu daun El. Ai klir. (Don't worry L. I'm safe.)" Lexa's voice was strained and she knew they could hear it even over the radio.
"Ron ai ridiyo op Heda. Heda em klir? (Speak true Commander. Commander are you safe?)" Lincoln insisted, worry evident in his voice.
"Yu prom ai? (You question me?)" It was spoken calmly but there was a tension in Lexa's voice.
"Biyo moba Heda. Ai no prom yu Heda. Yu ste laksen get osir daun. (I'm sorry Commander. I'm not questioning you Commander. Your injury has us worried.)" Lincoln responded, showing respect with his words.
"Em pleni. Chit nou frag yu op na teik yu ste mou yuj. (Enough. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.)" Lexa took a deep breath before speaking one last time. "Hod yo chichnes op. Nou mou chichnes. (Stop talking. Enough talking.)"
After a few moments of silence Lincoln finally spoke into the radio. "Sha, Heda." Lexa sighed in relief and continued walking alongside the road after turning the radio off and tucking it into a large pocket in her pants around her thigh. She then realized that she still had a dagger strapped to her arm and removed it carefully with her right hand, glad she had chosen to use her left hand to hold onto her wounded stomach. Gingerly, she bent over slightly to put her dagger into one of her thigh pockets and unstrapped the other two daggers on her thighs and did the same with them, wincing at the pain of stretching down so far for too long before straightening up again.
Walking for what felt like hours Lexa finally saw a city several miles in front of her. She was ready to pass out from blood loss but she knew she couldn't allow herself to do so until she knew she would be safe. Trudging on despite her heavy blood loss, Lexa walked in an almost daze, hazy images passing her by in the form of the occasional car. Her people still rode on horses and these people drove cars.
Finally, after the sun had just started to rise, Lexa was in the city looking around for any signs of people up early to help direct her to the nearest hospital. Blood had long dried on her left hand as she walked and she could feel more blood still oozing out of her wound, still trickling slowly but surely in between her fingers. Her vision was blurring but she continued to move trying to ignore the pain and dizziness she felt.
Breathing heavily she came upon a house with someone who looked like they were leaving their house to go to work with the barely risen sun painting red streaks behind their house. Lexa called out, her voice weak and strained. "Excuse me." The young woman looked up from walking down the steps of her house. There was barely enough light for them to see each other clearly but it was getting steadily brighter with every minute that passed and Lexa kept putting one foot in front of the other, struggling to walk any further.
"Yes?" she called out hesitantly.
"Can you … tell me … where the nearest …" Lexa paused to catch her breath, panting with the effort to speak more than a few words at a time, "hospital is? I … shot." Lexa fell to her knees, barely holding on to her consciousness.
The woman ran over to her and held on to her arms, "hey, are you all right?" It was not bright enough that the woman helping her stay steady on her knees could see that there was blood all over her hand. "Shit, what happened to you? Did you say you were shot?"
Lexa nodded, "yes, shot … mugged."
"Don't speak anymore. Let me just, I've got my cell phone let me call an ambulance for you all right?" Lexa couldn't really hear what she was saying anymore on the verge of passing out at this point. Faintly, at the edges of her consciousness, Lexa was aware of the woman dialing a number and speaking relatively calmly into the phone thought she stuttered over a few words.
Unable to hold on anymore Lexa felt darkness take over her momentarily before she regained consciousness again. "I … I'm … dying." Lexa fell forward and lost consciousness as the woman on the phone caught her as best she could and held onto her.
"Hey, don't give up yet! Wake up! Don't fall asleep now!" The woman shook her until she saw her eyes barely flutter open.
"I'm … awake."
"Good, try to stay awake while the ambulance is coming to get you. They shouldn't be more than a few minutes. Tell me what your name is. Stay with me."
"Name?" Lexa was panting harshly, breathing so heavily she almost felt like she wasn't getting any air into her lungs at all. "Name … is L-Lexa."
"Okay, good. How about your age?"
"20 … 20 … 24." Lexa finally managed to get out, almost falling unconscious again. The woman shook her gently and spoke words that Lexa couldn't quite understand because it was so muffled to her ears. She saw the woman's lips move but no sounds reached her ears in a form she could understand. It all sounded like a garbled attempt at speech to her. Ai gonplei ste odon (My fight is over.) Lexa was pretty sure of that. She could feel herself drifting away.
Sirens could be heard in the background and Lexa couldn't hear it clearly at first but then it seemed to grow in volume momentarily before it became softer and softer until she couldn't hear anything anymore. The silence was almost peaceful until she woke up to the feeling of a harsh jolt of electricity running through her chest. Her eyes blinked open at the sensation and she felt herself suck in a harsh breath of air. She was awake for that moment but soon after she fell unconscious again and she vaguely wondered if she was going to die before everything was quiet and peaceful in her mind once more. Darkness swallowed her and she could only hope that Indra and Gustus would lead her people well in her absence if she were to die today and a new Commander needed to be chosen to take her place.
The next time Lexa woke up things became much more interesting with the involvement of a certain blonde doctor to take care of her.
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So, this is a random idea that took place. I have so many The 100 Clexa story ideas that I have yet to publish but this one seems the most solid to me!^^ Please read and tell me your thoughts in a review if you want to see more of this story. Until the next chapter.
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