Clarke was wondering how long they've been gone from camp. Would anyone come after them, would Bellamy? She couldn't think about him right now, she needed to focus and thinking about him had a tendency to get her very distracted. Her feelings for him had snuck up on her, at first she couldn't stand him and as time passed he became someone she needed for support and one day she realized she couldn't imagine life on earth without him by her side. Would she ever see him again, get a chance to tell him how she felt? She could only hope. Finn had been knocked out harder than her and still hadn't come to, she couldn't leave him behind so for now she had to bite her time and wait for an opportunity to escape.
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Bellamy had been searching for hours now, and still he couldn't find any trace of Clarke or Finn from where they found Miles. They couldn't have just vanished; the grounders must have covered their tracks. Meaning they did not want to be followed, this had to be about more than just killing them off, what could they possibly want with Clarke? Not knowing where to go form here, he headed towards the last place he had seen the grounders, the bridge they blew up. That's the direction the grounders had come from when they met for the peace talk and again when they tried to attack, if he had any chance of finding their camp and Clarke he needed to head in that direction. The last time he was here, his bond with Clarke had been solidified. She had trusted him over Finn that day, believing that he would be able to keep her safe. When Anya had lifted that knife towards Clarke he has been grateful that his aiming skills had improved since he was on the ark. If he had been a second slower things might have turned out much differently. From that day on he knew he needed to keep Clarke close, keep her safe.
The further away from camp he got the darker the forest was becoming, night was falling and he needed to find shelter. He would much prefer to keep going, but walking in grounder territory in the middle of the night would not be the smartest plan. Every sound had him on alert, but as careful as he was he did not see or hear the person coming up on him from behind until it was too late.
'You! What the hell are you doing here, come to get me back for torturing you?'
'Calm down Bellamy, your sister sent me to find you. Look I get that we do not get along, and I would prefer not to be here. However, Octavia came looking for me explaining that Clarke and Finn were missing, she's worried about you alone in the woods, she's afraid your not thinking clearly.
'What's that supposed to mean?'
'You cannot just go charging into an enemy camp and hope that the three of you are going to make it out alive. Just let me help, I'll go and see what's going on.'
'Why would you help me? Even if you care about Octavia, you don't owe me or Clarke anything, we tortured you.'
'True, but I can understand you were only doing it to try and protect your people. You might not want to hear this but I've never had someone that I care about and since meeting your sister things have changed. I don't know how far I would go to protect her.' Bellamy was in shock and not quite sure how to react to this. He couldn't very well turn Lincoln away he needed him to get Clarke back but hearing him speak of his sister like that, a grounder in love with his baby sister was a lot to swallow. He had to put this aside for now, he had to think about Clarke.
'I'm sorry for what we did, I can't honestly say I wouldn't do it again, and I don't know that I can ever approve of whatever is going on with you and Octavia, but please I need your help. Whatever you can do to help, it would be appreciated.' Putting his pride aside was incredibly difficult especially for him, but he could do this, he had too.
'Ok, come with me I'll lead you to a cave so you can spend the night and go see what I can find out, but you have to stay there.'
'Of course.'
'I'm serious Bellamy, I've seen you act you are bold and rash and don't always think things through. If we want any chance of saving Finn and Clarke you will have to listen to everything I say.'
'Fine, lead the way.'
