Alex is finally gunna be escaping the Ark now. This chapter'll be the start of her journey to Earth!

And Hey, just wanna clear things up. I am redoing this story, and it will be pretty similar from before, but there are definitely going to be a few changes. Sorry for the ups and downs!X( And BlueRaven, no need to worry! ALL of what was from before, and now, are my original ideas, mixing in with the original story plot line!

Disclaimer: I do not own The 100.

The Ark

February 2

1:00 AM

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First name: Alexia

Last name: unknown

Age: 18

Birth Date: February 2

Hair Color: brown. *lighter tips

Eye Color: green *specks of gold

Height:5'6"

weight:125 lbs.

Family: unknown

Crime: -Access Denied-

Status: RUNAWAY CONVICT

*additional information

12:00

"What the hell, where're my key?" A guard with a quizzical look patted himself down as he walked down the hall surrounded by empty cells. "I swear," he passed through an open door way into another hall, this one more solitude, "I had them with me just..." He stopped short and stared into prisoner #401's cell. Through the glass top frame, there lied a jangle of gold and silver keys all bunched in a mesh on the floor, connected on a 6 inch, thick metal ring. His eyebrows grew together, and his confused face turned into an angry one. "PRISONER 401!" his balled up fist now pounding on the door. "PRISONER 4.0.1!OPEN UP THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW." his enraged commands broke the silence of the desolate prison. Yet, no answer replied back to him. The guard dropped his hand and took a step closer, looking closer into Alex's cell, examining every inch and corner from behind the security of his door. But no sign of Alex had caught his eye. "What the hell..." he mumbled a sigh to himself.

Ugh, you've got to be kidding me. This guy is such a rookie. Sometimes, it was hardest to find thing that lied in plain sight. Alex had been hiding right in front of him. It was just that the security of the door had seperated them. But it wouldn't for long. Alex quietly giggled, thinking back on her mastermind plan.

*flashback

The Ark

11:30PM

The same guard walked the same path. Through the halls surrounded by lonesome cells, then through a door leading him into a different hallway. But it was a special hallway. Her hallway. No one ever walked through this hallways, except the very few women who brought her her meals every 2 times a day-Alex didn't eat breakfast. She had been sitting on her bed, hugging her knees, and staring into space. Daydreaming was her specialty. But she only every dreamnt of one thing in particular-rain. She'd read about the spring rain when she was young.

Could you even imagine, the pitter patteringing sound of the droplets plopping down to earth, calming anything and everything, even a rambunctious baby that had just a bit too much personality, And how the parched skin called out for it, pleading until the cool touch had soothed its beck-and-call. But most of all, the smell of the fresh spring rain and moist earth. And it was even said, that rain would leave tears on the windows and her ancestors would bet against each other that their rain drop would fall to the ground first.. The ground-that's the dream. But her short wonders had come to an abrupt stop, as the owner of the dismissive sounds approached her doorway. This is reality- Alex thought as the owner of the thumping boots had opened her cell door and quickly walked in.

"Prisoner #401, lights out." the guard's voice boomed, breaking the room's silence

Reality sucks.

The guard pivoted on his left foot and was halfway out the door, until Alex called out

"Wait! Please...this is my last night...Can't I just have one more hour?" she pleaded as the guard gave a skeptical look.

Silence had passed, until his stone face turned into something softer.. more pitiful, as he replied, "Look, I don't have the authority to.." but Alex ran up to him grabbing both sides of his arms

"Please, Please! No one will realize! Just keep the lights on for just one hour more! And I swear, I'll be right in bed after that! It's my last day!" she broke down in tears

The guard gave a huff, and looked down at her as she crumpled down. "Okay, okay. But the best I can give you is 30 minutes. And after that, it's lights out."

30 minutes. It wasn't a very generous amount of time, but it was enough. Alex breathed heavily, "Thank you." Tears still streamed down her face as she looked up at the kind guard. He nodded, and walked out.

The door shut heavily behind him, and that's when Alex breathed her sigh of relief. She raised both hands up to her chest and placed them on top of each other, lying above where her heart was. She looked down at the ground and gave a thankful smile. Then something quickly changed. Just a second passed, before her arms fell, and so did her smile. "That was just too easy." she said to herself as she slowly stood up, lifting her head. She reached into the back of her pocket and pulled out a ring, bombarded with many keys, all ranging in different sizes and shapes. She brought it up to her face, and a mischievous grin appeared across her face.

Alex had grabbed the guard's arms, but when she broke down her hands slid down the sides of his pants and right before he could notice, she had plucked the keys quickly off his belt. This was an amateur task for her. There was a reason she was arrested and statused as a delinquent. Well, actually, there were many reasons. From stealing small things like food, to snatching the Chancellor's ring. And in between here and there she'd deal or just get too wild. She just thought that one of those offenses got her stuck behind bars. "Man, I did a lot of bad things before, didn't I?" she reminisced in her memories, then quickly looked down and gave a playful smile. Alex was a changed person now, still wild, but not on criminal standards. But, that didn't mean she'd stop practicing her special little talents, such as, let's say, stealing some very important keys off an ignorant guard? No. problem. With one hand stuck down her pants pocket, she walked in circles in the center of her cell, spinning the ring on her finger. And slowly, she fell down the line, getting closer and closer to the middle of the floor. When she was there, she quickly dropped down and gently placed the keys onto the ground. "Now, just 30 more minutes til showtime." And she got up and jumped onto her bed, falling into a little nap.

*end of flashback

12:00

Come on buddy. Just a little bit closer. Alex encouraged the guard in her mind. She had low expectations of him, but she didn't think that he totally naive. She knew that keys were the only things that could open doors, and she also knew that the guard just so happened to have this one thing on hand-a pass cad, and code.

The guard was now pacing back and forth, running his hand through his hair. He had started panicking, thinking of how much trouble he'd get into, maybe even as capitol punishment. Nothing just had been able to pass by the Ark, so why would there be any exceptions for him? Then, he stopped in his tracks. A very important bit of information popped into his mind. Pass card! He snapped and smiled , proceeding to jumbling through his pockets to find his redemption. Once it was in his hands, he rushed over to the door and slid the card, then quickly punched in the number, and the door flung open. He walked over to the middle, cautiously looking around the room to check if Alex had been hiding, and picked up his keys. He turned, and to his surprise, there Alex stood, right in front of him. "You see? I knew you could do it." She scrunched her nose and smiled, congratulating him before she clasped both hands together tightly into one ball, and swing her arms at his head, knocking him out cold. His big lumbering body crashed into the floor, "Oopsies. He's definitely gunna feel that when he wakes up again." Alex bent down to him and turned his body over to look at the front of uniform. "It's big, but it'll make do."

1:00 AM

Another guard, one who looked more experienced and skilled, walked down the path towards Alex's cell. "Prisoner #401! On your feet!" He bellowed a soldier's command. No reply. "Prisoner #4.0.1! On your feet! NOW!" and again, no reply. He gave a mad huff and walked over to Alex's bed, there under the sheets was a silhouette of a sleeping body. "I will ask you one more time. On. your. feet." The body did not move, had not fallen under the guard's command. Time was up. The guard ripped the sheets from the sleeping body, and was greeted with an unusual sight. A full grown man had been stripped down to a white tank and boxers and placed in Alex's bed. The new guard's eyes widened and whispered, "Prisoner 401. Prisoner 401. WHERE THE HELL IS PRISONER 4.0.1!" He pulled out a communications system from his large pocket and alerted the headquarters "Prisoner #401 has escaped. I report, Prisoner #401 has escaped."

In another section of the Ark, Alex pulled her cap down lower to hide her smile and walked quickly through the busied rooms and halls. She was disguised in her guard's uniform, which had been too big but she somehow made it work. No one questioned her, or even gave a second glance;to them, she was just another of many guards patroling the area. The day was calm and peaceful, just like any other on the Ark. Until red lights beamed across the room, and the screeching of a siren accompanied it.

"Code Red. Code Red. Convict on the run. Enter the nearest facility. Code Red, Code red..."

the computer modulated voice replayed over and over on the overhead.

Crap. When the hell did an hour pass by?! Alex began to panic, as another voiceover started, this time an actual person talking.

"Residents of the Ark, please stay calm and exit any open areas and into the nearest secure room. There may be a possibility that this criminal is alongside you right at this moment..."

Alex was walking faster than ever, shoving and contributing to the mess the crowds had made.

"The criminal's description is an 18 year old girl, 5'6", 125 pounds, with brunette hair and green eyes. And there is a suspection that she had disgusted herself in a guard's uniform.

Fuck. Get the hell out of my way! Alex cursed as every person in the room turned towards her. Her heart pounded in her chest as she breathed heavily. Her legs pumped even faster than before as she tried to keep her head down and covered.

"It's her!" A woman's voice sounding shrewd and weak told the people.

Alex stopped in the midst and quickly took a side look up. Everyone had now stopped their fumbling, and drew their attention to something else. Her. Alex's stared back, eyes wide open. Then, another guard walked in. "Okay, everyone..." but he stopped short, as he followed everyone else's eyes. "You.."

Alex pushed the guard down and jumped over him and into another hall. Way to go, Alex. Because all the attention already wasn't enough. You just had to stop and stare back. Alex damned herself while she was in pursuit by the guard. She quickly looked back, and this time there was more than 1 of them. She flipped her head back forward. Fuck. They were so close. If they had thrown their arms forward and reached just a bit more. But Alex wasn't about to let that happen. She had already come so far... No. Definitely not. Alex took a sharp left, leading down another hall, then a right, and another. By this point, the guards could barely keep up, their weight pushing the opposite way as they tried to mimic her swift and easy moves. But, another troublesome enemy had started to approached her. "Lock down, confirmed." the same monotone voice sounded. And the same red lights beamed, but this time, large metal doors started to slide down, blocking her path. Losing the guards was definetly gunna be hard now. Come one, Alexia. Let's put on a real show for them. Her confidence suddenly boosted. Her legs pumped faster and faster as she passed a closing gate, then another one, but the guards were still right at her heels. Suddenly, Alex just stopped ad turned around. She raised her arms up, hands straight and palms showing. "Okay, okay.." She inhaled a huge breathe of air. "I give up.." The guards ran up, 5 feet away from her, and rested their hands on their knees, breathing heavily as well. Alex peeked to the side using her peripheral vision, sneaking a peek at the last sliding door. It had just started to come down, slowly blocking off her exit. 5...4...3...2 "Not." 1. Alex ran to the gate, and fell to the floor, barely sliding through the few inches of space between the ground and closing gate. "Sorry, boys! Maybe next time!" sarcasm struck in her voice.

"Wooh! That was fun!" A playful smile appeared on her face, stretching from ear-to-ear. Once again, Alex pulled down her cap to cover her face, and continued her calm, but quick pace walk. She had taken another left, then another one. She passed a door, and almost took a right. But as she had taken her first step, she caught the sight of another guard's uniform, and swiftly took a step back. She layed herself flat against the wall and held her breath as she intently listened to the approaching footstep. They just don't stop, do they? Tch. She had been ready to step back out and take them by surprise, until a better idea struck her. She looked to her left, and there stood a large metal door. She had no idea where it had led to, but it would have been better than here. She jangled the stolen keys from before in front of her eyes, and said to herself, "Now. I just have to figure out which key's gunna open you up...hmm..." She looked trouble. "Yeup, I thought so." She shrugged her shoulders and dropped the keys next to her feet. Alex had opted out her options and decided to raise both hands up to her head, looking for something else to open the door instead. Uggh, where is it? A moment passed, and then a happy face shone onto her face. Ah! Found it! She dropped her hands and looked at what they had held. 2 bobby pins, 1 in each hand. Alex dropped to her knees and closed in on the knob. And proceeded to pick the lock. *clickclickclick The door had opened, and Alex slipped in, just before the guard had turned the corner and stood right in the place she had been standing just a second ago. Another lucky escape.

She turned to face the room that stood before her. It was big and echo-y, with a solid slick cement ground. Mostly empty, except for the tools that layed here and there, some astronaut costumes, and a..uh...well, all she could say was "Well, it looks like a hunk of junk."Alex stared at it confused, but she just brushed the feelings aside as she walked over to the astronaut costumes. "Kay, time for a disguise change. This time, it'll be a...space walker? Pretty sure that's what it's called." She stripped the guard uniform, unzipping it from top to bottom, then peeling it off from her sweaty body. She quickly slid out her legs and pulled the rest off from her feet. There revealed a still fully clothed body from her previous clothes. She had been hot, but she wasn't going to just abandon her clothes, so she quickly grabbed one of the two walker suits and threw it on. She slid her feet in and lifted the rest up her upper body and in her arms went. She then placed the helmet on the top of head and walked over to the rocket. Well at least now if she got caught, she might be mistaken for someone else and let go. Now, she was going to satisfy her curiosity and explore the whatever it is she had discovered. Alex placed her hand on the refurbished silver metal, feeling it's smoothness through the astronaut gloves. She then slid her hand down and across the side, finding a handle. Pulling it, it propped the door wide open and she jumped in, closing the door behind her. The inside had been surprisingly large considering the "cozy" outer appearance. It had even provided a backseat for a passenger. She looked at the front board, covered in colorful buttons and switches. She had wanted to touch some, but the fear that she might break something held her back. She resisted the urge and peeled her eyes off, focusing on something else. On the side, inbetween the driver's seat and dashboard, settled a metal tank. She looked closer, and in tiny letters, it read 'AIR PRESSURIZER'. "Whateves. So, I'm guessing this is like a..ship,pod, thingy?" Alex started, when she had heard some footsteps nearby. She quickly forgot what she was about to say, as she quietly climbed into the back of the ship's passenger's seat.

Alex peeked out the side of the window to see who the steps had belonged to. 2 women scurried in, one looking around the same age as her, with long thick black hair tied up in a ponytail. She was tanned and tall, with a serious looked pasted onto her face. The other woman was considerably older looking, with fair skin and light brown hair, up in a half up half down, and the rest braided away to her side. She too, had been wearing the same expression. The first thing that happened, was that the younger girl walked straight to the pod that Alex had been hiding in. Crap! Alex slid down into her seat even further, trying to keep low. The girl had flung open the same door, and grabbed a tool off of the floor. She turned on a button and a little *zzzzz filled the empty room. She had looked like she knew what she was doing.

Normal POV

The older woman was pacing back and forth and she had something in her hand. The young girl sighed and said, "Abby, how about I pace in the operating room next time you're working."

Abby quickly stopped in her track and looked back at the girl. But, right then, a ringing was heard.*ringringringring Abby quickly brought her communications device emmiting the sound up to her face and touched its screen. A man's voice came from it, saying, "Abby did you take morphine from the clinic?" He talked fast with worry in his voice. And the girl working on the ship quickly stopped and whipped her head towards the older woman.

Abby's face dropped as she weakly asked, "They took inventory already?"

The man spoke again."No, Cane was just here. He's on his way to make an arrest on both of you, right now!"

The younger girl questioned," You gave Nigel morphine?"

"She turned me in." The older woman dropped her hand and walked over to the younger one. Looking her in the eyes.

"How much longer?" Abby snapped.

"20 minutes." She answered.

"They're gunna be here in five." Abby turned away and walked over to a table and placed the object in her hand down. She turned back around. "You're going to launch that pod no matter what. Do you understand?"

"I'm not going without you"

Abby sighed and replied, "Only one of us needs to get to the ground, Raven." Again, Abby looked straight into Raven's eyes "The second you find those kids, you radio back. 300 innocent people will die if you don't." She was determined to get Raven to leave by herself.

There was silence, until Raven barely squeezed out, "Abby, they'll float you.."

By this time, both girls were teary eyes. and Abby gave a half-hearted laugh. "...then they'll float me."

They hugged, as a goodbye, and Abby held up both of Raven's hands,"Tell Clarke I love her." Raven nodded then they both let go and she turned around and entered the ship.

Wait...did she say ground? and Clarke? Alex speculated. Then, that means..

but it was too late. Abby had already walked out of the room.

Raven's POV

I quickly went down next to the air pressurizer and connected tubes to the ship. I looked back up and turned the knob at the top of the tank. slowly, then a bit quicker, and all of a sudden air started shooting out from all around the diameter of the knob. "No, NO! Damn it!" Hitting the side of the pod, I pushed myself up against the back of my chair. "She gave us a bad part." I closed my eyes, then opened them again, looking to the left. And there, hung an astrounant's costume.I quickly turned back to the tank. Wait a minute...

Alex's POV

Raven started to threw on the astronaunt uniform and pulled the 2 tubes she had connected to the ship off. She took one of the tubes and connected it to her suit. What's she doing? Raven took another sigh, and looked out front. It was as if she's preparing herself. Raven flipped a few switches and pressed a few buttons, and the sound of an engine roared alive. She grabbed the steering wheel and pressed one more button, which opened the only thing seperating them, from space. Oh my god! I need to.. but it was too late. The pod blasted off the deck and into space. And before you know it, Alex had grabbed the extra tube and connected it to her costume, just as she had seen Raven done. Alex's face was absolutely frightened, until she realized what this was. It was her savior in the form of her enemy. She always wanted to get back her freedom, and the only absolute way to get away from the Ark...and that was what was exactly happening right now. And although she knew she was just inches away from her freedom, she was still unsure. She didn't want to depart from the Ark. It was home, even if she had been locked away for 2 years. But then, her expression morphed into something more relaxing. No..it was more...mischevious. A large smirk grew on her face, as she thought to herself Well, I always wanted to go on an adventure anyways. Alex found comfort in her words, and soon enough, all of her doubts had disappeared.

The distance from the pod and the Ark grew greater and greater, as the last glimpse of the Ark totally escaped from Alex's sight. But as the Ark grew farther, something else grew closer. It was round, blue..with patched of green. Alex's eyes grew round and large, as she started breathing heavily. Earth.

And that was the last thing she saw before the black took over. She had passed out.

W0w! that was long, i've been working on this story ever since I finished and uploaded the preview. I really hope you enjoyed, and if you did please leave a review down below! And since ep 5 just came out today, it won't be long until the next chapter of this story comes out. So, stick around for the grand reveal as Alex finally takes her first step onto Earth!

xoxo,

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