Chapter 2

Bellamy's POV

"We have to tell Clarke the plan." I say as everyone looks towards me.

"I still hate her but Bellamy is right. She should know. I would have wanted to know." Jasper chimes in. I could hear the pain in his last words.

"You can't be serious" O scoffs before rolling her eyes. "This chip is not Lexa. It's just another AI. I say we fry it and call it a day."

"O, we have to tell her the plan" I say. She cant even look at me.

"I would advise you not to tell her. Because if you do you can forget about saving your people."

"Our people" Raven corrects.

"I'm not Sikuru nor Trikru. I lost the only person who mattered to me." she sneers before walking off. I felt my heart drop, I did this to her. I made her broken inside.

"Hey guys we got to leave now." Clarke begins as she stands next to me. Everyone goes to collect his or her things. Clarke's hand rest on my bicep my whole body gravitates to her. Every time I look at her I'm reminded of that kiss and all I want to do is pull her towards me and make her forget about everything and everyone.

"Are you okay?" she asks her baby blues on me.

"I don't think she will ever forgive me." I could hear the intake, watch how she thought of what to say to me.

"I can't tell you everything will work out, because I don't know. All I know is we have one life, and in this world not a lot of time to live it. All you can do is prove to her that you regret it. Show her how much you love her. But most important Bell, don't ever give up on her."

I watch Octavia put last minute things into the rover. I know Clarke is right, I look to my side at the beautiful girl standing next to me.

"Why are you still here, with me?" I questioned, she shook her head in shock. Her hand moving from my bicep to my cheek, her eyes searching mine.

"You're worth it Bellamy. You mean something to me. Your what has kept me going this whole time… Bellamy I…" she was cut off by the engine of the rover turning over.

Wait, what was she going to say?

Clarkes POV

I almost told Bellamy. I was so close maybe it was for the best. Love is weakness after all. Its been five days since my almost slip up. I could tell Bellamy wants to finish up our conversation but right now I just needed to focus on destroying Alie once and for all.

I just finished putting out the fire as I hear that all to familiar voice. The one that sends tingles up my back.

"Hey Princess let's get a move on." He calls as I quickly kick the last of the dirt onto the dying fire. I run to the rover and jump in bumping shoulders with Bellamy as my whole right side goes up in flames, my cheeks betraying me by showing him how he affects me. He looks me over and smirks knowingly.

We've been running for days with no real plan. There are no more wristbands, and we have such little time left before they find us. I know Octavia wants the chip to destroy it, but I can't let them take the last piece of Lexa.

We split up in groups Octavia and Jasper searching the north and west sides, looking for grounders or our people. Sinclair and raven are setting up camp, Monty is with the rover and Bellamy and I searching the south and east side.

The walk was silent for the start. I was still embarrassed that he caught me blushing. I was running over so many things I could say, so many different conversations.

"What is the one thing you miss about the ark?" he asked.

"Drawing" I blurted out.

"Hmm a modern day Picasso" he smirks.

"What about you?"

"My mom" he answers somberly. I rest my hand on his shoulder as we walk in silence.

"You would be engaged by now planning your fancy wedding to some high on his horse guy" he looks me up and down. "Definitely engaged." That smirk making my legs go weak.

"Oh yeah, what about you? Sexiest bachelor of the ark" I let out, a huge grin covering his face.

"What?" I question.

"You think I'm sexy?" he winks as I roll my eyes.

"I well…I didn't…I was just…" incoherent babbling, awesome Clarke.

"Cat got your tongue?"

"CLARKE, BELLAMY RUN!" I hear raven scream as I look to Bell. He nodded without saying a word knowing exactly what I was thinking. We started running towards them. I see my mom, Jaha and all our people surrounding our group. They lay on the ground with their hands over their heads. Bellamy and I start to army crawl closer. He looks at me letting me know there is no way to save them.

"I know you're out there Clarke" my mom says, "I'm giving you ten minutes to bring me the chip or we will shoot each one of your friends." I watch as she walks around looking through the trees.

"Tick tock" she begins. I look at Bellamy pleading with him. He as trying to be the leader he was in the beginning. Making all the tough choices so I didn't have to. Ten minutes pass as one of the guards steps up to point the gun at raven.

"You disappointed me Raven" Jaha says.

"Times up Clarke" my mother yells, "Say your goodbyes"

"Until we meet again" Raven shouts. I could hear the bravery in her voice. The tears started rolling down my face. I look towards Bellamy and mouth the words I'm sorry before making a run for it. I slam my elbow into the guard's stomach as he falls to the ground.

I hear grunting coming from my left as I see Bellamy knocking a few of our people unconscious. Our little group gets up from the ground as we fight back. We began to get tired and our Alie controlled people get stronger and stronger.

"Clarke the chip" Raven says as my own mother pins me down. I try to get out of her grasp but its too hard. Her strength is unnatural. Anything I do she can't feel.

"Come on Clarke I trained you better. You were supposed to be a leader. Not some little girl who runs away when you're scared. What's wrong Clarke can't handle it. You killed countless innocent people. Daughters, Fathers, Mothers, and Sons."

I screamed trying to get free. Raven I yell as she reaches me "pocket" I say as my mom makes an attempt for it but Bellamy pulls her off me in time for Raven to grab it. I stand up as I look at her.

'I'm sorry Clarke" she warns before I register what she is about to do. I run towards her before Jasper grabs me and pulls me back.

"Monty I need your help" he calls as they both pin me back. I keep trashing trying to get free.

"Don't do this!" I yell. Sinclair rushes to her side as she hands it off to him. Raven, Bellamy and Octavia keep everyone back. It was almost useless but some how they managed to make a barricade so Sinclair can do what he needs to. I started to see sparks as I watch our people step back and surround Jaha and my mom. She gets on her knees looking straight at me, Jaha holding a gun to her head as the rest of our people trained them on us.

" If you don't hand over the chip, she dies." Jaha says eyeing us all. I'm still trying to get free. "Let me go" I sneer trying to kick my way out of their hold.

"I'm sorry Clarke we can't" Octavia says.

"Don't do this Alie. Don't you dare do this." I look Jaha dead in the eyes. He turned his head to the right like someone was talking to him. Alie.

"Bellamy shoot him." I plead. I could see the internal warfare going on inside his head. I know what I just asked of him wasn't fair. That I shouldn't have.

"Clarke I cant. He's innocent; Alie is controlling him. He doesn't know. I cant Clarke I'm so sorry."

"I got it" Sinclair shouted. Bellamy tells me to look at him before I hear the gun shot. The sound ringing through my body, Monty and Jaspers arms going slack. I took off in a sprint for my mom but there was nothing I could do.

"No, no mom wake up I need you to wake up. Please wake up!" the tears streaming down my face. "I cant do this without you, please wake up!" I shake her crying. I couldn't even hear when Sinclair fried the chip, our people falling to the ground in an instant.

"Clarke I'm so sorry. But we need to start getting the chips out." Raven says as I nodded my head. One by one Bellamy turns each person on their side as I make a small incision on the back of their neck. One by one the melted liquid pours out. Sinclair and the rest take over with old rags as they hold it up to their necks until the chip is completely out.

Slowly our people wake up. Recognizing what has happened. They begin to cry and hug one another. I just finished the last of them as I drop the blade and walk off. I just couldn't look at any of them right now.

"Clarke I…" holding my hand up as I cut her off.

"Not now Octavia" walking away I find a place in the woods as I slide down the trunk of the tree. Tears streaming down my face as I punch the ground repeatedly.

"Damn it" I scream sounding like a mangled cat. Then with a big scoop I'm in his arms. Crying into his dirty shirt as his hand works its way from my hair down to my back. My eyes suddenly become heavy before everything goes black.

Bellamy's POV

I didn't think we were going to make it. I knew Clarke wasn't going to back down she was too suborn. Even if it might kill her, she always has to try. I tried like hell to fight them off as I tried to get to her. I needed to get to Clarke. When Jaha had her mother everything became slow motion.

Clarke looked at me desperate. "Bellamy shoot him" her pleading voice just about broke me. I would do anything for her but I knew once everyone had become themselves and Alie was finally gone. That she would have regretted asking me and that guilt would eat her alive. I was trying to find way to tackle him but there was no possible way to make it without being shot.

"Clarke I cant. He's innocent; Alie is controlling him. He doesn't know. I cant Clarke I'm so sorry."

"I got it" Shouts Sinclair.

"Princess look at me!" I shout. She turned to look at me her blues turning dark as the night, tears clouding them. Next thing I know the gun shot rings throughout the forest. I drop my gun as I watch Clarke run to her mother crying for her to wake up. In that moment I was transferred back to the day my mother was floated.

O puts her hand on my shoulder. We watch our people pass out and fall to the cold hard ground. But all I could focus on was my princess broken. Clarke reluctantly began the extraction for the chips. I made sure to be the one to help her. She didn't say anything, it was like she was on autopilot.

Once we were done she dropped her knife and started heading towards the clearing. Octavia tried to talk to her but she didn't want any part of it. I knew she needed me. There was no looks given, it was just something inside me that knew. I've always known. O walks up to me.

"Go to her. No matter what happens, you need to be there for her." She says gripping my hand before letting go. I nodded my head.

I find her on the ground hitting it relentlessly "damn it!" she half cry's half screams. I pull her up into my arms her body slumps into mine as she bawls into my shirt. I began stroking her hair and down to the small of her back as she continues on. I wanted to take her pain away. God I wanted to do something. She finally fell asleep as I held her tightly in my arms and kissed the top of her head.

"I am so sorry princess" I chock before eventually I to fall asleep.