I do not own any characters, plots, or anything else pertaining to "The 100". This chapter will be from Clarke's P.O.V. and we'll see what's happening on Earth with Clarke and Maddi. Since, I can't write the proper Grounder Language, assume that they're talking to each other in that language. Please feel free to review and let me know what you think of the story so far. Thanks for reading.

Chapter 2

Our Next Move

Clarke takes a breath as she removes her hand away from the clicker. She can hardly believe that after nearly seven years, she's finally heard the voice she's been craving to hear the most. The only voice that's kept her going. Clarke gets ahold of herself and wipes the tears from her eyes. It amazes her that it only takes the sound of his voice to center her again. She knows that she needs to turn her emotions off and use her head now. Clarke turns to Maddi who's leaning against the jeep with a smile on her face. She must have overheard her conversation with Bellamy while she was drawing in the jeep and came out to listen. She walks over to her. "We have to get moving Maddi." Maddi crosses her arms and doesn't move. Clarke sighs, suddenly remembering that she's only a fourteen-year-old teenager. She knows how easy it is to forget in the world their living in, especially the post Primfya world. "What?" Maddi shakes her head. "You talked to Bellamy." Clarke nods at her words. If it was another time and place, she'd be celebrating that he'd contacted her after five years, but she doesn't have that luxury in this world. "We can talk about this later Maddi, right now, we need to get to the island." Clarke grabs her radio and gets into the driver's side of the jeep. Maddi closes the trunk and settles down in the passenger's seat. She starts the jeep and they begin their long drive to the island. The island was her home for the first two years following Primfya and now it serves as her safe house. Clarke had finally decided to leave after her lesions had healed and she was strong enough to make the trip back. She had made sure to conserve her food and store it in a storage area in the lab. Clarke didn't want to face the possibility of starvation and she had wanted to have enough for her friends and Bellamy when they came back down. She knew that the bunker had enough rations to last them for more than five years, but there wasn't a guarantee that they'd all make it out on time. At that point, she had no idea that neither the bunker nor her friend's ship would return at the five-year mark. Nevertheless, she only goes back to island when she runs out of rations and needs more to survive. Clarke wants to keep the little hope she has alive by continuing to conserve her food for the others.

Clarke welcomes the usual silence in the jeep. She turns to Maddi who's staring out the window and can't help but smirk. When she had first found her living among the ruble of Polis, she hadn't spoken a word to her for nearly a year. Clarke had tried to talk to her in Grounder Language, but she had stared back at her blankly. It had frustrated her, but she knew that she couldn't give up on the girl. Bellamy's words had come back to her and reminded her that Maddi was her responsibility now. One night, after nine months of trying everything to coax her to speak, Clarke had started to tell her the story of the 100. She had watched her across the fire for days, listening intently to the story of her life. She'd light up at certain points in the story and she'd even catch her smiling at some of Bellamy's bad jokes. Clarke smiles at the memory of finally finishing the story and looking over at Maddi. She could see the tears glimmering in her eyes and her heart had clenched. Clarke had watched Maddi get up from where she was sitting and make her way over to her. She had sat next to her and turned to meet her eyes in the dim light. Maddi had put her hand over her heart. "Is this where Bellamy is?" Clarke had nodded and given her a smile. "I am his head." She had pointed to her head, just as she did to Bellamy, that final day they were together. "He is my heart." Clarke had placed her hand over Maddi's and the tears had followed. She had refused to breakdown over any of the people she had lost, most of all him, but that night had finally broken her resolve.

The separation from Bellamy had made her feel like she was half a person. It had dawned on her, as she was trying to fight through those first bleak months without him, how much she had relied on Bellamy. He had been the person that had always stood by her side, helped her lead their people, reminded her that it was okay to feel, and had loved her unconditionally. The last point had kept her awake for countless nights after. Clarke still regrets not telling Bellamy how she had felt that day before they had been separated. She had so many opportunities to confess the feelings that she had locked away deep within, in fear of losing him like she had lost Finn and Lexa. "Clarke, can I ask you something?" She's taken out of her thoughts, feeling Maddi's eyes on her. "Yeah." The jeep is silent for a few moments. "Do you think there's still a chance that Bellamy and your friends will find a way back?" Her heart warms and the little hope that she's been holding onto begins to burn within her. She turns to Maddi and gives her a small smile. "If there's one thing I know about Bellamy, it's his inability to give up on anything, especially on me. I still have hope that he'll find a way back, I have to." Maddi nods and they continue the rest of the drive in companionable silence.

Clarke parks the jeep near the shore and hops out. She makes her way to the trunk and pulls out some of the stuff they'll need to take with them. Clarke watches Maddi grab the radio, her favorite sketchbook, and the doll that her mother had given her. When she had found Maddi, she had been clutching the doll to her chest. She had told her later that it was the only thing she had left of her mother and her former life. Clarke had understood Maddi's need to hold onto it because it was the same way she had held onto the radio. The link to her past, to the people she loved. Clarke closes the trunk and follows Maddi along the shoreline to the dock. She's thankful that the boat had survived Primfya. Clarke had initially been skeptical that it would make it, given the firestorm, but it had. She makes it to the dock and loads everything onto the boat. Maddi hops into the boat and Clarke follows suit. The two sail across, hoping to find safety from the invaders that have encroached on their land and are threatening to steal their home.