If you couldn't tell from the first chapter the |100|'s are dividers. I have made a lot of dividers throughout my fanfictions but most of them Fanfiction for some reason find...unnecessary and they are just removed from my stories. These so far are the only dividers that no matter what I put in them, seem to stay.
Chapter 2
Jasper watched with weary eyes as Finn was laid out on the table, as Clarke began to look him over and Raven moved to try and contact the Ark.
He felt out of the loop again, like he had once again become useless. He had become useless, there was nothing more he could do.
"He's going to be fine, Clarke will take care of him." Octavia's voice cut into his thoughts as she took a seat beside him, turning to hug her knees to her chest.
Jasper glanced between her and the bustle around the table before turning to stare at the ground. "Yeah." He muttered without much confidence.
"She took care of you." She pointed out with a smile, leaning over to press her head to his shoulder. A coy smile pulled at the ends of Jasper's lips as the contact caused his heart to skip a beat. He turned to say something to her before a looming presence in the form of two boots out of the corner of his eye made him pause.
"I need you to come with me." Jasper's eyes grew wide as they snapped up to find Bellamy glaring down at him, Octavia's head quickly leaving him, making him miss the contact immediately.
"What? Why?" He began to stamper before Octavia cut him off, snapping at her brother.
"He doesn't need to do anything."
Bellamy turned a glare onto her way, staring her down before turning his attention back towards Jasper. "We're going back out."
"But we just got back." Jasper quickly stood up, holding out his hands like a shield to maintain some distance between him and the other. Surely Bellamy didn't plan on actually dragging him out and finishing him off? He had heard about what he'd done to Atom, strung him up in a tree. But Bellamy had apologized, surely he wasn't planning on keeping good to his threat. "Octavia's safe. What more-" But his words were cut off as the other suddenly grabbed onto his shoulder's, his eyes narrowing as he spun him around, shoving him away from the objecting Octavia and towards the door of the drop ship.
"Bellamy, you can't force people around like that!" Octavia shouted after them, but her brother's grip didn't loosen up. "This isn't the Ark! You're not a guard!" She followed after them, gathering the attention of the other members now. "He doesn't have to listen to-"
"Octavia, just go back inside!" Bellamy suddenly snapped, not releasing his hold on Jasper, but quickly turning to glare at his sister who had followed them out onto the platform, coming to a halt at her brother's glare.
"You can't do this!" She tried again, but didn't take another step, her brother continuing to glare at her before giving up with a short tantrum, consisting of a stomp of her foot and an angry cry as she turned and headed back in.
"Octavia's safe. Why are we going back out?" Jasper finally dared a glance back at Bellamy, the man still glaring at the tarp that concealed the entrance back into the ship, like he was expecting Octavia to pop back out.
"Because." Was his curt reply as he turned back around, once again pushing at Jasper's back, but not hard enough to force him to move. "She won't be with that Grounder still out there." Jasper turned a weary look up at the sky as lighting flashed across the darkened clouds. Now this Jasper had read about. A nasty storm was on top of them. His eyes quickly caught site of Bellamy's hand as he pointed towards the gate. "We're going after him. Find someone and meet me at the gate, we leave in five."
Bellamy turned then, leaving him and heading back towards the ship. Probably to go talk to Octavia. Jasper glancing between the retreating back and the rest of the camp before back again, taking his bottom lip into his mouth as he bit down on it. It wasn't until Bellamy had practically made it into the ship, his hand pushing up the tarp doorway, that Jasper called after him. "Why me?"
He saw what just one of them did to Finn, what he could have done to Bellamy. What he did to Octavia. They had just lost so many to them, why would Bellamy want to go back out?
Why would he think that he was even right for this job? Why not take someone more capable? There were plenty of people willing to do Bellamy's bidding, almost the entire camp would jump at the chance to assist him. So why him? Jasper was useless, he knew that himself.
Bellamy paused in his movements, the tarp pulled back to allow just a glimpse of the choas in the ship beyond. The ex guard glanced back over his shoulder, Jasper finding himself taken aback by the small smirk that he found adorning the man's lips. Even more so by the sincere look the other carried with it.
"Because I trust you." Was his reply, as he turned to glance around the camp, but mostly everyone was inside now, the only people left outside where those still on watch and those trying to get what they could from their tents. His eyes scanned the surroundings, Jasper assuming he might find someone else more worthy of the position, but after a moment they fell right back onto him. Jasper's mouth fell open, "why" once again pooling at the tip of his tongue. The smirk of Bellamy's twitched upwards a little more at the expression he found there. And as if he could read Jasper's mind: "You saved me back in that cave, right? Why wouldn't I?"
And then he was gone.
Leaving Jasper to stand there dumbfounded, until finally he was brought back around by the rumble of thunder overhead, blinking as he finally glanced around him. After a moment's hesitation he finally turned on his heels, making his way towards his tent; he knew full well who he was going to be bringing with him.
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It had actually taken some persuasion to convince Monty to come along. Having to help Monty carry all his "mini projects" from their tent up to his workshop on the top floor of the drop ship. Including the still and the two comic books that Monty had stowed away on him from the Ark.
Monty had been against it though, having seen what the grounders could do, just as Jasper had. Not to mention he wasn't too keen on helping Bellamy on his suicide mission. He wasn't as fond of the man as most of the camp, and in truth Jasper would have agreed with him, until recently.
"You're going to help Bellamy?" The tone of disgust had been evident in Monty's voice. "The guy who wanted to kill you when Clarke was trying to save your life?"
Jasper didn't understand it himself, but Bellamy had created a courage within him that even he couldn't quite comprehend. There was just something about Bellamy that made him believe things needed to be done, no matter the danger. Maybe it was because...Bellamy was the first person who actually seemed to believe in him, or well, more like who seemed to think he could do something. He was the first person who treated him like a man instead of just some kid. Like the way Clarke and Octavia coddled him, Bellamy didn't.
And because of this Jasper felt like he could actually accomplish something for once. He felt like a man.
"Bellamy needs us."
"No, he doesn't. He needs minions. He's only using you. Anyone else in this camp could easily follow after him. He's just trying to turn you into one of his lackies." Jasper was taken aback by the anger that actually seemed to come from his best friend. Monty thought he was going to turn into another mindless drone, who did Bellamy's bidding, like Miller or Connor; he wasn't.
"Fine, you know what. Don't go. But I still am." Jasper had ended up snapping. "This isn't for Bellamy, it's for Octavia. With that Grounder out there, Octavia's never going to be safe, and I would go through hell and back to protect her."
Monty had still seemed against it, but in the end, he had agreed to tag along. Most likely, solely do to the fact that Jasper refused not to go. It might have also been a little bit to do with him wanting to protect Octavia too. Monty had seemed to become friends with the girl as of recently, but he hadn't been one of the few willing to help find her, so Jasper couldn't be sure how his best friend actually felt for her.
But as they made their way through the forest, and the storm above them began to come down, even he regretted the entire venture himself. They were idiots, even the Grounder's wouldn't be caught dead out in a storm like this.
He wasn't so sure about this anymore. He wasn't even certain he could pull it off. But...it was too late to go back now. This was for Octavia. He had to fight the fears clawing at him again and surge on.
He just couldn't turn back now.
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He couldn't do it. He was more certain now then ever. He though he could...but he just couldn't.
He cringed with every impact, watching as Bellamy kicked the grounder once again, sending his head snapping towards the ceiling from another swift kick that caught him just beneath his chin, followed shortly by a punch as he grabbed onto the front of the Grounder's shirt and pulled him closer.
He watched as Bellamy took charge of the situation, or rather took advantage, as he beat the man, snarling out incoherent words with each punch. Jasper had a sneaking feeling he was delivering every punch with a distinct person in mind. Octavia, Finn, Roma...all the people the Grounder's had effected in the short time they had been on the ground.
"Finn!" Came the name, clearly, through gritted teeth as he delivered another punch to the Grounder's face; confirming Jasper's suspicions. "For Jasper!" The male was taken aback by the man for the second time that day, as yet another thump echoed across the cave walls as Bellamy's fist made contact. He hadn't expected his name to be among them.
The Grounder finally dropped, crumbling to the ground at Bellamy's feet. What was it that was said long ago? "Out for the count"? Boxing and UFC fighting. Those were two of the activities that Jasper had taken a shining to. Most of the Ark preferred football, or soccer. But Monty and Jasper had stumbled across them in the archive, had ended up spending quite a few hours of their free days sitting there watching them. Unfortunately, they had been banned from watching them though, after the two had been caught attempting some of the moves. Something that had ended with Monty having a split lip and broken nose, and Jasper with a black eye. Though it had ended with them both getting free meds, so it wasn't a complete let down.
Jasper turned his eyes up from the Grounder to spot Bellamy, who's anger was clearly visible. Jasper took a cautious glance towards Monty who he shared a concerned look with as he found his feet retreating a few steps. There was still an evident scowl assorting Bellamy's features as he glared down at the man. Had to admit though, he was pretty impressed by the Grounder, the man had managed to stay conscious for four kicks and seven punches, all directed at his face, and from Bellamy of all people. That was something in Jasper's book. After all it had only taken a single punch from Murphy to knock him out, though now that he thought of it, it had only taken one to take out Bellamy as well.
Bellamy's breathing finally began to even out. The male turning up the back of his sleeve to wipe at his face, though the look of pure hatred never left.
"Help me get him up." He barked back at them without letting his eyes leave the Grounder, squatting down beside him to unlock the chains.
The two best friend's sent a weary glance each others way, neither stepping forward right away.
"I said get him up!" Bellamy finally snapped, turning to glare at the two. Jasper quickly stepped up, scurrying to the leader's side and bending down, but his hands came to a stop mid-grab. His fear paralyzing him as he watched the slow breathing of the unconscious Grounder, his hands began to shake. He couldn't do this after all. He was still just a scared child.
He could feel Bellamy's eyes on him, watching him intently, and he could feel the rage radiating off him. Jasper briefly closed his eyes as he heard the intake of breathe through what he could only guess were clenched teeth, readying himself for the lashing about to come his way from the other.
Instead, however, he felt a hand on his shoulder and an encouraging whisper of: "You can do this" in his ear.
He blinked. Turning his eyes back towards Bellamy to find that the male was giving him a small smile, followed by a slight nod as their eyes met, encouraging. He felt the hand on his shoulder move, a thumb brushing against his back ever so slightly, before the hand was gone. Bellamy's eyes flickered across Jasper's face, like he was looking for something, most likely a signal that let him know that he was ready.
He wanted to say something. "Thanks", "I know", or even "I'm ready", but nothing seemed to work, instead the only thing he got was a rush of words flashing through his head of the twenty million things NOT to say. Surely there was something, but his mouth wouldn't work for him, and his mind drew a blank.
He was saved as Monty cleared his throat, bringing both men to glance back in his direction. "Not to ruin the whole bro moment or anything, but...um...I don't know exactly how long that Grounder's gonna be out and I don't know about you, but I'd like to get him back to the camp before he wakes up."
Jasper and Bellamy turned one last glance between them, both giving their own small smile that they'd turn down towards the Grounder as, on three, they hauled him up from the dirt floor. Both of them throwing an arm around their shoulder as they began to move him towards the entrance of the hideout. Monty as their lookout.
Hopefully with the storm, they wouldn't be spotted.
So yeah, the "unseen scenes" XD. I always like to mess around and throw them around in my head, because it leaves you to imagine how things went down. And the biggest thing was how Bellamy had gotten Jasper and Monty to help him drag the Grounder back to camp. At least that's what I got form
"Monty and Jasper aren't back yet, and neither is Bellamy"
And then "Their back!" - and since they never said anyone else was out there, I assume they were all of the above members.
I mean, if Monty and Jasper were doing something else, then you're more then welcome to point out my wrong. But even so, this will be how I'll play it since you know, I'd be kinda a pain to go back and rewrite an entire chapter of my story after I've already continued.
Whelp, here's to hoping I can convince you to continue reading. Cheers.
