Yay quick up dates. This wont happen often but hopefully often enough anyway Enjoy
The next morning when she woke, she decided to go for another trip to the creak they had found the day before, for a bit of a freshen up and to get away from all the others. She had spent at least and hour there before heading back to camp. She could hear chanting.
"Fight, fight" alarmed she picked up her pace, making to the edge of a slope to see the group surrounding Bellamy, Murphy and Wells. With Murphy and Wells in the middle, with knives, fight.
"Oh my god Wells" She exclaimed as she pushed her way through the crowd, she made it just past Bellamy when he grabbed her around the waist and hauled her back.
"Stay out of it firecracker" Bellamy whispered in her ear, she started struggling against him.
"Let me go, you arse" she hissed about to dig her heel up into his foot.
"Wells, Let him go" Clarke walked into the fight.
Bellamy's arms let go of Cassandra as soon as Clarke came into view along with Finn, Octavia and Monty close behind. Cassandra went to Wells looking him over.
"Where's the food?" The group was quiet before Finn spoke
"We didn't make it to Mount Weather"
"What Happened out there?" Bellamy questioned.
"We were attacked" Clarke answered loudly.
"By what?"
"Not what. Who. It seems when the last man from the ground die on the Ark he wasn't the last grounder" Finn told everyone from were he sat on a tree root.
"Everything we thought we knew about the ground is wrong. There are people here" Clarke announced to the group. "That's good new, that means we can survive here"
"But we might not with the grounders"
"Where's the kid with the goggles?" Wells questioned
"He got hit. They took him" noticing his wrist. "Where's your wrist band?" She questioned Wells glared at Bellamy.
"Ask him?"
"How many?" Clarke demanded.
"24 and counting" Murphy commented smugly, Cassandra wanted to shove his smug face into the ground.
Clarke looked disgusted. "You idiots. Life support on the Ark is failing, that's why they brought us down here. They need to know that the ground is survivable, and we need their help against grounders. If you take off your wristbands your not only killing them, your killing us" Clarke yelled to the group.
Bellamy looked annoyed, "We're stronger then you think, don't listen to her. She's one of the privileged, if they come down, she'll have it good. How many of you can say the same. We can take care of ourselves. That wristband on your arm it make you a prisoner. We are not prisoners anymore. They say they'll forgive your crimes. I say you're not criminals. You're fighters, survivors. The Grounders should worry about us."
Cassandra groaned, she was over listen to this political shit, walking off towards the drop ship. She knew with out a doubt that Clarke would want to go after the kid with the goggles. Moving quickly she started to make a pack out of anything she could find in the drop ship. Taking her bullet cartages out of her boot she shoved them into the make shift back pack. Wells seem to have the same idea but unlike she, he had actually talked to Clarke about going.
"I'm coming with you" Cassandra said when Clarke went to walk out the drop ship door. "And it wasn't a question". Clarke looked at the girl for a second before nodding.
Cassandra followed behind Clarke as she head to where Bellamy and Octavia was.
"You could have been killed" they over heard Bellamy say to Octavia.
"She would have been if Jasper hadn't pulled her out of the water" Clarke commented as they got closer.
"Are you leaving to find Jasper now, I'm coming with you" Octavia made to stand up.
"No, no way, not again" Bellamy stopped her.
"He's right your leg will only slow us down" Clarke commented, "I'm here for you"
"Clarke what are you doing" Wells became alarmed.
"I hear you have a gun" Bellamy lifter up his shirt, Cassandra froze. That's a guards gun. "Good. Follow me"
"And why would I do that"
"Because you want them to follow you, and right now their think only one of us is scared" Clarke commented before walking to the woods with Wells right behind her. Cassandra hung back for a second before following after.
"Murphy you coming with me, Atom make sure my sister doesn't go anywhere, and if anyone messes with her they answer to me" Bellamy ordered why Cassandra was still in ear shot.
"Hey Bellamy, what happened to what ever the hell we wanted" Cassandra yelled back to him before she jogged off to catch up to Clarke and Wells. Who were talking about the two boys who were now coming with them.
They walked for a few hours, Cassandra was stuck in the middle in. With Clarke and Wells in front of her and Murphy and Bellamy behind her.
"Hey hold up" Bellamy called out, "What's the rush? No body survives a spear through the heart"
Wells put himself in between Clarke and Bellamy as he walked around waving the gun, "Put the gun away Bellamy"
"Jasper screamed when they moved him, if the spear struck his heart. He would have died instantly, doesn't mean we have time to waste" Clarke stated turning to walk away but Bellamy caught her wrist.
"How about you and Kane take off those bracelets and we can head off"
"The only way the Ark is going to think I'm dead, if for me to be dead. Got it" Clarke challenged.
"Brave princess" Bellamy replied smugly.
"Hey how about you get your own nickname" Finn came from out of the woods "You call this a search party, you need to split up. Clarke come with me" Finn ordered and without another word she followed.
Wells and Cassandra gave each other a look of contempt. Wells started walking, Cassandra made to follow only to have her braceleted wrist grabbed.
"What about you Firecracker?" Bellamy's tone was suggestive.
"If you wanted so badly, Bellamy. Come and take it" Cassandra reached her spare hand around her back grabbing a hold of her. Murphy made a move towards her, while Bellamy's grip on her arm got tighter. Her spare arm pulled the gun out quickly pointing at Murphy.
She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth smirking as Murphy froze, behind her she could sense Wells watching. He had learnt a long time ago she could handle herself.
"Let me tell you both something. My wristband stays on, there are 2000 lives up there and almost all of them deserve to come down here. So please, try and take it, but if you die I wont lose sleep over it" Cassandra threatened, Murphy backed off and Bellamy let go of her wrist.
"Come on Cass" Wells called to her, she dropped her arm keeping her gun in hand just in case. She turned and jogged to Wells unaware of the look Murphy and Bellamy shared. Wells and Cassandra walked together before she darted ahead, getting over excited about the world around her.
Bellamy jogged to walk next to Wells.
"She's a bit of a lose canon isn't she?" Bellamy remarked as Cassandra flung her arms out and twirled in the sun.
"Marcus made her that way. After he floated her mother she felt responsible for all the people who were starving. That's when she started working with the rebels" Wells explained watching his best friend with a smile.
"Wait she was working with the rebels" Bellamy stopped him.
"Yeah, her dad taught her how to fight but the rebels taught her so much more. How to use a gun. I didn't know until after she got arrested but I heard she did a lot for the people in the slums" Wells kept walking, if he didn't want his father approval so much he would have joined them but he never could.
Cassandra gave a small giggle, she looked back at Wells giving him a smile before walking a bit further a head. She kept looking for signs that someone was brought this way but she couldn't help but want to take everything in as well.
Wells was uncomfortable with the way the conversation with Bellamy had gone, was he that obvious when it came to loving Clarke as he turned to looked as Bellamy again he noted that the older boy was entranced with Cassandra. He let out an audible laugh.
"Fascinated with Cassandra, Bellamy. Even though she had you second by the balls" Wells wasn't normally one for taunting but he thought he eared it.
"She took the attention off Octavia and got herself arrested" Bellamy said but it was a weak defence.
"She knew about you, you know"
Bellamy looked bewildered, "What do you mean?"
"She knew about your mother having another baby. It's part of the reason her mother got floated. Sure Marcus let everyone believe it was because she was stealing rations but I've know Cass my who life there are few things she doesn't tell me" Wells looked at her again before continuing, "The night before her mum got arrested she came to my place all upset. Her dad had been demanding that Emma tell him who she was covering for. When she was telling me that she let slip that someone on the Ark had a second child and that she had met them. I swore to her I'd never tell"
"She'd met us" Bellamy racked his brain then it dawned on him, once when he came home from school there was a girl there playing with Octavia and a women overlooking his mother. Octavia had been ecstatic when she ran to him, dragging him to meet her new friend a girl a five years his junior.
"She was a cute kid" Bellamy muttered under his breath.
"Yeah she became a beautiful women too" Wells said.
A whistle sounded in the distance, Cassandra stopped for a seconded before sprinting off in the direction that it came. Wells cursed as he started running after her. She stayed just in his line of sight up until they came across Clarke and Finn.
"Why are you wet?" Cassandra puffed out as she reached them.
"That's besides the point" Clarke snapped at her, then Cassandra noticed it. The blood.
Once everyone was there Finn started to lead the way. They walked about a mile down the river bank, Bellamy and Murphy making an off handed comment about Finn having no idea were they were going. To which Wells jumped to his defence.
Cassandra lagged back from everyone else watching everyone interact. The tension in the group was palpable. Though Cassandra did find it amusing to watch. Finn starting to lead them back into the woods causing them to go back into single file. Bellamy had waited gesturing for her to go a head of him, causing her to be in between Murphy and Bellamy at the back of the search party.
"So the rebels?" Bellamy questioned.
"Wells told you about that huh? Of course dad never wanted that bit of information out because it would look really bad for him" Cassandra commented.
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to help people, they were my best way of doing it" Cassandra responded.
"Their dangerous"
"So am I"
They kept on walking in silence now. Finn lead them into a clearing where in the middle was a dead tree and to the tree was a boy with black hair. Clarke yelled to Jasper, as they walked closer. Not watching where she was going fell into one of the hidden trap. Bellamy catching her by the arm and for a moment Cassandra though he was actually going to let her go but the others rushed in helping to pull her up.
"We need to get Jasper down" She panted out.
"I'll do it" Finn volunteered.
"I'll help" Wells went to but Finn helped up his hand.
"No you stay with the girls and watch him" Finn whispered to him before looking to Jasper, "You come with me". The two boys headed off. Cassandra started to walk around the tree looking for any traps. While the boys were cutting the bonds movement sounded off behind Cassandra.
"Was that grounder" Bellamy questioned.
"Do grounders growl?" Wells questioned next.
Cassandra turned to see a black animal a clearing in the trees it started moving quickly towards them. Clarke yelled at Bellamy for his gun but when he reached for it. It wasn't there, Bellamy looked to Cassandra in alarm before bullet round started going. Cassandra spotted Wells with the gun through the trees. Knowing he would run out with the way he was firing she pulled hers out aiming it.
Wells managed to nick the animal in the causing it to change course, she could hear Wells trying to fire the gun but it was jammed. Bellamy was turning is circles and he was facing away from the tree. He looked over at Cassandra who had the gun ready, then movement came from his left.
"Bellamy get down" She ordered, seconds later the anima jumped through the air towards him and fired of two quick rounds getting it between the eyes. It dropped to the ground at Bellamy's feet. Bellamy looked from it to Cassandra and then to Wells who looked freaked.
"Now she sees you" Bellamy sounded exhausted.
Cassandra ducked under a branch and headed for Wells she put her hand out expectantly. He understood without having to be asked. He placed the gun in the palm of her hand, she held it in her hand pulling on the slide barrel fixing it's jam before pointing it off to her right and firing to check ti would still work.
"Do you have to do that?" Clarke hissed at her. Cassandra ignored her. Pulling her backpack from her back she pulled out a bullet cartage pulling the one out of Bellamy's gun, she quickly replace it and putting the empty one into her bag.
"Where did you get those?" Finn questioned from in the tree.
"My Father" was all Cassandra said as she walked over to Bellamy and handed him the gun back. He looked a little surprised that she was giving it back to him but the way she saw it, if he had it he know how to use it.
Once they had Jasper set up for the trip back and the jaguar in a parachute. Clarke led the way and once again Cassandra pulled up the end which she didn't mind. The walk back to camp was quiet but that didn't worry her at all she liked the piece and quiet. When they finally made it back to camp Jasper was taken straight to the drop ship while Bellamy and Murphy made themselves to be big hero's with the jaguar. Adding as a rule that if anyone wanted food they had to take of their wristbands.
Cassandra walked past Bellamy bumping his shoulder ignoring the urge to knock him out. She went to a spot on the out skirt of the camp leaning against one of the tree. She closed her eyes letting herself drift. She was beyond exhausted now and she couldn't care less about food. She didn't know how long she sat there but she knew she almost sleep when she felt someone knock against her feel. And then sit down beside her.
She cracked an eye open seeing it was Wells she just smiled and rested her head on his shoulder, too tired to give a damn that he was offering her food. At some point late in the night she felt herself being lifted up and carried. Hearing murmuring around her but no coherent enough to under stand.
"Thanks Wells" She muttered in her sleep state.
"Wrong person Firecracker" Bellamy whispered in her ear. She was too far go to give a damn before she slipped into the black abyss of sleep.
Three days had passed, Cassandra had kept her contact with Bellamy to short conversations not wanting to ask if he had actually put her into bed or she dreamed it the night they brought Jasper back. Everyone was becoming more and more unsettled with Jaspers constant groan and Cassandra tried her best to keep as many people distracted from it. She was out helping a little girl named Charlotte fix up her tent when Bellamy approached her.
"Cassandra" He had his leader voice in play. She wanted to groan.
"What?" Charlotte laughed at her having not seen many people talk to Bellamy the way the older girl does.
"We're leaving to go hunting in a few and I want you to come with us" Bellamy ordered more then asked. Cassandra looked at Charlotte for a second before giving the girl a small smile and walking over to Bellamy.
"Let me get my pa.." Bellamy held up her back pack.
"I'll be back later okay" Cassandra called to Charlotte as she walked towards the forest with Bellamy.
"I thought you said we were leaving in a few, why are we heading out now?" Cassandra asked as she walked beside Bellamy.
"Were doing throwing practise before we leave"
"Right and I need to be there for that because"
"So you can hunt" he made it sound like it was the most obvious thing in the world. She stayed quiet when they got to were they where practising, a few of the boys groaned as she appeared obviously thing it was going to be a boys only thing.
"Why she here Bellamy?" one of the darker skinned boys in the group asked.
Not bothering to answer Bellamy handed her one of his knives and gestured from her to show them. She stood in front of the tree and were all the other boys had been lining it up she didn't bother. The moment the knife left her hand it went straight for the dead centre of it. Turing to the boy who had questioned Bellamy and giving him the biggest fake smile she could muster.
"Any questions" She chirped sarcastically, when no body spoke up she clapped her hands. "Excellent can we leave now"
Bellamy sighed but nodded. Bellamy led then away from the camp making sure that Cassandra was constantly close to him which annoyed her to no end. Like she was being baby sat. It wasn't long till they came across animal tracks, Cassandra almost snorted with how excited all the boys got. There in front of them was a boar, Bellamy ordered all the boy to stand down that it was his kill.
Just as he was about to throw his hatchet a twig snapped behind them casing the boar to ran and half the hunting party to go with it. Bellamy turned on his heel and flung the hatchet at a tree near where the twig snapped.
"What the hells wrong with you" Cassandra snapped as she moved past him to were h could see Charlotte, she wanted to hit him. Cassandra examined Charlotte for any injuries as Bellamy walked up behind her.
"Who the hell are you?" Bellamy rudely questioned the young girl.
"Charlotte" She timidly replied.
"I almost killed you. Why aren't you back at camp?"
"With that guy who was dyeing, I just….. I couldn't listen anymore"
Cassandra brushed a stray hair from her face, "Oh Char he isn't dying he's just sick" Cassandra tried to reassure.
"There's grounders out here its to dangerous, for a little girl" Atom said from Bellamy's left.
"I'm not little" Charlotte replied defiantly a huge smile spread across Cassandra's face. Cassandra turned towards Bellamy judging his reaction. He had a small smirk across his face.
"Okay then, but you can't hunt without a weapon" Pulling one of his spare knives from his pocket and giving it to Charlotte "Every killed something before" Charlotte shook her head, "You never know might let lucky" A small smile appeared on Charlotte's once the boys had turned their backs and started walking off.
"God, you too easy" Cassandra teased the girl as they followed them.
"I… I..." A blush now appeared on Charlotte's face. Cassandra moved her hand down to pinch her cheek. "He's…. nice is all" Charlotte stuttered out.
"Char he can be but, he's like a lot of the other guys around here. He'll do anything to survive" Cassandra had stopped them putting her hand on the younger girls shoulders.
"You don't trust man?" it was a statement that came out as a question. They resumed walking as Cassandra debated on how to answer.
"It's not that I don't trust them. It's more like, I've seen what they can do when your on the wrong side of them"
"He watches you, you know" Charlotte stated as she looked at Bellamy.
This got a snort from Cassandra, "What?" she was trying to be cool but it came out as a squeak.
"The night you came back with that kid, he watched you nearly the entire time and when you fell asleep he carried you into the drop ship. Before Wells could even try and over the past couple of days he would watch you whenever you came into view" Charlotte explained
"He probably just trying to watch over all us girls like he does Octavia" Cassandra denied, but Charlotte shock her head.
"The look in his eyes is different when he watched you then when he watches his sister" Cassandra was now looking at the back of Bellamy, they had known each other properly for four day.
"I think your imagining things kid" Cassandra jested as she gave the girl a small push.
"No I'm not I swear"
"Righto kid"
They walked until they found the rest of the group once they all were together they heard a horn and then a yellow mist appeared. Bellamy called for everyone to run, Cassandra grabbed a hold of Charlotte's hand and began running. They all started to go in different directions.
"Quick there are caves this way" Bellamy yelled, Cassandra and Charlotte picked up the pace, causing Charlotte to stumble for a second which cased Bellamy to grab a hold of her other hand. Directing them up an embankment before finding the caves none of them had notice that Atom had fallen behind. Bellamy pushed Charlotte into the cage.
"Atom" Cassandra yelled as the yellow fog got closer and closer. Bellamy grabbed her by the upper are and pulled her into the cave just before the fog got her. Ushering Charlotte to the back of the cave he pulled out a light from the drop ship pointing it too the roof and allowing it to illuminate.
They were all breathing hard, Charlotte had perched herself on a small shelf at the end of the cave panting. Cassandra as her self on ground leaning her head on the cool cave walls trying to bring her breathing down. All the while Bellamy stood looking at the two girls. He pulled out a drink bottle he had pack in his pack and handed it to Cassandra who automatically handed it to Charlotte. Taking a few big gulps before handing it back to Cassandra who only took a few sips and then handed it back to Bellamy.
"How long do you think its going to last?" Charlotte questioned once she had caught her breathe.
Bellamy looked down the cave and seen the yellow mist. "We might be here over night".
Cassandra groaned causing the other to look at her, "Great I'm stuck with you" She commented looking directly at Bellamy, causing Charlotte to give a small giggle, a tired spread across Cassandra's face at the sound. They just sat for a while not saying a word, it wasn't long before both the adults noticed that Charlotte was having a hard time staying awake.
Having taken off her jacket from being over heated from running Cassandra folded it up and put it up on the ledge coaxing the younger girl to get come sleep. Humming an old nursery rhyme until the girl was well and truly asleep. By this time the fog had cleared but it was well and truly night time and Bellamy thought it better to stay were they were. Bellamy chuckled as he watched Cassandra struggle to stay awake.
"Come on Firecracker" He said gesturing for her to come over by him. Even in her half tired state she could still remember him carrying her to bed. She hesitated.
"You don't have anything to keep you warm" He tried to reason with her. "Plus, I'll only touch you if you beg me too" He purred out to her. She was glad for the dim light that the touch threw out because he couldn't see her blush. She moved slowly over to him, when she did get close she laid down making sure there was space between them.
"Body heat creates more warmth" Bellamy spoke behind her as he wrapped an arm around her mid section and pulled her back into his chest. Her blush became worse, hiding her face in her hand and trying to get her now speeding heart to came down. Stupid body, she thought annoyed with herself.
"Just go to sleep Firecracker" Bellamy muttered as he nuzzled into her hair.
Half way through the night Bellamy was awoken by Charlotte having a nightmare, after telling her that she need to slay her demons and getting her to go back to sleep. He settled himself back but he couldn't seem to get back to sleep. It was then when he heard it, a slight soft whimper coming from Cassandra. Thinking she was having a bad dream he went to wake her but stopped.
"Bellamy" she moaned his name. He smirked, she was having a sex dream about him. Another soft whimper escaped her lips, Bellamy had to admit that knowing that she was having a dream like that about him made him feel powerful.
Cassandra jumped awake panting, one of those dreams, when she was in a cave with him. Cursing under her breathe she had yet to realise that Bellamy was awake and seen her whole reaction.
"Have a good sleep did we?" Bellamy teased causing her to jump, she turner her head to look at him. Bellamy wore the smuggest smile she had ever seen on him. She was mortified, opening and closing her mouth a few times trying to think of something to say. She had nothing.
"It's okay I have that affect on women" the arrogance.
"Yep, now its gone" Cassandra scoffed as she moved into a sitting position leaning against the wall, "Arrogance like that is such a turn off" she could see his face drop as he took in what she had said before perking back up.
"Says the girl who had a sex dream about me".
"Yeah, and you were better in my dream", They stared at each other for a few minutes, neither wanted to admit they were attracted to each other.
"Why did you carry me to bed?" Cassandra had to ask
He looked at her for a few seconds, "You could have gotten sick, it was pretty cold out and you chose to sit as far from the fire as possible"
"Thanks" she mumbled, he gave her a small nod.
Neither of them ended up going back to sleep that night both much to aware of each other to be content to sleep. When morning Cassandra coax Charlotte awake while Bellamy went to check outside. He yelled out to any of the other and it wasn't long before they were all grouped together again.
When Bellamy noticed that Atom hadn't joined the hunting party he ordered everyone to spread out, though he still didn't let Cassandra or Charlotte. Charlotte walked off a head of them. She stopped and was looking down at something before screaming. Cassandra ran toward her, looking down she saw Atom. His body was cover in blisters and open wounds. Bellamy swore and then walked down to him.
He knelt down looking Atom over, he was muttering something. Bellamy leaned in close to him trying to hear what he was saying. Cassandra tried to stop Charlotte as she moved toward Bellamy standing beside. She put something into his hand.
"Don't be afraid" She said to Bellamy.
"Go back to camp" Bellamy looked over towards Cassandra and the others were standing, they made to leave. "You too Charlotte" Charlotte left looking at Cassandra, she gave the girl a comforting smile before nodding at her to head back.
Cassandra watched as Bellamy knelt down to Atom, "Kill me" He whimpered out exposing his neck to Bellamy. Cassandra stepped forward as she watched Bellamy hesitate, he was too good hearted to do it. She took the knife of him.
"Shh Shh" She whispered to Atom as she knelt down beside him. She could feel Bellamy's eyes on her, "May we meet again" She whispered to Atom as she slide the knife into his skin making sure to cut the artery. A twig snapped behind Bellamy, Cassandra looked up as she heard Atom take his last breathe. Finn, Wells and Clarke were standing there watching.
"I heard screams" Clarke said as she knelt down beside Atom's body
"Charlotte found him" Bellamy said.
"You did the right thing" Clarke said as she put her hand on Cassandra arm. They other girl looked at her wide eyed for a second like she had only just seen her. She'd never taken anyone's life before.
"I need some time" She whispered to Clarke who nodded at her. Cassandra got to her feet and started walking in the opposite direction to the camp. When Bellamy made to follow Clarke stopped him telling him to give her time.
She took her time as she walked around, going to the creak that she and Well had found on their first day on the found she just sat there until it was well and truly dark when she started to make her way back. She had finally got back she gave Wells a small wave as she passed him to head into the camp.
There were still a few people up when she arrived back in camp. Clarke and Finn one set and the other being Bellamy. Cassandra avoided all of them as she made it onto the drop ship dropping onto her cot. When she heard someone come in later, she pretended to be asleep, not wanting to talk about anything.
"Cassandra" Bellamy's voice whispered from bedside her bed, she didn't move an inch, praying that he would go away. After a minute of hearing him shift weight from one foot to another and then believing that she was actually asleep he left. She drifted somewhere in between sleep and awake the entire night Atoms face constantly finding its why into her dreams.
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