Chapter 2: Please don't give up.

Clarke pulls away from her mother's embrace as the door to the throne room is filled with ice nation warriors. She sees Echo, a look of hate etched across her face as she shouts,

"Skaikru did this!" she looks directly at Clarke and spits the words,

"You did this! Bringer of death!" Clarke moves towards her, a look of leadership and strength has returned to her face as she says,

"We saved you!"

The second the words leave Clarke's lips Echo grabs her and pushes her towards the edge of the balcony. The ice nation warriors hold back Skaikru as Echo forces Clarke to look down at the people scattered on the ground, blood stains cover the once lively market place, as cries of pain and anguish make Clarke close her eyes tightly. Echo whispers into Clarke's ear, her vicious tone forcing Clarke's eyes open again,

"I will destroy you!" she yanks Clarke backwards into the room. Clarke crashes to the floor and Abby goes to her, Clarke remains on the ground as Echo walks back into the room. Looking around at all before her she says,

"Roan our king has gone. I am the commander of our army. You are all my subjects." Echo walks to Clarke and pushes her back to the floor with her foot, as Clarke stumbles and succumbs Echo says,

"Skaikru must not leave!" she looks around at her army and shouts,

"Take them!"

Sitting in the cell Clarke thinks about Lexa and their final kiss. She breaths out slowly and closes her eyes. Bellamy's voice invades her thoughts as he says,

"None of this is your fault Clarke."

She looks at him before smiling a little, he always tries to reassure her, but this time she doesn't want reassurance. She wants it all to end, she wants some happiness. Finally she says,

"Yes it is. Echo is right. I am the bringer of death. Wells, Finn ." She breathes in heavily before saying,

"Lexa. I ended all of their lives Bellamy." He watches her and notices she can't even look at him. In fact, she hasn't looked at anyone since returning from the city of light. He pushes her more,

"You've always done what's best for our people Clarke. We all have ghosts to deal with. But you've saved us." She scoff before saying,

"I've condemned us all to death." Bellamy looks confused as Clarke continues, letting everything flood out, hoping to release some of the pain and guilt,

"Earth is dying. In six months radiation will cover ninety-six percent of this world. We will all burn, I made that choice for all of us when I pulled that kill switch. I have brought death to us all." Bellamy sits back and breathes out. The other people in the cell sit silently as they take in what Clarke has just said. A few seconds pass before Bellamy says,

"You made the right choice Clarke, the only choice. Now we must stand together and find a way to stop this..." Clarke cuts in, angry and tired,

"We can't fight this Bellamy, there is nothing we can do. I destroyed the only peace humanity would see when I destroyed the city of light. It's over. I'm done." Bellamy shakes his head before saying,

"It's not over Clarke. There's always another way, you've shown me that. Please don't give up."