Minutes after Indra and Octavia left Nyko entered the room. A sense of dread overcame him when he saw his Heda lying on the bed, Clarke and a skiboy trying frantically to stop the bleeding. No one survived that type of wound but he had seen skikru turn reapers back to men and save his life when he should have been dead so nothing was impossible. Clarke turned toward him with panicked eyes.

"Nyko, thank god. She's losing too much blood. Do you have anything you can give her to slow the bleeding down?"

Moving forward he set his bag on the table beside the bed. "Sha" Clarke watched as he pulled a plant out of his bag and mixed with water to make a poultice. "This will absorb the blood" He pulled out a vile " and this will slow the bloodflow."

Clarke watched as the treatments did their work amazed. Nyko caught her look and grinned. "Our peoples could learn much from each other."

"Yes, well we have to make them stop wanting to kill each other first. Right now I'm just concerned about saving her."

Nyko nodded. "What now?"

Clarke looked at Lexa and gave her a reassuring look "We're going to turn you on your side for a minute. I need to see if the bullet went all the way through. I'm sorry this may hurt"

Once Lexa gave her a nod to indicate she was ready Murphy and Nyko rolled Lexa over while Clarke examined her. "Damn it no exit would. It's still inside. I'll have to remove it. I need a something sterile to get it out with."

Nyko gently rolled Lexa back over. "I have a knife in my bag and tweezers I think Abby called them. We just need to make them clean sha?"

Clarke thought for a second before running to a trunk by the wall. "Monty's moonshine. Kane left a bottle here. Not perfect but it'll do." She poured a good amount over the tools and her hands. She caressed Lexa's cheek. "This is going to hurt a lot but I have to get it out or it will cause an infection."

Lexa gave her a half grin. "I've had worse. I trust you, Clarke."

Clarke took a deep breath trying to calm her nerves. She was beginning to understand why it was such a bad idea for doctors to treat those they were close to. "Okay here goes. Nyko help keep the blood cleared as much as possible. Murphy shine a light on the wound."

She removed the poultice and poured some water on the wound. She explained to Lexa everything she was doing both because she knew Lexa would want to know and it helped keep her mind from panicking. "Okay, Lexa I'm going to make the hole bigger." She cut a incision about 3 inches long. "Now I have to find the bullet and dig it out." She grabbed large tweezers from Nyko and started probing in the wound ignoring Lexa's grunts of pain. Every second rthat passed felt like an eternity as she probed inside Lexa hating that she was causing her pain. Every second that passed meant more blood lost. After several minutes she threw the tweezers on the table in frustration. " Damn it. I think I feel it but I can't grab it."

Nyko put a hand on her shoulder. " Let me, Clarke. You're emotions affect you too much now."

Nodding she traded places with the grounder healer. Holding Lexa's hand she pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. "It'll be over soon." Nyko worked a minute before announcing he had it. He pulled it out dropping it onto the table.

Clarke smiled in relief at Lexa before glancing back at her wound. Her smile quickly fell when she noticed how much fresh blood was coming out it. Blood that was trickling out a moment ago now was almost gushing. She rushed back around to Nyko. "Shit. The bullet must have been plugging a blood vessel. We need to find where the blood is coming from and put some of that poultice on the hole until my mom can get here."

They worked frantically for a few minutes with no luck. Clarke looked at Lexa and noticed her eyes had closed. She quickly checked her pulse and last out a sigh of relief when she felt one faint as it was. "Murphy find a squirt bottle or something to rinse the area out with. I can't see anything but blood."

Murphy dug around the room coming back a minute later with a small bottle of water. He used it to flush the wound with. After a few times flushing the wound Clarke was able to see the source of the blood and quickly applied the poultice. She was relieved to see the blood stop. "Now we'll just loosely wrap the wound to prevent infection until my Mom gets here. There's nothing more I can do. She needs surgery for the internal damage."

Clarke set about wrapping the wound believing Lexa would be okay now and sat down in a nearby chair to wait. Murphy shattered that belief however minutes later.

"Princess should your girlfriend be shaking like that."

Clarke jumped up from the chair noticing how deathly pale Lexa had become. "She's lost too much blood. She's going into shock. Stay with me Lexa. I will save you. Grab blankets cover her up. She needs a transfusion."

Murphy spoke up " Um. She's not breathing"

Clarke started doing CPR " Come on. Come back to me please. Don't you dare leave me" She stayed trying to revive Lexa until her arms ached and her lungs burned. Nyko put a hand on her shoulder with tears in his eyes. "Come Clarke. You did all you could. It was time for her fight to be over."

Clarke just stood frozen shaking her head in disbelief wondering how quickly her life had turned from a dream come true to a nightmare. Nyko forced her to look at him. " We need the fleimkepa. The Commander's spirit must be passed on."

Murphy guided her away from Lexa " Sorry Princess. I know how much she meant to you."

Clarke just collapsed on the floor Murphy holding her tightly as the most sorrowful sobs he had ever heard filled the air.