Flashback: 8 years ago. The ark, the Blake's room.
8 year old Rhea and 9 year old Octavia are under the floor. The guards are in the room inspecting.
"We're not afraid, right?" Octavia whispers to her sister. "I am afraid O. Sometimes, I wish we weren't born" Rhea whispers back.
"Me too. If they catch us they'll float mom and Bell. We gotta be brave" Octavia states grabbing her sisters hand.
"I'm not afraid" Rhea whispers snuggling into her sister burrowed under the single blanket in the cramped space.
Light shines in and Bellamy's face pears down at both girls. "Come on. You can come out now" Bellamy tells his sisters.
Octavia climbs out herself and Bellamy helps Rhea out. "Where's mom?" Octavia asks.
"She had to go with the guard" Bellamy says a look of dissaproval on his face.
"Why?" Rhea asks. "She had to help him" Bellamy lies.
"She always has to help them" Octavia states sighing. "Bell, it's scary down there" Rhea tells her brother hugging his arm.
"I know kid, one day it'll get better. We just gotta deal with it for now. Remember what I told you, tell yourself your not afraid" Bellamy tells his little sister putting an arm around her.
"I try too but I'm not brave" Rhea explains. Bellamy stands up and opens a drawer, he pulls out an old action figure.
"Here. This is 'Epic Eddie' when I had nightmares I used to hold Eddie and tell myself as long as I had him, the nightmares couldn't get me. Why don't you try?" Bellamy suggests handing his youngest sister his old toy.
"Does it really work?" Rhea asks. "It did for me" Bellamy says.
"I want one!" Octavia exclaims. Bellamy pulls out a floppy rabbit teddy.
"This is flops. Mom gave me him, she said he had special powers. Try him, O. You'll be surprised" Bellamy instructs his sister handing her the teddy.
"Your the best brother ever!" Rhea exclaims running and giving Bellamy a hug.
Bellamy grins and lifts up his arm signalling Octavia to join the hug.
Flashback over.
It's always the same every night. Every night I dream we're back on the ark, O, Bell, Mom and I.
I can't believe Bell caught O and Atom, I hope he hasn't hurt him. Jasper's alive he's been yelling his head off the whole night.
O's not here she must already be up. I get up and get out my tent.
I walk over to Bellamy and Murphy. "Morning Sleepy" Bellamy says as I go over to him and give him a hug.
Jasper is moaning again. Murphy attemtps to throw his knife into a tree but fails and it falls to the ground.
"That damn kid, always messing with my head" Murphy snaps.
"He's not gonna last much longer. Better think of a new excuse" Bellamy says as he throws his axe
"That's how it's done" Bellamy says. I roll my eyes at him.
Atom and Bell's other new friends approach us.
"We searched a half-mile all directions. No sign of Trina or Pascal" Atom tells Bellamy.
"Visit your special tree when you were out there?" Murphy asks.
Special tree?
"Atom took his punishment. Let it go" Bellamy says.
Punishment? What punishment?
"Could be Grounders" Atom says. "Yeah, or they could be in pound town. Lot of that going around recently" Murphy states smirking.
"Hang on. What punishment?" I ask. "It's nothing, Rhea. Go find O" Bellamy tells me.
"No. Tell me!" I exclaims. "It's done. You don't need to know" Bellamy says brushing me off.
"Look, Bellamy, people are scared, and that dying kid, he's not helping the morale around here" Atom informs Bellamy.
"Morale will go up when I find them more food" Bellamy says.
"And if it doesn't? You gonna punish people?" I ask annoyed. "Rhea. We'll talk about this later"Bellamy mutters.
"And what do we say when they ask about Trina and Pascal?"
"Now? Nothing. It's possible they're just lost. We'll keep an eye out for them when we go hunting later" Bellamy explains.
"Let's go kill something" Murphy says and he picks up his knife.
"You're not going" Bellamy tells him.
Bellamy stands in front of Murphy stopping him from from following.
"I need you to stay here. If the Grounders are circling, we can't leave this place unprotected. Also make sure she doesn't leave and absolutely no funny business" Bellamy warns Murphy.
"Fine. Somebody better tell goggle boy to keep it shut." Murphy says. Bellamy and the others leave.
"So... are you like your sister?" Murphy asks. "In what way?" I ask.
"Well, do you do what your told?" Murphy asks moving closer to me.
Ew. He's kinda cute but no he's way to much of a jackass.
"No. I do what I want and right now I want to go check on Jasper. Bye" I say then walk away to the dropship.
As I enter, I hear voices.
Clarke, Finn and Wells are there.
"You're mad' Finn says folding his arms.
"I'm not mad. You want to think Jasper's a lost cause, go ahead. You're wrong" Clarke snaps.
"I hope I am. Rhea hey" Finn says looking up at me. "Hey" I say awkwardly and sit next to him.
Clarke is playing with the red substance on Jasper's poultice
"Whatever this stuff is, it has to have had antibiotic properties" Clarke states.
Wells approaches Clarke.
"Let me take a look. Before you refuse my help, remember who aced botany in Earth Skills" Wells says.
"Are they a thing?" I whisper to Finn. "Looks like it, right?" Finn whispers back.
"The Grounders used it as a poultice. I'm thinking a tea might be even more effective if we can figure out what it is" Clarke says.
"I know what it is. Seaweed. Look… no root structure" Wells points out.
I really don't know what they're talking about.
"Right. Well, then there must be a water source nearby" Clarke says.
"Yeah, it would have to have a slow current, lots of rocks. The water would probably be more red than green" Wells elaborates.
"I know just the place" Finn says.
"All right. Let's go" Clarke says standing up. "Mind if I tag along?" I ask.
"Sure. 3 of us should be able to get it fine" Clarke says.
"Hey. I know what this stuff looks like. Do you?" Wells asks.
Clarke sighs but nods her head forward inidcating he can come.
Clarke, Wells, Finn and I walk through the woods to find the red seaweedWells
"You know, you should, uh, really rethink this whole hating me thing. It's not just the Grounders. We're surrounded by criminals. We need each other. We're gonna be friends again" Wells tells Clarke
"You got my dad killed. Not possible" Clarke retorts.
"This is Earth, Clarke. Anything's possible" Wells says.
He really loves her.
"I'd let it go" Finn says.
"Yeah. Well, I've known Clarke her whole life better than you ever will, so, I'll decide when to let it go" Wells snaps.
"Yeah, I can tell you guys are close" I say.
Finn steps on something that makes a loud bang. Finn steps on it again and gets a loud bang, then starts to uncover the object.
"What is it?" "Uhh… It's an automobile!" Finn exclaims.
"Come on, guys. This thing's been here a hundred years. All right? It can wait. Jasper can't" Clarke reminds us then turns away from the automobile and us, continuing walking.
Wells follows Clarke and Finn walks slowly behind them.
I stay put staring at the automobile. "Hey, come on. We'll come back later" Finn tells me as he waits for me.
"Promise?" I ask. "Definitely" Finn says smirking then I walk with him.
"So you hid under a floor for 15 years?" Finn says. Way to start a conversation.
"Yeah. It's not as bad as it sounds though" I tell him. "So did you stay under the floor the whole time or..." Finn trails off.
"Mom knew when the inspections were. O and I were only under the floor when it was an inspection" I explain.
"Must be cool having a brother and a sister" Finn says. "Yeah it is. I hate being the youngest though" I state.
"Bellamy seems protective" Finn says. "Yeah. He is" I agree.
"It's obvious he loves you and Octavia. Although your not gonna have much luck with boyfriends if Bellamy has anything to do with it" Finn states.
"Personally, I think the risk is what makes it fun" I tell him. "Maybe I'll take you up on that" Finn tells ,e smirking.
"Well... I wouldn't be complaining" I say smiling at him. "Would you two keep up!" Clarke exclaims.
Finn and I run and catch up with them. "Are we near this river yet?" I ask.
"Almost. Another few minutes" Clarke informs me. "Hey, does your brother know your here?" Wells asks me.
"Why do you ask?" I ask him. "Well I doubt he would be allowing you to be out here. He made that obvious" Wells states.
"Bell's my brother not my dad. I love him but sometimes he needs to let me live" I tell him.
"Why is he down here?" Wells asks. "Huh?" I ask.
"He wasn't a proper guard. What did he do?" Wells asks.
I'm wondering the same. "I don't know" I admit.
"He's a good brother. Let's just leave it at that" Finn says. "How's your arm, Rhea?" Clarke asks me.
"Still sore. Much better though, thanks again. You too Finn" I say.
"Anytime" Finn replies. "My mom is a doctor. A very good one. That's where I learned it from" Clarke explains.
"Will they come down? The ark I mean" I ask. "Probably not. Thanks to your brother" Clarke spits.
"I still have my wristband. I didn't take it off yet" I tell her. "Why?" Clarke asks.
"My mom was floated for having 3 children. In my opinion that's hardly a crime. I don't want anymore lifes lost, guilty or innocent" I explain.
"You don't take after Bellamy then" Clarke points out. "Bell raised me. Who I am is thanks to him" I state.
"What about your mother?" Wells asks. "Yeah mom was great too. It's Bell who I share the most memories with" I say.
"We're here!" Finn exclaims as we see a river.
"So, what does this seaweed look like?" Clarke asks.
"Like that. Hey, that thing that bit Octavia, how big was it?" Wells asks nodding at a red substance.
Ew. Looks disgusting.
"Big. We could rig this into some kind of a net. Find something to lower it into the water." Finn rambles.
Clarke and I walk straight into the water. "Or we could just do that." Finn states.
Clarke and I start grabbing the red seaweed and then walk back to shore with it.
A large flock of birds squawk in the distance and comes flying right for us, we duck to avoid injury.
"Let's get out of here." Wells says.
A horn bellows in the distance.
"Grounders?" I ask. "It could be a war cry" Wells suggests.
"Or a warning" Finn says.
A large cloud of yellow fog is headed straight for us.
"What the hell is that?" Finn asks. "Run. Run!" Clarke exclaims.
I don't need telling twice.
The four of us sprint back the way we came.
I'm up at the front with Wells and Finn still holding the seaweed. Clarke is a little behind us.
"Clarke, run!" Finn exclaims.
The horn continues to bellow in the distance.
Wells and Finn start coughing. Finn opens up the automobile and everyone climbs inside.
"It's getting inside" Clarke yells.
I start coughing.
"Seal any openings" Finn yells. We shut all the windows and cover any gaps.
A horn continues to bellow in the distance.
Finn and I clean off the window and see the fog outside. "It's still out there" Finn informs Clarke and Wells.
"Look, we should just make a run for it. Jasper can't wait much longer" Clarke stated.
"Us dying in a cloud of acid fog isn't gonna help Jasper" Finn states.
"He'll last. He's strong" I say.
Finn jimmies the glove compartment on the automobile, it opens.
"Is that…" Clarke trails off.
"Booze. Hooch. Rotgut" Finn says as he opens the bottle and drinks.
"Well, careful. Finn, it could be…" Clarke trails off once again.
"Whiskey, I think. Better than the moonshine on agro station" Finn says.
Finn offers the Whiskey to Wells.
"Alcohol's toxic" Wells says.
"This is Earth. Everything's toxic. Plus, it's a time-honored rite of passage" Finn states.
"We'll pass" Wells says.
Clarke looks over at Wells, clearly angry that he spoke for her.
Clarke reaches over and grabs the bottle from Finn.
"Far be it for me to stand in the way of tradition" Clarke mutters as she takes a swig from the bottle.
I take the bottle from her and take a big swig from it then I pass it back to Finn.
Clarke sighs and reaches for the bottle again.
A few hours later.
Clarke drinks the Whiskey then i take the bottle from her.
"It's been hours. Jasper…" Clarke slurs.
"Is in good hands. Octavia will take care of him" Finn states.
"While we're on the subject, why is it that everyone thinks me wanting Jasper to not die is a bad thing? Like I'm such a downer. I can be fun. Yeah. You think I'm fun. Right?" Clarke asks us.
"Oh, yeah. Among other things" Finn says catching my eyes.
"You're fun. You remember that time…" Wells is cut off from Clarke's glare.
"Remember that time you betrayed me and got my father executed? Yeah, I remember. Where were we? Fun" Clarke stammers.
"Yeah." I say.
Clarke focuses her attention back on Wells. "Well, since you brought it up, and I didn't, because I don't want to talk about it, what were you thinking?" Clarke asks.
I'm pretty sure they shouldn't be discussing this in front of Finn and I.
"I made a mistake, Clarke" Wells says.
Clarke's not satisfied with his answer.
"I made a mistake, Clarke? Not good enough. You know, I bet you couldn't wait to run to daddy. Tell him everything so that he'd finally believe you were the perfect son he always wanted" Clarke snaps close to tears.
Wells gets angry with Clarke.
"What do you want me to say?" Wells yells.
"I want an explanation!" Clarke exclaims taking the whiskey from me.
"I can't give you one. I thought I could trust him" Wells says.
"Well, I thought I could trust my best friend. Guess we were both wrong" Clarke states.
"I'm still your friend" Wells protests.
"No, you're not. If you were my friend, you would walk out into that fog and never come back" Clarke spits.
"Okay, how about we just… take it easy." Finn suggests taking the Whiskey from Clarke.
"I have no idea how to do that" Clarke tells us.
Wells takes the bottle from Finn, sniffs and then drinks.
"So, we having fun yet?" I ask. Clarke looks down and Wells frowns.
Well that was awkward.
5 hours later
Clarke and Wells have been asleep ages. Finn and I have been talking loads.
"So uh, are you okay with your brother screwing around?" Finn asks me.
He's upfront. Honestly, I love Bell and if he wants to have some fun he deserves too he took care of O and I for years.
"He never got a chance to do it in his teenage years, he deserves a little fun" I state.
"He won't be letting you and your sister screw around, that I can already tell" Finn tells me.
"Bells just over protective, everything he's ever done has been for us" I state.
"Your lucky to have somebody like that" Finn says