I'm Breathing In The Chemicals

I watched them from a distance. They would never be able to see me, but I could see them. They had landed less than a day ago, and I could tell they intended to stay. They had started making shelters and they were gathering wood for fire. Even though it looked like they were all running wild, it seemed like they had some sort of order.

"I wish you could see it mother." There was someone from the Sky People standing a few feet away from me and she had no idea I was here. She spoke freely and to herself, if she knew there was someone else here, she would not speak freely.

"You would love it. It's so beautiful here. Everything." She reached down and touched a piece of metal that was hanging around her neck. It was a chain with a heart on the end. She touched the heart and opened it, looking at whatever was inside.

"I miss you. I'm sorry I couldn't save you." She closed the heart and clenched it in her hands, she was silent. I could easily see the loss that had come over her. She had lost her mother and she was still grieving.

She closed her eyes, her hand still around the heart, and started talking lowly. I could see her lips moving, but couldn't make out what she was saying. She was like that for a few moments before she opened her eyes and dropped the heart.

"May we meet again." She spoke softly and then turned on her heel and walked south, away from her village.

This Sky person, had long hair that reached to the middle of her back, and it was a soft colour. It was like the sun that filtered through the trees. It looked like it would catch the light and glow. She had a shorter stature. If I was standing next to her she would only come to my chest, if she even reached there.

"Get it! Get it!" I watched her as she jumped, when her people ran past her. They tackled each other, all of them reaching for a piece of red rope. Once one of her men had grabbed it, they all ran off back towards her village.

Her eyes followed them for a minute, before she tightened her pack and continued to walk. I watched her walk until she was just barely out of my view. I dropped down from the tree I was in and crouched, and then pulled out my knife.

I didn't know where the rest of her people were but I was not going to allow myself to be defenceless if one of them spotted me. Not that they would spot me, I was a scout. I could hide for days without being seen by a member of another clan, let alone the Sky People. But nonetheless, I would be prepared.

I continued to watch her as she walked, and the sounds of a river met my ears. She was heading to the river to get water.

"Finally. Thank God." She walked to the river's edge and I stayed in the treeline. I watched her continuously as she took her pack off and opened it. She pulled out a small container and then a knife. She cut the top off of the container and set the knife beside her.

"Water. Clean water." She spoke and bent down, dropping the container into the water. It slowly filled up with water, and as it was filling up, she lifted her head up and looked around at her surroundings.

My eyes and ears quickly left hers as they were directed to the loud shouts of someone downstream. I looked back at her, her eyes were on the same place mine were. She had heard the shouts too, but instead of worry, her eyes lit up.

"Finn!" She called out and stood up, bringing the container out of the water as well. I stepped back into the treeline, further immersing myself into my environment. I continued to watch her as she grabbed her pack and her container of water and walked towards the shouting.

Once she was gone, I left the treeline and made my way over to where she was sitting. I bent down and reached out, my hand grabbing the knife she had left behind. I ran my fingers over the blade.

This knife wasn't as sharp as it should be and it was made out of parts from their village. It was not a good knife, but it was all they could do. I gripped the handle and swung it in front of me, watching it, listening to the sound it made.

After I was done swinging it back and forth, I stood up and shoved into one of my pockets with the rest of my smaller knives. I walked back into the treeline and blended into my surroundings. I continued to follow the path I was on, and found her standing with more people from her village.

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I handed the container of my water to Finn and then he handed it to Clarke. Clarke. Dr. Griffin's daughter. I had never actually met her before, so I had no idea what she looked like.

I had only ever heard Dr. Griffin tell me about her and her father, but that stopped once her father was floated and Clarke was arrested. Then, the conversations about Clarke and Dr. Griffins husband had stopped. After that, it was only work.

"Good thinking. The water." I smiled and thanked Clarke, before looking at Finn. He took another drink of water before he passed it on to three other people.

Once they had taken a few drinks, Clarke took the container back and filled it up again. She stood up once she was done and then faced all of us.

"We need to get to Mount Weather. Now that we have another person, it'll make the trek easier and we'll be able to carry more back. Let's go." I followed them as they started to walk, and looked at the other three in the group.

There was one female, I had seen her with Bellamy, the 'guardsmen'. Octavia Blake, Bellamy Blake's sister. Everyone on the Dropship knew. She was hidden for 16 years before she was found. 16 years of hiding under the floorboards and then she was found. She was locked up and kept in a cell until we had all heard we were going to Earth.

"What'd you get locked up for?" She walked beside me and nudged my arm. I looked at her, looked at her long brown hair and her brown eyes. She was locked up for being born.

"I got locked up for stealing morphine and rations. I tried to save my mother. She died while I was in a cell. Dr. Griffin…she was the one that caught me." Clarke flicked her eyes towards me, and slowed down her pace. She was watching me, listening to me.

"I got locked up for being born." I looked at Octavia and then towards Finn. We were related. We had the same father, different mothers. I didn't know why they didn't lock one of us up for that. I guess maybe because we were only half-siblings.

"Let's keep going." Clarke picked up her pace again, and I saw Octavia roll her eyes.

"I want to have a little fun." She walked to the edge of the same river we were walking beside. She stopped on a rock and looked back at all of us.

Slowly, she started to get undressed and I looked towards Finn. He wasn't looking at Octavia as she started to get undressed, but the other two we were with, were looking.

"We don't have time for this!" Clarke tried to stop Octavia, but she ignored her and jumped in. We all walked to the rock she jumped off and watched her in the water.

"Octavia, we can't swim." She stood up and crossed her arms over her chest. I watched as Jasper started to get undressed, he was planning on going in with her.

My mind started to drift away from what was happening in front of me. I turned on my heel and looked at the forest that was behind us. The forest was dense and thick and some of the trees were covered in moss, while others had thick bark on them.

They were all so different but all of them were just as beautiful as the next. Everything here was beautiful. It was all so amazing and beautiful. I was glad we were back, but I almost wondered why now. Why did they send us here now, why not later? Why not send the people of the Ark that were needed? The farmers, the engineers, the doctors. Why didn't they send the ones that could start to rebuild Earth, rebuild the buildings that we needed?

"Octavia!" I spun on my heel and ended up tripping over my two feet. I landed hard on the ground and looked, just in time to see some giant creature grab Octavia and pull her under water.

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New chapter! Hope you like it! Lincoln has officially seen Gracelynn, and she has no idea. This will not be a Murphy friendly fic and this will be an Ocatvia/Jasper fic. Thanks for reading!

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