Thank you again to everyone who reviewed! It means so much to me! Especially 'Sailor Sayuri' your review was very sweet and it encouraged me to get the next few chapters written, so thank you. No clexa again, but this time we have Indra/Lexa. All in good time my friends!
The plan – part 1: aka our favourite arkadians, the delinquents!
Thanks to the help of Marcus and Abby, Octavia managed to arrange a meeting with the delinquent's. Octavia knew that they, more than anyone, saw Clarke as a leader, and had been through so much together. She had been informed that out of the roughly 40 delinquents in Arkadia, over half were Team Pike. But she knew that they all looked to Bellamy because he was their leader when they first got to the ground. They followed him, because they followed him then, and they trust him.
But Clarke was just as much of a leader to them as Bellamy. Octavia knew that almost all of them, would never agree with the man who was going to kill Clarke.
They gathered around her in the dining room during lunchtime, as to no create suspicion. They had heard Octavia had news of Clarke, and knew about the blockade so they were all there and ready to listen.
She very quickly explained to them about the blockade. "They're here for Pike, and the guilty. No one has to get hurt if we comply."
It wasn't hard to get them to understand. Even with guns, they couldn't take out 12 armies, and it wasn't worth the bloodshed.
Most of the delinquents were agreeing with Octavia, however some still stayed weary. They spoke up saying how they should stick with Bellamy. One of them even called out Octavia saying, "Are you really going to turn on your own brother?"
A few mutters from the crowd, but Octavia told them "My brother is on the wrong side."
She questioned them, "Do you really want to be on the same side as people who kill the innocent? People who only want war?" She took a sharp breath before saying the next line. This was what was going to affect them the most.
"Do you really want to side with the same people who, a few hours from now, are going to execute Clarke."
There was a deathly silent pause, before there was some muttering and even some shouting. They looked at each other worried. Clarke meant a lot to them and helped them out so much in the past. Simply hearing that Pike was going to execute Clarke was all the remaining delinquents needed to change sides. There was no way they would let that happen.
"SHH", Octavia quickly hushed them.
"Are they really going to kill Clarke?", Harper asked, voicing the worry they were all thinking.
"Yes", Octavia said, "But don't worry guys, if you want to save her, if you want to save all of us, all you have to do is choose the right side."
She continued her speech with growing support from the fellow teens before her.
"WE are going to save Clarke!"
The support was getting more vocal now, fists cheering. These kids were ready to fight. After all their experiences on the ground, they were ready.
"WE are going to save our people"
The delinquents were all cheering now, punching their fists in the air, looking to Octavia as she said the last line,
"WE are going to end this war!"
Octavia had been mostly successful in getting the message spreading. Well it was more a joint effort from all the delinquents. The teenagers were slowly convincing their parents, their friends. Anyone they trusted from Ark Station. It was taking time, perhaps too long and it was making Octavia anxious. But the plan was working, the delinquents were powerful. People listened to them, because they had been on the ground longer and have a lot of knowledge about the ground and the grounders.
Yes it was slow, but people were listening, and people were changing their minds. Although plans on the ground often were loud and involved fighting in the light of day, she knew that this war would have to be won in the shadows, by whispers and slow plotting as opposed to fighting.
From what she knew about Arkadia's population, over two thirds were now team Kane. Although having the majority was undoubtedly a good thing, Octavia was still worried about the numbers of Pike's loyal followers. In particular Farm Station. She knew how loyal they were to Pike.
This plan had to work. Octavia knew she couldn't turn over Pike herself, she had known even Clarke wouldn't be able to convince Pike to turn himself over. She knew that the only way this was to work was with large numbers. It would be easy to turn over Pike if everyone in Arkadia turned against him, and handed him over themselves.
Just as she was heading back to the guard station to update Kane, she got a buzz on her radio.
"Indra", the commander said worriedly, "It's been many hours since they entered Arkadia, surely we should have heard something by now".
Indra was worried too, but she couldn't allow her worry to make the commander worried as well. "We need to give them time" she replied in a steady voice, "If Pike won the election, it means the majority voted for him. It will take some time to get that majority to change their mind."
Lexa knew what Indra was saying was true, however she couldn't escape the gnawing feeling in her gut that something was wrong.
Indra sensing the commander's worry added, "We can trust them", she said, "I trust Octavia, my loyal second in command. And I know you trust Clarke, your loyal ambassador".
Clarke. Just hearing her name made Lexa worried. She knew her worry for the girl she loved was not the appropriate feelings for the commander to be having during the blockade. But she loved Clarke and she trusted Indra, so she asked, "Indra, please. Contact Octavia, and give the radio to me. I need to talk to them both".
Indra nodded, understanding full well how Lexa just wanted to hear that Clarke was safe. She had known the commander since she was a little girl. She had watched Lexa grow up being taught that love is weakness, all while having the biggest heart she had ever known. Although she would never admit this to commander, she believed the reason Lexa was the most successful commander was due to her heart and her ability to love and care for her people.
Indra switched on the radio, and opened up the channel she knew would get her to Octavia. Another emotion Indra would not admit to anyone, was that she too was worried. Worried for Octavia. She had watched this small, weak sky girl become a trikru warrior and felt great pride thinking about her second. She wouldn't know what to do if harm was to come of Octavia.
There was a muffled crackling sound while Indra tried to tune the frequencies. Although Octavia had shown her how to use the radio, she was still a novice when it came to skaikru technology. After a few seconds of random fiddling, she managed to get the right frequency.
Octavia made sure there was no one around before speaking in to the radio, "Indra, hey, what's going on."
Indra was relieved to hear her voice. "We're just checking in on you and Clarke."
"We?", Octavia asked. When she left the blockade Indra was alone, and no one else knew about the radio.
"Yes, the commander is here too. She was hoping to speak with Clarke if that was possible"
Octavia was surprised to hear that Lexa had come to blockade. Last she heard, she was staying in Polis. But since she was here, it didn't surprise her that she wanted to speak to Clarke.
"Is Lexa listening now?"
"No she's in the next tent, I will go get her now"
"No, wait!"
Indra could hear the tension in her voice. "Octavia. What's going on?" she said cautiously, afraid of what her second would tell her,
"It's about Clarke. She- well she's been imprisoned. She is to be executed by nightfall."
The line was silent for a long moment as Octavia heard Indra suck in a deep breath.
"Indra, tell me what you are thinking?"
"Do you have a plan? Surely you must have a way of stopping this!" Indra didn't want to doubt her second's capabilities but she also had seen the ruthlessness of Pike, and feared for Clarke's life.
"I have a plan, but I'm still worried we won't be able to get her out in time"
"I trust you, Octavia. Be the warrior I trained you to be. We can't let the commander know about Clarke…"
"Know what about Clarke?" said a strong voice appearing behind Indra. It was Lexa, looking worried and confused. "Apologies for not announcing myself Indra, I was just checking to see if you had make contact with Octavia.
Indra could tell how worried she was, and Octavia could tell from her voice as well, despite only hearing it over the radio. She decided the best way for Lexa not to worry was to be confident.
"Did you want to talk to Clarke, commander?"
Not wanting to seem to eager, Lexa replied, "If it is not too much of a problem, I would appreciate it thank you."
"If you hold on a few minutes, I'll get her for you."
Octavia had to think quickly. The commander couldn't know Clarke was to be executed. Lexa was a great commander, she desired peace and was merciful. However, Octavia feared that if she knew about Clarke, there wouldn't be anything to stop her from killing everyone in Arkadia.
So Octavia quickly came up with an idea. She went to see Miller, who she knew was guarding the prison and arranged him to give the radio to Clarke, she couldn't tell him who it was or why, but she knew she could trust to get him done as he had already snuck things into the prison before.
Whew! Intense! As usual, please review if you have ideas or comments, or message me on Tumblr!
Next chapter tease: Some Lincoln/Clarke bonding (my new brotp) and Lexa/Clarke radio!
Also I'm thinking about writing a fic based on the 3x16 leaked spoilers, if people are interested?!
