As penn finally reached pollis he was exhausted. His legs barley holding him up but he knew he had to push himself. He reached the tower and told the guards he must speak with the commander this instant. The two on the door recognised him as one of the escort and agreed to take him up.

Lexa was in the throne room, all her ambassadors were around her talking about the blockade. Going over options if Clarkes proposition should fail.

"we should send in a small group of our best warriors, take this leader and make an example of him. The skai kru people must learn to obey as we all did" Reki from the shadow lands clan was a famous warrior and one of lexas closest confidents. He never went against her decisions, so this was one that obviously he held important.

"we must wait for wanheda to speak to them first. She has proved useful in this alliance" the ambassador of the lake people had been very favourable of Clarke. Lexa appreciated this but was very cautious of his support.

Lexa brought her hand up to her head. She had, had a constant headache since skai kru had killed her people. Only when she was with Clarke was her mind quiet. As she took a deep breath ready to address her ambassadors the doors to the throne room exploded open as penn came in and fell to his knees in front of the commander.

"Heda, I am sorry to intrude but..." lexa was up in an instant. In two long strides she reached the warrior and gestured for him to rise.

"Why are you not escorting wanheda to Arcadia? Have you disobeyed me." Anger flashed in the commanders eyes.

"No Heda." Penn hung his head low, not able to look into lexas eyes. "we umm we were attacked in the woods"

"Attacked?" shock clear in the commanders voice. "is cla... Is everyone ok, are they here?" penn looked nervously around. Wishing he wasn't the one to tell the commander what had happened.

"No heda. Three were killed and three were taken prisoner" as he said the words he saw the commanders eyes turn into that of an animal. A primal instinct was taking over, there was No white left in her eyes just black. Her jaw set firm and her face became that of a statue.

Lexa felt like she was breathing in knives. Her whole chest getting cut up from the inside. She wanted to scream to fall to her knees. She didn't want to be the commander in this moment. She wanted Clarke in the room with her. She should of never let her leave. She should of protected the younger all ounce of courage she could muster she spoke.

"which three" her voice was lower than a whisper. Her face so close to penns now he could almost feel the rage burning off of her.

"the escort you sent, commander. Indra, Octavia and wanheda were taken captives" lexa breath but only slightly. She turned away from the group giving herself a moment to collect her thoughts and try calm her rapidly beating heart.

"who took them?"

"Azgeda!"

The whole room froze. A deep tension filling the room. No one dared to breath, except Juan the ambassador from ice nation. A smile spread across his scared features. Lexa spun and looked at him. No one ever wanting to be one the receiving end of that glare. Juans smile faded, something dark appeared across the commanders face, the rage of all previous commanders obvious in her glare.

"come now commander, don't look so surprised. You have made alliances, you killed our queen yo..." Lexa had slit his throat before he finished his sentence.

"Heda" titus walked up to her. She turned on him and hit him hard across the cheek. No longer seeing reason. She was in penns face again

"tell me everything NOW!" lexa didn't move an inch from penns face as he retold the nights events. "and then they knocked wanheda out and took her back to azgeda"

"you hid the whole time while they took Clarke away?" her voice was deep and filled with pain.

"I..I. they would of killed me."

"you should of let them" lexa drew the dagger that was strapped to her leg and drove it deep into penns neck. All her anger boiling up, she was wild, the composed commander buried way down. She was not Heda in this moment, but Lexa who was reeling in angst from the news of her Clarke.

Lexa looked around the room all her ambassadors shying away from the beast standing in front of them. "CALL ALL THE ARMIES NOW! WE RIDE FOR AZGEDA NOW" she was breathing heavy. Her blood covered hands were shaking from rage.

"heda" titus fell to his knees in front of her, afraid of her wrath. "penn was right, we can't call off the blockade without a rebellion. We either must kill all skai kru or not react to Azgeda"

"AAARRRHHH" she threw her knife at the wall, feeling like a spring that had been push down for to long. She needed to pounce, to kill.

"REKI"

The shadow ambassador came forward and feel to his knees " yes commander" he dared not look into her eyes.

"your plan that was brought up before. Do it. Get some of your best warriors and get inside the walls. I want everyone last one of them captured. I want them all brought to pollis. Leave no one behind. Burn arcadia to the ground. If they can not abide by my laws then i will keep them close enough as to enforce them. kill any who try to fight against you. blood will have blood again."

There was a general murmured agreement amongst the leaders. Reki nodded and rose, he left the room needing no further instruction.

" send riders to prepare the armies. We ride for Azgeda. Any warriors who are in the city tell them to be ready at first light to ride. Now leave me" she sent them off with a wave of her hand.

They all bowed respectfully and left in quick haste. Titus stayed behind still keeling on the floor.

"titus, you leave me now as well and get these bodies out"

Lexa walked out to the balcony to look over the city She needed time alone to compose her thoughts. Her mind was a blur, a blackness of chaos. She thought back to when the ice nation had taken Costia from her and how events seemed to be repeating. She would not let Clarke meet the same fate. The pain in her chest had not subsided, she couldn't live without Clarke. This time Azgeda had gone to far. This time she would start a war for the girl she loved.

...

When Clarke finally came to, she found herself in a dark and damp four by four cell. There was a tiny window far up near the ceiling that let in barley any light. The room was like being in a freezer, the stone of the floor sucking away any body heat Clarke had left. Her ankle was chained to the wall and her head was pounding. When her eyes finally adjusted to the dim lights she saw Octavia and indra in two of the other corners both chained as well.

"Clarke, are you ok?" Octavias voice shook, she was clearly shaking for the cold.

"Yeah, I think so. How are you two?"

"This will be the end of the coalition . Lexa will start a war for you Clarke and we will all die in the process" indra looked away from Clarke poison clear in her voice

"I never asked for a war. I never asked her to put me ahead of her people"

"but she did!" she spat the words at Clarke. "you didn't see what happened last time Azgeda took someone close to the commander. She almost didn't recover. But she was a good leader and keep her life separate from that of her decisions. But with you. you are her weakness Clarke and everyone knows it." Indra sighed at leant her head back on the wall. "last time Heda was here, was to retrieve a body"

"What happened with Costia?" Clarke had always wondered about the other girl. Who she was how it affected lexa. But she could never bring it up with the commander knowing lexa would never open up.

Indra looked at Clarke and her eyes were sad. A deep sorrow in them. "Costia was the most beautiful human to walk these lands. No one who ever met her could hate her. She was a great warrior of course, but more than that she strived for peace. It was her idea to unite the 12 clans"

Clarke had never seen indra this soft before. This quite person who spoke nicely. Talking about it was really hurting her. "if you don't want to talk about her i understand"

"no you should no all of this. Costia had an infliction from the radiation, in a way. Her hair was silver, that shone like the sun." A slight smile rose at the corners of her mouth. "her eyes were the colour of ice. The coldest of blues almost white. She looked other worldly. She was pale and small. But boy did she have attitude. She stood strong for her beliefs and would tear anyone down who did not agree with her. I think thats why her and lexa bonded like they did. Those two were inseparable. They met just before lexa became commander. And costia told her of all her dreams of a united people. Lexa thought she was crazy, everyone thought she was speaking crazy. But then lexa became commander and The day lexa stood triumphant the world aliened and the power of those two together, well we all believed maybe we could all unite under one commander."

Clarke listened intently, wishing she could of seen lexa then but deep down she was feeling jealous of this girl that got to know lexa so well. She was jealous of a ghost.

"you should of seen lexa back then. She wasn't so cold. She was fearless. So young and resilient. So light and wild. Costia by her side she wanted to do her proud, so she started to unite the clans, all for costia.. But. Not everyone wanted to follow under trikru. One day ice nation snuck into polis and captured Costia." Indra looked directly at Clarke her eyes filled with the utmost pain. "They tortured her. The stories say you could hear her screams echoing off the ice. They wanted to know what powers the commander possessed to be able to get all the clans to listen to her. Wanted to know all of Heda's secrets. After two weeks of torture they sent Costicas head to the commander, placed it in her bed. The head was unrecognisable. So cut up and deformed. Only the silver hair gave her away. Lexa was young and still hadn't quite grasped the ability of commanding. Otherwise we would of gone to war. But on that day, lexa became a true leader. She learnt to put aside her feelings for the good of her people. She heald costicas vision of unity close, all she had left of the other girl so she fought hard for it. Which is why today we have united 12 clans. In a way costias death made that possible." Indra looked away clearly deep in thought

"I don't think the commander will risk losing that for me, Indra"

"Of course she will. You are her weakness in a way costia was not, but you give the commander more strength than she had ever had before. She wants more from this life now Clarke, the two of you together could create what she has been trying to accomplish all these years. The commander is far more powerful than before, this time she will destroy Azgeda"

Clarke was confused as to how she felt. She didn't want war, but she agreed with indra. There was no other way and the Lexa she knew would never just let Azgeda go easy .She looked over to Octavia who's mouth was slightly open. She shrugged at Clarke not knowing what to say to help the situation.

Clarke thought of her people, knowing now their fate was out of her hands and what she would do if she were in lexas position. If the situation was reversed and lexa was captive, Clarke would stop at nothing to free her. Clarke knew she would kill thousands of people for lexa. Clarke knew there was no hope for her people now.