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Chapter 4

When Clarke finally received a message from Raven on the secret channel that had been set up, she was surprised to hear Jasper's voice instead.

"Clarke! Glad you are alive. So guess what, we are awesome. We now have complete control of their systems. All main defenses have been taken care of. Are you ready to storm the castle? We haven't seen Monty in a few days." Jasper spoke excitedly at first and finished with a deep concern in his voice.

"Jasper, good to hear from you. We are on our way. We will get him, don't worry. Stay safe! Can you get Raven quickly?" Clarke responded quickly so they could get moving immediately. She needed to make sure Bellamy's location remained silent.

"What's up doc?" Raven asked.

"Raven, I need you to disappear. When we get up there with the group, you need to not be there. I can't explain now, but nobody can know you took his place." She explained, obviously referring to Bellamy.

"You got it chief, I'll go back to my little cubby. Hurry up though Clarke." Raven said before ending the transmission.

Clarke changed the frequency on the radio and said simply "Move in, it's time." In the most commanding voice she could conjure because everybody was hearing her.

She left the tent and went to grab her things. She needed to remember to keep her eyes out for possible danger. They could make their move at any time. She scanned the shadows for Bellamy and saw him only long enough to see him blow her a kiss. She winked in his direction and continued on her way.

Clarke joined with the group that would be entering from the control center where Jasper and Raven were hopefully waiting for them to begin the assault from above. The grounders were entering from the tunnels from below, and with Mount Weather's defenses disabled, they should be able to get in and out hopefully without everything going to shit. That was obviously never going to happen for them though.

Clarke looked around at her group and wondered if her attacker was walking with her now. She wondered where Bellamy was, but she wouldn't give away that she was looking for him.

After their short hike up the rest of the mountain they came up to the radio tower building that barely emerged from the surface. As they neared the door it swung open as if to invite them in. When Clarke moved inside she noticed Jasper, Miller, and another young woman moving towards her with big smiles on their faces. She remembered her face, but couldn't quite place it. She thought maybe she was just not thinking clearly. Clarke, Miller, and Jasper embraced each other quickly because there was more to be done.

Miller explained quickly the situation. There was one door directly leading down from this room, and there was another just on the other side of the ridge that they could enter the main level from. He explained that the door would open from the outside now, but nobody would expect them to come from there.

Jasper showed them the door nearby they would use to enter the mountain and opened it using a keypad. The ranking guardsman shouted orders for the groups to split up, half going down from here, and half from the other door Jasper had mentioned.

Clarke decided that she would go with the second group entering through the outer door, but she lagged behind slowly so everyone would clear the room. When nobody was around she whispered loudly for Raven.

"I'm coming." Raven said, her voice echoing in the vent. After banging around up there for a few seconds she vaulted out of the vent onto the floor. When she hit the ground she shuttered in pain from her wounds inflicted by the grounders in their rash sentence when they accused her of trying to poison their leader.

"Are you ok?" Clarke asked nervously. She had read Raven's note, but that may have been like a last message in case she died kind of thing. Clarke didn't know where Raven truly stood in regards to her, and she half expected to get punched again.

When Clarke finally stood in front of Raven she put her head down as if to avoid her gaze. Raven responded by reaching out and lifting her head, looking at her with a solemn face. Before Clarke could say anything Raven embraced her in a deep hug, whispering quietly into her ears. "Thank you for saving him that pain, I'm so sorry." Raven said sniffling. She broke away from Clarke and moved on to the task at hand.

"Remember to keep a low profile. Stay safe." Clarke said nearly choking on her words. She hadn't expected to be forgiven, and didn't know if she deserved it.

Clarke caught up to the group quickly and sensed Bellamy's presence behind her. She wouldn't look at him though. As they moved closer to the door she saw two people approaching them from below. She wasn't sure who they were right away, she could only hear them, so that worried her. She took a deep breath wondering if this was it.

"Clarke." She heard someone say that could only have been Octavia. She knew then that the other person was obviously Lincoln. He was originally going to escort Bellamy in the mountain through his former reaper stomping grounds, but found himself relieved when he learned that Raven had already gone. Clarke knew he didn't really want to go back there; he was just getting past that.

"What are you doing here O? Hey Lincoln." Clarke shouted excitedly.

Octavia gave her a signal that Clarke assumed meant wait. When O reached out and hugged her she whispered quietly into Clarke's ear.

"A little birdie told me someone might be in trouble, we came as soon as we could." Octavia said softly enough not to be overheard. Lincoln just bowed his head in Clarke's direction as if pledging his service.

Clarke was nearly moved to tears and then shook the emotions away.
"Glad to have you." She said gratefully. Was it Bellamy that warned Octavia? Who else could have warned her? Clarke wouldn't ask now, but she would have to later, if she had a later.

The group continued walking together and as soon as they neared the door Clarke could tell this was the spot. The tree line offered cover from three sides and the mountain only allowed access to the door from the direction they were walking. Clarke turned around quickly to look around, hoping that Bellamy was still with her. She winked in the direction behind them hoping he would understand.

As they neared the door they heard a terrible sound from above. It sounded more like a monster than a human and the scream was not unlike others she had heard before. It hit her quickly where she had heard that sound before, in the tunnels below Mount Weather. How could they be up here though? The grounders and our people had cleared the tunnels hours ago.

Everyone in the group had heard the cry and a collective gasp ran through the group as they saw the first reaper leaping through the air above them. Lincoln and Octavia both moved in front of Clarke and took defensive positions. Clarke grabbed the twin axes that were given to her by the grounders as a gift. They were much smaller than normal axes and fit in Clarke's hands perfectly. She would have to thank them again for those if given a chance. In the chaos she searched quickly to see if Bellamy had made himself known yet, but he hadn't. Somehow Clarke thought to herself that it might be a good thing. He would have a good reason to be hanging back right now if he was. Otherwise he wasn't there, and that thought gave her a shiver down her spine. Somehow she knew that he was out there though, and that this wasn't his moment. It made her wonder what else could be coming.