Arkadia was bustling and lively under the unawareness of impending doom. Monty and Jasper were friends again; both were part of the farming section now. Kane thought it would be therapeutic for them. They mostly planted things of the inhalable kind and watered the plants when all the real labor was completed.
Jasper ran up to Bellamy and Clarke as they entered camp, "Hey, Raven needs to see you. She told me to let you know if I saw you."
"Great, thanks Jasper." Bellamy said, nodding to him.
Jasper smiled at Bellamy and glanced quickly at Clarke and headed back to his garden.
"He'll come around." Bellamy comforted Clarke, "It's still new."
"Yeah. I'm not sure it'll ever get old though."
The duo met Raven in her lab and she immediately began talking. "Guys, where have you been?"
Clarke went to speak but was immediately cut off, "It doesn't matter. Look, I found something!" She flipped her white erase board around to show a roughly drawn map, which looked like their surrounding area. "I located the nearest nuclear facility. It's a hundred miles north of Polis. It's tucked behind a mountain so that's why it was so hard to find."
"Great, have you told Kane yet?" Bellamy interjected.
"Not yet, I just told him I found something. He's calling the meeting as we speak."
"I also found out that the four percent of the earth that wouldn't be touched is unfortunately smack in the middle of the Pacific Ocean so yeah. That doesn't seem doable. "
"Not really, no." Clarke said, a little defeated.
A few hours later the entire council sat where they sat just five days previously. Raven had all eyes on her. "So if we could just get there and I could check it out, there may be some way of containing it, if the facility isn't too degraded yet."
"Won't it be even more unsafe the closer we get to it?" Abby asked.
"Correct, but before we lost Mount Weather we brought over whatever hazmat suits were left along with a pretty substantial supply of oxygen. They should be strong enough to stop any radioactivity from getting to us." Raven said.
"Were you able to find any other facilities in the area?" Kane asked.
"Yes, there is one approximately five hundred miles north in what used to be Canada and another one at the southern most point of the country. Those are the only ones on this continent. If we need to move I'd recommend we move west since we'll be headed directly away from any of the facilities."
"How many people will you need?" asked Bellamy.
"Probably close to ten, but nothing more since we don't have enough suits. I need to bring some equipment, plus the oxygen tanks so we'll need the rover."
"I'll go, plus one more. Ice nation covers most of that region. It'll be easier to pass if I show my face." Indra said.
"Great idea, Indra." Kane nodded at her. "Clarke, if you're up for it I think you should go as well. Your mom needs to stay, as the only doctor, but you have almost the same amount of medical experience as her at this point. I don't want anyone out there, in case of anything, without medical assistance."
"I mean, I have no problem going. It's Ice Nation that may have a problem with seeing Wanheda again."
"Maybe she should stay?" Abby insisted.
"I'll take care of Ice Nation. Once I explain what we're doing they won't have a problem letting any of us through." Indra said.
"Alright, then it settled."
"I'll go as well." Bellamy suggested.
"Alright, so far that's five people." Kane pointed out.
"Monty should go if he can. His expertise with computers could be handy." Raven said.
"And Octavia." Clarke said. "She needs to get out of here for a bit and she's one of the best fighters we have if we run into any trouble."
Bellamy shifted uncomfortably in his seat, but he let Clarke's suggestion slide.
"Alright, seven. Any other ideas?"
"Kyle can come. He can help me out a lot too." Raven said.
"Okay, I'll assign the remaining two spots to guards. You'll need more protection for such a long trip." Kane said.
"Actually Kane, if my people could take the remaining spots it would be better. Less hostile guns, more familiar faces."
"Of course, Indra. Good point."
"I'll put together a supply kit for you, Clarke." Abby said.
"Okay. So when do we leave?" Clarke asked, and all eyes averted to Raven again.
"Uh. Two days." She said, a little unsure, but they were all confident she would get her work done in time to leave.
"Okay. Since we have that figured out, I'll be holding the camp meeting tonight. Indra, you can do the same." Kane said.
Indra nodded.
"Alright, I'll see you all at eight in the meeting hall?"
Yeses were heard around the table and everyone filed out.