It was after midnight. Many of the delinquents have already gone to sleep either by leaning on trees or lying on the ground. I was sitting by the fire in front of my tent that was made by using a parachute as a cover and some scavenged tools from the drop ship to pin it down. I would like to believe that it looked better than the average tent. It was comfy and large that could fit up to five people comfortably, not that I was gonna share it with anyone or anything.
Across from me, Murphy was carving a sharp piece of metal from the drop ship into a small knife. His carving skills were rusty, but at least it looked sharp enough to make it useable.
I heard leaves crunching as Bellamy walked over and crouched down by the fire to warm up a bit. For a warm day, the night was a tiny bit chilly.
"Tent looks great," Bellamy commented, nodding towards the tent behind me.
"Yep, Looks better on the inside," I smirked, pulling on the arrow string to test its strength.
"Comfy too," Murphy added. I rolled my eyes at him.
"I'm still not sharing my tent with you, Johnny boy"
"Sure you well," he argued back, "you enjoy my company"
"I also would enjoy it more after I shove this arrow up your ass," I replied pointing an arrow threateningly at him.
"Do you even know how to shoot that thing?" Bellamy asked staring at the bow in my hands. I shot him a dry look.
"Wanna be my target so we can find out?" I sassed, sarcastically. Murphy snorted. Bellamy rolled his eyes.
"So, why are you two still doing up?" he asked after a few seconds of silence.
"Apparently, Robin Hood over there thinks that there are some dangerous things out lurking in the mighty jungle," Murphy drawled tauntingly with a chuckle, nodding my way. Bellamy looked at me quizzically as I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, keep on laughing now, Little John. Just remember that when a giant tiger bites your scrawny ass, I'm gonna be laughing in your face, telling you I told you so."
"Ha ha," Murphy laughed mockingly, showing me his middle finger.
"Screw you too, asshole!"
Bellamy cut in, looking at me in wonder, "what makes you think there's anything else alive out there besides us,"
"You're joking right?!" I deadpanned. He gave me a serious look. I rolled my eyes chuckling in disbelief, "you serious?! The birds?!" Bellamy and Murphy exchanged confused looks making me roll my eyes, again. "Geeze. Hello! If there's still birds flying merrily in the skies with no care in the world, then I bet you that there's one hundred and ten chance that there's a whole lot more animal species alive out there. Use some logic people!"
Bellamy widen his eyes as he stared at the forest in worry, "Octavia!" he breathed jumping to his feet and marching his way to the forest, mumbling, "Shouldn't have let her go!"
"Whoa, whoa" I sprinted after him, stopping him from going any further. "Hold your horses there, Rambo. You can't just go barging into the jungle in the middle of the freakin' night."
He smiled sarcastically, "Reaper, I'm touched that you care for my safety, but I'm gonna need you to step outta my way,"
"Don't mistake logic for care, Belly boy" I spat. He glared.
"Then get the hell outta my way," He growled. "Murphy grab your crew, we're going after them"
"On it," I watched Murphy as he got up and made his way to where apparently his crew was sleeping.
"You're being stupid," I told Bellamy.
"I don't need to listen to you, Killer," he spat. I scoffed.
"Well, maybe you should, since, apparently, I'm the only one with a thinking brain around here."
"My sister is out there and if what you're saying about the other animals is true, then there's no way in hell I'm leaving her alone with them,"
I'm sure I had a flabbergasted look on my face when he said sister. I have never in my life ever known of anyone in the Ark who had a sibling.
"Well, didn't see that one coming," I mumbled, awkwardly.
"Ready boss," Murphy announced as he and three other guys walked over. The guys were stifling yawns and rubbing their eyes grumpily, obviously not enjoying their beauty sleep being disturbed.
Bellamy nodded, and made his way to the forest, but I grabbed a hold of his arm preventing him from taking any more steps. He looked at my hand on his arm, before his glare fell on my face.
"Tell me, Bellamy. How would your sister, Octavia? Was it?" his eyes narrowed and his jaw muscles tightened when I said her name. "How do you think she would feel when she gets back tomorrow only to find out you were gone all night, lost in the jungle with a bunch of amateurs, looking for her"
I can see through his eyes that he's finally listening for reason. All it took was the mention of his sister's name. When his face split between anger and defeat, I knew that I had won this argument.
Suddenly something caught his attention behind me. His eyes filled with determination. I turned around to see what caught his attention. My eyes fell upon the Chancellor's son who was sleeping comfortably while leaning against a tree. I turned back to Bellamy only to find his eyes were now set on me.
"We're going to search for them first thing in the morning, and you're coming with us." I shrugged in agreement, not really caring since I had already made plans of exploring the area. He turned to address Murphy and the rest of his gang, "put out the fire and meet me in the woods. Wait for my signal." He pointed to me, "You. Follow me"
"Aye, aye, Captain," I dryly said not liking the way he was ordering me around. We started making our way to where Baby Chancellor was sleeping peacefully, with only the moon's light to guide our way.
Bellamy bents down covering Wells' mouth with his hand startling the boy awake. Wells tried to struggle but stopped when Bellamy help up a gun. He got up, still pointing the gun at Wells. "Get up," Wells, with his hands up in surrender, got to his feet, "start walking," Bellamy ordered, but Wells didn't move a muscle. I loaded an arrow onto the bowstring and pointed the arrow to his head.
"Walk or I'll shoot, baby Chancellor,"
Wells looked at me from the corner of his eye, "do you even know how to shoot a Bow?" he questioned with a sneer.
I rolled my eyes, pissed at being asked the same question again in less than ten minutes. "See, I could show you, but I'm afraid you won't be alive to see the ending result," I replied with a snide. I pushed him forwards with the tip of the arrow. "Now start marching, Prince Naveen."
We walked for a few minutes until we stopped at a clearing near the creek. Wells turned around to face us.
"I don't want to shoot you, Wells. Hell, I like you, but I do need them," Bellamy pointed to the sky with his gun, indicating the Ark, "to think that you're dead."
"Why?" Wells asked him, "Why are you doing this? For real, not some crap about getting to do what you want to do," I tightened my grip on the bow, glancing at Bellamy from the corner of my eye, wondering the same thing.
"I have my reasons," Bellamy replied. I rolled my eyes, like I wasn't expecting a similar answer. I thought.
"I also have the gun," he waved the gun around to prove his point, "So I ask the questions, and the question is: why aren't you helping me? Your dad banished you, Wells. Yet here you are, still doing his bidding, following the rules. Aren't you tired of always doing what's expected of you? Stand up to him. Take off that wristband, and you'll be amazed at how good it feels," he persuaded, but from the stubborn determination in Wells' eyes, I knew we couldn't change his mind.
"No. Never," Wells denied.
"Are you sure about that, Baby Chancellor?" I voiced, "We can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way."
"There's no way in hell, that I'm gonna remove my wrist band. Is that clear enough for you?" he sneered.
I smirked, tightening my grip on the bow, "the hard way it is,"
"I'm sorry it had to be this way," Bellamy put back the safety of his gun and tucked it into the back of his pants as I stepped forward pointing the arrow to Wells' head. Wells stared at me in fear making my smirk widen.
There was the sound of rustling leaves before Murphy and his crew came and started to surround Wells. Wells attempted to run away up the hell and the rest chased after him. I followed Wells' movement before shooting the arrow, slightly missing his left knee by a few inches. Not expecting the shot, Wells tripped falling to his hands and knees just as Murphy and the rest gained on him.
"You missed," Bellamy pointed out.
"Didn't want to accidently shoot Murphy when he got in the way," I pouted jokingly, turning to face him with dreamy eyes, "I'm a sucker for blue eyes," I could feel Bellamy rolling his eyes from beside me. I chuckled as I started making my way to where Murphy was forcefully removing Wells' bracelet while his groupies held him down, grabbing my arrow from the ground as I did.
"No! Come on, man. Let me go," Wells shouted desperately. Soon, there was a snapping sound as the wrist band broke free. Murphy held it up like a trophy, shouting in triumph with the rest. I crouched down so I was at eye level with Wells who was trying not to cry as he cradled his hand to his chest.
"Enjoy your new freedom, Baby Chancellor," I smirked as he glared, hatefully at me.
A/N:
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