AN: hey guys! here's chapter 4. I'm really glad you all are still reading this. I think you'll like this chapter, there is finally some 'spice' to the plot. shout out to daydreamers-never-stop, , and sonjalei17 for commenting on this story. I really appreciate it. as always, please let me know if there is anything you would like to see happen in the next few chapters, and happy reading!

Echo eased her way towards the pod one tether in her hand. "Alright, now you have to tie the tether around one of the hook on the right side of the pod, got it?" asked Raven. "Yeah," Echo said, trying to focus on her task.

The others stood next to a window, crowding around to see what Echo was doing. Bellamy held the other side of the tether steady, every now and then feeling a pull when Echo changed direction. "She's got it!" Monty shouted, punching his fists in the air. One done, three to go, thought Bellamy.

Raven and Harper ran back to the vent, dragging along the second tether. Echo re-entered the ship, and Raven closed the vent behind her. She opened the glass doors, and handed Echo the second tether. "Nicely done, Echo! Keep it up!" said Harper from behind. Echo nodded, then went back to the vent. Raven closed the door and allowed Echo to walk back into the vast emptiness of space.

Back by the window, Murphy held strong to the second tether, as Echo tied it around the other hook on the right side of the pod. The team had found a sort of rhythm, Raven and Harper bringing tethers to Echo while the rest of the crew held them in place from the second ejection site.

Echo had finished tying the other two tethers around the left side hooks on the pod. "All four tethers in place, now, we pull," directed Raven. Bellamy, Murphy, Monty, and Emori each held a tether in their arms, Raven and Harper stepping in to help whoever needed it. Echo moved to the right side of the pod and spoke into her com, "Raven, help me get the right side off the ship." Raven told Bellamy and Murphy to pull, as she and Harper helped tug the ropes as well. Eventually, after quite a few groans and a lot of sweat was released, they managed to remove the right side of the pod from the other side of the Ring, Echo helping to push it from her position.

Raven and Harper moved to the other tethers, helping Emori and Monty pull the left side of the pod from the other side of the Ring. It took a bit longer, considering they didn't have Bellamy's muscles to help them. Echo heaved a sigh of relief when she finished removing the pod completely from the ejection dock on her side. It would be much easier now to pull it to the new port, since there wasn't any resistance in space. The crew tugged on the tethers, while Echo helped push it in the correct direction.

"On the count of three, one big pull," Raven said when the pod was right next to the port. "One, two, three!" The group pulled and Echo pushed with all her might. They heard a loud click as the pod locked in place. Quickly, Raven opened the shaft to the pod, and stepped inside, programming the magnets to stay in place. Harper and Emori left to go help Echo back into the Ark.

"Hallelujah!" said Murphy, "I think I heard somewhere that people used to say that when they succeeded in something?" Bellamy and Monty laughed.

Bellamy peeked into the pod, "Hey, Raven, everything okay in there?" he asked. "Mmhhmm," Raven responded, a screwdriver held in her mouth. She let go of whatever it was she was holding, Bellamy couldn't exactly tell what. "Actually, Bell, could you come in here to help me lift this?" Bellamy stepped into the pod and slid under the low beams to where Raven was standing. He looked around, eight seats, perfect, he thought. "What do you need me to do?" he asked Raven. "Pick up this piece of scrap metal. I'm surprised it's the only section that fell off, considering this thing is like 100 years old," she said. Bellamy hoisted the large piece of metal up off the ground, holding it high enough for Raven to screw it in place. "There we go," she said, allowing him to move his arms. "Is all the programming alright?" he asked her. "Yeah, I'll need Monty's help to determine the exact course we need to follow to get down there, but other than that, it's all good," she said as she stepped up and out of the pod.

"Alright guys, in 5 hours, we should be headed back down to the ground!" Raven exclaimed to the rest of the group. She patted Echo, who was still wearing her spacesuit, on the back, "Nicely done, Echo. We couldn't have done this without you." Echo responded, "Yeah, well, you better go focus on getting this thing to Earth, I just did the easy part!"

Clarke slowly walked towards the men. "Who are you," she asked, although she had a pretty good idea. "Why, didn't you see us come down from space, lassie? We're the prisoners you looked so happy to see," the man named Louis said. "How many of you are there?" Clarke asked, trying to distract them from what she was doing behind her back. "'Bout 60 I'd say," the other man said. "And where's the little girl I was with?" Clarke asked. "Oh, she be with our leader. Bet she being interrogated, what'dya say Dax?" Louis said. "Either that, or she be dead already!" he answered. The two men shared a laugh. "She better not be," Clarke said, lunging forward, and stabbing Louis with the knife she had been retrieving from her back pocket. She pulled the blade out, and held it at Dax's throat. "Take me to her or I kill you too," Clarke sneered at him.

She tied his hands together, and held the knife at his throat as she followed him through the forest. "Missie, I'm sorry, just please don't hurt me," he pleaded. "Where is she?" Clarke asked without a hint of remorse."Cap'n said to tie her up and bring you to him," he answered. "Well then, where the hell is she?!" Clarke said, pressing the knife closer to his neck. "Up there," he said, slowly lifting his head to the top of the tree, where Madi was tied to the trunk. Two other men stood standing guard, guns aimed at Clarke. Of course, her initial thought was that they were smart to have brought guns down from space. She remembered when she and Bellamy had found the stash of weapons, when Bellamy taught her how to shoot. She remembered her excitement when she fired her first bullet, the smile Bellamy gave her when he saw her joy. She shuck off the memory to focus back on Madi.

"You shoot, I die and so does he," Clarke shouted, "And I don't think your commander would be very happy to find the only Grounder left, dead, when I know everything about this planet." It was odd, calling herself a Grounder. She recalled the days when she fought Grounders, leading her army of 100. And now she was one.

The two men in the tree put their guns down, surrendering to her threat. "Now bring the girl down here and let us leave, or I kill all of you," Clarke ordered. The men slowly untied Madi and brought her down the tree. "Leave your guns up there, I see them," said Clarke, noticing that one man was carrying a pistol. He dropped it. Why haven't they said anything?, she thought, confused by their silence. She turned around slowly. "Well, the pretty girl finally realized that the prisoners aren't stupid. Child, we've been planning what to do on the ground for months, you really think we would let you off so easily?"

Bellamy and the others prepared themselves for the trip, packing any remaining food and medicine they had on board. One by one, they stepped into the pod, meeting Raven who had been busy changing the remote ejection programming to manual for the past few hours. "Echo and I shall be the first Grounders to go to space and back home again," Emori joked, earning a kiss from Murphy. If we survive, thought Bellamy, though he was trying to stay positive.

"Alright, guys, everything's set to launch in ten minutes. Have all your stuff?" asked Raven. The group chorused their yes-es and nods. "Alright then," she said. Monty and Harper moved to the door, helping Raven pull it shut. They were locked in and ready for take off.

Monty and Raven had calculated exactly where they would land, determining it to be near Mount Weather, where they left Clarke. In fact, Raven found it to be the only patch of green for miles around, on a practically dead planet. She knew that it was the oasis Clarke had spoken of in her last call.

Bellamy allowed himself to move back to his thoughts, remembering the last time he had travelled to the ground. He had shot the Chancellor, something her would forever feel guilty for. But, his sister was all that mattered to him at the time, and he would do anything for her, including risking his life. It was funny to think that after six years, there was so much more that he loved other than Octavia. His friends took up the other half of his heart, which before was left to the pain of his mother's death.

"T-minus one minute," Raven shouted through the pod, looking around at her friends, each strapped into a seat. One was left open. That seat should have been for Clarke, Bellamy thought to himself. He reminded himself that it didn't matter, he was going to see her again soon.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, and we're off!" exclaimed Raven, as the entire pod vibrated, ejecting from the Ark at a huge speed. They soared through space, Monty with his eyes focused on Harper, Harper with her eyes closed. Echo stared at her hand, as they clenched the seat belts. Murphy and Emori held hands. Raven looked straight at the monitor, watching the ship's statistics as it entered the atmosphere. And Bellamy? Bellamy looked up at the ceiling, picturing Clarke's face, picturing his best friend.

The pod shook, almost knocking the crew out of their seats. Raven touched the metal walls, feeling a pulsation through the metal. "Parachutes released," she said, a look of happiness and pride playing on her face.

Eventually, they felt a smash on the ground. The ground. They had made it to the ground. "Listen, no machine hum," said Monty, recalling his first words on Earth. He remembered sitting next to Jasper, the 100 all silent, when he spoke those simple four words. Woah, Jasper had said. Monty fought back tears, as he pictured his best friends ever happy face.

"We're here. We're actually here," said Harper. Bellamy smiled and whispered to himself , "Yeah, we're back. We're back Clarke, you hear me, we're back."

AN: yay! hope you liked it! please review and give me some feedback. i'm hoping to upload a new chapter every day/as often as I can. thanks for reading!