"They're back!" someone yelled from inside the camp.
"Is he-" Wells asked running forward.
"He's alive," Clarke said, cutting him off. "I need water and strips of cloth for bandages. Monty and Murphy, help me carry him to the top floor of the drop ship."
Bellamy and I followed with the beast across our shoulders. "We caught dinner!" I called out putting the beast on the ground. Kids ran forward to look at it. "She caught dinner," Bellamy corrected.
Next thing I know, I am being lifted up off the ground by cheering kids. Bellamy and I smile at each other for a moment. Suddenly, his face falls. Following his gaze I see Octavia and Atom snuggled together on the other side of the fire.
"What did I say?" Bellamy calls.
"Stop!" Octavia replies, standing in front of her brother.
I motion the kids to put me down. I run over to Bellamy and Octavia.
"What's going on?" I ask.
"Stay out of this," Bellamy says. "I told you, Atom, if anyone touches my sister, they answer to me."
Atom nodded, looking at the ground.
"Bellamy, its ok" Octavia calls again, but Bellamy ignores her, calling to two guys to carry Atom into the woods.
Octavia goes to chase after them but I grab her arm. "Don't."
"He can't do this forever." She says.
"He loves you, Octavia."
"This is the first time I've been free. I spent fifteen years hiding under the floor, and the past year in the skybox. I'm done being a prisoner. I look around and see endless trees and land that I am free to explore. Bellamy can't protect me forever."
"Look, I get what its like to feel like a prisoner."
"How?"
I looked at Octavia for a moment. She was so pure and good. I opened up the zipper to my pouch.
"Why do have medicine?"
"To put it simply, I have anxiety and depression. Well, paranoia. Abby, uh, Dr. Griffin, gave me more than enough to last until Mount Weather but I'm afraid I'm going to run out before we even get to Mount Weather."
"Hey," Octavia said, holding my arm. "We've only been here for two days. You'll be okay. You have a friend in me, okay?"
I nodded. Octavia embraced me and I hugged her back.
"C'mon, lets go save your man." I say and we snuck out behind the boys.
"NO! Hey, you guys can't just leave me here!" We heard Atom call out from the woods.
Octavia and I took off running.
"No, Atom. I won't be disobeyed." Bellamy replied and we watched as their torches went back towards camp.
"Guys! Bellamy!" he called out. "Who – who's there?"
"Shh" Octavia said and began climbing the tree.
"Be careful," I called up quietly.
"I'm here to rescue you, Atom." Octavia said and kissed his cheek.
Atom remained silent as Octavia loosened the seat belt straps around his wrists and brought his body to the tree.
I saw the silhouette of Octavia lean in to kiss Atom, but he moved back and away. "Atom?" she whispered, confused.
Atom jumped down from the tree and began walking back towards camp without saying a word.
"What the hell!" I called.
"Some thanks," Octavia muttered.
"He's probably just embarrassed because he got rescued by a girl."
Octavia smiled weakly. "Let's just get back to camp."
We walked back in silence.
The following morning, Octavia confronted Bellamy.
"Why did you do that?"
"Do what?"
"String Atom up."
"Atom disobeyed. He paid the price. Now we're good."
"Yeah, well now I'm paying the price. Next time you decide to go on a power trip, leave me out of it."
Next thing we knew we heard Jasper screaming. Bellamy, Octavia, and I took off running to see Clarke cutting away at Jasper's wound with Wells and Finn holding him down. Monty was huddling in the corner with a wristband.
"Stop! You're killing him!" Octavia said kneeling next to Clarke.
"She's trying to save his life." Finn defended.
"Yeah well she can't." Bellamy declared. "She just won't admit it."
Wells stood up and faced Bellamy. "Back off."
"We didn't drag him through miles of woods just to let him die." Clarke said.
"Kid's a goner. If you can't see that you're deluded. He's making people crazy."
"Sorry if Jasper's an inconvenience to you, but this isn't the Ark. Down here every life matters."
"Take a look at him. He's a lost cause."
"Octavia, Hannah," Clarke said looking at us. "I've spent my whole life watching my mother heal people. If I say there's hope, there's hope."
"This isn't about hope. It's about guts. You don't have the guts to make the hard choices. I do. If he isn't better or making progress or still moaning by tomorrow, I'll kill him myself."
With that Bellamy walked down the ladder calling for Octavia to follow.
"I'm staying here." She declared, rolling some bandage to dab at Jasper's forehead.
"Its crowded up here, I'm gonna head down." I said and followed Bellamy.
When I hit the ground floor of the drop ship I jogged out to catch up with Bellamy; who was standing with Murphy and Atom. "You shouldn't be so hard on your sister, you know that?"
"Oh, and what do you know?
"She's strong Bellamy, I see it in her. A kind heart, yes. But a strong mind. You should trust her."
"Its not her I don't trust, Hannah."
"Trust that she will trust the right people."
"You have no idea." Bellamy said coming close to me.
"You don't have a little sister that you've been responsible for."
"You're right, I don't." I said. "But don't discredit that I have other experiences."
"Like what?"
"Like getting adopted?" Murphy joked.
Clarke's guilty face flashed before my mind and I found myself unable to answer Bellamy. I stared up at him for a moment before turning and walking away.
"Let's go!" Bellamy called out and his hunting party left camp.
Clarke came down the ladder afterwards and I confronted her. "Can I talk to you?"
"I really need to help Jasper, Hannah. Can it wait?"
"Am I actually adopted?"