The 100- We will survive – chapter 4- Bellamy

Bellamy woke face down on the hard, cold floor. His head throbbed and he touched the back of it. He felt like it had been split open. He slowly rose to a sitting position as he tried to get his barring. Looking around all he could see were cement walls and bars. He was in a cell, a prisoner.

Thinking back, he wondered why they didn't kill him. He thought they would, he expected it. What do they want with him? He stood and went to the door of the cell, grabbing the steel bars; he shook at them, and yelled, "What do you want?"

He rattled the door, until he finally slid down and waited. There was no option for him. He hoped the others got out of Polis, hoped his plan to distract ice Nation worked.

He was alive, and that meant if he could get away, maybe he could still find Octavia. Bellamy knew she was going down a dark path, and as long as he was breathing, he had to do whatever he could to find her.

Finally after what felt like forever he heard the echo of footsteps, and he knew someone was coming. Bellamy stood and went to the bared door and waited. From around the corner Echo and two guards came to stand on the outside of his small cell.

"Echo," he said "Are you here to finish me off, cos if that's what's happening get on with it," he smirked. Bellamy didn't want to give her the satisfaction of hearing him begging for his life.

"I've no intention of killing you Bellamy if I don't have to," she said "What I do want is your help."

"Why would I help you?' he asked "I trusted you once. I won't make that mistake again," he said

"I was following orders," she said in a flat tone "Ice Nation has a new leader, and King Roan doesn't look at skaikru as allies. You're lucky. My people wanted you dead," she said "but I convinced them that you could be of use to us."

"You should have let them kill me," he said

Echo ignored his remark. She didn't expect his cooperation, but she knew he would help her whether he wanted to or not. She walked back and forth in front of the cell and continued as if she never heard his distain. Her two guards stood farther back, their gaze on the prisoner.

King Roan of Azgeda will rule everything. The one thing he needs to secure his position; is Wanheda. Her death by his hands will give him the power to guarantee his rightful place as commander," she said.

"Wanheda? You mean Clarke. If you want her dead because she killed everyone in Mount Weather," he said "I pulled that switch with her. Why not just kill me instead?"

"It doesn't matter. The people see Wanheda's power when they see Clarke. When they look at you, they see nothing. She holds the power, not you. King Roan will see that too," she said

Her words stung. He was guilty of more than Clarke, yet she still carried the label of Wanheda, like a target for anyone that craved power. It was a name he hated.

"Echo, let me talk to Roan. There's something… you don't understand. All this petty commander stuff is not important. I need him to know we have a threat that's bigger than Azgeda or Skaikru or anything we've seen," said Bellamy.

Echo smiled. Not the sweet smile of a friend, but the kind of smile that told him, she thought he was trying to fool her. "I don't want to be your enemy, Bellamy. I like you. I know how you must feel, but what you don't realize is that like it or not, you will help us get Wanheda," Echo said, ignoring his plea to meet with Azgedas King.

Echo turned to leave. Bellamy's heart began to race. "Echo," he pleaded, and immediately hated that he sounded desperate. "Echo, listen to me. I'm telling you, what we just went through was nothing compared to what is coming. I have to talk to Roan," he said.

"And I need Wanheda," she said over her shoulder before she left. "Put him on the fence. Wanheda will come when she sees him bleed, and then we will hand King Roan his power," she told the two guards.

"Echo," screamed Bellamy.

The two guards walked up to the cell and unchained it. Bellamy backed up, ready to fight his way out. The two grounders were double his size, but Bellamy was quick. When they came in, he rushed them immediately knocking one into the other. They were big and fell hard. Their heavy clothing slowed them down, but it wasn't enough. One caught Bellamy's leg just before he was able to get out, tripping him. He paid for his escape attempt when a heavy steel spiked glove came crashing down embedding its spikes into the back of his shoulder. Bellamy screamed out from the searing pain. He felt the warm blood. A knee pressing into his back, with the full weight of the grounder made Bellamy think his back would snap, until finally he was released once his hands were tied.

The guards yanked him up; bloodied and in pain, and dragged him out into the street. The Ice nation army had formed and they wanted everyone to take note of their prisoner. They wanted Wanheda and Bellamy would be their bait.

Echo didn't have an issue with Bellamy. She liked him more than any other sky people, whom she hated, but she was fiercely loyal to her people, and she was willing to do what it took to put Roan in power of all the people. She knew with no heda carrying the flame, he could easily take that position, but he would need the power of Wanheda to do it. If it cost Bellamy's life, she was willing to sacrifice him for that, because in Roan gaining power; as his general, she would gain power.

The courtyard was surrounded by a large chained fence. Bellamy was strapped to it. His back faced the street. He knew what was coming when they ripped his shirt open, exposing his back. He was already bleeding and in pain from his shoulder wound. It was nothing compared to what came next.

The first strike sent searing pain across his back. He tried not to cry out, but he couldn't help it. Blood oozed down his back, but before he could catch a breath, he was struck again and again the pain was unbearable and he finally fell silent and collapsed into a dark place. His mind unable to comprehend the pain levels enough and blacking out was its only option.

Emori watched from across the street. The crowd had gathered, some cheering on the Azgeda army. A part of them cheered because they blamed skaikru for ALIE and some cheered, because they wanted to make it clear they supported Ice Nation, fear and intimidation had always been Azgedas MO, either way, Emori blended in with the crown and was helpless. She snuck back into the basement of an adjoining building, and found Clarke with Murphy. It was hard for the two to convince Clarke that walking into the courtyard, would only get her captured and that would be of no help to Bellamy.

Clarke knew Bellamy's only chance lay with Roan. She had to find the Ice Nation King, before Bellamy died at the brutal hands of Roans People.