Gemini

Everyone knows about the Ark Twins, Lily and Alice. The Doctor and the Mechanic. The girl they didn't float for breaking the law and the girl who saved the Ark. Now separated between the Ark and the Ground, can the girls survive without one another to rely on?

Chapter 4 – History. Part One.

Lily

- -Two Years Ago - -

There was a chest infection going around the Ark and the Med Bay was absolutely swarming with people. I had been working for more than twelve hours and was beginning to feel it.

"Lily!" Abby came up behind me and took the clipboard of the patient I had been examining, "Go home. You are no good to me if you are dead on your feet."

"But Dr Griffin…" I tried to argue.

She held up her hand to silence me, "Lily, your father will not be pleased with either of us if you flunk your exam tomorrow."

Shit. My final medical exam was the next day. In the panic of the outbreak and trying to quarantine the infected population, I had forgotten. "Oh crap!" I muttered, as Abby followed me to the locker room and watched as I scrubbed out of the quarantine bay.

"You will do absolutely brilliantly, Lily." She said, trying to reassure me, "You know your stuff and you have been assisting me for the last 3 years! You are going to absolutely ace that exam." She gave me a tight hug.

"Thank you, Abby." I whispered, trying to squash the nerves that were slowly building up.

She grinned, "Now get out of here! You know what your father is like about curfew."

I laughed and grabbed my coat, before hurrying out of the medical bay. The corridor was surprisingly empty apart from a guard at the end who I did not recognise from this distance. Clearly, everyone was trying to keep themselves away from the infection.

"Evening," I smiled at the guard, whose face suddenly looked very familiar. I became very aware of him watching me and as I reached the junction, I looked for any other people who might be able to help me.

He grabbed me arm, covered my mouth and pulled me into an alcove, an alcove that was a blind spot in the Ark security camera system. I froze, unable to struggle and felt something pressing up against my back. With a jolt, I realised that it was his baton, charged and ready to release a burst of electricity. I closed my eyes as I felt his breath next to my ear, forgetting every single bit of self-defence training that my father had insisted I take.

"You're a doctor?" He asked, still covering my mouth. I nodded, petrified, trying to turn my head so I could get a better look at his face. My back was arched away from the baton and my body was shaking.

"If I take my hand away, you had better not scream."

I nodded again.

"I'll turn on this baton if you make a sound."

Slowly, he removed his hand and grabbed my arm forcing me around to face him. His face was hidden in the shadow.

"What do you want from me?" I whimpered, bracing myself for all sorts of horrors.

He frowned, "Someone very special to me is sick. And you are going to help her."

"You should bring her down to the medical bay." I murmured, my voice shaking.

He gripped my wrist tightly, "No! She isn't going anywhere. You will go and get whatever you need to help her and then you will come with me."

There was something about him that seemed familiar and his dark expression scared me. "Okay." I extracted my wrist from his grip and held up my hands in surrender, "Okay… I'll help you."

"Then go." He shoved me out the alcove, "You have five minutes."

As I ran back to the medical bay, I thought about pushing any one of the panic buttons that I passed. I ran through to my locker and grabbed a few things out of it. My stethoscope and a flashlight. I then pulled some emergency antibiotics from my kit that I'd forgotten to return to the supply cupboard. There was another small bottle of pills that I grabbed too and shoved it all into the pockets of my jacket.

"Lily!?" I heard a familiar voice call from the door way, "What are you doing back here? I told you to go home!"

I spun around and saw Abby walking it, removing her own lab coat and stethoscope from around her neck. "I..um…"

I thought about telling her. She'd call my dad and the guard would be arrested. Then I thought back to the look of desperation on his face as he'd tried to act tough and dominant. I thought the tone of panic that slipped into his instructions. "I forgot to clock out." I spouted quickly, grabbing my key card and swiping it against the box on the wall. In my rush to get home and study, I had actually forgotten to clock myself out.

"Okay, Lily… Good luck tomorrow!"

I was already out the door, "Thanks Abby."

The guard was waiting for me at the end of the corridor and grabbed my arm.

I pulled it back, "Are you an idiot? There are cameras all along that corridor. I've said that I will help you. You don't need to manhandle me." He looked taken aback and stared at me for a moment.
"I'm Lily." I added.

He stayed silent for a moment, "Bellamy. We're going this way."

I followed him silently through the corridors. We were heading down to the Factory station; I'd not been down here many times and kept my head down as we passed people. Bellamy had clearly not known who I was when he pulled me into that alcove, but there were many people who might recognise me down here.

We were in the residential section of Factory station now, B-17 and Bellamy stopped me outside the door, to what I assumed were his quarters. "You cannot breathe a word of this to anyone." He tried to sound threatening, but his concern for whoever was behind that door was greater than his threat.
I nodded and heard a cough from behind the door. It was a cough that I had been hearing all day. Bellamy checked that no one was in the corridor before he opened the door and ushered me in.
A young girl, who was about fourteen, was lying on the bottom bunk and looked up when the door opened. An older woman jumped from her bedside when she noticed me.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she demanded, trying to shield the young girl from my view, "What do you want?!"

I took a step back as she rushed towards me and collided with Bellamy, who quickly closed the door. "Bellamy! What the hell is this?"

"Mom!" he said loudly over her, stepping in front of me, "She's a Doctor; she said that she will help."

Bellamy's mother spat at my feet, "Do you even know who she is?"

"I don't care who she is; she could be Marcus Bloody Kane's daughter for all I care." I stiffened, clearly Bellamy didn't know who I was, "She told me that she would help and I believe her!"

Either Bellamy's mother saw my reaction or decided that whoever was on the bed was more important than my lineage because she didn't say anything further to Bellamy. Instead she side stepped him and glared at me,
"You tell anyone about this and I will come and kill you." She stormed out of the room.

The young girl on the bed stirred, "Bellamy?"

His stance softened and he rushed over to the bed, pushing the young girl's hair out her face, "Hey,"

She noticed me and grabbed his hand in a panic, "Who is she?"

Bellamy looked back at me, "Her name is Lily. She's a doctor."

I recognised the look he gave her as he beckoned me forward. She was still gripping his hand.

"Hi sweetie," I said, in a soothing voice that I saved for the nervous patients, "I'm going to help you, okay?"

She let go of Bellamy's hand and he moved back, allowing me to get close to the bed and pull out my supplies.

I tried to make her trust me, "What's your name?"

She hesitated, looking at Bellamy for approval, "Octavia." She whispered, when he nodded, "Octavia Blake."

I looked up at Bellamy, finally understanding. I knew why I recognised his worry and the look on his face when he saw Octavia; when he saw her hurting.

It was the same look that Alice gave me.

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When I'd finished examining Octavia, I took Bellamy aside, "So, your sister has a chest infection…"

"How did you…" He started, stepping back but I grabbed his hand.

"I won't say anything…" He glared at me for a few moments, but my hand on his seemed to reassure him. "Octavia has a chest infection, but it's a little worse than I would have liked because she didn't get medical treatment sooner. I've given her a strong dose of antibiotics to try and speed up the recovery, but it means she will sleep for about 24 hours."

He nodded, worry still painted on his face.

"She will be fine. With the antibiotics and rest, she will be back to normal by the end of the week. But she needs to rest…" I said sternly, "I don't know how you've kept her hidden for this long…"

"We have so many inspections…" he said.

"I can try quarantine off this area or keep you off the inspection list, but it will have to wait until tomorrow." I looked back at Octavia, "She's beautiful."

He looked taken aback, but nodded his thanks.

"I should go, before anyone notices that I am missing." I put my jacket back on and hid my kit in the pockets again.

The corridor was empty when Bellamy and I stepped out of the Blake's quarters. I drew in my breath; it was after curfew.

"I'll walk you back," Bellamy offered, but I shook my head. We walked around a corner into another empty corridor.

"It's probably safest if we are not seen together," I said softly, turning to him, "But please make sure you let me know how she's doing."

"Thank you…" he said quietly in reply, "For helping her."

"It's my job," I mumbled shortly, digging in my pocket. "So, give her one of these every couple morning and…"

I stopped, as Bellamy pulled me into an alcove, trapping me between his body and the wall, "What the hell?"

"Shhhh…" He whispered, "Someone is coming."

I held my breath, becoming aware of my close proximity to him.

"I know you are there!" A guard's voice called and I grimaced; we were screwed. I looked up at Bellamy as the guard spoke again, "Come out and you might not get into trouble."

"Shit." He whispered down to me. I smiled, slipping my hand into Bellamy's jacket and leaving the bag of pills. "I've got an idea… just play along."

I grabbed his hand and we walked out of the alcove.

"Cadet Blake, why are you not patrolling your area? You are already on probation" I wrapped both my hands around Bellamy's and battered my eye lids, the guard started when he noticed me, "Miss Kane! You should be in your quarters. It's passed curfew."

I felt Bellamy tense next to me, but I held onto his hand, digging my nails into his palm.

"I'm so sorry, sir. I know he's supposed to be on duty but I just really wanted to see him. He spends so much time on his guard training that I barely get to see him anymore." I looked up at Bellamy with what I hoped was a loving expression on my face, "I didn't mean to get him into trouble."

I turned back to the guard, who seemed to have brought my doting girlfriend act, "Very well, Miss Kane. But you shouldn't be out after curfew. And Cadet Blake, you should know better."

"I apologise, Sir." Bellamy laced his fingers through mine, "If you don't mind, I'll just make sure she gets home safe."

The guard shook his head sternly, "I will walk her back to her quarters; you need to get back to your post."

I smiled sweetly, "Could we please have two minutes to say goodbye?"

He rolled his eyes, but nodded, turning his back and walking a few paces away. I pulled my hand from his; his palm was getting sweaty in his discomfort. I stood close to him, so that we could hear each other murmuring.

"That was brilliant, thank you," Bellamy hissed, "You saved my ass."

I smiled, "It's okay, as long as he doesn't suspect anything else or tell my father. Give her the pills every morning and let me know if she is anything but okay…"

His expression hardened and he grabbed my wrist tightly, "You're Kane's daughter? If you say anything…"

"Bellamy, I'm not my father. You can trust me. I promise."

He still held onto my wrist, "Forgive me if I don't believe you."

"Okay, time's up. Time to get you home, young lady." The guard had turned around and was looking at us suspiciously.

Bellamy was still glaring at me. I rose up on my toes and kissed him, slipping my hand up to his face. "Believe that…" I whispered, holding his gaze.

He gave me a very small nod; I'd left him speechless.

I noticed the guard's name tag as I followed him back through the Ark up to Alpha Station, where I was sure that I was going to be in trouble. "Lieutenant Cooper," I asked, sweetly. I was really milking this sugar coated bimbo routine, "Do you mind not telling my father that I was seeing Bellamy? It's just, you know how over protective he can be and Bellamy is doing so well in the guard. I don't want my father to do anything... drastic."

"You are out after curfew, Miss Kane. I'm going to have to put it in my incident report."

"But, Lieutenant, Bellamy was only wishing me luck; I'm writing my final medical exam tomorrow. You know how it is with all the training. After curfew is the only time we can spend together." I was starting to annoy myself with the web I was spinning, time for some bribery, "It's the annual review next week isn't it, Sir?

"Yes, Miss Kane."

I smirked, "I can put in a good word with my father. There are very few guardsmen who would walk a young girl all the way home after curfew."

That seemed to work, "Very well, Miss Kane. I will not mention your break of curfew in my report." He hesitated, "Or your boyfriend."

I sent down a silent prayer to the Earth Goddess that Grandma Vera was always going on about, "Please, don't let us get caught."

A.N.

Lucky you, two chapters in one day! I did not intend for this flashback chapter to be so long, or to only be from Lily's perspective, but once I started writing I just couldn't stop. I'm on a bit of a roll today, so I might even get another chapter up tonight.

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~ C.I. xoxo