**I don't own The 100, even if I have intense emotions about the season premiere**
At this time, the other group was still in the process of being amazed by the grassy wonderland they had found themselves stranded on. All except Bellamy of course who was still making quick glances at the map as he scouted the path.
Raven spoke up, finally breaking the silence that had made its way into the air over the last two hours. "So I'm kind of wondering, why now? Why after 97 years would they decide to send us down to Earth?"
Monty piped in "Yeah, I wonder what changed"
Lincoln snorted at the thought "Who cares?" then looked back at their confused faces "This morning, I was waiting to die, but now I breathing Earth air with actual people. I could care less about why we're here".
Raven sighed then said "Well there has to be a reason"
Without looking up from the map, Bellamy proclaimed "The Ark is dying. At the current population level, there is maybe about 3 months left for life support" he looked back at them and continued "Maybe four now that we're gone" he explained with a shrug then turned his attention back to the map.
Raven ran up beside him "So that was the secret they locked you up for?" then something came to her "They floated your old man for that!" she exclaimed at the boy who was seemly casual about the death of a loved one.
Bellamy tensed at the mention of his father, but quickly shook the feeling away. "My father was the engineer who discovered the flaw. He thought the people should know, but the council didn't agree. My own mother didn't agree with him. They were afraid it would make people scared. I was going to help him before Wells turned us in. He was floated and I was sent to solitary. So that's why today. Even if we all die, it would just buy them more time" he said the last line with understanding rather than the bitterness of someone who had been sent to die.
"They're going to kill more people" Raven whispered as she closed her eyes tightly.
Lincoln cleared his throat and said "Good, after all of this and what they put my family through, they can go float themselves". As harsh as his words were, they still sounded soft and he knew that he didn't mean them.
Raven knew too as placed a hand on his arm "I know you don't mean that". Then she looked over at Bellamy who had stopped just short of a river as it flowed in front of them. "We have to warn them".
Bellamy sighed "All I'm worried about right now is finding food. There shouldn't be a, wait! What the hell are you doing?" he barked at Lincoln who had taken off his shirt and had begun to take off his pants.
Lincoln ignored Bellamy and jumped into the water. It was colder than the boy had expected, but it felt better than any water on The Ark. It was freeing.
Monty yelled to the boy "You can swim?"
Lincoln smiled "No, but I can stand" he said and laughed. "Why don't you join me?" he said not realizing how seductive he sounded to the teenage boy.
Monty looked at Jasper with a smile "I think I might love Earth" he said as he ripped his shirt off along with his googles.
Bellamy looked down at the map, trying to ignore the teens long enough to piece his thoughts together. "There isn't supposed to be a river here"
Raven smirked at the freckle faced boy "Well there is, so take off your damn clothes!" she said with a smile.
Before Monty could jump in, something caught his eye. Something was moving and it was moving quickly towards Lincoln.
The unsuspecting victim was so full of bliss, he didn't realize what was coming at him until Monty shouted at him.
"Lincoln! Get out the water!" Monty shouted causing the others to widen their eyes at him.
Bellamy was the second the see the creature darting towards Lincoln. "Get the hell out of the water! NOW!" he shouted.
Lincoln gave them a confused glance before he was dragged underneath the water.
The creature was snakelike as it dragged Lincoln's body to the end of the river.
Monty turned frantically towards the group "WE HAVE TO HELP HIM!" he shouted at them.
Bellamy threw down the map and looked around. He caught sight of a large rock and quickly ran over to it. "We need to distract it! Come help me!" he called out frantically.
The group rushed over and helped pushed the rock into the water, distracting the creature just like they planned.
"It worked! It let him go!" Raven exclaimed.
Bellamy focused his eyes on Lincoln "Hurry to shore before it circles back!" he shouted.
Monty watched the boy gasp as the water turned red around him. Without another thought, Monty leaped into the water. He then dragged Lincoln to the shore, cradling the boys head in his lap as he gasped for air.
Lincoln looked up at Monty and patted his arm "Thanks" he said then sat up, coughing up the remains of water still lodged in his lungs.
The other members of their group ran over to them. Bellamy inspected Lincoln and noticed a wound on his leg. Bending down, he torn a piece of his shirt away and wrapped it around it. Then he looked at Lincoln and said "You should be fine. It's just a flesh wound so it won't leave any scars" then he looked over to Monty, inspecting him just as he did Lincoln. "You good?"
Monty nodded then stood up and glanced at the water. "So what do we do now?"
Raven looked around and spotted a vine. Sprinting over to it, she tugged, making sure it wouldn't break easily. She hollered to the rest of them "You think this will work?"
Bellamy somehow managed to smile at the girl, but then carefully erased it. Not before Monty and Jasper noticed it and they in turn smiled at one another.
It was quiet Jasper though that leaned over to Bellamy and whispered "I saw that" as Monty yelled to Raven that he wanted to go first.
Monty was having an internal battle with himself. On the one hand, he wanted to be the first one across the river, but on the other, he didn't want to die. Clear dilemma.
"You wanted to go first, so quit stalling!" Bellamy bellowed to the Asian boy.
Raven leaned into Monty and smiled at him with a hidden challenge "Mount weather awaits"
"We have to go now Monty!" Bellamy huffed in frustration.
"Alright! I'm going!" Monty said as he grabbed the vine.
Lincoln shouted to him with encouragement "I knew there was a badass in there somewhere!"
Monty closed his eyes tightly and exhaled loudly. He felt Raven has she placed her hand on his arm.
"It's okay to be scared Monty. The trick is to fight it." she whispered to him.
He opened his eyes and looked ahead, silencing the sounds around him. Suddenly, all the fear he had felt seemed so small to him. He smiled to himself then shouted "See you guys in the other side! Mount Weather awaits!" he shouted as he swung across the river.
His jet black hair flew behind him as he flew across, landing on his feet much to his enjoyment. He smiled and turned back to the group. Throwing both fists in the air, he exclaimed along with the rest of them "Hell yeah!" Then they all laughed together, enjoying the moment of ecstasy.
Raven chuckled then offered the vine to Bellamy "Your turn Prince"
Monty shouted from across the river "Come on Bellamy! You got…"
He was interrupted by a spear to the chest. He couldn't see or hear the group screaming for him. All could feel was the pain in his chest as he faded into darkness.
The others ran, Raven dragging Bellamy away from the scene while Lincoln did the same with Jasper.
"We have to go back! I can save him!" Bellamy shouted at Raven.
Raven stopped and smacked him out of his panicked state.
He could only stare at her as he whispered "We're not alone.
The four sit in a daze, all unable to process what had just happened. A scream knocks them out of their trance. The scream of their forgotten friend.
Before anyone can stop him, Jasper raced back to the riverbed. He didn't find Monty though. All he can see across the water is a rock soaked in the blood of his friend.
The rest of the group is soon behind him, all seeing what Jasper has seen.
Bellamy breaks the silence "We need to get back up. We have to go back to camp" he says finally and begins to run in the direction they had previously walked.
With one last glance, Jasper turns away. A single tear comes down his cheek as he tries to catch up to the rest of them.
"I will find you Monty" he mutters to himself, reciting this mantra over to himself until they make it back to the camp.