They left at dawn, heading north, to were Clarke and Madi had left the rover. Raven had gotten exact coordinates to were the opening of the bunker was before Praimfaya. They were just hoping that it was still there. They were probably stuck down there, who knew what they have had to have done to survive there for 6 years, Clarke thought. She was so happy to get to finally meet her mom again. And Kane, and Octavia and everybody else that got stuck down there.
Bellamy was walking a few meters in front of her. They weren't speaking to each other. No more than they had to. Clarke watched him move with ease over the rocky landscape, not tripping a single time when walking over the hills and valleys. She had always admired that about him. How he belonged on earth. Even though he had been gone for several years and was raised in space, it looked as though he had lived here all his life. This really was his home.
Bellamy knew Clarke was watching him. But he had nothing to say to her, nothing that would cause them any joy. So he made sure he was always walking in front and never next to her. He thought that it would be better for the group if they spent as little time in each other's company as possible. His mind shifted to other thoughts when Madi walked up next to him. For a while she didn't say anything, just walked beside him, observed what he was doing. She was very interested in him, he was after all, a myth to her. A memory for the person that meant the most to her, Clarke. She felt protective and wasn't just going to trust complete strangers when there was a big threat against them.
'Why didn't you ever answer her?' she asked him after making sure Clarke couldn't hear her.
He suddenly got a lump in his belly. 'What do you mean'?
'She radioed you everyday but you never answered. Why?'
'We never got any messages on the ark. What do you mean she radioed me?
'Everyday she'd take out that radio and she would send you an update of what happened here, which wasn't much. But no matter what she would always send you a message, even though you'd never respond.'
This didn't lower Bellamys feeling of guilt, he felt sick.
'I guess you've heard the story of how I left her here..'
'No, I haven't. Of course I know that that was what happened but she never expressed it like that. She was never angry at you. So you shouldn't think that she hates you because she never has.'
Bellamy gave her a small smirk out of pure amusement.
'How old are you again?'
She gave him a genuine smile before walking away from him.
After a short walk they reached the rover. Bellamy needed to process this. Maybe he was to hard on her. He strategically placed himself in the back of it, as far away from Clarke as possible. Raven of course noticed this and gave him an irritated look. They had a mission and she couldn't let a quarrel ruin it. Bellamy of course wanted to focus on the mission to. Knowing he could be only hours away from his sister made him sick of anticipation. But of course it was hard to focus when she glanced back at him from the drivers seat every 5 minutes.
After a couple of hours drive they got to location Raven had led them to. They could instantly see what had led the people in the bunker to not come out. The entire place had been demolished by Praimfaya and the rocks that covered the opening to the bunker had to lay several meters deep. The bunker was buried in rocks, trees and greenery. No equipment they had down there could have helped them get up, they had only taken what they thought was the absolute necessary, trying to create more living space for more people.
Luckily the group had Raven with them. She could build anything and within hours of their arrival she had devised a plan to get their people out of the bunker. The group split up on different assignments. Monty, Harper and Murphy took the rover back to the rocket to retrieve some of the tech that they had to leave behind. Bellamy, Emori and Echo left to scout the area and hunt for food for them to eat. Clarke and Raven stayed to work on the solution. Ravens plan was to build a bomb that would create a controlled blast that hopefully wouldn't make the bunker collapse but would make a gap big enough to get them out.
Clarke took a walk around the area to search for a potential opening to the bunker. She quickly realized that the search was pointless and that the bunker was buried many meters below ground. She heard a twig break and looked up. Bellamy was walking towards her. He didn't stop until he was standing next to her. She kept her gaze on the trees, trying to pretend she wasn't noticing his eyes staring at her.
'Clarke, I'm so sorry..' He started. 'I wasn't fair to you and blamed you for things that aren't you fault. And I...'
'No, don't' Her voice was extreamly calm. 'It's fine, I'm nod mad at you. But the world is changing. We have a job to do, our people need us. They are about to face a new world up here. So we can't... Just don't.'
Without another word she turned her back against him and walked away. Whatever her feelings she had to put her people first.
When Raven finally had all the pieces it took her only an hour to build the bomb. She calculated were it would do most effect and placed it there. They all prayed that it was the right coordinates and then Raven pulled the switch. The birds flew away when the massive blast and the loud sound echoed in the forrest. They moved closer to the blast site and there it was. In the middle of all the rubble there was an opening that looked like a corridor. With smiles on the faces they started to move down towards it, excited to see their loved ones again.
