Chapter 7

Clarke´s POV

Clarke was furious. She kept pacing back and forth for a while now, after she woke up two hours ago, only to find out Bellamy was gone. Since then she had searched for him everywhere. First in the yard, then also in every tent, earning herself some angry and exasperated complaints like

"What is it now? Can´t we have some privacy at all? Go looking for him elsewhere!"

and

"Why in hell would he be here? But then again, it´s Bellamy we are talking about"

Clarke knew what they meant by that. Ever since Bellamy´s tragical incident he wasn´t himself anymore. He was rather a speechless and motionless doll. Sometimes he would just growl and fight over something he didn´t like. So many of the people in the camp didn´t take him seriously anymore, hell they didn´t even see him as a proper person anymore. Well, Bellamy was easy to jugde if you didn´t know him as well as Clarke, Octavia and a few others did. For many of the teenagers he just used to be a leader, and now that he lost this function - he also lost their respect.

"Hey calm down and stop mocking him. Bellamy can still be our leader. He´ll get better. I´ll make sure he will"

She meant every word of what she´d just said. She wouldn´t give up on him. But where the hell was he right now? If he wasn´t anywhere here, he may actually have gone into the forest. She just couldn´t imagine how foolish such an action would be. Alone at night in the woods, and with a demaged leg - what the hell was he thinking? And how the hell did he manage to come this far at all?

But as people already said - this was Bellamy they were talking about. And this new Bellamy was unpredictable.

So Clarke decided to organize a search party. She would go looking for him in the woods. She was just praying he wasn´t already dead or trapped somewhere at least.

It was Octavia who wanted to go with Clarke. Monti and Jasper had also agreed to come with her. After all, Bellamy was their friend.

Finn, as overprotective as he was, also volunteered to join the search party and everyone knew it was not really because of Bellamy but because of Clarke. He would never let her go anywhere alone.

There was still someone missing.

"Finn, where´s Raven?"

Finn looked lost.

"I - I don´t know. Now that you´re asking, I haven´t seen her anywhere since morning"

Clarke frowned. That was new. Normally, the two of them were inseparable - even if Finn still claimed to be in love with Clarke herself she knew they were sometimes sleeping in the same tent ... or maybe not just side by side, but together ... (and she didn´t even feel jealous or offended anymore because Finn was passé for her). So she couldn´t understand how he could just lose her out of his sight so easily.

Noticing her frown Finn hesitantly explained:

"We had a fight yesterday evening, ok? She fleed from my tent"

Clarke lifted an eyebrow.

"So? I still think we need her here. Hey Miller, you seen Raven anywhere?"

Miller, who was passing by, shook his head.

"I haven´t seen her since this morning. I actually thought she´s already with you, guys. The camp is not that big after all"

Now Clarke began to panic. First Bellamy, now Raven? Where did they vanish? Maybe -

"Oh hell. Could they have sneaked out together or something? But why would Raven help Bellamy with something like that?", she wondered aloud.

She was sure just about one thing at the moment: they had to head into the woods right now.

Raven´s POV

The pain in her chest was the first thing she became aware of. It felt like she was hit by a truck. Maybe she was? She didn´t even know what had happened. Did she?

With gritted teeth Raven tried to open her eyes. Her eyelids felt heavy. Well, maybe she just had a hangover after a funny night with Monty´s moonshine? It had actually happened once or twice now.

But there was this coldness around her. It made her freeze to no end. And it had sobered her a little too.

With a groan, caused by an incredible headache, she finally managed to open her eyes to small slits. At first, there were only large spots of gray and white and blue swimming in front of her eyesight before things started to take some clear shapes.

She gasped. Was it a cage right in front of her nose?

Wait, something wasn´t right. She shook one of her arms experimentally. Instantly she could hear it, and feel it ... Oh damn!

Slowly, Raven lowered her eyes to her body. Her arms were chained. There was a plaster above the vain of her left arm. Ouch. And to make everything even worse, she didn´t have a lot of clothing on anymore.

Where the hell was she?

She scanned over her surroundings.

Yes, she was in a cage and there were lots of other cages there. They were empty though.

So what was it now? Who would be so sick to come up with the crazy idea to lock up a human like her in a cage ... like a fucking animal? Who would do anything like that? And why?

Suddenly Raven heard a loud groan. She must have overseen something. She definitely wasn´t alone here.

"Hello? Bellamy?". She still couldn´t see from where the groan had come. But the last time she remembered - she was with Bellamy, so he had to be somewhere nearby.

And sure enough -

"I´m - I´m h-here"

Bellamy´s reply was slurred and came somewhere from the right. She still couldn´t see anything but by the sound of metal chains she knew by now he was also stuck in the same situation as her.

"Just wait. I´m gonna find a way out of here", she hissed as panic and irritation slowly transformed into anger.

But at that very moment she heard as a door was opened and in the next seconds she was looking at a darkhaired woman in a white coat - a doctor´s coat. She was followed by some men in uniform with their guns already pointed on Raven. The doctor looked hightly satisfied as she walked toward Raven´s cage.

"Hello Raven. How are you doing?"

Raven huffed derisively. That was not the right time or place for such a greeting. And how the hell did she know her name? Anyways, that woman didn´t even looked like she were interested in Raven´s wellbeing.

Instead, she continued.

"You´ll have to excuse me for those circumstances we had to put you in. I just believe this is the only way you are going to cooperate with us"

Raven frowned. What the hell did this crazy bitch want from her?

"Well, you see we had been watching you - all of you - since you landed on our earth, and it´s really amazing that you are able to live outside there ... with a great amount of radiation. Our people are being forced to stay in the same building for several generations now - we are not allowed to go outside at all, it would kill us instantly. But now ... I think you could help us, Raven. I´ve analyzed a sample of your blood and what I found out is amazing. I believe you are the key", she said with a mysterious smile.

Raven just sat there with her mouth hanging open while she was trying to process what the crazy doctor had just told her. Thousends of questions filled her mind and she didn´t even know where to start.

But the other woman seemed to be done with her for now. She turned away from Raven and walked to the other side of the room.

So there was Bellamy. Raven pulled agressively at her chains.

"Don´t you fucking touch him!", she called angrily.

The doctor turned around to face her.

"Oh? Why shouldn´t I? You are my prisoner and prisoners are not supposed to tell me what to do. Besides, our friend here" - it looked like she just patted Bellamy on the head - "is big, and strong, so I think he´s going to last much longer than you will. Just think of how many blood we could pump out of him. His blood could help a lot of our patients". She seemed to burst with pleasure.

Now Raven trully began to panic.

"No! You can´t do that to him! He-He´s weak! He´d nearly died just a few days ago and is partly paralyzed! Do you even see? You can´t do that!"

That caused the doctor to stop dead in her tracks. She raised a neat eyebrow sceptically before turning to Bellamy.

"Is that true?", she asked him.

There was a pause. Then Raven could hear a faint "Y-yes".

"Well, if it´s so, I guess some plans need to be changed", she said rubbing her hands and looking highly satisfied once again. "Unlock the door and keep a gun at him", she ordered to a man standing at her left.

"Wait! Wait, what are you gonna do with him?!", Raven practically shriecked.

"That is none of your business anymore, Raven", the doctor simply told her.

Soon Bellamy was led out of the room. Raven didn´t know what to do. They were as good as dead.