So last nights episode made me cry. I cannot believe they just killed him! anyway, here is another chapter to hopefully cheer you up!
Enjoy :)
Stella POV
The day after Wells body was found was different from the other days. People where scared. Scared of the grounders, and scared they were they next victim. Bellamy didn't let me do anything at all. He made me sit in the drop ship while he bossed everyone around to build that damned wall. I watched people come and go throughout the morning. Grabbing supplies, talking to friends, or the worst case. Making sure I was still in this drop ship.
Clark stormed in after Miller came to check up on me again. She marched over to Monty and demanded he take her wristband off. I stood up just as Finn walked in. Monty looked confused but did as she said.
"What about your mom?" I questioned just as he was about to take her wristband off. He stoped and waiting for her reaction. She looked up at me with anger in her eyes. "Well's didn't kill my dad, my mother did". She then glared at Monty long enough for him to finally take the wristband off.
He looked inside of it and smiled. "Yes! I did it. It's still operational". I stared at Clark and thought over her confession. Her mom turned in her dad. Maybe… maybe she did the same for mine. I looked at Clark again, her smiling at Monty's accomplishment. She stood and walked over towards Finn and I, gently rubbing her wrist. I stood in front of her and questioned her with my thoughts.
"I don't know Stella. Maybe she did. Once Monty finds a way to contact the Ark we will find out. I promise. All we know is that Bellamy…" She stoped to look at me. I nodded and looked away. Bellamy told me he did it. He confessed to me. How could I assume it was someone else when he told me he did it?
"I can patch the wristband through the drop ship mainframe. We'll be talking to the ark by nightfall". Monty told the group. Clark smiled at the both of us before walking off the drop ship. Finn and I gave each other looks before I followed after her. I know I shouldn't be because of Bellamy but I still had to tell him over and over again he didn't control me. I followed her out looking to see people working hard. Some people where making weapons, while others carried huge logs to use to build the wall. Others, like Charlotte where making tents for us to sleep in.
I was walking to the only tent I knew was finished; Bellamy's. I looked over to the new entrance to camp and saw Murphy and Bellamy talking. Bellamy saw me and gave me a questioning look before looking back at Murphy. I walked over to Charlotte and smiled, helping her tie the rope around the beams.
"So, how you going today Charlotte? Anymore nightmares?" I hushed to her. she smiled and shook her head at me. I smiled back and went to her side just as some boy fell to the ground.
"Hey!" Murphy yelled and walked over to him. I looked up at Bellamy who didn't seem to do anything, again. Ever since this morning I've been hearing people talk about how Murphy wasn't letting people take water breaks, bathroom breaks, or even a break from building the wall. He was acting like a dick and now I get to see it with my own two eyes.
"You think the grounders are just gonna sit around and wait for us to finish the wall?" Murphy asked him, watching the falling victim like a hawk. "Maybe we should let the little girl do the lifting for you, huh?" Murphy indicated to Charlotte.
"I just need some water, ok? Then I'll be fine" The exhausted guy told Murphy.
Finally Bellamy came over to help the guy out. He looked at me before talking to Murphy. "Murphy, get this guy some water". He looked over to Charlotte, smirking slightly before questioning her. "Hey, you got this?" He said indicating the log. She stopped suddenly, rushing around the beams to get the log. He smiled at her before reaching out to stop her. "I'm just kidding". She smiled back at him before she walked over to help me. I was concentrating right now.
Bellamy had been acting cruel this whole time, but now? Now he was acting like himself and I hated it. Made me think of all the times we had on the Ark. I rolled my eyes when he looked at me and continued to work, letting him know I wasn't impressed. I mean, maybe I was, but I was going to let him know that. Murphy came back just as Bellamy walked away and pulled down his zipper. Immediately I turned around not daring to look at what he was about to do.
I heard the noise just as the kid screamed at Murphy. "Uhh! What the hell is wrong with you, Murphy?" I turned around just as the kid stood up and pushed Murphy back. Some of his lackeys pushed the poor guy back. "You wanted a water break" He said plainly. "Get back to work!" He yelled at the rest of the people working. He looked over at me and winked. I just smiled and stuck my finger up. He glared before walking back to his original position.
Charlotte didn't look fazed by what happened. We both worked quietly until we were done. She was asked to go help another group while I walked away thinking how life on the ground was going to be harder than I expected.
I went to go find Bellamy after a while of just watching everyone work. I needed his permission to go outside for a bit. Even though I knew he would say no, at least I was asking before I escaped. I found him instructing people how to set up the wall. He muscles where showing as he had taken his jacket off. I rolled my eyes to myself and walked over to him. He must have sensed I had come over because he turned around. He gave the group a couple more notes before walking me over to his tent.
"No" He said after we made it inside. How could he have known I was going to ask that?
"No what? You don't even know what I was going to ask you" I told him, crossing my arms in front of my chest. He did the same and smirked. "No, you cant go outside" He said boldly, smiling at me. I glared at him before standing straighter. "Well, I guess I just leave you to be" I said smiling before running out of the tent. I heard him yell out after me and I just laughed. I finally turned around to look behind me just as I bumped into someone, causing both of us to fall to the ground. I immediately rushed an apology, trying to help pick up what they dropped.
I suddenly stoped moving when I saw what I tried to pick up. Octavia flew her hand to my mouth, stiffening my scream just as Bellamy came over. He looked down, quickly picking up Well's fingers and wrapping them in the cloth they came in. Octavia helped me stand and walked over to where Bellamy was walking. I followed them, still in shock of what happened and wanting to know how it happened.
Clark came in with Jasper on her tail. Bellamy let me stay, standing to close to comfort, arms crossed and changing his dynamic to cold, hard ruthless leader.
Clark picked up the knife Jasper put on the table with the other things, including Well's fingers. She inspected it before making her accusation. "This knife was made of metal from the drop ship". Jasper looked over to her. "What do you mean?" He asked, eyes wide. "Who else knows about this" Bellamy asked both Octavia and Jasper.
"No one. We brought it straight here… well, before Stella". "Yeah I know, ran into you" I cut her off. Bellamy looked at me before looking back at the table. "Clarke?" Jasper asked her, referring back to his last question.
"It means the grounders didn't kill Wells. It was one of us" she concluded, looking around the group. I took a big breathe in, thinking of anyone who could do such a thing to Wells. "So there's a murderer in the camp?" Jasper asked with a shaky voice. He had every right to be afraid. Someone in this camp murdered one of the best people here.
"There's more than one murderer in this camp. This isn't news. We need to keep it quiet". Bellamy said, placing his hands on his hips. I looked over to him, staring at the knife in Clarke's hands. Clarke didn't take his idea, instead walking around the table but stoped by Bellamy. "Get out of my way Bellamy".
"Be smart about this. Look at what we've achieved –- the wall, the patrols. Like it or not, thinking the grounders killed Well's is good for us" Bellamy said. He was making a good point, but Clark wasn't going to have it. "Oh, good for you, you mean. What—keep people afraid and they'll work for you? Is that it?".
"Yeah, that's it. But it's good for all of us. Fear of the grounders is building that wall. And besides what are you going to do—just walk out there and ask the killer to step forward? You don't even know whose knife that is".
"Oh, really? J.M. John Murphy. The people have a right to know". Clark said before walking straight out of the tent. We all followed after her, watching her make a sense around Murphy and herself. "You son of a bitch!" Clark yelled pushing Murphy back. "What's your problem?" He asked, laughing at her. she held up his knife and questioned him. "Recognise this?"
"It's my knife where'd you find it?" he reached for it but she pulled back. "Where you dropped it after you killed Wells" She told him, making everyone look now. I stood next to Bellamy, who didn't seem to know what to do. I didn't blame him. I didn't have a clue either. "Where I what? The grounders killed Wells, not me". Clark stepped forward, making Murphy take a step back. "I know what you did. And your gonna pay for it".
"Really" He said glancing over at Bellamy. "Bellamy, you really believe this crap?" He asked him. He just shifted his stance and looked at him. "You threatened to kill him. We all heard you. You hated Wells.".
"Plenty of people hated Wells. His father was the chancellor that looked us up". Clark wasn't having it. "Yeah, but you're the only one who got in a knife fight with him!" She yelled at him. He didn't seem at all threatened by her. He still seemed as calm as ever. "Yeah, I didn't kill him then, either".
"Tried to kill Jasper, too" Octavia spoke up. I looked at Jasper who seemed to be in shock with the news. Murphy looked around the group that formed around the two of them, speaking up as if they would listen to him.
"Come on. This is ridiculous. I don't have to answer to you. I don't have to answer to anyone". "Come, again?" Bellamy asked him. I smiled slightly knowing Murphy wasn't going to win this one. No one got away with anything without Bellamy knowing it. He was also king of camp, which didn't help Murphy's cause.
"Bellamy, look, I'm telling you, man I didn't do this." He walked over to him, almost pleading for any justice towards him. I looked at Murphy as Bellamy was telling him about the knife again. He seemed scared now. Maybe Murphy didn't do this. Maybe some one else did… but who?
I looked around the group for any signs of weakness, or even being scared. The only person I found was Charlotte. But… Charlotte would never kill someone right? She was only 13. I looked around trying to piece together any sense of how she could have done it but nothing seemed to show. My thoughts stoped when I heard someone say 'float'.
"That's not what I meant" Clark said back. The same guy Murphy peed on was the one talking. Of course out of all the people here, he would be the one saying this. "Why not? He deserves to float. Its justice". "Revenge isn't justice" Clark said back, trying to make them think of another fait for Murphy. My eyes where looked to him, he seemed to be afraid now, very afraid.
"It's justice. Float him!" everyone around us started chanting those two very breakable words. Murphy turned to Clark and charged at her, only to be tripped and fell to the ground. He was kicked and punched left and right. Clark was trying to help him, but she couldn't. I tried to reach Charlotte only to be pulled back by Bellamy. So was Octavia.
"I'm going to get Charlotte let me go!" I told him. He released Octavia but used his other hand to grab me. "I'm not letting you out of my sight" He told me before falling the group with Murphy tied up and carried him to the bottom of the hill. They threw him down, making him tumble towards the end of the hill. He landed in mud before they all came around him to pick him up again. People were setting up his hanging. I finally started to resist Bellamy, pulling from his grip, moving about; doing anything to let him let me go.
They got Murphy up, his head in the hole ready for his to suffocate. Bellamy finally let go, pushing me towards his lackeys, one of them Miller who held onto me. I pulled and kicked them doing anything to help. I screamed at Bellamy, who didn't seem fazed about what I was doing, but looking at Murphy instead.
Clark run up to him, pushing him and yelling at him. "You can stop this! They'll listen to you!". "Bellamy! You should do it!" The guy who wanted him floated told him. The crowd starting chanting for him, pressuring him to do it. Clark run to me and got me out of the boys grip. "Please! Stop him before he does something stupid!" She yelled at me, looking back at Murphy.
"Bell, please don't do this. Please stop this they'll listen to you!" I yelled at him, holding his jacket so he would look at me. He glanced down at me. "I saw you in the woods with Atom. I know you can't do this Bell. Please" I whispered to him. He shook his head getting out of my grip and kicking the stool from beneath Murphy.
"How could you!" Clark yelled at him, pushing me out of the way. "This is on you princess! You should of kept your mouth shut". He said, pushing her back. I watched Murphy struggle, how he was dying and I couldn't do anything. I sat in defeat and hang my head in my hands.
"What the hell are you doing!" Finn. Finn was back. Thank god he was. I looked up yelling something at Charlotte, before running up to Murphy, only to be stoped by pee boy. "Just stop, okay!" Charlotte yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Murphy didn't kill Wells!" Everyone seemed to go quiet, waiting for her response. But I already knew what it was.
"I did!".
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