Raven was not surprised later when the doors to the com-room hissed open and Roan walked in. She was surprised at the time he'd arrived. Usually when Octavia and Indra went on duty, he came in to sit with her. He took his usual seat without saying a word, but he did have a smug look on his face. Deciding to ignore him for now, she turned her eyes toward the monitors. She felt, rather than seen him looking at her "what?" she asked turning her chair to face him. He looked at her "it's your turn to talk tonight" he declared. Raven arched her eyebrows. "Ok, let's talk" she agreed "have you seen what's happening outside. It's actually kind of pretty" she nodded at the monitors. Roan watched the night sky on the monitor; it was kind of pretty with streaks of red popping up every now and then. "It would actually be pretty if that wasn't fireballs destroying the atmosphere" he agreed "I assume they're not close enough for us to be alarmed" he asked. Raven nodded "maybe in a few hours, we'll need to do something, but for now, we're okay" she confirmed. Roan continued to look at her. "No" she answered his questioning gaze. "No, what?" he asked her "you don't even know what I want." She scoffed "You want to know more about me since I got you to tell your story" she challenged him "how close am I?" Roan grinned; Raven was definitely a force to be reckoned with. He doubted that many people pushed her around. "I'll make it worth your while" he said pulling a pouch of chocolate pudding out of his pocket. Raven glared at him; "Bellamy said he took the last one from Jasper" she looked at him suspiciously. Roan shrugged "maybe, but do you know who else likes Chocolate pudding?" he asked. "Gee, let me guess Octavia, and she probably has more where that came from" Raven sighed. Roan grinned victoriously "so, what do you say? I'll give you this in exchange for a story." Raven narrowed her eyes at him, then leaned forward and snatched the pouch out of his hands. "That's dirty pool" she declared opening the pouch. "And yet… "Roan stalled. "Fine" she rolled her eyes "what do you want to know?" she asked. "Tell me about Raven" he answered siting back in his chair.

Raven scoffed "it's really quite boring" she told him. "I was the unexpected burden of mother who used her child to support her drinking habit" Raven paused "I interrupted her lifestyle of drinking and having fun." Roan heard the anger in her voice. He also heard the sadness. "What happened to her?" he asked since it was clear she didn't come down from the sky with the rest of Skaikru. Raven shrugged, I was probably about nine or ten. She told me she had an errand to run and would be back in an hour or so. I really didn't expect her back for the night, she was usually gone all night" Raven explained. Roan's blood boiled "who would do that to a child?" he asked. Raven shrugged "a woman with no skills or formal education and a child to raise" she answered. "I didn't go without, I had everything I needed" she said. "Everything but someone to take care of you" Roan grumbled. "That area I had covered" Raven told him "I was pretty self-sufficient, plus I had Finn. He would bring food over to me and hang out, and he never forgot my birthday." Roan was beginning to understand why Finn was such an important part of Raven's past. "And your mother?" he asked. "One morning she didn't come home" Raven answered. "By that time, I was 16, almost an adult. The council let me live in our quarters, in return I had to go to school and help out where I could." Roan felt bad for her, even in his world where the rules seemed harsh children were loved and cared for. "It wasn't all bad" Raven said seeing the expression on his face. "I used the time to study and learn. I became the youngest zero G mechanic on the ark!" she exclaimed proudly. "I passed all the written exams, but a little heart murmur stopped the council from letting me do a spacewalk" she looked thoughtful, almost sad. "But Finn, he broke the rules helped me do one anyway; it was exhilarating" she said her face lighting up "to bounce around in space, like an apple in barrel of water." Roan watched her expression grow solemn again. "Unfortunately, something went wrong and the alarms started going off. Finn was still underage at the point, so he told me to go home. He took the blame. They threw in in lock-up then eventually dropped him to earth. The rest you know..." she said. "The worst part was the next day, when Sinclair pulled some strings, overrode the test results and let me do a spacewalk. If I could have just waited a few hours…" she sighed. "Hey" Roan moved his chair closer and took her hand into his "what happened to Finn wasn't your fault" he told her. "Finn made a choice, albeit a bad one, but his choices his consequences, not yours." Roan knew exactly how she felt. He struggled for years after Tiga's death that his choice to spend time away from his brother was the catalyst in the events the unfolded. Raven looked at him, "maybe" she agreed "but I could have just accepted the council's decision. I was just SO mad" she exclaimed. Roan chuckled "and we all know when Raven gets mad everyone else better get out of the way" he said. That much he had witnessed for himself.

"So am I forgiven?" Bellamy asked Clarke as they lay in bed. "I suppose" she sighed. He'd always known she didn't like to be called princess, but he didn't know why. "Why is that such an offensive name?" he asked propping himself up on his elbow. Clarke sighed "I'm not a princess Bellamy. I know everybody thinks that because my parents were on the council my life was just peachy, but it wasn't" she said. Bellamy knew that now, but he didn't learn that until he got to know Clarke. "I'm sorry" he said, "It was a snap judgement. I know now that I was wrong, that we all were." Clarke looked at him "My dad used to call me his little princess" she said "I miss him." Bellamy pulled her close "He was so proud of you" he whispered. "You met my dad?" she asked sitting up slightly. Bellamy nodded "once, for guard training. His desk was covered in your artwork. There were pictures of you everywhere. He called you his little princess." Bellamy turned her to look at him "He loved you. One of the trainees said something about the hot girl in his picture" Bellamy chuckled "the look he gave that guy..." Clarke grinned "and was that guy you?" she asked. "No, the only girl I wanted to deal with was O" he denied "that was enough at that time." Clarke laughed "So Octavia was always a handful?" she asked. "Oh yeah" Bellamy nodded "In a way it was nice when her being a person became known. It was almost easier. I mean she was in lock-up, but I didn't have to sneak around anymore" he said. Clarke knew exactly what he meant. Losing her dad was the hardest thing she'd ever gone through, but once the secret was out, the pressure was off.
"If it bothers you, I'll stop calling you princess" he spoke quietly. Clarke smiled "it's okay" she replied "just be nice about it." He grinned "I can do that." He said planting a light kiss on her lips.

A loud boom sounded, Clarke felt the earth move "Bell" she jumped "what?" Jumping over her and out of the bed, he took her hand and helped her out "I don't know, but it can't be good" he said. They hurriedly put their clothes on and walked out into the hall. People in all states of dress stood in the hall. Some were crying, others were scared silent "Quiet!" Bellamy yelled. The hall got quiet. "Everybody calm down" he said "we have practiced this. Walk, do not run to the nearest airlock and hunker down. Stay there until someone comes to get you." Slowly, people started walking in the direction of the nearest airlock. Monty came up, followed by Harper "what can we do?" he asked. "Get everyone to an airlock, recruit whoever you need to do that" Bellamy ordered "then get yourselves to safety. Someone will come get you when it's clear." Monty nodded "and you two?" he asked. "Were going to the com-room, then we'll do a full sweep of the ship" Bellamy told him. Monty nodded "Then get yourselves to safety" he instructed. "We will" Clarke assured him, "now go." Clarke and Bellamy ran to the com-room. Roan, Octavia, Indra and Raven were already there. "What happened?" Bellamy asked. "The nuclear reactors" Raven motioned toward the screens. "Okay, you two" Bellamy looked at Roan and Raven get out of here, find and airlock, stay there, we'll come get you when it's over. "Roan nodded, but Raven stood toe to toe with Bellamy "no," she declared "I'm staying here." Bellamy shot her a furious look, "No Raven, you are not" he spoke slowly, pointedly "you are going to an airlock, and you are damn well going to stay there until one of us comes to get you" he commanded. Raven stubbornly raised her chin "Roan" Bellamy looked at him pointedly. Roan nodded in agreement. Bellamy turned to Octavia and Indra "Clarke and I will go south, you go north do full sweeps, every corner, every room, then get yourselves into an airlock. Clarke or I will come get you when it's safe" he instructed. They nodded and hurried out of the room. "Go, now both of you" he looked back at Raven and Roan. Raven began to protest, but her words were cut off when Roan swept her off her feet and carried her out of the room. "she's gonna be mad at you" Clarke warned. Bellamy nodded "and she'll have her whole life to get over it" he replied. Taking her hand they walked out of the room.

As they did, Octavia came running up to Bellamy. Dropping Clarke's hand, he opened his arms. Octavia ran into them. "I'm sorry Bell" she cried tears running down her face "Please don't die today" she begged. Bellamy wrapped his arms around her "O" he said "nobody's dying today, least of all me" he whispered into her hair. "I love you Bell" she sobbed. "I love you too O" he said "we can talk later, I promise" he smiled at her. Octavia nodded, then she hugged Clarke "you don't die either" she commanded. Clarke nodded "I'm not planning on it" she said "I'll be around for a long time to drive you crazy." Taking a deep breath, Octavia nodded "You two remember to take cover too" she commanded them "I don't know what I would do without you." Then she disappeared around the corner. "See, I told you she would come back to you" Clarke said softly. "It took a damn nuclear reactor…" he grumbled, "Well she is a Blake, and a woman so..." Clarke laughed. "Come on lets go" he said taking her hand.

"Dammit, put me down" Raven demanded once inside the airlock. Roan pushed the button on the door, sealing the room. He took a look around; there were thirty or so people in the airlock. Most of them scared teenagers, earthborn and skaikru alike. They clung to each other with fright in their eyes. Sighing, he lowered Raven to the floor in front of him still holding her arms. She growled angrily at him "you had no right!" she spat out trying to free her hands. Fearing she would lose control he kept a firm grip on them. "Raven" he spoke loudly. She stopped moving, but refused to look at him. "Who am I?" he asked. She didn't answer, still refusing to look at him. Taking a finger he lifted her chin to see her face "who am I?" he repeated. "The king" she mumbled softly "and if I'm the king, then you are…" he prompted "the queen" she answered, sniffling. "Kings and queens have knights who fight battles for them" he said looking directly into her eyes "your knights, my knights, they're out there fighting our battle, let them" he whispered. Raven sniffed "what if they die?" she asked. "Nobody's dying today" he replied "but if they do" she asked. "Dying in service to their queen is the highest honor" he told her, "but nobody is dying today." Sighing, Raven nodded "you can let go now" she said "I'm not going to try to leave." Nodding, Roan released his grip on her. Raven leaned back against the wall, sliding down to a sitting position. Roan sat next to her, she was stiff and silent, and still fuming, but when he reached for her hand, she didn't push it away.

It took almost an hour, but Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia and Indra scoured every inch of the ark. It appeared everyone had gotten into an airlock. "Let's go" he said, running toward the chancellor's suite. Abby had an airlock installed there, complete with anti-radiation suits and breathing machines before she left. The four of them would take cover there. As they rounded the corner to the suite Octavia came running out "oh thank God" she cried enveloping him in a hug "where's Clarke?" Panicked, Bellamy turned to look behind him "She was just right there" he said. Another loud boom shook the ground "Bell, we have to get inside" Octavia took his hand. "Clarke" he whispered "probably found somebody hiding, she'll take cover. She will Bellamy, but we have to go now." Nodding, Bellamy allowed Octavia to lead him into the airlock. Once inside, Octavia pushed the button sealing the room. She hoped like hell Clarke had gotten somewhere safe.