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I haven't much to say just that this chapter is a bit darker than the others but I hope you'll enjoy.
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WARNING: VIOLENT CONTENT (not very much though)
Bellamy
He hadn't spoken with Clarke for hours. He tried once but she'd told him that it was safer if they didn't, so the last time Bellamy heard her voice was an hour ago. Lexa had asked for the walkie-talkie and had said exactly three words: Clarke, one hour!
That was all Lexa said and Clarke only replied with an Okay. That was it. Bellamy had no idea what that meant but he hadn't heard Clarke's voice since then and it killed him. He really wanted to know what that meant.
Bellamy was startled when he heard Lexa a few feet away, calling for him. He walked over to her.
"Yes?"
"I need to talk to Clarke."
After her last talk with Clarke, Lexa had given him the device back. Bellamy had nodded in thanks. Lexa seemed to know that he felt better with the device in his hand. Without hesitation, Bellamy gave her the walkie-talkie again.
She took it and pressed the button.
"Clarke?" her voice wasn't more than a whisper and Bellamy wondered if Clarke could even understand her, but then he heard her reply even quieter than the Commander's.
"Yes?"
"We're here. How about you."
Here? What did that mean? Bellamy was confused. They stood in front of a hidden entrance but no one made a fuss in opening the door.
"I'm in!"
Bellamy frowned. He really didn't like the thought of Clarke being trapped in that Mountain again but he didn't say anything, just listened to their hushed conversation.
"Good. What about the cages?" Lexa asked.
Clarke and Lexa had decided that they didn't only need an army from the outside because an army from the inside would be even more effective, so now it was Clarke's task to free the grounders that the Mountain Men had imprisoned. Bellamy didn't like the thought of Clarke being near these cages, again!
"We're working on that."
"Wait, we?" Bellamy finally spoke.
"Me and the others." was all she answered.
Before Bellamy could ask who those others were, he heard the familiar voice of none other than Jasper Jordan hissing her name. Bellamy smiled, he had never before been so happy to hear this idiot's voice.
Clarke seemed to let go of the button because they couldn't hear what was going on.
Bellamy tried not to look concerned but failed miserably.
"Lexa!" Clarke's voice returned. "Now."
Suddenly Lexa began to speak to the imprisoned grounders, telling them about their alliance with the Sky People and that Clarke spoke for her and that they needed to listen to what she said, that they were here to rescue them.
After that she let go of the button and they heard the rustling noise from cages that were opened. Bellamy could hear the sound of other familiar voices like Monty and Miller. He'd probably never admit it to anyone, but he missed his friend.
"Lexa? You can now come in. Harper and Maya are waiting for you."
And with that Lexa handed him the walkie-talkie back, turned around and gave the others a signal to follow her. She opened the door and they were now standing in what looked like a parking lot because of the cars. He hadn't noticed it before but now Bellamy remembered, this was the place where he and O had found Lincoln. They wandered deep into the darkness until they finally reached a heavy metal door. Lexa nodded her head once to Indra, who then stepped forward and knocked twice on the door. Someone on the other side opened it without hesitation and they stepped through.
Clarke
After they freed the grounders, Clarke had explained to them what came next. The grounders were angry enough to do exactly as ordered, and Clarke, Jasper, Monty, Miller and the rest of the 47 made their way to the exit where Maya and Harper were waiting with Lexa. And Bellamy.
Clarke had desperately tried not to think about him but now that she knew he was in this building, her thoughts kept wandering towards him. She knew that all she had to do was press the button but she couldn't risk getting distracted by his voice.
They came around a corner when she heard it. The crying and laughing of children. Clarke froze in her tracks, and then she let go a wave of swear words. Bellamy would probably be proud of her when he'd heard that. She exchanged looks with Jasper and he turned around to inform the others that they were going to take the children somewhere safe.
Clarke heard how Monty whispered to Jasper that he needed to know how Harper was doing. The image of the poor girl popped up in her head and the anger in Clarke rose. She still couldn't believe what they had done to her. She suddenly spun around and handed Monty the walkie-talkie.
"Here, use it to contact Bellamy and ask about the two girls. Then tell him about the children." She turned around but Jasper grabbed her arm.
"Where do you think you are going?"
"There's something I need to do. Do you trust me?" she asked. Jasper nodded and let go of her arm.
"Then get the kids out of here. I'll be back soon."
She turned around and ran in the direction where she knew she'd find what, or better who, she was looking for.
Clarke could hear the voices of two men and a woman behind the door. She smiled. They were together, making it all the easier for her. She carefully looked through the window in the door.
There were three people in the room.
President Wallace looked angry at his son and Dr. Tsing.
"Father, we don't have time for that. The grounders are free and everywhere in this building, killing our people. It's only a matter of time until they come for us." she heard Cage say.
"We need to go." The Dr. said.
At this, Clarke burst through the door. She pointed her gun at Cage's chest.
"You're not going anywhere." she said with a cruel smile.
Bellamy
"What does that mean, she took off?" Bellamy shouted into the device in his hand.
He couldn't believe what Jasper had just told him. And he couldn't believe that those idiots had let Clarke go. They knew how she was, always getting herself in danger.
Bellamy didn't care about the others right now. Jasper told him where she took off and Bellamy was already on his way. He'd promised to have her back and he always kept his promises.
Bellamy ran through the building, hoping to find her.
After a while he reached an open door. On the floor lay a dark haired woman with a white med coat. When he saw her face, Bellamy had to look away. He was shocked what radiation had done to her. Bellamy's eyes wandered over the woman's body and rested on a name tag. Dr. Tsing.
After all, she had deserved it. Bellamy turned around. Clarke wasn't here.
He ran in the other direction.
Bellamy arrived in a white corridor. He could hear voices and he was quite sure that one of them belonged to Clarke.
He hurried.
He found her in one of the rooms. He knew it was the room that they had kept her because she'd described for him the picture on the wall.
Clarke stood in front of two men who were tied to two white chairs. She was pressing a broken piece of glass in the younger man's palm. When he stormed the room, she looked up in surprise.
"What are you doing here?" her voice was cold.
"I could ask you the same." he took a step towards her but she held up one hand and he stopped.
"Don't" she said, "Don't try to stop me. They deserve it."
Bellamy's gaze wandered to the unconscious man in front of her. He was bleeding from several injuries. He wasn't dead yet but he couldn't let Clarke have more blood on her hands. She would regret that later.
"Clarke, stop it." He made another move towards her. "It's enough."
She sighed and said "you're right", not looking at him.
She turned and pulled her gun out. She aimed it at the man in front of her.
"Clarke!"
She didn't look at him and lowered the gun to the man's lap. Then she pulled the trigger. Bellamy had to look away. He couldn't believe what she'd done. She turned to the older man with a grim expression.
"He isn't dead yet." she said. Her voice was so cold, Bellamy didn't recognized it.
He was frozen in place after what he'd just witnessed.
"He will bleed to death soon and I'll hope he'll gain consciousness again so he can feel the pain. You know that your son deserved this. You should be glad President Wallace, I like you. You aren't like your son so you won't have to suffer. I bet seeing your son suffer like this is torture enough."
Bellamy watched her with open mouth as she again pulled the trigger of her gun. This time aiming the man's heart.
Bellamy didn't know what to say when she turned around.
"I'm finished here."
Without looking at him she walked out of the door. Bellamy shook his head, following her. He had no idea what happened with her and it frightened him.
Bellamy had followed Clarke to the others. They informed them that they left the innocent with their children in the building and that they won't hurt them. Clarke just nodded and without another word, made her way out of the building; Bellamy still her shadow.
Clarke still hadn't said a word to him and neither had he.
Suddenly she started running. Bellamy didn't saw this coming and wasn't prepared. He took off after her but lost her.
"Clarke!" he shouted but he didn't get an answer.
Clarke
She could hear Bellamy shouting her name but she didn't care. After what she'd just done Clarke doubted that he'd really care about what happened with her. She just kept running, deeper into the woods until the voices got quieter and she couldn't hear them anymore.
Clarke ran for what felt like hours. Tears burned in her eyes and she finally collapsed on the ground, her whole body was shaking from unshed tears. She was exhausted and terrified. Clarke couldn't believe what she'd just done. She knew it was wrong but she'd done it anyway. And Bellamy had witnessed it. It almost killed her that Bellamy now knew what a terrible person she truly was. That was the reason she'd run. They were better without her.
After some time, Clarke stood again. She found some of the grounder's tree holes and climbed into it. She curled into a ball on the ground and finally closed her eyes, falling asleep.
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