A/N Okay I have no idea where this puppy thing came from but I'm rolling with it. Also trying to show them really trying to 'do better' instead of just killing anything in their way.

Besides who doesn't like puppies?!

Enjoy.

Bellamy tries not to look when Clarke raises the edge of her shirt to stuff his handgun into her waistband before stooping to grab the back legs of the slightly larger of the two dead animals.

Her hands suddenly still just above the dog's skin and she tilts her head sideways before grabbing one of the dog's legs and holding it up to look at it's underbelly.

"Bel…" She starts, directing his attention to the obviously distended stomach of the female dog in their hands.

"Shit." He mutters as he realizes that they killed a pregnant female.

Clarke has moved around to press her hand against the dog's stomach and then she flinches back after a second.

"Give me your knife." She says, holding out her hand and Bellamy furrows his brow as he hands her the knife.

"Clarke…" He says as a warning that she ignores completely as she feels around the dead dogs stomach a bit more before sliding the sharp knife carefully inside and sliding it sideways to create a large incision.

Bellamy can hear Murphy's voice calling them from the bottom of the hill and he yells back for him to join them. Clarke is laying the knife aside to reach her hands inside the animal just as Murphy makes it up to them and he stands with his hands on his knees, panting, as he watches Clarke.

"Guess that explains the shots we heard. Couldn't wait to gut them, Clarke?"

She starts talking as she sinks her hands deeper and feels around inside the animal.

"This one is pregnant, I felt movement and I want to see if I can…" She trails off as she grabs a hold of something and starts tugging.

Bellamy and Murphy watch as Clarke's bloody arms gently pull a small leg from the incision, followed quickly by the rest of a little body. She wipes off some of the blood and slime as Bellamy kneels beside her to look at the twitching pup in her hands.

"Clarke…" He says before he realizes he has no words.

"It's the only one I could feel in there. I think it's mature enough to survive but I have no idea what we can feed it." She says as she cleans off the pup a bit more and wraps it in the ends of her shirt. She looks over at Bellamy with a dazed smile before turning her face towards Murphy.

"Congratulations. It's a girl." He says sarcastically, and Clarke laughs as she stands with the pup in her arms and starts making her way down the hill.

Bellamy watches her go and then gestures to Murphy to help him lift the dead animal's carcass.

"I'm not sorry for killing an animal that attacked us first but, I'm glad Clarke was able to save the pup." He begins as he and Murphy carefully follow Clarke.

"Yeah, cause another thing to feed is just what we needed." Murphy comments and Bellamy sighs but lets the topic drop.

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Abby is preparing the Med bay with Jackson to operate on Marcus when Bellamy and Murphy walk in and heave the enormous dead dog onto the examination table.

"What is that?!" Abby exclaims as she looks over the body on the table. Bellamy just smirks and waits for Clarke to walk in behind him and Abby's attention zeroes in on her blood covered daughter instantly.

"Clarke! What happened?" She asks as she hurries across the room, past a shocked Jackson, to start examining Clarke.

"I'm fine, Mom. It's the dog's blood." She says and Abby's head snaps back to the dead dog for a moment and then back to Clarke as she unrolls her shirt to reveal the pup snuggled in her arms.

Bellamy walks over to stand behind Clarke and smirks down over her shoulder at the pup.

"Oh!" Abby says loudly as she stares down at the little creature who is pawing weakly at the air.

"I need to feed her something. And I was hoping you could try extracting any of the mother's milk that you can until we can work something else out."

Jackson has walked over to stare, open-mouthed down at the puppy as Abby looks back at the dead dog on the examination table.

"I'll try Clarke, but you might want to see if she will take some algae from a syringe."

Jackson reaches over and after a nod of permission from Clarke, he boops the puppy's nose and smiles.

"You might want to change your shirt. Seems a bit unfavourable to cuddle a baby while covered in it's mother's blood." He says as Clarke turns for the door and she pauses to look down at herself and then to Bellamy.

"Good idea."

Bellamy looks around and grabs a towel from a shelf, holding it open in his hands. Clarke transfers the pup to his arms and he swaddles it quickly to keep it warm against his chest. The little thing hasn't stopped shivering since they boarded the dropship.

"I'll swing by my room to clean up and meet you in the mess hall to try feeding her?"

Bellamy nods and pockets the couple large syringes that Abby hands him as Clarke walks out.

"I'll dissect the parent animal and try to give you an idea what she'll need to eat but I have to assume she'll need meat. And soon."

Bellamy nods again and walks to the door.

"One problem at a time, I think." He answers as he makes his way towards the mess hall.

Word must have spread fast because it took very little time for a crowd to gather around the puppy in his arms. Clarke elbows her way through the crowd a few minutes later and Bellamy tries not to notice how close she gets as she gently takes the swaddled pup from him.

"I'll get the algae, but your mom thinks she'll need meat."

By the time Bellamy returns to the table with a syringe full of algae, the crowd around Clarke has doubled in size and Madi is front and centre beside Raven and Echo.

Bellamy nods awkwardly to Echo and she turns to leave as Raven steps closer to touch the puppy.

"Jordan and I were thinking of trying to catch some of those fish in the cave lake tomorrow." Raven says without looking away from the puppy and Clarke starts discussing methods with her as Bellamy moves his attention to Madi.

"What do you think, kiddo?" He asks as he hands the syringe to Clarke and Madi grins up at him.

"It's so cute!" She squeals excitedly and Bellamy grins at her and agrees as he looks over at the fluffy pup.