When Clarke thought that nothing could be worse than being attacked by a grounder general, she was wrong! An animal was charging them, a big, scary, lot of furs animal, the heda guards were killed and now she was alone with the commander trying to stay alive, she could not give up the heda, without her there will be wars between their peoples. While they were hiding from the puma ,the heda asked her about the knife, where she had found it , " I found it on the ground after escaping mount weaver , why? ", it seemed like the commander was searching for something, " this knife was belonging to someone who was dear to me . ", here Clarke was becoming suspicious ,
" What is your name? "
" Lexa, why? "
" Are there a lot of grounders name Lexa? "
" Some, but not a lot. Why? "
" Oh, nothing it's just a beautiful name! ", Clarke was sweating, beginning to panick, damn you Amyla! If she told to the commander that her sister was alive and married with her it will put everyone at risks, principally the Heda who will do everything she could to help them, putting her position in danger and being probably killed, and if she do not tell her ,when she will find out she will never trust her again! Damn you Amyla, she must be laughing at her at the camp, she could feel it! Lexa was scrutinizing her; she was ready to blurt out everything under the pressure, when they heard the puma hitting on the door. Ouf it will make her won some times.
They were able to escape but Lexa was still looking at her, searching for something, finally she seemed to give up, " you are not weak Clarke, your heart is strong. This knife will keep protecting you. "
" Thank you, and I know how to take mount weaver, Bellamy could release the grounders inside and make us enter! The mountain men will be taken between two armies letting them no chances! "
" You really trust Bellamy? "
"Yes I have total faith in him! We always have been able to count on him! "
They separate each over , on the way to camp Jaha Clarke and her bodyguards were attacked by mountain men . Octavia saved them, it seemed during her absence she made some new friends, Octavia never really considered herself a sky people but Clarke knew thanks to her wife that the grounders life was hard , maybe she could adapt to it but it will be a hard ride . She stopped her from killing the mountain man , maybe he could give them informations . She found the photos , looked like they are targeting her and Lexa, she really needed to know what's going on! All her friends were back at camp, the reapers captured were getting better, they will never really be grounders again, they had all saw hell and were back, but like Lincoln, they will keep living with a tortured mind . Amyla and Tia were ready to leave the camp to take care of the Reapers and explained them the situation, they though they will feel more comfortable between grounders.
Clarke had left the grounders guards out of the camp, explaining to them she could not look weak in front of her people, Lexa seemed to want to protect her or more likely keep a close eye on her , she knew she was suspicious and didn't believe her story , she will have to talk to Amyla and see what she should say to Lexa.
The results of the medical examination of the mountain man made her worried about her friends, fortunately, she was able to contact Bellamy, he made it through, she knew she could count on him! He needed help to move freely inside , they had to keep the mountain men busy with what happened outside , make them afraid , they had to think of something .Lincoln was back, a little weary but thanks to the medicaments he will recover fast, he was the one who knew the more about the mountain, she needed him. Time for a war Council!
"Alright people, we have the mountain man in custody, I need help to win time for Bellamy, so give me what you got. "
Amyla was the first to speak
"Cut him in piece , threw him in front of the cameras, it will keep them busy ", of course, grounder culture shock , she thought with derision, fortunately the sky people were less extremes , she turned to Murphy and Raven with an hopeful expression,
Murphy, " put the forest on fire and put them on fire, the smoke will make them worried and with luck maybe even kill them! " the hell! " Euh Murphy you know that's a rescue mission, right? "
" If they want to live they will know how to take care of themselves! "
She turned to Raven who was beginning to recover and was more and more herself " throw them a bomb! I have made a nice baby that I wanted to test. "
They were all psychopaths! Last hope, Lincoln, her rock,the one who always tried the peaceful approach, who looked at her with such nice eyes, who…
" Cut him in piece, put him on fire in front of the cameras and blow the barrage, if every else fall maybe we can drown them! ", sigh, sadly, he was not the same anymore.
She was left standing in front of them, the mouth opened in disbelief, while they were arguing among themselves, finding worse and worse ways to kill everyone. She was ready to snap when she heard Raven talk about a catapult , actually this might be a good idea, she had read about them on the Ark , they had everything necessary to build one and it will only damage the exterior wall, not killing everyone . With a big smile, she was ready to congratulate Raven for her excellent idea, when they began to talk about what they would throw on mount weather, body parts, dead animals, bombs.
The smile dropped, teeth gritting, for those who knew her, they could tell her eyes were becoming dangerous. All of them knew her well enough, when they heard a low growl, they turned to look at her, seeing her expression everyone shut their mouth. She exploded,
" You've got to be kidding me! Is that all you can think about? Killing everyone? "
Everyone was looking in the air, seeming innocents.
She had to find something that will make them looking the other way without killing everyone!
Wait, wait, a bomb, a small bomb maybe it is not so stupid after all,
" Raven could you make a small bomb, something we could put on the mountain man discreetly, something that will make a small explosion and not kill everyone? "
"Yes I could but he will feel it and find it ."
" If we cut his air, all he will think about is surviving and go inside Mount Weaver the more quickly he could, if we time it well we could get ride of some soldiers,or equipments, it will help Bellamy even more! In addition, we could put some fires in the forest to make it looks like there is an army of grounders around them , that should worry them and make them do mistakes! "
" So I can't cut him in pieces? ", Amyla seemed disappointed, almost pouting.
" Don't worry with the war you will cut a lot of mountain men, there, there! "said Clarke while patting her on the head; she knew from Amyla's expression that she will make her regret it later but it was fun! Time to prepare, Amyla and Tia will be leaving discreetly to the Drop Ship, she will stay for now to take care of the mountain man and organize everything. Raven and Murphy were cheering, their ideas were noticed while Lincoln seemed a little sad about the barrage, she will tell Octavia to cheer him up when she will be back of her grounder's training.
" Amyla, can I talk to you alone before you leave? ", with a nod from Amyla, she leads her to their tent, " I had an interesting conversation with the commander about the knife you gave me, and what's even more strange is her name! She is called Lexa, knew about the knife, quite a coincidence! "
" Alright, and what should I have say? My sister is the commander but she can't help us if she doesn't want to seem weak? You were too headstrong; you would have made a mistake, putting everyone in danger! ", sigh, the worst thing was she was right, she probably would have left something escape her.
" I understand, it's just what am I supposed to say to Lexa? "
" For now nothing, she must think that I'm a prisoner of Mount Weaver or dead , we keep doing with the Reapers what we started and see where it leads us ok? "
" Ok , you will start to capture others reapers? And i need help to put some fires in the forest."
" I will talk with them first , telling them they can choose to stay with us after the war with their family , or going back to their clans . Then I will tell them we want to free the others reapers and we need their help, since they owe us for curing them and know what it's like to be a reaper, they will help capturing others reapers and they will want revenge with the mountain men , blood must have blood! I will send ten grounders with Tia to meet you on your way to mount Weaver."
" I like that when you go all grounder's leader ! The girls are not here… "
After their hum 'strategic discussion' , Amyla left with Tia , taking a device to take down reapers that Raven just finished . Clarke , Murphy and Lincoln were with Raven , finalizing the details of their plan.
Clarke began to talk,
" you know Raven the idea of the catapult is a good one, not now we don't have the time but for the war it could be useful, the grounders are against guns but not against something built in wood! It will also show them what we could bring in the alliance."
" I will start the plans , for now what sort of bomb do you want? "
" Something small, something we could hide in his combination and something that will not explode everything ! Only a small blast! "
" Eh chill out ! It's not like I enjoy big and beautiful blast! " said Raven with a dreamy expression
Collective snorts with everyone staring at her in disbelief .
" What!? "
Another snort from Murphy, " so it wasn't you who almost made explode the camp with your 'little babies'? "
" Eh! It was only one time! ", stare , " ok maybe two times … "
Murphy shook his head while smirking "Right! More like five times , the time… "
Clarke lefts with Lincoln, letting them bickering ,they had ask to Lincoln to train Mea for now on while Amyla was busy to the drop ship. She had to make a visit to the hospital to talk to her mother and help Aura to learn to heal, when she couldn't, her mother was teaching the little girl, thanks to Marcus and Aura her mother seemed to mellow down a little , it was proven by the last 'accident ' of Jaha, he had recovered and was forming a sect for the 'city of light ', when an 'unknown attacker' threw him a knife in the leg, really a tragic event! A little seven years old was now the proud owner of a new sword and a new book and her mother seemed to just give up, she just took Aura to the hospital and never talked about the event again ,seeming to resigned herself.