"Hola." The mustached man grabbed Clarke by the throat suffocating her airway. Clarke started to make suffocation noises with eyes wide open. She tried to grip his arm to get it off but he was too strong. "Leave her alone!" Alicia ran at the man and was punched in the gut knocking the air out of her lungs. She flew to the ground gasping in desperation to take a breath. Clarke was still struggling against the man's harsh grip. She started to reach for the knife she had in her boot. It was too far away and the amount of oxygen leaving her body was starting to make her loose consciousness.

Alicia hyperventilated with panic. She didn't know what to do. Clarke always had a solution to everything. She was never the person who had to think fast on her feet. Turning her body she felt the knife that was strapped to her thigh. She quickly drew it out aimed and fired. The knife found its way into the neck of the mustached man. Now he was the one to choke for oxygen on his own blood. Both Clarke and the mustached man fell opposite to the ground. Clarke gasped back the air that she desperately needed.

Alicia slid her way over to Clarke's side and put a hand to her cheek while the other hand held her bruised stomach. Clarke just looked at her with wide eyes. "You're going to be ok Clarke. Breathe slowly." Clarke nodded her head. Soon her breathing had returned to a normal rhythm. Alicia propped her up so she was lying against the side of the bed. "Thank you."

"Really? After all the times you've saved me? There is really no reason to thank me."

"I guess it was my turn to be the damsel in distress." Alicia laughed and Clarke smiled. Clarke always had a way of pulling that girl from serious to intimate. "How are you so calm?"

"My brother is an addict sometimes he would seize if he was off them for too long. I've had to take care of him through that." Clarke put a hand over Alicia's. "How did you know how to throw that knife?"

"I'm not sure. Something just came over me. It's almost like I've done it before."

"You have."

"When?"

"You were protecting me." Alicia smiled. She turned to look at the door and quickly looked away not wanting to look at the now dead body spilling blood. Clarke moved to get up. "I'll take care of it."

Clarke dumped the rest of the gasoline she collected from an abandoned car over the body of the mustached man. She took the matches she found in the kitchen and struck the side of the box. As she peered into the eyes of her attacker she threw down the match to ignite him into oblivion. She walked away to the front porch of the house were Alicia was sitting on the steps. She smiled upon seeing Clarke. Clarke took water from her bag and cleaned off Alicia's knife. "Here." Clarke bent down to secure the knife back into Alicia's thigh holster, "I think since you now know how to use it, it may come in handy."

"Thanks." Clarke got up and looked out. The sun was just about to set.

"We need to get moving. The fire is going to draw the walkers." Alicia stood up and readjusted her bag over her shoulders with a huff. Clarke could see the change in her face. "Are you ok?"

"Mmhmm." Alicia started to walk but Clarke stopped her. "It was him or you Alicia. You did the right thing. You saved us both."

"I took a life Clarke. I have never hurt anyone before."

"Not in this timeline."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing. Just that you're different there then here."

"Obviously."

"Hey come on, don't do that."

"Do what?"

"Take things out on me." Alicia stared right into Clarke's eyes. Hers shed a tear while Clarke's questioned her. " You can't just use that as an excuse Clarke. I am not the same person as the one in your timeline." Things got really quiet as both girls processed. "What if I don't like the way I feel about this alternate timeline?"

"What do you mean?"

"What if I don't like the person your wife was?"

"IS….my wife IS."

"Clarke I'm not that person."

"I know…not yet but—"

"Clarke I don't even know what's happening to me. I'm myself one minute and the next I'm getting flashes of this life that I have no idea what's going on. Most of the time I want to kiss you, protect you, be with you. Others I feel this huge struggle of sorrow and happiness. None of this started until the day I met you." Clarke hung her head.

"You are still the woman I married. I know that you will figure this out." Alicia rolled her eyes.

"HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

"Alicia it's going to be ok." Clarke tried to pick Alicia's hand up but she was not having it.

"This is all beginning to be a bit much."

"What are you saying?"

"Clarke I can't do this. I have my family—"

"Clarke? Alicia?" Clarke's radio went off at the sound of Maddy's voice. Clarke peeled it off her belt loop without breaking eye contact with Alicia. "We're here."

"We see smoke. What's going on?"

"We are both fine. Something just happened but we took care of it. Where are you guys?"

"We just crossed into the streets."

"Copy. We're coming to meet you. Stay put." Clarke turned the radio low and hooked it back on her loop. "Come on let's get you back to your family."

"Clarke." Clarke brushed past Alicia and started walking to meet with the others.

As they rounded a corner Clarke and Alicia saw the rest of the group. Maddy immediately engulfed Alicia into a hug with Nick. Travis walked over and put a hand on Clarke's shoulder. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah." Travis pulled back his hand with a bit of Clarke's blood. "Clarke you're bleeding. The rest of the group looked over at Clarke who brushed it off. "I'm fine it's just a scratch." Maddy stepped up. "Here let me look at it." Clarke wasn't going to fight anyone on this. Maddy peeled back the collar of Clarke's shirt to see a massive gash. "You're going to need stitches."

"I'm ok."

"I have a needle and string in my bag I'll stitch you up." Daniel said. "It's getting dark we should find somewhere to sleep." Travis looked around eyeing a house to take shelter. "We need to stay out of this area. There is scavenger's. We can head three blocks north. That will set us five miles away from the bunker." Travis nodded.

They had chosen a small compacted house with only two rooms. Daniel was stitching Clarke up in one and the others were eating food in the other. "How did you get this?" Daniel peered over his glasses to Clarke. "I was in a tight space something just came down into Me."

"You love her don't you?" Clarke looked at Daniel and nodded. "I was protecting her."

"Why are you so involved in saving us if you are just here for the girl?"

"Because you're her people." Daniel eyed Clarke with question. Clarke decided to explain further. "Where I come from saving the ones who saved you is important. Saving your people comes first. Alicia is apart of my people and you are hers."

"I see."

"It's a different world…mine compared to yours."

"How so?"

"When we arrived on the ground nature had taken its land back. Everything was growing and flourishing."

"Arrived on the ground?"

"I was born in space. I was committed of a crime and locked in solitary with ninety-nine others. They sent us on a drop ship to the ground to see if earth was inhabitable after the missiles that destroyed it." Daniel seemed shocked and stunned. "Does life survive on the ground? My daughter is my people. We have already lost her mother. I'm not going to loose her." Clarke smiled at the thought of the grounders. "It does." Daniel smiled and finished the last stitch. "Alright you are all done." Clarke pulled collar back over her wound. "Thank you Daniel." Daniel reached his hand out to shake Clarkes. "Save the ones who save you no?" Clarke chuckled and Daniel winked at her before leaving the room. Clarke closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Upon opening her eyes she saw Alicia standing in the doorway. "Do you always stand in doorway's starting at me?"

"Do you always get hurt and have to patch yourself up?" Clarke laughed again and got up readjusted her shirt. "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry too."

"I know this is all a lot." Alicia nodded and Clarke continued. "I really am trying to do what is best for you. But I know what that's like."

"What?"

"Having your whole future in front of you. Your family and friends and suddenly it is completely ripped out from underneath you. Then you are in this constant fight for the rest of your life. There is no stopping it." Clarke's eyes started to well up with water. "I have been fighting since the day I landed on the ground. I had never had a moment of peace until I met you." Alicia leaned her head against the doorframe to listen more intently. "When you came into my life I felt like I had lost the humanity in me. I thought the feeling of adventure in me was gone. The optimism in me returned with every victory we conquered. You helped me be a better leader to my people. Life wasn't just about kill or be killed. It's more than just surviving." Clarke was crying but it didn't seem to be a bother to her. Alicia glided forward and crashed her lips into Clarke's. Clarke sniffled into the kiss but wrapped her arms around Alicia's waist. As they parted Alicia wiped away Clarke's tears. "I am not ready to be your wife Clarke. I don't know how. I am not that person. But, I want to be with you."

Clarke mustered a smile. "I get that."

"Is there dating in the apocalypse?" Clarke and Alicia both smiled with a laugh. Clarke let one more tear escape. "Please don't cry." Alicia suddenly lost all the air in her body and she gasped. Her eye dilated.

She was suddenly looking at Clarke who was kneeling over her. She was in tears. Blinking she was now in a cave like room looking at Clarke. A bald man dressed in a robe attire was telling her something. She nodded. Clarke looked in her direction but seemed to look right past her like she was invisible. The man in the robe then took a blue looking hexagon shaped pill out of his attire. He handed it to Clarke. Clarke accepted and swallowed it.

Everything suddenly started to shake. She started to receive flashes of memories to fast for her to determine what or who.

"Alicia?!" Alicia woke in the arms of Clarke on the floor. She touched her nose to reveal blood coming from it. She looked at Clarke and touched her face before closing her eyes and fainting once more.

Alicia woke up in the same room she was just in Clarke. She was on the bed with Clarke sitting next to her holding her hand. Her head was down on the bed. "Clarke." Clarke jolted up. "I'm here. Hey."

"Clarke who sent you here?'

"Huh?"

"How did you get to my timeline? Who sent you here?"

"You did."

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