Chapter 10 – The Decision
Raven sat next to Octavia on the dirt ground as she wondered if Clarke was still alive the thought of it made her stomach turn inside out and her heart race.
"Do you think she's going to be ok?" Raven asked
"She will be fine… I just wish I could say the same for her baby" Octavia said
"How do you know" Raven wondered
"well... what mom would kill her daughter for breaking the law" Octavia snorted
Raven fake smiled my mom she thought to herself.
"what did we miss" Jasper asked when he came back with the others as he dumped the wood he collected on the ground
"nothing much" Octavia said as she dragged one of the thick pieces of wood and sat on it
"hey, that's for the fire" Wells argued
"if she wants to sit on it she can, do you know how many trees are out here" Bellamy hissed
"no. do you" Wells asked
Bellamy just looked at Wells like he was some sort of geek which he was but Bellamy wasn't in the mood to argue he only had 2 people he cared about in this world Octavia and Clarke and one was carrying his child and in danger.
[Back at Arkadia]
Jackson heard a bit of commotion so he decided to walk out making his way to the crowd of people.
Clarke saw this as a chance to get away but the front gate was not going to work so she had to look for another way.
"what's going on" Jackson asked Abby as he got to the front gate.
"I'm not sure" she paused
"what do you mean you must have your queen" Abby asked Roan
"isn't it obvious" Lexa said "He wants one of your people to become our people" Lexa replied
"And he wants Clarke" Kane said
"he wants Clarke" Jackson said in shock
"so that's the blondies name" Roan smiled
"you want my daughter to become your people" Abby asked
"I want your daughter to become my wife" Roan answered
[The Woods]
"When do we leave?" Bellamy asked
"Soon" Lincoln answered "well when is soon" Wells asked
"we have to wait a while after the war drums stop" Lincoln said
"why" Monty asked
"We have to let them clear out or whatever there doing needs to be finished" Lincoln explained
"ok so let's say your chancellor takes Clarke how do we get her back" Raven asked
"king. Not chancellor, Roan is… well he's a strong man he knows what he wants and he will get it no matter what the cost" Lincoln said
"what that supposed to mean" Bellamy asked "it means he's selfish he doesn't care what we want" Lincoln answered
"so then what's the plan" Jasper asked
"we have to make sure we seem care free if we don't care much then neither will he" Lincoln exclaimed
"why do we have to be care free?" Finn asked
"Because if he knows you care about Clarke he will use her against you that's what he does" Lincoln said
"Sounds like a great guy" Jasper said.
"What will we do after" Wells said
"it's not like we can go back to Arkadia" Raven mumbled
"or the drop ship" Jasper added
"hey! This is not Clarke's fault" Bellamy hissed.
"we aren't blaming her we aren't blaming anyone" Octavia insisted
"will we ever be done fighting" Monty asked
"one day" Lincoln said
"maybe" Finn added
[Arkadia]
"what happens if we say no?" Jackson asked
"well that its war" Roan exclaimed
"cant you just pick somebody else" Jackson asked
"maybe. But you care about her and she seems interested in me and she's the only girl not running towards us" Roan said
"she has a boyfriend that's why she's not running towards you" Jackson argued
"why is she so important to you then" Roan asked him
"why can't you just take one of your own people" Jackson snapped back at him
"you can have her" Abby said
"WHAT" Jackson yelled "you would give up your own daughter to a man you just met" Jackson said even Kane seemed a little startled
but Jaha knew all about sacrificing a few to save the many.
"Abby this seems a little absurd" Kane said
"Abby is right we need to do this for our people" Jaha said
"you can't just hand her over you have to ask her" Kane said
"no we don't" Abby argued and handed some pills to Roan
"just give these to her everyday and she must take them!" Abby ordered
"Where is Clarke?" Lexa asked before Roan had the chance to ask why he got given the pills and why she must take them. Everyone glanced to the empty piece of wood sitting where Clarke once was.
What the hell am I going to do Clarke asked herself she walked through some people and rubbed her hand against the cold metal ship trying to find an opening or even a ladder to climb over the wall it was like there was no other way out,
suddenly a hand grabbed Clarkes arm, first Clarke thought it was Bellamy but knew that it wasn't
she turned around to see the man who she was trying to figure out before,
Roan holding her arm restraining her to him.
"who are you, what do you want, please let me go I need to go before they find me again, I need to get to my friends have you seen them?" Clarke said
"you ask to many questions" Roan scoffed as he placed an old sack on her head and took her hands and tied them with a rope as he dragged her to his people
Clarke didn't know what to do she couldn't even see through the bag over her head she couldn't untie her hands she could only look at the dirty ground below her.
"I've got her we will be on our way now" Roan told Abby
"where are we going?" Clarke mumbled through the bag Roan heard her but didn't answer her.
"she sure does ask a lot of questions" Roan smirked
"Abby you don't need to do this" Jackson said trying to convince her to change her mind
"yes she does" Jaha implied
Abby stood there in horror wondering if it was the right thing to do, Sending her only daughter into some stranger's lives and if it was the right thing to do then why did she feel so guilty about it she watched as Roan lifted Clarke onto his horse and he jumped on with her she watched Clarkes hand shake in fear and watched them ride away up the hill taking her daughter with them.