Chapter 10

Several weeks passed and no more encounter with the people from the Gagarin occurred. Clarke was sure that they had their scouts tracking their every movement and they did the same. Not much had changed. They were still living outside of their dropship and didn't seem interested in moving. Her people on the other hand had kept quite busy. They had completely taken over the forrest now and had built a smaller city. Things had slowly gotten back to normal. People had gotten special assignments by Octavia and they were slowly trying to rebuild a dynasty.

Clarkes job was to educate her people about this new world and to teach them the woods and the grounds. She often took some people on trips into the wild to show them the best places to hunt and were to find the best natural resources. Although her job was important she didn't forget about Madi, who often used to follow her and who also shared her knowledge and told stories about the 6 years alone. But Clarke also gave her freedom to do whatever she wanted sometimes and she made sure she spent time with her alone sometimes. She was still adapting to being around so many people. This day Madi suggested that they go to the waterfalls about a 6 kilometers away. Madi wanted to take the rover but Clarke explained that it was needed here to further build the camp. Madi sighed a bit when she understood they had to walk the way but then lit up with an idea.

'Can a bring someone to walk with us?

'Sure you can' Clarke was sure she was gonna invite her mom or maybe Raven.

'Good, because I wanna invite Bellamy.'

'No!' Clarke said immediately. Shit. How was she gonna explain why she didn't want him to come. Madi looked at her with surprised doe-eyes.

'Why not?'

'You know, he's probably busy with work here, so..'

'But I've already talked to Octavia and he isn't busy at all'

Clarke smiled at little. There was no talking this girl down. If she wants something she doesn't stop until she gets it.

An hour later, the three of them started to walk towards the waterfalls. Clarke had at least made sure that they would hunt along the way so that this didn't seem just like a meaningless day trip, but she knew Bellamy could see straight thru her. Madi ran in front of them and left them in a silent walk. Out of the corner of his eye, Bellamy admired her soft features and the profile of her face.

'You know, she may not be your blood but she is a lot like you'

Clarke gave him a little grin. 'Really? How so?'

'Well she's stubborn, didactic and often impossible to reason with.'

Clarke hit I'm in his ribs with her elbow and he bent with a laugh.

'She's also very brave, strong and kind to everyone she Mets' he finished.

She looked deep into his eyes and he met her stare. He opened his mouth as if to say something but whatever it was it drowned in the scream they heard. A man jumped in front of them from his hiding spot in a bush just a meter from them. Clarke saw that it was Ayaz, the son of the Gagarian leader. He was holding one sword in each hand and swung them towards Bellamy. He barely ducked in time. Clarke tried to advance on him but he held a sword towards her. 'Don't take another step woman.'

Ayaz kicked Bellamy in there chest and he was sent backwards, hitting his back against the ground. Ayaz happen on top of him and held his swords against his neck. Clarkes world stopped. She had to do something. On the ground she saw the gun that Bellamy had dropped while he fell. She reached for it.

'I'm going to enjoy this' Ayaz grunted and made a move to cut Bellamys throat. But before he could do so, Clarke shot him clean in the head. His body fell to the ground and Bellamy took a deep breath. Now they heard footsteps approach. First, Madi appeared, looking from the body to Clarke and Bellamy. She looked terrified. Clarke wanted to run to her and embrace her but before she had the chance she felt arms grab her from behind. Bellamy was also brought to his feet by some of the guards from the gagarian.

"Madi, run!' Madi ran away and Clarke saw her disappear into the woods. No one ran after her. Probably because the four guards were busy strapping down both Bellamy and Clarke while they tied their hands up and gagged them. They started to lead them towards their camp. Bellamy caught a glimpse of Clarkes terrified eyes, no doubt wondering what would happen to them after Grym finds out about his son who the guards were dragging behind them.

At the camp, Bellamy and Clarke was escorted to the center and watched as Grym knelt at his sons body and put a hand on his shoulder. He showed rather disappointment that actual sorrow. He stood up and talked to his people. 'Today we have lost one of the most kindhearted people in this camp(Bellamy couldn't stop himself from rolling his eyes). My son and heir, your prince. This has been an attack by the people calling themselves Wonkru. But justice must be served. Therefore,..'

He gestured towards Clarke and Bellamy.

'..we will execute the people responsible for hos death.'

Bellamy met Clarkes eyes again and he saw sadness in them. Maybe this was the end for them. Maybe they would die here and that would be it. A man with a gun had stepped up as an executioner. Maybe it would be quick and they wouldn't feel pain. He looked deep into her beautiful eyes. No, he couldn't let them close. He didn't want to watch her take her final breath today. When the guards started dragging them to the wall they were to stand a against, Bellamy started to scream through his gag. Grym gestured to a guard to remove it. Bellamy took a deep breath before he started talking.

'You said to us that you believe in an eye for an eye' Grym slowly nodded. 'Well then, you can't kill the both of us, only one of you died.' Clarke who had started to realize what Bellamy tried to do started to fight her guards and screamed at her through her gag. He ignored her.

'What is it you are trying to say?'

'I did it. I was the one who shot him. I saw him in the woods and I was jealous of him so I snuck near him and shot him in the head. I am the one you should execute, not her. She had no part in it, she's innocent.'

Clarke fought her guards so violently that she soon had three of them holding her back. She tried to scream his name but he just continued to convince Grym that he was the one one to blame when she was the one who had pulled the trigger. She tried to get Grym to look at her and hear her part of the story but he didn't look like he wanted to hear her out and he seemed to believe Bellamys story.

'As you wish.'' He spoke to Bellamy. 'She will be released as soon as your blood runs on this ground.'

Bellamy nodded and turned around to look at Clarke. She was still fighting her restraints, tears streaming down her face as she looked up at him. She froze for a second and they looked at each other. Bellamy smiled at her.

'I love you' he said before being hit in the head and dragged to the wall. He looked up a little groggy but could tell he was staring down the barrel of a gun. He wasn't scared. He knew she'd be safe and that was all that mattered to him. She and Octavia would both be fine without him.

A shot echoed in the woods and a body fell to the ground.