The Next morning.
O and I are standing outside.
Bell, Finn, Raven and Clarke went to search for survivors from the exodus ship.
"Hey. No sign of your brother or the others yet" Monty tells us.
"Hey. I don't care" Octavia says. I smile politely at him.
"Jasper, tell us again, how'd you stay so calm? I would've been terrified" Harper says playing with her hair and smiling up at Jasper.
"Fear is only a problem if you let it stop you, right?" Jasper says quoting Finn.
"That's not even his line. Finn said that" Octavia points out.
"I saw the Grounders in the trees. It was like nothing I ever felt. You know, pure animal instinct took over. One pull of the trigger, two Grounders dead" Jasper exaggerates.
"'Pure animal instinct'? More like pure pant's-wetting panic." Octavia says.
"You don't really know what you're made of until a moment like that, you know, when it's kill or be killed and there's just nothing between you and the tip of the spear" Jasper brags.
"Okay. This has to stop" Octavia states.
"Come on. Let us have this!" Monty exclaims.
"Us?" I question.
"Look at him. The boy is a folk hero. They even gave us a bigger tent" Monty tells us.
O and I roll our eyes.
There's clattering. Someone has hit the trip wire.
"Somebody hit the trip wire!" Connor exclaims.
"Which wire?"
"Was it a Grounder?"
"I don't see anything."
"Are you sure it was the trip wire?"
"I got nothing. Connor?" Derek asks.
"Nothing" Connor says.
"Something moved."
"There, there, there!" Derek says pointing at something moving. "Think I got him"
They start shooting at the thing.
"Let's go" Connor says and they charge forward.
"Lincoln" Octavia assumes and she rushes forward. I go right after her.
"Hey, slow down. Octavia, Rhea be careful. Oh, my God" Connor says realising who it is.
"No way." Derek says.
"Murphy?" I say looking at the blood soaked John Murphy.
We get him into the dropship then Bellamy and the others arrive back early the next morning.
"Where is he? Everyone but Connor and Derek out. Now!" Bellamy orders bursting into the dropship with Clarke and Finn.
"I'm staying. I didn't help him here for nothing" I say.
Octavia's left, probably trying to find Lincoln.
"He claims he was with the Grounders" Derek informs my brother.
"We caught him trying to sneak back into camp" Connor tells Bell.
"I wasn't sneaking. I was running from the Grounders" Murphy tells them .
I'm standing near him and I can tell he's been tortured.
"Anyone see Grounders?" Bellamy asks.
"Uh-uh" Connor says.
"Well, in that case-" Bellamy begins then he grabs Murphy.
"Hey, what the hell is wrong with you?" Finn asks.
Bellamy lets go off Murphy.
"We were clear what would happen if he came back" Bellamy says.
"No. If he was with the Grounders, then he knows things that can help us" Finn states standing in front of Murphy.
"Help us? We hanged him. We banished him, and now we're gonna kill him. Get the hell out of my way" Bellamy snaps.
"No. Finn is right" Clarke says. "Like hell he is. Clarke, think about Charlotte" Bellamy says.
"I am thinking about her, but what happened to Charlotte was as much our fault as his. He's not lying. His fingernails were torn off. They tortured him" Clarke points out.
"You and the Grounders should compare notes" Finn says to Bell.
I frown a bit but don't say anything. Bell is being cruel.
"The Grounders know we're at war. What did you tell them about us?" Bellamy asks Murphy.
"Everything" Murphy admits.
"Once he's better, we find out what he knows, and then he's out of here, okay?" Clarke says.
"What if he refuses to leave? What do we do with him then?" Bellamy asks annoyed.
"Then we kill him" Clarke says. I leave the dropship and go into O's tent surprisingly she's there.
"Hey, what's going out there?" She asks me. "Bellamy isn't happy that Murphy's back. Clarke thinks that he'll tell us what they know if we help him get better then we banish him again and if he refuses to leave they're killing him" I inform her.
"I thought it was gonna be different down here. It's just as much about killing here as it was up there" Octavia states.
"I guess we're just trying to win the war" I say. "There wouldn't be a war, if Jasper hadn't shot" Octavia snaps.
"There wouldn't be a war if they hadn't speared Jasper in the first place. Or if they hadn't killed Mbege, Roma and Diggs" I state.
Bellamy runs into our tent. We both jump.
"Jee- Jeez, you scared me" Octavia stammers. "Yeah me too" I say.
"How are you feeling?" Bellamy asks us.
"Fine. Get out" Octavia tells him. Bellamy looks at me.
"I'm fine, Bell, promise" I say.
"Either of you touch Murphy yesterday?" Bellamy asks.
"What?" Octavia asks. "Yeah, I did, I helped him to the dropship" I state but Bell already knows that.
"Did you touch Murphy yesterday?" Bellamy asks turning to Octavia.
"I don't know. I guess so. Why?" Octavia asks.
"The Grounders sent him here with a virus to infect us. Derek just died from it, another mark for your boyfriend's book. Get up. Clarke needs to examine you, Rhea you too" Bellamy says leading us to Clarke.
Clarke examines Octavia first.
"Okay. We're done. No visible signs of swelling or bleeding" Clarke says.
"So you're saying she doesn't have it?" Bellamy asks.
"I'm saying she doesn't have symptoms, but that could change. We need to keep her here just in case" Clarke tells Bellamy.
"No way. Look at this place. She'll get sick just being here" Bellamy states.
"Do you want to stop the spread, or not? Look. I'll keep her on the third level with the people who aren't symptomatic yet. Think of it as a way to stop her from sneaking out again" Clarke says.
"Screw you, Clarke" Octavia says. I go to stand up and I suddenly feel dizzy.
"Rhea?" Octavia says. Blood starts pouring out of my eyes and nose.
I feel myself falling backwards.
"All right. Show is over. Get back to your posts." I hear my brother say.
"You got enough food in there, water?" I hear him ask Clarke.
"Yeah. Some medicine might be nice" I hear Clarke say. I open my eyes and look around everything's blurry.
"Octavia, you okay?" Bellamy calls. "How's Rhea?" He asks
"Bellamy, wait. Octavia's not here. I sent her to see Lincoln. Look. If there's a cure, he has it. I didn't tell you because I knew you wouldn't let her go" Clarke tells my brother.
"If anything happens to her, you and me are gonna have problems" Bellamy wanrs Clarke.
"Bellamy... Bellamy!" Clarke calls. "Out of my way" Bell snaps.
I get up and walk outside. "Rhea? Get back inside" Clarke says.
"I'm gonna find O" I tell them. "No. Your not going anywhere. Back inside. Now" Bell tells me.
I walk further then I fall backwards again. Finn catches me.
"Finn don't touch her!" Raven yells. "Finn, No, I'll get you sick" I tell him.
"I don't care" Finn says. "Give her here" Bellamy says taking me from Finn.
"Bell, I'm gonna make you sick" I tell my brother. "We're gonna get you inside" My brother tells me and he carries me back into the dropship. He takes his Jacket off and puts it on me.
"Bell, what about O?" I ask my brother. "She'll be back, Rhea, don't worry. You need to rest, I need you to get better" Bellamy tells me.
I drift into a short sleep and Bell leaves.
I wake up when I feel Octavia playing with my hair. I open my eyes and look up at her.
"O, your back" I say. "Yeah, I'm fine. I couldn't find a cure but it doesn't last you'll be fine" O tells me.
"What if I'm not? Will you tell Bell I love him and I love you" I tell her croakily.
Bellamy comes in coughing blood and retching.
O and another guy lay him next to me.
"Hey, big brother" O says to Bell.
"I'm scared" Bellamy admits. "Me too" I say grabbing his hand.
"I won't let anything happen to either of you, I promise" Octavia tells us.
"That's what I said to you both on the days you were born
"We know. You told us that, like, a thousand times" O states.
"I'm glad you're here" Bellamy says.
"Just get some rest now, okay?" O says and she leaves us.
"Bell?" I whisper turning towards him. "Yeah" He mumbles.
"I love you" I tell him. "I love you too, Rae rae" He tells me.
'Rae rae' my childhood nick name.
"Bell Bell" I whisper. He turns to face me with a weak smile then falls asleep.
The next morning.
"Here" Murphy says passing me a cup of water. "Thank you" I croak taking it from him.
"Here" Murphy says passing a cup to Bellamy.
"Get the hell away from me and my sister" Bellamy spits moving backwards
"Bellamy, you're sick, okay? I'm just trying to help. Here" Murphy says trying to pass Bellamy the water again.
"When I get better, if you're still here-" Bellamy begins.
"Hey, I got this one" Clarke says taking the water from Murphy and giving it to Bell.
"You feeling better?" Bellamy asks Clarke.
"Yeah" Clarke says. "That's good. You seen Octavia?" Bellamy asks.
"She was up all night helping people. Murphy gave her a break" Clarke explains.
"Don't tell me you trust him now" Bellamy says.
"Trust? No. I do believe in second chances, though" Clarke informs him.
"It's almost dawn. Better get everyone inside. If we lock the doors, maybe the Grounders will think we're not home" Bellamy says.
"Not everyone is sick" Clarke states. "Sick is better than dead" Bell tells Clarke.
You don't think Finn and Jasper are gonna pull it off?" Clarke questions.
"Do you?" Bell asks. "I'll get everyone inside" Clarke says.
"Wait, Finn and Jasper will pull it off. I know it" I say. Clarke smiles sympathetically then leaves.
"You really think so?" Bell asks me. "For sure" I say.
6 hours later.
I'm feeling way better so I'm allowed to leave the dropship.
"Rhea" Finn yells.
He and Jasper pulled it off.
I run and hug him. "I missed you" I tell him as he hugs me back.
"Feeling better?" He asks me. "Yeah. I'm so proud of you" I tell him.
"Your proud of me? I feel honoured" He says smirking. "Shut up and come with me" I tell him leading him to an empty tent.
"Why are we in here?" Finn asks me. "Why do you think?" I ask him then he smirks and kisses me.