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Anyway, this chapter is strongly focused on Raven/OC, the next chapter will be uniquely Clexa.
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Revieeeeeew!
Chapter 10 - It isn't enough conquer wisdom, you need to use it.
Clarke followed to the medical bay in Arkadia. The new camp, no, district she corrected herself mentally. It was very beautiful. Many of the buildings were make of metal and wood. She saw small electrical wires coming out of the buildings, Clarke should soon pay a visit to the Raven workshop, see what her plan for the wires was and what progress the brunette had done. It also reminded that Clarke should talk to her friend and mentor about the looks she saw being exchanged between the brunettes.
The idea of Michi being with Raven overjoyed Clark. She knew the warrior had been isolated by guilt and the pain of a broken heart. And see her eyes sparkling with curiosity to look at mechanics were something that made Clarke heart vibrates in joy. She wanted so much that the woman was happy and mainly fined someone to be happy with. She suspected that Michi would be an extremely attentive lover. She was already a loving and caring friend and family. And the spirits know that Raven deserves someone who treated her well. Finn hurt a lot the mechanics to cheating on her with Clarke. She deserves someone who could heal the pain of this past love. Both needed to heal, and perhaps they could do that together. As lovers or only as friends. Clarke didn't care who, she just wanted both to be happy. Only.
Clarke saw by far the medical center of Arkadia. It was a large building, airy and in the center of the district. She smiled, her mother finally had won a space only hers. And she suspected that the woman was a full part in the construction of the place.
"So I can't eat anything raw?" She heard her mother asked curiously.
"Only if you want a bloody fever install..." Michi spoke briefly.
She entered the medical center in silence, watching the two interact. There were no patients, the two brunettes were sitting, and Michi held the edge of one of the beds and Abby the next table in the corner. She quickly wrote down everything she asked to the brunette, the blonde suspected that her mother was interrogating about healing methods for a long time.
"I leave you alone for a few hours and you submit yourself to an inquiry?" She said cutting the two women.
"It's a pleasure to help your mother." Michi countered confused, but Clarke wide smile gave reassurance to the warrior. "She wants to be prepared when Sari arrives..." The brunette shrugged.
"I assure you, mother. Nothing will prepare you for the hurricane that is Sari." Michi remained stoic, but she agreed internally.
"Why do you say that?" Abby asked smiling. "I can handle her." She pointed to Michi.
"That's because Michi is trained to be the next leader." Michi frowned. "Even she didn't want it." The blonde rolled her eyes. "However Sari..."
"Sari always was a fire child. Energy, vibrant, hot and abrasive." The warrior said cutting off the blonde. "A leader must be stoic, cold, and able to make decisions in times of greatest crisis... My sister was not created to be a leader. From my mother's first lesson, she got mad and stomped out of the room. Saying that she wasn't obliged." Michi laughed lightly with the memory. "Both me and Alice survived to my mother teachings. But Alice assumed the role of general, training young people to become warriors. I assumed the role of mothers second. And Sari, well, she was sent to the Boats Clan to learn with Luna. She returned a few years later, in Luna words, they were at the same level of knowledge and Sari had no more to learn from her and should learn by herself." Abby looked surprised. "She'll always be a burst of energy." Michi pointed to Clarke. "Much like that one there, only with less emotional control." Abby felt his eyes widen.
"Then she must really be a handful to deal with..." Abby laughed. "This will be fun." Both Michi, as Clarke nodded in agreement. If anyone could tame Sari to be taught, that someone was Abby.
"And what did you do during that time?" Clarke asked smiling at Michi.
"I was here with you mother... How was your conversation with your friend?"
"It could be worse..."
"But it could also been much better." Clarke nodded in agreement to the warrior.
"She's angry." The blonde shrugged. "But I didn't come here because of that." She smiled at the two women. "Would you like to train a little?" She offered kindly. Michi just nodded in agreement, getting up and following with the blonde to the training circle.
They didn't an extremely heavy workout, mainly because both are painful and the brunette's face was still a little swollen. But they have trained hard enough for a small crowd formed around them. When the fight ended, with Clarke lying on the floor trying to catch up some air. Applause was present in the small arena. The brunette looked around confused and sighed heavily, the sky people thought that this was a spectacle.
"We need another place to train." She spoke seriously and it brought a curious look of Clarke. "We should talk to the Heda about it. I don't want everyone knowing what you're learning." The blonde nodded in agreement and furrowed her brow thoughtfully.
"Do you think this can be a disadvantage?" Michi nodded, the brunette eyes followed around the crowd and focused briefly on the only man who seemed out of place there. He wasn't a dashing man, was small, brown hair and incredibly black eyes. Michi felt herself harden briefly, she looked around, her eyes focused on Lincoln who was standing idly looking satisfied. The man saw the gaze of the warrior and only gave a brief nod to indicate that he was paying attention. Michi quickly looked away for suspicious man.
Lincoln followed among the people of the small crowd, but when he arrived where Michi had hinted, there was no one there. He looked back at the warrior, who visually scanned the area. The brunette's face was serious, stoic. When looking at the woman, Lincoln was reminded strongly of Heda Lexa mask.
"Come on." Michi strongly held Clarke elbow pulling her to the exit. Lincoln saw it, followed in quick steps to reach the women.
"Where is he?" He asked quietly, and Clarke looked confused.
"I don't know, but we need to get out of here. Heda need to be informed." Michi's look was serious, just made a few days back since Clarke was 'back' to life and someone relatively suspect had already shown. The warrior was worried, deeply worried.
"Michi?" Clarke asked with wide eyes.
"Quiet. Eyes forward, scour around. This can be a hunt." She spoke quietly near Clarke's ear. "And we're the prey." Clarke felt her face turn pale, she quickly connected the dots and the firm grasp of Michi hand on her elbow make her warrior and hunter training take over.
Clarke scours the area being monitored closely by Lincoln and Michi. She hadn't seen the warrior who was with her before, and it made her feel the heart heavy, Lexa had called the man specifically to take care of her. She didn't even know the man's name. Clarke was worried, but even so she felt herself relaxing a little to go through the gate of the Polis tower.
Michi went quickly to the guard warrior at the door.
"Tell the commander we have a situation." The man looked suspicious. "On the security Wanheda." He quickly felt his eyes widen and left in a rush behind the commander. Lincoln approached following Clarke closely.
"Let's go to the war room." He said, guiding both in the confusing hallways. When they entered the war room was all empty. A large table with 14 chairs around was empty. The room was filled with a deep silence. None of the three sat. They were still on alert, so when the door opened on a high squeak, both Lincoln and Michi drew their weapons, only to lower when they realize that was the commander.
"Ai laik orri" Lincoln apologized, lowering the weapon and the head. Michi just put the weapon in its sheath and took a hard nod to Lexa.
"What happened?" The woman kept the stoic look on her face, but Clarke saw a huge strain on her shoulders.
"A suspicious man was in Arkadia. Watching our training." Michi said rigid. "Of slim body, brown hair and charcoal eyes."
"He could be a Sky people?" Lexa questioned.
"No." Michi denied completely. "He wasn't there in a comfortable or curious way, he was watching, analyzing, measuring. I know a spy when I see one, Heda." Lexa nodded firmly.
"Will you recognize him if you saw him again?" Clarke asked worriedly.
"Yes. But I strongly doubt that he will appear again. He noticed my identification." The brunette sighed. "It's an old custom of my people analyze the environment, I didn't expect to find a risk so early. I exposed my observation." Lexa looked firm. "It will not happen again." Michi felt her jaw harden, she was frustrated with herself.
"Where's your guard?" Lexa said stiffly and Clarke shook her head, telling ignorance. Lexa's jaw clenched deeply and she called another guard. "Be discreet, we need to find Viktor urgently." The guard came out in catched steps, with tight and worried frown.
"And now?" Lincoln asked uncomfortable with the situation.
"You can leave." He nodded and went out, but before he could leave, Clarke stopped and thanked for his help.
"I need you to stay inside the tower." Lexa looked at Michi who cut anything she could speak.
"I'll stay with her." Lexa nodded and then approached Clarke quickly.
"Please, be careful." The Lexa's eyes were restless. The blonde read the concern there, the request, the fear of losing. She nodded and gave a chaste kiss against the Lexa lips. At that time, Michi was already turning back to the couple, trying to give a minimum of privacy. The commander then withdrew from the room, she wasn't visibly upset, but Clarke knew that the concern of the brunette seethed behind the commander mask.
"And now?"
"Let's go to my room, we'll wait until Heda give some news." Clarke nodded and the two women hurriedly went to the safety of the room. Upon entering, Michi quickly searched the place, making sure it was safe. With that, she sat in a corner of the room, which gave an advantage in the event of an attack. Clarke sat against the headboard, with a nearby knife. She was worried and the adrenaline was pumping, she feared for her guard safety and for her loved ones.
Clarke woke up with a firm knock on the door. She looked around startled, only to be reassured by Michi. The brunette stood from her seat and opened the door slowly, just a little to see who was there. She opened the door fully to see Lexa there.
"Lexa, what happened? They found Viktor?"
"He was tied up in one of the buildings of Arkadia. Alive, but with a deep cut on the back of the head, he regained consciousness recently. He claims he was incapacitated before entering Arkadia." Lexa gave precise information. "He didn't see who attacked him."
"This is very worrying."
"We'll increase your guard. The attack against Viktor has raised flags, the fact that someone suspicious was watching you is even more worrying. Two guards, and Michi. "
"We should leave them in the shadows." Lexa agreed with the warrior.
"I called a meeting of the leaders of the clans." Clarke's eyes widened. "They need to be aware of it. They'll come in a month. Your mother is being called too." Michi nodded.
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Despite the initial fear, several days later everything just fell into a routine. The two guards were added to Clarke guard, they were never seen, Michi said that they were there, but even her assumed have difficulties find them.
The blonde's training also intensified greatly, she spent much of the morning training. Armed or unarmed, she trained until the body no longer bear. And when the exhaustion hit the door, both stopped. The workout in the morning began at first light after a stronger first meal. And they stop just close to the midday meal.
Lexa whenever she could watch the training, she made suggestions, but never interfere. Mainly because she thought that the way the warrior was teaching Clarke was functional enough.
The Wolferkru warriors were excellent fighters, perhaps less molded due to lower number of wars that they participated. But the commander knew that the strength in battle of a Wolferkru unit decimate a much larger group of warriors. The clan was called Clan of wolves because the similarity with the animals. Smaller-scale warriors, in comparation to the trees people, but agile and precise in their attacks. Always working in a group eight to ten warriors, they were known to devastate groups three or four times larger. As mentors are analytical and methodical, teaching their second to exhaustion. But what makes Lexa satisfied about the wolves was their loyalty very well placed. When a wolf warrior trusted and gave them loyalty, they would die for that person. The commander was proud of this people be loyal to her.
"You hesitate to strike with your weaker side." Michi said cutting the commander flow of thought.
"I don't know how to fix it."
"Practice. Change your blows base, force your body to merge both sides to attack, until it becomes second nature to it." Clarke nodded in agreement and prepared again for an exchange of blows, but Michi raised hand prevented her. "We're done for today." She said leaving the blonde intrigued.
"Why?" The sky's girl asked confused. "It's still early..." Michi looked confused.
"I'll go to the Raven workshop." Michi thought for a moment if she had reported it to Clarke. "Did I told you, no?" She amended and Clarke took her hand against her forehead.
"That was today! I'm sorry, I just forgot." She then smiled shyly at Lexa. "And you, what will you do today?" Clarke honestly didn't want to spend the day alone, with Michi visiting Raven, Bellamy, Lincoln and her mother busy. Octavia was still a little desirable option, considering that the girl had asked for time to think.
"Meetings..." Lexa shrugged and inwardly smiled at Clarke's downcast face. "Would you like to go with me in these meetings?" She smiled widely at the sight of the interested look of Clarke. "There aren't large or important meetings, but will be interesting." She shrugged and Clarke smiled in agreement.
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Michi followed in slow steps to Arkadia. The sun was extremely hot on the head of brunette. And she internally regretted having dress such a hot outfit. The shirt was covered with light leather armor, a thick cover over the left shoulder and heart. The warrior at every step regretted having dressed in full armor. The leather was hot and sweaty against her skin, but she swallowed the discomfort, the clothing was exceptionally good to protect the vital points and organs.
The brunette went through the big gates of Arkadia, although she know the basics of the locations she had no idea where Raven working section was, she then went to the medical bay, hoping that Abby could give her some information. She entered slowly, for fear of disturbing. When looking into the room, she saw only Marcus, sitting on one of the stretchers.
"Good morning Markus." She spoke in a relatively satisfied tone. The man was always well mannered, polite and friendly.
"Good morning Michi, how are you?" He gave an honest smile, but he was tense.
"I'm fine, but you clearly appear to be in pain..." She noted that the man was tense, especially on the right.
"I'm getting old." He smiled sheepishly. "My back isn't as they were before." Michi nodded in understanding, but any comment she thought to do was cut with Abby coming at a quickly pace inside the room.
"I made you some compresses with herbs, you should rest for today." She spoke without looking at the man, still unaware of Michi presence.
"I have a meeting with Lexa..." He contested gently.
"Marcus, do not make me tie you down again, because I'll like this." She said laughing, but the smile died to see Michi, Abby felt a light blush appear on the cheeks, but the warrior remained impassive, even internally she was tempted to laugh at the obvious discomfort of the woman. "I ..." She cleared her throat and Michi resisted the urge to roll her eyes, she would never judge what the hell these two had. She blocked any strange image that might arise in her mind and tried strongly to focus on any kind of cute animal that she could think.
"Could you tell me where I can find Raven?" She asked cutting any excuse that Abby could give. She really didn't want to think about this involving these two. She held a grimace of disgust and remained impassive.
"She's in her workshop." Marcus's voice was shy, but the brunette ignored.
"And where is that?" She asked disgustedly, at that moment she regretted having followed up to Abby, she could totally asked to some of the people in the streets.
"Uh, right..." Abby went to a window and pointed to a metal tower that appeared lightly on the buildings. "There. You'll be able to reach following the road until the end and turning right." Michi nodded, thanked and left.
Michi looked at the medical bay and made a slight grimace. She really didn't need to know these things. With a heavy sigh she followed the directions given by Abby. A resident pointed out the correct construction to Michi and she allowed herself to observe the place.
It was a low building, but was wide, Michi supposed it was a large square. The door was wide and large, and above it was a symbol that the brunette couldn't identify, was painting in red. She supposed it should identify the place as being Raven workshop. The warrior followed into the door, which was open and knock hard on one of them. Clarke had said more than once to her knock before entering, because unlike that Raven could hurt her. What warrior highly doubted, but she decided to accept the suggestion. She wasn't sure if the woman had heard, a sharp sound of metal scraping against metal sounded loud in the room.
"Back here." Raven voice sound high. The brunette slowly followed trying to locate her. Every step she took the noise sounded louder. When she arrived where was mechanical, she saw that Raven was using something to cut a metal plate, she was with a black mask on her face to protect her eyes from the sparks. She quietly waited a little behind where the shorter brunette was working with a tense posture in concentration. When she finished cutting the plate, she pulled the machine, that seemed to be heavy, for a vacant space on the table and turned to the warrior wiping sweat from her face.
"This seems to be dangerous..." Michi said looking with head tilted.
"I could lose a piece." Raven said joking and laughed at the warrior's eyes widened. "But luckily I am very good with my hands." She smiled naughty.
"That I don't know." She said approaching Raven in three large strides, getting extremely close to the brunette. "You promised to show me." She spoke in a low tone, almost a growl, the tone created small shivers down Raven's neck, which eventually dropping a slight choking sound instead of a good answer.
"I..." The mechanical caught a moment and then with a clean throat Michi pulled away and smiled shyly at the shorter woman. "Well, I think I have to show you then." She spoke quickly turning back and heading for a corner. Michi remained in the same place, which made the brunette looking over shoulder to the warrior. "You are coming?" She gave a sweet smile, but slightly naughty, and the woman just nodded.
The playful moment of provocation passed quickly when Raven noted that the warrior was really curious and that this wasn't, just maybe, an excuse to be there. Raven felt happy, for someone being really interested in her work. Finn wasn't. She shivered slightly at the thought of him. He was a good guy, but spoiled and childish. He had several problems of self-esteem and all he did, especially the betrayal had hurt a lot the young woman. She wasn't a hypocrite, she loved the boy. She regretted having left behind as a farewell, his metal crow. It was a beautiful memory of them. The choice to leave the object occurred soon after the almost death of Jasper.
"What are you thinking?" Michi said without taking her eyes of a small lamp, which she was turning on and off repeatedly.
"Nothing..." I tried to digress.
"You're thinking really high." The warrior looked in her eyes. "I'll not judge it if what this is what you fears..." She shrugged.
"I don't ..." She paused and sighed. She had never talked about Jasper with anyone. "Jasper..." Michi looked confused. "I'm thinking about Jasper..."
"What happened to him?" She remained impassive, but she put down the prototype of a small flashlight on the table.
"Jasper went into a self-destructive hurricane..." She said thoughtfully, pressing her hip against the small table to reduce the pressure on the bad leg, something that hasn't passed unnoticed by Michi. "He had recently lost Maya and he hated Clarke with all his strength, so he lost Clarke. Guilt gnawed him inside. He started to put himself in risk situations, such as leaving unarmed in the night into the forest." Raven sighed. "One day, two children were close to a river, picking some flowers, playing around. They weren't alone, there were adults next by. But a deer saw them, he was territorial... He attacked them." The Michi's eyes widened a little. "Jasper jumped into the animal without any weapons. The animal antlers almost killed him..." Raven felt tears come to her eyes. "I found him almost dead, I shot the animal, and it died, but the antlers were still in his arms and trunks..." Michi put her hand gently to Raven's forearm, passing a small support.
"What happened to him?" She asked quietly.
"He didn't die, but he end up for a long lying. There was a lot of damage. He wished he had died." Raven felt an uncomfortable tingle through her spine to remember the scene of Jasper lying hard, unable to move much any part of his body.
"And today?" Michi had her hand firmly resting on the woman forearm.
"He's better... I snapped to him after that. I screamed in his face for hours and hours. We both were crying, I apologized and he apologized... After that, he began to heal." The words came out watery.
"The pain of the past is something you can't escape, just learn from it..." Michi said calmly. "This is a lesson we all ended up learning sometime..."
"You're sweet..." Raven said shyly and the older brunette smiled embarrassed.
"This is the first time..." Raven looked confused. "Someone calls me sweet..."
"Well, you are." The mechanics hand landed on the warrior's shoulder, the woman just returned with a shy smile. Raven felt her heart speed up slightly against her chest. But she didn't have much time to think about it, reflect about it. A sharp sound drawing Michi's attention, a company prototype ended up ringing when the sunlight loaded the object batteries. With this, the moment was cut and Raven returned to explain the many inventions that she had there. After a long while the brunette left.
That night Raven let out a happy sigh to remember her day. She thought it was hard for a grounder enjoy the sky people technologies, but then came that warrior with an innocent curiosity won a small space in her mind. Raven showed her experience, explained and answered all the questions she made. Questions, she never had questions launched to her before, never had someone who cared about her work. She had so much to tell Michi. The brunette caught that thought, the mere suggestion that her heart was doing, pounding against her chest in a silent joy. This terrified her deeply.
"I'm so fucked up..." The brunette said to herself, contemplating who to talk to Clarke.
Across the city, Michi was coming to similar conclusions, but not as panicked as Raven. She was just afraid to move on, means having to leave Ariele memories...