You're either the hunter or the hunted.

The first hour into their search was spent just trying to find a trail that Octavia might've left. When they finally came to a steep embankment in the woods it was Mbege who called out to the others: "Look, over here!"

"What is it?" Bellamy questioned as he rushed over.

"Right there," Mbege pointed out. "You see it?"

Euphemia squinted her eyes and tried to focus on what he was pointing out, barely managing to make out something hanging from a bush about halfway down the ravine. "Is that Octavia's?" someone asked.

"Rope," Bellamy ordered.

"What're you doing?" Finn questioned as Bellamy tossed one end of the rope down the hill.

"We need the rope to get back up," explained Bellamy. He grabbed a flashlight from Mbege and began to carefully descend stopping halfway to grab the object on the bush. "It's hers," he announced. "I'm going all the way down."

Euphemia looked around and saw no one else moved to follow after Bellamy. After handing her torch to Jasper and securing the hatchet through her belt loop, she gripped tightly at the rope and cautiously made her way down. Jasper wasn't far behind after she none too gracefully landed at the bottom.

Bellamy was kneeling on the ground when she made her way over to him. "What is that?" she asked as she peeked over his hunched shoulder catching sight of the blood that coated the tips of his fingers. A frown settled on her face as she began to think of the worst case scenarios.

Jasper and Finn weren't far behind them. "Someone else was here," Bellamy concluded.

Finn looked around before pointing out a set of footprints that were deeper than the rest. "The footprints are deeper going that way," he said. "He was carrying her."

The rest of their search party was beginning to trail down behind them. "If they took her she's alive," Jasper stated trying to maintain hope that Octavia was all right. "Just like when they took me."

"That everyone?" Euphemia asked as Miller stumbled his way down the ravine grabbing hold of Euphemia's outstretched arm so he wouldn't trip and fall. He muttered a thanks to her before confirming that everyone had made it down.

"Let's go," Bellamy ordered.

Finn led the group through the woods, twisting and turning as he followed the trail that had been left very carefully. He came to an abrupt stop a long while later when they came to a collection of skeletons impaled on spikes.

"That's welcoming," Euphemia mumbled and despite herself took a slight step back from the display.

"I don't speak Grounder…" Finn started. "…but I think this means keep out."

"Let's get out of here. It's crazy," said one of the boys. A few more agreed with him and they began to make their way back to camp.

"Go back if you want," Bellamy told the group. "My sister, my responsibility." He charged forward, ignoring the signs of warning.

Euphemia glanced up at Jasper who looked doe-eyed and afraid. She smiled softly at him and gave him a pat on the back as if to tell him he didn't need to continue on before following after Bellamy. "Thank you," she heard Bellamy say to her as she came up beside him.

"Nothing to it," she admitted.

Their group had dwindled down as they pressed on into Grounder territory. Light was breaking through the trees making it easier to navigate through the dense forest which Finn was leading them through. Euphemia noticed his brows furrowing together and he slowed before coming to a complete stop with an irritated sigh. "I got nothing," he confessed as the trail he had been after came to an end. "We lost the trail."

"Keep looking," Bellamy insisted.

The group was cautious as they moved forward and Euphemia, after having caught several shadows out of the corner of her eye within the last half an hour, knew that they were being watched. She tugged on Jasper's sleeve making sure he stayed close to her in case anything happened. While she probably wasn't strong enough to take on a Grounder, she was tiny and quick on her feet if need be.

"Wandering around aimlessly isn't the way to find your sister, we should backtrack," Finn suggested but Bellamy cut him off.

"I'm not going back," he grounded out.

One of the girls, Roma, interrupted their conversation. "Hey, where's John?" she questioned with a trembling voice.

The group glanced around confused at the disappearance of one of their members. "I just saw him a second ago," Jasper whispered.

Fear began coursing through her veins and she looked to Bellamy for some sort of guidance. "Spread out. He couldn't have gotten that far," he ordered but before anyone could even move a body fell from the trees with a loud 'thud'. Her stomach turned at the sight of the boy's corpse on the ground. Death was no stranger to her, but that didn't make it any less difficult to deal with when coming face to face with it.

"They use the trees," Finn deduced as he looked up to where Mbege's body had fallen from.

Birds were crowing around them which only filled them with more dread. "We shouldn't have crossed the boundary," Diggs said.

"Now can we go back?" Roma pleaded.

Out of the corner of her eye she spotted a figure looming in the distance and she turned to Finn who was standing next to her and tugged on his sleeve gesturing to the figure. "There," Finn pointed out.

"Another one," said Diggs as they spotted a Grounder creeping through the trees.

"We should run," Finn urged.

Euphemia didn't have to be told twice as she grasped Jasper by the collar of his jacket and pulled her along with him. She forced him to keep up with her as she stayed aligned with Bellamy who led the group.

Every time they thought they had an opening to escape them, the Grounders would cut them off. The group was growing frantic as they realized just how many Grounders they were up against. "What are we gonna do?" Miller questioned. "They keep heading us off."

"Just keep running!" Finn called out.

"I can't run much longer!" Jasper shouted as he struggled to keep up with Euphemia who refused to let him fall behind.

"I'm not stopping for him!" Diggs yelled.

Bellamy came to a stop. "I'm sick of running, anyway." Diggs kept running despite Bellamy's proclamation.

"What are you doing?" Euphemia asked as she skidded to a halt with Jasper nearly barreling into her.

"They know where she is." Bellamy insisted.

Roma looked at Bellamy like he was insane and called out for Diggs before taking off in the direction the boy disappeared in. "Diggs, where are you?" she shouted.

The remainder of the group looked at each other before setting off after the two. Bellamy yelled for Roma to stop, but she kept on running. Euphemia stopped in her tracks when she saw Diggs impaled by a spike. "Oh god," she murmured horrified by the sight.

"They were leading us here," Jasper concluded as he looked around. "It's the only direction we could run in."

"Hey," Finn said softly. "Where'd they go?" he asked when he noticed that the Grounders were no longer after them.

A loud noise in the woods caught their attention. "After Roma," Bellamy deduced and took off into the trees to find the missing girl. The others trailed after him after sharing hesitant looks.

"Over there," the other girl, Monroe, pointed out when she saw a person behind a tree. Bellamy was the one to go towards the figure with his weapon at ready. Finn and Euphemia were following quietly behind him making sure to keep an eye on their surroundings in case the Grounders were lurking.

Bellamy's face fell when he saw Roma pinned to the tree by a spear, blood dripping down the sides of her mouth. He approached the body and carefully shut her eyes which stared blankly ahead. Euphemia stepped towards him and placed a hand on his arm. "Bellamy—" she started.

"She only came because of me," he murmured softly.

"They're playing with us," said Finn. "They can kill us whenever they want."

"Then they should get it over with!" Jasper yelled angrily. Euphemia stared at the boy with surprise as he continued to shout while Bellamy ordered Finn to shut him up and Euphemia gripped Jasper's arm trying to talk the boy out of his hysteric state.

"Bellamy!" Monroe shouted when she saw a Grounder emerge from the woods around them.

The hard look that was on Jasper's face vanished as more Grounders began to surround them. Euphemia's heart began to race and her hands trembled as she frantically looked around at the menacing figures that were beginning to close in on them.

She didn't think that their reprieve would be a fog horn blowing in the distance. The Grounders reacted to the sound immediately and began to retreat leaving the group of delinquents in a state of confusion. "They're leaving," Bellamy said with relief.

"That horn," Jasper mumbled. "What does it mean?"

It was Finn who had the answer. "Acid fog," he stated and took out a parachute from the bag that hung from his shoulders.

"We have to run," Monroe insisted.

Finn argued. "There's no time."

A short time later they found themselves lying belly down on the ground cramped together under the parachute. Euphemia glanced over to Miller on her right and then to Jasper on her left before saying: "This is cozy."

"How long are we supposed to wait?" Jasper asked and Monroe followed up with questioning whether the parachute would even work against the acidic fog.

"We'll find out," said Finn.

Bellamy let out a sigh. "No, we won't," he stated before peeking out from underneath the parachute. "There's no fog," he informed and the rest of the group rose from under the fabric.

"Maybe, it was a false alarm," Finn suggested.

Bellamy caught sight of a figure flouncing through the forest. "They're coming back," he warned.

After looking around for signs of any more Grounders Jasper stated. "I think he's alone."

"I don't even think he knows we're here," Euphemia mentioned.

"Now, can we run?" Monroe asked.

"If he doesn't see us, I'm going after him," Bellamy declared.

"And what? Kill him?" Finn inquired.

"No," Bellamy denied. "Catch him. Make him tell me where Octavia is, then kill him."

For the first time, Euphemia hesitated in following Bellamy. "How do we know he's not leading us to another trap?" Jasper asked.

Finn locked eyes with Euphemia who seemed just as scared as him and Jasper. "We don't," he admitted.

Euphemia looked over at Monroe and saw the reluctance in her eyes to continuing on with their search mission. "If you don't want to come you don't have to," she told the other girl. "Take Miller with you back to camp."

The girl looked eternally grateful while Miller looked at the redhead incredulously. "I'm not leaving," he asserted.

"Listen," she started. "If we, y'know, for whatever reason die out here, at least it won't be six of us added onto the three that are already dead."

Finn backed her up. "She's right," he agreed. "Take Monroe back to camp."

Miller appeared unwilling to listen, but he knew the authority that both Finn and Euphemia held in the group so he did as he was told motioning for Monroe to follow him as he led her in the direction back to camp.

"Come on," Euphemia said to Finn and Jasper who trailed after her as she headed in the direction Bellamy disappeared in and when they finally caught up reached the older boy he asked them where Miller and Monroe were. "I sent them back," replied Euphemia and were it any other person Bellamy would've argued against sending two of their group back, but he knew Euphemia and he knew she wouldn't do anything without a reason.

It was nearing dusk as they approached the cave where the lone Grounder vanished into. "Get your weapons ready," Bellamy ordered and the others didn't need to be told twice. As they cautiously entered the cave, it was the sight of Octavia standing over an unconscious Grounder that greeted them. "Octavia," Bellamy called out with relief.

"Bellamy?" Octavia questioned. "Get the key!"

He grabbed the key from the ground and hastily began to unlock the padlock that trapped Octavia to the wall. "Euphemia, watch the entrance," he told the redhead and she did as she was told, heading back out the cave where she stood gripping at her hatchet trying to bury the fear that had started to rise in her. She wasn't gone more than a few moments before she heard Octavia yelling which sent her running back into the cave.

"What the hell happened?" she demanded when she saw Finn sprawled out on the floor bleeding and Bellamy gasping for breath. The Grounder lay on the ground unconscious.

"Finn," Jasper uttered. "He stabbed Finn."

She glanced between Jasper and Bellamy before spouting. "What the hell are you waiting for? Let's go!" That seemed to wake them all up from whatever daze they were in as Bellamy scrambled to his feet. He and Jasper carefully lifted Finn up off the cave floor and they all began to make the long trek back to camp.

"You're gonna be okay," Euphemia told Finn who was fading in and out of consciousness. "Clarke'll fix you up."