Minho falls asleep making bullets, but wakes up to Newt wandering in. Newt has a massive hangover, and Minho is about to say something sarcastic when Newt says, "the exodus ship crashed."
Minho rubs sleep from his eyes, "What? Do we have contact with the Ark?" Minho yawns as Thomas wanders in.
"Have you heard about the exodus ship?" Thomas asks.
"No, Newt and I were just talking about the lovely weather we are having." Minho says with an eye roll.
Thomas doesn't bother commenting, knowing Minho always has the last word.
Before Newt can answer Minho's previous question Raven comes in, ignores everyone to grab a rifle and some bullets, she then shoves the rifle in Minho's hands before dragging him out of the tent.
"What was that about?" Thomas asks.
Newt shrugs, "That girl makes no sense to me."
Thomas hums in agreement as the two leave the tent.
Minho wants to ask Raven how yesterdays meeting with the Grounders went, but she seems to focused to even hear him, so he just lets her pull him towards the edge of camp.
Bellamy and Miller are talking while Raven briefs the rest of the group; Finn, Clarke, Monroe, Sterling, and Minho. "So we are looking for survivors, and a black box. The black box will hopefully have information to why the ship crashed, and we can relay that back to the Ark so it doesn't happen with the next ships."
Bellamy walks up behind Raven, "Keep an eye out for grounders, as of now they are officially our enemies."
Miller nods at Minho as he walks by, Minho offers him a smile. Based on Bellamy's comment, the meeting must have been awful. Finn and Clarke are speaking to each other, but Raven doesn't notice as she argues with Bellamy. By the glances they keep sending him, Minho assumes Bellamy isn't happy with his presence, and Raven just brought him along to irritate Bellamy.
Raven seems to win as Bellamy instructs the rest of the group to get going. Minho and Finn walk side by side, with Finn leading the way to the ship and Minho keeping a lookout for grounders. Minho can practically feel Bellamy's discomfort, and feels him glaring at the back of his head every few moments. He betrayed Bellamy with no consequences as of yet, and the last person to betray Bellamy was banished.
Once they arrive at the crash site is is easy to see there will be no survivors. Minho takes the perimeter with Monroe, Sterling, and Bellamy as the rest search for the black box Raven wants. Clarke lets out a gasp, and soon everyone's attention is pulled to her.
"Clarke, stop!" Raven commands as she walks over there.
Finn must have heard something in Raven's voice, because he too is soon next to Clarke.
"Rocket fuel?" Clarke asks, as she takes in the pink substance looking on the ground.
"Hydrazine... Highly unstable in its non solid form. If this stuff meets fire, we're all pink mist." Raven says as she throws some, "Fire in the hole!" she says as the hydrazine explodes.
Raven looks to Bellamy, "We need to clear the area."
Bellamy nods, and soon they are on their way back to the dropship.
~Line Break~
Thomas is sitting with Monty and Octavia on the fence while Jasper brags about shooting some grounders at the bridge the other day. Thomas can see that Octavia is getting irritated, "Hey guys."
Jasper stops talking, and the delinquent surrounding him all turn to Thomas, before he could say anything one of their alarms go off. Everyone begins to look for grounders when Octavia spots something and takes off, Thomas follows and hopes it isn't the one she's been sneaking out to see, Bellamy won't be to thrilled about that. Derek and Connor make it there before anyone else, and find, "Murphy?" Connor asks.
Thomas sighs, "Let's bring him to the drop ship."
"Bellamy's not going to be happy." Derek says as he helps Thomas drag Murphy in while Octavia and Connor shut the gate.
~Line Break~
Minho comes back to camp with the others, and since he's in the front he's the first one who gets to see a panicked Thomas run up to him. "Murphy's back. We found him by the gate, trying to get in. He's in really bad shape, and sick."
Thomas looks scared, and Minho places a hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him down, they all remember what it was like when someone was sick on the Ark, quarantine and death.
"Where is he?" Bellamy demands.
Thomas's hazel eyes flicker to Bellamy, hesitant to say after hearing Bellamy tell Murphy he will kill him if he ever shows up at camp. Luckily Thomas doesn't have to face this moral dilemma as Connor sticks his head out of the dropship and waves Bellamy over.
Bellamy turns to the group, "Don't tell anyone." Bellamy walks off to the dropship, trusting everyone to follow his command.
Clarke turns to Thomas, "How about you come with us to explain what happened."
Thomas nods and walks beside Clarke, while Finn follows behind like a puppy. Monroe and Sterling wander off, probably to catch some sleep after their early morning, while Minho just stands there, buzzing with energy.
Raven sighs, and Minho turns to her, "Need help?" he asks, eager to avoid the drama brewing.
Raven shrugs, and Minho follows her to her tent. Raven shows Minho how to clean a gun and then leaves him to it while she tries and contact the Ark about the Exodus ship. After twenty minutes of working on the radio and muttering swears under her breath Raven slams it down, all the while Minho works quietly on the guns. Minho looks up, but doesn't comment, it's not like he could help anyway.
Raven looks at him, brown eyes full of irritation, "Let's go look at the at underground structure of yours." Raven stands up and grabs her red jacket hanging off the back of her seat.
Minho moves to follow her when Clarke walks in with surprise on her face, "I'm sorry." she turns to leave, but Raven stops her.
"Is everything okay?" Raven asks. Minho's surprised at how all the anger left her, and is replaced with sincerity.
Clarke nods, and even though everyone in the tent knows it's a lie no one presses further. "We can't contact the Ark, it's like something's interfering with our communications." Raven says.
"You'll figure it out." Clarke sounds defeated, and Minho pities her.
Clarke is about to walk out, when Raven says, "Clarke, I'm sorry about your mom. She was a good person."
Clarke looks back at them and she's crying blood, "Clarke." Raven says.
Clarke wipes at her eyes and looks at her hand, before Connor starts yelling for her. The three of them leave the tent, and find delinquents coughing everywhere, Minho grabs Raven's arm and pulls her away. She hits his chest, as Clarke says, "You need to stay away."
Clarke heads to the dropship, grabbing anyone who is coughing and pointing them in the right direction. People start gathering around the dropship and Bellamy keeps them back with the help of Miller and Monroe. Minho watches as Thomas gets lead into the dropship and lets go of Raven to follow him. Newt stops him, grabbing his shoulders and holding him back with reason, "Quarantine. Thomas helped bring Murphy to the dropship, they need to make sure he's okay."
Minho stops, "It's like we never left the Ark."
Newt lets him go and turns to watch the crowd panic, "He'll be fine."
Then hell breaks lose as the delinquents start to panic when people start coughing blood, and they begin to turn on each other. Minho's head snaps to Raven when she yells, "Finn!" and he follows her line of sight to see Finn catching Clarke who fell.
"Great." Minho mumbles.
Newt nods, "If she dies, we're toast."
Then Octavia walks through the crowd, which parts for her, no one wants to face Bellamy's wrath. "The grounders will be here at dawn, to hit us when we're weak."
Bellamy makes eyes contact with Raven, who immediately puts her walls up and begins to leave the crowd grabbing Monty on her way and motioning for Minho. Newt and Minho follow her to her tent, and the four of them start making bullets in a frenzy. Monty notices they are running out, "Raven-"
"I know." She cuts him off.
After a while Bellamy comes in with Finn behind him, "How many?"
"Five." Raven's tone is terse, "We're running our of gun powder." Raven explains.
Newt says, "What about blowing up the bridge?"
Raven thinks about it for a moment, "I can use the hydrazine and the gunpowder to blow it up, hopefully delaying the grounders."
Bellamy looks at her like she's crazy, "Raven, it survived a nuclear war."
Raven smiles, "It won't survive me."
~Line Break~
Minho ends up following Raven back to the exodus ship, leaving a hurt Finn behind. "I never shot a gun before. I just thought that you may want to know." Minho says as he follows her.
Raven spares him a glance before continuing on, "Thanks for telling me that now."
Minho sends her a smirk even though she's not looking at him.
"Do you need help?" Minho asks as he keeps an eye out for grounders while Raven retrieves the hydrazine.
"Shut up, I'm trying to focus." Raven says.
The way back was tense, both afraid the hydrazine may blow up if moved the wrong way.
Raven kicks everyone out of her tent while she works, and Minho finds himself sitting next to Newt.
"Raven's seems to have taken liking to you." Newt says as they watch the dropship, waiting for a certain brunette.
Minho rolls his eyes at Newt, knowing what he's insinuating, "Both Bellamy and Finn hate me, so I'm a no brainier when it comes to getting under their skin."
Newt looks at Minho like he's an idiot, his brown eyes hiding a secret. "What?" Minho asks.
Newt rolls his eyes, "Bellamy doesn't hate you, he's afraid of you."
Before Minho could ask, Bellamy and Finn walk into Raven's tent and the boys stop talking waiting to see what happens. After a few minutes Finn and Bellamy walk out, and Newt says, "He's bleeding."
"Klunk." Minho says, if Bellamy goes down the kids will lose their morale.
Then Raven walks out, with a backpack and a gun, her eyes scan the camp before landing on Minho. Newt turns to him, "Don't screw up."
Minho elbows Newt in the ribs before going over to Raven who hands him a gun, "It's easy, all you do is point and shoot. Just don't hit me."
Minho rolls his eyes but takes the gun anyway and follows Raven. The walk is tense and silent.
Raven stops and Minho almost runs into her, which would be disastrous, "Lay on your stomach here, rest the gun on the stump. Use the scope to find the target, and wait for my signal. This is the safety, it needs to be off before you pull the trigger. Don't forget to breathe out as you pull the trigger."
Minho follows her instructions, feeling vulnerable on his stomach, "Anything else?" Minho asks, sarcasm dripping off every syllable.
"Don't miss." Raven quips before disappearing.
He follows her using the scope, and watches as she sets the tin can up.
"Raven!" Minho hears Finn, and sighs.
"Slim it, we don't know if the grounders are here." MInho hisses when Finn comes into sight.
Finn's eyes flicker around the landscape until the land on Minho, "Where's Raven?"
"Planting the bomb." Minho states.
Jasper appears behind Finn, with Monty on his heels, "What's that?" Jasper asks, and the boys become silent.
"War drums." Monty whispers.
Minho looks back through the scope, Raven's giving the signal.
"She won't make it." Finn says as Minho clicks the safety off.
"Finn!" Jasper calls as Finn takes off after Raven.
Minho coughs into his elbow, and notices blood. Monty seems to notice too, but neither mention it. "We can't wait any longer." Minho says as the grounders come into sight.
Minho lines the tin can up in the scope like Raven said and takes a deep breath before letting it go as his index finger pulls the trigger. His aim is true and hits the tin can, blowing the bridge up as the grounders start to cross it. Jasper cheers as Monty helps Finn walk Raven up the hill.
Raven has blood flowing down her nose, but she smiles anyway, "Must have had a great teacher."
Minho smirks, but then starts coughing.
"Let's get them back to camp." Finn says.
"Thank you captain obvious." Minho says as he shrugs Jasper's help off.
The walk back to camp is hard, but Minho is to prideful to ask for help, even though Jasper hovers.
Thomas and Newt are there to greet Minho as he walks through the gate. Minho takes Thomas's pale skin in, "You look like klunk."
Then Minho collapses, but Thomas catches him, "I look better than you."
Newt takes Minho's gun as Minho says, "Not even in your dreams."
A/N I missed the weekend by a day, I'm sorry. Thanks to everyone who continues to read this, despite my horrible ability to update in a timely manner.
A few of the lines are direct quotes from the show, and 100% of the credit goes to the CW and Rasheed Newson and T.J. Brady for writing the script.
Until next time!
