Chapter 10

The next morning, Bellamy, Jane – holding baby Octavia in her arms –, Clarke, Jasper and Finn walked back to their camp, escorted by Lincoln and two other men. Jasper was holding the cow on a lead rope, the little calf trotting alongside its mother. The Grounders didn't escort them all the way. Once the Sky people knew where they were, they went to their camp alone.

"Open the gate!" a boy on scoot duty on the wall yelled, and the gate opened. The group walked in with the cow, and everyone stared.

"What the hell is that?" Murphy said. He was covered in blood, and had purple marks around his neck. Bellamy noticed them.

"Murphy, what happened to you?"

"Before you say anything," Miller stepped in, I tried to stop them. Bellamy looked at Miller.

"Nate, what happened?"

Miller took Bellamy, Clark and Finn aside, while Jasper tied the cow to a tree on the side of the camp and girls cooed over Octavia and Jane, asking her what had happened. She wanted Bellamy to tell everyone what had happened, so she only told them that the Grounders gave Octavia baby clothes, and showed them to whoever wanted to see them.

"Wells was killed by one of our own," Miller said. "Everyone thought it was Murphy because we found his knife lying where his body was found. The group tried to hang him-"

"Tried?" Murphy spat. "You kicked the box!"

"Shut up, Murphy," Bellamy said. He turned his attention back to Miller.

"When the box was kicked, a little girl, Charlotte, said that she had killed him. Raven and Monty ran to take Murphy down, and a group ran after Charlotte who tried to escape. She was trapped at the top of a ravine. But instead of giving herself up, she jumped."

Clarke's eyes widened. "All that in two days?"

"Yes," Miller said, looking at Bellamy straight in the eyes.

"Guys!" Raven and Monty said, running to Bellamy and Clarke. "We have the Ark on the radio! We made it! Clarke, you need to come!"

Clarke and the others ran back to the dropship, but Bellamy stayed behind. He had no wish to talk to whoever was on that radio. He had killed the Chancellor, and he knew that he was going to get punished once the Ark people came down. Everyone had heard the good news and was standing around Clarke, silently listening to her speak with Chancellor Kane, the new Chancellor of the Ark.

Bellamy knew he couldn't stay there. He joined Jane who was sitting on the log near the fire. Darkness was filling the camp, and orange flames danced on her face. He sat next to her. "Can I hold her?"

"Sure." She gave him her daughter. He lay her down on his knees and she grabbed his thumbs cooing back at him. Bellamy smiled and Jane melted at the sight. When she found out she was pregnant, she would never have imagined to live a moment like this. And on the Earth no less. She rested her head on his shoulder.

"Janey," Bellamy whispered. "I can't be here when the Ark people come down."

"I know," she whispered back. "We need to leave."

"But where?"

"Trikru. They'll take us in."

"They'll take you and Octavia. I'm not sure they'll take me."

"They have to." She looked at him. "And you have to put Clarke and Finn in charge, here."

He nodded. "That's who I was thinking of, anyway." He cradled Octavia in his arms. "We leave before dawn, okay? We just leave a message to Clarke. No one knows about this."

Jane nodded. "I'll start packing up."

They both headed to their tent and started packing, taking their few belonging. "And don't worry. Finn knows where the signal fires are in case there's a problem. He was with you when Lincoln showed you."

He nodded. "Let's get some sleep. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow." They both lay in their makeshift bed, and listened to the crackling fire outside and the voices of the exited teenagers.

"They're gonna come down!"

"I can't wait to see my parents!"

"When are they coming down?"

"As soon as they can."

Bellamy and Jane exchanged a look and nodded. Leaving was the right thing to do. Jane cuddled against Bellamy, her back to his strong chest, and Octavia in her arms. Bellamy wrapped his two favorite ladies in the Universe with his strong arms, and he fell asleep rather quickly. So did Octavia. But Jane couldn't find sleep. She focused on Bellamy's heart beating against her back. She counted 865 beats before she finally fell asleep.

"Wake up," Bellamy whispered in Jane's ear, planting a light kiss on her cheek. "It's time."

Jane stirred, rubbed her eyes and stretched her limbs. In under two minutes, she was ready to leave. Octavia was still asleep. She made a makeshift baby carrier from a piece of tent, and Bellamy smiled. Always the creative. Three minutes later, they were on their way. But before, Bellamy slipped a piece of paper in Clarke's tent. They made a run for the wall behind the dropship, where they knew there would be less surveillance. Bellamy climbed over it, and Jane followed. He helped her down, both trying not to wake the baby up.

Bellamy still had the map the Grounders had drawn and they walked all day, only stopping at the creek for water. Bellamy had taken a couple rations of meat from the stock pile for the day. It was the end of the afternoon when they arrived at the Grounder's village.

"What are you doing here?" Lincoln said when he saw them.

"Our people are coming down from the sky in a few days. But Jane and I can't be there when they come."

"You're a criminal," Lincoln said, eyeing Bellamy suspiciously.

"We all are," Jane said. "They send 100 teenage prisoners to the ground."

"Then why aren't the others with you?"

"Because I did something unpardonable." He paused. "I killed our Leader so I could come down. And I did everything in my power so that we couldn't contact them. But Raven and Monty still managed."

Lincoln sighed. "Fine. You can stay here. Your friend Finn knows how to use the signal fire. Come on." He led them to a hut on the side of the village after he told Indra they would stay. She was more than happy to keep an eye on the baby and her mother.

For a few days, nothing happened. Bellamy and Jane tried to learn the language. Not only that, but they also gave them new clothes. With enough training and practice they could pass as Grounders. And Bellamy already had the Trikru mark on his arm. Jane was happy, and so was he. Octavia was gaining weight and had beautiful rosy cheeks. She was already 2 weeks old.

Lincoln taught Bellamy how to fight, and Jane had to patch him up at the end of each session. One session each day. He was covered in bruises, and winced when he moved. But as the days went on, he was able to parry more and more blows, and he was even able to give some of his own. Until Lincoln decided it was time to use the blades. At the end of the week, Indra offered Bellamy his own sword. Jane also learned how to fight, but it wasn't as intense as Bellamy's session. Her lessons focused on strategy and other things. Like Indra said: they raise their boys to be Warriors – not worriers – and their daughters to become Leaders.

A week after Bellamy and Jane came to TonDC, the Trikru village, a scout saw the signal fire from the teenager's camp at noon. Everyone geared up and headed there as fast as they could. Bellamy and Jane left Octavia behind with an old woman, one of the Elders of Trikru.

They ran practically all the way to the camp, and made it in record time. But when they arrived there it was deserted. Not one single soul.

"Thank God you came!" Finn said running from under the trees and into the camp.

"What happened?" Bellamy asked.

"I was outside the camp, taking a leak when I saw red smoke come up from the camp. I stayed hidden and looked at what was happening. Dozens of men in suits and gas masks came out from nowhere. The kids all dropped down like flies-"

"Mountainmen," Indra growled.

"And when the smoke had vanished," Finn continued, talking faster and faster, panic rising in him, "I saw them taking them away. I ran up to the fire as fast as I could."

"We need to help them," Jane said.

"No one ever got out of that Mountain," Indra said. "There's nothing we can do."

"But you said you needed men to fight the Mountainmen," Bellamy said. "What do you make of our alliance?"

"All your men have been taken, Bellamy kom Skaikru. There's nothing we can do."

Bellamy rolled his sleeve to show him the mark. "Ai Bellamy kom Trikru, Indra." He paused. "And those kids are my friends."

"Look!" Finn said, pointing to the sky. "They're taking the Ark down!"

"Reinforcements," Lincoln said.

"No," Indra said. "They know nothing of the ground." She started walking away, back to her village.

Jane and Finn both looked at Bellamy with an imploring look. "Bellamy, please," Jane said. "We need to help them."

"Clarke's in there," Finn said. "We need to help them."

"We will," he said in his deep voice.


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