**Octavia's POV***
As Clarke and I pushed our way through the chaos I made sure to have her back, and I knew she had mine. We fought through the fray of mountain men in suits fighting grounders and sky people alike and made it to the stairs. I let Clarke take the lead, since she knew where she was going, and followed keeping my eye out for any enemy trying to get the drop on us.
We made it to the third level, but I heard movement so I reached out and pulled Clarke back, at the same time the sounds seemed to register with her as well. We paused, listening and catching our breaths.
"They have people guarding the grounders. Shit. I figured the 48 would be the priority." Clarke muttered more to herself than me, and I knew she was worried. It was two against however many were around that corner.
Just then we heard movement on the stairs again and I lifted my sword, only to lower as Murphy came into view. We lifted our fingers to our lips, trying to keep him quiet and he caught on. "Bellamy sent me to find you. Back you up. How many?" I rolled my eyes, overprotective big brother strikes again.
"No idea."
He looked from me to Clarke. "If it is a full unit we are screwed. They have about 30 per unit. We took out three earlier. If it is less we may be okay. How are we gonna find out?" We both looked to Clarke, who seemed to be thinking hard about that question.
"You aren't. I am. Wait here. I will whistle if it is a full unit. If not, wait for my signal and then we can try and get through them. Get the door open and get grounders weaponized in there if they are strong enough." I opened my mouth to deny her, but she was already moving. Murphy was muttering that she was reckless but he made no move to follow her either. A few moments later we heard her signal, a boom echoing through the hallway. We ran to her and I saw that she must have pulled one of the smaller bombs Wick had made out and used it. There was still about 12 men scrambling for weapons and shots but Murphy and Clarke were already shooting so I jumped into action. I kept low and went for knees and anything I could hit that would drop the men shooting at Clarke. It took us a few minutes but we had managed to incapacitate enough of them to get to the door. Murphy and I covered for Clarke while she tried to get the door open and sure enough it swung open as I was cutting through the last of the mountain men soldiers that weren't retreating down the hallway.
I took a deep breath, getting ready for whatever I would find on the side of that door, and prayed that somewhere on the other side I would find Lincoln.
We swept into the room, weapons up in case anyone was hiding in here to ambush us, and that's when I saw what they were doing to these people. They were held in cages much to small, and they looked weak. Like they hadn't been fed and it didn't smell all that pleasant in here either. Clarke dropped her gun to her side and immediately started looking for something she could break open the locks with, and after searching and finding nothing she called me over. Try hitting it with your sword.
I warned the grounder in the cage to step back and then I swung, hard, and sure enough after a few hits the chain was weak enough we could pull the door open and break it. I took off, searching cages as I went. So far I hadn't found Lincoln, just a lot of very skinny, very grateful grounders from all tribes. Once such case was the girl I was currently springing. "I am Echo com Azgeda. Who are you?"
"Octavia com Skaikru. We are working with the Commander to get you all out. Can you fight?" She nodded, "Great tell them all that anyone who can fight needs to be ready, and anyone else needs to head stay behind me and Clarke." I pointed at the blonde a row over who was checking over the people I was slowly freeing. While Echo spoke I continued, I was on the last row of cages and still there was no sign of Lincoln. I was getting desperate. And then I heard it. "Octavia?" His voice, quiet, pained but his none thee less. I ran for it, and there he was. Stuck in a cage, looking beat to hell, worse than what Bellamy and Raven had done to him. "Lincoln! I will get you out! Hang on!" I swung hard a few times, broke the chain and then I was pulling him into my arms. Clarke had heard my shout and come running. "Lincoln! Good to see you! Let me check him O, go get the last five. I promise I will look after him." I met his eyes, and leaned forward pressing a gentle kiss to his forehead before I took off to do as I asked.
***Clarke's POV**
I looked down at the man Octavia loved and took a deep breath. "Can you stand?" He nodded, and very slowly I got him into a standing position. "What is going on?"
"The Commander and I are springing all our prisoners. The remnants of the 100 are here, have been since after the battle at the dropship." He nodded, and then quieted so I could look him over. He would be fine. Most of his wounds were superficial. Deep, but not bad enough to worry about right away. What he really needed, same as the others, was food and water. "You think you are good to fight?" He met my eyes and nodded as Octavia came running back. He opened his arms and I stepped back. Octavia stepped into his arms, and closed her eyes. He dropped a kiss to her head, and then began whispering. I let them have their moment, moving back to the front of the room. The girl that had been speaking in Trigdesling turned to me. "We are ready. Where are we needed."
"Let me find that out." I unclipped the radio from my belt. "Bellamy? Lexa? Status?" Bellamy answered first. "Reapers are taken care of. I am heading for the lab. I have Miller. The 46 are out. Jasper and Maya are here as well. We are looking for oxygen for her as we go. Where are you?"
"The Grounders are out. Where should I send the ones that can fight."
"Level Four. We have them pinned there, but I dint know for how long. Some of them should also sweep the tunnels. Was he there?" I smiled, "Yes, he and O are reunited. Most of them should be fine, they are just in need of meds, water and food. Some I am going to lead out. I will send most of them to reinforce four. Any sign of the leadership?"
"No but that was my goal after getting to Fox and Harper."
"Okay. I will meet you after I get them out." I turned, and relayed the message to the girl that had stepped up. "There should be weapons littering the floor, pick them up as you go." She nodded and then they were off. Octavia and Lincoln remained at my side, "Where we headed Clarke?"
"We need to get these people out of here. The 46 that were locked up are out. Bell is going for the rest in the lab. Hopefully he will be able to take out their scientist. No sign of the leadership." She nodded. "Let's do this then. Lincoln, Murphy and I get them out. You go back Bell up and finish this mess." I smiled. "I can be on board with that. Lincoln you sure your good?" He nodded so I turned to Murphy. "Get them out. Then you and O go for the lab unless I say otherwise. If you see an older guy with white hair and he reeks of privilege take him out. That's their president. His son is a prick to but he is harder to describe. Be careful." He nodded and then they ushered the grounders out, and I followed but turned the other way, heading for the lab.
I heard footsteps coming as I reached the opposite end of the hallway, and around the corner came Bell and the others. I dropped my gun, and smiled in relief. "O and the others are getting the injured out." He grinned back. "Good. Nice to see you princess. How many bullets you got left?" I checked my magazine. "Ten, and I only have one more clip and my handgun after that." Jasper wasn't going to wait anymore though, he flung himself at me, "Clarke! They told us you died. That you killed yourself. I am so sorry I didn't listen to you!" I patted his back my soft smile on my face. "It's okay Jasper."
I turned to the girl behind him in the suit. "Thanks for keeping them alive. I am sorry about this." I waved my hand around.
"Your welcome. It's not your fault my people decided to go insane and hurt innocent people. I am just sorry that some of the innocent will be collateral."
"We can save you Maya. If we can find enough oxygen to get you back to camp, I will volunteer to give you the marrow you need, and I am sure others will as well, but first we have to end this. Where would Cage and Dante go to monitor the situation?"
"The command center. It's on level five. It's the gateway to the living quarters. I can lead you there. The closer we get to them I am guessing I will find more oxygen tanks. And soldiers. Last I heard they were pulling them all back to guard the citizens."
"There is a bunch of oxygen being wasted on dead soldiers down the hall. Lead them to the lab." I gestured to Miller and Jasper. "Then get the hell out. Bellamy and I will deal with Cage and Dante." She nodded, and I turned back to my partner. "You ready for this?" The infamous smirk was back. "Oh Princess I was born ready. Let's end this."
**Bellamy's POV***
As soon as Clarke came around that corner I felt calmer. At least I knew she was okay and that my sister and Lincoln were getting the heck out of here. We headed for level five, and their center of command, keeping an eye out for soldiers, leadership, and Lexa.
"We are out Clarke. Do you need us?" Clarke's radio crackled and my sisters voice could be heard. I shook my head at Clarke, telling her no. O needed to be outside. "No O I think we are good. Stay with the injured. Get them back to Camp Jaha if you can. Take care of Lincoln. We got this. Oh, and have you seen Lexa?"
"No but her guard detail isn't out here so I am assuming she is still inside, getting her own wounded out. I will see if I can start getting these guys back to Camp Jaha. I'll switch frequencies and let Raven know so she can warn Abby. Monty and the rest of them are with me as well. We will get them home. You get the rest of us out of there and take care of the bastards." She chuckled, "Got it O, sounds good."
So we still need to find Lexa, but at least I knew that Jasper and Miller would get Fox and Harper out, and hopefully take out the doctor if she's there. "So find Lexa then?" Clarke nodded, "She will want to be there to deal with Dante and Cage as well."
"You won't find them." We whipped around, and some guy was standing there with a gun pointed at us. His badge read Emmerson, and I assumed he was important because he had obviously already been treated for radiation with bone marrow. "Says one man with a gun."
I saw Clarke roll her eyes but before she could retort, Emerson opened his. "Clarke Griffin I presume?" Clarke nodded. "If you are looking for the president and his son, I'm sorry but you won't find them." She snorted, "as my friend here so eloquently put it, how is one guy with one gun going to stop two people with two guns?" I smirked.
"We have your friends with us. They aren't in the lab." I growled. "Let them go." Emerson smirked. "Or what? You shoot me one of them dies. You move from this hallway, one of them dies. Get the idea?" I growled.
"Okay so take us to Dante and Cage then, and take our weapons." I looked at Clarke, not sure where she was going with this. "Or better yet, take me. I know that's who they want. Let my friends go."
Emerson laughed. "That isn't how this works. Sadly, for you."
"Fine have it your way." She turned to the camera at the end of the hallway. "I tried. I did. I'm sorry. We didn't want to kill you all, but you have left me no choice. Raven, do it." I was confused. What was she talking about? "Wait!" Emerson yelled, "What are you doing?"
"Our friend, she is a genius. She's the reason we got into your system. She was digging through your code, she found things. Like a reversal for your oxygen scrubbers. Now obviously that doesn't matter for you, but for the citizens down a couple hallways. Well that, Emerson means death. You have about two minutes. What say you. Are two people worth your whole population dying?" She turned to the camera. "How about you Dante? Cage?"
Just then Lexa came striding down the hallway behind Emmerson, her to men guard team following. "I suggest that you listen. She is not bluffing. We never shared the whole plan, knowing there was a chance you would catch snippets of it. We never mentioned your damn. We never mentioned this. So what say you? Are you willing to stand here and sentence your people to death?"
"Boss?" We watched the terror play on his face. "He thinks your both bluffing." My eyes went to Clarke. She shrugged, "he has one more minute, give or take, do you think I'm bluffing." She was wearing that chillingly cold smile, and I knew in that moment that she wasn't bluffing. She would kill them all if she had to. I may not know how this happened, or when, but she had been keeping it a secret, and I can read her like a book. She isn't kidding. She is going to bring the mountain to its knees. "She isn't bluffing. Trust me, I can tell."
"Boss?" He waited a moment, then he nodded. "Follow me. They want her as well." He pointed at Lexa, who followed. "No soldiers." She paused, considering it. "Fine." She held up her hand and her guard stopped, though they didn't look happy about it, especially Gustus. "Give us a sec Raven." The radio crackled, meaning she would. We shared a look and fell into step behind the guy, soon we would find ourselves face to face with Dante and Cage and I had no idea what she had planned. However, if it got us to Fox and Harper, then we would do whatever necessary to save them.
***Clarke's POV**
Keeping the final card hidden worked so well. Now I just had to figure out how to get us out of this freaking mountain and not have to use it. I was also praying that Jasper, Maya and Miller get out without getting stopped. I didn't need to worry about them, I already was worried about Fox and Harper. I met Bellamy's eyes, the worry evident in his eyes as well. He tilted his head, what now? I shook my head slightly. Working on it. He nodded once and looked away, just as we were lead through the door and found ourselves in a coms room that would make Raven and Monty's mouths water. And of course, it was filled with Mountain Men soldiers.
"Welcome Clarke. Commander." Dante left Bellamy out, focusing on me and Lexa, but my eyes weren't on him they were on the bodies lying on the floor. Only one looked like it was breathing, Fox didn't appear to be anymore. I hissed, "You said they would live if we didn't move. Neither of us moved. Care to explain?"
Cage smirked at me. "She passed on account of her wounds. We did nothing to aid that process." Bellamy growled and my frown deepened. "That wasn't very smart junior." I was pissed. "You forgot I hold the key to your survival and yet you did nothing to save her. Not the smartest decision you have ever made. It seems to me that you did not get your fathers smarts. Or his looks, sucks for you." I turned to Dante. "It's simple really. You let Harper go, let ALL of us leave, and I leave your people alive. You don't, your people die. What is it going to be Mr. President?"
"I can't allow that to happen Clarke. My people want to feel the sun, live outside. They will keep demanding, we will keep coming, even if we allow you to leave."
"What is to stop us from killing you all then?" That was Lexa. I could tell she was tired of listening to this talk. 'Well Commander, that is the million-dollar question isn't it?"
"Cage, shut your mouth." I snickered and I could see Bellamy choking on a laugh and smirking. "I am all for listening to suggesting and talking civilly Commander." I rolled my eyes.
"There isn't going to be much to talk about until you let us have Fox's body, take Harper, and leave. You have nothing to offer us that we don't already have from the ark, or the grounders, so you aren't top dog in this situation Dante, and I am not your son, so you can't shut me up. So what do you say? I am rather tired of this and all I have to do is hit one button and all the people here die."
"I can't do that Clarke. How are we supposed to live knowing that you could wipe us out at any moment?"
"My mom is one of the best doctors on the ark, she and her team could find a way to save all of you that didn't require drilling into people and killing them. But that would only be on the table if you let us walk out of here now, and we all take care of our dead and wounded. You have five minutes to decide, or I push the button and my friend irradiates this mountain. And you let me help Harper now or I push the button sooner."
"Very well, you may assist young Harper, but you try anything and we start shooting." I nodded. I quickly ran to Harper and began looking her over. "Clarke? Am I…am I dead?" I smiled sadly at the girl on the floor. "No Harper, we are still in the mountain but I promise Bellamy and I will get you out of here. Now I am going to check you out. What hurts the most?" She whimpered and pointed to her leg and her other arm. I quickly looked them over and knew that she would not be walking out of here. She would need to be carried. I sighed, their five minutes was almost up. "Harper I will be right back okay? I have to finish getting us out of here." I stood and made my way back to the center of the room, to the smug old man standing at its center.
"Your five minutes are almost up, and this time I won't stop it from happening so what is it going to be Dante. Watching your people die, or letting us go and finding another solution?"
His face fell slightly and I knew, right then that we would be walking out of here, but that anyone not in a hazmat suit and plenty of oxygen wasn't. "I cannot allow my people's last chance walk out the door on a flimsy promise of salvation and a fault that could be activated at any moment."
"I have no choice then Dante." I sighed, looked away from the president and briefly met Bellamy's eyes, apologizing silently for what I was about to do, and ignoring Lexa all together. "Do it Raven. They won't budge." I heard the click of the oxygen scrubbers stopping, and then they reversed, and half the men around me started gasping and falling to the ground. I noticed the Cage and Dante didn't fall, neither did Emerson and a few other guards. They had already been treated. She saw Cage's next action coming before he even moved and she had her revolver trained on him before he could get his hands on one of the guards guns. "Don't even think about it. I will shoot you if you move." He froze, and I turned to Dante. "Your now one of twelve left from Mount Weather. Congrats. Your people are dead." My voice was ice, I felt like I was floating away from my body, not really experiencing all of this, like it was a dream.
I hadn't lowered the gun, and everyone from the mountain was eyeing me wearily. Bellamy appeared behind me, "Princess, it's okay. Give me the gun." I shuddered, passed the gun over and then shook myself out of the growing panic. "You get to live. Leave. Come back anywhere near here, us or the grounders and you will die. Go. Start over somewhere else. Think about what you did, to innocent people, children, and think of the consequence."
Dante nodded, realizing this girl in front of him meant business. He led his people, all eleven of them out and then the twelve remaining mountain left, after both Lexa and I ordered the remaining army members and arkers not to shoot at them, and to let them pass. With them gone there was nothing left to do, the 48, no 47, were saved. I was a mass murder, again, but they were safe. That was my last thought before I felt myself falling not hearing the shot that had taken me down.
