CHAPTER 12

"This blood is incredible, sir. The solar radiation really had an impact on their blood. We need to administer this to treat radiation poisoning instead of using the other Outsiders." The president furrowed his brows, "And then what? We just let the others go? They'll warn the others." "Who are they going to warn?" Dr. Tsing asked. "It's not like the entire population doesn't know we take them."

A man stepped out from the corner of the room Dr. Tsing hadn't noticed him as he sat so still, but her attention was diverted to him as he said, "More of my people came down from space. In the Ark. They could be warned if not already." The doctor squinted her eyes and crossed her arms. "How do you know this? Who are you?" "I'm Thelonious Jaha. I was a chancellor to the people of the Ark for many years. I released the twelve stations and later followed them in an inactive missile. They believe me to be dead." Tsing raised an eyebrow. "How many of your people are there?" Jaha stood up and outstretched his arm, "There's no telling how many stations survived in the crashes." He shook her hand and sat back down.

Tsing turned back to the president, "Should we began extracting?" Dante furrowed his brows and pierced the doctor with a look that was almost painful. "You will not take their blood. You will take orders from me. Those kids need to be safe here and I am willing to do whatever it takes to keep them that way. Do you understand, Dr. Tsing?" She nodded and pushed open the glass door into the concrete hallway.

"She's right," Thelonious said from his chair in the corner of the room, "they could save your people." The elderly man sighed without looking up from his desk, "Saving one people for the price of another isn't a solution."

Despite being weak, Anya was running faster than Murphy from the demented creatures that were chasing them. Before they were running for their lives, Anya and Murphy laid completely still in the cart. The blonde tried to get up and see what was above them and who or what was pushing the cart down a track. The Grounder ushered him to stay still and he complied. Luckily, their movements were hidden by the few other bodies over them.

The bodies shielding them soon were lifted out and the two were spotted. Anya used a rock laying on the floor next to her to kill whoever or whatever was about to kill them. They heard commotion not far and Anya motioned for Murphy to get out of the cart quickly. The blonde followed Anya feel maze of tunnels under the mountain for what felt like an endless cycle until they reached a chasm. Murphy now noticed it wasn't only the creatures who were following them, but also Mount Weather guards.

There was only two options now: surrender to the mountain and most likely be held prisoner, or jump. Anya had already made her decision and was cascading down into the water. Murphy followed her. He needed to find Raven. He almost regretted jumping because the impact of the water severely affected the staples on his chest. He swam up to shore next to Anya, who was still coughing up water.

After he got to shore and sat up in the mud with blood pouring down his body, he looked up to where they jumped from. All the guards had hazmat suits on to protect them from radiation, but one pulled the head piece on his off and Murphy immediately recognized him as Chancellor Jaha. He squinted, but then Anya decided to do something drastic.

Murphy didn't know how long it was since Anya had kicked him in the head and began dragging his body through the woods, he just knew he was awake now. He groaned slightly as his legs were following behind his weakened torso and arms that were being pulled by Anya. She was going to take him back to her village and he knew that so he started to wiggle underneath her grip.

He stopped moving due to the excruciating pain in his chest, but that didn't stop the Grounder from dropping him. He noticed he wasn't bleeding anymore and the blood on his chest was old and dried. There was also a leaf covering his partially open incision that was exactly like the medicinal one they put on Jasper. "We have to go to the dropship. To find Raven and Bellamy." Murphy stood up, his voice hoarse from dehydration. He noticed Anya was panting of exhaustion, so he lazily pointed in the direction of a stream. The same stream they'd collect water from for the kids at the dropship.

They walked in silence for a while until Murphy finally spoke. "Thank you." Anya looked at him confused. "For not killing me," the blonde answered to the non-verbal question. "You're the one that got me out of the Mountain. I should be thanking you." Anya grinned slightly. Murphy nodded, "What were those things that chased us?" Anya sighed, the smile disappearing from her face. "Reapers." He didn't need anymore context. The name of the creatures and the way she had reacted to the question was enough to know he didn't need to ask anything else, so he remained quiet for the rest of the trek.

Although Bellamy had been pardoned, the authority system always had him on edge. Why was Kane treating him so nice? He wasn't about to risk anything that could endanger him, or Octavia, or Raven, or even Murphy. It had been hard to keep the blonde out of his mind, but that didn't mean he had thought about him. The Grounders could have him, but Lincoln wouldn't lie. There wouldn't be a point. He had already been renounced by his people. He needed to find the mountain people.

Raven groaned and her eyes fluttered open as she tilted her head towards Bellamy. Her mouth slightly opened and she drew a long inhale. He got up to get her a cup of water and delivered it to her lips. "What's bothering you?" Raven said sitting up and clearing her throat with her eyes pinned on his blank face. He didn't reply. She crashed back down on her back and sighed, "We're gonna save them," she grabs his hand, "we always do." Bellamy closed his eyes and let a tear run down his cheek before looking at her and asking, "Will we?"

The brunette didn't know how to answer him. She wanted to say yes, but she didn't want to lie. She didn't know if she was ever going to see her friends again, she didn't know how to comfort her friend, she didn't know how t-

Abby walks in the grounded space station. "How's the leg?" Her eyes were red and swollen, along with the rest of her face. She had been crying since Raven told her she didn't know where Murphy was. "Well, to be honest not great. Do I need surgery?" Abby nodded and opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. The brunette knew she was gonna start crying again and she was already so drained from it. "But…?" Raven began. "T-There's no anesthetics. Y-You'll have to feel everything. If you don't do it, you'll heal but it'll take two months before you can get back to work."

Raven didn't have two months. She was the most skilled mechanic on site and she needed to get her friends away from whoever the Mountain Men were. "How long would it take to heal with surgery?" Abby shrugged, "Two, maybe three, days post-op you can get up with crutches." The brunette took a deep breath, "Let's do it."

Author's Note:

I was gone forever before I uploaded Chapter 11. 11? 10? I don't remember. A lot happened. My friend died, so for a while I didn't feel like doing anything, and once I got past that I was super busy with school and finals and then I met the cast of The 100 and they were amazing I love them so much, so there was just a lot going on. I used to have two, three, four chapters in advance but I don't have that anymore and I'm just trying to write the chapters as every Wednesday approaches and I like to take my time with it and not rush everything so I can't promise I'll have things ready all the time, sadly. But I'm glad this is being well received and I'm trying to figure out how to fit Lexa into this because I can't just skip her character. I always appreciate reviews, favorites, and follows. It makes me so happy. Thank you for reading!