HAYDEN
After discovering the fingers and a knife beside them we gathered them up. Then we hurried inside to show them to Clarke and Bellamy, the self appointed leaders of camp. They were just as shocked as we were. After examining the blade Clarke spoke up.
"This knife is made of metal from the drop ship" she said.
"Who else knows about this" Bellamy questions concerned.
"No one we brought it straight here" octavia answers.
"What does this all mean?" I ask
"It means the grounders didn't kill wells it was one of us" she answers gravely.
So that was just it the grounders needed to get it line for we all apparently wanted to kill each other already.
"So there's a murder in the camp" jasper mumbled out.
"There's more than one murder in this camp" Bellamy comments "this isn't news you need to keep it quiet"
Clarke all of a sudden rushes over to the door before Bellamy steps across blocking her path.
"Get out of my way Bellamy" she threatens.
"Be smart about this" he says to her "look at what we've achieved the walls the patrols, like it or not thinking the grounders killed wells is good for us"
"Oh good for you, you mean" she argues back "what you keep people afraid and they'll work for you"
"Yeah thats it" he says.
"It good for all of us fear of the grounders is building that wall" he continues "and besides what you gonna do walk out there and ask the killer to step forward you don't even know who's knife that is"
"Oh really JM, John Murphy" she replies "the people have a right to know"
Just like she she pushes past him and i know for sure all hell is about to reign loose. To be honest i know murphy is a jerk but that doesn't mean he killed wells. As Bellamy said there is more than one murder in this camp.
We hurried outside to find Clarke already at murphy's throat. The accusations began to fly as every stood back in shock. Of course he began to deny it keeping to the grounder story. The argument continued bringing in all of his murder attempts into it, jasper being on of them.
"You know what i don't have to answer to you, i don't have to answer to anyone" he yelled out trying to storm off.
"Come again" Bellamy speaks up arms crossed.
"Bellamy look i'm telling you i didn't do this" Murphy says moving towards him.
"They found his fingers on the ground with you knife" Bellamy mumbles to him.
It was true the evidence all pointed to murphy. For some reason i still wasn't convinced of murphy's guilt. I know he was an ass but still we were talking about accusations of murder.
"Is this the type of society that we want" Clarke addressed the growing crowd.
"You say there should be no rules does that mean we can kill each other without punishment" she continued.
"I already told you i didn't kill anyone" murphy argues charging forward.
"I say we float him" a voice from the crowd calls out.
It was followed by of chorus of agreement. This was going downhill fast.
"Thats not what i'm saying" Clarke argued.
"Why not?" A guy speaks up "why not its justice he deserves to float".
"Revenge isn't justice" Clarke desperately tries to reason.
"Its justice" the guy calls out over Clarke and everyone agrees.
"FLOAT HIM, FLOAT HIM, FLOAT HIM" he begins to chant and soon so is everyone else.
So this is how murphy meets his end not quite what i had expected. Murphy tries to run but someone trips him. As he falls the crowd swarms in to beat him. Clarke struggles to stop the crowd and i join. In the confusion someone begins to tie something around his mouth silencing him. Then people come into to this him off the ground.
They drag him over and drop him down in a small ditch in the ground. Everyone goes into a frenzy and its hard to make out whats going on. Then i realise what there doing, there going to hang him.
"NO STOP" i scream out but someone blocks my path.
They hoist murphy up on a rope still his dangling from the tree branch above. he begins to gag in pain and i continue to scream. Suddenly everyone start to chant Bellamy's name encouraging him to end murphy.
Clarke struggled to stop him but it was no use he pushed her aside as he moved towards murphy. I could see the fear in murphy's eyes are he silently begged Bellamy to stop. Suddenly Finn emerged from the woods realising what happening he rushed forward.
Then before he can reach us Bellamy kicks the create murphy was standing on out from underneath him. Clarke screamed, murphy gagged and everyone watched on some in horror others relishing in the thrill of the moment.
Clarke screamed at Bellamy shove him while Bellamy screamed back at her. Finn pushed his way through the crowd yelling for them to cut murphy down. chaos followed as a guy stepped forward to fend Finn off. Suddenly a little girl standing amongst the crowd spoke up.
"just stop okay murphy didn't kill wells I did" she yelled out and everyone fell silent.
They did in intend cut murphy down but we were now fast with a much bigger problem, murphy's rage. He wanted revenge, no actually murphy wanted blood. Clarke and Bellamy had quickly dragged charlotte away to a tent. We all knew that was not going to stop murphy. Charlotte was going to die and murphy was going to become to cold blooded killer we accused him of being only moments before.
"Bring out the girl Bellamy" murphy screamed out "Bring the girl out now".
murphy stood a few feet away from tent a looming crowd behind him. Everyone stood in silence while murphy paced rage boiling inside of him.
"You wanted a society princess" Murphy continued to scream "Let's build a society bring her out".
Then finally Bellamy emerges from the stand and moves towards murphy. Bellamy tells him to back off causing Murphy to step forward getting up into his face. It's only now I notice the real severity of murphy's injuries. His face is blood red completely covered in fresh cuts, his neck still tattooed with the marks left by the rope.
"what are you going to do Bellamy hang me" Murphy taunts.
"I was just giving the people what they wanted" Bellamy reasons.
"Yeah" murphy says quietly "That's a good idea why don't we do that right now"
He then turns to face the crowd and slowly moves towards us step by step. He goes to open his mouth and already know for sure chaos will follow his words.
"So who here wants to see the real murder hung up" Murphy calls out "All in favour?"
As I look around I notice only three hands rise, those hands belonging to murphy's friends. Everyone else has suddenly decided against "justice" now that the life of a little girl hangs on the balance. I shared a concerned look with Monty we both knew this was going to end badly.
"I see so its okay to string me up for nothing" Murphy screams "but when this little bitch confesses you want to let her walk"
"Cowards all of you-" Murphy starts.
"Hey Murphy" Bellamy calls out over Murphy his deep voice silencing him. "Murphy, it's over"
"Whatever you say boss" Murphy mumbles.
As Bellamy goes to walk away but murphy follows him picking a log swinging straight into the back of Bellamy's head. Octavia screams and goes to jump forward jasper jumping in front to defend her but Murphy sucker punches him to the face.
"You son a bitc-" I go to scream but Someone covers my mouth pulling me back.
Murphy charges over to the tent and pulls up one side to reveal that charlotte has fled along with Clarke and Finn. Murphy starts to scream out her name overcome by rage and starts to threaten her life.
Soon after Murphy and his crew left, in a moment of craziness I followed. Soon enough night fell and I lost sight of them. In fear I started to run forward until I spotted Clarke, Bellamy, Finn and charlotte all by a cliff's edge in the distance. As I run forward whole body being soaked by the pouring rain I spot fires behind me, Murphy.
"Bellamy" He calls out stepping into the clearing, I pause at the tree line.
"You cannot fight all of us give her up" Murphy says.
"Maybe not but I guarantee I'll take a few of you with me" Bellamy replies.
"BELLAMY STOP!" Clarke calls running out of woods Finn on her heels.
"This has gone to far" Clarke continued "just calm down we'll talk about this".
Everyone paused as I watched on I horror eyes flicking from side and side. Suddenly Murphy grabbed Clarke and held his knife to her throat.
"I'm sick of listening to you talk" Murphy mumbled.
"Let her go" Finn yelled.
"Back off" Murphy threatened waving his knife around "I will slit her throat"
"No please don't hurt her" Charlotte begged.
"Don't hurt her" Murphy says "okay I'll make you a deal you come with me right now I will let her go"
"Don't do it charlotte" Clarke begged.
Bellamy reached his hand out to stop her moving forward. She begins to thrash against his grasp telling him that she had to do it. Finally she holds still and lets go stepping forward to talk to murphy.
"Murphy this is not happening" Bellamy demands.
"I can't let any of you get hurt anymore" Charlotte says "Not because of me, not after what I did"
She then turns around and runs straight of the Cliffside. I scream and run back into the forest I couldn't stand and around watch what happens next. After what felt like forever I spot camp in the distance.
When I make it inside i finally find jasper but not how i expected. Right in front of me is jasper with his lips locked with Octavia's. I feel to my chest get heavy and the tears begin to fall. I run outside behind the drop ship as fast as I can before leaning against wall.
Suddenly Monty appears worried like hell for me since ive been missing all day. Then he notices the tears and pulled me into a tight hug as I sobbed into his chest. It had been one hell of day and I just couldn't handle it anymore.
"What's wrong" Monty asked softly.
"Ch-charlotte she's dead" I stuttered out through the sobs.
"Dead?" he asked horrified.
"She jumped off a cliff" I manage to get out.
"Why didn't you find jasper?" Monty questions
At this I lift my head off his chest and look straight in his eyes and say only word but it manages to sum up everything perfectly,
"Octavia"
"Oh " Monty whispers back, oh indeed Monty oh indeed.
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