Elyza woke with a start. She subconsciously felt that she had been asleep for far too long and had woke herself up. She noticed the sound of the walkers had stopped and everyone had come into a circle upstairs.

"We should leave Elyza here!" She heard a frantic whisper. By the sound of the whisper she assumed it was Chris.

"You leave her, you leave me." Alicia whispered back. Her tone was unwavering and final.

"You don't mean that." A feminine voice replied. "Her mother. Maybe she'll cave in." Elyza softly tapped her leg in thought.

"Watch me." Alicia's voice was getting louder. She was getting upset. "I may not quite understand yet but she feels so familiar to me. Like an old friend." She gestured with her arms and then crossed them. "I'm willing to risk everything on her. So, just try me." Alicia narrowed her eyes at them all willing them to try and protest so she could use it as an excuse to get rid of her pent up frustration.

Elyza watched with reserved awe. Her heda, her commander. She might go by a different name but she still demanded the same type of respect as she had when she had twelve clans under her command.

Heda sat on her throne in Polis. She watched all of the clan representatives and hardened her eyes more. She refused to glance at Clarke, her resolve would slip.

"I called forth this meeting today to discuss how to rid the mountain of the rest of their weapons. Wanheda might have killed the mountain men but the mountain itself is still a threat to our people. If Azgeda got hold of it..." She let the minds in the room wander and imagine for themselves.

"We could talk to the Skaikru about disabling the missiles. We could even change the codes for them. I'm sure Monty could do it." Wanheda suggested, making a point of looking at each of the other representatives.

"Would they be willing?" The commanders eyebrow went up as the question left her lips.

"I could persuade them. Perhaps if Trikru would make more of an effort of showing them how to properly hunt." There was a fire in her eyes. Her people had started to run out of food and winter was quickly approaching. Unless that was coalition's plan.

Indra's head snapped toward the Skai Prisa. "Do not threaten us. The other clans may be scared but I am not afraid of death nor its commander." She narrowed her eyes at Clarke.

"You agreed to help and yet my people are dwindling away into nothing. So, why don't you watch your tone Indra and deliver the teachings you promised." Clarke dead stared at Indra refusing to let any emotion show on her face. They sat diagonal with Indra closest to the commander.

"Enough!" Heda's voice boomed as she leaned forward in her throne. "The Trikru will deliver upon their promise and Klark kom Skaikru will talk to her people about disarming the mountain." Heda looked across the table. Her look said she was final.

Clarke smiled as the memory came to mind. That look was the same look she was giving her family now.

"You would leave us behind?" Alicia's mom whispered sadly. "We are your family."

"Elyza is also my family. I found her with death trying to bite at her throat. The least I can do is make sure that I'm there for her. I can't let her die alone." Alicia sounded calmer. Like she had thought her reply out days before this conversation had to occur.

Elyza slowly sat up, rubbing one eye. Everyone turned toward the noise. Alicia was by her side quickly. She extended an arm and pleaded with her eyes that Elyza just go downstairs for a moment. She nodded and headed downstairs, staying at the top to listen.

"I don't know what Elyza has done with Alicia, but this new girl is making rash decisions and I don't know if I can trust you anymore." Chris looked at her accusingly and quickly headed down the stairs. Elyza rushed ahead of him and shifted into the corner, making it look like that's where she had gone to begin with.

"Chris." She called him over.

"What!?" He snapped as he rushed at her.

"You are lucky that Alicia is not Heda here. She would have your tongue for disrespecting her and your hand so that you would have to rely on her for your food." Her eyes narrowed."But here she is Alicia and if I hear you talk to her like that again, I am the one who will take your tongue. I am the one who will take your hand. Don't forget that." She shoved past him to head into the kitchen, the authority and the threat trailing behind her as Chris tried to find words.

She slumped against the floor behind the kitchen counter. She ran her hand through her hair and sighed a shaky breath. "Lexa.." She felt the longing before the tears. Here in this life she was different. She was more naive and wasn't as war-hardened as her Heda had been. She sobbed as she grieved. The Lexa she knew slipping away as she remembered bits about Alicia.

Her curiosity at their past life. Her will to survive and outlast. Her beauty in the light. The way her smile lit up the room and her laugh lifted Elyza's spirit. In this life it was Elyza's job to teach Alicia to hunt. To teach Alicia to survive among the ruins and the dead. Her demeanor shifted. This wasn't the time to grieve the live they had in a past life. This was the time to explore this life. She felt many emotions all at once. She stood up quickly and rushed upstairs. She passed by Alicia's family; they had moved downstairs as she had gone into the kitchen. She climbed the stairs going two at a time.

Alicia was sitting where Elyza had been her head resting on her knees. She quickly looked at Elyza who was steadily approaching. Elyza knelt down. She found Alicia's eyes in the dark.

Heda swept into the room before Clarke. It was only moments before the commander knelt on the ground before her. Clarke was taken aback. The commander was showing her to be dominant of the pair in this moment. Lexa looked up and locked eyes with Clarke. The candles flickered against her showing the emotion in her eyes.

"I swear fealty to you, Clarke kom Skaikru. I vow to treat your needs as my own and your people as my people." Lexa searched Clarke's expression for a sign of something and just as she was about to stand on her own accord and shamefully walk out the door, Clarke extended an arm and helped her up. The mutual respect and growing love and trust for Lexa grew the more Clarke watched her and studied her.

"I swear fealty to you Alicia. I vow to treat your needs as my own and your people as my people." Elyza watched for any signs of rejection. She was thoroughly surprised when she felt arms around her.

"I remember when I said that to you." Alicia whispered against Elyza's ear. "Thank you." She kissed Elyza's cheek as she settled back where she had been.