Sorry this is so late. Life has been terribly busy the last couple of weeks. Hopefully getting back to a reasonable schedule soon. Thanks again for anyone reading this :)
"Yes, the curse of the mountain is true. Past leaders have sent countless numbers of people to observe what's on the mountain but all have failed." Anya explained to Lexa who was gravely concerned.
"Why have they failed?"
Anya cringed slightly." Acid gas they have access to."
Lexa's eyes widened." Acid?"
"We can have some scouts go quietly to just check and see if they can find anything out of the normal."
Anya suggested.
By the time the two got out of their meeting Lexa was both confident in their first steps and nervous at the same time.
She needed to see Clarke. She needed her wife's comfort.
Quickly making her way back to their room she was happy to see Clarke's guards right outside their room.
Making her way into her room she was hit by the darkness of the room. There was no candles burning. The windows were shut. No one was clearly in this room let alone Clarke who had to have every window open and every candle burning while she was in their room.
Lexa bit her lip hard not wanting to scream out in frustration that her wife once again had failed to stay where she was safe. Clarke's guards eyes widened at the news she was gone.
"Heda! I'm sorry. We have been here the whole time. She was in her room." The guard explained nervously knowing his life depended on what he said.
Lexa knew exactly how Clarke got away. She climbed down onto the balcony just below them and went through the window. Clarke had explained the escape route once or twice as she begged Lexa to escape with her without guards.
Lexa was concerned Clarke was going to slip and fall to her death. That thought alone made her want to cement all the Windows in their room up.
Lexa followed by two nervous guards then Lexa's guards quickly made her way down the hall determined to find her wife and somewhere find a leash.
"Klarke! she's going to kill you when she finds out you escaped your guards once more." Octavia hoped she was far from the blonde when the commander went off on her.
Clarke shrugged."She loves me. I'm hoping that will at least ensure me my life." Clarke smirked.
"Plus she'll miss sex if she were to kill me."
Octavia made a face before shaking her head. " I'm sure she could find another lover easily." Octavia taunted love seeing the blonde get worked up.
Clarke stuck her tongue out at the brunette before continuing her work.
"She probably won't even notice anytime soon anyway. She's in the meeting room talking to Anya about the men in space suits Raven and my mom seen. You know those meetings last hours on hours."
Clarke continued to draw her portrait as Octavia practiced sword fighting with a tree.
"Do you think they're a threat to us?"
Octavia asked not looking over as she continued to strike the tree perfectly.
Clarke looked up watching her friend for a moment before answering.
"What is not a threat to us out here?"
Octavia thought about what the blonde just said. She was telling the truth everything out here was a danger.
She threw her sword back into its holder on her back. Before walking up to Clarke who was now just staring at her drawing.
Octavia smiled to see whom the drawing was of.
"She's going to love it."
Clarke smiled wider." I hope. I wanted to make something that will please her and make her happy to see hanging in our room. She's been so stressed lately."
"Well then a picture of you two beside this waterfall was perfect Clarke. Could I ask you to make one for Lincoln and I?"
Clarke was honored to be asked by the brunette." Of course Octavia. That will be my next project. I'll just need the two of you to model for me when you're free."
Octavia nodded." You're the best."
"I also want to draw our group." That piped Octavia's attention." That's a big project. Could you imagine us all just trying to stay still or quiet even." She laughed shaking her head already seeing how this was going to play out in her head.
Clarke shrugged." I'll just have Lexa threatening them."
Octavia gulped." You're evil."
Clarke winked at her friend as she stood after rolling the paper up and tying it up with a little red ribbon she had found earlier in their room. She placed it in her backpack with her other materials before she placed the backpack on her back and stood.
"You're just jealous I have my woman whipped."
Octavia couldn't argue with that Lexa would do anything Clarke asked of her in a heartbeat.
"Now we should get back before my wife kills us both."
Octavia rolled her eyes." Don't you mean before you're wife kills you."
Clarke shook her head." You're with me. You didn't try to stop me or go warn her. In her eyes you'll be a target just as well my friend." Clarke patted Octavia on the back.
Octavia frowned." You are evil"
Clarke busted out laughing." You love me though." She looped her arm with the brunette's.
"Yeah. Yeah. I do love you crazy."
"What is all the commotion about?" Abby asked Jasper as soon as she spotted him standing next to a warrior. Jasper shrugged as he had came out of his room after hearing doors slam and rushed footsteps.
Suddenly Raven appeared with Meagan. Abby grabbed Raven's forearm." What's happening?"
Raven could see the worry in the Doctor's eyes.
"Calm down Abby. That's Lexa having a tantrum because Clarke slipped away from her guards."
Abby's concerned expression changed to a annoyed expression.
"Sounds like a war."
Raven rolled her eyes." There'll be one when your daughter shows back up with Octavia."
Jasper decided to save them all. He volunteered to go look for the two missing women he declared. Meagan surprisingly volunteered to go as well.
"Keep your mission on the download. I don't think Lexa knows Octavia is with Clarke." Raven half whispered, half yelled after the group who all agreed to keep the information a secret.
Suddenly Lexa stormed down their hall. Spotting the two of them they became her next target.
Raven laughed a little while Abby just stood straighter ready to hear the hot headed leaders wrath.
"Abby have you seen your daughter?"
Abby shook her head."Not since last night." She honestly answered.
Raven shook her head as soon as Lexa glanced in her direction.
Lexa huffed irritated.
Abby frowned sympathetic to the men behind her.
"Lexa calm down. Clarke I'm sure is safe."
Lexa snapped her head back to her mother-in-law.
"She is out there with no guard and we are on the brink of another war it seems Abby." Lexa clenched her jaw.
"I didn't realize it was that serious."
Lexa didn't want to discuss out in the openness where any ear could possibly hear but she did want to inform the doctor.
"They're using fog gas. Acid Abby."
Abby's eyes widened." How? Where?"
Raven was listening very carefully now." In the mountain. We can't talk out here any longer. Now you see why I'm concerned with my wife just sneaking away. These men are traveling here now for some reasons. None of them are good I am betting."
Abby and Raven both were now more concerned." We will keep an eye out for her. Jasper and Meagan went to search for her." Raven informed.
Lexa nodded." Thank you."
Lexa and the four guards walked past them.
"Acid gas sounds real bad." Raven whispered.
Abby nodded cringing." This could become real dangerous."
Raven decided to go see what supplies she could gather up that would withstand acid.
"Are you sure this is the way back?" Octavia asked once more as she tried to decide if she had seen that tree before or not.
"Yes. This is the way we took last time to get back."
Clarke was very confident about the direction.
Suddenly crackling of branches caught both women's attention.
"Shhh!" Clarke said putting a finger up to her mouth.
Octavia stepped closer drawing her sword as Clarke reached for her knife strapped to her inner thigh.
"You see anyone?" Octavia asked in a whisper.
Clarke scanned then over scanned everywhere but couldn't see nothing. After a moment her shoulders relaxed coming to the conclusion it was just an animal of some sort." I think we're okay. Let's just keep going." Clarke said turning to Octavia who was still turned around still scanning the area.
Octavia turned around to look at Clarke when she got the shock of her life.
They were pretty sure their screams reached across the world to the U.S as they took off in the opposite direction to get away from the man in the space suit. Of course Clarke had been warned about them by her mother and Raven but even with the story coming from their mouths it sounded like a hallucination of some sort. Now she would never doubt anything. They were real.
"The man was taken back startled by the womens screams. He dropped a folder that Clarke eyed for a moment before taking off back over to the man in a moment of ignorance.
Octavia yelled behind a tree for the blonde to get back from the man whom now was desperately trying to bend over in his suit but was having problems giving Clarke the idea that this man depended on the suit for some odd reason.
He looked dead in Clarke's eyes who looked back curious. She was nervous as hell he had some kind of weapon in the suit but his covered hands held nothing now since she had his folder.
"Give that back." He demanded.
Clarke shook her head." Why are you spying on my town?"
The man was taken back." You're not the leader of these people." He argued.
"That's besides the point. This is my home. These are my people. Who are you?"
Suddenly a loud horn call had both on the edge now. The man turned to leave but Clarke's curiosity overtook her as she pulled the air hose on his suit. The man scrambled to fix the hole now that was in the side of the suit.
Octavia grabbed Clarke's hand." Let's go."
Clarke didn't barge though. She watched attentively as the man started gasping for breath before he collapsed on the ground. Octavia gasped.
"Is he dead?" She cried as Clarke investigated carefully.
She pulled the hood of the suit off to gasp herself. The man looked like he was contaminated. He was surely dead. He had huge scars all over his face that was now red. His eyes were budging out of his head.
"What the hell?" Clarke asked out loud before looking down at the folder in her hand. Octavia looked around making sure he didn't have buddies that we're going to jump out at any moment to attack them.
"Oh my god look at this."
Octavia looked over her Shoulder." He was recording temperatures and his vitals." Clarke shut the folder." What were you doing out here and why are you allergic to the air?" Clarke's eyes zoomed on to a piece of silver sticking out of the pocket of his suit. Grabbing at it Clarke was surprised it was a key. First one she had seen in forever it seemed like.
"What is that?" Octavia asked not seeing what Clarke had pulled out of his suit.
"A key."
"To what?"
Clarke eyed the key for a moment." To where he came from I bet."
Suddenly the bushes parted and out came Lexa with Lincoln and several large guards included Clarke's That although they showed no emotion she could sense they wish to kill her with their own hands for what they've been through.
Clarke cringed sending them a quick apology through her blue eyes before swallowing hard and daring to look over at green eyes.
"Lexa-"
Lexa's hand cut her words off immediately.
"Just great." Octavia whispered in a frown. Lexa had caught the two together in the middle of nowhere with a dangerous man. Well dead man. They both would pay the price and Octavia didn't have Clarke's leverage of being her lover. She would surely die.
"Klarke what the hell is going on?" Lexa demanded furious.
"He's dead. We're alive." Clarke answered hoping that calmed the brunette some. But it didn't do anything. She knew she wasn't going to get out of this anytime soon.
Defeated she stepped closer to Lexa.
"Im sorry Lexa." Clarke pouted." I came out here with Octavia to work on something. We got kind of lost before he jumped out. But Lexa he's dead. The air killed him."
Clarke knew Octavia was seething behind her for mentioning her but Lexa had eyes she could see the brunette was clearly with her.
Octavia had to give it to Lexa she hadn't blown up yet.
"Lincoln, Ryder. Both of you take Octavia and Clarke to our room and don't let either leave or out of your sight no matter what you have to do until I get there."
Clarke opened her mouth but seeing Lexa's angry face she decided to just stay quiet and walk away.
"Thanks a lot Clarke." Octavia seethed angry." Now poker night won't be happening because we're both going to die tonight."
Clarke shrugged." Nice knowing you Oct."
Octavia nudged Clarke's elbow harshly before she caught up with Lincoln.
"I can't believe you would slip out without your guards after hearing me speak of the danger that is coming to Polis." Lexa yelled out in frustration trying to understand her wife's thinking process but couldn't no matter how hard she tried to.
"And don't think I forgot about you Octavia. You should have came to me yourself when you heard this crazy plan of hers."
Not wanting to get killed but needing to speak up Octavia swallowed before risking it."You have been in your meeting room. No one can interrupt if they like their head and Lexa I like my head where it's at."
Lexa stepped up closer to Octavia challenging the brunette." She has guards you could have informed. They know what to do in cases such as these."
Lexa reminded in a low scary whisper that made Octavia's heart skip a few beats preparing to stop.
"Look Lexa don't take it out on her. This is my fault. You have Lectured us all evening. Im sorry I wasn't here today when you needed me but I can take care of myself. Example. Dead man in the woods. I even got what he was doing out there I can be helpful." Lexa's eye brow raised listening.
"They're trying to see how Far They can get with those suits. They're trying to attack us on our land."
Lexa's eyes widened." Let me see."
Clarke rushed to the bed grabbing the tan folder from the bed she crossed the room handing it off to her wife. Lexa studied the contents in the folder for a moment before ordering one of her guards to go get Anya, Indra, Abby, and Raven and bring them to the meeting room.
Clarke and Octavia watched as Lexa stormed off without another word to them out the door. Both looked at each other for a moment relieved they were still breathing. They didn't have time to relax as Lexa instantly came back in grabbing Clarke's hand pulling her to the door." Lets go Octavia."
The brunette rushed to keep up.
"This is bad. He got pretty far. The only reason he wasn't successful was because of Clarke." Abby said looking over the chart again." His vitals although they were weak he was still able to continue." She noted.
"We have two groups of troops going to scout the mountain tomorrow." Lexa informed.
"What about the acid fog?" Raven asked concerned for the men.
Clarke and Octavia gasped not realizing how serious the people in the mountain were.
Lexa's eyes caught her wife's. She could see how awful Clarke felt for disobeying her but she couldn't let it go this easy. Clarke's safety was more important then any secret project the two were working on alone. Things could have ended differently if this man had acid on him or a gun. How could she make Clarke see running away when she felt like it wasn't the way.
Clarke knew what Lexa was thinking she could almost hear her mind going a thousand miles a minute. It felt like a slap to the face over and over. She stayed quiet in her own mind and allowed the others to plan around her.
Once back in their room Clarke took her boots and socks off followed by her jacket. She looked over at the backpack that held her hidden present for Lexa that seemed so silly now since all of this happened.
Deciding to take it out anyhow Clarke laid it on Lexa's side of their bed before she undressed and covered up under the furs.
Lexa was exhausted after listening to Indra and Anya get their words out she was drifting off as she walked down the hall to her room. Opening the room she saw one candle burning. Clarke had all the windows shut but one that was beside their bed.
Seeing the blondes form Lexa relaxed. She took off her armor before taking her boots and socks off followed by her clothes. Lexa was about to grab for the furs when she saw the parchment paper tied together with a red ribbon she recognized immediately from the ribbon she used for her hair. Lexa untied the ribbon unfolding the paper carefully gasping in awe seeing the portrait. So beautiful. So life-like. Clarke had drew the two of them by the waterfall they both loved looking so happy and carefree.
Lexa closed her eyes letting this moment overtake her. Her wife always surprised her. Yes sometimes not very good surprises like today but she could never say life with the blonde was boring ever.
Placing the portrait on the floor
Carefully beside them Lexa turned to her sleeping wife.
She wrapped her arm around the blonde's waist she scooted her closer to her becoming the big spoon.
"I love you more than you'll ever know my love. Im sorry how angry I was with you earlier. I just could never live without you and I know you can take care of yourself but your guards were punished tonight because they weren't able to keep you safe from yourself when it came down to it. I couldn't kill them like tradition says because they really do care for you but Klarke please listen. I love the drawing it is beautiful."
Unbeknownst to Lexa Clarke could hear everything she was saying to her. Clarke pouted in her sleep knowing she owed it to Lexa to do better.
I love you too Lexa. Clarke said in her head before drifting off to sleep.