Lexa sat by the alien space craft in the grass, waiting patiently. Her attention was drawn to a deer in the distance that was grazing. It walked so calmly on all six of it's legs, leisurely striding. The wind blew and her scent went flying toward the deer. It paused and looked in Lexa's direction. The ex commander was sure it would run off, but the deer just stared. It took a large in hale and exhaled with a sigh before continuing to graze.
Lexa envied the deer. The animal was so calm, so free, so present and in the moment. It didn't seem to have a care in the world. She wondered if she would ever know what that felt like.
"We are ready," Eela said as she walked up behind the brunette, startling her out of her thoughts.
Lexa stood and turned to face the alien. The woman was ready for combat. She was covered in light armor that had guns and knives strapped down in multiple places. It was very similar to Lexa, except she had no guns.
Kia walked up and nodded toward the two woman. He lightly smiled and walked on to the ship. "Does he ever talk?" Lexa asked the purple eyed woman.
Eela's lips slightly turned up, "On occasion. He does not speak unless he feels something needs to be said. A lot of my people are that way."
"Hey," Charlie said as she approached, "Is everyone ready?"
"Just about," Lexa replied. "We're waiting for Octavia and a few more of the people who volunteered to come."
"Remember," Eela said as she stared down Charlie, "This is recon. We don't know why Jeremiah has returned. He could just be passing through, trying to salvage some materials. He has not been here since his first massacre upon my people."
"I know," Charlie replied lowly. "If I feel like I'm going to try and rip his dick off, I give you full permission to restrain me."
"I did not know I needed your permission to restrain you," Eela said with a smirk and glint in her eye before walking on to the ship.
Charlie looked at Lexa and found the woman staring at her in disbelief. "You slept with her," the ex commander stated.
"I mean, yeah… a few times," the taller woman said as her cheeks flushed.
"I can't believe you."
"What? She's hot, I'm hot. We both get horny and lonely, and we-"
"No more, please," Lexa interjected, a slight cringe on her face.
"Did the commander here find out you slept with E?" Octavia said with a smile as she joined her friends.
"You knew?" The brunette asked, shock crossing her features.
"Yeah, they weren't quiet about it. I honestly don't know how you never heard them." Lexa shook her head and rolled her eyes before Octavia continued speaking. "By the way, is their anatomy the same as ours? Or similar?"
"Yup," the taller woman said as she wriggled her eyebrows at Octavia.
A group of people approached, mostly grounders, and all nodded toward the three women as they entered the ship, on by one. Right behind the group, Bellamy and Clarke followed. Lexa froze and her body stiffened. Her mask went on and her hands folded behind her back. She hadn't spoken to Clarke since the blonde had broken in to her house, and that was about a month ago.
"We're coming," Clarke said.
"You haven't been training with us," Lexa said, her voice void of any emotion. "If this turns into a fight, you both will be a potential liability. Neither of you have fought in years. You're not prepared."
"It's a volunteer mission," the blonde fired back. "You can't tell me no. I'm going. Bellamy is going. We're leaders of our community and we have the right to go. The last time we sent the three of you out to obtain information, you disappeared. It's not happening again. We're going."
Clarke folded her arms across her chest and stared down the ex commander. Her blue eyes were on fire, and the brunette knew there was no talking her out of it. "Fine, but neither of you are leaving my sight."
The group walked on to the ship and the door closed with a thud behind them. They sat down and strapped themselves in, silence over taking them all. "ETA is ten minutes," Kia said over the speaker of the ship from the cockpit. The craft slightly shook as it took into the sky.
Most of the group began to talk to pass the time and settle their nerves. Bellamy and Octavia were talking about his children and their latest shenanigans. Charlie was speaking to a few of the people who had volunteered. Lexa and Clarke both sat silently, desperately trying to avoid eye contact with one another.
Lexa closed her eyes and started to concentrate on her breathing. She had barely seen Clarke in a month and now she was heading into a dangerous situation with her. She wanted to yell at the blonde. She felt hurt, rejected, betrayed, confused, and most of all, she was afraid. Her fear of something going wrong was slowly eating away at her. It was making its way from the pit of her stomach to her lungs. "Whatever is out there," Lexa thought, "please, let them all live. Let Clarke live."
"Is the great commander scared?" the brunette heard Bellamy ask, tearing her away from her thoughts. As she opened her eyes, she found a smug smirk on the man's lips.
"I am no longer the commander," Lexa replied calmly, her features cold.
"You didn't answer my question."
"I am concerned."
"No need to be," Bellamy said with a confident smile. "We always pull through. How many times do you have to underestimate us all until you realize that?"
The ex commander cocked an eyebrow at the statement. "You are right. Everyone here has always made it. But it's always been barely, and there's always been loss. I am concerned for everyone's lives. I was always this way. Any time I have gone in to a battle, or a potential one, I worry for the lives of my people."
Bellamy stared at the woman across from him in shock. "Wow."
"What?" The brunette asked, slight annoyance in her voice.
"That's the most you've ever spoken to me."
Clarke snorted at Bellamy's statement, catching everyone off guard. She looked at the man and began to laugh, and Lexa was momentarily lost in the sight before her. "Bellamy, you're an idiot," Clarke said with a smile still on her face.
The ship abruptly landed, causing everyone to snap out of their discussions. Eela and Kia were suddenly in front of the group, waiting for their full attention.
"They've spotted us," Eela said, her voice laced with anger.
"I thought you said the ship was cloaked?" Octavia asked.
"It was. Their sending a signal that's jamming the cloaking device. A group of them is heading for us as we speak. I suggest most of you stay on board for the moment. If it gets-" Eela stopped mid sentence when she saw Charlie run out of the ship. The woman ran to catch up with Charlie, and Lexa, Octavia, Clarke and Bellamy were right behind.
Charlie stopped a few feet outside of the ship. She was intently staring at a spot of trees. She began to lowly growl and her body stiffened and her fists clenched. Eela put her hand on the other woman's shoulder and said, "Be calm."
"It's him," Charlie spat out.
Octavia and Lexa stood beside Charlie. Clarke and Bellamy were right behind them, looking at each other in confusion for a moment. Within a second a small group of people appeared a few feet in front of them. In the front stood a tall, lean man, who looked like a small mountain. He smirked jokingly at Charlie as he pushed his dark hair out of his face.
"Sister," his low, bellowing voice breathed out. "I'm so happy to see that you are alive."
"We both know you don't feel a damn thing," Charlie spat as she stared him down.
"Ouch," he replied as he placed his hand on his chest mockingly. "This is how you greet your baby brother after lifetimes apart? I'm hurt." He eyed Eela up and down, disgust growing on his features. "I see you still like playing with trash."
Charlie growled loudly, her fangs slightly showing out of her mouth. "Can we be done with the windy bullshit that comes out of your mouth? I'd like to get to the part where I beat your face in."
Jeremiah raised his hand and signaled a woman behind him to walk forward. The woman removed her helmet as she stopped beside the giant man, causing Charlie to freeze.
Lexa looked and began to take the woman in. She was tall and thin, but curvaceous. Her bright brown eyes were slightly covered by the blonde hair the hung in her face. She stared at Charlie with a fake smile dancing across her lips. But the woman's eyes screamed pain. And that's when it clicked in the brunette's mind.
"Lila," Lexa whispered as she looked back at her friend. "I thought…"
"Did my sister tell you she was dead?" Jeremiah interrupted. "Well, she was. I killed her. But, as you can see, I brought her back to life."
Charlie snapped out of her shock and stared at her brother with intense animosity and hurt. "You think this makes up for what you did? You killed her. You chained me down and you made me watch you torture her to death!" The taller woman screamed her last sentence, her body shaking once more. "You think because you brought her back to life, everything is going to be swell between you and I? It wasn't just about her, Jeremy! You slaughtered and tortured countless, innocent people! And you did it for fucking fun! And now you've come across the galaxy and you're doing it again! You're a fucking disease! All you do is bring chaos and death everywhere you go!"
Clarke made her way between Lexa and Charlie and placed a hand on her friends shoulder, gaining the taller woman's attention. "Is that her?" Clarke asked. Charlie slightly calmed down and shook her head. "Well, no wonder you're so upset. I would be too. But I need you to breathe. We didn't come here to fight."
"No, you came here to spy on me," Jeremiah cut in, rolling his eyes at the display in front of him. "Listen Charlie, you need to get over all of this. She's alive. She's fine. Our debt is settled."
Before Charlie could say anything, Lexa began to speak. "What are you doing here?"
Jeremiah looked the ex commander up and down, sizing her up. "I am here to collect what is mine. I left equipment here. I did send a team at first. But when I heard my sister was here, I had to come."
"Why?" Charlie asked, barely containing her anger.
"Why?" Jeremiah asked, genuinely stunned by the question. "Because you're my sister. Believe it or not, I do love you. You're the only person I love. When I found out what happened on Earth and I thought you were dead, I killed an entire populous of people in a rage. I wanted to see my sister."
"You're disgusting," Charlie spat through gritted teeth.
Jeremiah rolled his and crossed his arms over his chest. "Are you done with the name calling? You're so inconsiderate. I crossed a few galaxies to come here and see you."
"And I'm guessing I should be honored?"
"You could at least show a little gratitude!"
"Oh yeah, sure. Thanks bro for taking the time out of your genocide campaign to come and see me. Much appreciated!"
"You two never change," Lila said, gaining everyone's attention. "Charlie-"
"Don't fucking talk to me!" The taller woman yelled. "You're no better than him! You all show up here to colonize one planet and you start killing innocent people! You're disgusting!"
"You're such a self righteous shit," Jeremiah said. "Listen, I came here to see you. You're clearly not ready. I'll come back another time. Oh, and until then, don't get in my way. These people will die."
"Fuck you," Charlie spat out, the bitterness drenching her voice. "You can't just go around killing people because you're angry, or you feel like it, or because you want to play God."
"Yes, I can. I've been doing it almost all of my life. And these things you're associating with, their not people. THEY are the monsters. They went around playing God. They are the reason you and I exist. I'm going to fucking kill them all. They've had their time. They've fucked up enough. Its my turn now."
Suddenly, Charlie rammed her brother to the ground. She began to viciously punch his face. He rolled her over and pinned her down, but she flipped him on to his back again and continued to beat him. The pattern continued to repeat. Jeremiah would send Charlie flying away, only to have her right back on top of him. This went on for a few minutes, until finally, one of Jeremiahs soldiers shot Charlie repeatedly in the back.
The taller woman's body jerked as the armor piercing bullets tore through her skin. Her blood spewed in every direction and all over her brother beneath her. Lexa charged at the woman firing, and in one sift movement, cut her down with her sword. Charlie's body collapsed onto the ground, soaking the grass in black blood. Her body was convulsing and she was gasping for air. Lexa, Octavia and Clarke ran over to her, while Eela and Bellemy raised their guns and kept them on the group or soldiers in front of them.
"Clarke," Lexa said in a panicked tone. "Can you help her?"
Clarke looked down at her friend and a wave of powerlessness washed over her. Her stomach began to churn. "She's bleeding too much and there's too many wounds. The only chance she has is if her body starts to heal itself. But I think she's too wounded for that to happen."
Jeremiah sent Lexa flying in the air and knelt down against his sister. He cut open his wrist and forced her mouth open. "Drink," he said. Charlie moved her head away and refused. Jeremiah grunted in frustration and forced his blood into her mouth. He held her mouth closed and blocked off her airway until she swallowed. Her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she passed out, causing her body to finally still.
Lexa came running toward Jeremiah and kicked him in the side of his stomach, causing the man to fly a few feet. "What did you do?!"
Jeremiah grunted in frustration as he got up and walked back toward the group of women. "I healed her. Don't touch me again. I'm giving you one warning. And you're only receiving it because you killed the stupid bitch who shot at my sister."
It was Lexa who was growling at the giant man now. She could feel the anger boiling her skin. The feelings or rage that were about to come flying out were stopped by a hand gently squeezing her leg. The ex commander looked down at her injured friend.
"Don't," Charlie whispered.
The brunette looked up and glared at the man once more. "Charlie is right." The man coked an eyebrow at the brunette. "I have been around you for ten minutes and all the has happened is chaos and death."
"She started it!" He cried like a child.
"Please do not think I am stupid," Lexa said as she stared into his mischievous, grey eyes. "You put on this show for a reason. You antagonized her for a reason. You are a clever man who likes to play games with his prey. Put on a show all you want. But know that I see you."
Jeremiah seemed to get uncomfortable by the ex commander's last statement. His entire demeanor changed and his eyes became cold and lifeless. "You're right," he said flatly. "Everything I do has a calculated reason behind it. She knows that. That's why it's so easy to get under her skin."
"What do you want?"
"Everything," he said with a wicked smile. "I take what I want. And I will have what I want. I always get what I want."
"You're avoiding the question."
Jeremiah laughed lightly. "Do you know why I was sent here? I was sent here to seek these disgusting creatures out," he said the last sentence while pointing at Eela. "I was sent to seek them out and ask for help. When I got her, I asked that little bitch's father for help. And he looked at me with a smile and said why would we ever help an inferior race like you? And that's when I knew. I knew that these creatures were the same as the monsters that made me into the beast that I am. They need to die. You've only been here, on this planet. None of you have any idea what's going on out there. In fact, the creatures left behind here have no idea. They were left here as small children, to fend for themselves. I've left this planet alone because they are the only ones out of their entire species that haven't grown up thinking they're the most magnificent being to ever exist. The one's here can live as long as they don't get in my fucking way."
Lexa rolled her eyes before speaking, "So you are trying to convince me that you're doing the universe a favor by slaughtering millions of people?" She shook her head in disbelief. "Do you know what I think? I think that when he told you no and that you were inferior, it hurt your feelings. And because you are so sensitive and crazy, you decided to kill them all. You are afraid they are right about you being inferior. Personally, I think they're right about you."
Jeremiahs eyes flinched at the last comment. He smiled and suddenly shoved a dagger into Lexa's stomach. She grabbed ahold go his hands to stop him from plunging the blade any further. Clarke went to jump on him but was stopped but Charlie.
Charlie jumped up and pushed her brother, sending him flying fifty feet. She pulled the dagger out of Lexa and examined it. Her eyes went wide and she threw the dagger on the ground. "Get Lexa to the ship, NOW!"