I couldn't keep you guys hanging... Not logn until the war! Omg

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"What is and isn't justified by military necessity is, naturally, open to interpretation. One of the key concepts, though, is the law of proportionality. A military attack that results in civilian casualties - 'collateral damage' - is acceptable as long as the military benefits outweigh the price that is paid by humanity."

Sebastian Junger

There was a pressure on her chest for a moment before it went then returned just as forcefully a moment later. It continued like this and Clarke frowned at the sensation… It was annoying and uncomfortable.

"Clarke"

The voice was familiar but oh so distant…

"Clarke come on"

There was something else that she could hear… A scream? Crying? The sound of something heavy falling and crumbling…

"Clarke"

Her eyes snapped open and the first thing she saw was her mother's blackened face hovering over hers. Abby looked relieved the moment she noticed Clarke was awake and smiled weakly down at the girl, "Clarke you're okay"

"What happened?" She croaked.

The night's sky was above her all black but covered for a moment by smoke. Smoke. The light in the corner of her eye was flickering and when she turned her head she could see that her mother seemed to have hidden them behind a pile of rocks but the ground was destroyed. A fire burned not too far away but nobody was concentrating on that. The screams were coming from the people being pulled from the rubble and those lying injured on the ground. Clarke watched as a girl turned around only to see the dirty face of Octavia contorted into one of desperation as she tried to pull people from the wreckage. Anya was crouched down a little way off leaning over a man's body on the ground.

She looked back up at her mother and repeated, "What happened?"

"A missile" She gasped, "The moment you arrived"

A missile. Clarke's eyes widened as something dislodged in her memory as it suddenly all came back to her… She knew and she was trying to reach TonDC but they hadn't been fast enough. If anyone died this would be all her fault.

Abby seemed to read her thoguhts, "Clarke this isn't your fault"

"I knew… I knew and I didn't reach here in time"

"But you tried to and that's enough" She clung desperately to Clarke's arms.

The blonde shook her head an dforced herself to sit up just as a pain shot through her head. Clarke raised a hand to the back of it and felt the wetness seeping there.

"You hit your head hard when you landed but apart from that you're fine" Abby assured her.

Clarke really wished her mum would stop talking. She needed to catch her breath and pause for a moment so her brain could catch up on what was happening around her. Octavia was okay, Anya she had seen, her mother was here… That left Lincoln, Indra, Ryder, Marcus and…

Clarke let out an involuntary gasp. Lexa. Why had the commander gone completely from her mind?

"Where's Lexa?" She croaked out desperately.

Abby frowned at her, "The commander? I don't know… I've only seen Octavia, Anya and Lincoln"

Lincoln. So he was alive judging by her mother's tone.

"Marcus is still missing along with the guards we came with" She stood from the ground and assisted in helping Clarke to stand, "Help me find them"

Abby made to move but Clarke pushed her away and glared at her mum, "No. You go. I have to go find Lexa"

"Clarke the grounders will find her, she's their leader, but we have to look for our people"

"They are my people" Snarled Clarke.

She didn't stay to hear her mother carry on and instead stormed away from their safety spot to throw herself into the fray. Clarke was so tired of taking lives and being the cause of all this misery and death… She would help Octavia save these people and she would find Lexa in the process.

Lexa, Indra, Ryder, Marcus…

Running the list through her head she dropped down beside Octavia, who grunted in acknowledgment of her presence, and helped her move rocks away from the trapped leg of a woman. These people, the ones caught, are the ones that will suffer. The innocents.

Anger flared through her and she used it to push back the pain in her head. She used it to spure her on, giving her the energy to search and continue on with Octavia to save lives.

"Where's the commander?"

Octavia looked up as the last rock was removed and the woman was helped away by Nyko and another healer, "I don't know. I was with Lincoln when the missile hit but Indra is missing as well"

"I know" She sighed and scanned the sight. It was chaos. The ground had been blown apart by the explosion as had all the buildings, though some were just about still standing, and it was hard to see where anything had been, "We need to find them"

"I'll come with you" Clarke was met with determined eyes and knew that there would be no arguing against it so she merely nodded and allowed Octavia to follow her on over the rocks further into the mess.

Bodies were littering the ground. Some were crying out in pain as people ran between them but others were lying there eerily quite and deathly still. Clarke shivered and forced herself to look away.

"Clarke" Octavia was watching her with understanding, "We'll find her"

She could only nod and follow her down into the pit beneath them. A group of grounders were attempting to dig into the bunker underneath the ground and Clarke's heart sank in realisation that this had been the war room. She turned to the grounder nearest her.

"Was anyone in there?"

"The commander and some on the generals"

Octavia was already assisting them and Clarke looked over her shoulder to see Abby standing there watching them. She frowned at the sight of her mother not doing anything and shouted, "Aren't you going to help?"

The woman just stood there and Clarke let out a frustrated cry before darting forward to help the people try and dig the people inside out. Please be okay Lexa.

It was slow going but they made a breakthrough to some of the larger boulders and soon they were tying around them and all holding on to help pull them out. More grounders appeared out of nowhere and even those that were injured forced themselves up to help pull it back. Clarke was pulling hard at the front when another set of hands joined hers and she looked up shocked to see the face of her mother giving her a brief nod. She merely offered her a determined smile.

They all pulled together and soon there was a cracking sound as the space moved back enough for people to clamber through. Nyko was first there moving half way in so he could assist those inside.

Clarke could only watch desperately from the side, whilst helping her mother with the injured, as generals were pulled out. Some didn't seem so injured whereas others were unconscious and had to be practically dragged from the rubble. Indra appeared slightly bloodied but otherwise unharmed and instantly shouted for Octavia to join her in assisting the survivors. Clarke even noted that Ryder appeared out of nowhere with Anya at his side. Soon enough she could let out a relieved sigh as Lexa emerged as one of the last. Her face was covered in blood and her left arm was holding her chest but she walked over the moment she spotted Clarke and pulled her into a tight embrace. Clarke wrapped her arms tightly around Lexa' neck pressing her own face into the commander's neck letting out a relieved sob as she held her tighter.

"Clarke" Lexa whispered gently, "What are you doing here?"

She pulled back and scanned her face. There was a large gash across her forehead and one underneath her left eye which even reached her bottom lip… Besides her ribs, which she was still holding, that seemed to be the worst of it. Lexa lifted a hand to wipe away the tears on Clarke's face and even allowed a smile to split across her own face at the sight of the blonde.

"Bellamy warned us of the attack. Anya, Ryder and I rode as fast as we could but it hit the moment we got here… I am so sorry Lexa"

The commander lowered her hand and took Clarke's in her own as the smile dropped, "It is not you who is to blame Clarke. The mountain are the ones that fired the missile and they are the ones that will pay for what has happened here"

Clarke nodded as Lexa turned to her people and began shouting orders. There moment was over and now it was time to do what they could for those that survived the attack. But, just as Clarke was kneeling down beside Abby, Indra let out a blood-curling cry. They all looked to see the general's body convulse on the ground as another shot ran through the ground and another grounder fell to the ground dead.

Lexa dived to the floor instantly with Nyko at her side. Clarke pulled Abby with her over to the grounders as more shots sounded from behind them and more grounders fell to the ground with pained cries.

Lincoln materialised at Clarke's shoulder and shouted to the commander, "There's a shooter on the ridge. He's been sent to take out the survivors"

"We can't let that happen" Clarke said desperately.

Abby looked between them all, "He's out of range"

"Not if we flank him" Lexa snarled then turned to Nyko, "Take charge and get the wounded to safety under cover"

Clarke pulled herself into a low crouch as she grasped the gun still miraculously hanging at her side, "I'm coming too"

Lexa looked as though she would protest but at the side of the blonde's stony expression as the anger resurfaced inside her just nodded in agreement, "Lincoln will come too"

Nyko gave the commander a nod and then took off to Indra who had now been moved to the cover of the rocks. Abby shot Clarke a pleading look but the blonde shot her down.

"I am going"

Lexa moved past them and pointed to the trees ahead, "We need cover"

"Commander"

Anya and Ryder stood just opposite them sheltering from the still flying bullets, "Allow us"

"Sha"

They both darted up almost instantly over to the smoke floating up from dying flames. Instantly the fire was redirected. Lexa didn't wait and grasped Clarke's arm to pull her up as Lincoln emerged from their cover. The three of them sprinted across the short clearing to the trees and made it just as Clarke heard a bullet hit the tree where her head had been a moment before.

Lincoln leads the way through the forest guided only by the sound of the shots being taken ahead of them. Lexa's hand, still wrapped around Clarke's arm, tightens as they near the shooter and Clarke notes just how angry the commander really is. Just how desperate she is to finish this.

This won't change anything, she thinks, if anything it'll just fuel the grounders more for the final attack. Lexa won't be as lenient when it comes to saving the innocents of mount weather but suddenly Clarke doesn't want her to be… She wants them dead, all of them, and she'll gladly help Lexa to do that.

Night gives way to dawn by the time the three of them reach the clearing. They can see the sniper lying down flat against the ground with the gun pointed out over TonDC and the smoke can be seen still rising up just from over the trees. The sight makes Clarke feel sick and looks round to see the sadness on Lexa's face as she gazes down at her people…

Their rustling must have alerted the sniper because suddenly the gun is trained on them and they just make it to behind a boulder as a round of bullets are fired off ricocheting against the rock face.

Lexa moved her head in and winced as a bullet almost grazed the side of her face. Lincoln leant forward, "What's the plan?"

"Lincoln distract him" Lexa snarled and removed her dagger, "I'll handle him"

Clarke unsheathed her gun ready to step in at a moment's notice just as Lincoln pulled out from behind the boulder to dart across to the next line of trees. The bullets followed him as predicted and Lexa pushed her body from the ground to close the gap between her and the sniper. Clarke didn't miss the way her movements were slightly laboured and knew the head wound was taking its effect on her. The blonde peaked out keeping the gun at the ready in time to see Lexa tackle the sniper to the ground… The two figures wrestled for a moment as Lexa got the upper hand kneeling heavily on the man's arms so he couldn't move. Only, what Clarke had seen earlier the sniper had seen also, and her body was tired from the undoubtable concussion she had along with the energy exerted throughout the strike. He managed to loosen an arm from her failing legs and all it took him to strike her across the face with butt of the gun.

Lexa was disorientated for a moment as her vision faded and Clarke could only watch in horror as the sniper got the upper hand. He managed to twist his body around and pull the commander into a choke hold whilst she was still busy trying to clear up her vision.

He grasped Lexa's fallen dagger and raised it to her neck as Clarke appeared from her spot behind the rock with her gun pointed at the man. She tightened her hold as Lexa's eyes met hers.

She was asking her to shoot.

The sniper smirked up at her, "I wouldn't do that if I were you"

"Clarke" Lexa's tone was a warning but all it achieved was having the blade pressed further into her neck. Clarke swallowed.

"Let me go" He pleaded.

"Clarke save your people"

Our people, she thought, they're our people Lexa. You included.

"They're our people Lexa" Clarke moved the gun and fired.

She watched as Lexa's left shoulder spurted out blood and her face contorted into one of pain for a second. The sniper let go of her and dropped the dagger before looking at Clarke in shock then falling to the ground dead.

Clarke allowed the gun to lower slowly to her side as Lexa stood on shaky legs with a hand on her shoulder stopping the blood flow. The blonde pushed through her shock and ducked under the commander's uninjured arm using her weight to keep the girl upright.

"Thank you Clarke"

She turned her head to meet the flickering eyes of the commander. Lexa swallowed then leant forward to kiss her gently on the lips…

"What now?"

"Now" Lexa spoke through the pain, "Now we make for the mountain"

Clarke felt her body lean more against her and she tightened her hold on the commander.

Silence fell over them. The dead sniper laying abandoned on the ground as smoke still rose slowly from the destruction below… More casualties to avenge, would the list ever end?

When will it end? It's the 100 so never...

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