I looked at Octavia as her and a few others helped bring Bellamy into the tent once Murphy and his group and taken off on their rampage. "Someone please get me a wet towel for his head?" I asked as Bellamy staggered to sit up.
"Where's Charlotte?" He asked after he had looked around the tent for her.
"We don't know… Finn, her and Clarke where gone when he looked in here." Octavia said.
"I have to find her." He said. "You're not going anywhere without me." I told him, "I can't watch you fall down again. Please don't make me have to watch that."
Bellamy shut his eyes and looked at me, "Octavia… you Jasper and Monty… try to keep things calm around here till we get back. We're going to go get Charlotte." He told her as she nodded, "Keep her safe…" Octavia asked. "I will once we find her." Bellamy told her.
"No, Keep Rayne safe… Murphy—" She began to say.
"I'll be fine… I'll be back…" I told her as Bellamy and I left the tent and preceded into the darkness of the forest in hopes to fine Clarke, Finn and Charlotte before Murphy and his group would.
"You're mad at me." Bellamy said after a long night of silence, we'd been wondering around the forest for hours.
"Of course I am." I told him, "You kicked that box because you thought I was in love with him, would I be having sex with you every night if I was in love with Murphy? Seriously Bells, use your head every once in a while." I told him as he chuckled softly.
"I see your point." He said, "Please don't be mad at me," he said his voice pleading with me.
"Bellamy…" I said to him as he stopped me so I was facing him, lowering his head slowly to mine as he tilted my head up to meet his. I heard a snap not to far away from where we were. "Bellamy…" I said quietly as he sighed heavily looking off into the same direction that I was.
In a small clearing, the moonlight was shining against a tree, a tree that Charlotte was standing in front of. She was safe, for the moment. Bellamy moved closer to her taking her by the shoulders causing her to gasp out loud. "Char…" I said softly.
Bellamy covered her mouth to keep her quiet, "Where is Finn and Clarke?" I asked her, she didn't answer. She just continued to struggle put and away from Bellamy and I.
"Shh, shh," Bellamy tried to coo her.
I looked at Bellamy, "be careful don't hurt her please." I said as Bellamy let her go. "Charlotte! You can't hide forever." We heard Murphy yell from the distance.
"We have to move now." I told Bellamy.
"Don't worry. We won't hurt you." One of the guys yelled. "Now Bellamy." I begged him.
"Let me go!" Charlotte begged trying to get out of Bellamy's grip.
"I'm trying –" Bellamy tried saying as he struggled "Hey, Hey." He tried to calm down Charlotte.
"We're trying to help you." He said to her practically dragging her with us.
"I'm not your sister, or your problem!" She yelled at us. "Just stop helping me!" She yelled at us.
"You may not want to be my problem, but I want you around Charlotte, I care about you…" I told her as she lowered her eyes, "Well don't"
Her saying that kind of broke me down a little, she broke free from Bellamy's arms and began to run back towards where we found her. "I'm over here!" She yelled.
"Are you trying to get us all killed?" He asked her grabbing her.
"Char, please just come with us." I begged her.
"Just go, ok?" She yelled at him "I'm the one they want." She said.
"Ok, Charlotte, listen to me." He said to her as he was crouched down eye level with her, motioning for me to move closer to them. "We wont leave you." He said to her.
"Please, Bellamy. You and Rayne have to get out of here." She begged him. "We wont leave you Charlotte." I told her repeating his words to her.
She pushed his arms off her as he quickly recovered and grabbed her pulling her into his arms and lifting her over his shoulder. He looked at me nodding, "We have to go now." He told me as I nodded to him.
Charlotte screamed; "Murphy! I'm over here!" She continued to yell at Bellamy and I took her and ran further into the woods, hoping to escape Murphy and his gang.
"Come on out, Charlotte! Come on out!" I could hear Murphy and his group trailing behind us. They couldn't be more than ten feet away from us at all times, and Charlotte constantly yelling our location out to them really wasn't helping us.
"Rayne." Bellamy asked me as we continued to move through the woods.
"What?" I asked him as I continued to look back, "You meant what you said to me right?" He asked me as we dodged around trees.
"What? When I said what?" I asked him.
"He means when you said you love him." Charlotte said from his shoulder.
I didn't look at him of course I meant it. It'd been nearly a month and a half and he was the only person I ever thought of. The only person I wanted to be with. I did love him, but I still constantly felt guilty for not knowing what to think or say when it came to Murphy. The way he was was partially my fault.
"Of course I meant it, but Bellamy now is not the time to discuss our feelings for each other." I said.
"Any time is a good time Ray." He told me.
"Then I love you, Bellamy. You're the only person on my mind all day long." I told him, "I love you." He said with a side ways smirk. I rolled my eyes, "Can we save Charlotte now?" I asked Charlotte smirked at me she was up to sometime… I knew it.
"No, No! Murphy!" Charlotte began to scream.
"Char, stop!" I said to her, "Stop this!"
"Put me down!" She shouted.
"Charlotte!" Murphy yelled.
Bellamy and I reached the edge of a cliff, as he set Charlotte down on the ground next to him. "Damn it" He said as I looked at Bellamy I was scared. He looked at me and then to the cliff; "Rayne, take her and go back that way. I'll deal with them."
"I'm not leaving you Bellamy don't be stupid!"
"Rayne, please…" He begged me. "I'm not leaving you." I said one last time.
"Bellamy, you cannot fight all of us. Give her up." Murphy said, he soon noticed me standing there.
"Please, Murphy… don't do this… I'm begging you." I told him.
"Rayne, you saw what they did to me, what he did to me… because of what she did… I deserve justice for what happened." He said to me. "This isn't justice, John. This is murder." I cried.
He lowered his head, "Please think about what you're doing." I said to him.
"Maybe I can't take all of you, but I can guarantee that I'll take a few of you with me." Bellamy said from beside me.
"Please… both of you stop this." I begged.
"Ray, take her and run." Bellamy said to me again, "I can't…" I said above a whisper, taking his hand in mine.
"Bellamy! Stop!" Clarke said coming out of the brush with Finn. Of course she'd get here.
He looked at me then back to Charlotte. "Clarke we're protecting her so back off." I said to her as she rolled her eyes at me. One of these days I was going to wipe that smirk right off her face.
"This has gone too far." Clarke said as she looked between the two guys.
"Tell us something Rayne hasn't already told us… Princess." Murphy spat out at her. "Or is it a habit you have of repeating her to try and sound like you actually know something."
"Murphy…" I warned him, causing him to roll his eyes.
"Just calm down, everyone." Clarke continued ignoring him completely. "We'll talk about this."
Murphy stared at me as he grabbed Clarke pulling her close to him putting the knife he had at her neck, "I'm so sick of listening to you talk. Nothing you say ever does good, just puts us in situations like this." He said.
"Murphy please don't hurt her…" I begged.
"Why not? I'd be doing this place a service." He scoffed. "You would be hurting me…" I told him
"Let her go," Finn said.
"I will slit her throat." He threatened Finn. "Please Murphy don't do this." I begged again. He looked at me from the corner of his eye, "Why want to trade places with her?" He snarled.
"Sure." I told him catching him off guard.
"I wouldn't harm you…" he said to me.
"This is, harming me Murphy." I told him.
"No, please. Please don't hurt her." Charlotte begged. "Don't hurt her?" Murphy questioned,
"Ok fine. I'll make you all a deal." He said slowly.
"You two come with me right now, I will let her go." He said pointing towards Charlotte and I. "No deal," Bellamy said without thinking. He didn't even hesitate, just held onto my hand tighter.
"Don't do it Charlotte." Clarke said, "And you stay away from Rayne, she sees what kind of man you are Murphy. Murderous."
I looked over at Charlotte who was trying to hold back tears, and it killed me. I knew there was nothing I could do to help her; I don't even know why Murphy wanted me. He knew I would never leave Bellamy. Maybe he thought I was some sort of key to breaking him down so he could take over and lead.
"Rayne, I can make you happy. You never have to wonder with me… I know you… you know me… what do you know about Bellamy besides he has a sister and did something horrible and vague to get on that drop ship? Does he even know about your family?" He asked.
"Murphy please don't do this…" I said again slowly.
"No! No, I have to!" Charlotte shouted when Clarke begged her a second time not to go to Murphy.
"Murphy, this is not happening." Bellamy said, "You're not taking Rayne, Charlotte. You're not going to kill Clarke, or anyone this is all over with now." Bellamy said.
"I can't let any of you get hurt anymore." Charlotte said from next to me. Causing us all to look at her quickly. "Not because of me. Not after what I did." She continued to say.
She turned around causing both Clarke and I to shout her name, she was going to jump, and I felt my heart sink into my stomach. I couldn't let her do this. She had continued to walk towards the edge as Bellamy too was now turned around and watching what was going on the shock more than apparent in his eyes.
She jumped off the edge as Bellamy, Clarke and I all knelt down next to the edge watching her helplessly as she continued to fall down the cliff. I felt Bellamy's hand slide over mine intertwining our fingers together. "Charlotte…" I said softly tears escaping my eyes.
"No, no, no! no!" Clarke began to sob as she moved closer to me leaning her head against my shoulder. "Clarke…" I cried, she looked over at Bellamy and I, tears in her eyes too.
Bellamy was the first to stand up, pulling me up with him. "Clarke…" I whimpered again as she too finally stood up from the edge next to me.
"This… Rayne… no…" she cried as she looked at me.
I watched as Bellamy quickly turned his attention to Murphy, "Bellamy…" Murphy said quietly.
I couldn't grab him quickly enough as he charged towards Murphy leaving Clarke and I standing together in each other's arms crying over Charlotte. I was just too tired; to weak to deal with any more death, fighting, this was just too much for me.
Bellamy screamed tackling Murphy down to the ground and starting to punch him hard. I stopped holding Clarke as Finn took Clarke away from the edge of the cliff. "Bellamy…" I said walking towards where he was fighting Murphy.
"Stop." I said softly.
"Bellamy, stop! You'll kill him!" I called to him, Clarke looked over at us. "Rayne stop them!" She called to me.
"Get off me! Uhh! He deserves to die!" Bellamy yelled as Finn pulled him off Murphy.
I looked down at Murphy kneeling next to him checking the wounds on his face he was in terrible shape. Murphy looked up at me, "I am so sorry Rayne," he said to me softly.
"No! We don't decide who lives and dies. Not down here." Clarke said to Bellamy.
"So help me god, if you say the people have a right to decide –" Bellamy yelled back at her looking down at me next to Murphy.
"No, I was wrong before, ok?" She said back to him. "You were right."
"Sometimes it's dangerous to tell people the truth." She continued. "But if we're gonna survive down here, we can't just live by 'Whatever the hell we want' we need rules." She said looking at him as Bellamy wiped his face. I stood up next to them, looking between them.
"Than what are you suggesting?" I asked her. "Yea, and who makes those rules, huh? You?" Bellamy asked her while agreeing with me, pulling me closer to him, tightening his grip on my hand as he held it.
"For now, we make the rules ok?" She said motioning to the three of us.
"So, what, then? We just take him back and pretend like it never happened?" Bellamy asked motioning towards Murphy who was still on the ground.
"No!" Clarke cried out. I looked at her confused, what was it she was suggesting.
Everyone went silent for a short while, Clarke clearly debating her words carefully. Looking between the wounding Murphy on the ground, the broken Bellamy in front of her, and the confused and hurt Finn behind me, than me… the shattered one. I was so torn between what was right for me, everyone, and life in general I didn't know what needed to be done or said.
She finally turned back to Bellamy, "We banish him." She said.
"No, that will kill him. The grounders will kill him Clarke, we wouldn't be in this situation if it weren't for you. Maybe you should be banished to than if that's how we're going to look at this." I said to her, Finn nodded in agreement with me.
"She has a point Clarke… you confronting him is what set this whole thing in motion."
"Than what are you suggesting?" Clarke and Bellamy asked me.
"We bring him back, but he's grounded… he follows rules, has no more title as a part of you head team… is no longer a leader. He can't leave the camp, cannot have a weapon… not until you see it fit Bellamy. Don't banish him, that's a fait worth than death. No one deserves that, not with the grounders out there. Charlotte wouldn't want someone else dying because of this." I told him.
I could see he was deep in thought, "Fine, Rayne is right." He said causing Clarke to roll her eyes, "Seriously?" She said.
"Yes, seriously. From now on you listen to me when I advise you on something." He said to her.
"Look we'll return to the camp, and tell them what's going on. We wont tell them about how Charlotte died, Murphy so help me god, you make one more false move and I'll kill you. Can you follow these rules?" Bellamy asked him. He nodded slowly; we all then made our way back to the camp. In hopes to never have another repeat event like today.
I watched as Clarke and Finn made their way into the drop ship.
I looked at Bellamy, "Did we do the right thing bringing him back?" He asked me. "We wont know until something else happens. Something worse, look tonight we sleep. And tomorrow the group of us will sit down and make actual rules… we'll tell the kids… and we'll continue with this wall, and try to move past this. I loved that kid as much as you did Bells… she will not… die in vain." I told him
We were about to walk into the tent when everyone who still had a wristband on started to shout out in pain as they easily took them off their wrists. I then watched as both Clarke and Finn took off from the drop ship. Him much further ahead than her, and they both ran into the forest. "What happened?" I shouted to Monty who stood in the doorway of the drop ship.
"All the bands are dead… their fried." He told us "The Ark now thinks we're all dead." He said causing me to turn to Bellamy.
"Is this good or bad?" I asked him "I… I don't know." He confessed to me.