"Is this guy for real?" Harper asked rolling her eyes making some people snicker.
"Yes I am, there will be chaos, death and destruction, the only safety is away from people. Gather and hide" Jaha said.
"How could you possibly know this?" Abby asked.
"I just know" Jaha shrugged. Around them there were whispers as people started talking, it grew into a steady roar of noise. Lincoln pulled Octavia closer to him as people started looking worried.
"Lies!" Inda spat loudly.
"You will see, by noon tomorrow the distraction will start" Jaha said. and started walking away from the people back into the woods.
"Silence, he knows nothing!" Lexa bellowed as more people started to panic.
"He's wrong right?" Raven asked turning to Bellamy.
"He was right about everything so far" Jasper said shrugged.
"Silence! No one is panic, we will discuss this with the council" Lexa said.
"Oh yeah because the council is always so good at this stuff, I don't know about you guys but i'm heading into the woods noontime tomorrow" Murphy rolled his eyes as people started to separate from the group.
"Come on" Bellamy said taking Raven's hand and leading her over to the group of people.
"We need to discuss this, Indra, bring me Jaha" Lexa said firmly as she started walking over to the smaller fire. Indra and Octavia immediately went into the woods trailing Jaha to try and catch him. Lexa, Clarke Abby and Kane gathered closely muttering.
"You think he's onto something?" Bellamy asked.
"I think he's just nuttier then he was last time" Raven shrugged.
"Well I guess we will know by tomorrow won't we" Bellamy sighed watching the little group worriedly.
"What do you think?" Lexa asked turning to Clarke.
"I think he's insane" Nyko said as he and Lincoln stepped up to join their group.
"Heda, he is gone, he wouldn't come" Octavia said joining them
"He would have come if we could use force" Indra said angrily swishing her sword through the air.
"Did he say anything else?" Abby asked.
"Nothing" Octavia shook her head.
"Clarke?" Lexa turned to her again.
"Lies! They are lies Heda! He enjoys still being able to control his people and trikru has to suffer. He want's us stuck here" Indra spat angrily.
"shof op Indra!" Lexa bellowed sending a shiver down Octavia's spine making the whole camp go silent
"Clarke" She said again turning to her the look on her face instantly softening.
"I think.. I think we were all looking for a reason, why now? Why us, why are we all suddenly remembering. What if this is our reason?" Clarke asked. Marcus opened his mouth to argue but the look Lexa gave him made it snap shut.
"You think he is telling the truth?" Lexa asked
"I think there is a reason why this all happened now." Clarke nodded firmly.
"You think our people are in danger?" Abby asked.
"I think we need to take the caution we were given. Jaha said it will start tomorrow at noon. We give the order no one is to leave the camp, we put some guards on watch, we make sure we have round the clock guards up. If by sundown tomorrow if nothing has happened we can break down camp like we planed, until then we take the warning we were given" Clarke said. Lexa nodded.
"spread the word no one is to leave the camp" Lexa told Lincoln and Octavia firmly. They nodded leaving the group with Nyko to let everyone know.
"Kane, talk to the guard, make sure there are always three people on watch, four at night. We will reassess the situation at noon tomorrow." Lexa said firmly and everyone knew the conversation was over. There would be no arguing with her as the last of the group broke up.
'You think he was right?" Lexa asked when it was just her and Clarke.
"I think we need to be careful until we are sure he was wrong" Clarke nodded.
Raven rolled over again on her blankets. Lincoln had given her some furs to put under them and she had to admit it was one of the most comfortable places she had ever slept in her life. But that wasn't helping her any tonight, the camp was restless, she could hear people muttering and tossing and turning. Miller's familiar figure walked past her doorway shadowed by the firelight. There were at least ten guards on watch tonight. Lexa had ordered for four but people were worried and some extra had stepped up to help patrol the borders. Raven was fiercely independent. She would be the first to tell anyone who asked she needed no man by her side. But tonight, she wasn't sure which she was more afraid of, Jaha or the warning he had given. Earlier she had been so sure he was just crazy she didn't give him a second thought but as the sun got lower and she realized how nervous he had made Clarke and some of the others, she was starting to worry now. She sat up pulling on her sweater against the cold spring night and crept to her doorway pulling back the blanket that covered it. The camp was more lit then usual, Across the clearing Kane was pacing back and forth near Abby's tent, of course he was protecting that side of camp Raven rolled her eyes. Further away through the trees she saw Octavia and Lincoln sitting by the fire on the grounder side. She felt a little better seeing Lincoln was keeping watch. Raven crept along the edge of the huts when suddenly she heard the unfamiliar yet all to familiar click of a gun safety being turned off. She froze in her steps, in this life she had never touched a gun but that didn't stop the memory from coming crashing back into her.
"Don't move, hands up" She heard a voice command as she let out the breath she had been holding.
"It's me you idiot" She whispered loudly as Bellamy came into the light from behind a tree.
"Raven? What the hell?" He questioned lowering the gun and stepping closer to her.
"You took out the guns?" She asked surprised.
"What good is an unarmed guard?"
"So you believe them now too?"
"I believe Lexa asked us to keep watch, besides only a few of us have them. What are you doing wondering around?"
"I'm not wondering, I couldn't sleep" Raven whispered.
"Same difference, come on" Bellamy pulled her into the clearing as they sat by the fire.
"There's enough people keeping watch, there's nothing to be afraid of" Bellamy told her.
"Who said anything about being afraid" Raven scoffed. You and Jaha have..history" Bellamy offered gently.
"he floated countless people, every single person here has been related to someone he floated, we all have history" Raven muttered.
"You know it's more then that, come on Raven you would know better then anyone." Bellamy forced her.
"He went bat crazy before, it was dangerous. He certainly seems crazy now" Raven said.
"Well the sun will be up in a few hours we will have a better idea then" Bellamy glanced as the dark sky above them. They sat in silence for a little while until they both jumped hearing footsteps coming closer.
"I'll take next watch, you guys go get some rest" Clarke said.
"Thanks, you want this?" Bellamy asked offering her the gun in his hands. Clarke looked at it for a minute then shook her head.
"Keep it hidden." She just said. Bellamy nodded putting it in the back of his pants and covering it with his shirt.
"It's been quiet, Kane has the north side I was watching the east" Bellamy said.
"Thanks" Clarke just nodded taking a seat on the log as Bellamy and Raven stood up.
"I'll walk you back" Bellamy told Raven softly as they started heading back towards her hut Raven turned back and saw Octavia watching them as they crossed the clearing. Lexa was making her way over to Lincoln and Octavia, probably to take over their watch so they could sleep too.
"I live by myself it the most crime ridden part of my city and I never once lost any sleep" Raven said more to herself then to Bellamy.
"This is different, come on why don't I stay with you tonight?" Bellamy asked Raven turned to gape at him.
"We both need the rest" Bellamy offered.
"thanks" Raven smiled as they both entered her hut. Bellamy leaned against the wall, for a minute he refused the blankets and furs she offered him but he finally gave in propping them up so he was sleeping sitting up by the door. Raven lay down, it was silent but somehow it didn't feel at all strange. Before she knew it she was asleep.
"Well well, this is a new development." Octavia sang as Raven and Bellamy both walked out of her hut the next morning.
"Have you been waiting out here for us all morning just to mock?" Bellamy asked rolling his eyes.
"No!" Octavia cried.
"Yes" Lincoln called from a few feet away where he was chopping up fire wood.
"Hey what are little sisters for?" Octavia shrugged.
"It was for protection" Raven told her.
"Mmhhmm well as long as you used protection" Octavia said.
"Get out of here!" Bellamy tried to whack her arm but she quickly dodged him making her way back to the grounder side of camp but not before turning back to make a face at him.
"Breakfast?" Bellamy asked.
"Let's do it" Raven nodded as they walked to the community kitchen.
"Any news?" Marcus asked as he and Abby made their way to were Clarke was sitting outside her and Lexa's hut.
"Nothing, there was no one around last night, we're going to go ahead and start breaking down the camp, either way we can't stay here and all these huts have to come down" Clarkc shook her head.
"We are putting Monty and Raven on the radios today to see if they pick up anything. The way your old chancellor was talking it seemed like it would be a big problem. I'm sure they will start broadcasting if something happens" Lexa said coming out of the hut.
"And what about the rumor that your people don't want to go back?" Abby asked turning to her.
"I will not force my people to leave. They are trikru, if they want to stay and can find a safe place to be that is fine." Lexa said.
"Will you still be commander?" Kane asked her.
"No, I will leave with Clarke, I will pass down commander to Indra"
"I thought you couldn't physically chose?" Abby asked.
"Well, we decided not to get into all of that. If they decide to adopt back to all our old ways that is fine, but there is no need for a conclave. especially when we have lost so many people already" Lexa said glancing at Clarke who nodded to her supportingly.
"A wise choice commander" Marcus nodded to her
"Thank you, I will start giving the orders, this all needs to be taken down by sundown" Lexa said walking away from them.
"It's so sad to see if be taken down" Octavia stood on her tippy toes trying to help Lincoln pull a log from the top of their hut. But try as she might he just had to much hight on her and the log went crashing to the ground.
"Your not much help" Lincoln laughed a little as she jumped out of the way.
"Well you built it to tall!" She muttered dragging it to the pile of others Lincoln was saving to build a bigger one.
"Out next house will be better, wood floor, we can dig out a root cellar for food, and to be cool in the summer. Build a loft to be warm in the winter" He said coming up behind her and wrapping his big arms around her waist.
"With a swimming pool and tennis courts?" Octavia asked sarcastically making him chuckle a little.
"How about you settle for a barn with some horses?" He asked. She twisted in his arms so she was looking at him now.
"I'd settle for anything as long as it's with you" She told him running her hands over his stubbily chin.
"We have to talk about your brother" Lincoln said softly.
"Bellamy is not a problem" Octavia shrugged.
"But he doesn't want you to stay, he wants you to go back and finish school" Lincoln reminded her.
"If Jaha is right, we cant leave anyway. And if we can Bellamy is a fugitive. He can't rent an apartment, or get a drivers license, or sign me into a school. We would be stuck and probably on the run. It's better for me here he will see that" Octavia sounded so sure Lincoln wanted to believe her.
"And if he makes you anyway?"
"We always come back for each other don't we?" Octavia asked.
"always" Lincoln gave her a smile.
"Anything?" Clarke asked walking by again.
"For the millionth time no" Raven muttered pulling the headphones from her ears.
"It's raining on the west coast, and the east coast is experiencing a crazy heat wave, what's the chances this earth shut down thing will be over global warming?" Monty asked.
"Who knows, Some of the grounder warriors are in the woods looking for Jaha, the rest are breaking down camp. It's almost noon, we need to know what the plan is." Clarke said.
"So far nothing out of the ordinary." Raven said.
"So that means we go back to regular living right?" Clarke asked
"Don't look at me I thought you were calling the shots" Monty shrugged.
"Lexa is calling the shots" Clarke said.
"Yeah" Raven rolled her eyes making a whip motion with her hand making Monty laugh at her.
"Come on guys keep listening" Clarke sighed choosing to ignore them.
"Then leave us alone princess! I'll tell you if we hear anything" Raven snapped. Clarke walked away in a huff as Harper came over with a plate full of food.
"Anything?" She asked sitting down next to Monty.
"I swear if one more person asks me..!" Raven started
"Hey, why don't you go take a break, Harper can listen for five minutes right?" Monty asked.
"Yeah, go stretch your legs, Nyko is making some lunch someone caught a boar" Harper nodded. Raven sighed but surrendered her headphones. The world would still be ending in five minutes it's not like she would miss anything. Besides she had a pretty good idea of why Harper wanted to spend time with Monty and she wanted no part of that third wheel.
"It is past midday" Lexa said looking up at the sun starting to angle toward the west.
"Raven just said there was nothing." Clarke said walking over to the little group.
"He was lying then" Abby sighed.
"Let's give the order to close up camp, people will need time to say goodbye." Lexa nodded.
"I'll book us some rooms at the hotel we can check out flights in the morning" Abby said pulling out her cellphone.
"I'll go let people know we are going to gather" Marcus said starting to walk away. With so many people it took a while to wrangle everyone up but when they did Lexa stood up to address them. Clarke listened to her talking but her heart was pounding in her chest. Something didn't feel right, leaving didn't feel right. Suddenly Raven came running over.
"Stop! Don't! Something happened" She cried running over to Lexa.
"What is it?" Clarke asked standing up next to them and suddenly all eyes were on Raven and no one made a sound.
"Power outage." Raven said turning up the radio.
"That's probably from a storm." Marcus said.
"It's nationwide." Raven said as everyone strained to listen through the static.
"Chaos, destruction, it's all going to be man made. Jaha had said life as we know it was ending. People are going to start going crazy." Clarke was thinking out loud looking at Bellamy for conformation.
"If the power is out it's only a matter of time before people start looting and rioting" Bellamy nodded.
"This is it, this is happening" Clarke whispered glancing at Lexa.