One more ally
The walk back from that place was done in absolute silence, neither one of them knew what to say really. What could they say? In one hour or so, two people they knew got killed and two of their friends were imprisoned just like that. All three of them had their mind lost in their own thoughts so all they did was say goodbye to each other with a promise to see each other at lunch the next day and each one went their separate ways. Raven back to her place, Wells too but Clarke had somewhere else to go first, she needed to talk to Kane, she doubted he knew about what happened.
She walked to his place and knocked on the door, she hoped that he would be at home, she didn't want to have to search for him around the Ark or get in contact with Jaha right now and luckily for her, after a few seconds he was the one to open the door and by the look on her face, he knew something bad had happened. "Callie is with your mother, come on in." He said and she entered the room and just sat by the chair as he grabbed her a glass of water and she drank it. "Clarke, are you okay? What happened?" he asked softly and she looked at him before she began telling him everything that happened.
She couldn't help but feel the tears from coming to her eyes as she finished her tale. He ran his hand on his hair sighing. "I can't believe I used to be so in favor of these laws. They are even more barbaric than the ones the grounders have. At least, there is so sort of justice there. In here, we are just killing people for nothing." He said and she nodded. "Kane, she is 11. She is supposed to spend 7 years locked up until she is 18. That is inhuman." She said and he nodded. "Yes, it is but remember that she will only spend 9 months then she will enjoy the freedom of Earth as will us all." He said and she nodded as he refilled her glass.
"What about Murphy? What are you going to do about him?" he asked and she sighed. "I had planned for him to get arrested later on, closer to my own arrest but since it happened now, there is only one thing left to do and it is to trigger his memory." She said and he looked at her curiously. "Are you sure that is not best to wait until you are down on Earth?" he asked but she shook her head. "The only one that I will wait to do that with is Raven which means she will need your help to come down." She said and he nodded since last time, he was the one that forced the launch.
"So when will you do it?" he asked and she answered. "As soon as he is allowed to receive visitiors. I will go see him and Charlotte and I will trigger him and let him know the part of the plan we have it covered. Maybe he can even help with a few ideas." She said and he nodded. "Murphy is definitely resourceful." He said and she nodded. "He is a survivor, always was. We just got to know the last jackass side of him." She said and he nodded just as the door opened and Callie and Abby appeared surprised to see Clarke there.
"Sweetheart, what are you doing here?" Abby asked as Marcus stood up and went to greet his wife and stand by her side as Abby sat down beside Clarke and at seeing her mother there, she could not hold it any longer and started crying. Abby quickly hugged her and brought her to her chest as Clarke held onto her as if her life depended on it. "Marcus, what happened?" Callie asked knowing that Clarke wasn't able to speak with how much she was crying. Abby also looked at him expecting an answer.
"Charlotte's parents were floated and the girl and Murphy were arrested." He answered and the two women were shocked before Abby hugged her daughter tighter. "Oh, I'm so sorry, sweetie." She repeated a few times as the other two watched before Clarke's cries subdued to hiccups and she pulled back. "Do you want to go home?" Abby asked and the girl nodded and they stood up. Callie and Kane hugged them both as they left and walked towards their own home. Clarke, never letting go of her mother's hand.
When they got home, Jake was already there and once she saw her Dad, Clarke just went to him and hugged him burying her face on his chest as her cries started again, stronger than before as she remembered the horrible experience of seeing his body being sucked into space, never to return again. He hugged her back still confused until Abby explained what happened and he sighed sadly before hugging his little girl tighter and saying comforting words to her. Only that he didn't know that she wasn't crying just because of what happened to Charlotte.
Seeing her dad in that chamber and knowing what was going to happen was horrible for Clarke, especially because she had thought that her own best friend had betrayed her, not that knowing the truth would have made it any better or easier to bear, in fact, Wells had been right, she would have doubled her pain if she had known of her mother's part in the whole thing. It was the second most horrible experience of her life. The third being what she did in Mount Weather and the first being watching Lexa die without being able to do anything to stop it, to save her. And as she remembered that particular incident, her cries turned to heavy sobbing which worried her parents as Abby joined in the hug.
They had never seen her so sad before. She had never cried so much and so painfully for anything, or any injury she suffered as she was doing right now and they weren't sure how to comfort her but they tried their best and just their presence there with her was enough. Jake guided them all to sit down on the couch and sat down pulling Clarke along with him since she didn't let him go, she was tightly wrapped around him. Abby went to get her a glass of water. It took them a while to get her to stop crying and to calm down since her mind kept replaying the bad memories she had of all the people she had lost.
But by the time she did calm down, she was exhausted mentally and emotionally so she just went straight to sleep. Her parents were concerned but she said that she would be fine so with a kiss and a hug from both of them she went to her room and fell asleep right away. At first it was okay, until she started dreaming about her father's death, only that this time instead of him being floated, it was Lexa. Clarke was on the other side, knocking against the door but it wouldn't budge and Lexa had that same smile on her face that she did when she was dying before and Clarke could see her mouthing the words I love you but just before she finished saying it, the doors opened and she was sucked in and all Clarke could was scream as loud as her body was capable of screaming.
She could feel someone shaking her up quite roughly and calling her name, calling for her to wake up but all she could do was cry and trash until she woke up by herself with a startle and sat up panting on bed with both of her parents there by her side. She could feel she was sweating heavily and that there were tears falling down on her face and she could see her parents speaking but she couldn't hear them and she noted that her mother was telling her to breathe and that was when she realized she was shaking and hyperventilating which meant she was having a panic attack.
She could feel herself being pulled against her father's chest and could hear his commands to breathe with him and she focused her body on following his breathing rhythm and started focusing on the sound of his voice as Abby left to get her a glass of water and a cold towel. She continued focusing and slowly she could feel herself getting better and his voice getting louder and louder. Her mother returned and put the towel against her forehead and put the glass near her mouth and she drank a little bit, then a little more until she drank the whole glass.
"Honey, are you okay now?" Abby asked and Clarke looked at her. "I need…" she said before she stopped. "What do you need, baby girl?" his father only called her that when he was really worried and by his tone she could hear it clearly. She turned to him. "I need to see the Earth." She said and her parents looked at each other confused by the request but with how bad her nightmare must have been, they would do anything she needed so they nodded and her Dad walked her all the way to the window and she came close to it putting her hand against the window and she felt it, that same comforting feeling she felt when she was lying with Lexa's arms wrapped around her and she smiled as tears continued falling on her face but she knew that wherever she was, Lexa was okay.
She turned to her Dad and smiled at him. "Thank you for bringing me here, Dad." She said and gave him a big smile which relieved him of his more concerning worries a little. She looked at it one more time before she turned to him and started walking back home, he went to her side and hugged her. "Why did you want to come there, kiddo?" he asked and she smiled. "I don't know. I just knew I would feel better if I did." She said and went back to their place and she went to sleep and this time dreamt of their moment together at the Valley.
The next day, the three remaining friends got together at lunch and talked about what happened with their friend. Wells said he didn't even look at his father, much less talk to him. Raven was angry that she didn't go with Charlotte, maybe it could have been different but Clarke assured her it was not her fault and that they needed to be there for the other two even if they are in the Skybox and they all nodded. Raven then told them that they could go visit them already so Clarke decided to go visit them right away.
Wells decided to go with her while Raven had very important work things to do but told them to tell their friends she would visit them the next day so they nodded and once they said goodbye to her, they went straight there. The guard explained the procedure and they nodded while they were checked for anything. Once they were clear, they were directed to their cells. Clarke had already suggested that they each visited them separately to not overwhelm them and Wells agreed so she went to visit Charlotte first while he went to see Murphy.
As soon as she was allowed in, the girl came running to her and they hugged as they smiled at each other and Charlotte cried and Clarke let one tear fall down before she sat them down. "Hey, Charlie. How are you?" She asked and the girl shrugged. "I'm scared." She said sadly and Clarke nodded. "I understand but don't forget that you have us. Me, Raven, Wells and my parents outside of her and that you have Murphy inside of here with you." She said and the girl nodded at her. "Can you tell me what happened? Why were you parents arrested?" Clarke asked. "They were making a new experiment, but it was something illegal, they never told me. but yesterday, something went wrong and they were discovered and floated." The girl said the last part in a whisper.
"Why did you guys got arrested?" Clarke asked. "Well, we were getting there to grab my stuff like I said we would but when we got there, the guards were already inside. I tried to go in but they wouldn't let until I finally managed to get inside and when I saw them grab my mom's stuff, I just tried to get them let it go but the guards said I was being a nuisance and was about to throw me out when Murphy reacted and pushed the guy away from me before the other guards got to him and well, after that we were in cuffs." The girl finished relaying the events for Clarke who just nodded her head.
"Well, you just need to know that everything is going to be okay and you don't have to worry about anything, okay? In here, maybe boring but you are safe and we will find a way to get you out of here soon but for now, I need you to be strong and hold on for me for as long as you can. We love you. Never forget that." Clarke said and the girl nodded. Clarke told Charlotte that her parents and Raven would be stopping by to see her and that she would be tired of seeing them so much.
At least she made her laugh and calmed her until they had to say goodbye, though she promised Wells was coming in to see her too which made the girl happy. Then she walked out of the cell as she was escorted to Murphy's passing by Wells as he was escorted to Charlotte's cell. Once the guard opened the door, she saw Murphy standing and she quickly went and hugged him as he hugged her back. "I already told Junior I am okay." He said strongly and she nodded before pulling back and sitting in the bed in front of his as he sat down as well.
"I don't doubt it." She said and he nodded. "I just couldn't let him do to her what he did to me, you know? He is a sick bastard that need to pay." He said angrily and she nodded. "If we had known he was there, I would have offered to go and so would have Raven." She said and he shook his head. "I'm glad it was me though. Do you know how long I have waited to punch that jackass in the face? Ever since he came for my Dad and I finally did it. Knocked one of his teeth out. I only regret not breaking more. I will never forgive him for what he did." He said and she nodded.
What he said was exactly the opportunity she needed. It was perfect. This was the moment to do it so she looked at him and smiled. "I know. Forgiveness is not our thing, is it?" she said and she could instantly see his eyes open wide the same way Kane's did and she waited before she noticed the process was over. He looked around before he looked at her who smirked at him. "Welcome back, cockroach." She said as he smirked back at her once he recognized what she had called him and what the situation was. They were back in time.