We emerged from the trees into the clearing that surrounded the dropship. I smiled sadly remembering everything that had happened here. Octavia rode up on her horse, not looking particularly thrilled to be there. "You came," Bellamy said surprised. "I wasn't sure if you would."

"I'm here for Maia," she told him. She dismounted and walked toward us.

"Octavia, I know things haven't exactly been great between us recently. But I promise you, I'm here to help," Bellamy assured her. Octavia's face softened and she walked toward him. To my surprise, she opened her arms to hug him. But before I knew what was happening, she was stabbing him in the neck.

Bellamy collapsed. "Octavia, what the hell?" I screeched.

"Relax, Maia. He's unconscious not dead. He'll be fine."

"He wanted to help!" I protested.

She shrugged. "I don't trust him. We don't need him." I looked down at Bellamy. "You've got two options: drag him back to camp and let him wake up there, or let me take him. I would advise the second. Carrying him back to Arkadia would seriously slow you down, you're too small."

I groaned. "Fine. I've got to go anyway. I've got a million things to set up if we're going to save Lincoln."

"Good choice," she said. "I'll meet you at Arkadia soon. Where do you need me?"

"Remember that crawlspace that used to lead between Mecha and Alpha?" She nodded. "It leads from the outside to a dormitory now. Meet me there."

"Roger that, Robin Hood." She smirked. I rolled my eyes. I glanced at Bellamy one last time before turning back the way we'd came.

OoOoO

My first stop in Arkadia was medical. Octavia had given me an idea. Abby was working, but she looked almost as if someone had just switched on autopilot. She didn't even notice me come in. I cleared my throat. She jumped, knocking a tray of medical instruments into the floor. "Sorry. You okay?"

She started to nod but then stopped suddenly. She motioned for me to follow her into the back room. "I'm not okay, I can't do this again." I remembered that Clarke's father had been floated on the Ark. I couldn't imagine being in Abby's shoes, losing two men you love in the same way.

"That's why I'm here. We're getting them out. I'll need your help, I assume that's a given?" She nodded. "Okay, I need a tranquilizer of some kind. Something that'll be easy to inject and easy to hide." She started moving immediately. She came back with a handful of syringes.

"Is this enough?"

I took them. "Oh yeah, plenty." I handed her my radio. "We'll be in touch."

After leaving medical, I returned to Miller and Harper. They looked up as I entered the room. I sat the handful of syringes on the table. Harper picked one of them up and looked at them confused. "You two might as well take a few. I don't think you'll need them but Abby gave me enough sedative to put down a small army." I looked at Miller. "Is Bryan in?" He nodded. "Good, you'll need to get him one of these."

"You ready to tell us this plan?" He asked.

I nodded. "Harper, you're going to be our eyes. I want you on the radio, but not the channels we've been using. We're going to let them know we're coming."

"That sounds dangerous," she mumbled.

"If it doesn't work, it will be," I admitted. I grabbed Miller's tablet and pulled up the floor plans of Alpha Station. "You know this dormitory, here?" I pointed it out. Harper nodded. "Pike's guards will take the prisoners by it. When they're at this intersection," I pointed it out. "You radio and let us know. Then you check in with Octavia to make sure she's ready. Alright?"

"You want them to hear that we're about to make our move?" Harper clarified.

I nodded. "This is where Bryan comes in," I said to Miller. "He'll suggest holding the prisoners until the other guards secure the route. That dormitory is completely empty right now. It's the perfect place for Pike to stash the prisoners while they scout. He'll leave guards to watch the door, Bryan will volunteer. As soon as the coast is clear, he'll use one of these bad boys to knock his fellow guards out." I held up one of the tranqs. "Obviously he'll have to act like he was knocked out too, so part of this hinges on his acting abilities."

"He can do it," Miller assured me. "Where are we going to take the prisoners while the hall is clear?"

"Nowhere, there's a crawlspace underneath that dormitory," I explained. "We'll hide everyone in there until Pike clears the hall. He won't be looking in that area, since he'll assume we moved them already. I'd say we could take that crawlspace out of camp, but it's one of the longest. It also goes right under the cantina. Sneaking that many people through it is just asking to be captured. We'll take them out through Kane's favorite crawlspace. Octavia and Kane both know it well enough to lead everyone out."

Harper and Miller looked at each other. "Did I miss something?" I asked.

"No, I mean it sounds like you thought this all through," Miller said. "When you said you had a plan, I kinda just thought you were improvising. I was expecting Mount Weather escape 2.0."

"To be fair, if I'd known the Mount Weather layout as well as I know the Ark's, I'd have gotten us out of there in an hour."

"What if the guards don't take the bait?" Harper asked. "If they keep going father down the route…"

"Then there'll be more than three executions happening today," I said grimly. "But this was my thing, I know how Ark guards think. They'll take the bait." Harper and Miller both nodded, but I could see that they were scared. I was too, but I would never admit it to them. "Okay, Miller, fill Bryan in. Then you should get some rest, we all should. We've got to bring our A game tomorrow."

OoOoO

I tried to sleep, but I couldn't. I ended up watching the hours go by on my clock. Bellamy never came back, I had no idea what Octavia was going to do with him. She'd promised me she'd be at the crawlspace in the morning. But, I didn't think I'd have time to question her about her brother.

Eventually the time came for me to go. I went to the library first, I knew the guards schedules by this point and a few of them were passing as I went in the door. I waited inside for them to pass and then headed back out. I headed to the dormitory next. It took me longer than expected. I had to keep ducking into the shadows and waiting until my route was clear of anyone who might report me to Pike.

Finally I got into the room, it was still empty. I gave the floor a little kick until I found the loose piece of flooring. I pried it up with my fingernails and then jumped down. Octavia let out a squeak as she rolled out of my way. "Were you asleep?" I whispered.

"I got here a few hours ago," she replied.

"Bellamy?"

"He's fine, Maia."

"The package is on the move," Harper's voice said loudly over Octavia's radio. I motioned for her to turn down the volume. "OKS, are you in position?"

"Copy that, ready for intercept," Octavia answered. I could just faintly make out the commotion in the hallway. I glanced at Octavia. No matter how good she had become at concealing her emotions, I knew her face too well. She was scared too. I reached for her hand and gave it a squeeze.

When I heard the footsteps above us, I let out a tiny sigh of relief. Pike had taken the bait. I heard the door close, but neither of us moved. I heard Kane say something, Sinclair responded. I nodded at Octavia. We stood up together and gave the floor piece a push. I cringed as the metal made a scraping noise. I hoped Bryan had already knocked the other guard out. My fingers brushed the sedative I'd stuck in my pocket. I'd brought it just in case.

Kane, Sinclair, and Lincoln all looked surprised to see up pop out of the floor. "Come on," I hissed. "Quick, before they come back." Kane was the first to move, jumping down into the crawlspace next to me. "I told you there were more of these." He patted me on the back as he moved farther along, making room for the other two.

Sinclair came down next, and then Lincoln. Octavia hugged him tightly. I cleared my throat. "Not to ruin the moment, but sit down so I can close this." Lincoln smiled at me as he sat down. Octavia crouched down next to him and whispered something to him. I pulled the floor piece back over us and popped it back into place. "Now we wait."

We sat in silence for what felt like ages, but in reality was probably only ten minutes. Finally the door opened, followed by the sound of footsteps above us. A loud crash made me jump and I bumped into Octavia. It was her turn to grab my hand reassuringly.

Finally after a long moment of silence I stood up, pushing the piece aside again. "All clear," I told them.

I pulled myself out of the hole, as I climbed up the syringe in my pocket fell. "I've got it," Lincoln called after me. I offered a hand to Octavia, pulling her up. The other three emerged after us.

"A little tight in there," Kane grunted.

"Try doing it for sixteen years," Octavia quipped. She and I set to work undoing the prisoners' restraints. I heard movement in the hallway and turned to see Miller and Abby. Miller pulled Bryan to his feet.

"Do you copy?" Harper asked over the radio. I shot Octavia a panicked look. The plan had been to go radio silent after the initial distraction. "The exit is not clear. Stay where you are."

"How many guards?" Octavia asked her.

"Too many!" Harper hissed. "Stay put." We all looked at each other, no one was sure what to do.

"We can go out through this crawlspace," I told them. "But we have to be completely silent, it goes under some pretty populated areas."

"Calling all guards, the prisoners are headed to the main gate!" Monty shouted frantically over the radio. "I repeat, the prisoners are headed to the main gate!"

"Guess he was with us after all," Miller mumbled. I shot him a look that said "I told you so."

"We've got to move," Abby said. I nodded and led the group down the hall. Harper was waiting in front of the larger crawlspace. She'd loaded it up with backpacks full of supplies to help the escapees once they reached the outside.

Harper slipped into the crawlspace and disappeared. "After you, Robin Hood," Miller said to me. I shook my head. For a moment he looked confused, then he sighed. "You're not coming."

"I can't leave yet. Monty helped us today. I can't just leave him behind for Pike. Raven and Jasper are still here too."

"Maybe I should stay too, you're going to need help."

"No, you need to go. Pike is already on to you, I can't let you risk yourself."

"He's got his eye on you too," he countered.

"I'll lay low, Pike doesn't have any proof." Miller looked unconvinced. "I'm going to be okay, but you have to leave."

Abby walked up next to me. "I'm staying behind too. You won't be alone."

"See, Miller? I'll be fine." After a pause he nodded. Then he hugged me, to my surprise. I hugged him back tightly. "You keep an eye on them out there, okay?"

"I got you, Robin Hood."

I let go of him and pushed him toward the crawlspace. "Now get out of here."

"See you on the other side."

I reached for Bryan's arm as he started to follow Miller. "Watch out for him. He's got a habit of getting himself into trouble." Bryan smiled and nodded. I let him go and watched him climb through the wall.

I was about to usher Octavia through, when Pike's voice came over her radio. "I have a message for the traitors in this camp, there will be an execution today. Either turn yourselves in, or the other grounder prisoners will die in your place."

Octavia immediately pushed Lincoln towards the crawlspace, but he stepped away. She grabbed his arm. "Lincoln, please. We're almost out."

"I know how you're feeling," Kane said. "But they're searching the station, we need to go."

Lincoln nodded. "You should."

"Fine," Octavia said. "But I'm going with you."

He put his hand on her cheek. "I love you." He kissed her. I turned away, but as I did I saw him reach into his pocket. He pulled out the tranquilizer I'd dropped earlier. He stabbed Octavia in the neck. She collapsed and he scooped her up.

"What are you doing?" Kane hissed.

"The same thing you'd do for your people," Lincoln told him. "Just get her out of here."

Lincoln stepped away, letting Kane put Octavia into the crawlspace. "Lincoln, wait. There has to be another way," I reasoned. "I'll get them out."

"How?" He asked me.

I racked my brain for anything I could do. With Kane, Miller, Harper, and Octavia on their way out of camp, my team was lacking. "I don't know. Just give me some time, I'll figure something out."

He shook his head. "This is the only way, Maia. I can't let my people die for me." He gave me a sad smile. "You did everything you could. You tried to keep the peace, be proud of that. Don't ever let them change who you are."

"You don't deserve this."

"Take care of Octavia."

I nodded. I could feel the tears brimming in my eyes. I reached out and grabbed his forearm. "May we meet again." I turned on my heels and started walking down the hall before the tears could fall.

I made it inside the library before I let myself cry. A hand on my shoulder startled me. I turned to see Mr. Carpenter, the librarian. He looked concerned. "I think it's time you tell me what you've been doing out there, and how I can help."