The ride to Camp Jaha was silent, which I was thankful for I needed some time to think and if this was the only time I would be given I was going to take advantage of it. There was a chance that since Clarke had a hit on her that I could be taken out do to our appearance similarity, which why I'm sure Lexa gave me a guard. That wasn't what was bothering me though, I didn't care about my safety all I wanted was to know that Clarke was safe and out of harms way. Looking back to our time on the ground it had been like this a lot, me worrying about Clarke and protecting her in whatever ways I could before she chewed me out for doing so being she was older and it should be the other way around. I suppose that's just how siblings are-though the only one's I have to compare to are Octavia and Bellamy and there relationship is a lot different than Clarke and my own but Bellamy would do anything for his sister just like I would do anything for-
"Stay close." I nodded to Daren who had pulled me from my thoughts, his dark eyes were scrunched in concentration no doubt trying to stay alert as Camp soon came into sight and we rode right through the gate and I pulled my horse to a stop before jumping off the moment I saw Kane speaking with someone. I was quick to run from my horse to the familiar man panic and fear taking hold of me as I spoke loudly.
"Kane where is Clarke?" Kane's head snapped to the side having heard my voice and his eyes widened as he took in my appearance as he opened and closed his mouth a few times clearly dumbfounded by what he saw.
"C-corey? Is that you?" I nodded my head furiously not wanting to waste anymore time than was needed on this conversation as he continued shock still evident in his features. "She's in the medical." I felt panic fill me as the moment Daren walked over to us I was running as fast as I could to medical. Thoughts swarming though my head, was Clarke hurt, what had happened, who did it, were we going to lose her to? All these thoughts and even more spun through my head along with the occasional; I just lost Finn I couldn't lose Clarke too.
Daren was able to keep up with me rather easily as I ran around through the Ark dodging people as I did so and I suddenly stopped dead in my tracks emotions flowing through me as I spotted a familiar head of blonde hair at the end of the hall. My chest was heaving for breath as well as with emotion as I felt my eyes water as I watched Clarke arguing with Abby. I couldn't stop myself from running down the hall and throwing myself at the girl in a tight hug that nearly knocked the two of us over. Clarke made a noise of surprise before she gently hugged me back and I breathed deeply trying to calm myself as I spoke softly reassuring myself and my thoughts.
"Clarke you're alright." I pulled back from Clarke after a moment a large smile on my face as I looked my twin over as I saw her own face fill with shock as she looked at me.
"Corey? Where have you been?" I shook my head and noticed Abby looking at me shocked and I raised a brow and spoke gently taking a step back from Clarke as Daren stood close behind me, following the orders Lexa had given him.
"I've been in Tondc. Lexa had things to discuss with me." Clarke scrunched her brows together in confusion no doubt wondering what went on with the two of us as Abby spoke with a raised brow.
"What's up with the grounder get up?" I looked down at myself and then back up at Abby and thought of the promise I made to Lincoln.
"I'm keeping a promise." Clarke raised a brow waiting for more but I stayed quiet offering no more of an explanation knowing I didn't need to give one as I continued. "Has there been any word from Bellamy?" Clarke shook her head and spoke her shoulders locking up in stress.
"I haven't talked to Raven recently." I nodded and offered Abby a small smile as I walked in silence Daren following close behind as I made my way to the tech area. I raised a brow at the organized room with areas designated to the mountain and taking it down and I had to hold my pride in for what Raven and Wick had accomplished together. Raven was looking down at a paper and I obnoxiously knocked on the wall making her look up with a raised brow before her eyes widened drastically as she spoke.
"Whoa...Corey?" I nodded and offered her a small wave worry starting to take me over at the question I desperately wanted to ask.
"Yeah it's me, um, h-have you heard anything from Bellamy?" She shook her head and looked at Daren suspiciously from her place behind the table and I spoke looking at him knowing she didn't exactly care for grounders after-after F-Finn.
"Can you wait outside?" Daren was silent as he turned giving Raven a suspicious look as he followed my direction and I turned back to Raven with a gentle smile as I offered her a simple shrug. "Lexa's orders." Raven nodded her head as she pursed her lips before she spoke her eyes traveling over me.
"What's with the get up? I kind of expected to see you around after Bellamy left-actually I expected you to be sitting by the radio ready to tear him a new one the moment he called." I felt my lip twitch up with a smile as I chuckled at Raven's words and I jumped up on the table Raven was working on and began fiddling with a piece of metal.
"I've been in Tondc." Raven's lip flickered up and she spoke as she plucked the metal from my hands before setting it beside her.
"For what?"
"Lexa was talking to me." Raven's smile slowly fell and I saw her brows scrunch together as irritation started to fill her features as she spoke with a raised brow.
"What about?"
"Just about the mountain, nothing exciting." Raven nodded accepting the answer knowing there was more to the story but decided not to ask and I spoke looking my friend over seeing the exhaustion clear on her face. "W-why don't you take a break. Go get some fresh air, or something to eat. I can hold down the fort?" Raven looked at me with raised brows and spoke her eyes lighting up.
"You sure?" I nodded with a smile and she returned it before she continued. "Alright, yeah, thanks. The radios right here if Bellamy calls just push this button and you'll be able to talk to him." I nodded giving her a thumbs up as I watched as she limped out of the room her brace allowing her to get around much better than she could before. I smiled to myself gently before I took a seat in a chair and began fiddling with an old spring waiting for the radio to go off. I had nothing better to do and when I looked at Raven I could just see the exhaustion on her face, she needed to get out of this room even if it was just for an hour or two.
I wasn't sure how long I was in the room but the sound of steps caught my attention and made me look up with a raised brow and I smiled gently seeing Octavia. She stopped in her tracks seeing me behind the table and her eyes scanned me over as she spoke looking around.
"Where's Raven?"
"I let her take a break, so she left me in charge of the radio." Octavia raised a brow as she walked over to the table and crossed her arms over her chest with a smirk.
"She left you in charge? I thought you were banned from the tech area?" I smirked and shrugged gently offering her a wink as I spoke with a chuckle.
"Nah, what Sinclair doesn't know won't hurt him. Besides the only thing I'm allowed to touch is the radio so no danger in that." Octavia nodded her head in agreement and I continued looking the girl over with a raised brow. "You look different." Octavia looked down at herself and shrugged gently before looking at me with a raised brow and she spoke with a smirk.
"So do you, you look hot." I smirked at her words sending her a wink causing her to snort and laugh making me laugh as well before she rolled her eyes and spoke.
"Indra made me her second." I looked at her slightly shocked before I spoke with a smile.
"Geese I don't see you for less than a few days, and all of this happens...Lexa made me her second as well, that's why I've been in Tondc...she's trying to get me prepared enough to train with others with the same blood as me...like Lincoln said." Octavia looked at me in shock and was silent for a moment before she spoke her eyes searching my own in concern.
"She's going to take you away?" I was silent for a moment looking down before I shrugged gently and spoke not entirely knowing the answer to that question.
"Not for a bit...but eventually yeah I think so." Octavia narrowed her eyes in irritation and she opened her mouth to say something when the sound of footsteps caught our attention and I watched as Clarke stormed into the room Raven limping behind her an irritated look on both of their faces. Feeling the odd tension in the room Octavia stood to her foot and pointed to the door.
"Um I'm just gonna go." Octavia was quick to rush out of the room and I went to follow her lead not exactly wanting to deal with Clarke throwing the fit I knew she was about to-when I felt someone grab my arm as Clarke spoke with an angry snap.
"Not you Corey. I need to talk to you, now." Clarke harshly yanked on my arm and pulled me out of the room into one not terribly far away before she let go of my arm and turned to me with an angry glare. "Corey why in the hell did you tell Raven she could take a break?" I looked at Clarke in disbelief as I tried to figure out if she was being serious or if maybe power had gone to her head.
"Are you serious? Raven is exhausted, it looks like she hasn't slept in days, so if her taking a couple hours to herself to walk around, or get something to eat, or to even sleep is a problem in some way or another to you than you need to seriously reevaluate your "leadership" choices Clarke. Because I was sitting and listening to the radio so she could have a break-probably the first break she's gotten since she first started working on that damn radio!" Clarke ran a hand through her hair and spoke loudly pointing back at the door.
"This is the only way to talk to Bellamy! There is no-"
"I was managing the radio just fine! It's not rocket science Clarke you press a button after he talks until then you can do nothing but wait! Anyone can do it!"
"Why don't you tell me what really happened in TonDc?" I looked at Clarke in confusion before I spoke with a raised brow piecing some things together.
"That's what this is about? Your not even mad at Raven, your mad at me?" Clarke didn't say anything as she looked at me expectantly and I shook my head as I clenched my fist in anger by my side as I continued. "What is this really about Clarke?"
"I don't even know who you are anymore..." I had to admit that her words cut deep to me as I clenched my jaw and after a moment of silence I shook my head and spoke calmly.
"Clarke, I am capable of making my own decisions. As for that, what we do to survive...it doesn't define us." She looked at me shocked with emotional eyes as I continued with a deep frown as I looked at the overwhelmed girl. "We need to focus on what is going on in the war, you don't need to worry about me. There's more important things we have to worry about." She looked me in the eyes and nodded reluctantly as she walked out of the room. When she had left I released a deep sigh fully calming myself before I walked into the other room where Raven was clearly upset and Clarke looked like she was ready to storm out of the room.
"Mt. Weather to Camp Jaha. Is anyone there." I felt my heart skip a beat as I froze in the doorway as Bellamy's voice sounded over the radio and I felt a large smile come to my face as I rushed over to the radio the others too shocked to move as I pressed the button and spoke happily.
"Bellamy, you're alive." Clarke moved over to my side as Bellamy responded on the radio and I felt her gently squeeze my hand as she took the radio speaker from me.
"Corey?" I couldn't help but smile as Clarke clicked the button and she spoke with a relieved smile.
"You made it. We knew you would."
"I'm just trying to stay alive." Clarke smiled and spoke letting out a happy sigh.
"Keep doing that." Clarke gently handed me the speaker and I pressed the button and I spoke softly.
"Bellamy..." Bellamy's voice suddenly sounded concerned over the speaker.
"What is it Corey?" I had three words stuck in the back of my throat that I ached to say, that I wanted to say, that he needed to know, that I couldn't get out. I was stuttering out trying to get the words out of my mouth as he spoke again. "Corey? Are you there?" Raven looked at me with a raised brow trying to figure out what was wrong and I put a forced smile on my face as I spoke gently.
"Be safe."
"No problem Princess." Clarke suddenly peaked back into the room calling for me to follow her and I gently handed Raven the radio with a small nod before I quickly fell into step with Clarke as Daren moved away from the wall as he followed behind us. Clarke came to a stop in front of Indra who was speaking with Octavia at the moment with a few others and at the sound of our approach they looked up and Clarke spoke confidently.
"Where sending the message to mt weather." Indra smirked and spoke as she and the others stood to their feet.
"Lead the way Sky girl." I smirked as we made our way to the holding unit in medical, the grounders all following behind us as I watched as Kane, Abby, and my father were standing in front of the holding cell talking with one another and at the sound of our footsteps the three turned their attention to us. Kane suddenly stopped in front of us no doubt trying to talk some sense into Clarke but I stepped forward and spoke sternly.
"Move." Kane's eyes searched mine as he fell back to where Abby and my father stood and she spoke sending me a stern look as she looked at all of us.
"People are going to get hurt." Clarke narrowed her eyes and spoke shaking her head as she stepped next to me.
"Not if you move." Abby narrowed her eyes and spoke glaring at the two of us trying to get us to back down.
"You are not in charge Clarke." Clarke looked at me and turned to Abby before speaking with a smirk.
"You may be the chancellor, but we're in charge." Abby looked at Clarke in shock before she moved to the side, I went out of my way to avoid looking at my father not wanting to see his fave as grounders went around us and into the holding cell to grab the man and took him outside. The rest of us following behind them silently. Before Clarke came to a stop in front of the man and spoke confidently.
"I have a message for your leader. We know you have been watching us, but what you don't know is that we have a secret army that you have never seen before. We're ready to fight. Let our people go and we'll let your people live. It's an eight hour walk back to mt. Weather, you're going to do it in six." She started letting out his oxygen and I watched with a straight face as the man spoke with a panicked voice.
"That's not possible, how am I going to deliver your message?" Clarke raised a brow and spoke with a shrug not seeming to care.
"That's not my problem." I watched as the man turned and went running towards the mountain and after a moment Clarke turned to me and spoke seriously as her eyes searched my own.
"I need you here for a bit."