The Ground part 2
Everyone started running forwards after the younger Blake said that, Clarke let go of Charlotte's hand and the little girl went running too, Wells following behind her leaving behind only Clarke and Murphy still holding hands as Clarke's tears started falling down and he let go of her hand before wrapping his arm around her. "We are really here." She said lowly to him and he nodded. "We are, blondie. We really did it." He said in awe as well and they both smiled. "Just a little longer and we will see them again." He said to her talking about their girls they loved and she nodded. "I can't wait." She said and she really couldn't.
To know that if she wanted to, she could just walk away and reach Polis and trigger Lexa and be with her was a very, extremely tempting idea, on she knew she would have to fight against every day while they were her but she had 100 kids to take care of so she quickly composed herself and dried her tears before turning to her friend. "Come with me." She said and motioned for them to go back inside the ship and he nodded as she moved to the ladder and he followed behind her as they climbed both floors until they came to where her seat was. "Kane said he left what we asked for in here. Watch the ladder for anyone coming in. I will get it out." She said and he nodded as he moved to the ladder and kept watched though he doubted anyone would even think about coming in here.
She started searching for it and soon enough, she came across the space Kane had talked about and she removed the metal plate that was loose and she saw the two bags inside the empty space. She grabbed them and put the metal plate back in place and walked to Murphy. There were the initial letters of their names attached in each one of them which is how they knew which one belonged to whom. "Let's open it." He said and she nodded as they unzipped the bags and both of them pulled out guns. They checked the clip and it was full, there were 3 more clips inside the bag and Murphy smiled. "This is what I am talking about." He said.
They put the guns in their belts and covered it with their shirts to not alert anyone that they have them, not yet. They looked inside the bag again and pulled out two knives for each of them, they attached on their belts too before Clarke pulled out from her bag, a map from where every place was. Of course, Kane was smart enough to do it in code as she explained it to him. He put in Murphy's bag a few supplies and on hers a first aid kit and a small box that she pulled out as she gave her bag to Murphy to hold it while she opened it and there it was. "He did it." She said shakily.
She pulled out from the box a necklace with the letter L and the symbol Lexa used on her forehead. She had asked him to do this for her so that she could have something to remind her of the woman she loves with her all the time. Something she could touch and grab whenever she was missing her or just needed to feel closer to her. "You're so in love, it's disgusting really." Murphy said as she secured it around her neck and put it beneath her shirt as to keep it hidden from prying eyes. Of course, someone would eventually see it but for now she would keep it this way. Her secret.
"I think we should get down and make sure Wells is not getting his ass kicked already." Murphy said and she nodded and they grabbed their bags because they would need it and started on their way down and finally walked out of the dropship and they split up as Murphy offered to go look for their friends and bring them to her. Clarke started on the same path as she did before and went to look at the Mountain, she stared at it and really hoped she could make it better this time around. She promised herself she would and she would not fail.
"Why so serious, Princess? It's not like we died on the fiery explosion." Finn said as he came to her side with his signature smirk and she looked at him and although she could see what drew her to him the first time they met, now, she only found it incredibly annoying. "Try telling that to the guy who followed you out of the seat to die and whose grave we need to start digging soon." She said as she returned her stare to the Mountain. "You don't like being called princess, do you princess?" he said and she sighed right now was really not the moment for him to be joking around her.
"I don't like knowing that that peak over there is Mount Weather and that there is a radiation soaked forest between us and our next meal, which means they dropped us in the wrong damn mountain and on top of it all, you are here annoying me. That is what I don't like." She said and turned to walk away but he followed her. "If I annoy you so much, why did you save me?" he asked her and she stopped to look at him. "Because I know Raven and she is my friend and I wouldn't want to be the one to tell her that her boyfriend died because he was being stupid. Would you?" She said and walked away from him as she saw her friends by the door of the dropship.
"What did he want?" Wells asked talking about Finn and she sighed. "Annoy me, that's all." Then she noticed the new addition to their group, Jessica. She smiled at the girl and extended her hand. "You must be Jessica, Wells' girlfriend." She said and the two of them blushed but the girl nodded shaking her hand. "It's nice to meet you. Wells told me a lot about you, all of you." She said and she was very charismatic and seemed like a nice girl and Clarke was happy for her friend. "Better have been good things or you will be without a boyfriend soon enough." She said looking at him who shrugged and everyone laughed.
In the Ark, Marcus took the stage in the control room the same way he did before but with the same speech and spoke to the crowd inside the space. "We know they've landed but communications are down which means we're still blind to conditions on the ground. Thanks to Abby's wristbands, at least we know how those conditions affect the human body which is more than we had for 100 years and a great accomplishment already. So nice work, everyone." He said looking at everyone who was in the room. "Now, what are they telling us?" he asked as he got closer to Callie, Abby and Jake.
"One dead kid. Dark tile." Abby said as everyone looked at it and Kane already knew that Clarke was at least able to save the other kid who had died during the landing the last time, he only hoped she could stop the others from taking it off. "Doctor Jackson, please share our theory with Councilor Kane." She said but Kane stopped her. "It's not necessary. Rough landing was to be expected, the ships have not entered the Earth atmosphere in 100 years. It is probable that is what caused the death of the boy. Am I right?" he said and she nodded.
"The screens show the vital signs. Why are so many of them red?" Callie asked and Abby looked at Jake who smiled and hugged her. "It can only mean two things. First, injure sustained during landing." Abby said. "And the other?" Kane said already knowing the answer to that question. "They're excited to be there." Jake said as he and the others all turned to one particular screen which belonged to Clarke and everyone but Kane, who already knew what was happening and smiled, wished the theory was correct.
Back on Earth, things were going pretty much the same. Wells had offered to check the drop ship while the others waited and soon enough, he came down with news. "We got problems. The communication system is dead. I went to the roof. A dozen panels are missing, heat fried the wires." Wells said and Clarke nodded since she already knew all of this given that it was the same as last time. She pulled out her map and started scribbling on it. "All that matters now is finding food and Mount Weather is our best chance. See? Look, this is us and this is where we need to go if we want to survive to see the next few days." She said as she drew on the map.
"Where did you learn how to do that?" Charlotte asked her this time and Clarke smiled at her before answering. "My Dad. He loved to show me how to read maps and all of that stuff. Never knew why it mattered but thank God he did." She said and suddenly they were interrupted. "Good, a map. Think they have a bar on this town? I'll buy you a beer." Jasper said as he and Monty got close. Wells didn't do anything to them this time around. "I'm sorry, we don't drink. Minors and all." Clarke said and they smiled as a little group came their way lead by John Mbege. Clarke could hear Murphy whisper, "Of course he steals my thunder," She smiles slightly before she sees them move towards Wells.
"Are these people bothering you guys?" he said to the boys, Monty and Jasper, who didn't even know what to say to him or if they should say something at all and Wells raised his hands. "Relax, we're just trying to figure out where we are." Wells said and Clarke shared a look with Murphy as she prepared for her first collision with Bellamy and everyone else. She steeled herself as he did not disappoint her and his voice came clear as the day. "We are on the ground. That not good enough for you?" Bellamy said and just as Wells was stepping forward. Clarke took the front. "Are you going to eat the dirt? Or are we not supposed to try and find food?" she said and everyone wooed her answer.
"We need to find Mount Weather. You heard my father's message. That has to be our first priority." Even Clarke knew that was the worst approach for the situation, everyone here hated Jaha. "Screw your father. What? You think you're in charge here? You and your little group?" Octavia said and Clarke stepped forward, noticing the Blake's recognizing her. "Jaha is not the problem, the lack of food is. I don't care about your feelings for the Chancellor but I'm sure everyone here would like to eat something and Mount Weather is where the food is. It's a 20 mile track, if we leave now, we can get there before dark." She said and waited for Bellamy's line and he didn't disappoint once again.
"I got a better idea. You go and find it for us. Let the privileged do the hard work for a change." He said and everyone cheered and Clarke smirked. "I don't know in what universe you think we can carry food for everyone but then again, you must have hit your head pretty hard on the fall to say something stupid like that." Clarke said before she turned around with the cheers and Mbege went to her just as Finn jumped from the ceiling. "You should take a few steps back." He said to the guy and Clarke looked at him. "I don't need a savior. I can take care of idiots like him myself. Thank you very much." She said as she bumped her shoulder on Finn's and Mbege's as everyone cheered on her.
"Hey, spacewalker. You can rescue me next, I promise I will like it." Octavia said as Finn smirked and Clarke sighed as she came to her friends. "Look, we can't all go. I don't trust these people so you guys stay here, okay?" She said to Murphy and Charlotte who nodded. "Wells, I need you to stay and see what you can do about the systems, you have been working with Raven a couple of times, I am sure that there is something you can do about it, maybe try and fix the radio. They need to know they can come down." She said to him and he nodded his head. "What about you? Are you going alone?" he asked just as Finn came to her side.
"So when do we leave?" He asked and she sighed. "Now." She said to him and Wells looked at them. "How are you two going to carry food for 100 people?" he asked and as Clarke expected, Finn turned and grabbed Jasper and Monty. "Four of us, can we go now?" he said and Octavia came jogging to them. "Sounds like a party. Make it five." She said and Bellamy held her arm. "Hey, what the hell are you doing?" he asked and she shrugged him off. "Going for a walk." She said and Clarke kept it quiet about Finn's wristband as she noticed he had tried to take it off. No reason to spook Bellamy in that direction.
He had pulled his sister away earlier like he did last time and they talked about something and it seemed tense and Clarke could only hope that he hadn't done anything stupid again. Kane said that he had approached him so there had been no reason for him to even think about shooting Jaha but then again, this Bellamy is not very good at the think before you act department so she was worried until she could talk to Kane, she wouldn't know what was the deal with him. She hoped she was wrong but something inside her told her she wasn't. She decided to ignore it.
"Okay, then. Murphy." She turned to her friend and he nodded already understanding her message before she hugged Charlotte then Wells and even Jessica. "Let's go." She said to the little group and started walking but just before she could leave she heard Wells. "Hey what were you doing?" She turned around and saw him grab Finn's bracelet. "You can't take this off or the Ark is going to think we are dead. Keep it on or they won't know it's safe to come down." He said and both Clarke and Murphy looked at each other before looking at Bellamy and seeing his look. She didn't like it at all. Murphy looked at her and mouthed. "I got this."
She nodded at him and called out to the others who quickly started following behind her. Octavia said goodbye to Bellamy and Clarke clutched her bag, her mind running wild at what would happen to the wristbands and if Murphy could keep Bellamy in check until she got back and the same way as before Octavia came to her side and spoke to her. "Thank you for what you did for me at the party but before you get any ideas, Finn is mine." She said and Clarke smirked. "You're welcome and before you get any idea, Finn has a girlfriend that just happens to be my best friend so stay away from him." She said to the girl shocking her and marched forward leaving the other girl a little behind.
Meanwhile back in the Ark, Abby and Jake were in the control room watching the monitors. "What do you think is going on down there? Do you think they are okay?" Jake asked and Abby squeezed his hand. "We have to believe they are." She looked at him and he rested their foreheads together before Callie came and joined them. "Hey, guys. How is Clarke?" she asked and Abby smiled pointing at the screen. "Her vital signs are strong. Blood sugar is low though, she hasn't eaten." She said just as the interphone rang and she picked it up. "This is Doctor Griffin." She said as they looked at her. Her face changed quickly.
"I'm on my way." She said, put the phone down and started on her way out of the room. "Jackson, put it down there. We need blood, A neg and a lot of it then get yourself to the OR." She said as Jackson ran out of the room, she was about to follow him when Jake called after her. "Abby, what is wrong?" Jake asked as he and Callie looked at her for information on what could possibly be going on and Kane felt his arm hair stand up, he prayed it wasn't what he was thinking but then Abby turned and said the words he thought he wouldn't hear it again.
"The Chancellor's been shot."
