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"Oh my god... We need to move her now! Please stay with me Lex." Clarke whispered desperately into Lexa's ear.
Lexa tried to raise her arms, legs, even her fingertips but felt as though she was floating deep beneath the ocean surface. Her body felt weightless and she seemed to be gasping for air. She thrashed around in the water but saw nothing but darkness. Felt nothing but cold and numb. Just when she thought she couldn't possibly hold her breathe any longer. She resurfaced and breathed in a labored water-logged breathe just to be pulled back under quickly. She heard a baby cry in the distance.
Indie.
She struggled fought, kicked and punched her way through the dark numbing ocean that seemed to hold her body captive but nothing seemed to work. Her daughter needed her. Her wife and friends needed her. But she could see nothing but darkness and could not feel anything but the black water that she seemed to be drowning in.
"Octavia, Bel, I need a straw! Or something like that, now!" Clarke yelled frantically, her voice was muffled and sounded distant above the surface that Lexa couldn't seem to find.
"Fiesbona." She heard Lincoln mutter quietly.
Poison? Was the water she was in filled of a black poisonous substance? Is that why Clarke couldn't see her or pulled her out? Lexa's mind was working a hundred miles an hour as she gasped for air, catching tiny breaths here and there. Enough to keep her alive but she could feel herself slipping into unconsciousness. Her last thoughts were of a warm breeze blowing through her hair as the warmth of Clarke's hand in her own filled her up with happiness. They strolled through the meadow where they were bonded and watched as Indie ran around curiously picking flowers as her blonde wavy locks blew in the wind and her laughter seemed as though it shook the very Earth to its core.
It was the perfect setting for her imperfect family. A final happy memory to cling onto as she drifted away into a world she wasn't sure her wife and daughter could follow her into.
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Raven laid her head in Talia's lap as the older woman played with her soft straight brown hair with one hand and draped the other over her body lazily. She stared across the hallway and watched Mara struggle to keep her eyes open as she leaned against the wall next to Bellamy who was busy inspecting his rifle. Octavia tap her bloodied sword against the floor anxiously, while Lincoln and Indra talked in Trigedasleng in a hushed tone. Raven wasn't sure what time it was, as time seemed to escape her during the past few days ranging from both exhilarating joy and happiness to desperation and despair. Her eyes felt heavy but there was no way that she could sleep. Not when Lexa, whom she now thought of as a sister, was hanging in the balance between the living and the dead. After the arrow pierced Lexa and the Ice Queen was banished, the resistance between the Azgedians and the rest of them was basically over. From what she could remember, it was as if the ice nation people turned on one another and sought out the one who had shot their Heda. But Raven only caught glimpses of the turmoil that began. She shuddered as she recalled the dreadful moments that followed.
Running after the group as they hauled Lexa's slender body into the ice palace. Lexa turning a scary gray color. Lincoln running out to find the antidote to the rare poison the arrow was dipped in that pierced Lexa's chest. Clarke barking out orders as she reached into Lexa's wound to assess the damage. Lexa gasping for air, vomitting black blood, and not breathing altogether for short periods of time.
Once Lincoln brought back the antidote that looked like a bottle of green slim, she recalled holding Lexa's head in her lap as they forced the awful green liquid down her throat. Mara cursed repeatedly. Talia paced back and forth as Indie wailed in her arms. Bellamy guarded the door. While Octavia, Ontari, Indra, Clarke and herself knelt around the dying girl before them. Raven remembered how pale and small the commander looked as black blood seeped from her chest wound. Tears fell from her eyes as she watched her friend gasping and fighting hard for every breath as she lay in her lap. She smoothed her hair and tried to calm her the best she could. Clarke's voice was shaky and filled with emotion as she yelled for Octavia and Bellamy to get her a straw or hollowed tube of some sort. Their worse fears had become a reality. The arrow had nicked a hole in Lexa's lungs and Clarke had to drain them before she drown in her own blood. She recalled the next events like snapshots in her brain.
Octavia returning with an old skinny piece of PVC pipe. Roan dosing it in alcohol to sterilize it. Watching Clarke cry as she felt the inside of her wife's chest with her fingertips and yet being amazed at how steady and strong her hands seemed to be. Cringing as Clarke stabbed the old pipe into Lexa's chest. Swallowing her own bile as black blood squirted out of the tubing. Feeling relieved as Lexa took a great big breath.
It almost didn't seem real as she sat in the quiet hallway with her friends that led to Clarke and Lexa's room. She was grateful that Abby was here and ready to help Clarke when they arrived. Lexa had the best chance of survival in the hands of Abby and Clarke. Healing was what they did best.
Raven took a deep breath and pushed herself off of the ground. She looked up at Talia slowly with swollen sleepy eyes and the beautiful woman kissed her gently, radiating her with warmth from her head to her toes. She pulled away and plopped her head down on Talia's shoulder, holding her hand lightly. She didn't quite know how to define what she and Talia were to each other but in his moment everything just felt.. Right.
"Riden nau, ai hodnes." Talia whispered to her as her eyes fell and didn't want to open again. She didn't know what Talia had just said to her but it sounded perfect.
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Lincoln held onto Octavia's hand tightly and played with her thumb as they sat and waited anxiously in the hallway with the rest of their friends. He watched Talia kiss Raven softly as the young woman closed her eyes succumbing to the tiredness that he was sure all of them were feeling. He smiled at the two women, happy that even in a world so full darkness and evil, there was still love and hope right in front of him. And right next to him. He turned and kissed Octavia's forehead as the younger woman jumped in surprise.
"What was that for?" She whispered trying to sound annoyed but the smile peaking out from the corners of her mouth gave away a different feeling. Lincoln just smiled
And shrugged.
"Ai hod yu in." He replied casually.
Octavia scoffed and shook her head and looked down to the floor. "Hodnes laik kwelnes." She said quietly.
Lincoln smiled at his girlfriend and lifted her chin so she was forced to look at him. Her ice blue eyes mesmerized him everytime he gazed into them. Even when Octavia rolled his eyes at him as she did now. He loved her stubbornness. Her strength. Her independence. He knew she could survive just fine without him. But what fun was just surviving when you could actually live?
"Hodnes laik uf." Lincoln replied with a grin as the bedroom door opened and a tired Abby stepped out. She rocked her granddaughter in her arms and locked eyes with every person in the hallway before speaking. Everyone sat up straight and rubbed their eyes waiting for the news. Abby was silent for a moment before a big grin spread across her face.
"She will be fine. It will take some time for her to heal but she is ok." Abby raised her hand to her mouth trying to hide the quiver in her tone as she looked down at her new baby granddaughter who was fortunate enough to still have two mothers alive.
"Mommy is ok." She whispered to baby Indie. Everyone in the hallway couldn't help but smile as the little baby grunted and cooed quietly in Abby's arms. It was as if for the first time in days, they all took a deep breath of relief and relaxed hoping everything would be a lot more boring from now on.
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Clarke's head kept dipping downward as she struggled to keep her eyes open. She sat in a chair by the bed Lexa lay on and held her hand. She was determined to be alert and awake when Lexa awoke but as she watched the soft flame of the candles dance in the room giving off their warmth and brightness, Clarke's eyes kept closing for longer periods of time everytime she blinked. Adding in the rhythmic sound of Lexa's breathing that was more of a wheeze right now, it was like Clarke's lullaby.
Her eyes closed slowly and didn't open back up for at least ten seconds until she felt Lexa's hand move under her own. She instantly sat up and leaned in close to Lexa's face as she watched her wife open her eyelids slowly. She smiled brightly and stroked Lexa's damp hair softly as the brunette looked around the room in confusion. She finally focused on Clarke beneath her half moon eyelids that seemed to be barely open.
"Hey Lex. How are you feeling?" Clarke said softly.
Lexa gave her a small smirk and breathed out a wheezy, "Like shit."
Clarke laughed and squeezed her wife's hand. "Well it nice to see that you haven't lost your sense of humor." Lexa grinned tiredly but her faced quickly became full of fear and pain as she started to cough. Clarke winced and knew that it would be a long night. Her and her mother tired to get all of the fluid they could extract from her lungs but knew they couldn't get it all without the proper equipment. Lexa had to cough out the rest of the blood and flem that was left in her chest. Which would be painful.
Clarke climbed onto the bed and held Lexa as she coughed and held her chest tightly as sweat poured down her face from the excruciating pain. Clarke could hear the liquid in her lungs and throat and held a bowl in front of Lexa's mouth as she spit and coughed the black blood into it. She laid back down on the bed trying to catch her breath as Clarke smooth back her hair and wiped off her forehead.
"I was drowing…" Lexa wheezed out as she clutched her bandaged chest that seemed like it was on fire. "And then…. You saved me." She breathed out as Clarke pulled her into her body. Lexa cuddled up against her wife's side and closed her eyes succumbing to the wave of tiredness that hit her quickly.
"I'll always save you babe." She heard Clarke whisper just as she drifted off to sleep peacefully in her arms.
Translations:
Fiesbona - Poision
Riden nau, ai hodnes – Sleep now, my love
Ai hod yu in – I love you
Hodnes laik kwelnes – Love is weakness
Hodnes laik uf – Love is strength
