(Author: Nightwing27th)
Telling her they took Bellamy might've been a huge mistake; but it's not like I could keep it from her for long. I don't understand it. One second everything was fine, and then the next there was shooting and screaming. During the chaos, I stood on top of a crate to try and see over the panicked crowed. I stopped counting Mountain Men at fifteen. But they've been planning this for a while. It was too fast and organized to be a spare of the moment thing. I should've known this would happen; that they would come. We should've been prepared for this. My eyes are trained on Jade, waiting for her reaction. She's feeling a lot of mixed emotions. So many she doesn't know which one to run with. "Jade," I sound winded, from all of the adrenaline coursing through my body. "You are still in no condition to be doing anything stupid right now. I know how much you want to go after him, but you can't. We need you here, alive and in one piece." She was staring at me, but I couldn't tell what she was thinking. "You know Bellamy, Jade. He'll be okay." She broke from my gaze and looked out over the panicked mass. A few seconds later, her head snapped back. "Are you okay?" she asked Caleb. We were both caught off guard. He glanced up at me and then answered.
"Yeah. One of the Mountain Men slammed me into the fence, cutting the back of my head." He replied. "I'm still not sure why he didn't kill me, though." A light bulb went off in Jade's and I's heads at the same time. It's really scary when we both have the same idea. She turned on her heal, walking away as fast as she could and then disappearing in the crowed. "You need to go after her."
"I will. But first I need to check on our prisoner."
"You mean the one that's probably gone?"
"That would be the one." I left Caleb and headed inside the Ark. Our mini hospital was trashed; the tables were knocked over and the boxes of things were empty on the floor. I looked around the room at the mess as Jasper got to his feet. "You okay?"
"I think so." He rubbed the back of his head. "They jumped us. Whatever they came for is probably gone."
"'Us'?" I asked. Jasper's eyes widened. We both started searching through the mess at the same time, both looking for another person. I tossed things out of my way, not caring where they landed. I pushed one of the metal tables to the side and found Adonis. "Got him." Jasper stopped what he was doing and came to my side. Adonis was alive, but unconscious. I noticed a couple drops of blood poking through his shirt. Meaning he reopened his stitches. And the only way he could've done that was if he put up a fight. Jasper helped me sit him up and then I felt the back of his head. There's blood down by the base of his skull. They either hit him really hard or more than once. I laid him back down as I felt Jasper poke my arm. He stood and walked over to the far wall. I followed him and found a note pinned to the wall with a knife. I pulled the knife out of the wall and then handed it to Jasper. I hesitantly unfolded the note and read it. 'Yachara, I hoped after everything you'd find some way to trust me… bla, bla, bla, … After you kidnapped my sons, and released all of my prisoners, you've left me with no choice. I will start taking your people at random until you, the boys, and Anya turn yourselves over. Going to your camp and taking you by force is too easy. I want you to willingly come with me. When you do, the people we took will be freed. You can either come to us or you can leave a letter, with your surrender, pinned to a tree at the waterfall so arrangements can be made to come and get you.' I thought. The letter was signed with the Jacobsen family cress; a 'J' formed out of vines. I could feel the heat rising off of my face.
"What is wrong with this man? Can't he just leave me alone?!" I crumpled up the letter and threw it on the ground. I walked away from the wall as I put my hands on my head. I took a few breaths and then turned back around to Jasper. "Sorry." I cleared my throat. "I… lost my cool, there for a second." I'm not sure what it means, but I've heard Jasper say it around camp. He grinned and then held up the knife. Engraved on the handle was my name. It's the knife I left behind at Jacobsen's house. I used it to pin the stack of Mount Weather patches to the counter. I put my hand on my mouth. This is bigger than we thought. That knife is his sick, twisted version of a warning. "Find Alex, have him watch Adonis, and then find Jade; make sure she doesn't do anything stupid." He nodded, handing me the knife as he left. I quickly made my way to the room serving as Anya's cell. I entered the room, surprising her. The swell of her stomach has gotten bigger, but besides that… she's still the evil women I grew up with. The thought that she's going to have one of my siblings, makes my stomach turn green.
"What's going on out there?" She asked. "Must be pretty bad if you're coming to me. I haven't seen you since they put me in here."
"You say that like I had nothing to do with it." Her stupid little smirk left her face. "That's better. Now, I was hoping you could tell me why Jacobsen would sneak into camp… and not take you." She looked surprised. "Now I'm sure your love for each other is strong, since you're carrying his child and all, but I guess I underestimated exactly how strong."
"There must be some kind of mistake." She was searching for an answer she liked. "Maybe he just couldn't find me."
"Right. Because I'm sure he just happened to miss the sign on the wall that said 'Anya's Cell', with a big arrow, as he pinned a note to the wall." I replied. If I make her squirm enough, she might tell me something about Jacobsen I don't know. In which case, the time I'm spending looking at her wouldn't be that big of a waste.
"What did it say? The note." Anya asked. Do I tell her the truth? If I don't, and I lie to her, then I'm one step closer to becoming her. And that is what I fear the most. I crossed my arms and shifted my weight to one leg.
"He thinks you left willingly." The look of shock on her face surprised me. It also surprised me that, right now, she looks like a normal human being, with feelings besides anger. "Do you want to tell me why that is?" She looked away from me and then sat down against the wall. I cleared my throat, as if reminding her I'm still here. She did nothing. "Fine. I'll be back tonight. If I don't have an answer by then, you're dead." I left without looking back at her. I walked back out into the main room. Finn, Clarke, Jade, Caleb, Jasper, Kane, Jones, and Alex had all gathered. They were looking over the letter when I entered.
"Is this true?" Finn asked, pointing at the letter. I glanced around the room. Adonis is awake now, sitting in a chair with a towel to his head. He had his shirt off so Clarke could check on his stitches. "I mean, is he bluffing?"
"Big time." I replied as I made eye contact. "Something else is going on here. Jacobsen's got a plan and it kills me that I don't know what it is."
"You're not turning yourself over?" Jasper asked.
"Yeah… I'll turn myself over into my grave." Kane had just finished reading the letter, and by the look on his face he's got a question. Perfect time for me to start talking. "Part of his letter is true, though. He will keep taking people until we turn ourselves over. But it won't be at random. They held Caleb down instead of killing or taking him. They knocked out Jasper instead of taking him. No, these people were not randomly picked. They chose them for a reason."
"I figured as much." Jade said. "Which is why Lincoln is going to the coast, for back up. This is a war that won't end until one side is dead." I'm pretty sure she's still in shock about them taking Bellamy. "We just need to know what their next move is."
"What's ours?" Alex asked. Based on Jade's performance last month, everyone here is waiting for her to go after them. Even with Jade's last comment, Caleb and Alex tensed up; ready to try and stop her at the drop of a pin. The room went quiet. "I take it this means Anya wasn't much help." Adonis said as Clarke was finishing up. "I'm working on it." Kane looked at me. "I'm using the fact that Jacobsen thinks she left willingly, against her. So far I think it's working. What I don't get, is why Jacobsen thinks I kidnapped Alex and Adonis."
"Yeah, I'd like to see you try." Adonis said.
"Exactly." I took the letter from Kane's hands. I skimmed over it, until I found what I was looking for. "Okay, here's his first mistake: he claims I kidnapped them and then he says for US to turn ourselves over. If I kidnapped them, then shouldn't I release them first?" I looked around the room, taking in everyone's expressions. But my gaze stopped on Jones. At some point I'm going to have to tell him I know his secret. Jones wasn't just Jacobsen's right hand man. He was also his brother. I found out last week, when we had one of the last hot days. Everyone decided to swim in the lake, and Kyle made to mistake of taking of his shirt. Printed on his left shoulder blade was the Jacobsen cress; my cress. Alex and I confronted him about it the next day. He said that Jones changed his last name so that everyone would treat him normally, and not like he was the boss's brother. I think part of it is true. But why didn't he tell me he was my uncle? It would've been nice to know I had a cousin. "I'm going to the waterfall to leave a note for Jacobsen. I'll tell him that, in two days, we'll surrender. But on the condition that they give us back our people first." No one spoke. Adonis pulled his shirt over his head and then sternly looked at me, "That's all you've got? Because where I'm sitting, that's the worst idea ever."
"Funny. I remember you saying something like that about my plan to break everyone out of Mount Weather." I replied. "It will work, just like the last one, and this is only part of the plan. The other half will be coming soon." I left the Ark and headed to Jade's tent, ignoring the mayhem all around me. I found some paper and then wrote my letter to Jacobsen. As fake as it was, if I were him, I'd believe it. As I left the tent, Jade found me and offered to take me on Dakota. It only took about an hour and a half, round trip. Would've taken me three hours had I not brought Jade. I helped dig graves for the five people we lost, as I waited for nightfall. Then I headed into the Ark and straight for Anya's cell. "Okay, time's up." I said as I closed the door behind me. "What's it going to be?"
"I didn't agree with his plan." She said. "He wanted to brainwash all of his men, and I didn't agree with him."
"That's funny, because I thought you would have been all for it."
"I wasn't always the ruthless leader of an army." Her voice cracked a bit. "Long ago, I was no different than you or your friends. All I wanted was your father, none of this was supposed to happen. He's the one that wanted to control the world. I helped him because I was too blind to see him using me." She looked like she might cry. I walked across the room and sat down next to her, on her bed. "I'm not in the mood for any more lies, Anya." My voice was neutral, with a hint of frustration. She stared at the wall. I glanced down at her stomach and then away again. I cleared my throat, "How far along are you?"
"Almost eight months." She replied.
"I hate that I'm saying this, but I need your help. I need to know everything about his plan, with the brainwashing."
"Once they've been brainwashed, the only way you can reverse it, is with a very rare form of MHP. It's a bright red liquid, Jacobsen calls MHP 2.0."
"It's red?"
"Yes. It's extracted from the same Glowflys, just a different part. They can only get one drop from every five Glowflys." She said. Wow. No wonder it's rare. I guess that means it's a good thing I have some.