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Clarke entered the room which she knew Nia was inside of. She had come up with a plan to avoid the whole fight by killing Nia. She needed to do this. She couldn't let Lexa die. She couldn't lose Lexa. The Queen sat at a table with a girl pouring her a drink. The girl looked to be just a little younger than Clarke. She had long brown hair and scars all over her face. They both turned to Clarke. "What do I owe the pressure?" The Ice Queen asked.
"What if I changed my vote?" Clarke responded, of course she wasn't actually going to change her vote but she had to keep up the plan.
Nia paused and dropped what she was eating. "Now you're thinking like a leader of your people." Nia stated.
Clarke walked towards Nia, she did spare a glance to the girl. There was something off about her. "I would need some reassurances first." She told Nia then came to a stop.
"Skaikru will be safe." Clarke felt like scoffing, Lexa was keeping her people safe. The brunette had even sent an army to protect Arkadia from Azgeda this morning. Nia was the one her people needed protecting from.
"And me?" Clarke asked, she knew that Nia was the one who ordered the kill order on her. The women most likely did want to kill her, so it would be stupid not to ask.
"My quarrel is with Lexa, not with you. When she's gone, I don't need the power of Wanheda." Nia said with a smug look on her face. Clarke knew that Nia thought she had already won.
Clarke nodded. "Okay."
"Okay? You don't want vengeance for the attack on Mount Weather?" Nia asked not believing the Sky girl. She dug the knife into the large table she was sat on. It stood as she let go of it.
"My priority is with the living, not with the dead." Clarke then took the knife from the table. "Osa tai choda op kom jus (We bind ourselves in blood)." She cut open a small cut on her palm then wiped the blood on her sleeve. Or at least it looked like she did. Actually Clarke had used the action to coat the blade in poison which was in a sack on her wrist.
"You learnt our oath." Nia stated slightly impressed.
"Do you accept?" Clarke asked and Nia stood up.
"Osa tai choda op kom jus (We bind ourselves in blood)." Nia said and brought the knife to her palm.
Just before the blade could cut the Queen's skin. Ontari realized what was happening. "Hod op (Wait)!" Nia stopped and Ontari flipped Clarke onto the table and held her there. She brought her nose to where the poison was and her suspicions were true. "Feisbona (Poison)."
Nia began to wipe the knife as she said "We would've been allies, Clarke. But know I declare Skaikru enemies of Azgeda." Once she was done she told Ontari to hold our her hand. The girl did. Nia then cut open the palm. Black blood came from it. The blonde knew what this meant and it was bad. "I'm letting you live to send a message to Lexa." She then began squeezing Ontari's hand over Clarke's face as she spoke "I have my own night bleeder and she will be the next Commander."
Lexa didn't know what to think when she had saw Clarke walk into the throne room with a black substance all over her face. As soon as she realized what it was on Clarke's face from the blonde's almost panicked expression, she sent everyone out of the room. Titus had made protests but he silenced himself once Lexa had given him her harshest glare then left. A servant came in with a bowl of water and a cloth. "What happened?" Lexa asked picking up the cloth.
"I tried to kill Nia." Clarke said and watched Lexa pause for a moment.
Then Lexa brought the cloth to Clarke's forehead to wipe away the blood. She didn't think anything of it, it just felt right. "Nia has a Nightblood, doesn't she?" Lexa's voice had a slight amount of panic. If she died then this Nightblood could succeeded her and Nia would use this Nightblood as a puppet to control the Coalition, Nia had to die today, that was clearer than everything else.
"Yes. Her name is Ontari."
Lexa's jaw clenched slightly. Then relaxed as she moved the to the water then back to Clarke's face. "You could've gotten yourself killed." Lexa stated after sighing.
"I would've been worth it, you wouldn't have to risk your life in the fight against Roan." Clarke responded, she shivered when she felt Lexa's fingers touch her cheek as the Commander moved the cloth down her face. It had been so long since she felt the contact of their skin.
"This has to be done. Neither of us can stop that." Lexa told Clarke as she was almost done cleaning the blonde's face. "I know you try and fix everything around you but you can't fix this."
"You could die, Lexa. You're giving Nia exactly what she wants."
"Only if I lose." Lexa stated then sighed. She knew she wouldn't lose but it still pained her to see the fear of losing her in Clarke's eyes. "I have to do this on my own and you have to let me."
Clarke shook her head and moved Lexa's hands away from her face. "I won't just stand there and watch you die!"
Just before Lexa would respond Titus walked into the room telling them that it was time. Lexa turned back to Clarke. "Then this is goodbye," She then added as an afterthought "for now." Then the Commander walked out of the throne room.
The fight had been well matched. It began with Roan trying to attack Lexa from behind as the Commander talked to Clarke, the girl had come after all. The Commander had sliced his back for it after ducking out of the way. There was a few close calls for the Commander, Roan had almost overpowered her but Lexa saved herself by grabbed the blade of the sword and stopping him. The closest however was when she was on the ground, Roan about to kill her with a spear. She rolled out of the way at the last moment. It took seconds for her to reverse their positions.
Lexa turned the spear in her hand and she brought it to Roan's throat. Lexa had a busted lip, her palm was bleeding but that was it. Roan wasn't badly injured either, he had a shallow cut on his back and a bleeding nose. Then Queen Nia stood up. "Gyon op (Get up)!" She screamed at her son. This caused Lexa's gaze to go towards Nia. It seemed that the Queen was losing it. "Taim yu wan op, taim yu nou na wan op kom hainofa (If you die, you don't die a prince)!" Lexa looked down at Roan who seemed to want Nia to finish before Lexa did indeed kill her. "Yu wan op kom bushhada (You die a coward)!" Nia finished with a face of complete frustration.
Both Lexa and Roan looked at each other. "Get it over with." Roan told Lexa meaning for her to kill his mother but still having it seem like he was telling Lexa to him for everyone else around them to think nothing was actually going on here.
Lexa took a moment to think about all times Nia had wronged her. She was the reason Costia was dead, she was the reason Lexa felt like she had to leave, Nia had put the kill order on Clarke, she had killed the Skaikru in the Mountain. She still knew her main reason for wanting Nia dead was because she had killed Costia, cut off her first love's head and set it to her bed. There was only one thing that came to her lips before she threw the spear "Jus drein jus daun (Blood must have blood)."
The spear went flying into the air. It hit right in the heart. The impact caused Nia to go flying back into her chair. A shocked expression on her face as the life went from her body. Blood trickled from her mouth and down her face. Silence took over the crowd around them. Roan turned to look at his mother dead against her chair. Ontari had backed away from the Queen.
Roan and Lexa both felt a relief flow through their bodies as the life went from Nia's body. It was something both of them had wanted for a long time. Roan would've felt pain at seeing this a few years ago but now, it made him feel like a weight has been lifted off his chest. Lexa felt the same, after Costia and the Trikru/Azgeda wars, she knew that peace would be a lot easier to obtain now. Peace was all she wanted and Nia's death had helped that cause.
The Commander made eye contact with every Ambassador telling them that this would be their fate if they crossed her again. Then she knew that soon chaos would ensue if she didn't speak soon. "The Queen is dead!" Lexa shouted in a stern, commanding voice then looked down at Roan. "Long live the King!" There was a cheer from the crowd after Lexa had said this.
Lexa walked into the throne room to get away from the screaming crowd, she heard the doors behind her close. Healers had already tended to her hand. She had left them open but Lexa also guessed that one of her guards had probably closed them. "That was quite a show." Clarke said from behind her.
The Commander spun around. "Do you disapprove of my methods?"
Clarke shook her head. "No, I was just stating that it was quite a show. I was scared for your life too many times to count."
Lexa smiled slightly. "It wasn't real." Lexa told her quickly. Clarke looked confused at this response. "The fight, it wasn't real."
"What do you mean, it wasn't real?"
"Roan and I are actually good friends. We met just over a year ago, our hatred of Nia allowed us to become friends. The fight was our way of ridding the world of Nia. It was very successful, might I add." Lexa explained with a smirk playing upon the corners of her lips.
Clarke was shocked for a moment then anger bubbled. "You let me believe you could've died!" Clarke shouted then realized that people may be listening so lowered her voice slightly. "You could've told me. I love you and you didn't think you could trust me. I wouldn't have told anyone."
Lexa wasn't surprised by this reaction. She knew that Clarke would be angry when she found out that the fight wasn't real. However Clarke's reaction sold it. She understood why Clarke was angry. But when she heard trust coming into this, it reminded her of the night three months ago when Clarke left her. She didn't want to understand, she did what she had to do for her people. She couldn't believe that Clarke was actually saying that Lexa should trust her, they weren't back to how they were before. Clarke had broken Lexa's heart, she had no right to have Lexa's trust. "You can't expect me to trust you, after you left me because you couldn't trust me." Lexa then walked out of the throne room, she ignored Clarke's calls for her to come back. She had matters like publicly making peace with Roan.
You guys all thought Clexa was all happy again, nope. Lexa is still pissed and hasn't forgiven Clarke however she can't keep herself from loving Clarke because their soulmates. So Nia is dead, of course. See you next chapter!