Lexa's body was gently placed on a bed at Niylah's place. She was in and out of consciousness during the transport struggling to stay in-control of her faculties.
NIylah brought blankets and anything she could think of that would help Clarke as she tended to Lexa. She saw that Clarke had shed Lexa's outer garments. "Is there anything else I can get for you?"
Clarke thanked her for letting them stay before turning her full attention back to Lexa. She got into bed with her to keep her warm.
"Clarke," Lexa spoke softly. She was still struggling to stay conscious.
"Don't exert yourself too much," Clarke cautioned her. "My mom is on her way and we'll figure out what's wrong."
"I think I know what's wrong," Lexa continued knowing she had little time. "My spirit is dying."
"No!" Clarke refuted the self-diagnosis she gave. "Please don't give up on me. We'll fix it." She looked into Lexa's eyes begging her not to surrender.
"Clarke, I need you to take my place," Lexa said trying to convince her to do so. "Our people need you to lead and defend them. They won't know what to do."
"I will take care of them," Clark promised not wanting to stress her further. "Only if you promise that your fight isn't over."
"You're getting too good at this," Lexa teased with a weak smile before drifting off again.
Clarke hugged Lexa tightly monitoring her vitals even more closely and praying her mom would arrived soon. Before long, her prayer was answered when Abby entered and examined Lexa while she waited.
"She must be bleeding internally," Abby diagnosed. "Her blood pressure is too low."
"What can we do?" Clarke asked trying to think of what she may have missed.
"We need to find where she's bleeding," Abby stated the obvious. "We need to take her back to Arkadia."
"No, we can't move her again," Clarke refused knowing Lexa was getting weaker every second. "We need to figure it out here."
"We don't have equipment here," Abby argued. She was corrected when Clarke revealed what Niylah had salvaged from Mount Weather. "These might work." She quickly took stock at what she had on hand.
Clarke got ready to assist when her mom stopped her. "You'll need my help."
"What I need is someone who won't question my every medical decision," Abby said. She noticed Octavia join them. "Octavia, clean up and help me operate on Lexa."
Clarke turned from Abby to Octavia then back wanting to point out that she was more qualified.
"We don't have time to debate this or anything else I need to do," Abby warned and signaled for Octavia to prepare. "I'll do everything I can to save her but only if you will let me."
Clarke knew Lexa needed Abby's help so she didn't argue further. She just wished she was part of it than being sidelined.
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Clarke stared and waited to hear how things were going inside. She kept calling out to Lexa through her chip hoping to hear from her. She didn't notice Niylah approach so was slightly surprised when the latter offered her a bowl of food.
"You should eat," Niylah suggested.
"I'm not hungry," Clarke refused politely.
"Heda wouldn't allow you to go hungry," Niylah insisted. "Besides, she'd probably blame me if you starved."
Knowing Lexa, Clarke had to agree and accepted the bowl and gobbled it down before realizing just how hungry she was. "Thanks, I needed that."
Niylah was pleased and went to get her some more to eat. "This time will you at least chew first?"
Clarke felt a little better after until she saw Abby come out. "How is she?"
"That chip is amazing," Abby noted in amazement. "It was trying to heal her even before I started." She followed Clarke back inside to Lexa's side.
Clarke was glad but when she still didn't get a response from Lexa, she knew something still needed to be done. "Why isn't she waking up?"
"She needs to rest to regain her strength," Abby said.
Clarke concluded that it was probably beyond their combined medical knowledge and she may need her friends' help. She went to find Quark to fetch them to help her figure out what might be wrong with Lexa's chip.
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Lexa's vitals improved overnight giving Clarke hope that she was on the mend. But she knew instinctively that there was more to be done. "Help is on the way." She kept repeating hoping Lexa would hear.
"Wanheda, your friends are here," Quark announced when they finally arrived. He obviously didn't take no for an answer as he pushed Raven and Monty in.
"You should teach him some manners," Raven complained before understanding the urgency when she saw Lexa's weakened state. "What happened?"
Clarke quickly filled them in and asked if they could help her.
"If you didn't destroy," Monty began to remind her before Raven punched him on the shoulder.
"We don't have anything on hand but maybe we can find something back at Becca's place," Raven suggested optimistically.
"Maybe she just needs time to recover," Monty supposed. "Remember it took longer to go through her scan; she may need more time to reboot."
Clarke thought he made a good point so decided to wait but then brought up the topic of drones. "Do you know how I can track down the pilot of a drone?"
Monty jumped in on that topic enthusiastically and described how it could possibly be done. He was going to use the radio frequency to do so and with Raven's help could create a tracker.
"How soon can you get me a working one?" Clarke asked wanting to find the person behind the drone attack on Lexa.
"Give us a few," Raven said setting off to work. "By the way, Bellamy came with us and wants to talk to you." She told her where he would be waiting.
Clarke was glad he stayed out of sight since she didn't want another confrontation between him and Niylah. She went to find him to see what he wanted.
"Clarke," he called out to her from his hiding spot. "Are you alright?" He was worried when Quark arrived at Arkadia unexpectedly and had to see for himself that she was alright.
"I'm fine," she replied touched by his concern.
"We have a problem; Jaha is no longer in a coma and we can't find him," he warned.
Clarke was surprised and wondered why no one had informed her before then. "When?"
"We're not sure but when Kane returned from Polis, Jaha was gone," he revealed. "I've joined the search since I got back but we have no clue where he is."
"Why hasn't Kane told us or at the very least me?" she wondered aloud.
"Because he thought we'd find him before you got back," he explained.
Clarke quickly pieced together the bits of information she had so far and concluded that Jaha must be behind the attack using the drone. She didn't share that with him and instead thanked him for letting her know and wishing him luck in finding Jaha. She watched as he headed back to Arkadia.
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Clarke thought long and hard before making a decision of what to do next. She donned Lexa's outer garments and prepared to leave without telling anyone. She checked to see if the gadget Raven whipped up was still working before sneaking out while it was still dark. She was surprised when she found Quark leading horses towards her.
"It would be faster," he said offering the reins of one to her before mounting his steed.
Clarke appreciated his initiative and was about to mount hers when they heard someone approach.
"Where are you taking her?" Octavia demanded thinking he was forcing her to go. She could see from the faint light from camp that Clarke was wearing Lexa's clothing. "What are you doing?" She realized it was Clarke's idea after all.
"I have to make sure Lexa is safe," Clarke explained. "I'm going to go after the person behind the attack." She deliberately chose not to mention Jaha until she confirmed it.
"I'll come with you," Octavia offered wanting to help.
"No! I need you to stay and protect Lexa," Clarke said. "I don't know what Titus will do if he finds out about this. You have to keep her safe especially if she is taken back to Becca's place."
Octavia wasn't sure what had Clarke so concerned but agreed to stay behind. "You better not get hurt or she'll kill me."
Clarke gave her a quick hug before leaving. She hadn't gotten far when Luna suddenly joined them. "She needs you more than I do."
"I'm following her order," Luna revealed. "She asked me to keep you safe."
Clarke wasn't surprised that even in her weakened state, Lexa was making sure of her safety. "You don't know what we're up against." She felt compelled to warn her.
"Neither does he but you're taking him," Luna pointed out not hiding her dissatisfaction with his recent performance in protecting Clarke.
Quark bristled at the implicit assessment but knew he still had to earn her trust and regain Clarke's.
Clarke preferred to have as many protecting Lexa but then decided to accept Luna's help not knowing what was ahead.
The trio rode back to investigate both drone remains and Clarke was disappointed when the device didn't seem to work until they heard the now familiar hum of a drone. They hid and waited for it to hover overhead before moving on.
"What do we do now?" Luna asked watching the device in Clarke's hand start to beep.
"We follow it home." Clarke said and led them through the woods keeping out of its sight.
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Lexa's body was again on the move under Abby's directions. She was slowly healing but still unconscious. The men who offered to help before were once again helping take her to a new destination.
"She's taking it pretty well," Raven noted quietly to Octavia.
"There's really not much she can do," Octavia pointed out. "I just hope Clarke knows what she's doing and isn't going to get herself killed."
Raven looked towards Abby wondering if she was listening in on them. "Do you even know what she's up to?"
Octavia looked at Abby, too, before replying. "She's going after whoever attacked Lexa."
"And do what?" Raven asked with curiosity.
Octavia shrugged but knew enough that she didn't want to be on the receiving end of Clarke's anger.
"Why didn't you stop her?" Raven asked checking again to make sure Abby wasn't within earshot. "I saw you two talking." She explained that she happened to see them because she couldn't sleep.
"Because I would do the same if anyone attacked someone I loved," Octavia replied.
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Clarke and her companions followed the drone and noted that it seemed to be searching for something.
"What is around here?" Clarke asked hoping they knew the terrain well to know. She saw blank expressions so knew she had her work cut out for her.
"What are we looking for?" Quark asked when Clarke instructed them to look around.
"Anything out of the ordinary," Clarke said hoping for something to stick out.
Hours passed and none of them found anything. Clarke was beginning to get frustrated until something glimmered due to the angle of the sun that caught all their attention as they were resting.
"I'll go," Quark offered wanting to be certain it was safe before having them follow. When he ascertained it was, he came back to report what he found.
"A door?" Clarke asked for confirmation. It seemed odd to have a door in the middle of nowhere. True enough, there was a massive metal door. The sun must have reflected off its handle.
"Are you sure we should open it?" Luna asked warily. She didn't like not knowing what was behind the door.
Clarke didn't either but they've come so far. With their combined effort, they managed to open the heavy door and found a dimly lit tunnel behind it.
Luna boldly took the lead to enter not wanting Clarke to be in harm's way should there be any ahead of them while Quark guarded their backs as they went in. They walked cautiously until they arrived at a large room that had hallways in many directions.
"Now what?" Luna asked trying to make sense of where they were.
Clarke dusted off a table that serendipitously turned out to have a map of facility. "This must be a bunker."
"What does that mean?" Luna asked looking over her shoulder.
Clarke studied the map trying to determine its value when they heard scuffling behind them and Quark quickly reacted and carried a wriggling small boy back. She quickly recognized him as Kell's son. "Careful, don't hurt him."
Quark set him down but held on tightly to prevent him from escaping. He was quite impressed at the young boy's spirit and strength.
"Are you alone? Where is your mother?" Clarke asked the little boy. She then realized he didn't understand and spoke in his language with some help from her companions. When he refused to respond, she mentioned that his father sent them to find him. She saw that calmed him down and got his attention.
The little boy broke away from Quark and took Clarke's hand quickly leading her down one hallway. He stopped when he arrived at a heavy door that was ajar and called out to someone inside.
Clarke realized that there were people trapped inside and the boy must have crawled out through the small gap trying to find a way to free them. She turned to her companions and they knew what she wanted but just not how to deliver.
Quark tried to pull the door open using brute force to no avail and saw the boy's clear look of disappointment.
It was at that moment that Clarke wished she had brought Raven along but she had to make do with what she had. After making certain no one trapped was in grave danger, she decided to go back to the map to find another way out for them. She was baffled by what was so important about the place when she noted that it showed as simply being a fallout shelter.
"What's the matter?" Luna asked sensing her puzzlement.
"There must be something here that we're missing," Clarke said trying to find the reason the drone was being used to find it.
"Let's get them out first," Luna said trying to keep her focused on task. "We can investigate more after."
Clarke agreed and after a while found a second door in the rear of the living section. She showed the boy how to guide those trapped to it and they were going to head over and open it for them. She watched as the boy crawled back in and then led her companions to the exit point. It took the three of them to open up the door as well.
"They thank you," Quark translated even though he knew she understood.
Clarke was glad and listened to the varying stories of how they ended up there. The common theme was that they were drawn to it. She knew why but decided not to mention it.
"Shouldn't we wait for your mother to cure them first?" Quark suggested when the group expressed their desire to return to their homes.
Clarke considered it a moment but knew it would be difficult to prevent them from leaving. "There's only three of us." She saw some already starting to leave through the main door.
"You can command them to stay," Luna reminded her of her authority over them.
Clarke doubted it but was surprised when they all followed her order. They began the journey to Niylah's place when they were intercepted by several drones hovering above them. She ordered everyone to take cover only to find them mesmerized by the drones.
"Why aren't they listening?" Luna wondered seeing that they weren't affected the same way.
"Because they're under someone's control," Clarke noted dragging both Luna and Quark back to the bunker. Sure enough the group started chasing them to capture them for their new master.
The trio tried to close the door but were overwhelmed by the mob so they ran towards the rear door hoping to lock themselves in and buy themselves some time to plan an escape. But before they went in, Clarke had an idea and turned to face the charging group.
"Wanheda, what are you doing?" Quark asked with alarm but bracing himself to do the same to defend her.
"What's your plan?" Luna asked also taking a defensive stance.
Clarke drew her gun and aimed it squarely at the hovering drone and shot it down. After doing that, the group stopped and looked confused as to why they were back in the bunker.
"What happened?" Luna asked wondering why they stopped.
"The drone was controlling them," Clarke revealed quickly heading back to the main entrance to see if she could do the same to the remaining drones to free the group from its hold. She was disappointed to see the rest have put distance between them and setup a siege.
"You're right, there is something in here that is valuable," Luna noted. "They've retreated for a reason."
"Let's hope it's too valuable that they won't attack again," Clarke agreed. She still wanted to be prepared for one by looking for anything they could use as weapons.
"I'll take first watch," Quark offered and stood by the door. He noticed that the boy joined him and looked to Clarke for confirmation that it was safe to trust him.
Clarke nodded her approval knowing that the drones were too far away to control those inside the bunker. She just had to figure out a way to keep it that way until they had an escape plan.
"Are you sure we can trust them?" Luna asked remembering how quickly they turned against them.
"For now, yes," Clarke replied knowing if they were sent away, they'd fall under the drone's control and turn against them. She renewed her efforts to learn the bunker's secrets and purpose from anything she could find.
Luna paced while Clarke spent a long time going over the information she had on hand.
"Can you please stop that?" Clarke requested trying hard to focus. She heard her stop but could sense her impatience. "It'll take me some time to figure this out."
"Maybe Lexa's wrong about you," Luna ventured to say.
"What do you mean?" Clarke asked curiously.
"She said you are special," Luna continued. "I don't see it; your hesitation to make a decision is putting people in danger."
"And what would you have me do?" Clarke asked, upset with her. "I'm not about to kill them!" She already conceded when it was suggested they lock those who were inside with them back where they were before.
"But you allow the boy to roam freely," Luna pointed out.
"He's not a threat," Clarke insisted. "It took the three of us to open either door. I don't think he can do that."
Luna saw her point but still worried that Clarke was too trusting. "It's time I relieve Quark."
Clarke watched Luna leave and went back to her task.
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Clarke fell asleep trying to find answers. She was processing the information in her sleep when she was roused by a commotion in the main hall. She went to investigate.
"I'm here because of Clarke," a familiar voice declared angrily.
Clarke found Luna holding a knife to Bellamy's throat. "Please let him go, Luna!" She looked around and saw Quark just waking up since Luna took over.
Luna slowly let him go eyeing him with distrust. "He was lurking outside; I thought he was one of them."
"What are you doing here?" Clarke asked understanding how easily Luna could mistake him for the enemy.
Bellamy quickly explained how he tracked her down when she didn't show up with Lexa at Becca's place. He figured she was going after Jaha.
"How did you find us?" Clarke wondered knowing he wasn't great at tracking.
"Niylah helped," he revealed. "She's waiting outside just in case there was trouble."
"Get her in here," Clarke said knowing she wasn't safe outside.