From the Earth we will Grow

by tvstatic

Post Episode 4.13. This begins where season 4 ends, and is what I would want out of Season 5 in a perfect world. No twists and turns, just what I am imagining could happen in season 5. Starts on the ground then moves to the bunker. And back. You know, much like the agony of the actual show.

38. Chapter 38

"Great, now what?" Murphy asked, annoyed.

"Now, we need to find the bunker entrance. Or wait for Clarke who hopefully knows where it is it." Monty responded, equally annoyed. "Raven, is there any way you can try to locate the entrance using the mining scanners?"

"I'm already on it. We can see the structure of the bunker to the NE about 400 metres."

"Wonderful, let's blast it then!" Emori suggested.

"No, it's not that simple. This ship isn't designed to gracefully mine. It was designed to rip things apart with the mining laser. We have to be extremely careful, and further... we need to be able to communicate with the bunker to ensure that everybody is safe and away from the first three levels. I think that would allow us to do this as safely as possible, anyways."

Monty began fiddling with the communications system, punching in commands and listening in.

"Bunker, do you read? Bunker?"

"In the meantime, Echo, Murphy, Emori, we need you to make the rounds and deal with any survivors. We can move them into the prison cells we stayed in those first few cozy weeks for now as I have changed the codes and they won't be able to escape."

Echo nodded, happy to have a task that might involve some brutality, and turned around. "What if they try to resist us?"

Raven turned slowly.

"Look, I know we hate these guys, but the worst of them are already killed. We don't need to murder them all in revenge. Blood does not need to have blood. Let's put them all in the cells, and if anybody does cause any trouble, incapacitate them and we can deal with them later. Not everybody on this ship was horrible to us - there were some who wanted to help us, remember."

"Just like Mount Weather." Monty said, solemnly, remembering the people who helped protect them only to die horrible deaths.

"Let's start doing better today. Use brutal force only if needed."

Murphy nodded, agreeing with the plan even if he didn't like it. Emori and Echo did as well, and they left the room.

"How long before you have communications up with them Monty?"

"I don't know, now too long. Then it should be easy enough to have everybody move to the bottom levels of the bunker, right?"

"Yeah, 20 minutes tops I am guessing. We will have Abby out in no time!"

Oh, so naive!