Making A Plan

Once she was done talking to Roan and after agreeing to go help him and after calling Raven, Clarke put down the radio and sighed thinking about needing to do this once again, save the world. She sighed putting her hand on her belly and looking at the drawing she made of Lexa and thinking about the entire situation Roan has explained to her and that she didn't know how she was going to do it, her mother had been right when she had said she needed to take care of herself more than she had ever done in her life which for someone like her wasn't exactly an easy feat but the thought of doing so for the life growing inside of her helped.

Clarke knew that from now on, whatever danger she was facing, her baby would be facing it too and she was scared because of it. But that was exactly why she needed to do this. If these so-called Rebels really were scaring Roan and trying to destroy the Coalition, then they were a big threat to her and her people. And she needed to do this for all of them, but she wasn't sure how much of the clans would follow her given she was from Skaikru. However she knew she had to try and do something about it so she took on a deep breath and let it all out.

"You did this so effortlessly, you know that? Seeing you in that throne room commanding all the Ambassadors, fixing any problem they brought to you. It was beautiful to see and no one appreciated how hard it was to run things but you did it, never running from it unlike me. You always accepted your fate, embraced it, was the best one at it. How is anyone ever going to live up to you? I don't think even our baby can. You're irreplaceable to me and to your people, you will always be remembered as the Commander who united them," Clarke said to the drawing and chuckled before she heard Raven's voice through the Station speakers.

"Council. Bellamy Blake, Clarke Griffin, Abigail Griffin and Monty Green. Convene in the meeting room. Now."

Clarke heard her best friend speak before she finally stood up, grabbed her jacket, her gun as she started walking out of her quarters and in the direction of the meeting room. When she got there, there was no one else inside the room, she was the first one to arrive so she simply sat down on her chair by the table and waited for the rest of them to come and one by one, they did. First Raven, then Bellamy, her mother, Kane and Monty until everyone was there and she took a deep breath before starting this meeting.

"I asked Raven to call you here because something has been brought to my attention, something very important that cannot be ignored," Clarke started talking before she was interrupted by Bellamy.

"Are you okay?" He asked her, clearly worried and given what had just happened with her going to the MedBay, she could understand where he was coming from so, she nodded.

"Yes Bellamy, I am more than okay. Thank you for your concern. However, the thing is if we don't take care of this new problem, I don't know for how much longer we will be," Clarke said to them and they looked at each other before looking back at her.

"What is going on Clarke? What has happened that has got you so worried about our safety again?" Abby asked her daughter, worried about her and about her grandchild.

"When I went back to my room, I was contacted through radio by Roan. He wanted to speak with me about something very important. He told me that he had news on the attack our people suffered a month ago. The group that attacked Mom and the others are called the Rebels. From what Roan told me, they are a group of people from different clans who lost everything they had and everyone they loved to Azgeda, so they joined together to wipe out the clan. But apparently for some reason that Roan doesn't know and I don't either, when Lexa took command and created the Coalition, she was able to control them enough to get them to back off." Clarke explained to them as they listened attentively.

"But now that she is gone and that the Azgeda are in control, The Rebels have returned to their old way and are attacking villages on Azgeda. Roan fears that soon enough they will send the word to the Coalition about their goals and pretty much the choice they told mom about. Leave Azgeda to die alone or die with them." Clarke finished explaining.

"And what does Roan want from us exactly? Our support if that happens?" Bellamy asked with his brows furrowed.

Clarke shook her head, "No, exactly. Roan is hoping that if I go to Polis and talk to the Ambassadors, I might help him convince the other clans to fight for them."

"That is crazy Clarke. Like really, really nuts. He can't actually think you alone can save his people," Monty said as everyone else agreed and in a way so did Clarke but she had to try for her baby, more than anything else.

"The grounders respect Wanheda and he believes I can sway the clans to his side. Personally, I agree with you Monty. I don't know how much sway I actually have with them, if I even do have some but if we can't keep the clans together and Azgeda gets wiped out, we will be the next targets. Roan said that if we don't do this, we will have the Greats Wars on our hands again, though I am not sure of what that means." Clarke explained to them and Abby spoke up.

"I heard that before. Great Wars. Kane mentioned once before from a talk he had with Indra after he went to ask her some questions," Abby said and everyone turned to her.

"What are these Great Wars Mom?" Clarke asked her.

The older woman sighed worried about how diffuclt it would be for her daughter to hear about Lexa but knowing she couldn't keep the information to herself, especially when so much was at stake so she started speaking, "I don't know if I remember everything he told me correctly but apparently, more than ten years ago, the Commander before Lexa managed to put the clans against one another. He was a mad man and he liked war so he created one, especially between Trikru and Azgeda. The other clans were forced to join in on both sides and it was a bloodbath for about three years. War and battle after war and battle. Thousands of grounders died that time." She explained.

"And how did that stop?" Raven asked her.

"Apparently, not until that Commander died and Lexa ascended. She single-handedly at the age of twelve managed to stop the wars and create the Coalition after it. Many of the grounders are worried that if something like that were to happen again, without Lexa specifically to stop them, they will destroy each other until there is no one left," Abby finished explaining to them and even Clarke was surprised by the story. She had not known about it.

"Well, that is exactly why we need to stop this madness from happening in anyway we can. So, I will be travelling to Polis tomorrow morning." Clarke warned them and they all nodded agreeing that it was the right thing, "The sooner I get there, the faster this can be solved, hopefully. You guys will be coming with me?" Clarke asked her friends and they nodded, "Then, Mom, you will be in charge of the camp while we're away. Is that alright for you?"

"Of course, honey. I will do my best to keep things in check here while you try to save the word again," Abby said jokingly and Clarke nodded smiling at her.

"Very well, that was all I need to say. We should get going and start packing. This trip may take a while to be finished," Clarke said to her friends and said goodbye to her mom before they left the room and all went to Clarke's quarters.

On their way there, they passed by the work places and picked up Harper, Wick and Jasper to come along with them as they all got inside Clarke's living room, sitting down all around the place and the other three were situated on what was going on and all of them agreed to accompany Clarke to the grounder capitol. She was a bit wary of Jasper but he had been better ever since their talk, so she decided to give him a vote of confidence. Once Raven was done finishing the explanation, Harper turned to Clarke. "Lexa became Commander when she was 12? Is that true Clarke?" The girl asked her and Clarke nodded.

"Yes, actually it is. Apparently, her predecessor was poisoned through his food and she won her conclave a few days before her 12th birthday," She said to them.

Lexa had told her that story at least and Clarke had been completely shocked by it which the other girl had teased her about, given the look she got on her face when she heard the number. Clarke had said that she was a child but Lexa refuted saying that she was young, not a child. Playing semantics had always really been her thing. "Wow, that is amazing and fucked up at the same time," Jasper said out loud and Clarke nodded.

"Yes, but she was also the youngest among the novitiates. The others were older than her. I believe one of them was around our age," Clarke said to them.

"And she still won despite the odds being against her favor?" Monty asked her, completely in shock over what he was hearing regarding this Commander he never met before and that seemed to be so important to so many people, but more than that, so important to Clarke.

"Lexa was stronger and wiser than her age and the others. And besides, you didn't get the chance to know her but I guarantee you, she was the kind of person, warrior and leader who thrived when the odds were against her," Clarke said to them and they nodded.

"Yeah, I guess we can totally see that now," Wick said, he also had never met her but had heard both great and terrible things about her. The others agreed while Bellamy stayed quiet.

The Commander was still kind of a sore topic for him to talk about with other people, especially because he knew how much Clarke still loved her and that she was the reason the blonde wouldn't even give them a chance to see where they could go together. And worst of all for him, he could see how Clarke's eyes would lit up with the utmost happiness and sadness at the same time whenever the brunette was mentioned around her. However, he was also not as opposed to praising Lexa's fighting prowess as he had been when Pike was alive.

"Well, we are leaving tomorrow to go there and you guys can come along if you want but you do need to promise that you will not create trouble with the other clans. They dislike us enough as it is, we don't need anyone looking wrongly at someone or saying something stupid or challenging them." Clarke said to all of them, "We are going there to secure the safety of our people and we cannot do that if we worsen the situation so please, I am asking you to be on your best behavior. If anything happens, come to me or Kane and we will deal with it."

"Do not engage in provocation, there will be so many snarky remarks about us being done to our faces but you will need to suck them up and be better than that or else, we will get killed right away and that is not an option. Jasper, Bellamy. You two are the ones I am most worried about. You have your reasons to dislike the grounders, I am not invalidating them but you cannot screw this up. It is the life of everyone in this camp that is lying on the line here and anything wrong you do, they will be the one to pay for it," Clarke said to her friends.

"Don't worry Clarke. We know what is at stake here. We will help you and be on our best behavior," Bellamy said nodding at her as she returned the gesture before looking at Jasper.

He stared at her before he let out a sigh and shrugged his shoulders in her direction, "Yeah, sure, got it. Little saints we shall be. Worry not."

"I'm serious Jasper. I need you to help me on this. Everyone's lives may very well be in danger if things go sideways so please, I need you," She said to him and he nodded.

"Yeah, I know. I was just joking. I won't do anything to risk our success in this mission. I promise," Jasper said, being gentler in his tone and being more understanding of the dire situation they were finding themselves immersed in.

"You better joke now, and be serious later. Jas, I mean it. I know you still have your issues, no one is asking you to figure them all out for tomorrow but please, keep it in in and hold on while we are there. Once you came back here, curse anyone you can think of but not before that. Never before that," Raven said to him and he nodded.

"You got it." He said to the mechanic and Clarke relaxed.

"Okay, we will leave early in the morning. Without stopping too much, we will be able to get there within 4 hours," She said to them and they nodded.

"I need you to pack a few clothes, supplies, we may need to stay there for a while but not too much, food will be given to us once we get there so make it minimal," She said to them and they nodded.

"We should go to sleep, tomorrow will be a long day for all of us. Especially for Clarke, so we will get out of your way so that you can rest. You weren't feeling well earlier before because you're overdoing yourself and not resting enough so let's go guys." Raven said getting up and pulling the others along with her. Clarke stayed a bit longer but she was feeling really tired so she called it a night as well and went back to her room. Something was telling her that this trip would change her life and to face whatever was coming her way, she would need her strength and so as soon as she got to her room, she went to bed and luckily didn't have nightmares.