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This chapter is going to be based off of the ending of the last chapter along with going further into the alliance with the grounders. Please review or message me if you have any ideas! Thanks to m31amanda and ebwalker for reviewing! 😊
Chapter 12: The Grounders
"If he is anything like his sister, he will be bouncing back tomorrow." Lincoln stated proudly to her.
Bellamy awoke some time later, unable to understand why everything hurt for a moment before he started to push himself upwards. His eyes quickly looked around for a moment before turning to look towards the hammock he was laying next to, fear quickly filling him when he noticed that Clarke wasn't there. Had she died during the night and he was too unconscious to even tell her goodbye? He was just starting to panic when he heard the voice from beside him, "Here." Bellamy jerked, surprised to see Murphy there and he would jerk away from him. It was all his fault and he would be damned if he accepted any help from someone like him. He pushed the cup of water away from him, "Get the hell away from me." Came his weak voice which made him pause in horror… was that really his voice that sounded so weak and small?
"Bellamy, you're sick. I'm just trying to help." Murphy stated, trying to get the bigger man to drink something. He frowned when he saw blood starting to fall from his nose again and would reach for a cloth to hand to him, "Here."
Bellamy would glare at him, reaching up to rub his nose on his arm instead of accepting help from Murphy. "When I get better, if you're still here-"
"Hey, I got this one." Came the sweetest voice he had heard in the longest time and hope filled him as he quickly looked to see Clarke standing there and wishing with all he had that it wasn't a joke. His eyes took her in, looking over her to make sure she was real.
Clarke had awoken hours before to find she was actually starting to feel a little better, but then she turned slightly and saw sadly that Bellamy laid on the mattress close to her. She frowned softly, reaching down to touch his brow and was reassured when he let out a comforted breath. Clarke pushed herself to get moving, to help where she needed to be and was amazed that Murphy was up and helping as well. She was just helping a kid to sit up when she heard Bellamy's threat towards Murphy and she would turn to move over to them. She would take the cup of water from Murphy and slowly sat down next to Bellamy, her worried blue eyes looking into his wide brown ones as she would slowly lift the cup towards his lips. "Here… drink."
Bellamy would accept the sip of water, his eyes taking her in as if he still couldn't believe that she was alive and speaking to him right now. "You are feeling better?"
"Yeah." She stated softly, moving her hand up to brush some of his curls from his face as she gave him a soft smile. "I woke up a few hours ago and felt a lot better."
"That's good." He stated as he took another long sip of water before he looked around the dropship. "You seen Octavia?"
"Yeah… she left a few hours ago after you stopped coughing with Lincoln. They were heading to meet the chancellor and inform them of what was happening." Clarke stated, slowly lowering her head down upon his shoulder and she felt him sigh in exasperation. "Murphy has been helping since she left."
Bellamy scoffed softly, "Don't tell me you trust him now."
"Trust? No." She stated simply as she shook her head and would smile up towards him tiredly. "I do believe in second changes, though."
"So, we are just to forgive and give him a second chance?" Bellamy asked out, looking down at her before resting his head down on top of her's.
"At least try." Clarke answered with a tired smile, her fingers moving up to brush through his hair that meshed with her own. Clarke was quiet for a moment before she would press a soft kiss to his temple. "I need to go check on everyone, why don't you stay here and rest for a bit longer?"
She watched him for a moment to make sure nothing else was happening to him and she would gently rest him back down upon the mattress. Clarke would move her tired fingers towards the rag that was left for him, dipping it into the water and she would start to clean his face of the stained blood. Her eyes watched him as he fought to stay awake, his hand moving up to trail his fingers over her cheek before resting it down upon his chest. Clarke would stay with him until his chest was rising and falling in his slumber, and after pressing a soft kiss to his forehead she left him in Murphy's care. She made her way over to the other patients in the dropship, one of them even including Raven. She would sink back down next to Raven and grinned when the girl gave her a smirk.
"Got me as well… but I'm not letting it knock me." Raven stated triumphantly before closing her eyes as she lent her head back against the wall. Clarke would grin softly to what was becoming her friend and she would hand her the cup of water for her to drink.
"Clarke!" Came the shout from outside of the dropship and Murphy would wave his hand at her. "Go, I got this." With a sharp look around the room Clarke would exit through the dropship's tent that was used as a door as she walked out into the open at the camp. Miller was the one that came towards her, clearly showing that he was one of the strong ones. "Miller?"
Miller would give a grin, looking over her happily that she made it out alive and not another body that had to be added to the graves that were being dug. "Word has come from Octavia and Lincoln… we have two days before this commander has requested us to join her in a neutral zone between us and them… the bridge. If Bellamy isn't well by then, I can be the one to help with this event."
Clarke would give him a smile before she would speak to him, "That sounds good. Hopefully Bellamy will be able to go. I'm sure they will want to see the leaders of the camp to make the treaty."
Miller smirked, saying under his breath quickly "Rebel King and the Princess."
Clarke showed that she heard what he said but would roll her eyes slightly as if she were annoyed. "How are things running in the camp out here? Enough food coming in and enough water?"
Miller gave her a nod, pointing over to the side where there was a stack of fresh pelts and of meat smoking in a meat house that had just been built with the help of some grounders. "Members of Lincoln's tribe, called Trikru came to assist us with food and pelts. They took some of our good hunters to teach them how to hunt quietly and someone named Indra promised warrior lessons to those who deem worthy enough."
Clarke would take in a look with a soft laugh on her lips. She couldn't imagine some of the group walking through the forest with a gun in their hands next to Grounders, but things had to change for the better anyway. "Good work, Miller." She stated simply, looking over the area for a moment before she would sigh as she felt how tired she was starting to get. "Miller, I need a few people to get with Monty and Jasper… make up a batch of disinfectant that we can pour across the dropship floor. We also need to learn how to build some kind of shelter for the snows that we should be having."
Miller gave her a nod, patting his hand on her shoulder. "You got it, Clarke. Why don't you go back and get some rest?" He stated in some concern and was satisfied when she gave him a nod. Clarke gave another look over the area before she walked back into the dropship, her tired feet taking her towards Bellamy and she slowly sat once more. Her fingers moving to touch his forehead and satisfied once more that he did not have a temperature. Her breath left her as she laid down next to him, resting her head down upon his chest and her fingers finding his to lace with. It wasn't long before she was asleep and Murphy looked over at the Rebel King and his princess… a snarl making his lip curl up to the side and he would move over towards Connor who was starting to actually get better. Neither knew what happened as Murphy stuffed a rag into Connor's mouth, shoving it into his mouth and holding his hand over his nose so the man couldn't breathe. He looked around nervously, making sure everyone was still asleep as Connor kicked out the rest of his air and then went still. Murphy smirked, looking down at the man as he whispered "No hard feelings.".
"Disha hukop ste get ai daun." Indra stated as she stood next to Lincoln and looked over the group of people that were starting to heal and regroup with each other. (I'm concerned about this alliance)
Lincoln would cross his arms against his chest as he looked over them and spoke to his leader in English for the benefit of Octavia, she was learning but she wasn't an expert yet. "They are strong… they were sent here by their people to die and yet they live. They were infected by the Ice nation and yet here they are, only lost three to the illness."
Indra would roll her eyes, still not understanding why the commander would waste her time on people like this, but she wouldn't go against her or Anya. "I wait to be shown." She stated simply. Her head turned to the side as she heard the sound of horses only to see the commander moving forward. She had her eyes panted black, the mark of the commander on the center of her brow between her eyebrows.
"Indra." Lexa stated as she sat upon her horse and looked over the group before her then over towards Lincoln. "Where are these two… leaders?"
Lincoln would bow his head in respect to her before he spoke to her, "I will go and retrieve them. They have healed from the blood disease and spend their time making sure their people are good." He gave another respectful look before turning away to walk back towards the camp. When arriving at the camp he would find Clarke just finishing up the sanitation of the dropship with Bellamy not far away from her, like usual.
"Clarke, Bellamy… the Commander is here." Lincoln stated as he came close to them and Clarke would share a soft look with Bellamy and would start to walk to join him. Lincoln would stop Bellamy before he could move further and pointed to the rifle. "No weapons or they will take it as an insult."
Bellamy frowned, his hand gripping his rifle tightly as he looked over at Clarke and then back towards Lincoln and slowly would allow the rifle to be pulled off of his shoulder and he handed it off to Jasper. He then moved close to Clarke, moving his hand against her lower back in a soft rub before speaking, "As long as they don't do anything to harm us, they will not be harmed."
Lincoln would nod softly to them both and would direct him out of the camp and along the well-worn path up towards the ridge. Clarke made a sound when they came upon the sight of four horses, two large men sitting on the outside and two women in the center. "Anya." She stated as she recognized one of the two women and she would share a look with Bellamy. Both of them had reservations about this meeting, but it was something that needed to happen. And they needed it to work.
"Clarke and Bellamy of Skaikru." Came Lincoln's strong voice as he introduced the pair to the commander, slowly backing away to join Octavia who was watching with trepidation.
"Clarke and Bellamy…" Lexa's voice came as she looked over them, taking in their appearances before she would give a strong nod. "Tell me, why have you come here?"
"We were living on the Ark," Clarke started as she pointed towards the sky. "We survived there when we thought the earth was destroyed and there is a system on the Ark that you can only have one offspring per couple due to limited resources." Clarke started, her eyes meeting Bellamy who flinched and glanced towards his sister and back. "When convicted of a crime before you are eighteen years old, you are kept in what we called the Skybox. Once you turned eighteen you were judged on your crimes… you are either killed or given a second chance."
Bellamy would shift uncomfortably beside her as anger crossed the soldier's features and Lexa seemed to gather a scowl on her features.
Clarke would take a breath before continuing. "Instead of judging us… they loaded a hundred of us onto a dropship which they then launched into Earth to see if Earth is livable. The conditions on the Ark are deteriorating to the point that within the year they would be dead. We are surviving so they will want to following us soon."
"No." Came the growling sound of Lexa as she glared towards the group. Her eyes took in the two and she would give a shake. "No… we will not allow such rules if we are going to allow you to join the coalition as the Skaikru. You, Clarke, will become the leader of the Skaikru and you," She stated as she pointed towards Bellamy who stood stiffly to her side, "Will become her co-leader and protector."
Clarke would give a confusing look for a moment, looking up at Bellamy and then back towards Lexa as she spoke. "The people that are coming are engineers, healers, farmers…"
"No." Lexa stated firmly again. She would cross her arms against her chest as she looked towards Clarke once more. "The only difference that I will allow is if they land, they can swear alliance to Skaikru and by default myself. If not, they will have to become their own tribe or face war."
Clarke shared a look with Bellamy and was about to speak before Bellamy would speak up, "If we agree to the terms, what will happen with us? We have winter coming and we have never experienced earth before."
Lexa would smirk softly as she spoke, "Very proper that you would ask that, We will allow trade between our groups and we will help you all prepare for winter in exchange for some of the knowledge that you all have that we do not. That includes the medical skills that Clarke possesses and other talents that I am sure members of your crew have."
Clarke would give a small nod as she listened to Lexa and would steal another glance towards Bellamy before she looked back at Lexa. "We will agree."
Bellamy would nod as well, "We will agree."
Lexa would look over them for a moment before she would speak. "Good. Make arrangements with three of your trusted people to travel with us to Polis for the swearing in. Anya has sworn she will help protect Tondc and Skaikru camp while the swearing in happens. Once complete, Skaikru will be the thirteenth clan."
** Sorry for the short chapter everyone. A lot of craziness is happening with the virus epidemic running rampant and making everyone hoard toilet paper. I promise that a longer chapter will be worked on and we shall see the swearing in and maybe some more one on one time with Bellamy and Clarke. I wanted to make the two groups separated when they arrived as I never agreed on how the Ark members came down only to treat the 100 like children.
