Chapter 29-Evening the odds
Polis
Billy, Raven, and Clarke walk through the halls of the commander tower towards Lexa's room. They get there and Billy knocks on the door. He waits a moment as Lexa opens the door. She had no face paint on. Billy stares at her. "What?" Lexa asks.
"Nothing, just weird to see you without your face paint on," Billy says.
"I don't have it on most of the time when I am in the tower or around Polis. I only wore it today to intimidate you. I honestly can't tell if it worked," Lexa says.
"Worked for me," Clarke says. Raven nods as Lexa looks at Billy.
"I would say yes. But Anya talked about you a little during training. She told me some fun stories from when you were a child and her second," Billy says. Lexa groans.
"I'll deal with that later. Come in," Lexa says as she lets them in. The three sky people walk into her room. Clarke looks at all the candles.
"Do you have enough candles?" Clarke asks.
"No, but I don't want to burn the building down," Lexa says.
"That is going to happen soon enough," Billy says. Lexa glares at him.
"As I'm assuming you explained to Raven. Clarke wanted combat training, and I think Raven should also learn. Billy has already begun his. I have two people that will start your training waiting for us at the training grounds. They will be good beginning trainers," Lexa says with a hint of a smile on her face. Raven and Clarke notice.
"You don't seem like a person who smiles a lot. What do you have planned?" Clarke asks.
"Don't worry. Nothing will happen. Now follow me," Lexa says. The three nod as they follow Lexa out of the room.
With Murphy, Harper, and Bellamy
Bellamy, Murphy, and Harper walk through the woods. "You know the first dropship is gonna come down soon. Pretty sure you can't avoid Jaha forever," Harper says.
"I can try," Bellamy says, not knowing they were being watched. They come across buildings that were destroyed and underwater.
"The depot is supposed to be around here somewhere," Murphy says.
"There's gotta be a door," Bellamy says.
"Maybe he'll be lenient," Harper says.
"Look, I shot the man, Harper. He's not just gonna forgive and forget. Let's just split up and cover more ground. Stay within shouting distance," Bellamy says. Harper follows Murphy.
Camp
Atom drops the last bag of nuts beside the others. "This is all of them. Now some people have already eaten some. You said they caused hallucinations," Atom says to Lincoln, who nods.
"Yes, they won't hurt anybody, and they may take a little bit to affect people. We will just have to watch," Lincoln says. The others nod as Nyko comes over. Wells looks at him.
"How is she?" Wells asks.
"The wound is healing well. It may take some more time, so I will stay here for the day and keep my eye on her. If that is okay?" Nyko asks.
"Yeah, that's fine," Roy says. Nyko nods as he walks away. Lincoln looks around.
"I would like to help some of your people learn better fighting. It will come in handy when Azgeda attacks," Lincoln says.
"Be my guest. We could us training," Roy says. Lincoln nods as he walks away. Roy looks at Easten, who was glaring at the grounder. Roy looks at Claire. "Excuse me a second," Roy says to Claire, who nods as he walks over to Easten. "Hey, man, are you okay?" Roy asks Easten.
"How are you okay with these people being in our camp?" Easten asks.
"They are trying to help us. We need all the help we can get. They are good people," Roy says.
"They killed three of our people in those woods," Easten says. "And for all we know, Clarke, Billy, and Raven are dead," Easten says.
"We need them like it or not," Roy says. Roy turns around to leave.
"And then there's that grounder bitch you have been with," Easten says. Roy turns around and punches his friend. He walks away. Atom comes over to him.
"Are you okay?" Atom asks.
"Yeah, he called Claire a bitch, and it set me off," Roy says.
"Give him a little bit. Your mom is ready to talk," Atom says. Roy nods as he walks into the tent. He sits at the chair and puts the headset on.
"Hey, mom," Roy says.
"You look well," Roy's mom says. Roy nods as they start to talk.
With Murphy, Harper, and Bellamy
Murphy and Harper were looking for a door. They find the door. "Go get Bellamy," Murphy tells Harper, who nods as he walks away. Murphy moves the leaves out of the way and grabs the handle. He starts to pull as Bellamy comes over. "A hand please," Murphy says to Bellamy. They open the door. They walk down the stairs as they pull out lights.
"You really think this place hasn't been touched since the war?" Bellamy asks.
"I can dream," Murphy says as they go forward. They walk downstairs, where they see a skeleton.
"Hell of a place to die," Bellamy says. They walk down the stairs.
"So much for living down here. This place is disgusting," Harper says.
"Damn it," Murphy says.
"Anything left down here is ruined," Bellamy says as they walk past water.
"They must have distributed most of the supplies before the bombs went off," Murphy says. They start to look for supplies. Harper opens a crate.
"Hey, I found blankets," Harper says.
"Excited about a couple of blankets?" Bellamy asks.
"Well, it's something," Harper says.
"How about a canteen or a met kit or a decent fricking tent," Bellamy says as he opens a barrel and kicks it over. Bellamy walks over to guns that came out of the barrels. "Oh, my God," Bellamy says.
"What?" Harper asks as they walk over. Bellamy picks up one of the Ar's and grins.
"This even the odds. No more running from spears," Bellamy says. They grab the rifles and move them away from the water.
"This evens the odds. We have a chance now with the war against Azgeda," Murphy says. Bellamy nods. "We shouldn't waste ammo, Bellamy," Murphy says.
"Let Harper take a shot," Bellamy says. Murphy nods as he hands the rifle to Harper.
"So I just hold it on my shoulder?" Harper asks.
"Yeah, just a little higher," Murphy says. Bellamy grabs a rifle and aims. He pulls the trigger but the gun clicks. He tries again.
"Still watching," Harper says.
"My bullets are duds. Try yours," Bellamy says. Harper aims and shoots.
"That was amazing. Am I horrible for feeling that?" Harper asks.
"We should save the ammunition," Harper says.
"You need to practice," Bellamy says.
"We need to talk about how we're gonna keep guns around camp, where are we gonna keep them, and who has access," Murphy says. Bellamy raises his gun and shoots. "You trust Miller," Murphy says.
"You should keep him close. The others listen to him," Bellamy says.
"I should keep him close? Bellamy, what's going on?" Murphy asks.
"You've been acting weird all day," Harper says. Harper looks at his bag. "All the rations you took. You're gonna run," Harper says.
"That's why you agree to come with us. You were gonna load up on supplies and just disappear," Murphy says.
"I don't have a choice. The Ark will be down here soon," Bellamy says.
"So you're just gonna leave Octavia?" Harper says.
"Octavia has all of you and Lincoln. She'll be fine," Bellamy says.
"You don't know-," Harper starts to say.
"I shot the chancellor. They're gonna kill me, guys. Best-case scenario, they lock me up for the rest of my life, and there's no way in hell. I'm giving Jaha the satisfaction. Keep practicing. I need some air," Bellamy says as he leaves.
Polis
Billy, Lexa, Raven, and Clarke walk outside to see Anya and two kids standing by her. "Why are there two kids out here?" Raven asks. Clarke looks at Lexa.
"They better not be who is training us," Clarke says as they walk up to the three.
"They are. These two may be small, but they will take you down. This is Aden. He is a night blood. And this is Tris Anya's second. They will be training you how to fight," Lexa says.
"You can't be serious," Raven says.
"I am. I know it doesn't seem like it. But I am the more you train, the larger the trainer," Lexa says with a smile.
"And he gets Anya why?" Raven asks as she looks at her boyfriend.
"Because Anya wanted to train him. I didn't really care," Lexa says. "Clarke, you will be with Aden and Raven. You will be with Tris. I will be watching from over here. I will also be watching you closely, Aden. Show me what you have learned," Lexa says to the young nightblood.
"Sha Heda," Aden says as he leads Clarke away, who looks back at Billy and Lexa with pleading eyes. Raven does the same as she follows Tris.
"Are you ready to start?" Anya asks Billy.
"Yeah, I'm ready for more bruises," Billy says as he follows Anya into a ring. He looks at the two girls as they are knocked on the ground by the kids. Anya takes his feet out from under him, making Billy fall to the ground.
"Never take your eyes off your opponent," Anya says. Billy nods as he stands back up. Away from them, Titus watches the group with a frown on his face. He glares at the sky people.
Here is the next chapter. I think the next chapter should finish this episode off. I love the Lexa and Polis parts. I hope you guys do too. I still would like to know what you guys think about Finn living. I have got answers for Anya, and what do you think is a better pairing, Anya and Luna or Anya and Roan. If you guys see any mistakes at all anywhere in this story let me know so I can fix them. Anyway, as always, suggestions and feedback are welcomed. Until next time.
