Chapter 38-The Fire

Polis

Billy had just gotten off the radio with Murphy. He walks into the throne room and sees Lexa talking with Luna. Lexa looks at him. "Did you and Murphy have a nice talk?" Lexa asks. Clarke walks into the room and looks at Lexa. She nods at her girlfriend.

"If you think you two are hiding what is going on between you. You're wrong because I spotted it the first day I got to Polis," Luna says. Lexa nods as Clarke walks over to Lexa and sits on her lap.

"Someone could walk in, Clarke," Lexa says.

"Nobody is coming in. There is nobody on this floor," Lexa says. Clarke shakes her head and lays her head on Lexa's shoulder.

"We'll be okay," Lexa says.

"She's like a big puppy," Luna says. Clarke laughs as Lexa smiles.

"Anyway, what did Muphy say?" Lexa asks.

"Sorry I got distracted by your puppy," Billy says. Clarke gives Billy the bird. "Anyway, Murphy told me that Kane told him that they would be coming down in two days. The hundred just has to hang out," Billy says. Lexa nods.

"Let's hope they can do that," Lexa says. Billy nods. Billy sits down and lays his head back as Lexa and Luna talk.

The hundred camp

Murphy was looking at the forest with Wells by his side. "The first watch is over. Go relieve Monroe on the south wall," Bellamy says. Bellamy comes up to them.

"Anything?" He asks them.

"It's been two days, maybe the bomb at the bridge scared them off for good," Wells says.

"You believe that?" Bellamy asks.

"No. They're coming," Murphy says.

"Jasper thinks he can cook up some more gunpowder if he gets some sulfur, and Mia says she can turn that into landmines, so be careful where you step," Bellamy says.

"Funny," Murphy says.

"What I really need is 1,000 more of her tin can bombs so I can roll it into Azgeda's village and blow them to hell," Bellamy says.

"Not all of them are guilty," Murphy says.

"Can't believe we survived 100 years just so we can slaughter each other," Wells says.

"Just them, and then we have peace," Bellamy says. "Any word from the Ark?" Bellamy asks.

"Talked to Kane. Said they were coming down in two days. We just have to sit tight. I told Billy a little bit ago," Murphy says. They nod as they walk away from each other. Roy and Claire were hanging the meat.

"Let's get this party smoking," Easten says as he puts wood on the fire.

"You don't want the fire too big, so maybe just try to knock it down with some wet leaves," Roy says.

"You get that from your girlfriend, grounder pounder?" Easten asks. Roy looks at his friend.

"He's right. A hot fire is not gonna preserve the meat as well," Atom says.

"You can't take the heat. Get out of the smokehouse. Just keep working," Easten says before he leaves.

"They couldn't get you two a better job?" Atom asks.

"We wanted to. Got bored," Claire says.

Emma and Nyko were taking care of some of the hundred who had cut themselves. Nyko had been teaching Emma basic medical training so she could help him. Lincoln and Octavia walk into Mia's tent.

"What's for dinner?" Octavia asks.

"Split loads. I am turning one bullet into two. It's all I can do until we can get more gunpowder. Jasper had a recipe. Yesterday I saw him taking buckets from the latrine. I didn't ask," Mia says. Mia looks at Lincoln. "Just remember, hurt her Bellamy will use one of these on you," Mia says.

"I am very aware," Lincoln says.

"Are you ever going to learn how to shoot?" Mia asks Lincoln.

"No, my people do not like using that kind of weapon. That is why we train with weapons like swords," Lincoln says.

"Fire!" They hear Harper yell. They leave the tent and see that the smokehouse was on fire. Lincoln runs over and helps Claire out. Roy and Atom come out. Atom looks at Easten.

"This is all your fault," Atom says as he goes up to Easten. "We told you it was too much wood," Atom says.

"Get the hell away from me," Easten says. Atom punches him in the face. Roy comes over and pulls him back.

"Save it for Azgeda," Bellamy says.

"Well, now what the hell are we gonna do?. That was all our food," Claire says. They put the fire out. Murphy walks over to Bellamy.

"Any idea what happened?" Murphy asks.

"Atom said that Del kept feeding the fire, mostly because Roy told him it was a bad idea," Bellamy says.

"We have some wild onions and nuts in the dropship. It's only enough to last us maybe one or two weeks. What's left here?" Murphy asks.

"Nothing. It all burned," Bellamy says.

"Then we have to hunt. Anyone we can spare goes out," Murphy says. Bellamy grabs his arm.

"The whole Azgeda army out there?" Bellamy asks.

"Look, we can't defend ourselves if we're starving," Murphy says. They go in the dropship and get the weapons out.

"Each group takes someone with a gun, and they're for killing Azgeda, not food. We don't have the ammo. Use the spears for hunting. Get what you can and be back by nightfall. No one stays out after dark," Bellamy says before he walks away. Emma walks towards the weapons.

"Hey, Emma, you alone?" Miles asks. Emma nods. "You maybe want to go together?" Miles asks.

"Sure. I'll get some gear," Emma says. She walks to the weapons.

"Are you ready to go?" Wells asks her.

"I don't think so," Emma says.

"I'm a good tracker. You're lousy with a spear, but you're sneaky. We make a good team," Wells says.

"Hey, partner, we're wasting daylight. Oh, Wells, You're joining the band?" Miles asks. Wells nods. "Awesome. I haven't really got a chance to hang with you guys much. Do you even know how I got arrested on the Ark?" Miles asks.

"I'm dying to hear about it," Wells says. Bellamy comes over to them.

"I'll meet you at the gate," Emma tells them. They nod as they leave. She looks at Bellamy. "I'll be okay. I have Wells," Emma says.

"You better be. I'll see you soon," Bellamy says. He kisses her. Emma walks over to the others, and they leave.

Bellamy walks into Mia's tent and sees her working. "What are you doing?" Bellamy asks.

"Making radios. We can't defend ourselves if we can't communicate. If we can build radio's," Mia says.

"We can fight as a team," Bellamy says. Mia nods. Bellamy pats her shoulder and leaves.

Thanks for reading. I will be skipping things in this chapter, so I might just finish it next chapter. Who knows. We are almost done with season one, and I'm excited. As always, suggestions and feedback are welcomed. Until next time.