Bellamy left lock-up to his quarters; it felt like ages since he's been in his own room. Finally, being let out. He could get cleaned up and find Echo.
Echo is following Jasper around, trying to corner him. He's been making twists and turns, finally going outside the Ark. She watches him make his next move.
Aden and Madi are playing outside with the Skaikru children. Octavia, Lincoln, Ivan, and Sean watches them closely. Not leaving their eyesight. From the corner of Octavia's peripheral vision, she noticed Jasper is outside watching them.
"Lukot." Octavia said in grounder, to the other three with her.
Madi heard her Aunt say something; she just tilted her head and looked at her.
"It's okay. Your safe." Octavia said, smiling at her.
Clarke and Lexa go to meet with her mother and Kane to talk about trades with Luna's clan. After discussing trades, they talked about other things.
"How long has Jasper been acting weird?" Clarke asked her mother.
"Since the fall of Mount Weather. Why?" Abby looked at her daughter.
"He seems off, since the last time we were here." Clarke replied.
"He hasn't been himself. Always drinking and being negative. He's still devastated that you killed Maya." Kane explained.
"It was either kill or be killed. If we surrendered, they would have taken all our blood so they could live outside those concrete walls." Clarke mentioned.
"True. I want approval to use the medical facility inside Mount Weather?" Abby asked her daughter and Lexa.
"That wouldn't be a good idea. Seeing my people were also being tortured for their blood or become reapers. The memories of mountain men disturbing what we have here." Lexa replied.
"Take what you can gather from the mountain. But you cannot use the facility. I wouldn't allow it either. I killed three hundred people in that place. I don't wish to step foot in there again." Clarke responded, having a strange feeling moment.
"I understand. We'll move what we can to Arkadia." Kane replied to their suggestions.
"Clarke?" Lexa said, pulling her lover out of trance again.
"Sorry, I just got a strange feeling in me." Clarke said.
"We should go find the children." Lexa said, making her way to the door with Clarke right behind her.
Bellamy makes his way outside, taking in the fresh air. Being locked in a cell for a month has been painful. He looks around. Things have changed since he was locked up. He could see his niece and nephew are playing with the other children. His sister, Lincoln, and the other two grounders are watching carefully. He walks up beside his sister.
"So Clarke, have you babysitting?" Bellamy askes his sister.
"Yes. They entrusted us with them. Even when Madi likes to pull pranks on me, that'll drive me insane." Octavia mentioned, keeping a close eye on the kids.
"Well, Clarke did better than she did with Charlotte." Bellamy commented.
"Charlotte is nothing compared to Madi. Charlotte was old enough to know what is right or wrong. Clarke saved Madi in a village that was raided by Azgeda. Madi will always be grateful to Clarke. She wasn't going to leave a four-year-old behind. Clarke took it upon herself to raise Madi. Now she has Lexa by her side. They'll raise Madi and Aden together." Octavia explained to her brother.
"I had no idea how young Madi was when Clarke found her." Bellamy said, watching the children play.
"You must've asked when Clarke ordered everyone to leave." Octavia said, looking at her brother.
"I did, I needed confirmation from you too." Bellamy said.
"You need to trust them. I shouldn't be the middle person, nor no one wants to be the middle person between them. Even ask Echo, she'll say the same thing." Octavia mentioned.
"Bellamy, Octavia is right. This is your chance to redeem yourself. Please take it as it is, and trust them. Pike steered you in the wrong direction. As Lexa explained, they don't want any more wars between clans." Lincoln chimed in the conversation.
"This is how I'm going to get them to trust me again?" Bellamy asked them.
"If you want live another day, you must." Sean replied, listening in on the conversation.
"And you are, who exactly?" Bellamy asked, looking up at the two grounders.
"We are young Madi's guards. Hand-picked by Heda and Indra. Before Okteiva and Linkon showed up." Ivan responded.
"They are really overprotective of them." Bellamy commented, watching the kids.
"Yes. As I told you before, when I was last here. Lexa put herself between Aden and gunpoint. She'll do it again if she has to. This is something you need to understand. Things have changed for the better for everyone. Their inner circle is small. The other day before we left Polis. Lexa mentioned that Lincoln and I are part of their family. They wish to include you too but, they need to trust you. For starters, protect their pride. Without their pride, they'll have nothing else but each other. That being said, they would've kept the old traditions instead of changing it to peace." Octavia explained.
Lexa and Clarke made it outside to check up on their children, knowing it is fine just being a bit paranoid about what could happen while there. Madi noticed her mothers came outside. She runs towards them, Lexa picks her up in her arms.
"Having fun?" Lexa asked her daughter.
"YES! Thank you! The kids here are nicer than the ones at home!" Madi said with her excitement laying her head on Lexa's shoulder.
"What does she mean by that?" Bellamy looking at them, confused.
"After both Madi and Klark arrived at Polis. Madi and I were playing in the fields. Twice some of the older natblida's bullied her because she's younger and wanted to play a lot. I was assigned to watch over her before, both Klark and Leksa claimed me as their own child." Aden explained, standing in between Klark and Leksa.
Bellamy took a knee, knelt down in front Aden.
"Even if your not blood-related, protect your baby sister." Bellamy said, looking at Aden with a smile.
"I always will." Aden replied, looking up at Madi.
"Good, she'll look up to you too other than your mothers." Bellamy added, looking up at Clarke and Lexa.
Both Clarke and Lexa nodded to him. Madi wiggles out of her mother's arms, reaching for Bell. Lexa puts her down on her feet, and Madi tackles him.
"Oh no, I'm being attacked. Someone help me." Bellamy gets taken to the ground.
"You are on your own, brother. She can terrorize you too; I've had my fill." Octavia mentioned, laughing at her brother getting taken down by a little girl.
