Wells died, killed by Grounders. They found his body 3 days ago. Charlie was very sad for him, but luckily he didn't die thinking Clarke would hate him for the rest of her life. The girls had spent the night in the dropship. They woke up when they heard someone whisper insults. When Charlie turned, she saw Monty tampering with the ship's communications cables. He explained to them that he was trying to use the wristbands to communicate with the Ark.
The girls agreed to give him theirs. Unfortunately, he did not succeed. His first attempt was unsuccessful, but on the second he was on the verge of making it.
"Sorry" said Mont, pitifully
"It's okay Monty, don't worry"
Clarke and Finn entered the dropship and Clarke decided to give him her wristband. Monty smuggled these cables like no one else can and exclaimed "Yes ! I did it. It's still operational."
They all cheered and the girls congrated Monty before going out. All of the teenagers were working hard to build the wall that surrounds the camp. After Wells' death, Bellamy had given the order to increase security. Speaking of the devil, the girls saw him further with Murphy. They got closer to them.
"This section should be finished by tomorrow" said Murphy pointing to the right side of the camp.
In the distance, Connor, a boy the girls had met a few days earlier, knocked the plank down. Murphy took the opportunity to play alpha male "Hey ! You think the Grounders are just gonna wait for us to finish the wall ? Maybe we should let the little girl do the lifting" he finished pointing to Charlotte.
"I just need some water, okay. Then, I'll be fine." replied Connor.
Bellamy approached the two "Murphy, get this guy some water"
Charlie added with a bitchy attitude "Yeah do something instead of yelling. Jackass"
Murphy looked at her, but didn't answer. He knew she was still mad at him for wanting to kill Jasper. So he went to look for water.
"Hey, you got this ?" Bellamy asked Charlotte, showing the plank of wood. When she rushed to grab it, Bellamy stopped her, laughing "Hey, I'm just kidding"
Camille approached and carried it herself ""Hum, are you sure you will make it ?" asked Bellamy
Camille pecked him on his forehead "What? Girls are too weak, according to you ?" He threw his hands up and shook his head with a little grin.
Bellamy went further to help a group. Murphy came back to them and he opened his pants and pissed on Connor. He spun around and pushed Murphy away, ready to fight, but two other guys held him back "What the hell is wrong with you, Murphy ? I'll kill you !"
"You wanted a water break. Get back to work" replied Murphy
Charlie squeezed his jaw and moved closer "Hey, Murphy !"
He turned and Charlie threw her fist in his face. By reflex, he caught his nose in his hands, which began to bleed. Charlie added nothing more and went to find Camille.
She found her further away and told her what Murphy had done as she asked why there was blood on Charlie's wrist. They heard a scream coming from the forest and they rushed there and saw Octavia and Jasper.
"What are you doing ?" asked Camille while Charlie hastened to pick up Jasper who was on the ground. Jasper stared into space and Charlie followed his gaze and her eyes widened. They fell on two severed fingers.
"Oh. My. God"
Charlie calmed down with a deep breath, pulled out a handkerchief and put the fingers in it. Camille took the knife that was next to it.
"Octavia, Jasper, return to the dropship with Monty "said Charlie
"What ? No, I wanna come" replied Octavia
"Please O, go back" added Camille and after a few moments the two left. The girls agreed and walked over to Bellamy. Charlie took him by the arm and dragged him into a tent.
"Hey, hey! If you wanted a threesome you just had to ask " said Bellamy.
Camille slapped him on the back of the head before closing the fabric used as the enter for more privacy.
"We were in the forest, and we found this" said Charlie, taking out the fingers, before placing them on the table.
Bellamy stared at the fingers when Clarke entered. Camille rolled her eyes, but said nothing.
"What are you doing here ?" asked Charlie
"Jasper told me you found fingers ?" replied Clarke
"Why can't he keep his mouth shut ? Don't mess everything up again ! I am clear ? "
"What ?"
Charlie shook her head and Clarke picked up the knife "This knife is made of metal from the drop ship.
"Who else knows about this ?" asked Bellamy
"Jasper and Octavia" replied Camille.
"The Grounders didn't kill Wells. It was one of us."
"So there's a murderer in the camp ?" asked Charlie
"There's more than one murderer in this camp" replied Bellamy "This isn't new. Keep it quiet"
Clarke headed for the exit, but Bellamy stopped her "Get out of my way, Bellamy"
"Be smart about this. Look at what we've achieved : the wall, the patrols. Like it or not, thinking the Grounders killed Wells is good for us."
"Good for you, you mean. What, keep people afraid and they'll work for you ? Is that it ?"
"Yeah, that's it. But it's good for all of us. Fear of the Grounders is building that wall. Besides, what are you gonna do, just ask the killer to step forward. You don't even know whose knife that is."
"Oh really ? J.M, John Murphy. The people have a right to know"
She pulled away and walked towards the exit, but it was Charlie who stopped her this time "No ! Clarke I might not like you, but I know you're not stupid. Murphy didn't kill Wells. He's smarter than leaving his knife with his initials next to some indicting evidence! It's stupid to do that. Someone wants us to think it's him! "
Camille walked over, "She's right. Murphy isn't well liked at the moment: the perfect culprit. If you tell people it's not going to end well "
Clarke watched them for a few moments before she still stepped out of the tent.
"If one day you find her dead, do not wonder, I'll be the culprit, " Camille said before following Clarke.
They got out of the tent and saw Clarke rushing over to Murphy "You son of a bitch"
"Ho-ho-ho, what's your problem ?" replied Murphy
"Recognize this ?" asked Clarke, showing the knife
"Clarke ! Stop that ! Let's talk about it in the dropship." said Charlie, seeing the people clustering around them. Murphy gave her a questioning look.
"My knife. Where'd you find that ?"
"Where you dropped it after you killed Wells"
Murphy looked honeslty surprised "Where I what ?"
Charlie walked over and pushed Clarke away "It wasn't him"
"Yeah, the Grounders killed Wells, not me"
"I know what you did, and you're gonna pay for it" said Clarke, advancing towards him
"Back the fuck off" said Camille by standing next to Charlie
"Bellamy, you believe this crap ?" asked Murphy
He didn't answer and Clarke jumped at the chance to add "You threatened to kill him ! We all heard you. You hated Wells"
"Plenty of people hated Wells" replied Murphy "His father was the chancellor that locked us up"
"He's right. And by the way, princess. YOU wanted Wells dead too. I was there when you said it. You hated him too. What told us it wasn't you" said Charlie and Clarke looked more than offended.
Finn approached "Charlie you know that's not true."
"Actually, I don't. She accused Murphy. I accuse her"
Charlie felt Murphy hold her hand and shake it to thank her, but she quickly pulled away
"Charlie shut up ! He is the only one who got in a knife fight with him" said Clarke
"Yeah, I didn't kill him then, either"
"You tried to kill Jasper too" added Octavia from the crowd
"Octavia, what the hell are you doing ?" shouted Camille
"Come on, this is ridiculous. I don't have to answer to anyone" replied Murphy
"Come again ?" asked Bellamy
"Bellamy. Look, I'm telling you, man, I didn't do this"
"They found his finger on the ground with your knife"
"Is this the kind of society that we want ?" asked Clarke to the crowd and Charlie refrained herself from punching her. "You said there should be no rules. Does that mean we can kill each other without punishment ?"
"I already told you, I didn't kill anyone" replied Murphy
"I said we float him" shouted Connor
"Yeah" they all cheered
"That's not what I'm saying" said Clarke
"Why not ? He deserves to float. It's justice" replied Connor
"Revenge isn't justice"
"It's justice. Float him"
The crowd started to sing "Float him"
"Are you happy now Clarke ? Oh no right, Chancellor of Earth. We knew that would happened you IDIOT" shouted Camille and Clarke looked lost and surprised at how people reacted.
Murphy tried to walk away, but someone tripped him up and he fell to the ground. People started beating him up and Charlie and Camille jumped into the crowd to defend him. But two against 60 doesn't work. They tied Murphy's hands and gagged him before leading him near a tree.
"Stop that ! Murphy !" shouted Charlie
They put a rope around Murphy's neck and around a branch before putting him on a log. Clarke ran to Bellamy, crying "You can stop this ! They'll listen to you !'
Connor turned to them "Bellamy, you should do it" .Then everyone sang their name in chorus "I saw you in the woods with Atom. I know you're not a killer. Bellamy, don't do this. Don't do this" said Clarke
Bellamy walked over to Murphy and while Clarke wanted to stop him, he tapped the log and Murphy was hanged. Charlie's heart stopped.
"How could you ?" asked Clarke
"This is on you princess. You should've kept your mouth shut."
Murphy struggled and Charlie and Camille didn't hesitate before grabbing his legs and pulling them back up in the hopes that he wouldn't choke when a voice rose from the crowd, "Stop okay! Murphy didn't kill Wells! I did ".
Charlie didn't wait to find out who was speaking, she had taken the ax from Bellamy's belt and cut the rope. She then rushed to remove the gag and the rope from him before untangling his hands.
"Breathe, slowly, breathe." Charlie whispered to Murphy. Then she stood up, grabbed Charlotte by her hoodie and pulled her into a separate tent. Bellamy, Camille, Finn and Clarke followed her.
"Why, Charlotte !" asked Bellamy
"I was just trying to slay my demons like you told me"
"What the hell is she talking about" dit Clarke, reproachfully
"You shut the fuck up. Don't you dare blame him !" shouted Camille and Bellamy nodded in thanks.
"She misunderstood me. Charlotte, that is not what I meant"
"Bring the girl out now !" shouted Murphy
"Please don't let them hurt me"
"If you guys have any bright ideas, speak up" said Bellamy, but only an awkward silence came in response "Now you stay quiet"
"Those are your boys out there" said Finn
"This is not my fault. If she'd listened, those idiots would still be building the wall."
"You wanna build a society, princess ?" asked Murphy "Let's build a society. Bring her out."
"No please, Bellamy"
Camille approached the little girl and squeezed her shoulder "Okay I have an idea. Bellamy, Charlie you go out to see Murphy. Hold it back as long as possible "Charlie nodded "Finn and I are getting Charlotte out of the camp until everyone calms down "
"Hum, what about me?" asked Clarke
"You go float yourself somewhere I don't give a fuck. You've done enough for today." replied Camille.
Charlie came out of the tent, accompanied by Bellamy and Murphy immediately approached "Well, look who decided to join us"
"Dial it down and back off." replied Bellamy
"Or what ? What are you gonna do, Bellamy, hang me ?"
"I was just giving the people what they wanted"
"Yeah, that's a good idea. Why don't we do that right now ?" he turned to the crowd "So who here wants to see the real murderer hung up ? All in favor ?" but nearly no one raised their hand "I see. So it's okay to string me up for nothing but when this little bitch confesses, you wanna let her walk ?" He screamed and got angry
"Murphy !" shouted Charlie and he turns to her "Charlotte's just a little girl. She will be punished for her actions, but we can't hang people. That's not how we'll do things here. The person to blame is Clarke. Murphy, don't do that, please"
He looked at her seemingly thinking, but Bellamy added "It's over" and his gaze changed. He shrugged his shoulders and said "Whatever you said, boss" Bellamy turned to go to the tent when Murphy picked up a stick and hit him on the head.
"Murphy !"
"You son of a bitch" shouted Octavia before running over to Murphy but Jasper held her back and Murphy punched him in the face
"Come on, let's get the girl" said Murphy but Charlie stood in front of the entrance. Murphy huffed and a guy pulled her aside. He opened the tent but no one was in it anymore, so he turned and screamed "Charlotte ! I know you can hear me ! And when I find you, you're gonna pay !"
Murphy then went in search of Charlotte. Charlie stayed next to Bellamy waiting for him to wake up. When he did, he groaned and rubbed his head while saying "We should find the other"
Charlie nodded and Octavia approached them quickly, wanting to come with them. Bellamy categorically refused and sent her to the dropship.
Bellamy had woken up rather late and night had long fallen. So they walked through the black forest. Charlie was shivering with fear from the atmosphere "It's scary here"
"Scared of the dark ?" asked Bellamy with a grin
"Oh, shut up" Charlie laughed, but Bellamy put his hand over Charlie's mouth and pointed a direction into the forest. They approached slowly and Bellamy grabbed Charlotte by the waist when she was about to scream. He whispered to her "Shhh, shh"
They heard Murphy and the others shout Charlotte's name. Bellamy pulled her back to safety, but she struggled. "Let me go"
"I'm trying to help you"
"I'm not your sister. Just stop helping me !"
She ran away and screamed "I'm over here"
Charlotte tripped on Charlie's foot and she fell to the ground.
"Are you trying to get all of us killed ?" asked Bellamy
"Just go, okay ? I'm the one they want"
"You should have reacted like that before they hang Murphy. Now it's too late to be brave, so keep it quiet"
"We won't leave you" added Bellamy
She screamed again and Bellamy carried her over his shoulder and the three left as they heard the boys come closer.
They ran quickly but they came to the edge of a ravine "Shit"
Murphy walked in and glanced at Charlie before saying "You cannot fight all of us. Give her up."
"Maybe not, but I guarantee I'll take a few of you with me" replied Bellamy
Camille, Finn arrived, followed by Clarke. She ran around doing her drama queen "Bellamy! Stop"
"What ? What do you think he is doing ? No, better question, what are YOU doing here ? " asked Charlie
"She came in and had a fit because we left her alone. Because of her, Charlotte left "
"This has gone too far. Just calm down. We'll talk about this."
Murphy grabbed Clarke and threatened her "Come here, I am sick of listening to you talk"
"We all feel that way" said Camille
"Yeah, you can kill her. I'm not giving you the girl for her. Bad hostage choice M"
"Help me !" shouted Clarke
"Let her go" said Finn
"Back off ! I will slit her throat"
"you should come forward, Finn" said Charlie
"No please. Please don't hurt her" begged Charlotte
"Don't hurt her ? Okay, I'll make you a deal. You come with me now, I will let her go."
"Don't do it, Charlotte" said Clarke
She wanted to come forward but Bellamy stopped her. She struggled but he wouldn't let her go "Murphy, this is not happening"
"I can't let any of you get hurt anymore. Not because of me. Not after what I did." said Charlotte before jumping into the void. Camille screamed and tried to catch up with her, but Charlie took her around the waist before she fell too. They all watched the ravine for a long time before Bellamy turned and pounced on Murphy. The two were fighting, actually Bellamy was hitting Murphy.
Finn walked over and pulled Bellamy away from Murphy. Bellamy was struggling "He deserves to die"
"No, we don't decide who lives and dies. Not down here" shouted Clarke
"Enough ! Enough with your speeches. Everything that happened is your fault !" said Charlie, getting closer to Murphy.
"If you said the people have a right to decide, I'll-" started Bellamy, but Clarke cut him off "No. I was wrong before. You were right. Sometimes it's dangerous to tell people the truth. We need rules"
"And who makes those rules, huh ? You ?"
"For now, we make the rules. Okay ?"
"What ? We're all gonna die if Clarke makes the rules" shouted Camille.
"Ok, fourth of us, we are making the rules"
"Humpf" growled Charlie
"What do you do about Murphy ? We just take him back and pretend like it never happened ?"
"No ! We banish him"
"Hell no !" shouted Charlie "In your dreams. Murphy didn't do anything ! Charlotte jumped by herselft and he got hang for a crime he didn't commit. If we banish him, we're banishing Clarke too !"
"What ? No !"
"Charlie,he can't come back to camp !" said Bellamy
"Bellamy ! It is not fair ! Is this the kind of society you want? A tyrannical leader who thinks only about hersleft "
"Please, it's enough for one day"
"But banishing him is the same as killing him. We won't survive by his own" said Camille
After a long discussion and a lot of shouting, Murphy was still banned. When everyone was leaving, Charlie grabbed Clarke's arm and whispered viciously, "I will make your life a living hell. Count on me "She punched her in the face before heading to camp with Camille.