Ai Hod Yu In

Chapter 30

After Octavia and Lincoln were released, Clarke motioned for them to follow her. She had returned to her rooms very quickly earlier to put Madi down for a nap, entrusting the child to the carer she always had. Now, Clarke returned to her rooms again. Once the carer left, Clarke would talk with her friends.

"What happened? I didn't expect Lexa to put a kill order out on Skaikru not in camp." Octavia said. Lincoln looked as though he was about to say something, but Clarke beat him to it.

"We can talk once we get to my rooms. I need to get Madi and start making sure all our things are ready to go." Clarke said.

"Madi, huh? Beautiful name." Lincoln complimented. Clarke smiled at him. She was quite fond of Lincoln, and she couldn't imagine what life would have been like without him. He was the first one of her friends to simply accept her child in without question. Even Lexa had shot weird looks at her for the first few days. Clarke hadn't really been talking to Lexa back then anyways though, so it hadn't really mattered.

"Yes, Madi. A little girl who will be up soon and expecting her mother, so I would like to hurry. There is still plenty to do."

"You're coming back then?" O asked. Clarke nodded, continuing on her way with navigating the tower.

"You know your way around quite well now," Lincoln complimented her, perhaps sensing that Clarke didn't trust that no external ears would not be listening until they returned to her room. Polis had become a home to her, but that did not mean that she had forgotten how many enemies were here. She had relaxed a bit with time, but she still had very little trust for anyone.

"Thank you. Come on, this is my room." Clarke said, motioning them through the door. The carer nodded at her as she entered before she left.

"No wonder you wanted to stay." Octavia said, looking around the room. Clarke ignored her, instead going to Madi and checking on her. Just as she had hoped, the child had not yet woken. She wouldn't sleep for much longer, but it would give Clarke a bit of time to get ready.

"You know why I'm here, Octavia." Clarke said, turning around and looking at the other girl once again. Clarke sat down on the bed and Octavia leaned against one of the pieces of furniture in the room. Lincoln made his way to stand next to Octavia, taking her hand in his. Octavia took her other hand and began to rub at her face.

"Are you okay?" Clarke asked her.

"Yeah, fine. I saw Indra in the crowd. Why wasn't she with Lexa?" the girl asked in response.

"Indra's not doing so well. But we can't deal with that right now."

"Okay, so what do we do?" Octavia asked.

"I have to talk to Lexa," Clarke said.

"You just did that and came out with a kill order on all of us. That's the second time that she left us all to die." Octavia said angrily. Clarke was about to defend Lexa, but Lincoln did it first.

"She didn't leave us to die. She did her best to show mercy. Not so long ago, the commander wouldn't have done even that. She's changed quite a bit," Lincoln commented.

"The 12 clans want a war. We all know that. Lexa's just trying not to wipe us out. Besides, I meant that I have to say goodbye to her before we leave," Clarke said.

"Why am I not surprised that you're still defending her?"

"Lexa has done so much for me, Octavia. So much for us all. Do I want a kill order? No, of course I don't. Still, she would have been well within her rights to end us all. She didn't. Now I need to go say goodbye. Will you two please stay here? Watch Madi for me please?"

"Of course, Clarke," Lincoln said. "Be quick, though. It will not be long before the kill order takes effect, and I'd rather you both not get caught outside when it does take affect."