Yes, I know it's a Wed that I'm updating this but I have a few reasons

1) Obviously, I didn't update last Thurs. I had two projects due and everything for class I was like one day behind on. I finished this chapter sometime during the weekend and then I was really going back and forth wether to post it right away but I decided to wait because I knew I couldn't produce another chapter with my time by this Thurs and I didn't want to mess up the schedule. Wish I had a way to tell you all

2) Tomorrow I'm going to be so busy. I have an art final due that I still need to finish tonight (currently it's 3 am), another class, and I just started a new job and I got a surprise shift added on for tomorrow last minute, I have to clean my whole apartment because my fam is coming to visit on Fri and I'M GOING TO THE NEW HP MOVIE AT MIDNIGHT! So yeah, no time XD

Btw like everyone was so thrilled to see Atom last chapter? I didn't realize he was such a favorite character lol?

Thanks to my reviewers: Guest, Emperor's Sister, SydneyRaine, Red656, SquidaQdaloo, CheriEstella, JCarabaguiaz, heidi1245401.

Guest: Indeed! Now there's only one big 'secret' left, but only I know what that is ;)

This is a more Murven-centric chappie. How you all like it :)


13 Years after Start of the Project

When Bellamy is between Clarke's legs, everything else in the world falls away. They steal moments like this when they can, usually at Clarke's house because at least if her parents show home early there's a door between the two half-naked teens and her parental units that will inevitably save them from a whole lot of embarrassment (she's experienced it once at Bellamy's and never again). It is difficult, because yes, if she could have it her way, she'd marry this boy. But then there's the whole child thing and she accidently set popcorn on fire two days ago and that tells her pretty definitively that she's not ready to be a mother, at least not yet.

But when Bellamy give her that smirk and slides his hands up her thighs, she thinks it's almost worth it, that maybe it would be fine and between the two of them they could manage keeping a kid alive even though they're so young because it would be worth it to just have Bellamy like this all to herself all the time with no fears of interruptions. Especially when Bellamy's in a good mood, it makes him so giving. Clarke hardly can complain. She usually pays him back later in turn. They still haven't had sex yet, but everyday Clarke grows more impatient and she knows it's inevitable.

He crawls up next to her, wrapping his arms around her. Her pants are somewhere on the ground and Bellamy's shirt has been thrown on top of her bookshelf. His belt is gone and his pants sag low on his waist, so tempting. He burrows his nose in her hair as she sits in euphoric bliss.

"Was that good?" He asks. Clarke scoffs at his question. They'd been together, how many years now? Sometimes, she lost track. And he'd had at least half of those years to figure out what Clarke liked and didn't like (and Clarke wasn't shy to tell him) yet ye always had to ask, as though he'd disappointed her. So far, that hadn't happened.

"Of course, you walnut." She rolled her eyes, "It's always amazing." She said, and yawned. Bellamy frowned, searching her face.

"But I can tell you're still…distracted. Like you were before we started." His eyes widened in horror, "You weren't thinking about someone else, where you?" His tone was more teasing now.

"No!" She swatted his arm, "Well, now I'm distracted, but of course not." She said. She'd been terrible strung up when Bellamy came over this afternoon, thus his insistence that he take care of her, and it wasn't something so easily forgotten. In reality, her mind was running a thousand places away from this bedroom, "Raven." She said when Bellamy continued to give her a blank look. His blank look became slightly more understanding, but he mostly was still trying to figure it out, "Are you not worried?" Clarke asked in amazement.

"What? No." Bellamy shook his head, "C'mon, she is the smartest person on the Ark. I don't think I'm exaggerating. We both know she'll pass that exam easily." He said, shrugging, "Why are you worried?"

"I dunno, I mean, this is her dream, Bell!" Clarke threw out her arms, "It would be like…O never getting out if she couldn't do this."

Raven was currently taking her Zero-G Mechanic's test. Traditionally, she would have done it about two years ago, but she was tied up with the secret project and all. She just hadn't the time to finish the training session properly. Normally, that would be it and done, but Jaha was fair and had allowed her to wait until she was ready and had time. He recognized that she wouldn't always be working on this super-hardcore project and she'd made a quite convincing argument back a year and a half ago about lettering her take it later. If it weren't for both Clarke's parents and Sinclair in her favor, perhaps it would have gone differently.

Raven's goal was to be the youngest Zero-G Mechanic. Since the youngest ever was 25, Raven still had time to beat the record, even if she waited even longer. But she was ready now. Clarke was a ball of nerves for her friend, for once the position switched with Bellamy, who was remarkably calm.

"Can we not think of Raven right now?" Bellamy asked, leaning over and cupping her cheeks in his hands, dragging his lips down her neck. Her toes curled in response, and she gave a small purr in the back of her throat, "I'd rather think about getting this off you too…" He said, lifting the hem of her shirt up with a wicked smile.

Clarke sighed, realizing that long spans of time like this didn't come often enough and shoved every thought she had about Raven from her mind. Even if Raven was failing, there was nothing Clarke could do about it in the present. She chuckled, and pulled Bellamy on top of her, linking her legs around his back to pull him down onto her. Nothing was going to ruin this now.

Hours later, when they were dressed and lounging out in the living room, playing chess and looking innocent so when her parents arrived home they'd be all settled (but being honest, Clarke was sure they knew the sorts of things they did) there was a knock on the door.

"Ignore it. I'm winning." Bellamy grumbled, hands making a fist and holding his chin and staring determinedly at the board.

"Clarke! I swear to god if you don't open this door right now-,"

Clarke jumped up.

"It's Raven!" She said. Even Bellamy couldn't stop her, and he sat back with an eye roll but a small grin on his face. She threw open the door, and strode into the living room.

"No Murphy?" Bellamy asked, surprised to see her alone. Raven stared at him before giving a quiet shake of her head.

"Uh, no."

As far as everyone knew, they were still 'fine'. But Clarke knew that they'd had sex and that after they officially got their paring it had all gone downhill from there. Clarke was the only one besides the two of them, and only because she'd badgered it out of Raven. Obviously, it was because the two were in love and pretending like it wasn't a big thing and they'd both said some really stupid stuff. But neither were going to admit that, and so they were in this awkward and fragile dance around each other, no longer the friends they'd once been…although, now that Clarke thought about it, they'd never been 'friends', they'd always had that sexual tension about them since they turned old enough to like boys and girls. Not that Clarke didn't think that they were meant to be; she totally did, which made this whole situation even more frustrating.

"Well, did you tell him first?" Clarke questioned, feeling guilty that she might know before Murphy. Even though he wasn't speaking to Raven all the time anymore, Bellamy said he wouldn't shut up in the guard about how he knew someone who was going to be the youngest Zero-G mechanic. If it weren't clear that he was in love with her, Bellamy would have told him to shut up a long time ago. But, Bellamy understood pining over someone and not realizing it, so he let it go, much to the annoyance of others. He once had to tackle Ana to the ground when she was going to go up and inform Murphy that he loved her, but Bellamy firmly believed these were things they needed to find out themselves otherwise they'd reject it.

"Well, he knows. I went and told him and the Collins and Finn altogether." She said, nodding. She couldn't stop the grin on her face, "I passed with flying colors!" She bounced up and down, something Clarke was pretty sure she'd never seen her do.

"Oh my god, you did it!" Clarke threw her arms around her friend.

"Like there was every any doubt." Bellamy snorted from behind them, and then enveloped Raven from behind, "But great job."

"Aww, guys…" Raven said, then pulled away, "Clarke, I want you to do my physical. You know, just a precaution and whatever. Necessary. Then I start tomorrow!" She said, placing her hands over her mouth, "I just can't believe it."

"Let's go right now." Clarke said, "You coming, Bell?"

"I was winning…" Bellamy whined. Raven took one look at the board and shook her head.

"Naw, Clarke was totally going to crush you because-,"

"On second thought, yes, let's go right now." Bellamy said and Clarke giggled with Raven.

When they got to the Med Bay, The Collins (including Murphy) and Sinclair were all sitting outside.

"You guys don't have to be here for this." Raven rolled her eyes.

"We want to be the first people to welcome you to your new job." Mrs. Collins said, her eyes shining like Raven was her own child. In a lot of ways, she was.

"And I'm here for, you know, mentor reasons." Sinclair said, shrugging although Clarke knew that he cared for Raven a lot too. Raven had no mean things to say about the man who'd taught her almost all she knew and had taken her in when no one else had believed a poor girl from Mecha station could out-pace the more 'intelligent' apprentices. They'd proven everyone wrong.

"Bellamy, you'll have to wait out here too." Clarke said apologetically, and Bellamy shrugged and sat.

Clarke went in, checking Raven in. Her mother came over, saying she was going to help Clarke through the procedure, since Clarke hadn't done one before. It wasn't often they trained new Zero-G Mechanics.

Everything was going perfectly fine up until the end, when Clarke was listening to her heart. Something…well, Clarke wasn't sure at first. She called her mother over to finish, easily making up some excuse that she forgot the last sheet of paper to sign and her mom could finish. Raven didn't buy it; she was too smart for that.

Abby heard it too, confirming Clarke's worst fears. She pulled Clarke aside and frowned.

"You know we have to report it on the sheet." Abby said, "A heart murmur could be potentially fatal in those conditions."

"But…what if it's not. It could be nothing." Clarke argued, "Mom…could this end her chances?"

Abby sighed, looking down at Clarke with forlorn eyes, "I wish I had better answers, but we both know…"

Clarke felt tears fill her eyes, as though she was hearing the news about herself.

"We could lie." She said. She knew they couldn't. It was a weak suggestion. Abby almost looked like she wanted to consider it too.

"I wish we could." She said honestly, and it was one of the first times Clarke believed her mom in a long time.

"I'll tell her." Clarke said, "I'm the one that should."

Abby agreed silently, just placing a hand on her daughter's shoulder for a sign of support. Then, she left to put it on the report and Clarke walked back, each step feeling like her heart sunk lower and lower into her stomach.

"What's wrong, doc?" Raven asked, reading her face.

"You have a heart murmur." Clarke said, because Raven wasn't someone that wanted to beat around the bush, "It could be nothing, but we have to report it. And yes, it could make them decide that you won't be able to." Clarke fell onto the chair next to her, "I'm so sorry." She said between trying not to cry in front of her patient. But this wasn't just her patient, it was her best friend.

Raven's face was unreadable. Clarke couldn't tell if she was in shock or denial or accepting it. She wished she could.

Raven didn't speak for a long time.

"I'm…I'm not going to be able to do it…" She finally said in the smallest voice Clarke had ever heard.

"This is so stupid." Clarke kicked a second chair in the room, making it skid across the examining room.

The door opened and Sinclair came in, followed by Abby. His face was grim.

"Tell it to me straight." Raven said, preparing herself and looking him in the eye.

"Well, it's not good." He looked just as devastated as Raven was, "The council will look through it, decide, but…" He shared a look with Abby, "They've never cleared someone with a heart condition."

This is when Clarke saw it really hit Raven, as thought moments before she was still clinging to the faint hope, and Raven just crumbled. Her sobs echoed around the room and it was the most haunting sound Clarke had ever heard.

She went outside and quietly explained the situation to the people waiting. Bellamy's jaw unhinged in disbelief, the Collins looked frozen and Mrs. Collins let out a little whimper, Finn got up and tried to get into the clinic and Murphy looked like someone had hit him in the gut.

"That's not fair! She's wanted this forever, Griffin." Murphy said, getting up in Clarke's face.

"You think I made this up? You think I wanted to report this?" Clarke said, her voice wavering.

"Do you know what this meant to her?" Murphy grabbed her arm and that was what did it for Bellamy. He stood and in one motion yanked him off Clarke.

"You don't get to touch her, John." He said icily.

"Bell, I'm fine." Clarke said, crossing her arms, "It's fine. We're all upset." She said, looking into the Med-Bay, "You should be with her, Murphy." She said quietly, meaningfully.

"Finns with her." Murphy said dejectedly. Clarke wanted to remind him that he was the one that had gotten to sleep with her, not Finn, although Finn had made it clear to Raven that he was extremely interested. She couldn't say it in front of Bellamy (she'd promised Raven) so she just bit her tongue in frustration.

"Still, she wants you there," She lied a little, "She always has."

"Yeah, go in there. I'll let you be late for your shift today." Bellamy said, "I'll cover for you."

"Thanks." Murphy said, but still sounded unsure. He stepped away, then disappeared through the med-bay doors.

"And they said we were idiots for the longest time." Bellamy drew a hand down his face, and kissed Clarke's cheek, "I got to go get ready for work. I'll see you later?"

"Yeah. I'll likely be with Raven." Clarke said.

Bellamy left them, went to get in his work clothes. He found Ana, Miller, Harper, Monroe, Octavia, and Dax hanging around. Everyone in the group had known how much this meant to Raven. Bellamy gave a slow shake of his head.

"She had a heart murmur, during the physical. Everything else…she was perfect." He said dejectedly.

To his utter surprise, Murphy showed up to work on time. He was about to go and chew him out, until Murphy held up a hand and motioned for Bellamy to come over to a quiet corner with him.

"Can you help me with something?" Murphy questioned, "I need to know I can trust you, Blake." He said, putting up those defensive walls even though Bellamy would do almost anything for the kid.

"Is it illegal?" Bellamy had to ask, they were guards after all. Murphy gave a snort and turned around.

"Shoulda known. Forget it."

"Wait, Murphy." Bellamy said, and Murphy turned back, obviously desperate, "I'll help you. I'm assuming it's for Raven."

"Yeah, no shit." Murphy said, "Really?"

"Yes. I owe you big time for…Melody." He said, remembering that Murphy and Raven were both no small part in setting his sister free. Murphy shook his head.

"Hey, she's cool." He said, looking to where Octavia was joking with some guards her age. She would still be fine to work for another couple months; she was hardly showing as it was, "You don't…owe me. But, I'm glad you're in."

"I don't know what I'm even in yet." Bellamy reminded him.

"I want to give Raven at least one chance in the suit outside. She deserves it, at least once. They're not going to let her out there but if you were there to make sure no one comes by and Clarke was there in case something does go wrong…I know that even if she had a heart attack, she'd want to do this."

Bellamy hardly took time to consider it. "She deserves this." He gave a swift nod, "When were you thinking?"

"Tonight, while her key card to the areas still work. She can hack almost anything, but not those scanners. They're high level stuff, man, which is probably good since it is a door to space outside…" He said, trailing off.

"I'll get Clarke to bring Raven over. She'll be with her tonight anyway." Murphy gave an awkward nod of thanks, and before he left to go on his shift, Bellamy grabbed his arm.

"Raven will love-," He was about to end with 'you for this' but then re-thought it, and finished "What you're doing for her."

"I hope." Murphy said sincerely and they didn't get another chance to talk about it until they would meet that night.

Clarke was immediately on board. She'd been partial to leaving out the info about Raven's heart murmur on the sheet, which was illegal in itself. Once you disposed of a body, put a tracker into someone else, and set them off as said person- which was pretty darn illegal- not much else seemed all too bad after that.

Murphy had swiped Raven's access card, getting an extra space suit from the repair bay. He'd written her name all-nice on a little piece of duct tape and put it on the suit, preening with pride. Bellamy thought it was pretty cute. He so desperately wanted to please Raven.

At exactly midnight, Clarke appeared with Raven, coaxing her down into the hall.

"Clarke, this has been fun, but I really want to go back to your place and watch that Mean Girls movie." Raven was sighing, looking even more let down than when they'd seen her after her physical.

"You'll like this end of the walk, I promise." Clarke said and shoved her into the hallway where Bellamy and Murphy waited. She stared at the two of them, and with the suit in Murphy's hands for a couple seconds, uncomprehending.

"Ta-da?" Murphy offered.

"I don't…guys?" Raven said, spinning and frowning at the three of them.

"You deserve a spacewalk." Bellamy said, seeing Murphy had suddenly lost all confidence to speak, "We…well, it was Murphy's idea." He said, nudging his friend. Raven's eyes snapped toward him.

"What?"

"Yeah, well, it's not fair. It's bullshit actually, so I thought I'd do something about it." He said, turning red, "I uh, stole this from a guy I know. Well, borrowed. It has your name on it and everything." He handed it to her.

"But how-,"

"Being high up in the guard has some perks. I changed some of the repair orders around today, stating that there might be some routine check-ups. There was yesterday and no one will think much of an open air lock when someone changed it so high up in power. They won't link it back to me personally, only the guard." He said, shrugging, "Hardly your level of hacking." He laughed.

"And I'm here in case anything happens. Likely not, the murmur's a million in one chance, but hey…you never know." Clarke said, patting her shoulder.

Raven clutched the suit to her chest, "Guys…" Her voice broke and she shook her head, "I can't believe you would all do this for me."

"Raven you…" Murphy began and then paused, as though he was about to say something big, but couldn't at the last second, "You deserve everything good in life." He said quietly. She pulled him into a deep hug, a motion of touch that they hadn't done casually since having sex, and he was shocked for a moment before he let himself enjoy it. She hugged Bellamy and Clarke in turn and was drunk with giddiness as she strapped herself into the suit.

"Oh my god, how do I look?" She asked, turning in a circle.

"Drop dead gorgeous." Clarke said with a thumbs up, winking.

"I'd do you in that." Bellamy teased and Raven shoved him hard. She then turned to Murphy, looking at him hopefully. All he could muster was a quiet chuckle.

"The best, Reyes."

"Okay…" Raven said, feeling confident, "Oh my gosh…I'm really doing this, aren't I?"

"You'd better! We spent a long time setting this up. Now…shoo…into the airlock." Bellamy said.

She nodded and didn't pause while she stepped over the threshold. She turned back and her eyes widened in surprise when Murphy began controlling the buttons.

"D-com system complete." He announced when the airlock hissed, shutting her inside.

"Since when do you know how to do this stuff?" She asked. He gave a casual shrug.

"I read up on some informational books, you know, not a lot." He said, downplaying it. Bellamy knew he'd spent every waking moment since his shift ended before this pouring over guide manuals so that everything went perfect.

"Now you open the re-,"

"Refresh valve." Muprhy finished for her, fingers at the device, "Already head of ya." He said. She stared at him in a way that Clarke remembered staring at Bellamy before they were together, and still sometimes did. It was the look that she couldn't believe in moments like that she had someone so lucky as Bellamy to love her. Raven was feeling the same.

With a hiss, the door to the outside opened behind her. They all watched with stupid grins as her feet slowly lifted from the floor. The look of wonder and childish glee on her face was something any of them could ever forget.

"I couldn't do that. I think I'd get sick in zero-gravity." Bellamy said.

"Not everyone can do it, Bellamy." Raven said, watching herself rise in disbelief, "It's…a weird feeling."

"What are you doing chatting with us? Go enjoy yourself!" Murphy said, rolling his eyes. She gnawed on her lip, and turned. Slowly, she floated out of the Ark.

Bellamy slung his arm around Clarke's shoulder, pulling her close to him.

"We did a good thing." Clarke whispered.

They watched Murphy's face as he pressed his nose close to the glass, his eyes wide with just as much wonder as Raven's had been. It was like he could never tire of watching her. The softest smile Bellamy had ever seen him give rested on his face, one that was only for Raven.

Bellamy leaned over and pressed the communications link open.

"How's it look out there, Raven?" He asked.

"So…freeing. Guys, it's just everywhere and so open." Her voice was breathless; "I wish I could stay out here forever."

"That lucky duck." Clarke whispered, shaking her head, "I can't even imagine how incredible it is out there." She murmured.

They all would have let her stay out there forever, had anyone and reality allowed them to break the rules for longer, but as it was, their time was slipping away and Raven's time was limited.

"I think it's time to come back." Murphy said regretfully.

Raven paused, and Bellamy wondered if she hadn't heard them or was choosing to ignore them, but then she tore her gaze away from the infinite universe to float toward the open air lock, her whole face shining like the stars she'd just witnessed.

The door closed behind her slowly, and although she was back on solid ground, the most pure expression of joy stayed on her face.

"John, I-,"

Whatever she was going to say was interrupted by an alarm warning. Her eyes snapped around in terror, and Bellamy sprang alert.

Warning; Outer door breached. Pressure failing. Initiating emergency protocol.

Raven frantically turned around, throwing her helmet off and pressing up against the air lock door to space, as though her palms could fix any leak like a Band-Aid.

"What happened?" She demanded, and Murphy fumbled with the controls helplessly. For all he had read on, this was not something he could have prepared for.

"I…I'm not…" He said, shaking his head in disbelief as he spun toward Bellamy and Clarke with pleading eyes.

Bellamy strode to his side. He could tell Murphy, who was sometimes one of the stoniest of guards, was slipping away as he watched Raven frantically try to fix it.

Pressure approaching red zone.

"What's that mean?" Clarke asked, but neither boy answered, "What's that mean?" She asked sharper.

"Nothing good, Clarke." Raven was trying desperately to stay calm and Clarke could see the wheels spinning in her mind, going over a thousand simulations to try to recall something that would help.

"I can't open the inner door!" Murphy realized with horror, stabbing at the open button over and over.

"We must have blown a seal." Raven answered immediately, "The doors won't open unless it's equalized."

Pressure now critical.

"Raven, Raven…" Bellamy banged on the door, "What do we do?" Clarke bit her nails, feeling stupid and lost. She could sew up a gaping wound, stop death, and deliver children. But she had no idea what to do in this sort of situation. She wasn't used to being left to the wayside in crisis.

Raven turned to answer, and she fell to her knees, coughing and gasping in to try to take in air. It was only when she looked up that they all saw true fear on her face, fear that this would and could kill her.

"Raven!" Murphy slammed his palms against the glass parts, "God, Raven, look at me. Hold your breath. We'll get you out, just don't…" His voice cracked.

"The door…manual…override…" She spat out hoarsely, each word bringing her closer to now oxygen left. She locked eyes with Murphy and Bellamy could see that he froze up, unable to move.

Clarke darted behind them to a panel door, ripping it off and slamming a level down. The doors between Raven and her friends opened with a slow jerk and Raven collapsed into the Ark's hallways.

"Raven." Murphy jumped down next to her, sitting her upright, "Are you okay? C'mon…" he said, shaking her a little. She made a faint groan, shaking her head.

"Shut the door…" She instructed weakly and Bellamy nodded, doing just that. Despite being safe now, her eyes were still filled with terror, which Bellamy couldn't understand. She tried to breathe normally but just coughed harder, almost hacking up her lunch on the floor.

Emergency support team to B-17 immediately.

Everyone stopped, unable to move.

"We can't be here." Bellamy was the first to spring to action, licking his lips and pacing, "Stars, no, it's a breach…all the section doors are sealed." He realized, eyes widening.

Raven nodded in somber agreement, "You should go, though. Hide. Or…I don't know…you two make out in a closet, get caught. Put Murphy's name into the perimeter night guard, something." She said to Bellamy with urgency.

"What?" Clarke shook her head, "No…we can't…"

"That was a major breech. We lost months of oxygen due to that. Plus an unauthorized space walk, even if a high member of the guard here…that's a capital crime."

Clarke swallowed loudly. She hadn't even thought of that. Even so, no one moved.

"Guys, really." Raven said, shaking her head, "Get out of here!"

"And let you take the fall?" Clarke found her voice, "No way. We set this up."

"And I would have done it myself had I thought of it. I wanted this. I wanted this more than anything else. I'll be fine." She gave a tightlipped smile. It was a lie.

"Take the suit off." Murphy said suddenly, "Take it off and give it to me."

"You're crazy! I'm not doing that." Raven said, frowning at him, "I…Murphy, I'll go down for this. I'm fine with that." She set her arms on his shoulders, "Please…"

"Raven, don't…listen to me. I should have died long ago; my number has been up since I got sick when I was a kid. If it weren't for Clarke, I'd be dead. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have someone to take me in, if it weren't for you and Bellamy, I'd be in the Skybox and floated. Let me do this. I owe all of you."

"John…" Bellamy said quietly, unsure on what to do.

"If no one is here, they'll search until we're all discovered. That's not fair. Clarke, you're a doctor. Bellamy, you're one of the few decent and uncorrupt guards, and Raven…I know you weren't supposed to tell me about your secret project but you did and we both know it's bigger than you and it's bigger than me and you need to be part of it." He said with a starting sincerity.

Clarke shared shocked looks with Bellamy; Bellamy was shocked Murphy had been able to keep it a secret for so long, and seemingly would continue until his dying breath.

"It's the best plan we have." Bellamy finally agreed and Raven spun to him, her eyes shining with tears as though she'd just stabbed him in the back, "Raven, he's under me. I might be able to make a case, say he accidentally…I don't know. But I can try to persuade them if we ditch the suit."

"You can't be considering this." Raven said, "He'll die!"

"I want to do this." Murphy said, and the sound of the guards approaching made them all pause. It was all the time Murphy needed to run toward the approaching guards members.

"Murp-," Raven began to cry out, and Bellamy grabbed her, slamming his hand over her mouth to muffle her cries. She bit him, but he still kept his hand there. With only a look to Clarke, she read his mind and she went behind and clicked his pair of handcuffs around her wrists. She fought like a caged beast as Bellamy used his other free hand to begin dragging her in the opposite direction. Clarke darted back and snatched up the suit, rolling it into a ball and kicking the helmet to Bellamy.

Clarke stabbed something into her arm and her eyes dimmed and she slumped like deadweight in Bellamy's arms. He gave Clarke a questioning look.

"Sedative. Never know when someone might go off the deep end." She whispered, "She'll come to in about 10 minutes." She whispered, "Now, let's find a broom closet." He face was grim.

The maneuvered themselves plus Raven into a cramped utility closet, listening to the sounds of the guards members arresting Murphy and waited until the doors to all the halls opened again.

"Can you wait for her to wake? I need to get to Sergeant Miller and try to do what I can." Bellamy said in a dark tone. Clarke nodded, her whole body shaking with anxiety for her friend and when he left, she couldn't help but cry.

In a couple minutes after Bellamy vanished, Raven began to stir.

"Murphy!" She shot up, looking around, "Clarke…how could you?"

"Bellamy's going to-,"

"The hell with that. They're not going to listen to him, a kid that's gotten off more times than we can count, Clarke they're going to kill him and I'm never going be able to tell-," She broke off, shoving her fist into her mouth to keep from ugly sobbing.

"Raven, we need to go talk to Jaha. He respects both of us. Maybe between the three of us…we can fix this."

"Fix this?" Raven threw open the door to the hallway, "We're fucked, Clarke, don't you see? I'm going to loose him, forever."

She stalked toward where they brought prisoners, and Clarke shoved the spacesuit into an empty box, and then scrambled to keep up with her. Sinclair was already pacing angrily outside Jaha's office when they arrived, Abby sitting on a chair.

"I know it was you, Raven." Sinclair said as soon as he saw her, "I know that Murphy claims he was just in the wrong space and accidently hit a button or some bullshit but I know he helped you get a spacewalk."

"I…" Raven found she couldn't respond, not the man who taught her everything, treated her like an equal and respected her for her intelligence.

"I'm not mad at you." He said after a long moment, shaking his head, "I get it. Totally illegal, but…" He pressed his lips, "If you all weren't so damn fixated on springing to action before thinking, If you'd waited a day none of this would have happened. Do you know you got a 100% on the entrance test? No one has ever gotten that. I've been fighting all afternoon to get your medical thrown out and their decision changed before they've made it, your heart murmur inconsequential." He said.

"What?" Raven whispered, jaw hanging slack. Even Clarke couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Usually, it's not an issue. I can overturn basically anything within my purview. I've had troubles, though, with the deciding council." He drew a long hand over his face, "And you had to go and do this."

"Why am I different?" Raven demanded hotly, her hands on her hips, "What makes you unable to decide such things for me?"

"Because they accused him of being biased." Abby said with a wry smile.

"Because I'm a girl? Because you know, that's such-,"

"No." Sinclair said tiredly, and looked very unsure of himself and then gave a long sigh, "Because I'm your father."

Clarke felt like she was in some weird dream, and apparently Raven did too because her legs shook like jelly and she sank down to the floor.

"I wanted to tell you once you passed your test today. I didn't know until you were about eleven or so…I only was with your mom on a casual basis, we weren't even dating. When she was pregnant, I knew she'd been seeing other guys and she never told me so I just assumed it wasn't mine. The moment that you reconfigured the wiring of the classroom's lights at the age of 11, I had my suspicions, because that's something I did and it didn't take long to do some tests. And then, how could I tell you? You'd grown up without me for so long. When you came into my class as a mechanic on the road to be a zero-G mechanic, I decided I would be the best teacher I could be and one day, if it seemed you were ready, I would tell you." He laced his fingers in his hair, "Raven?" He asked after a moment, as she hadn't said a single word.

"My father…?" She still seemed to be in a bit of a trance.

"Yes. They feared I was vetting the nay not because you were qualified but because you were related to me. It's been one hell of an afternoon." He said dryly.

As though recalling what had happened, Raven snapped to attention.

"We'll talk about this later, but right now John Murphy is going to be killed for just trying to give me the best day of my life."
"John Murphy…" Sinclair furrowed his eyebrows.
"He's betrothed to Raven." Abby supplied.

"Ah, the Project." Sinclair realized, "I uh…you're part of that."

"Yes, and I…I care for John very much." Raven said, "And I don't know what I'll do if he's floated." She said, so much raw truth in her voice that it stirred something within all of them, "That's why I need to be in there and I need to talk to Jaha…right now."

"I'll get him." Sinclair said immediately, "If it's really this important to you."

"More than anything." Raven said and Sinclair nodded.

Raven paced, Clarke wondered how she was being so single-minded after that sort of bomb on her entire life, and Abby was just concerned.

"Clarke…" She began with a disapproving tone.
"What was I supposed to do, mom? Raven was a wreck today. I've never seen her so sad." Clarke said hotly.

"I don't think it was an awful thing." Abby finally agreed, "I just wish…" She pulled on the loose strands of her sweater, "I just wish it hadn't gone like this."

Finally, Jaha came out with Sinclair shoving him forward.

"Chancellor Jaha." Raven said, straightening her shoulders.

"Raven, I understand that you've come to care for John, but as it is-"

"When we began our secret project and fixed that thing you thanked us and basically told us in no uncertain terms that you owed us something, anything. I'd like to use that right now and save John. No one in killed. I'll give up anything you want, do any penance for what I did, but John goes free…as does Clarke and Bellamy because you know it already that we all were a part of this." She said, reading his face.

Jaha was silent for a moment. "I did promise a singular thing to each of you…but you could have anything in the world. Are you sure this is what you wish to use that on, John spared of his sentence?" He asked.

"I could think of noting more important." She said honestly.

He gave a wise nod.

"Very well, I declare John Murphy to be freed from his crimes, as witnessed by Abby Griffin and Jacapo Sinclair. Raven, we will discuss a punishment later, but tonight you should celebrate. I hear you're our newest Zero-G mechanic."

Raven gave a long sigh of relief and collapsed on the bench, shaking her head as Jaha nodded to them all before retreating back inside.

"I didn't think that would work…oh my stars…" She said, and Clarke rubbed her back as she let out a couple gasping breaths.

"Raven!"

The four sitting there snapped their heads up to see Finn pelting toward the area, "I heard the sirens and I just knew…are you fine? Please tell me you're not going to be floated." He said, grabbing her hands and staring into her eyes.

"No, no." Raven shook her head; "John took the fall for me…"

"Oh no…" Finn murmured in horror. Clarke new he didn't hate his impromptu brother, but they didn't love each other either. She was glad to see he was appalled by the fact.

"It's fine, he's going to be fine. I saved him." Raven said, patting his hand.

"Really?" Finn paused and then licked is lips, "Raven…can I talk to you…?" He asked, the indication of 'alone' within what he didn't say.

"Sinclair, we should make sure the pressure has stabilized and there's no more chances like this, and figure out what happened in the first place." Abby said meaningfully and he looked like he didn't want to leave Raven alone with Finn, but begrudgingly followed. Clarke nodded to an alcove, exiting. Raven sent her a look, and thusly Clarke stayed close enough to hear. She peered out from where she eavesdropped (with Raven's permission) and saw the back of Finn's head.

"Raven, I meant to give you this for good luck today, but I just didn't have time…I mean, I hope it still brings you good luck." He said, and held up something.

"Oh, Finn. It's beautiful…it's a Raven." Clarke only caught a glimpse of it, but she realized it was a crafted raven on a chain, like all the animals he used to make. She gave a soft smile, it was a nice gift.

"And…I wanted to talk to you." Finn added and Raven frowned.

"Finn…" Raven whispered softly. From behind them, Murphy entered from opposite Clarke. He had the biggest grin on his face, until he spied who was in front of him. Raven's back was toward him He froze when he saw Finn glance up, not enough to make Raven realize that someone had entered in, but Finn knew he was there.

"No, let me say this. Raven…I'm in love with you. I want to be with you. I wish I had thought about what Murphy had because it was brilliant. And just know, I would have taken the fall for you. I would have died gladly for you, too. I don't care that you're going to marry someone else; you don't have to be with them in the way that you can be with me. I won't ever marry anyone else, I only want you." He said, "We can make his work. Please, say yes…"

Raven stared at him in shock, her mouth hanging open in surprise. Clarke had expected that she sort of knew where it was going, but not to this extent.

"Finn." She said quietly, "I do want to return to this topic later, but right now, we should make sure Murphy is fine. He just thought he was going to die, after all."

"I'm fine." He said from behind them, making Raven jump. Her eyes widened in fear.

"How long have you been there."

"Just came out," He lied, "I only heard you say that you were…worried about me, maybe?" He said, "I'm touched, Reyes." He said teasingly, but his smile didn't quite reach his eyes. Clarke wanted to go over there and smack him over the head. She obviously hadn't said 'yes' because she wasn't in love with Finn, but with Murphy! Stars, they all could be so dense!

Bellamy came jogging from another direction, pausing in wonderment to see the group standing there.

"Stars, it's true! Murphy, you're alive." He said, going and grabbing him into a manly hug. Murphy was surprised for a second but didn't resist, until they both realized that they had just done that, and broke apart, Bellamy coughing into his hand and Murphy rubbing the back of his neck.

"How…how'd you get out? I was in there, giving obviously a greet speech to Shumway about your release, but I got the news before I finished so it wasn't me…" Bellamy frowned, searching the boy's face.

"It was me." Raven said, speaking up, "I used my favor."

"What favor?" Finn questioned, "What sort of favor could possibly save someone from being floated?"

Raven quickly rehashed the details she could give him, and when she finished his whole face contorted into something like he'd eaten rotten food.

"So you had this…and never once did you think that you could use it to break your marriage agreement? You could be free to marry anyone if you had done that!" The unspoken words he didn't add, but Clarke knew he was thinking- as well as everyone else- were 'like me'. Raven looked down, not guiltily, but trying to find the right words.
For as much as people hated the project, there were others who didn't. People like Sarah or Tom who made them realize that they would have ended up together eventually or people like Uma and Simon that had already been dating. There were others like Trina who had crushed on Dax her whole life without ever expecting something from it, or kids who looked at those couples that were flourishing and had begun to think that maybe the council knew what they were doing for once. Raven, Clarke thought, was one of those. She couldn't answer, because if she were honest, she would tell Finn she didn't want to break the contract.

Instead, she said, "Well, I used for this. What's done is done and it's illogical to think of how it could have been used differently. It was the right thing to do."

Finn still looked deeply troubled.

"We should probably be getting home. It's nearly three AM." Murphy said, giving a tiny quirk of a smile, "And after nearly dying, it can really make a guy tired."

"Agreed, we all still have work tomorrow." Bellamy said, nodding, "Speaking of, congrats Raven…Shumway also officially cleared you for Zero-G as I was coming to find you all."

Raven's whole face lit up, and she covered her hands with her mouth. "Holy stars…" She whispered.

"Raven! That's great." Finn said, slinging his arm around her. She looked at it, and slightly shrugged out from under it without trying to hurt his feelings. She looked back at Murphy, "You coming too?" She asked softly.

"Of course. You go on though, I just…need a moment." He said. She nodded quietly and her and Finn began to leave. Clarke saw Bellamy nudge him and whisper something frantically to him and Murphy whispered something curtly back to him. Bellamy looked ready to pull his hair out, but gave a begrudging nod before coming over to Clarke to walk her home.

"What was that about?" She asked when they were out of earshot.

"I told him that clearly Raven was wanting him with her and he should go up and admit his feelings for her. He said something about overhearing Finn tell her he loves her, and that Raven didn't say no or yes, and that he doesn't want to pull Raven in a direction. Doesn't want to trap her in a love triangle, and if she did love Finn, it wouldn't be his place to interfere." Bellamy ground his teeth, "Now he starts being responsible and adult-like? Freaking hell." He cussed.

"We both know she doesn't love Finn and she never could, not in the way she loves Murphy." Clarke pointed out, "We'll just have wait, I guess. People that love each other, that are meant to find each other, always do." She linked her hands within his, "Like us."


So yeah, the 'smut' in the beginning is probably about as 'smutty' as I'd ever get, just in case you all were wondering.

I hope you guys liked that I took the 'Spacewalker' episode and flipped it to be more Murven, especially because up until the end of that episode there were some huge Murven vibes.

Also, about Sinclair being Raven's dad, that had been a fan theory for awhile and Lindsey Morgan and the guy that play Sinclair got wind of it and they both commented that they believed it to be true, at least to them! So it's so sad but in the episode where Sinclair died they were both acting with the thought that he actually was her father secretly. But I find it cool that the actors have headcannons of their own too or accept fan ones!

Remember to review! And, if you're going to see the new HP tomorrow as well or soon, let me know what house you think you're in! I'm curious :) I am a Slytherin, for sure.