Hello, Salut and whatever else you say.
This is a little late, but I tried to make it longer.
This fic is my primary focus for now so expect a few chapters in the coming weeks.
I have exams in a while but there's still a while to go until then so don't worry about it. I'll probably sneak in a few chapters.
Your feedback has been so overwhelmingly positive and I do appreciate all of your reviews
Here's the next chapter.
Hope you enjoy.
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"It was gold."
Clarke waited expectantly as she waited for the inevitable shout of dissent. It finally came up from one of the boys who hung with Murphy a lot.
"I guess the princess over here gets more special treatment, huh? Why is it always you?"
Octavia rolled her eyes and said,"Don't be daft Dax. We all got injected with powers. That means there was literally no special treatment and to be honest I'd want Clarke to have this gold injection over anyone else. She's been of the only ones that have been trying to organise us and make sure we survive. If anyone deserves it then it's her."
Nods of approval began to go around after Octavia's speech and Clarke was touched that so many of the delinquents were putting their faith in her.
That's not to say there weren't a few people who looked dissatisfied as there those who had disgusted looks on their faces and were muttering under their breath. It was mostly coming from the ones who'd removed their wristbands.
Clarke decided that it was probably time for everyone to get back to work said,"Listen guys. We're all in this together so we need to watch each other's backs. Whatever issues you've had with someone should be put on the back burner if you want us to survive down here. "
Clarke's eyes met those of Wells and she smiled and nodded at him before she shared one last piece of news as she felt it was important that everyone understood the gravity of their situation.
"The Ark is dying."
Finn turned towards Clarke and was so surprised he phased through the part of the dropship he was leaning against, but he regained control and said ,"What did you just say?"
Clarke nodded and said," It's an extremely large part of the reason we were sent down. My dad got floated and I got arrested for wanting to tell the truth to the citizens of the Ark. I think that the Ark has maybe three weeks left maybe less if things are worse than I thought. We need to survive so our people can join us."
Bellamy scoffed and said,"Do you really want the Ark to come down here? It'd just be you guys getting the scraps while the upper class like princess over there would be living lavishly. The second they come down here it'll be back to rationing and executions. I say screw the Ark because as far as I'm concerned you guys are my people!"
Murphy's posse cheered and hollered at Bellamy's speech and there were a few more who seemed to have been swayed by the passionate speech.
Clarke interrupted the cheers and hollers and said,"If you take this wristbands off you're no better than Jaha because you'd be signing the death warrants of thousands of people. There are those who didn't ask to be born in the Ark and are also frowned upon by the upper echelons of the Ark. There are people who like all of us have lost someone thanks to the Capital Crime rule. Finally, there are kids on the Ark some barely out their mother's womb and you're willing to let all those people die?"
At the end of Clarke's speech she had turned towards Bellamy and she walked right up to him. The entire camp was silent which was why it was easy for everyone to hear the words uttered by Clarke in a low voice.
"You disgust me, Bellamy."
Clarke then stormed off and Finn seeing an opportunity to end this said,"Show's over folks. Get back to work. That wall ain't going to build itself."
The crowd scattered except and went to their various stations except for Octavia. She was shocked that her brother was capable of so easily deciding to forsake the rest of the Ark like it was nothing.
Octavia walked up to her brother who still stood at the ramp and said,"What's gotten into you? Bel, I know we owe the people of the Ark nothing, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve to live!"
Bellamy sighed and said"O, if the Ark comes down here and they find out I'm alive then I'm dead. Mom made me swear to always protect you and that's why I did what I had to do so I could protect you down here as well."
Octavia sighed and said,"I can take care of myself, Bel! I don't need you shadowing me and sending Murphy and his goons to follow me around. When are you going to let me live? "
Bellamy sighed and said,"You think I don't want to let you run loose. I don't want to run after you like a lost puppy, but I have to because it's what Mom would've wanted. So you can curse me and rage all you want, but we're both stuck in this as long as I have any say."
Octavia raised an eyebrow and said,"Stuck? Is that how you really feel about me? You're the only family I have left and you feel like you're stuck with me! "
Bellamy sighed and said,"You know what I meant... I didn't mean it that way. Why do you always have to overreact like this?"
Octavia sighed and said,"You know what Bellamy? Screw you. You can go play boss with your little gang of followers or try catching Clarke's shadow, but please don't involve me in the mess you call your life."
Octavia began to walk away, but her heart broke as she heard the words her brother said to her.
"You know what, O? It's fine you can run away and go do whatever the hell you want now. I. Don't. Care. Oh yeah and by the way my life only became a mess when you were born."
Octavia's head dropped lower before she ran towards the gate and slipped into the woods.
Bellamy sighed before punching the side of dropship. He let out a scream of pure frustration before walking to the meat station and he began to skin the deer in a bid to take his mind off the argument. He'd just had it didn't work.
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Clarke was back in her tent and she was just about to stand up and leave before a person's voice came from the other side of the veil.
"Hey Clarke. It's Wells can I come in?"
Clarke was a little surprised, but she said,"Yeah, come on in."
Wells took the invitation to enter and he simply stood across from Clarke who was sitting atop her sleeping bag. Wells knew he was pushing it as is, but he felt like he had to bring it up.
"Look Clarke–"
"I know Wells. I know that my mom got my dad floated."
Wells was surprised and said,"Did you get some freaky mind reader powers or something?"
Clarke laughed and dimly she realised it was the first time she'd laughed with Wells in at least a year. She'd always been so antagonistic towards him after her father got floated and even when in the Sky Box she'd never go down to any of his visits which were literally everyday.
It was, thus, with more than a little guilt and shame that she said,"Roma and Finn helped me see the real picture. They told me how they'd asked you about what happened and you'd been extremely evasive about it. It was Roma, though, that said I should give you a chance to explain because like I said we all need to be able to work together so we can survive."
Wells was silent for a while. He knew that Abby was the one who'd spoken to his father about the Ark's impending doom. However, he knew it would hurt Clarke less if she thought he was that got her father killed instead of her mother. Wells knew that he'd essentially been given a second chance at a friendship with Clarke and he decided being honest would be the best course of action. With that in mind, Wells told her everything.
Clarke was in turmoil as she heard the confirmation of her suspicions. She'd used the closest thing she had to a brother as a scapegoat for the death of her father.
On some level, she supposed she knew her mother was responsible. Her mother had often looked extremely uncomfortable whenever Clarke would bring up her anger for Wells during her mother's visits when Clarke was in the Sky Box.
There were times where her mother would try to convince her that Wells only did what he thought was best and that he didn't plan on getting her father floated .
It was only now that Clarke realised that her mother was essentially replacing Wells whenever the subject was brought up.
Wells smiled and said,"I'm really sorry for lying to you about this Clarke. It's just–"
"Don't apologise Wells,"said Clarke as she pulled him into a hug and said,"You've stood by me for all these years even though I've acted like such a bitch. I'm really sorry I was too caught up in everything that happened."
Wells pulled out of the hug and said,"Look Clarke. I've already forgiven you. I know that you were hurting and when people are hurt they oftentimes do things they'll regret. It's all in the past now okay?"
Clarke nodded and wiped the tears that she felt gathering at her eyes and said,"Thanks Wells."
Wells nodded and he gave Clarke one last hug and made to leave. As he was at the exit of her he said,"You know Monroe is pretty good at wood carving. Shee made a pretty decent gnome today from a log. We should ask her to make us some chess pieces and we can play a few games."
Clarke smiled and said,"You're on. I'll ask her as soon as I can. I hope you're ready to lose."
Wells rolled his eyes and said,"Clarke, you might be able to move things with your mind now, but I could still beat you easily."
Wells dodged the pillow Clarke threw at him and left while laughing. His good mood didn't last though as he saw Bellamy come up to him.
"Hey Chancellor,"said Bellamy as he reached Wells,"We'll need to set up a guard system and I've been rounding up volunteers. Do you wanna help?"
Wells was a bit irritated at the nickname, but he brushed it off and said,"Yeah. I guess I'll help. We should probably ask Clarke, Finn and Roma to help out as well. Their powers would probably come in handy."
Bellamy nodded and said,"Good idea. I'll ask them myself. We'll begin the rounds in the woods at sundown so until then you can do what you want. We'll be camping out so you might want to prepare for a rough night."
Wells nodded and left. Bellamy sighed and was about to leave when he heard someone call his name. He turned and was surprised to see Finn walking to him.
"You didn't happen to send your sister out on a hunt right?" said Finn as he approached Bellamy,"Cyrus just told me she ran right out the gate looking like she wanted to kill something."
Bellamy scoffed and said,"I wouldn't worry about Octavia. She's perfectly capable of handling herself so I don't need to follow up on every single thing she does."
Finn sighed and said,"Look Bellamy. You and I don't really agree on a lot of things, but trust me when I say this. You and Octavia are some of the luckiest people down here. None of us know what's it like to have siblings, but trust me when I say a lot of us would love nothing more than to have a sibling. I know that you must have done something pretty shady to get down here, but that doesn't matter right now. The fact you were willing to follow Octavia to what could have been a deathtrap shows me how much you must care for her."
Bellamy closed his eyes as he processed the words Finn was saying.
"Look I won't act like I've know you guys particularly well, but I do think the last thing either of you would want is to let a little argument ruin your bond. She probably hasn't had some speak to her about it yet so I'd suggest letting her cool off for a bit and then we can go look for her."
Bellamy nodded and said,"You're right. I probably shouldn't have reacted the way I did. You're just a bag full of surprises aren't you Spacewalker?"
Finn smiled and said,"What can I say? I'm wiser than I look."
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The Ark~Lockup
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Abby's mind was in utter turmoil. The past few days' events had taken a toll and at times she had felt like screaming in frustration.
Jaha's orders to inject the 100 with some sort of genetic enhancer had been the least stressful part of her day. The look of confusion on Clarke's face had weighed deep in her mind. Jaha had assured her that the sole golden solution that Clarke had been injected with was only reliable in her hands.
The ship had launched and disengaged without issue and there had been nothing to report at first.
First of all, it had been discovered that the Ark had lost communication with the dropship and that there had been an apparent glitch that had caused the dropship to veer off course from Mount Weather.
They had landed safely –except for two of the 100 – and that had been the last of the good news.
Abby had been told that Thelonious had been shot by Bellamy Blake while the Chancellor was in the Keep returning the leftover vials of the Darwin nanobots.
The guards outside the room had been knocked out and one had even been stripped of his uniform. The older Blake sibling had apparently done all of this to sneak aboard the dropship.
Abby had been called to operate on Thelonious and she had been forced to use more than what she was allowed to save Jaha's life.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, her crime had only been discovered later on by Kane. The very man who she had hoped to prevent from becoming Chancellor.
It was fortunate because she had been there when the wristbands of some of the 100 had stopped transmitting. Thus, she had been able to explain that they were not dying of radiation.
It was also unfortunate because she had been told that she was to be floated for saving Jaha and to add insult to injury she was forced into the very cell that Clarke had been in.
She had no idea how Clarke hadn't lost her mind in this place. The walls felt like they were closing in on her and the only thing that could keep her mind off her impending death was looking at the intricate drawings that Clarke had sketched. It reminded her of the time before she was aware of the impending doom of the Ark.
A time before she had gotten her husband killed and daughter imprisoned.
It was especially heartbreaking for Abby to realise that Wells had born the brunt of Clarke's hatred to protect the both of them from the reality of what had actually happened and that she might never get the chance to admit to her crimes.
The door to the cell opened and there stood Commander Shumway who was accompanied by Kane. Abby wordlessly stood and followed them to the site of her execution.
She was surprised to see that Callie, Jackson and Sinclair had come along to witness her death. She gave a tight hug to all three before leaving some parting words to Sinclair who had been a close friend of Jake's .
"Sinclair,"said Abby as she was guided into the airlock and given a chance to say her last few words,"You should try to figure out a way to reverse engineer the wristbands and find a way to communicate with the 100."
The automatic doors to the airlock were closed and Kane then said,"I'm very sorry for this Abby. There is no other way."
Abby glared at Kane and said,"There always is another way."
Abby held her glare and remained calm even as Kane gave the order to kill her. She took a deep breath in as Kane was about to press the button, but was surprised to hear a familiar, but weak voice come from the passage that led to the airlock.
"Stop!"said Thelonious Jaha as he appeared still in a gown and walking very unsteadily,"Abigail Griffin has officially been pardoned by word of the Chancellor."
Abby despite herself let out a sigh of relief as she heard Jaha's words before she straightened her posture.
There was clearly still work to do.
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"Let me get this straight,"said a brown haired girl with tanned skin as she stood with Abby in one of the rooms of the Ark that were off limits,"The council is planning to execute 320 people within a week's time unless you somehow prove to them that the 100 are alive and the Earth is habitable?"
Abby looked at Raven Reyes– the best Zero Gravity mechanic on the Ark– and said,"Yes. There had been an earlier vote, but there had been a deadlock with the Chancellor having abstained and the vote has been delayed by a week. Thus, I need you to fix this up and I'll head to Earth before radioing in to the Ark."
Raven looked at the ancient dropship that Abby was referring to and said,"This piece of shit? I guess I can do that, but there's one more thing I'll need from you before I accept... I'm coming with you to the Earth. Take it or leave it."
Abby nodded and said,"That's fine, but I need you to start working now. I'll write you down as sick so you don't need to head to work."
Raven nodded and set down the box of tools she brought with her and was about to get down to work before she heard Abby's last question.
"Why do you want to go to Earth anyways? Aren't there people aboard who'd miss you?"
Raven pondered the question before she looked down at her necklace which had a pendant of a raven and said,"My whole reason for living is on Earth. There's nothing left for me here otherwise without him."
Abby smiled and said,"I guess we're more alike than I thought."
Raven gave Abby a smile and said,"You should probably head to Medical. I'm sure there are people who need your help and I work best alone so come back in a few hours and I'll give you an update."
Abby smiled at Raven before saying,"You're right. Thank you for your help Raven."
Raven chuckled dryly,"Don't thank me yet. I may be a genius, but this pile of trash might not work so let's save that for later,okay?"
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It was almost Unity Day and also unbeknownst to the majority of the Ark the day on which the council would vote to either approve or reject the Population Reduction Act.
Raven had been working overtime to restore the ancient dropship and she only needed a pressure regulator. Raven had told Abby that she'd already tried to get one from Nygel, but she had been unsuccessful.
It was why Abby was on the way to Medical so she could get morphine to trade for a pressure regulator. Abby turned around a corner and she was surprised to see Diana Sydney waiting for her outside of Medical.
"Abby,"said Diana as she extended her hand for a handshake that Abby returned,"I've been looking for you."
Abby was surprised to see the former Chancellor and was even more shocked to find out Diana was looking for her personally.
"What can I do for you Diana?"said Abby curiously.
Diana fixed Abby with a strange before she said,"Let's go to my quarters. I imagine you'd want to have this conversation in a more private location."
The two ladies walked in a rather tense silence before they reached Diana's room. Diana invited her to sit at her couch and once they were both settled she spoke.
"I know about your little secret in Mech Station."
Abby was barely able to keep her composure and said,"I'm not sure what you're talking about."
Diana sent a faux shocked look before saying,"Oh and I suppose you and that Zero-G mechanic have been spending the past few days eating tea and biscuits for hours on end."
Abby sighed and said,"What do you want Diana? If you wanted me dead you wouldn't have bothered coming to me with this knowledge."
Diana smiled and said,"I see we're finally getting down to business. You see Abby I want you in my corner. You may not know it, but these past few days where you've been helping everyone with their pulmonary toxicity has elevated beyond everyone. You're essentially a celebrity."
Abby was suspicious of what was on offer and said guardedly,"I was just doing my job. It's simply the life I signed up for and if people want to idolise me for it then it doesn't faze me. Also, what do you mean by 'your corner'?"
Diana smiled and said,"You see Abby that humbleness you've got going for you really endears you to everyone. The general populace trust you and that's why I need you to second my bid for a vote of no confidence in Jaha."
This time Abby could not keep her composure and she said angrily,"Excuse me? You want me to help you rob Jaha of his position? You know that's treason at best and it'll only end with the two of us waiting to be floated."
Diana smiled and said,"Perhaps, but I must say for a member of the council you clearly don't know the Ark Charter that well. My grandmother along with the heads of the other stations added a clause which said that if there is irrefutable evidence that the Chancellor withholds or hides information that is deemed important to the livelihood of the citizens of the Ark then the council is to vote on whether or not the Chancellor should remain in power."
Abby raised an eyebrow and said,"You do know that I'm only one part of the Council, right? You'd still need to convince the others and I can tell you now that Kane would go against you immediately."
Diana smiled and said,"Yes, don't take me for a fool. You're not the first councillor I've approached on this and I think you'd be surprised how many people are upset that Jaha not only sent the prisoners to Earth, but also kept the secret of the degradation of the Ark private. I don't think I need to mention Kane's idea. What did he call it? The Population Reduction Act? I don't think Thelonious would survive the day if this were to be leaked."
This was worse than Abby thought. She hadn't even bothered with the possibility that other people would discover all of the dirty secrets that the council had tried to keep a tight leash on.
She knew she was in between a rock and hard place and she needed to remain calm because if she made the wrong step she'd either be responsible for overthrowing Jaha or be floated for planning to steal an escape pod.
The decision wasn't hard to make.
"What do you want me to do?"said Abby seriously as she stared unflinchingly into Diana's eyes.
"For now? There is only one thing I can tell you and that's that I'm thinking bigger than just the Ark and I'll need you and that prodigious Zero Gravity mechanic to further my ambition. My plan will only be set in motion on Unification Day. I knew you'd see things my way though I must say I didn't expect you to agree so readily. I suppose you still have some leftover hatred for Thelonious after he floated Jake."
Abby's gaze turned cold and as she stood to leave said,"Is that all?"
Diana held her wrist and said,"No. I understand that you might not fully trust me and might want to expose me so as a show of faith I have a few gifts."
Diana stood and she reached into one of her drawers before throwing Abby something. Abby looked at the strange device before she recognised it as a pressure regulator.
"You should be glad that Nygel is in my corner because otherwise she was going to expose Raven to the Council. That's just to make sure Raven gets down there safely and radioes back whether or not it's safe,"said Diana before she retrieved a briefcase with the initials DS on it.
"I trust you know what these are?"said Diana lightly as she held up two vials.
Two vials with a familiar, silvery solution in it.
"It's a shame your daughter took the only Novus series injection. My grandmother was exceedingly proud of it. She'd often say that it was a combination of her life's work in her journals and how she wishes she'd been able to take it. Did you know she kept working on it until her death? It was a sad death too. It was as though her body just gave up on her."said Diana glibly.
"You want me to take two of those, but why? Also, I thought Bellamy Blake stole those."said Abby as she hesitantly looked at the vials that she'd been ordered to inject into the delinquents.
"Abby, trust me the less questions you ask the smoother our whole partnership will be,"said Diana sharply,"As the one who injected these into the delinquents. I'm sure you are familiar with them, but allow me to give you a demonstration."
Diana held her hand up and to Abby's amazement a ball of water began to form above her hand. The sphere was then changed into a pyramid then a cube and even a model of the Ark before it turned to steam.
"Hydrokinesis,"said Diana,"That's what I've been gifted with. I suppose it makes sense. I believe I am always willing to adapt, change and prepare for any situation just like water. The question is are you willing to adapt?"
Abby was silent for a few minutes before she nodded. She carefully took the vials and pocketed them. She turned to leave and Diana didn't say a word until she was at the door.
"Abby, you should know that as much as water flows and adapts. It also crushes and drown those that are foolish enough to oppose it. So please, excuse the pun, but do tread lightly."
Abby didn't look back, but felt a tremor of fear shoot through her as she left.
Raven would need to hurry up and install this damn pressure regulator. The sooner she could leave and radio in the better it would be.
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Mecha Station
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"Hey Abby," said Raven as the person in question entered the room,"Did you get that pressure regulator?"
Raven looked at Abby and noticed how she seemed to be jittery and said,"What's wrong? You're shaking like Sinclair after he took a few volts of electricity from a battery."
Abby shook her head and said,"I did get the pressure regulator and I'll need you to install as quick as possible before you disengage and head for Earth. I won't be joining you unfortunately."
Raven raised an eyebrow and said,"Don't tell me you're getting scared on me. I mean yeah it'll be a tight squeeze, but mean I fixed this baby up real good. We'll be on the Earth before the Ark even knows we're missing."
Abby threw the pressure regulator at Raven who immediately began installing it and said,"There's been a few complications. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it because there's something wrong within the Ark and I might be the only person who can stop it."
Raven was installing the pressure regulator and said,"That sounds serious. Does it have to do with how you got a brand new pressure regulator? I hope you didn't do what Nygel told me to because this bad boy over here will have me ready to leave in half an hour."
Abby nodded and said,"Yes it does.Tell me Raven. How much do you know about the First Chancellor?"
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Clarke sighed as she reflected the events of the past few days. Wells had been murdered by a young girl called Charlotte while on guard duty with her.
Apparently, she had misunderstood the advice Bellamy had tried to give her and she ended up killing Wells because she couldn't kill Jaha.
To make matters worse, it had appeared as though Murphy had done the deed since his hatred for Wells was well-known and Charlotte had also used his weapon.
The entire camp had tried to beat up Murphy, but Clarke had been able to push all of them back with a force field. Charlotte admitted the truth when she saw the bloodied and bruised body of Murphy.
Charlotte had in the end been exiled, but Murphy in a fit of rage had tried to kill one of the boys– a frequent victim of Murphy– that had thrown the first few punches.
In the end, Murphy had very nearly killed him because apparently the experience of nearly getting beaten to death had unlocked Murphy's powers and his enhanced strength had left the poor boy in a sorry state.
It wasn't known what Murphy's powers other than the enhanced physical capabilities were, but there were no doubts as to whether or not he had them when he broke Paul's femur with one kick.
A surefire sign of the syringe having been activated and assimilated by the body.
In the end , Paul had been a mess and he had begged for Clarke to put him out his misery. His legs and arms were damaged beyond repair and Paul had also said he couldn't feel anything below his neck.
Clarke had chosen the least painful and quickest way she knew. She had slipped a knife into Paul's carotid artery and hummed softly as he bled out in front of her.
It had been a very horrifying experience and it had taken the gloss off of being on Earth.
As sickening as it was to say, but this traumatic experience had ended up causing some of the other delinquents to begin manifesting their powers.
In a strange twist, not all of the powers were useful for fighting, but that's not to say they were useless. For example, Monty had gotten the ability to grow and even alter any plant, vegetable or fruit of his choosing. The weird thing was that the plant didn't necessarily have to exist.
Monty's stock amongst the group had grown when he'd made apples that tasted like chocolate. Of course, due to them being amongst what was essentially the most irresponsible people on the Ark it wasn't long before Monty was offered various types of favours to grow certain plants.
Luckily, Clarke had managed to cut down on it or else the pungent smell of marijuana would be ever present in the camp.
Recreational drug creation aside, there were others who received powers that were especially useful for combat.
Jasper, for example, had received the ability to shoot laser beams from his eyes. Clarke smiled as she recalled a hilarious event involving Jasper and Octavia.
It had been difficult for him to explain why he'd shot Octavia in the butt when she had bent over. Bellamy had not been impressed at all and had given Jasper extra guard duty.
Luckily, Octavia hadn't been hurt as the powers she'd received (much to Bellamy's dismay) were directly suited for combat and oftentimes activated when she wasn't paying attention.
Octavia's powers had been a revelation to the delinquents as everyone thought that the enhanced physical capabilities were a given along with one more power, but in Octavia's case she hadn't received any physical enhancements.
She had instead gotten two powers. One,the one that saved her from Jasper's smoldering gaze, was the ability to transform into a hard crystalline material. The beam had bounced back at Jasper and burnt a hole in his shirt.
It appeared to have the same characteristics as diamond and could be activated by Octavia's own body without her knowing. It was thus in that sense rather similar to the intangibility of Finn.
The second power she had received was–
"What are you thinking about?"
Clarke jumped and nearly punched the source of the voice, but she had managed to stop when she recognised it.
A scared Octavia appeared from thin air encased in crystal as she stared down the business end of Clarke's fist. It was already known that Clarke's injection was different from the others and one of the ways this was apparent was that Clarke's strength and speed far outstripped the rest of the other delinquents.
She had even been able to pick up the dropship and move it. If that didn't scream danger to someone then they may have had a bit too much of Monty's magic weed.
"Sorry Clarke," said Octavia as she gently tried to put down Clarke's fist and deactivated her diamond armour,"I was just trying to practice sneaking around like you and Bell said I should."
"It's okay,"said Clarke as she looked at the rebellious Blake sibling. The two had patched things up after Finn had apparently spoken to Bellamy about it.
Finn had been a rock for Clarke following Wells' death and she felt as though they had gotten closer. Truthfully, Clarke had recognised that Finn was interested in her, but she had firmly rebuffed all of his advances.
She wasn't looking for a relationship now and while there was some degree of attraction between them Clarke never acted on those feelings. The 100 were surrounded by an unknown amount of Grounders and Clarke had to do her best to stay focused and sharp. It was why she was out in the woods now. She was on guard duty since she was the best fighter they currently had and yet Octavia had gotten the drop on her.
She probably needed to pay more attention to detail.
She'd been with Roma again a few times, but she had stopped once it became clear to Clarke that Roma was developing feelings for her.
The slight touches when passing by and the longing looks whenever she thought Clarke wasn't looking were obvious enough indicators.
Clarke liked them both, but she couldn't give them all of herself like they deserved until the Ark came down.
That's if they came down.
Yesterday, their wristbands had all failed when Monty had tried to contact the Ark, but it had instead shorted all of the wristbands.
It had been a gutting blow, but she was sure the Ark would find a way to survive even if they didn't come down. She just had to have faith.
It was approaching midnight and Octavia and Clarke were sitting in silence before Octavia said,"You know, Clarke. I used to think that you were some stuckup, vapid and self-absorbed bitch, but the way you've looked after us has me thinking that maybe you're not so bad."
Clarke snorted,"Wow, really? Tell me how you really feel."
Octavia pouted and Clarke smiled before she said,"If I'm being honest, I expected you to be a pure basket case considering everything,but you're really well adjusted actually. However, I do think that you give your brother a very hard time. He's just trying to look out for you and he's not really a bad guy. I mean despite not having any powers he hasn't complained about it and everyone still respects him. So please don't give him such a hard time."
Clarke and Bellamy had come to a tentative understanding and while Clarke wouldn't say she trusted the fake guard she knew he had all of their best interests at heart and that was enough for her.
"I guess you're right,"said Octavia,"It's just he's so stubborn sometimes it's so annoying..."
Clarke's smile widened and she couldn't resist the quip that followed,"It must be a Blake thing."
Octavia was about to respond, but Clarke interupted her and pointed to the sky.
"Is that what I think it is?"
Octavia looked to where Clarke was pointing and said,"A shooting star? Don't tell me you want to make a wish?"
Clarke looked confused and said,"Make a wish? What– That's not important. It's not a shooting star. That's a dropship from the Ark! There must know we're alive. I need to run over there–"
"I don't think that's a good idea,"said Octavia,"If we saw it then that means everyone else who's up now did too which by the way includes the Grounders that tried to kill you!"
Clarke calmed down and said,"You're right. Tell everyone that the Ark sent another dropship and that you, me and Finn will head out towards it. We'll need Bellamy, Roma and Jasper here to keep the peace."
"Yes ma'am!"
Octavia dodged the rock Clarke had thrown at her before leaving. Neither of them knew that Bellamy had already seen the dropship and that he was en route to intercept it.
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The next morning was filled with gloomy skies and a small amount of rain.
Clarke and Finn were waiting at the gates for Octavia before she suddenly came running and said,"Bellamy's gone! I think he went to intercept the dropship!"
Clarke sighed and said,"I swear it's one step forward and then three steps backwards with your brother. Finn, Octavia I'll carry you guys. We need to get there before Bellamy and we have no idea how long ago he left. Please don't puke."
Finn and Octavia were barely able to blinked before they felt Clarke throw them over her shoulders like they were a sack of potatoes.
"Princess,"said Finn from his position on Clarke's shoulder,"Is this really the only way that you could–"
Whatever Finn was going to say was lost to the wind as Clarke raced off in the direction she saw the dropship land.
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Bellamy let out a sigh of relief as he saw the escape pod. It had been a trying journey as he had to avoid the patrols of the 100 and avoid detection from whatever else was there.
He opened the door and was surprised to see a girl who seemed to have passed out from the landing and she had a small bruise on her head.
He surveyed the pod and found his prize. Bellamy took out the radio and was about to leave when he saw a small box cradled in the girl's hand.
Curiosity got the better of him and he took the box out. He shielded it from the intensifying rain using his body and opened it.
A wide smile spread across his face as he saw a syringe with a silver solution in it.
Bellamy looked back to the unconscious girl and said,"Thanks for these."
Bellamy closed the door and ran to the nearest river that he could find. He chucked the radio in and then looked at the syringe he held in his hand.
Bellamy pulled the plunger back and with no hesitation whatsoever he injected himself with the solution.
Bellamy sighed as he felt no different than before. He stood and went on his way back to camp.
He froze suddenly as he realised that the person on board the pod might know that he killed Jaha. A cold feeling permeated Bellamy as he imagined the aftermath of that coming to light.
It was with a heavy heart that Bellamy turned towards the direction of the pod and began marching through the veritable downpour.
He could not let anyone find out what happened on the Ark no matter what.
If Bellamy had been a bit more observant then perhaps he would have seen the eyes watching him from the treeline.
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Clarke, Finn and Octavia arrived in the landing zone of the dropship and they were glad to see that it appeared unopened.
Clarke put them down and Octavia took the chance to say,"It's a good thing we made it here on time even though somebody decided to be a scaredy cat."
Clarke felt the look from Octavia and said,"I know I could have gone faster, but that would have increased the chances of me slipping. So you should thank me since we didn't end up crashing into a tree."
"Yeah, yeah whatever,"said Octavia jokingly before she said,"This doesn't look like a supply drop."
"It's not,"said Clarke,"It's an escape pod. The Ark didn't send something down..."
"They sent someone down," said Finn before he looked at Clarke and said,"After you princess."
Clarke ignored the nickname and she opened the door. She was surprised to see a girl around her age and to Clarke's surprise the girl began to stir.
The girl's eyes opened and she let out a loud groan and said,"My head hurts. Stupid councilors with their stupid ideas."
Clarke felt her eyebrow lift at that, but she shook it off and gently prodded the girl,"Hey, are you okay? My name's–"
"Clarke. Clarke Griffin. Your mom showed me a picture of you. My name's Raven Reyes,"said Raven who seemed to have recovered from her daze upon seeing Clarke's face.
"My mom?"questioned Clarke as she felt both curiosity and anger bubble up inside her at the mention of mother, but she pushed the anger aside to focus on the moment.
Raven nodded and while she unstrapped the seat buckles said,"Yeah, the Council didn't fully believe the Earth was habitable because your wristbands kept failing so your mom was given a few days to prove that you guys were living."
Clarke sighed and gave a hand to Raven to help her out pod and said,"You can thank Bellamy for that."
Raven spun towards Clarke and said,"Bellamy Blake? The guy that shot Jaha?"
Clarke was surprised and said,"He did what?"
Unfortunately, Clarke didn't get an answer as Raven turned around and her eyes skimmed over Octavia before they settled on Finn.
"Raven?"
"Finn?"
Raven ran straight to Finn and pulled him into a deep kiss much to the surprise of Clarke and Octavia.
"Am I missing something here? I thought Spacewalker had a thing for you."said Octavia as she took in the scene before her.
Clarke shrugged and said,"That's not important right now. Your brother shot Councillor Jaha. That's why he ran here. He didn't want to chance that the Ark would come down."
Raven had overheard their conversation and said,"Are you guys sure Bellamy hasn't been here?"
Raven didn't wait for a response and she went back into the escape pod. Raven let out a curse before she kicked the side of her pod.
The metal crumpled right before everyone's eyes and Raven barely paid any attention to the shocked looks everyone sent her before she said,"That fucking dumbass stole my radio and Abby's syringe."
Clarke froze as she realised the implications of what Raven had just said. How had her mother gotten her hand on not, but two different silver solutions?
"You're telling me that Bellamy was here?"said Finn before he sighed,"That's just great news."
"You don't know the half of it," said Raven angrily,"We need to get that radio back ASAP. Where's Bellamy?"
"Speak of the devil," said Clarke as she spotted Bellamy at the crest of a hill and even from this far she could see the shock and horror on his face as he processed the scene in front of him.
The wind and rain began to pick up and Clarke paid no attention to this as she raced towards Bellamy before she threw him towards the pod.
Bellamy collided with a grunt and was about to speak before he felt a strong hand grip his collar.
Raven lifted the boy with one hand and said,"Where is the fucking radio?"
Bellamy smirked and said,"I don't know what your talking about. Maybe if you describe it–"
A crash sounded around as a lightning bolt struck the ground not far away and Clarke was amazed to see that Raven's eyes had turned solid white and looked like two thrumming, balls of lightning.
"Next time you lie,"said Raven slowly,"That one hits you. Where is the radio and the syringe."
"I chucked it in a rock pool west from here,"said Bellamy calmly which was at odds with how he felt on the inside looking at Raven's eyes.
Raven let him go and he fell to the ground before she said,"We need to hurry. The council is about to approve of a plan to kill at least 300 people on board the Ark to save some air and smartass over here might have just sealed their fate."
Finn walked up to a visibly distressed Raven and pulled her into a hug. Amazingly, the weather began to dial down before soon the sun was shining high in the sky again.
Finn looked at his girlfriend and said,"You got a shot too?"
Raven nodded and said,"Yeah. Abby gave me hers to keep before she injected me with another one she had before sending me to Earth alone. Apparently, there's a chance a mutiny might rise up on the Ark so she stayed behind to help prevent it."
The entire group –including Bellamy– were surprised to hear that and Clarke voiced what was on everyone's mind.
"How does she know about it?"
Raven looked at her and said as if speaking about the weather,"The ringleader extended an olive branch to her."
Clarke shook her and said,"We'll deal with that later. Bellamy, lead the way to the rock pool."
Bellamy shook his head and said,"I can't. If the Ark comes down here... I'm dead. A guard came to me and told me about you guys going to Earth. He gave me the uniform and gun and only wanted me to kill Jaha and he'd get me on the dropship. I did it for you, O. "
Octavia had been silent throughout and she simply glared at Bellamy before turning away.
Raven snorted and said,"Calm down. Jaha is still alive. You're a bad shot."
Clarke looked at Bellamy and said,"Relax. You heard Raven
Jaha is alive and I'm sure if you can give them the name of who gave you the gun then he'll pardon you."
Bellamy seemed mollified at Clarke's words and then walked to the front of the group and said,"I'll lead you to it."
Finn raised an eyebrow and said,"I thought you said it was west from here."
"I lied."
Raven scoffed before nudging Octavia,"Your brother is a real class act. You know that?"
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"I found it!"said Clarke as she held up the soaked radio.
"Is it just me or do Clarke's powers just shit all over everyone else's?"said Raven as she'd just seen Clarke lift up all the water in the rock pool pick up the radio and then drop it back in.
"Yeah,"said Finn,"It's not just you."
Raven took the radio from Clarke before she said,"This will probably take the whole day to dry out and see if it's salvageable. There's no way we can contact them."
Clarke was about to let out a sigh of frustration before she heard Raven say,"Actually, we don't need them to radio in. We just have to tell them we're here."
Clarke was about to speak, but the whistle of something flying through the air had her on guard and she created a dome of energy around the entire group.
Three separate spears collided with the dome and slid down to the ground. Clarke traced their sources and was surprised to see the Grounder that she'd knocked unconscious and broken the arms of except he looked as fresh as a daisy and he had two new friends with him.
"Please tell me these guys are with you?"said Raven as she took in the sight of the three warriors. Clarke shook her head no and Raven let out an exasperated sigh.
"Fantastic. We're about to get killed by a bunch of people who survived nuclear weapons."
Clarke looked at Finn and said,"Get Raven out of here. We need her to work on whatever signal she's planning on."
Finn nodded and picked Raven up before going intangible and running with her at high speeds. The Grounders launched a few arrows at him and Raven, but they went straight through them without causing any harm.
The shouts of anger and surprise that Raven let out at being shot at would normally have been humorous, but this wasn't the time for jokes.
"Bellamy,"said Clarke as she still held up her some,"You got any bullets left in that gun?"
Bellamy nodded and she said,"They aren't Jaha so please don't miss. I don't want to have to explain how you died to everyone else."
Octavia encased herself in her crystal armour and held her hands out to one of the Grounders and said,"I've got ugly."
Clarke smiled and said,"Could you be a bit more specific?"
The Grounders seemed to react negatively to this and Bellamy noticed this and said,"They understand us."
Clarke nodded and said,"I don't know. I did break the other guy's arms, but let me try for something more permanent."
In a flash, Clarke dropped her dome and shot a blast of energy at the ringleader. It hit him in the stomach and sent him flying, but Clarke wasn't convinced he was down and said,"I'm going after him. "
She sped off and suddenly it was Octavia and Bellamy standing across from the other two.
"Look O–"
"Don't get in my way,"said Octavia before she held up her hand and shot shards of crystal at one of the Grounders. The shards ripped into the guy's arm and Octavia smiled before she closed the distance down and tried to subdue the handicapped Grounder.
Bellamy sighed and began firing shots at the other Grounder, but to his dismay he had almost the same level of speed as Monty and he missed all of his shots.
Perhaps in another universe that might have bode well for Bellamy.
The Grounder stopped his retreat and rushed at Bellamy at speeds that the deer he'd seen on Earth would be proud to reach.
"Oh fuck me,"said Bellamy as he crossed his arms and felt a punch hit him and send him flying.
How did this guy get so fast? They're on the ground so there's no way they should have any sort of powers whatsoever.
The pain in his arms told him otherwise though.
He skidded across the ground and eventually rolled to a stop. His arms were stinging especially his left one. It hurt to move and Bellamy dimly realised he had fractured it.
The Grounder withdrew his sword and ran straight at Bellamy clearly going for the kill.
Bellamy felt like closing his eyes and accepting it, but he fought against the feeling and felt a rush of peer flow through him.
He raises his good hand and just as the Grounder was five metres away he froze. Bellamy kept his hand up and was surprised to hear the gargling noises being emitted.
He blinked as he realised what happened.
"Thank you Raven."
He looked over at his sister and was surprised to see her sitting on top of her unconscious opponent and he turned back to his own opponent saying,"This one's for Atom."
Bellamy lifted his arm up and watched as the Grounder was sent flying up into the air. He hung there briefly before Bellamy brought his arm back down.
The Grounder let out a shriek of terror as he descended back to ground level before a massive spout of water erupted as he hit the rock pool at breakneck speed.
The cascade of water died down and after a few seconds the broken and clearly dead body of the Grounder came bobbing up. It floated for a few more moments before it disappeared
Bellamy let out a harsh sigh as he watched it disappear and began to stagger towards Octavia.
He sat down in front of her and even though she refused to even look at him he was happy to see that she could take care of herself.
Octavia had suffered no injuries and looked like she'd barely done any exercise.
"O," rasped Bellamy as he struggled with the pain of his arm,"I'm really, really sorry. I keep justifying what I do as a way to protect you, but..."
Octavia looked at her brother and was surprised to see the proud smile on his face and she looked away, but couldn't quite hide her smile as he finished his sentence.
"But now I know you definitely don't need any protection from me now?"
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Clarke was annoyed. She'd put this guy through hell and he had shrugged everything off like it was nothing and it was starting to creep her out.
The worst part of all this was that the Grounders had powers. She didn't even understand how this was possible, but she needed to tell the others just what it was they were facing.
Case in point, Clarke had just dropped a few trees on him and she heard his bones break. She took them off and lo and behold she'd watch as his body recovered from whatever damage she did.
Clarke was nearing her boiling point and she felt a burning feeling shoot through her and for the umpteenth time she raised her hands towards him.
This time though Clarke was surprised when fire shot out her hands and set the man on fire. His screams were reaching crazy levels and she lowered her arms.
The flames continued to eat at him and eventually he stopped moving. There were still small flames here and there, but he was not moving.
Clarke looked at her hands and said,"That's new..."
She thought that the super speed and strength that she had –which far outstripped the others– was the only perk of the golden solution.
Clarke sighed and said,"I'll figure this out later."
Clarke began to leave, but froze when she saw something that made her want to scream in terror.
The man had stood up and even now Clarke saw the third degree burns she'd inflicted on him begin to rapidly heal. The man rushed towards her and Clarke again felt a new rush of power flow through her, but this time she felt like she was a passenger in her own body.
With a flick of her wrists, the ground around the man rose up and encased him in a tomb of stone. Clarke approached the man and she reached for the man's forehead. The man bit her hand and yet Clarke was undeterred.
As soon as she made contact, she could perceive what was a string of energy that was intricately woven into what she detected as the man's soul.
She was able to 'reach out' in a strange, metaphysical sense and she ripped the string free. As soon as she'd done that, Clarke let out a harsh breath as she felt like she was in full control of her body.
It was with equal parts horror and fascination that Clarke heard the man howl as his wounds stopped healing. The burns that littered his face now stuck an angry red.
Clarke took a step back and raised her hands towards him. She idly noticed that the bite mark on her hand was fully healed.
She gave one last look at the whimpering man before saying,"Heal this."
A plume of white fire erupted from her hands and Clarke was just able to soldier on despite the howls of pain and she kept at it until the screaming stopped.
Clarke lowered her hands and she fell to her knees utterly exhausted. She dimly heard Bellamy and Octavia call her name, but they were drowned out by the voice she heard inside her head.
"I'm not going to do everything for you Clarke,"said the voice mockingly,"You'll need to do a lot better than the pitiful things you've achieved now. Your serum was much more than just a different colour. Stop surviving and start thriving."
The voice was silent and Clarke allowed herself to close her eyes just as she felt who she was sure was Octavia catch her.
"O,"said Bellamy as he trudged up to her,"We need to get back to camp. The Grounders–"
Octavia nodded and said,"Yeah, I know."
Octavia threw the surprisingly light form of Clarke onto her back and said,"We aren't the only ones with powers."
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Author Notes:Okay like I said this was meant to come out a bit earlier, but I extendes the length to make up for it.
I hope you like the powers I gave the delinquents. A few of them were Easter Eggs in a way and I'd like to see if you caught some of them.
A few changes to the Ark Mutiny storyline and the whole Charlotte thing.
Sorry for those who waited for Murphy's power to be revealed...that will come later.
Read, Review and Share.
Lire, Évaluer et Partager.
I saw I had a reader from France so I have an excuse to show off my pretty trashy French.
Au revoir et à bientôt.
