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Chapter inspiration - Its Only - Odesza feat. Zyra
Skaikru are Alien's
*Clarke*
After staying one more night in niylahs company clarke knew it was time to move on had stayed for far too long and didn't want to put the young trader in any more danger than she already had. Clarke strapped her worn sword onto her back and fastened the buckles as Niylah fumbled with a small bag.
"Take this with you red, its not much but I'm sure it will help." she said handing clarke a small bundle of supplies. "There's healing salve in there that will stop your wound from turning bad, make sure you use it."
Clarke smiled at the girl, maybe under other circumstances things could have been different. Maybe they could have been close friends like raven and octavia, but she had to keep niylah and herself both safe and this was the best way.
Nyx purred at niylah's feet demanding attention as always. "I shall miss you too little night cat" niylah said as she fussed the needy cat before they departed.
"Looks like she likes you" stated clarke observing the pair raising a eyebrow
"It happens when you feed them and their owners and unconscious" She said which in turn made clarke laugh.
"Well we best be going Niylah, Thank you for all you have done for us both " Clarke said patting her thigh signalling nyx to follow.
"Your welcome here any time red. mebi oso na hit choda op nodotaim" she said as they walked to the passed through with nyx and niylah stood half inside and half out.
"May we meet again" replied clarke before turning around and walking away. She hoped they would meet again but under better circumstances.
...
"Were going to have to hunt more to feed you aren't we now" Clarke said as headed deeper into the forest. After teaching herself to hunt Clarke had become as silent as a night cat when walking in the forest. She learned what to and what not to step on so she didn't scare her prey away.
they strolled through the tree's as leaves fell from there branches covering the floor in red and gold colours.
Nyx happily padded beside her owner. She wasn't a small cat anymore, she had grown in short time she had been with clarke. Like the trader said, night cats grow very wouldn't be too long before nyx would learn to hunt larger animals.
Clarke decided to start hunting as she needed a lot of meat for herself any nyx, she had a large appetite. They had supplied but she liked to keep those for back up.
"Nyx " she said quietly. As she crouched in tall grass hiding her presence from her prey.
Nyx followed her silently.. Her body low to the floor as she stalked closer to clarke , ears pricking up from the small noises coming from the grass.
Clarke knocked an arrow in her bow ready to strike before looking at the cat beside her. She awaited the signal , her body tensed ready to pounce.
She released the string and the arrow flew through the air, quickly followed by the black was a race to meet the cats muscles contracted in her body as she bolted at her downed one rabbit crushing it under her sheer weight before she set off for the other , venturing into tall grass.
The rabbit clarke shot had died instantly, it was a clean shot. She had improved much since being alone.
Clarke stood from her spot and retrieved their kills collecting the two rabbits. She removed the arrow from the rabbit for future use. There was a loud screech of an animal before later nyx appeared in the grass and dropped the rabbit at Clarke's feet.
"If i didn't know any better , i would say your looking quite smug about your kills" Clarke said as she grinned at her companion. Nyx purred in response rubbing her body past Clarke's legs.
"Well lets get these skinned so we can eat, shall we?" Clarke said as she tied the rabbits with a piece of string and slung them over her shoulders.
Her camp wasn't far away, Clarke found it as they ran to escape a heavy intended to move on soon as it ended as it would be harder for people to find her on the move. But the cave provided a sufficient shelter from harsh weather and that would help for the winter to come. In the end she decided that they would hold up there until spring.
The walk back to camp only took around a hour and the land was flat so it wasn't taxing. Nyx plodded past clarke and into the cave and splayed over the furs that lay on the ground.
"I would swear your a wolf in a cats skin" clarke muttered as she followed the cat into their makeshift home. Nyx hissed in response to clarke's comment as she still stretched out on the ground.
"Actually , id say more like a moody teenager..." she smirked at the cat but her smile dropped as she saw nyx tense up staring at the cave entrance.
Something wasn't right.
Then clarke heard it, voices coming closer to there cave. She drew here good and stood ready, if they entered they would die to a bullet to the head.
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~Lexa~
Octavia left a grumbling raven to be baby sat by the female warrior as she went back to speak to the commander to see if she could help at all.
"Heda what can i do to help find clarke?" Octavia asked wearily
"You can tell me why you would let her leave in the first place" she growled making octavia flinch. She held her hands behind her back in her commander pose awaiting Octavia's response.
"We didn't, it was my stupid brother. Clarke told him to let her go and he the time he told us she was long gone"
Lexa sighed and rubbed her finger tips over her head in a attempt to relieve stress.
"Why would she leave her people?"
"After the mountain she left bellamy at the gates, she told him that she couldn't go in as it reminded her off all the people she killed to get her people there. And that she would bear it so they didn't have to.." octavia said looking at her feet.
Lexa swallowed the lump in her throat and was thankful octavia was looking at the floor. If it wasn't for her clarke would be was her fault.
"Go check on raven while i deal with him" she gestured towards hyatt and the azgeda. Octavia nodded and gave a quick bow before leaving.
Lexa made her way over to the azgeda man, she was going to get information out of him. They always broke.
"So warrior princess, why did you save me?" Raven asked in a groggy voice as thesda sat on a fallen tree trunk in front of her.
"Warrior princess?" she asked raising her eyebrow."That's not my name ,my name is Thesda"
"Its a compliment" raven shuffled trying to get her leg in a more comfy position." I'm raven, raven reyes, from arkadia" she replied with a grin.
"Does that mean you an alien?" she asked leaving forward looking at raven with curiosity.
"we aren't aliens, warrior princess. We where originally from the ground but we lived in space after the nukes" she tried to stand up but her leg had other ideas, and sent her crashing on her ass.
"You fell from the sky?" thesda asked looking raven directly in the eyes.
"More like intentionally crash landed" raven gulped at the intense stare from the beautiful girl, it was rare someone got her so flustered.
"Then you are an alien... that is what my people think"
"Bloody hell do i look like E.T to you?" raven groaned resting her head in her hand.
"What is an Eee tee?" she asked furrowing her brow
"Forget E.T ...I'm basically sayin we aren't aliens, even though I'm sure there are aliens that exist."
"The commander knows you are not aliens and so do i " she said as it was a matter of fact.
"How you feeling rae, you had me worried" said octavia who appeared behind raven. She nodded at thesda and sat down next to rae on the patch of dry grass. Raven shuffled closer and flopped over to lie on her legs .
"Warrior princess meet Pocahontas, Pocahontas meet warrior princess who saved my ass" she gestured with her hands.
Octavia rolled her eyes at raven and turned to the girl.
"hei im okteivia kom skai kru,mochof gon sis au osir ( hi I'm Octavia from skycrew, thank you for helping us)"
"Pro, ai name ste thesda kom tri kru (Your welcome, my name is thesda from tree crew)" she said with a small smile.
"You two done trigging out ?" raven groaned as she held her head. All three of them ignored the screams coming from the prisoner as lexa had hyatt torture him for information.
"I'm not sure if heda will or wont kill us, but she told me to sit with you. So im taking that as a good sign" octavia said looking at the girls
"If she wanted you dead you would be" said thesda bluntly without any emotion.
"Oh erm thats good then yeah?" said raven who looked cautiously at Octavia
"Yeah rae rae,how you holding up?" octavia asked as she looked down on raven giving her a reassuring smile.
"I should be asking you, all i did was shoot a few scar faces and got punched in the head"
"Hey you saved my ass a few times with those shots, you might be as good a shot as clarke" she said looking at raven.
"Id say better than clarke in more than one way, don't you think?" raven said smugly and octavia shoved her in the side.
"Are you two nirons?" thesda asked curiously her amber eyes looking from one girl to the blushed and raven looked confused.
"no no no , were just really good friends. I'm actually with Lincoln kom trikru" said octavia quickly.
"Oh you thought we were like together together?" raven laughed at octavia's face " Ha I'm too much for anyone to handle" raven winked at octavia who just shoved her face in her hands and groaned.
"Lincoln is a good warrior he works under the general, I have met him a few times with my mother." she said giving O a smile,who smiled kindly back " I best see if heda needs me, do not move" Both girls nodded. Thesda slid off the fallen tree and started to make her way to lexa.
"Oh raven?" she said as she stopped moving and turned towards the girls ."I think i could handle you" she said as she looked at raven in the eye before she walked off.
Ravens jaw hit the floor as she watched thesda walk off. "Did she just?" she squeaked looking at octavia who was staring at the back of the warrior and back to raven.
"She either did or she's super innocent" said octavia who looked as shocked as her Friend.
"1 to warrior princess - 0 to lara croft" raven muttered.
...
Lexa dug her dagger further in the azgeda's thigh, twisting it into the bone making the man scream out in pain like a dying animal. His knees sank deeper into the soft mud that tinted red with his blood.
She circled the man slowly like a predator about to pounce on its prey as hyatt held him still.
" Why are you here?" she asked man gasped to fill his lungs with much needed oxygen he needed after holding his breath.
She didn't flinch as the blood shot out of the wound as she dug deeper, the man screamed even more until she stopped keeping the dagger still.
"Why . Are . You . Here?" she said slowly waiting for the man to reply. He looked disgusting, his hair stuck to the sweat on his face as he was covered in sticky mud.
The man said nothing, he just glared at lexa refusing to speak as he used the chance to gain his breath back.
"Tell me what i need to know, i am not known for my Patience" lexa snarled as she pulled the dagger out of his thigh causing the man to wail louder as blood pooled from the wound quickly.
"You refuse to answer your Heda?" Hyatt shouted as put more pressure on the mans shoulder , sending him deeper into the mud.
"She is not my commander, i only follow my queen" he said venomously and spat at lexa who moved out the way quickly and kicked him in the gut.
"You are ..weak leader, My queen will be stronger... than you or any heda.. once she kills wanheda and takes... her power for herself" he said between gasps for air, he got to brave and now he was paying for it.
"Wanheda is in the capitol safe" she declared, waiting to see if he would call her bluff. The man said nothing to lexa's relief, Clarke must not have been captured.
"filtheh Azgeda bushhada ,yu en your kru laik hogeda az kwin fecha bandan don te uf kom kep kiln yu."
(Filthy ice nation cowards, you and your people are ice queen bitch does not have the power to save you.)
Lexa shot forward and grabbed the mans hair, she rammed her dagger in his eye pulling the small orb out of its man screamed, the sound was chilling causing the hairs on her neck to stand on end.
"Just hurry up and get it over with" he growled.
"Why are you here?!" she demanded watching the man squirm in agony.
"Heda.." Hyatt said loudly, snapping her attention from the azgeda to him. She followed his line of site which landed directly onto her sister who stood to the left of lexa.
The girl stood rooted to the spot,her face turned pale as her eyes locked on the adgeda.
" I know you" she whispered
The adgeda looked at the girl trying to figure out who she was it took seconds but it hit him. He smiled disgustingly at thesda.
"az kwin's strik pichu , choda op nodotaim"( ice queens little pet, we meet again)
flashback - 4 years ago
"The queen want the girl broken, the girl still what you do best mikal " The man looked at the women and grinned.
"Break her" the woman said as the guards threw the young girl to the floor in a bloodied mess. She left the room as fast as she arrived.
"Remove her cloths and tie her to the table" he demanded. The guards did as requested even though the girl resisted, kicking and biting at the guards.
"Let me go!" she screamed thrashing on the hard wood table , the more she struggled the more the rope cut against her wrists. Tears rolled down her face as she screamed more in rage, She was young but she wasn't stupid, she knew what was coming.
"Leave us" mikal said and the guards did , slamming the door closed leaving them in the room alone.
"I am going to enjoy breaking you" he said as he unbuckled his leather belt, dropping it to the cold stone floor "Very much"
Lexa booted him in the jaw sending him crashing back into hyatt who held him man laughed through bloodied teeth. "Do not look at her!" She snarled kicking him again.
"I have done more than just look at her commander" he licked his lips looking at thesda. "I remember you crying for your mother and sister"He cackled as thesda looked at the floor instead of him.
Lexa froze looking at her sister in horror. She never told her about this, she never knew.
"She was innocent before me" he grinned at the girl.
Lexa snapped out of her trance and tackled the man before he could continue. Hyatt jumped out the way just as lexa made contact, sending her and mikal crashing to the ground pinning him under her weight.
"You will never touch her again!" Lexa screamed as her fist connected with his nose crushing the bone causing him to cry out but lexa didn't stop. She hit him again in the mouth raining down punches on the mans face. Over and over again her fists made contact with his head crushing the bone under her fists. She was filled with pure rage as she continues her assault on the man, too far gone to even realise The screaming stopped to be replaced by a gurgling noise as he chocked on his own blood.
Lexa continued her assault unaware the man was already dead.
"Heda, he is dead" Hyatt said as he watched her beat the dead body. She ignored him, trapped in her own bubble of rage.
"leksa beja nou"(lexa please stop) thesda pleaded. Hearing her sisters voice lexa was ripped out of her trance and looked at the body below her. It was unrecognisable, she crushed his head like a over ripe fruit. She crawled off the body and moved cautiously to stand in front of thesda.
"Ai laik toil moba strisis , beja wigod op ai" ( i am so sorry little sister, please forgive me)she whispered as she searched thesda's eyes for forgiveness. Thesda stepped forward and slumped her head on lexa's chest as she was far shorter than lexa and cried as her sister held her.
Lexa was aware of the two skaikru watching the scene but she did not care at the moment, she would deal with them after.
"What the hell just happened O" said raven said in under stood parts of the conversation but not all as she is not fluent like octavia.
"Long story short rae , thesda was the queens pet and lexa beat him to death for abusing her little sister." octavia whispered as her eyes where still locked on the scene in front of them.
"She is lexa's little sister?" ravens jaw dropped" Fucking hell no wonder she beat the shit out of him, i wanna drop my boot in too the bastard" she snarled
"Same here. Im glad that's once less evil person on earth" raven hummed in agreement.
"Here come's tall, dark and handsome" said raven as hyatt walked towards them. Octavia rolled her eyes.
"Heda wishes to make camp further up river where there is less chance of attack." they both nodded still in silence "She wants to leave now" He said as he looked at raven who was sat funny on the floor.
"Ok I will get the horse" Octavia said as she stood. Raven went to follow but her leg gave way again. She squealed as hyatt lifted her in his arms.
"What the hell!?" she cried out as he carried her like a baby.
"Stop complaining skaigirl" he replied. Lexa turned away from her talk with thesda to look at what was happening, she raised an eyebrow watching raven scream her protests. Thesda wiped the tears from her face and followed lexa's stare.
"Id give you a nasty look but you already have one" Raven said smirking at hyatt. He couldn't help but grin.
"I'm sorry, was I meant to be offended by that? The only thing offending me is your face." he replied back instantly causing ravens jaw to drop.
"Oh my god Octavia!" she screamed making Octavia spin around. "Grounders can make jokes!" she said pointing at hyatt.
"Well this is going to be interesting" said lexa as she watched them banter.
"It will be like two Hyatt's" replied thesda."We will not be short of entertainment"
"I agree. For now lets make camp so we can continue our search for Clarke." said lexa. Azgeda did not have Clarke yet so they stood a better chance, after the day they all have had this glimmer of hope is what she needed.
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