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One Hell Of A Road Trip

*Clarke*

Clarke stood ready, gun prepared to fire at the incoming had been lucky since leaving the arkadia, She had minimal confrontations from the grounders as she looked the part and played the part of a hunter. The only person to question her was that slimy trader from further south. No one has bothered her since, not like they needed to as she had a good working relationship with niylah for trade.
Her hands clutched the gun tightly as she shook in anticipation and her boots dug into the ground.
Usually this wouldn't be the case but the fact no one has entered for what seemed like an eternity had her rattled. Nyx , like clarke stood frozen to the spot, her eyes focused on the in coming intruder.

The voices got louder and clarke knew that there was more than one was outnumbered and stuck in a cave which only had one was blocked by the incoming intruders.

Fantastic

"Throw it now" said a male voice "I want her and her cat alive, the queen would enjoy both"

A girl sighed before mumbling a reply that Clarke could not hear.

Clarke jumped back as a smoke grenade was thrown into the cave. She quickly attempted to cover her face with her furs to avoid breathing in the red smoke. She knew what this was , she had seen this before. It came from the mountain men, But how?. she killed them all.
Red smoke poured out filling the room quickly as Clarke kicked it back out to the exit, but it was too late.

Nyx fell first, curling up in a ball. As she was more exposed to the smoke. Clarke's mind reeled as she fell to her knees trying to not breath in any more of the disgusting smoke but it was already to late, as she had already breathed it in. She pressed her pelt harder to her face but it wasn't much use as she could feel he body relaxing as a warmth covered her like a blanket. She tried to stay awake but it was useless as her body and mind fought. She fell to the side taking one look at the exit before her body won the fight and her eyes closed.

...

Clarke's eyes flickered open to see the night sky. Her mind still fuzzy from being knocked out by smoke. She looked up to the sky , Stars looked different from earth than they did in space , they looked more magical she thought as she observed the night sky. As she went to move she found her hands bound in front of her body , the harsh rope that rubbed against her pale skin as she moved.

She was trapped.

Once again trapped in a metal cage but this time along side nyx, who was still asleep. She was thankful that they didn't kill her, she would have no one left who would understand her at the moment. Clarke heard people approaching the waggon her cage was attached too and she closed her eyes and proceeded to still be out cold.

Knowledge is power and more of it the better off she would be.

"Mikal will be waiting for us just west of here, he should have more prisoners for the queens arena" said the man. Clare recognised his voce from her capture at the cave.

"I do not like this farther..." she was swiftly cut off by the man

" It's what our queen wants we do not question her eska"

There was a sigh before the girl answered. Clarke could tell she didn't want to be part of this by the sadness in her voice.

"I apologise father, i just miss mother" said the girl called eska.

"Be thankful that our men have captured more fighters to bring back to azgeda for our queen instead..." said the girls father. He didn't need to finish his sentence, by the sound of the girls gasp she knew exactly what he meant.

Clarke risked opening her eyes again, it was now or never and more information she could gather the better. Her vision adjusted to the dim lighting of the night sky as she looked around camp.
The first people she saw was a man and a teenager, they where obviously the ones who she over heard talking. Clarke could tell he highly ranked in grounder terms by the way he carried himself and the luxury of his clothing. The girl who he called eska dressed in similar attire of light browns and white fur.
She looked younger then expected, around fifteen or sixteen but clarke acknowledged that she must look more like her mother as she barely looked like the man. Soft features and dark brown hair that draped over her shoulders unlike her father who's features where sharp, harsh and had lighter hair. There where six other guards she could see that hung around the campfire , some sharpening blades while others proceeded with other minimal tasks.

Clarke's thoughts switched quickly as she heard horses. Hooves smashed on the floor in a quick pace as riders approached. Clarke quickly closed her eyes again as they got closer. She didn't want to risk being caught awake, she waited and listened carefully to what she could hear.

"Prince roan, they are not at the meeting point . I believe something is amiss. They should have been there days ago" said one of the riders who by voice Clarke could tell was a man.

Prince roan? oh great she was captured by the azgeda prince, could her day get any better?

" If mikal is not there it means they are dead, he would not miss a deadline set by the queen." said rowan. Clarke could here steps pacing back and forth.

"What should we do sir?"

"We will meet with koda and his men like planned and then novi. We cant afford to return to our queen with just the beast tamer wanheda. She is expecting warriors to fight in her arena." rowan replied frustrated as his plans had changed.

"Yes sir, do you want me to send a message to them?" Offered the rider

"That would be necessary. go find novi and her her i want her to join koda immediately , the sooner we have larger numbers others will not want to chance an attack on our forces. ...Do not fail me"

"Yes sir" said the rider before clarke heard the noised of horses leaving the camp as fast as he arrived.

Clarke could hear footsteps move away from her cage and she reopened her eyes. Being angry and confused was an understatement. she finally started to get some sort of life back together and this prince roan kidnaps her to take to the ice queen.
She had not heard good things about her, only pieces from grounders and the story lexa told her..

"I lost some one special to me too... her name was costia. She was captured by the ice nation who's queen believed she knew my secrets. Because she was mine , they tortured her , killed her and cut off her head"

She wanted to scream. Her body shook with emotion as she curled up on the damp straw that filled her prison. All she could smell was the musty scent of damp mixed with smoke that drifter over from the azgeda's fire.
She shuffled over closer to nyx who was still out and rested her head on her back, they would try and keep each other warm through out the night or they would become sick, she couldn't afford to be sick as she needed to escape.. She was so angry at herself for being caught but also angry at lexa as it was because of her she was here.
Her anger faded into defeat as she sobbed quietly in her companions fur. She has been scared many times but this is different, if the ice queen knew of her relationship with the commander she would be killed to hurt lexa or even worse.

Even though she left the arkadia her life mattered if the queen took it. If she fell so would arkadia as her mother and friends would want revenge and they would not be able to handle the ice queen alone and many people would die.

Once again she was in a huge mess made by the commander.

...

~Lexa~

Lexa rode north with thesda, octavia and raven as hyatt scouted ahead. They left camp earlier that day to get more hours in travelling as the days became more shorter as winter approached. Lexa's worries where obvious to her companions even though they wouldn't speak about the recent events out of respect for there heda. It would have been a lie if lexa said she wasn't surprised by her skaikru discovery. She was truly stunned when she found the two girls who where far out of there borders. However she was less surprised that they where looking for clarke, bellamy was an idiot to let her leave alone and if anything happens to clarke she would gut him like a fish.

She wasn't a fan of the sky people and there strange ways but octavia was barely skaikru and raven was more open minded than the others . If she had to choose two sky people aside from clarke to be lumbered with it would more likely be them even though they spoke odd. She now had more of an advantage as she had clarke's friends because of Clarke's hatred towards her , maybe she would come home if her friends where there for her too.
Lexa turned to see the girls riding side by side deep in conversation, her sister seemed to enjoy there company as her only friend was hyatt who she had known since birth. Anya was particular who thesda spent her time with and had become paranoid that she would be taken again, lexa was pleased that she now had some one else her own age to speak with even if they are skaikru.

"So in the sky you can only have one goufa?" asked thesda as she scrunched her eyebrows up. Having one child was strange to her as her people usually had large families.

"Yeah its illegal to have another child, I was kept under the floor for years until i was caught. once i was found they locked me up and floated my mother" said octavia sadly as brushed her braids over her shoulder.

Thesda was interested in skaikru customs as they where so different to hers. They do not have a commander who's spirit is reborn. They vote for there leaders instead, They where strange.

"What is floated?"

"It means they send you out into space where there is no air for you to breath and you die from oxygen deprivation" said raven simply saving octavia from the explanation. Octavia told this story many times to the grounders but it never got easier.

"On the ark any crime is punishable by death if you are over eighteen years old or above. if you are under age you get locked up, if your crime is bad or you know things like clarke you would get floated" said octavia as she shuffled in her saddle to get more comfy.

"Even minor crimes like stealing food for a child or medicine is a death sentence. Finn saved me from being floated when i accidentally wasted months of oxygen" cut in raven
Thesda knew finn was the one who killed many people in the village near tondc and that clarke killed him in mercy.

"Your laws are immoral even if there are limited supplies. I am glad i am not a skairaunon , laws here are fair and heda does not let anyone starve no matter there status. Your people call us barbarians and animals yet we are more civilised and just"
She said glancing at lexa, she had always been proud of her sister and the way she commanded. To her she has been the best heda to have existed.

"I agree with you there thesda, i was never a skyperson. All they did was kill my mother and imprison me for being Born. I would have had a better life if i was born on the ground" octavia said as she focused ahead

"The only thing i like about the ark is the technology to make things go boom" said raven with her signature smile.

Lexa just listened to them talk, the sky people where barbaric. Killing a mother because she had two children was unjust. She took in orphans and made sure they all had a home and an education. When she takes lives it is for severe crimes and disrespect. she would never kill some one for petty crimes.

Lexa saw a rider who obviously was hyatt. His horse was large and sturdy, meatloaf had to be to carry a giant like hyatt.
He stopped his horse and turned around to match lexas direction and pace. "Heda i have seen no azgeda ahead but there is a traders north west of this road that we should reach by midday. Maybe we could find some more supplies there"

"I agree , the skaikru do not have the apparel for the winter to come and clarke would not be pleased if i let her friends freeze to death.." she said as she pondered the thought of an even more angry clarke. She gulped.

Thesda over heard the conversation and kicked her horse to move faster so she was side by side with lexa leaving the skaikru arguing.

"We are going to a traders?" she asked hopeful. Lexa sighed as she knew where this would be going.

"Yes"

Thesda grinned " i didnt bring any money with me"

"That might be because you disobeyed mother and had to run quickly?" replied lexa giving her sister a small glare.

"for spirits sake lexa i will take on the night bloods training if that is what it would take, cant we drop the nomon talk for later" she grumbled pouting at lexa.

"I will hold you to that strisis ,I will buy you whatever you require if you stop pouting as it has no effect on me" She said with a serious look, keeping up with her strict posture.

Thesda's pout turned into a grin "Thank you lexy " she said as she slowed down to go back to talking to her friends who where bickering about what they would say to clarke to get her to come home.

Lexa turned to hyatt who was snickering. "Why are you amused?" she asked sharply.

"You say the pout does not work yet she got what she wanted from you" he said raising his eyebrow at lexa. She went to speak but her jaw just opened and closed like a fish. She had no words to retaliate with as the man was correct , the pout did work on her after all.

"Do not worry Heda, i was the same with is a younger sibling power" he said with a small wink. Lexa nodded and turned her attention to the ground.
She missed gustus as he was the one she could always rely on but his love for her and the coalition was his undoing. If there where no witnesses she would have Left him live but he pulled a stunt so severe in front of so many she had no choice. Out of all the lives she had taken as heda, his hurt her the most.

"You are Indra's seken are you not?" thesda asked octavia before removing her water skin from jetts saddlebag and taking a sip.

"I was, she denounced me after i chose to stay and help clarke to save my brother and friends" replied octavia who now sulked on her horse, she looked up to indra. she took her on as she would trikru.

"I saw you fight, she taught you well octavia kom skaikru" said thesda who leaned over on jett to hand the water skin over to raven who was eyeing the water skin. She chuckled when raven gulped the cool water greedily.

"Thanks for the water, this is one hell of a road trip" she said wiping her mouth with the back of her hand and shooting thesda the raven reyes signature wink, before she passed the water skin to octavia who was more than happy for the drink.

"We will rest soon do not worry. " she said trying to hide her blush it was to late as raven saw it making her grin like a mad man.

"Chof(thanks)" said octavia as she screwed the cap back on before handing it over to thesda." So who are you second to?" she said as she steered her horse away from the small sink hole in the road, no one could afford a loss of horse.

" I am no longer a second. i have not been for some time." she said keeping her eyes set dead ahead watching heda and hyatt , trying to avoid the subject.

"Who was your mentor?" raven stayed silent as octavia and thesda spoke about seconds. she knew hardly anything about the custom as she preferred to spend her time making radios and fixing her broken ipod.

"My mother was my first mentor with help from my older sister, my second mentor i do not wish to speak about"
the mention of her refusal to speak about her second mentor rose alarm bells for sekens have a close friendship with there mentors and speak highly of of respect she let the topic of her last mentor drop.

"Your mother and sister must be good warriors." Raven questioned, trying to defuse the tension in there conversation.
Thesda laughed at the statement loudly making her horse snort and grabbing the attention of lexa and hyatt who had slowed there horses to listen to the girls talk.

"You have met both, you burned three hundred of my mothers warriors. She was not pleased " she said with a huge smirk.

"OH MY GOD" cried octavia as she flung her arms in the air " I knew i recognised you!" Since they had met she couldn't put a name to her face, but who would have thought her anya has a kid.

"O you have to fill me in here I'm out of the loop" she said squeezing her around the middle. She hated being left out of gossip.

"Anya is her mum rae!"

Lexa groaned turning to glare at her sister who shouldn't be sharing her personal information. It was a risk and could be used against her again.

"As in scowling, i will slit your throats in your sleep and feed you to reapers anya?" said a wide eyed raven looking from one girl to the other.

"That sounds like my mother, She does have a nicer side though" said thesda with a small smile.

"Mind . Blown" said raven as she ran her hands through her hair.

"I would never imagine your mum with kids, no offence she doesn't seem the maternal type" raven said as she held on better to O as she didn't want to fall on her ass .

"My mother has been through things in her life to make her the way she is, yet she has always treated me and lexa like any mother would...unless in training...that is a whole different matter when she was training lexa for her conclave "

"Yes her training was...unique. I was not a fan of being covered in mud.." said lexa who had slowed down enough to be closer to the girls to enter the chat.. "Just to be clear, If either of you ..." she motioned to octavia and raven " If you speak of my relation to thesda and anya with any one else you will put them in danger and i will not hesitate to kill you in the most painful way i can think of"

Raven and octavia didn't respond as there jaws had hit the floor, neither could find there words to speak.

"Oh look heda , you are probably the first to render raven speechless. They seem to have no idea you and mini anya are related, come on people .. there outfits are almost identical!"Said hyatt who was laughing at the pair. Raven didn't even respond to his octavia snapped quickly from her trance under lexa's harsh stare.

"Ai swega klin kom yu heda bilaik ai shall nou chich op gon disha kom moun yu don ai badannes. ai will be badan kiln kom yu seingeda as emo weron ai gada in" ( I swear to you commander that i shall not speak about this to others as you have my loyalty. i will be loyal to you and your family as i would my own) octavia pledged looking lexa in the eyes.

Lexa could tell by the look in her eyes that octavia showed no sign of deceit and meant every word she said. "ai teik in yu badannes kom yu heda okteivia kom skai kru" (I accept your allegiance to your commander octavia from sky crew)

Octavia smiled out of relief that lexa had accepted her loyalty and sags slightly in her saddle.

"I have no clue what you both said there as i cant trig out, but i promise that i will keep your secret though it has only been days i think of thesda as a friend, i wouldn't hurt your pretty cool too and you saved our lives so i owe you one i guess" said raven who spoke truthfully to lexa.

"You use your words strangely raven, i do not know what this trig out is but i accept your loyalty to my sister and I" said lexa with a quick nod of acceptance before turning to look at the road, she could see the traders in the distance. She had to hope they had seen clarke.

...

Hyatt opened the door to the traders as the girls piled into the small trading room as he stood guard, it was dangerous to be trapped in a small room as it was harder to defend yourself.
Thesda went off to the back of the trader with raven who was digging through the pieces of old tech to look for things that would help fix her ipod, she had almost repaired it but she needed wires to build a solar panel for the device.

Lexa and octavia greeted the shocked trader who bumped into a empty jar that tumbled off the edge of the counter , breaking into large shards of glass.

"I apologise heda.." she said nervously as she rushed to clean up the mess from near lexa's feet. Octavia knelt down to help the girl who thanked her quietly. Lexa simply nodded in response.

"What if your name?" she said as she stood still clasping her hands behind her back watching the trader with interest.

"My name..is Niylah" replied the trader who looked up quickly at lexa quickly as she spoke.

" Well niylah i am looking for a friend of mine" lexa moved past the woman " It is of great importance that she if found" said lexa examining the objects on display "She is about her height..." she motions to octavia who had helped finish cleaning up the glass " Has hair the colour of the sun and eyes as blue as the sky"

"I apologise heda, but i have not seen this girl you speak of" she said retreating behind the counter. Feel free to take what you wish, i could not charge you heda." said the girl nervously as she played with her bracelet.

Thesda and raven piled there items on the counter in a huge heap before leaving to ask hyatt what he stared at niylah who was fidgeting on the spot avoiding eye contact. Lexa's stare slipped past the girl to admire the pictures that decorated the wall, There where pictures of people before praimfaya , old paintings yet a familiar drawing caught her eye, it was pinned to the wall behind the trader.

"You dare lie to your heda?!" lexa roared slamming her fists on the counter. Everyone froze in fear as lexa leapt over the counter tearing the drawing and slammed it on the table. " This is Clarke's drawing, where is she?!" lexa grabbed the girl by the neck forcing her to look at the picture that clarke drew of them.

" That's ...r...r...reds drawing, she gave it to me.. out of her book" the girl stuttered in fear as lexa's grip tightened.

"Who is red, what does she look like ?" she growled at the older girl.

"Will you hurt her if i tell you?" Niylah asked bravely, her soft pleading brown eyes met bright green ones. Lexa let go of the girl dropping her to the floor realising she want a threat to clarke.

"No i would never, she is my friend and i need to find her before others do and they will not hesitate to harm her" lexa said as she brushed her hand over her brow.

"She .. she is a hunter we have become friends of a sort since she started trading here, She has.. red hair .. blue eyes and she has claw marks on her shoulders from a night cat attack" sshe said pointing to her own shoulders showing lexa where.

"Is she alive ?" lexa asked quickly searching the girls eyes for deceit.

"Yes , red and her cat stayed with me until she was able to travel, she left the morning after ...she woke from her injuries. she Headed east of here. She hasn't been here for a while and I'm worried about her"

"Cat?" octavia interrupted the questioning with her curiosity. As the other girls looked on from the door way, thesda supporting raven as she leg was causing her trouble. Neither made a effort to move as they watched the scene before them.

" She killed a night cat that hunted her, on her way here she found its cub and they bonded, it is like they share spirit" said niylah as she massaged her neck looking at the women nervously.

Lexa frowned, what did she mean by the morning after. surely clarke wouldn't do that to her so soon. Would she?

"Everyone , take your supplies and leave us!" lexa commanded.

"Il be outside2 said octavia as she joined the others who where already out of the exit, she closed the door behind her to give them looked petrified as lexa stared at her coldly, her stare didn't waver even as the others left.

" What do you mean by the morning after?" lexa said glaring at the blonde in front of her.

"Umm i ...umm"

"Did you touch her?" lexa demanded staring the girl down. Her heart sank , shattering to pieces as she saw the look on the girls face. Her hands dropped to her sides and balled into fists. She wanted to beat the girl to death with her bare hands but she did not know red was turned away from the girl not wanting to see her face again.

"She is mine" she whispered with venom as she made her way to the exit with inhuman speed , slamming the door behind her leaving a shocked and confused Niylah.

She marched past her companions ignoring there questions to her horse and retrieved her bow and quiver strapping them to her body as the others watched nervously.

" Hyatt" she ordered as he stood alert waiting for her orders " Use my coin and pay the trader for the goods. I am going to go hunt, we will travel east when I return" she said rapidly before sprinting into the trees. She moved quickly so no one could see the tears in her eyes that threatened to betray her.

"I should go after her, its not safe here" octavia said as she went to follow heda to prove herself, but was stopped by thesda.

"She needs space, let her have it octavia. She will not stray far, she is sensible" she said to a worried octavia.

"How about i teach you a few moves while we await her return, it will keep us both occupied" she said looking at octavia to see if she would other girl grinned , easily distracted by her offer of training.

"Oh im so in" she said drawing her sword.

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