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Chapter Inspiration- Prisoner- Pretty Reckless
A Reunion
"Prince Roan we are under attack!" Vienna cried as she drew her weapon. Roan snarled as he stopped to face his incoming enemy's. He was so close to reaching Koda and Novi who where less than half a days ride away, he was so close yet so far.
His men flinched as the man strode forward seething. "Do not let them take Wanheda, she is the queens property and you will guard it with your life!"
Clarke's eyes where wide open as she took in the scene. The Azgeda rallied around her cage in a defensive stance as trikru attacked. Eska stood closest to the cage as the others would not dare be in arms length of Nyx .
"Is that trikru attacking?" Clarke asked as she looked around frantically at the scene ahead. Warriors sprung out from the trees to take on the azgeda. There faces full of fury as they defended their land. She felt vulnerable in her position, locked in a cage unable to protect herself from threats.
"Yes, we have strayed too close to a village and they want to eliminate us, my father became to eager to rally his men and now he pays the price"
"Come with me Eska, you don't have to go back with him" Clarke whispered to the girl as the others ran around frantically preventing the trikru from getting close to them. Clarke didn't want Eska to have to fight, She had grown to like the girl over the time she had spent being held captive, they had become friends of sorts. She would not let what happened to Maya happen to Eska, she would make sure of that this time.
Before she could reply Lexa burst through the treeline. Clarke's jaw hit the floor. Lexa was here, her lexa was here to save her. She wasn't sure what she wanted to do first, slap her or kiss her.
" FRAG EM HOGEDA! " lexa roared as she raised her arm and signalled her team to attack "BANTS NO HONON!" (kill them all, leave no prisoners)
Two warriors who looked familiar to Clarke followed behind lexa as she carved through the azgeda. The man looked almost giant like as he crushed an azgeda by stomping on his ribs ending his fight, he reminded Clarke of gustus with his obvious need to protect the commander. He growled as he wiped the blood off his face slightly smudging his warpaint that was a simple vertical line across the left of his face.
The girl who stood side by side with lexa was obviously high ranking, She wore a cape similar to Lexa's yet hers was the same shade of blue as dark sapphires. Her face like the other two adorned warpaint the warriors was more elegant unlike her male companion, hers looked like two crescent moons painted on her cheek bones that stood out from the dark strip of warpaint that covered her eyes.
None looked as furious as lexa though, Her cape whipped around her body like a veil of blood as she lashed out at the azgeda slicing through there flesh effortlessly as her two companions followed reminded Clarke of old movies she used to watch on the ark, moves that shouldn't actually be possible but the commander pulled them off flawlessly.
"That's Heda?" Eska asked slowly as she watched the woman carve though her people.
"Yes" Clarke said simply as she watched in attention was cut short as she noticed to figures behind waiting for lexa's command.
There stood in the trees was a warpaint covered Octavia who was in a fighting stance ready to protect the girl genius who stood behind her.
Octavia and raven where here with lexa..
Clarke made her decision, she was so going to slap lexa for bringing her two best friends into a dangerous fight. She turned to look for the commander who froze sensing her gaze and looked into the mass of warriors. Clarke's eyes met lexa's and sky collided with the ground once again before there trance was snapped by more incoming azgeda.
Clarke watched as Roan marched towards the battle ,He moved his hand to grip the pommel of his sword that was firmly fixed to the side of his blade scraped against its sheath as he drew the steel weapon in one swift motion as his eyes locked on to the commander.
Lexa stood at the opposite side of the battle radiating raw power as she worked her way closer , twisting and dodging attacks with watched as Heda and the prince closed in chopping through enemies, both set on eliminating the raised his arm for his two archers to fire as he smirked at lexa who was caught up fighting a azgeda.
"LEXA!" Clarke screamed as she saw the archers take aim.
Two arrows shot towards the commander but neither hit there target. Her two warriors blocked the incoming attack, mini gustus used an azgeda as a human shield while the girl caught the arrow with her hands.
Lexa turned to look at Roan with a questioning look before she looked at Clarke thanking her with a quick nod.
"What an unexpected... surprise, i did not think i would see you here of all people Thesda" Roan shouted over the noise of swords clashing. He removed his gaze from the Commander to the younger warrior. "The queen will be please once i return with you and wanheda" He sneered as his gaze flicked back to the commander in hopes of a reaction.
Thesda said nothing as her eyes flickered over her enemies, looking for the best path to free Clarke and the other prisoners they had collected.
"You are foolish Roan , you should know better than to take my people. Especially in my territory" lexa snarled as she moved closer to the ice prince. "You are like a goufa who has not learnt that fire burns and swords are sharp"
Roans personal guard went to move to attack the Commander but roan raised his hand stopping the man in his path. "The Commander" he said in a mocking voice "Is mine"
He shuffled his shoulders and cracked his neck side to side giving off a disgusting popping noise that Clarke could hear where she was trapped.
"You are going to die today commander"
Lexa showed no emotion towards the man, her face stayed stoic as she reached for her second sword, pulling it from its sheath in a swift motion making it hiss as the steel was freed.
"If i die today my spirit will choose the next commander wisely, yet if it is you who dies i will make sure it is your queen who follows you shortly after" Lexa said as she spun her swords ready to attack.
Lexa rushed at Roan who stood his ground, his boots stood firm in the damp grass awaiting impact. Lexa swerved side to side in attempt to confuse the prince as she slashed sideways with her blade, missing the man by inches as he jumped back. Roan parried the incoming attacks she sent his way, the noises of metal clashing with metal filled the area as both sides attacked.
The remaining azgeda moved towards the battle leaving Clarke more accessible which was not missed by Raven and Octavia who moved from the trees to her rescue.
"Its now or never Eska, are you with us or with your queen" Clarke asked as her friends moved towards her.
Eska looked at her father and then at Clarke, She would have to leave her mother behind yet this way she would still have a chance to save her. She herself never had a problem with Heda and wanting to form the coalition.
"I am with you wanheda i will stand by your side.." the girl said as she bowed her head ready to swear loyalty, Octavia ran at her swinging her sword in the air which she blocked with ease.
"Don't hurt her!" Clarke cried as Octavia and Eska clashed swords."She's with us now"
In hopes of showing she means well eska stood back and lowered her sword as Octavia raised hers to her throat. "She is azgeda Clarke" Octavia said as she refused to lower the blade.
"O she had no choice, the queen has her mother and she dies if she is treated like any other slave even though she is her family" Clarke said in a hurry.
"That's more fucked up than my mother selling my rations for booze" raven said as she slung her back on the floor.
"Try anything and i wont hesitate" Octavia said as she lowered her sword. Eska decided it wasn't the best course of action to tell her she couldn't win if she wanted too so she nodded in agreement.
"Fucking hell Clarke you don't half get yourself in some shit" raven grinned as she rummaged in her pack for something to pick the lock with. " This is like those fairy tale's they told us as kids where the dashing prince comes to save the princess." raven said with a wink.
"Or in this case Commander" Octavia added in as she stood guard with Eska. "Not the best reunions but its nice to see you again princess"
"I can't believe you have a fucking cat" raven said as she glanced at nyx who watched her curiously. "When I get this open simba wont try and eat me will he?"
"No she doe's as i say." Clarke said as she watched Roan and Lexa fight. "Why are you both even here, not like I'm not happy to see you"
"Long story short, we looked for you ,almost died and lexa and her gang saved us. oh and she is really sorry and does love you so don't be to harsh." Raven said as she finally unlocked the padlock, swinging the cage open.
"Your girlfriends arnt human" Octavia said as she watched the battle unaware of the shadows that lurked behind.
Lexa was deep in battle with the prince and had the upper hand , until she hear a scream from Clarke. Her stomach dropped as she turned her hear automatically looking for her love. Roan took the little window of opportunity and slammed his boot in the commanders abdomen causing her to drop her sword as she doubled over.
"Not so fierce now are you Commander?" he sneered as he he raised his sword to cut down a winded lexa. To his dismay , his sword didn't meet with the commanders flesh, instead it collided with the steel sword of thesda.
"Il show you what fierce is" she growled as she whirled her swords at the man in a duel flurry. He left his right side open to attack as he parried one of Thesda's blades. She obliged by sinking her blade in the mans side if a swift and precise motion. She knew it wasn't fatal but it was deep enough to penetrate through his armour and sink into his flesh causing him to cry out.
Clarke screamed as a man grabbed her from behind in attempt to claim the power of wanheda for himself. Nyx growled and hurtled herself at the man that held Clarke sending them crashing to the ground before she clamped her jaw over the mans airway.
Octavia and Eska fought the remaining two, the Azgeda princess dispatched hers quickly before she and Raven pulled the dead body off of Clarke as nyx killed the other.
Octavia knocked the sword out of the enemies hand but was unprepared for him to do the same. The man was good, he was better prepared than the others she had fought. She cried out as he tackled her to the floor , pinning her by the throat before unsheathing his dagger. To Octavia's shock the man cried out before being booted to the side.
"Here" Eska said holding her arm out to pull Octavia up which she was more than happy to accept. "Are you OK?" she asked as she quickly checked Octavia for any injury before handing her back her sword.
Octavia nodded as she rubbed her throat where the man held her down. "Mochof"
"Pro" Eska said with a small smile
"Holy shit!" Raven shrieked as she looked at Heda fall before the ice prince awaiting the killing blow, just as he bought the weapon down thesda slid next to the commander and blocked the attack.
"Fuck.." Octavia growled " Eska look after these two.." she said as she sprinted towards the commander, she made her a promise that she would protect her and her family, she would do her best to keep it. Clarke's heart stopped when she saw lexa on the floor after fighting Roan. She couldn't die, Especially not for her. To her relief she saw mini gustus and other warriors pull her away from roan and thesda as she caught her breath back.
"My mother will be pleased with your improvement" Roan said in between breaths as they traded blow for blow.
Thesda watched as several Azgeda scouts appeared up the dirt path , running past her and roan to fight against her companions.
"You have aged well, maybe mother will gift you to me" he said with a disgusting smile. "Our children would be very... attractive"
His smile didn't last long though as thesda slammed the pommel of her sword into his face shattering his teeth and his nose in a single blow.
"No woman will want you now , you inbred brute." Thesda spat "Not like any woman willingly bedded you anyway without your mother paying them" she said as she delivered more blows.
Roan growled in response as he side stepped his way around the attacks before charging at the girl in attempt to take her to the ground. But she was to fast as she evaded his assault and dived out of the way causing the ice prince to crash to the ground.
Octavia fought her way to Lexa who was already back on her feet by the time she reached her. The commander looked infuriated as she carved through the incoming enemy reinforcements. She had allowed herself to get distracted in battle and it almost cost her life, if she died there would be no one else to keep clarke safe.
"Okteivia, Hyatt, kom ai!" (Octavia, Hyatt, with me)Lexa commanded as she ran towards the warriors who blocked her from roan and thesda.
Octavia launched her dagger through the air hitting her target in the chest. She gave a quick grin knowing her training with thesda had paid off. She grimaced as Lexa chopped off a enemy head sending it flying away from its body. Lexa seemed to be fond of sending heads rolling her way literally.
She gasped as she saw thesda dodge roans charge attack to lose her footing in the mud smacking her head against a rock.
"Heda !" Octavia cried out as she motioned quickly towards Thesda who was on the floor not to far from Roan. To her horror a woman charged at dazed thesda who tried to get up of the floor. The woman slammed into her pinned her to the ground. She wanted more than anything to be able to save her, She had become one of the girls. If she died raven would be crushed by the loss of another love and the commander would lose her shit. She didn't even want to think about Anya, she was scary as it was, more so than Indra.
Thesda was stunned from hitting her head on a rock to notice the azgeda charge at her. Vienna flung herself down onto her back sending her crashing to the floor before sending a dagger through the young warriors shoulder with such force it pierced though her body cleanly and reappearing out of the front.
Thesda cried out in agony as she clawed at her back in attempt to remove the blade but it was to no avail as the woman rammed her knee in between her shoulders taking her breath.
"Looks like you can be defeated" Vienna mocked as she watched thesda try to escape her hold. Vienna pushed the dagger deeper with a smirk on her face. Thesda screamed as the woman slowly pushed the dagger deeper. "I must say I am disappointed, I have watched youfight in the arena and I expected more from you" She said as she pushed the dagger right in until it hit the handle. "Looks like it hurts, lets put you out of your misery shall we?"
"I may die.." Thesda gasped as she tried to breath through the pain as her hand dug unto the mud "But you ...wont... be here ..to see.. it" She forced out as she saw lexa and Hyatt sprint towards her as Octavia held the others off.
Lexa threw her knife at Vienna hitting her directly in the heart. The woman looked shocked as she looked at the foregn object sticking out of her chest before collapsing. Hyatt went to stop roan who was tearing though the trikru warriors aiming to reach thesda. They traded blow for blow, hyatt blocked the attacks with ease buying Lexa and Thesda time.
"HYATT!" Octavia screamed as Roan hit him with such force his blade shattered rendering him defenceless. Hyatt's eyes flew wide open as he had no way to block the attack, the blade of the ice prince penetrated his chest.
"NO!" Octavia screamed as she watched her friend fall to his knees as he clutched the wound in his chest as he tried to move towards thesda.
Lexa killed the last Azgeda that tried to end the life of her defenceless sister before she move passer her fallen friend and charged at roan , he was unprepared for the pure rage of the Commander.
"You deserve more than a thousand cuts for your crimes!" lexa snarled as she advanced, leaving Octavia and her men to see to the injured as Most of the Azgeda had been slain.
"Your gonna be OK big guy" Octavia said as she examined both of her friends. "Use this to stop the bleeding" the young female trikru warrior said as she tore off her scarf and handed it to Octavia.
"Thesda.. Is she alive?" Hyatt asked as he looked to the injured girl beside him who was being tended by another warrior.
"Her heart beats, but it is weak" The warrior said as she checked carefully placed her fingers around her wrist.
"THESDA!" Raven screamed as she came hobbling behind Clarke, nyx and Eska. The remaining trikru guards protected them from the remaining azgeda who dared to get close as they advanced to the injured.
"Fuck.. no this isn't happening" raven sobbed as she slumped down next to thesda, she ignored the gnawing pain in her leg that was caused from her moving so fast , it didn't matter not when the person she loved was hurt.
"Clarke ... save her .. i cant lose her too" raven sobbed as she held the younger girls limp body in her arms. She had already lost Finn, she couldn't lose thesda went into doctor Griffin mode as she checked the girls pulse as the warrior did before her. She felt the area where the blade had penetrated her shoulder.
"Can you help me move her on her side?" Clarke asked the nearby warrior who complied with the request. To her horror the blade had come out of the other side, she knew there was no way this could be treated by trying to cauterise it as it was too deep. If she removed the dagger, there was a high change that it could tear a main artery and she would bleed out. There was only one way she would get a shot at survival and that was at the Arkadia.
"Raven she needs my mother, she needs the equipment we have at the ark. If I take the dagger out now I could do more damage" Clarke said as she examined the wound. "Keep her in this position and do not remove that dagger or she will die ,you with me Rae?" Clarke asked as she held her friends arm in reassurance. She hadn't seen her this shaken since Finns death. Raven nodded as she held the girl towards her protectively.
"I need you to stay awake Hyatt" Octavia begged as she pressed on the wound.
"Clarke what do I do?" she asked desperately as Clarke checked his pulse.
She moved Octavia's hands away to examine the wound and swallowed the lump in her throat as blood pooled out to quickly. The sword had punctured vital organs and she knew the man barely had any time left. She looked at Octavia with sad eyes, telling her there is nothing she can do to save him with a single sad look.
"yu laik ..klir nau ...skai prisa"(you are ..safe now.. skai prisa) hyatt said as his breathing became shallow.
"I'm sorry.." Clarke said as tears ran down her face. It was her fault this man was going to die, all because she couldn't cope with her own demons.
"It is .. not your..fault" He said as he held on to her arm. "Do not ruin .. a second .. chance.. " he said as he wheezed. "Heda ..loves you.. promise me ..you will look after her.. she needs ..you"
"I promise i will" Clarke said as she watched the mans body start to relax, tears rolled down her face as Octavia begged him not to die.
"I need you to stay with me Hyatt" Octavia said as she pressed on the wound that refused to stop bleeding. "Please don't leave us"
"It is OK ..strik gona (little warrior)my brother.. has come ..for me" he said as he looked to the air beside him "We will.. fight together ..again" he said as he gave his last breath smiling at the air beside him where gustus's spirit waited for him.
"yu gonplei ste odon biga bro."( Your fight is over big brother)Octavia said as she tried to hold back her tears to no avail.
Clarke looked up to lexa who was attacking at roan with a relentless rage , she had already caused minor injuries and the man had become more slow
" I shall end you here, right now . you will be forgotten by your own people, no one will remember you" she snarled as she cut him deeply in his abdomen.
"Eska!" he gasped in pain "Defend your prince!" he cried out in a desperate attempt to live. He looked around to see all of his men dead or retreating, they had left him. His daughter looked at him with a cold expression before turning her back to the man and helping Clarke with the injured thesda.
"You disgrace me!" he roared "You dishonour our blood, you vile little-" Lexa disarmed him in one quick movement before swinging her sword at his exposed neck.
"You are the disgrace" lexa said as she watched the man crumple to the floor feeding the earth with his turned towards her companions,seeing both her sister and Hyatt unmoving made her skin crawl and her stomach flip. She moved as fast as she could and crashed to the floor beside them.
"Thesda?" lexa choked as her she looked over her sisters body who was held tightly by a sobbing raven.
" That bitch stabbed her when she was defenceless" raven cried as she held the girl in her lap.
Lexa's mouth went dry as she turned to Clarke with wide tear filled green eyes "Has ..her spirit left?" she asked in a small voice trying to hold back her tears.
"No , she's still alive lexa but she needs help, we need my peoples medical equipment." Clarke said as she bandaged around the knife keeping it in place.
"Clarke please" lexa grabbed Clarke by the shoulders in panic "Please save her, she is my little sister"
"And my girlfriend" raven added in as she clung to the girl.
Lexa.." Clarke said as she looked at the girl in shock. She never told her she had family, but then again she never really asked. Looking into her bright green eyes that where filled with worry clarke could only think about hyatt's last words. Like it or not she knew deep in her heart she had forgiven lexa.
Lexa's Head fell as she slumped forward resting her head on clarke's shoulder, she waited for clarke to shove her off and tell her to leave but she didn't. "Beja klark nou teik wamplei teik em.." Clarke wasn't the best as trigedasleng but she knew what the commander wanted. She was begging wanheda not to take the life of her sister.
Clarke pulled lexa into her arms, she forgot about the hate she held for the commander and held her close while she cried discreetly.
"I promise I'll do my best lexa, but we need to get to the arkadia for her to even have a chance" Clarke said as she pulled the commanders face to look at her.
"I came to save you clarke.." lexa said as she moved past clarke's hold and buried her face in the blondes neck. "I couldn't live with myself if she had taken you.. Im sorry for leaving and-"
"I know lexa I understand, I have thought it over and over and I would have done the same. It doesn't mean I fully forgive you right now but im willing to work on it" clarke said as she breathed lexa in before pulling away.
"We need to go now lex, we need to get out heads back on"
"Hyatt?" lexa asked quietly
"Hyatt didn't make it" she said sadly, she didn't want to give any more bad news to the commander but it didn't look like she had a choice
Lexa dropped her head fall. Her sister was dying, and she lost her loyal friend and her last tie to gustus.
"Lexa, please we need to go" Clarke said as she stood offering a hand to lexa who accepted and rose to her feet
"I need the best horses we have attached to that cart" Clarke said pointing at her former prison. "Remove the cage from the back as I need as much space as I can" Two of lexa's guards looked at her for confirmation which she approved.
"Octavia, go collect out horses and bring them here, take someone with you" lexa said as she shifted back to heda mode, she had to push her feelings aside, her people needed the commander.
"Eska you wanna come with ?" Octavia said as she offered the younger girl to accompany her to collect the horses.
"We can ride my horse there, it will make it faster" she said as she whistled her horse to come. She mounted the horse and held her arm for Octavia to take.
"I hope you don't kill me on the way there" Octavia said as she held the girls waist
"If i wanted to kill you, you would be dead already" Eska said simply before kicking the horse into a gallop.
"You know how to make a girl comfortable doncha" octavia mumbled as she gave directions to the horses.
Lexa looked around, there where dozens of bodied lying on the ground, she was relieved that most where azgeda. "Kaleb, I want you and your men to gather the bodies and burn them. Give our people's spirits a proper send off" she said as she looked at hyatt, she walked over and removed one of his braids before hiding it in her belt.
"What should i do with the people they had imprisoned heda?" he asked as he looked at the group of beaten warriors that where being released from here chains. all are trikru"
"Take them to your village , treat there wounds and feed them. I will have one of my men pay you what is owed. Have our warriors escort them to there homes, if they have no home left take them to polis" lexa said as she looked at the surrounding area. She would make sure the captured men and women where treated well and cared for, after all she was Heda and they are her people.
"Thank you for coming to my aid kaleb, your warriors fought bravely."
"Thank you heda for helping defend out land"
Lexa nodded. She was lucky that roan moved to close to one of her villages, she managed to rally there warrior to take out the threat. She was relieved when she saw clarke in the cage, relieved that she was alive and that she had found her.
"You" lexa pointed to a young man
"I need a rider to go to polis and deliver a message" lexa said as she grabbed a pieced of paper a guard had offered her. She quickly scribbled the message on it as she knew time was of the essence "It needs to go to general Anya, you take the fastest horse you can find. Do not fail me" lexa said as she shoved the paper into the young mans hand.
"Sha heda" he said before bolting off in the opposite direction. She hoped her mother would receive the letter but the thought of it made her skin crawl. She had to pray thesda pulled through, she has too. Like clarke she held a piece of her heart.
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