Really long chapter here guys!( I seem to write more every time!) As always, sorry for grammar mistakes! I added more PTSD as you requested :) Thank you for your support on this story, your all amazing :D
Chapter Inspiration- All Goes Wrong- Chase And Status
Another Close Call
Raven dragged Clarke to her and Monty's work space in the hanger . She had told Clarke multiple times about her 'baby' and how amazing she was and what she could do. As she couldn't drag Thesda out of her room yet ,Raven decided to take the next best person with her.
Clarke.
After Ravens puppy eyes and constant nagging over lunch, Clarke knew she had no choice but to go. The mechanic gave her no time to retrieve her things as she dragged her out of her room. Clarke couldn't say she was not exited about seeing an old vehicle ,she was intrigued to see what this rover looked like.
"Monty!" Raven hollered as she hobbled into the work station dragging Clarke along with her. Clarke's eyes grew wide when she saw the rover. It was bigger than she thought it would be. It had all sorts of things connected to it , probably extras put on by Raven.
"Under here.." he grunted as he slid out from underneath the rover with a wrench in his hand. "CLARKE!" he yelled as he darted towards them dropping the tool, causing it to hit the floor with a clang. He pulled Clarke in a tight hug. She froze from the contact for a brief second, She still didn't like people touching her after everything that had happened. She was glad Monty didn't seem to notice though.
"Hey Monty, its good to see you." Clarke quickly hugged him back. His attention moved from her to the cat strolling in behind her like she owned the place.
"Whoa its true!" he gasped as Nyx came towards them and sat next to Clarke, rubbing her head into the side of Clarke's petted the cat behind her ears causing the animal to purr which sounded more like a rumble. Monty stepped away from the trio until his back hit the rover.
"Nyx, Monty. Monty, Nyx" Raven motioned with a smirk as Monty flattened himself against the rover door.
"Is...is she safe?"
"She wont bite unless i tell her to or you hurt me." Clarke shrugged before continuing to rub Nyx behind the ears.
"She's huge. Amazing but huge." He said in wonder as the can demanded Clarke's attention. Clarke nodded in agreement. Nyx had become huge, just like Niylah said she would. She was still her little cub despite her size.
"I see you have been busy." Clarke said as she motioned towards the metal vehicle with her free hand. Monty grinned and Raven frowned.
"I think you mean 'WE' have been busy." Raven huffed in offence. She had worked on the rover as much as Monty. She just hadn't been there for the last parts as she was out saving Clarke from the Azgeda. "Clarkey , this is our baby!" Raven walked over and patted the rover door. "Many restless nights , me and Monty had our hands full didn't we?" Raven winked at him.
Monty's face turned crimson." She doesn't mean like that.." he said as he raised his arms in defence.
Clarke couldn't help but laugh. Monty was so sweet and looked mortified at Ravens comment. Herself and Octavia where used to the mechanics flirtatious ways unlike poor Monty who seemed to be her new target. "Raven you are so cruel."
"He loves it really, doncha baby." she winked at him again and shrugged to Clarke.
Monty decided it was time to change the subject to save himself. "Its really good to have you home Clarke, I'm really happy you are -" Monty was interrupted by an intoxicated Jasper who had heard them talking.
"Good to have HER... home?! Yeah lets all welcome ...back the mass murderer of innocent men ... women... and children!" Jasper slurred as he staggered towards them.
"You ..killed the girl.. i loved." he snarled at Clarke causing Nyx's hackles to rise.
"Jasper shut up!" Monty said as he pulled him back, away from the snarling beast. "I'm taking you to your room, you need to sober up."
"You think.. because she has.. that thing..." He pointed to a irritated Nyx. ".. that i am scared of her?"
Raven watched as Clarke froze to the spot trembling. Nyx regarded her master and pressed her body against her. Raven wasn't sure if it was to comfort Clarke or if she was awaiting a command from her.
"If you arnt scared of Nyx your an idiot!" Raven growled. "Monty get him out of here." She waved her hand at them, shushing them out of the room. Monty nodded in agreement and pulled jasper away from Clarke's view.
He didn't get far though.
Jasper spun around and punched his best friend straight in the jaw. Monty fell from the impact and smacked his head on the edge of the rover , knocking him out.
Raven reached for her gun, cursing herself for leaving it in her room. She was so exited to show Clarke the rover she forgot to bring it.
Jasper pulled out a handgun from the back of his jeans. and aimed it at Clarke.
"Jasper don't be stupid.." Raven tried to move closer to him but he aimed his gun at her. He was not suppose to have a gun, they had agreed that he was not safe to handle one in his state. Who would give him a gun?
"Don't even think about it Reyes." He snarled as double checked the safety was off. All three where unaware of the distraction Raven had caused, allowing Nyx to stealthily move around the rover.
"I don't want to kill you but I will if I have to." Raven paled, here she was again. About to get shot by another delinquent. This time she probably wouldn't be as 'Lucky' as before.
He turned his attention back to Clarke when her heard her intake a deep breath. "You are going..to pay for killing Maya. All she did was help you! She didn't betray our people even though she was in danger! Yet you pulled that fucking leaver and let radiation burn her alive!" He pointed the gun at Clarke's chest as that's where he was taught to shoot, aiming for the biggest target. "Do you feel nothing?!"
Ravens eyes searched looking for something to disarm Jasper, but instead she noticed the terrified Nicole who had just entered the room. Se was suppose to be in her was training to be a engineer under the tutoring of Monty, she was only thirteen but she showed promise. Raven decided she was there best chance and mimed "Go get help" to her before anyone else noticed her presence, The girl seemed to understand and darted out of the room as fast as she arrived.
Clarke stood never bothered to carry her side arm in the Arkadia, she only carried a dagger. She regretted her decision in doing so when she saw Jasper pull out the gun. Seeing the weapon pointed at her reminded her of the mountain and the people she shot. She was so deep and lost in her own mind , she wasn't aware of Jasper screaming at her. All she could see was all the people she killed. There screams of pain as they died. The men she shot, the women and children who had long lives ahead of them before she burned them all.
"ANSWER ME!" Jasper screamed as he advanced on she wouldn't tell him, he would beat it out of her. Before he could even get close,Nyx leaped down from the rover ,hooking her claws into his back sending him crashing to the floor. Three shots where fired before he was fully pinned under the weight of the night cat. Her jaw clamped over the arm that held the gun, tearing through muscle all the way to the bone. Nyx wasn't stupid. She knew that the loud noise was bad, she wanted to rid the skinny human of the weapon before she killed him.
"CLARKE! CLARKE!" Ravens screams as Clarke gasped in pain as she clutched her arm. .She looked up to her worried friend and then back to her cat.. She watched as Nyx tore into Jasper's arm that had previously held the gun.
" NOU PLENI!"(Stop, enough) Clarke ordered her companion. Nyx hissed at Clarke , clearly unimpressed that she was not allowed to finish killing the human who was a threat. She reluctantly removed herself from the wailing man and trudged back over to her master, whining at the wound on Clarke's arm.
Clarke knew she couldn't let Nyx kill him, if she did her people would want her dead for killing one of them.
Raven staggered across to Jasper and took the gun away, leaving him on the floor as she hobbled over to Clarke. She watched as her friend seemed to vanish into her own mind again as she watched Jasper bleed.
"What the fuck?!" Bellamy yelled as he ran in followed by Lincoln. They froze in the entrance as they saw the scene before them..Jasper was in a pool of his own blood, Monty was unconscious beside the rover and raven was stood in front of Clarke holding a gun, as the cat circled them.
...
"You and Clarke have my vote Commander." Kane said as he and Lexa walked around the outside of the ark. Lexa had asked for a tour, to see what else the skaikru where capable of to add to there possible alliance. Kane was more than happy to accommodate the tour as Clarke was occupied with the head of mechanics who she knew was Raven.
"I do believe it is best for both our need each to see out this winter." she noted as she examined the poor excuse for farm land. They barely had any food growing. just enough for a few families, no way near enough to feed there needed her to survive but she didn't need them. Yes there healers would be a benefit to her people but other than that they seemed to have not much else to knew she was doing this for Clarke and not for her peoples benefit."If skaikru goes ahead with my offer, i will make sure you have enough provisions to see you through winter."
Kane's shoulders fell with relief. They where low on food already, and relied on meat as there main food source. They all knew that with winter, many animals went into hibernation which caused hunting to be difficult. Skaikru would have no reliable food source and the people would starve. "Thank you commander."
"You are welcome." Lexa replied right before gun shots where fired. She looked at Kane with a raised eyebrow.
Was this skaikru training?
Maybe one of Ravens projects ?
He looked at her quickly, showing an obvious fear. In that moment Lexa realised it was nothing to do with training. They where real gun shots.
"Its coming from the hanger." he said panicked as he pulled out his gun and ran towards the Arkadia. Lexa drew her sword and darted after him.
Lexa and Kane bolted into the hanger ready to fight when they came upon the group. Kane checked the area quickly before he ran towards jasper who was bleeding out on the floor. Lincoln was sat by him, wrapping his belt around the boys arm to stop him bleeding out.
"What the hell happened?!" he cried as he holstered his gun. He looked at the young people for answers.
"Jasper pulled a gun on Clarke and Raven , Nyx attacked him because of that." Bellamy said as he sat Monty down in a chair who held his jacket to his head. He himself didn't get much else from raven who was occupied with Clarke.
Raven ignored everyone around her as she stood in front of a frozen Clarke. Raven used her knife to cut a thick strip of fabric off her shirt. The bullet scraped her arm but it still bled badly. Clarke didn't even flinch when she tightened the cloth around her wound. She was lucky that the bullet only grazed it wasn't for the big bundle of fur , it could have ended far worse.
"Clarkey, is that okay?" Raven asked as she finished wrapping her arm. Clarke didn't gaze was still set ahead, staring into nothing.
Lexa saw Clarke being tended to by Raven and ran over as Kane went towards Lincoln who was with a bleeding boy on the floor. Nyx was circling the girls , not allowing anyone near them. Lexa raised her palm as the cat inspected her. She seemed to deem Lexa worthy after a few moments and let her pass.
"Clarke are you alright?" Lexa asked worriedly as she stood beside Raven and scanned Clarke's body for injuries. Her blood boiled when she watched Raven lift Clarke's arm to show her her injury..
"The Bullet grazed her and the others missed, but i think something else is wrong." Raven said as she held Clarke's hand.. "She went into a freaky spaced out state when that dip shit was yelling at her, she keeps coming in and out of it. I cant get her to speak to me again."
Lexa was seething as she checked her didn't even flinch when she ghosted her fingers over the wound. She almost lost her again. Clarke could have died and she was not there to save swallowed the lump in her throat and focused on Clarke. She was alive and she needed her.
"Clarke, can you hear me?" Lexa asked gently as she slowly cupped the younger girls face with her hands, she didn't want to alarm her. "Clarke, please come back." Lexa whispered as she traced over her cheek bones.
Nyx circled around the three protectively. She knew Clarke was not OK, her human was injured and she wanted to eat the skinny boy. She snarled every time she paced past him.
Clarke seemed to take comfort in the action. Lexa gently pulled her from her flashbacks as she spoke words she did not understand. her eyes found green ones, she finally started to realise where she was and her body filled with panic over the event."I .. cant .." Clarke gasped as she released Raven's hand and gripped onto Lexa's shirt with her good arm.
Lexa immediately knew what was wrong now Clarke responded, she knew the should have realised sooner. "Clarke breath. Breath for me." Lexa said gently as she placed Clarke's palm above her heart. "Follow my breaths ai hodnes."
Tears streamed from Clarke's eyes as she clung to Lexa for dear life. Why couldn't she breath? nothing like this has happened to her before and she was terrified.
"Im ..dy..ing.." Clarke gasped out as she collapsed forward closing the remaining distance. Lexa caught her with ease. She pulled her close and rubbed circled on her back as her body trembled with shock. Raven stood at her side looking nervous, it was rare to silence the feisty mechanic.
"No hodnes you are not dying, it will go soon. Breath with me." Lexa felt relief wash over her like warm water as Clarke's breath hit her neck. Lexa had seen this many times before , especially with her sister. Its what her people call 'firaunhaken' where the body goes into shock after a traumatic event. Not all people respond the same. Thesda had gotten better over the years but at first it was hard. Simple things like loud noises or certain smelled triggered her into a state of panic. More people arrived in the room and she knew she needed to get Clarke out. No leader would want to feel weak in front of there people.
"That is good ai hodnes. Keep breathing for me." Lexa whispered to Clarke relaxing the younger girl. Clarke's breathing became more stable as she clutched Lexa. Lexa glanced at raven and gave her a nod. The girl relaxed knowing Clarke was okay.
Jasper screamed in pain as he woke up momentarily as Lincoln moved him. He passed out as quickly as he woke up. Lexa hid the Blonde's head in her neck protectively as she turned and snarled towards Jasper who was being carried off by Lincoln and Kane. She was furious. She wanted to see Nyx rip him limb from attention snapped back to Clarke when she felt her go heavy in her arms.
"Shit is she okay?"
"She will be, i will take her to her room. She will be safe with me Raven." Lexa hoisted the limp Clarke into her arms bridal noted how light she was, she would remember to make sure she ate a proper meal.
"I know she will be. But still, you look after you hurt her i will personally plant a bomb under your bed." Raven frowned making sure Lexa got her was worried about Clarke, Lexa seemed to know what to do but she still had to make herself clear.
"Sha.I promise i will care for her. She will be safe." Lexa made her way to the exit with Nyx hot on her heels.
...
"Please deal with jasper." Clarke muttered as she clung to the Commander as if she was the only thing that could ground her. They had been back for a few fleeting moments before Abby came crashing into her room, worried about her daughter.
"Clarke! Your hurt! It's best I stay, Plus we need to do something about that animal she-" Abby said as she glanced towards Nyx.
"GET OUT!" Clarke screamed at Abby as she tried to come closer.
"I think it is best that you leave Chancellor." Lexa snapped as she pulled the whimpering Clarke frowned at the trio before storming out of the room and closing the door behind Clarke to flinch at the noise.
"Lexa.." Clarke mumbled as she gripped on to the commander for dear life. "Don't.. leave me." she sobbed.
" Nou ge bilaik klark ai laik hir. Ai will nou bants yu." ( Do not worry Clarke. I am here and i will not leave you.) Lexa said as she pulled the shaking girl into her lap. " No won wil haksen yu , yu laik klir nau." ( No one will hurt you, you are safe now.)
"Jasper is right... i am a ...mass murdered ...of innocents." she sobbed. " i see.. there faces. They.. they wont Leave.. I'm going crazy."
"Clarke. Listen to me." Lexa said firmly. "You are not ill of mind. If you need some one to blame, blame me. I left you no choice, i was the one who forced your hand.I will carry those deaths so you do not have to."
Clarke sobbed heavily into Lexa's shoulder. Her tears soaking into the fabric of her shirt. She let her cry until she had no more tears to shed. "I am sorry Clarke, i never meant to turn you into this."
"Its not your fault lexa." Clarke sighed. "My people would have had me do the forgave me for our previous battle. I forgive you for mount weather." Clarke buried herself into the safety of Lexa's arms.
Lexas chest burned as Clarke told her she forgave her. By the honesty in her voice , Lexa knew it was true. Her shoulders sagged slightly in relief as the woman she loved forgave buried her face in Clarke's hair, breathing her in as she rocked them both slowly.
" Ai hod yu in Klark." ( I love you clarke.)
Clarke pushed herself out of Lexa's hold. She held her ar arms length searching her eyes. "Lexa-"
Lexa shook her head , stopping Clarke from speaking. She had to say what she needed to before it was too late. She had almost lost her too many times and she was too close to losing her for good after the days event."I have never stopped loving you Clarke. Ever since that day when we first met in my tent, where you stood bravely declaring that you wanted to make me an offer. You took my breath away. No one else dared to challenge me like you have. You make me a person , not just a leader." Lexa said as she cupped Clarke's tear soaked face. "Beja give me one more chance to be your niron.I cannot bare the thought of just being friends when you mean so much more than that to me." Lexa's own tears fell from her face. She had just poured her heart out to Clarke , she had never said such words to anyone before not even Costia. Lexa felt exposed and venerable, yet she did not care that Clarke saw.
Clarke lent forward and rested her forehead on Lexa's as both girls shed tears. "Promise me Lexa. Promise me that you wont leave me again." Lexa shuddered at Clarke's warm breath hit her tear stained hairs on her neck stood on end at the contact.
"I swear to you Clarke. Even if if this alliance fails and i have to kidnap you and bring you home, i will never leave you." Lexa tried to make light of the situation. It had been a rough evening. Clarke being shot, her body going into mental shock, Abby wanting to rid her of her companion and now feelings.
They sat in silence as Clarke buried her face under Lexa's chin as she closed her eyes. Her body was exhausted and Lexa made her feel safe. Lexa massaged the nape of her neck until she drifted off to sleep.
"Rest now ai hodness. I will stay and keep you safe.."
...
"Its nice to get out for a while, i felt like they where watching us like a hawk." Octavia grumbled as she walked through the trees. They had left camp to hunt for dinner, in hopes of something different to rabbit.
"It is not you they watch it is me,Even now they follow us. I would think the generals men would be more stealthy.." Eska replied as she followed the young sky warrior.
Octavia froze and spun around. "There following us?"
" do not trust me. I share the same blood line as the Ice Queen. I do not blame them, they are being cautious."
"I still don't like it." Octavia wrinkled her nose in disgust.
"It is what it is Octavia.I have to hope i can prove myself to Heda. I want the Ice Queen gone as much as she does. I want to see my mother again."Her face saddened at the thought. Was her mother okay? Did she think she was dead? What would happen to her now..
"I hate judgemental people , how can you judge a clan based on one not right. One bad leader does not mean all of there people are bad." Octavia stated, pulling Eska from her thoughts.
"How do you mean?"Eska smiled to herself as she followed Octavia.
"Like your grandmother is a sick bitch. Doesn't mean you and everyone else is. Or Indra kom trikru, shes loyal. Doesn't mean all of her people are. You cant judge a nation on one man or woman."
"You would make a good leader Octavia."
"Nah, that's Clarke and Bellamy's job. I just throw in some good ideas every now and again when there brains fry."
"You should not contradict a princess." Eska smirked and she bumped into Octavia.
"How many princesses do we have?" Octavia burst out laughing.
"What do you mean? there are others?"
"Well... We have Clarke who is also know as sky princess. Raven calls Thesda warrior princess and now there is you, the Ice princess."
"Oh i understand why you find that amusing." Eska casually glanced back to see how close the warriors kept there distance.
"I'm glad Thesda is getting better, she has been keeping Raven busy."
"Me too." Eska said quietly.
"She was helping me train while we travelled. Indra taught me the basics, but i wanted to learn how to throw knives."
"Oh really? well you must have promise for her to help train you. She is a phenomenal fighter."
"You talk like you know her." Octavia stopped walking , she turned to look at Eska curiously.
"I do. We had to train together." Eska Lent against a tree to rest. She knew there was no getting out of this.
"Wait..wait. You and Thesda trained together? How? when?!" Eska sighed as she knew she would have to explain.
" I was twelve at the time, Thesda i believe was a winter older than me. I do not know what the Queen did to her. I was aware that it was bad as i was kept far away, but after a few months of glimpses of her she was bought to the training grounds by my father."
Octavia slumped near Eska as she told her story. She never would have guessed Thesda and her knew one another. It was like everyone she knew was interlinked somehow.
"He told my fos(first) that the Queen had ordered that she train her as she took a 'Shine' to Thesda. I know it sounds cruel, but i was happy in a way that she was there. The Queen became less focused on me." She sighed and looked at the floor.
"Hey, its ok i totally get it. Don't beat yourself up over it." Eska nodded in response. "Who was your fos?"
"That itself is complicated. Most sekens have one fos , I had three -"
"THREE?!"
"Sha. Three. Queen Nia, my mother and father."
"What the did that even work?"
"Queen Nia trained me on how to use power in the way of knowledge. She Wanted me to be shaped into the perfect heir to the throne after my father.I was bred for her." Octavia gave her a sympathetic look as she told her story. She picked up a stick and twisted it in the ground as she listened. "My father trained me how to ride horses and how to fight on mother trained me how to fight , from hand to hand combat to ranged weapons. I had many more teachers but they where not my firsts."
"WAIT!" Octavia held her hand up, silencing Eska. "Hold your horses! Can you throw shards like Thesda?"
"Sha i can. But i am not as skilled as she is with them. They are not my first choice of weapon. We both exiled in different areas."
"Like?" Octavia pressed like an exited child.
"Thesda preferred light weight weapons. Such as her shards, knifes and twin worked well for her because of her speed. Where as i prefer close combat, especially hand to can not always depend on weapons alone. Especially in council."
"So if you two had to fight one on one who would win?" Eska rolled her eyes at Octavia's constant interrogation.
"I do not know. We never won a fight against each other to the Queens dismay."
"I am so confused." Octavia held her head in her palms as she groaned.
"Why?"
"How come Thesda was the Queens pet or champion thing and not you? Your her heir, it would make more sense."
"Oh. It was a power game. She found it pleasing having Heda's sister do her bidding."
"God your granny is a piece of work." Octavia grumbled.
"Mmhm."
"I might beg Thesda to ask Heda to ask Indra to take me back as her second. Indra was a good teacher, her lessons had kept her alive so far. Yeah she's strict but i needed it."
"You are no longer a seken?" Octavia sighed deeply as she looked at her boots.
"She refused to be my fos after the exiled me and Lincoln from Trikru. Heda has undone the banishment though." Octavia dug her boot heel in the ground. " I wish i got to finish my training. Thes can't now she is injured , Hyatt is dead and no one else wants some one from skaikru." Octavia's face dropped at the thought of Hyatt. He would teach her more of there language and help her train. He didn't care that she was from the sky. To him she was like his little sister.
Eska stood up and handed Octavia her arm to help her up, which she accepted. "I will help you if you wish, Id rather people be unaware as i do not want you tainted with the bad reputation of we are of similar age."
"I don't really fit in either anyway. I'm too trikru to be skaikru and too skaikru to be trikru. I might as well throw a bit of Azgeda frostiness on top." Octavia grinned making Eska smile.
"Okay then. I shall teach you."Eska grinned.
"Mochof." (Thank you.) Octavia offered her arm which Eska grasped as they sealed the deal with the gesture.
"Pro." (your welcome)
"We should get moving, we need a kill to take back. We can not have the Generals guards beat us to it." Eska motioned towards the direction of the warriors.
"Sorry I kept you talking, I was just curious." Octavia said apologetically as they proceeded to move through the trees.
"Do not worry, I have many questions of my own." Eska reassured.
...
Ravens found herself outside Thesda's had been a eventful evening, one she did not want to relive. She stool in the doorway clutching her stomach where Murphy had previously shot her, she didn't notice she was doing it. She opened the door and saw Thesda who was sat on her bed watching an old film called the hunger had bought it to her room so she wouldn't get bored. Thesda told her that she was unsure at first but now she was hooked to the moving pictures.
"Hey baby.." Raven said quietly as she shuffled into the room.
"Raven!" Thesda ginned. Her smile dropped instantly when she saw Raven pale, holding her stomach."Jok(Fuck) are you okay?What happened?!" Thesda took off her drip and shot out of bed , ignoring the pain in her arm and staggered across to Raven. She started checking her for injuries and raven let her , knowing she would insist.
"Raven are you hurt?Did some one hurt you?" Thesda asked quickly as she pulled Raven with her to sit on her bed. "What happened?." She asked as she continued to check Raven, making sure she missed nothing.
"Jasper was drunk, he had a gun and he shouldn't have.I don't know who the hell gave it to him," She let Thesda take her hand in her own."He pointed the gun and me and Clarke, he wanted to kill her for killing his girlfriend who was a mountain man or woman whatever you want to call her. He got off a few rounds before Nyx got hold of him. One grazed Clarke and then Lexa showed up. Clarke spaced out rally bad and Lexa had to get her to breath, she thought she was dying."
"Is Clarke okay? "
"Yeah the commander took her with her." Thesda gave a nod of acknowledgement.
"Where is this jasper now." Thesda clenched and unclenched her jaw. How dare this jasper raise a gun to her partner. If he was not dead already she would make it so.
"In medical, Nyx did a number on him."
"I will end his life. He will regret threatening you." Raven smiled and kissed her on the cheek.
"If you can beat your sister to it, Clarke looked like shit. Speaking of shit, your gonna be in it if you don't get your drip back on and your momma comes back in here."
Thesda hated being connected to a bunch of she couldn't lie , skaikru healing was so much better. There where no vile tasting teas or bark that she had to consume. She picked up the connection part of her drip and looked at it in confusion. The healers made it look so easy..
"How do i put it back on?"
"Il do it for you. i need to go clean up after though, i look like ass." Raven took the drip and clipped it back on the Thesda scrunched her nose up as she inspected the strange object.
"You don't look like ass. your beautiful." Thesda kissed the side of Ravens head making her blush."Do you think your people will vote to join Heda in the coalition?"
"Its all down to Abby and Bellamy. The commander has already apologised to me for our past. We have both done shitty things to stay alive, so have the others. They are just still sore over it all." She lifted her leg on the bed and started to adjusted her brace as Thesda watched curiously. The buckles had come loose at the top from over usage, she had to keep tightening them more and more.
"if it goes ahead, who will be going to Polis?" Thesda asked at Raven was tightening the last leather strap. She knew she would need a new one, hopefully sooner than later. Raven swung her leg back off the bed so it was hanging of the edge.
"From the council? Clarke agreed to take me with her if it goes ahead. Not like she could stop me if she wanted too." Raven winked at Thesda. "If her brain cells are in working order she will choose Kane, he is the best choice."
"If Abby is chancellor should she not choose?" Thesda asked confused as politics on the ark was very different to those in Polis.
"Yeah she should but Chancellor doesn't mean much on the ground. The delinquents follow Clarke and so do most of the Arkers. Clarke and Bellamy have been here from the was Clarke who saved everyone."
"I understand is a good leader." Thesda sighed as she laid back on her bed with Raven sitting beside her.
"How are you feeling babe?"
"Better than before, but its still sore."
"I know the feeling. After surgery feels suck...Anya told me about your meds outburst, Sounds like you where off your face." Raven giggled as Thesda gently shoved her in her arm.
"Please tell me you are making a joke?" Thesda covered her face with her good arm.
"Nope. She practically ranted about it. She said you tried to beat her with a pillow and fell out of bed." Raven bit her lip to stop laughing. "Then you cried because you where tired and she spent the night holding you because you wouldn't settle. Apparently you where like a baby but with less drool." Thesda stayed silent as she processed the information. "She moaned about it but I think she enjoyed the cuddles."
"Ughhhhhhh! Have i not suffered enough?" Thesda bushed heavily.
"I think your momma loves to embarrass you to be fair, she's like that annoying cool parent your friends get jealous of. To be fair I'm surprised she hasn't shown me the baby photos or drawings yet."
"You wouldn't think she's cool when she slaps mud in your face." Thesda pouted at Raven.
"You should have done as you where told then." Anya said as she stood in the door way.
"Nomon..did you really tell Raven about .. that?"
" How could i not? It was like having a five winters year old goufa again except more angry and clingy." Anya smirked at Thesda while Raven snickered, earning a glare from her girlfriend. "Anyway strik won (Little one) , its a parents job to embarrass their goufa's in front of there nirons. Its tradition"
"You do not do that to Lexa!" Thesda pouted angrily as she tried to shove Raven who gave up trying not to laugh at the pair.
"Oh i do, she just refuses to let you hear about it."
Anya rolled her eyes as she walked into the bedroom. It was very small to what they had in Polis , but Clarke assured her it was a family room. Anya had no idea how they managed to survive in space in such tiny spaces. How could parents bring up children in a small box? How did they exercise? There was no way Lexa and Thesda would have been content in space, herself included. She was more than happy to be on the ground, even if war was on the horizon. Anya sank down in her usual chair , throwing her legs over the small table to rest her legs. She watched the girls interact, not wanting to disturb them just yet as Raven showed Thesda a piece of tek.
Initially she hated Raven and wanted to murder her in her was the one who blew up the bridge and helped burn her warriors to ash. She could not deny she was skilled in her field.
Her hate for Raven mellowed out when she found out she was dating Thesda and had made her daughter happy. What shocked her the most was Lexa had vouched for her, Saying that Raven is very 'Bold yet honest' and it makes a refreshing change from the usual people she encounters.
Anya had to admit to herself that she was impressed with the mechanic who had started to bring Thesda out of her dark place , making her smile and laugh even though the future they faced was dire. Yes she would have preferred a skilled Trikru warrior, but it is what it is. She had to accept the skai girl or push her daughter away, which she did not want that as Thesda deserved happiness.
There was another positive to there relationship, Raven was more than happy too banter and help tease Thesda. She couldn't replace Hyatt but she would do.
Before she returned to check on Thesda, Anya had been to see Eska and Octavia to questioning the Azgeda princess. She hoped that by gathering as much information as possible about Queen Nia and the Maunon man she had allied herself with would give them an edge. The only issue she had was having Eska in her camp and in the worried her if she was to use her knowledge of there defences against them. She had three of her best men to discreetly follow the girl as Octavia acted as her main was surprised Lexa had assigned her to the job with her unfinished was until she explained that it was for the girls own safety. Different scenarios played in her mind over the situation.
Would Eska betray them and return home to Nia?
Would she try and kill Lexa ?
Is she acting as a Azgeda spy?
Clarke vouched for Eska, Saying that she was going to help her escape even before her rescue. But Anya was still unsure, Knowing it was better to be safe than sorry.
On her way to see her girls, Kane informed her of an attack on Clarke. It surprised her that one of her own people would try and kill her. Especially when the boy was a friend. Kane told her that Clarke was grazed by a bullet, but otherwise unharmed. The boy who took the shots was far more worse off and was being treated by Abby and if he lived he would go on trial.
Why would Abby heal the person who tried to kill her daughter? Anya found it very strange, she would have let him die. Or even better, killed him herself. The only trial he was worth attending would be the decision to let him die from his injuries or tie him to a tree.
"Kane informed me of the natrona(Traitor) boy who shot Clarke. I do not know the full story as Kane kept it brief , but I am surprised your people took him to a healer. If we where in Polis he would be cut down for being a natrona or sentences to a thousand cuts."
Raven placed the controller on the bed as she twisted to see the General. "He shouldn't have had the gun in the first place, never mind having one when he's off his face. He wanted Clarke dead for killing his chick in the mountain. She was the mountain girl who helped Bellamy from the inside. "
"What is a 'Chick'? I thought is was a young bird." Thesda asked before Anya could get a word in.
"Its also a word people use to say girl."
"Well why not just say girl then?"
"Because."
Thesda frowned at the answer. Skaikru used strange words for simple things. Why did they have to make a simple language so hard.
"Sha she sacrificed few good people that lived in the mountain. But in doing so she saved many. " Anya stated as she made eye contact with Raven. Having lost her family to the mountain, and being in there herself, Anya respected Clarke for defeating the Maunon. Many tried and all failed. All it took was a sky girl to fall from the sky.
"Yeah she saved all of our lives. If it wasn't for Clarkey , we would all be dead. Id have had all my marrow and blood sucked out of me just so they could go outside and skip in the grass. I tell you what, that shit hurt like a bitch."
Thesda shuffled uncomfortably at the thought of Raven being hurt and killed by the mountain men. She had already lost members of her family to the Maunon. She was thankful that Raven was not one of them.
Anya sighed, rubbing her temples. She was right about Clarke saving her life. She would have died in the mountain, being bled like a pig. Or worse, being turned into a reaper.
Just like Lukah..
The next chapter will be a Flashback/ past chapter. Hopefully some unanswered things will make sense to you!
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