Week 3, Earth
It was 23 days after they arrived on the ground, that he heard it from where he was gathering berries outside the walls. The thud of horse hooves and neighing. He grabbed the radio at his side. "Isis, get inside the walls. We have company." They stopped only a dozen or so feet away from him. Front and center was a young woman around his daughter's age.
"Dad!" Isis came running out from the front gate to his side and his heart nearly stopped when he saw one of the bows aimed at her.
He tried to move in front of her, trying and failing to hide her behind his larger frame but it was already to late for that.
"Dad stop." She told him, putting her hand to his arm and moving to place herself in front of him instead.
"So he is your father only, not a guard. That is good, he makes for a poor one despite his size." Isis eyes narrowed at that and he grimaced knowing the girl was right. Out of the two of them, Isis was the fighter. As much as his sweet girl had told him they were not alone and he had seen all her magic could do he had still doubted that people survived. Oh, he had done some of the training she asked him to join in. He stretched and ran with her every morning, even let her teach him how to fight a bit. He even worked with the weights and tried the rock wall but he had refused to touch the weapons. Now he wondered if he'd live to regret that.
If we get out of this alive, I swear I'll take this more seriously. I'll learn everything I need to survive here. Please God, anyone, just don't let my little girl be hurt.
"Watch it."
"Yu dare gon hedplei Oso Heda, Skai goufa!/You dare to command our Commander, sky child!" A man's deep voice cut though the momentary silence, coldly.
"Hosh op/Quiet, Tristan. Why are you here Sky person?"
"As you can see, we've been making this valley our home."
"Yes, I do see. I see you have invaded land that is not yours."
"It is mine." she smirked at the other brunette enjoying how her eyes reflected how she'd been caught off guard by her response even if her face did not.
"Isis." He called her under his breathe only for her to give him the same look she had on the Ark. The look that asked him if he trusted her and despite his worry and fear of her being hurt, he nodded. She turned back to the other young girl.
"How about we both be honest with each other? I know you've been watching us. In case it somehow skipped the attention of the 2 you had watching us, and considering my light show a few days ago along with everything else they've watched me do I doubt it, you know that I can do things others can't. What you might not realize is what I can do also allows me to know things. Things like the fact no one has lived or even really done anything except pass through and occasionally hunt on the outskirts of land I've claimed in well over 70 years. Earth itself declared these land unclaimed until I made them mine. In case you didn't get it, that light show was my claim."
"The Earth? You speak as though it is alive."
"Because it is. Everything that grows, that lives has a soul. We're just more aware."
"You are strange, sky person."
"My name is Isis Griffin." she nods at her name.
"I am Lexa, the Commander." she took a dagger from her side and Jake pulled her back towards him. Lexa slid the blade across the palm of her hand before holding it out, revealing her blood. "You are natblida, a nightblood, like me."
"My God." He whispered in shock from her side.
"What does the color of my blood have to do with anything?"
"Do you truly not know? Your blood it makes you royal, you are a potential Commander." She says as if I should already know this, and I do remember that but it's not as if I could say that.
"Royal? The color of my blood had me locked away in a metal box most of my life." Lexa and many of those behind her seemed to be enraged by this, though her eyes seemed to focus in on Jake.
"Don't even try it." Lexa eyes watched her curiously, when she stepped directly in front of him. "My father thought I was dead the first few years of my life and even after that he couldn't do anything about it that wouldn't get him, my little sister, or my so-called mother executed along with me."
"So your mother is the one who put you in a box."
"Not a literal box." She smiled sarcastically. "A prison cell. I'm sure you can see why I quite like our new home."
"Yes, I suppose so." Lexa pursed her lips. "Still, the land you are on is to become Trikru territory once I bring the other nations to heel."
"Other? There are other nations?" Dad spoke up only gaining an annoyed glance from her before she decided to ignore him.
"Tell me Isis of the Sky People, can you fight?"
"Want to find out?" Lexa and her shared a smirk.
"You are different. So few speak to me so freely since I have become Commander. Though you may not know what it means you see my people behind me ready to strike you down at any moment with a single order yet still show no fear. I think a fight will be most appropriate to prove yourself. Tristan, you shall be her opponent. No weapons or powers shall be used, am I understood?" She nodded as Tristan dismounted from his horse.
"Disha na odon soon, Heda./This will be over soon, Commander." He said walking past Lexa and when Isis moved forward Jake grabbed her arm.
"Isis, no." She put her hand over his.
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course, I do! But this? He . . . it doesn't matter what I say, does it?"
"Sorry, Daddy." She kissed his cheek before pulling away. "Let's make this quick."
"No problem, witch." He gave her a cruel smile, she returned it with a sweet one of her own.
"Begin!" Lexa commanded and Tristan rushed her throwing a punch forward only for her to hit his hand away as she twirled around him, landing a kick to his behind that made him stumble.
"Hod op bilaik branwoda act gada en gon daun!/Stop your foolish act girl and fight!" Tristan practically growled at her a look of rage in his eye as she kept avoiding his grasp, dancing around and keeping just out of his reach.
"Time to end this." She mumbled to herself tired of the man running at her and always trying to get her into his reach. He seemed to have an instant dislike for her and to be honest it was returned but she was bored of this and him. She decided to cheat and pumped a little more magic into her muscles then that which naturally runs though them after years of doing so, making her faster and stronger. It wasn't as if anyone would catch on and if they did they'd likely just believe she'd been holding back and considering her lack of weapons and magic she was, a lot. The moment he came at her yet again she put all her force in her leg as she kicked up and across his face knocking him to the side, bent over slightly. She rushed forward jumping forward just as he moved to stand and she twisted her body in the air, wrapping her thighs around his neck and flipping him hard onto the ground.
"I've seen enough!" Lexa spoke up as Tristan rolled over and rose from the ground, glaring at her. "I have a proposal of sorts. Should we reach an agreement, I will honor your claim as Skaikru."