"You two seen Octavia?" Reigna called out to Monty and Jasper, who were currently working on packaging boxes full of nuts they found out in the woods.

"Pretty sure she's in the dropship." Monty replied motioning to the dropship entrance as Jasper mumbled in agreement, mouthful of food. Reigna nodded quickly in thanks before taking quick strides up the ramp into the dropship. It had been a few days since Reigna almost died and she thought she was recovering pretty well. She no longer got dizzy when she stood and all that remained was a nasty scar on her arm along with occasional pain, but otherwise she was healthy.

Reigna's footsteps were loud as she entered the dropship, spotting Octavia sitting on the floor next to the ladder on the first level.

"Not letting you up?" Reigna asked as she approached.

"Hasn't let me up there since I got the antidote for you and Finn a few days ago." Octavia sounded pissed as she messed around with her shoelace.

"Clarke up there too?" Reigna asked, sliding down the wall to sit beside Octavia.

"No. Pretty sure she's in the tent talking to Jaha." Octavia replied, making Reigna roll her eyes.

"This is all so damn pointless." Reigna mumbled to herself.

"What is." Octavia replied with a slight tilt to her head.

"All of this. Talking to the ark, capturing that gounder. This is all pointless. We need to be worried less about everyone else and more worried about ourselves. I don't give a damn what happens to everyone on the ark. I wish they would all just die up there." Reigna ranted, not being able to stop herself once the words started coming.

"Even your dad?" Octavia asked.

"Especially my dad." Reigna huffed, looking up at the hatch as it squeaked open, "He deserves it the most." She added in a mumble as Octavia stood when Bellamy began climbing down the ladder.

"You're still here?" Bellamy asked Octavia, sparing a glance to Reigna as he climbed off the ladder.
"I'm not going anywhere until you let me up there to see him." Octavia proclaimed boldly, squaring her shoulders as she looked up at her older brother.

"Also a pointless conquest." Reigna mumbled using the wall to support herself as she stood up. Octavia sent her a glare over her shoulder, and Reigna held up her hands in defence, "Hey i'm on your side. I'm just saying waiting for him to let you up there is not gonna work out in your favor." Reigna explained, gesturing to Bellamy as she spoke. Bellamy gave Reigna a gentle roll of his eyes before looking back to Octavia.

"I let him live, isn't that enough?" Bellamy asked, "Don't comment, Reign." Bellamy pointed to the brunette before she could open her mouth.

"He saved my life and yours. If you want me to get into specifics he technically saved Reigna too." Octavia reasoned.

"Technically-" Reigna started, only to be quickly silenced by Octavia.

"That might be the way you see it, but-" Bellamy began.

"That's the way it is." Octavia argued.

"He's still dangerous." Bellamy tried to reason.

"Only because of what you did." Octavia argued back. Reigna felt like she was watching them toss a ball back and forth with the way her head was following the conversation. With a sigh Reigna moved to stand beside Bellamy.

"Then blame me. I'm the one who told Bell to go back and get him." Reigna spoke, crossing her arms over her chest, not realizing she called Bellamy by his nickname.

"I'm not blaming you for anything, Reign. You were poisoned and slowly dying-"

"But i was still in my right mind at that point. Don't try to make me less of a villain than him. No matter what way you cut it, he's still dangerous to us." Reigna tried to explain to Octavia.

"Whatever twisted connection you think you have with that animal, forget it. You don't get to see him. End of discussion. Reign, come with me." Bellamy began to turn to walk away, gently taking Reigna's elbow into his hand to pull her along.

"Why do you even care if I ruined your life. You should want me to go up there. Maybe you'll get lucky and he'll kill me, problem solved." Octavia called out to him before he could walk away.

"Octavia, you know I didn't mean that." Bellamy turned to look at her as Reigna quirked a brow. Before Reigna could open her mouth to speak, Clarke strode into the dropship, eyes immediately locking on the two.

"Bellamy. Reigna." Clarke called out to them as she approached and Reigna rolled her eyes.

"I'm not talking to Kane." Reigna said before Clarke could attempt to convince her.

"And i'm not talking to Jaha." Bellamy continued as the two turned to walk away from the blonde.

For the past few days Clarke had been aggressively hunting down the two everyday to try to convince them to talk to Kane and Jaha respectively. Reigna had learned to hide from Clarke at this point, but Bellamy made it clear to Reigna that Clarke found him wherever he went.

"Hey, calm down you two." Clarke spoke, following after them, "This isn't about that." Reigna dug her feet into the ground as Bellamy attempted to keep walking. Turning to face her, his face displayed dismay.

"Don't look at me like a kicked puppy." Reigna rolled her eyes before looking over to Clarke, "What is it then."

"The ark found some old records of a supply depot not too far from here." Clarke explained, squinting her eyes slightly at the closeness of Bellamy and Reigna.

"What kind of supplies?" Bellamy asked, clearly not finding any issues.

"The kind that might give us a chance to live through winter. I'm gonna go check it out, would appreciate it if you two backed me up." Clarke said.

"Why us?" Reigna asked, narrowing her eyes at Clarke.

"Because right now i don't feel like being around anyone i actually like." Clarke said flatly, making Reigna glare up at the younger girl. Opening her mouth to give Clarke a piece of her mind, Reigna was suddenly interrupted by Bellamy's hand on her back.

"We'll get out stuff. See you in ten." Bellamy smirked. Clarke looked the two up and down once before turning on her heel and leaving the dropship. Reigna huffed loudly and turned to face Bellamy with a sour face.

"I don't recall ever agreeing to this outing, Bell." Reigna mumbled and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Well I would rather not be alone with Clarke." Bellamy argued, "And i'm almost one hundred percent sure that if you weren't with me, she wouldn't have bothered to ask for you." Bellamy explained and Reigna groaned loudly, throwing her head back in annoyance.

"But i don't like her-" Reigna moaned, drawing out the R sound at the end of her sentence. Bellamy sighed and placed his hands on Reigna's shoulders gently.

"I would feel better if you came." Bellamy said trailing his hands down to her elbows, making Reigna snap to attention. "Would that change your mind?"

"Your charm doesn't work on me, Blake." Reigna tilted her head back to look up at him, a shit eating grin plastered on her face, "But it does make me feel good to know that you would go to such lengths just to get me to go on a walk with you." Reigna spoke, staring up into Bellamy's eyes for a moment before sighing loudly and looking away.

"Fine, I'll go. Just… no more of this flirty shit, okay? I'm not into you like that." Reigna smirked and sent Bellamy a wink before walking away to gather her things. While making the short trek to her freshly furnished tent, Reigna's brain finally caught up to her.

'What the fuck just happened between us.'

-0-

It didn't take Reigna nearly anywhere near ten minutes to get her few things together. Most of what was coming with her was her numerous knives she almost had an obsession with creating, along Murphy's newly cleaned and patched jacket. Reigna went through hell to clean her blood off the fabric, and then find something to sew up the large gash left from the grounder's knife. All this extra time gave Reigna time to let her mind wander. What exactly did happen between her and Bellamy in the dropship. Reigna didn't really completely forgive him for Murphy but the more she thought, the more she realized she had been slipping. Calling him Bell and letting him call her Reign. Not jerking away when he grabbed her.

'No' Reigna thought, 'grab is too aggressive, he would never'. As soon as she thought these words, her tent flap was pulled open.

"Ten is up, Reign. Time to move out." Bellamy's face peeked through, keeping his eyes on the tent walls. Reigna smirked.

"Here you are sticking your head in my tent like you own it," Reigna's voice held a laugh, "What if I had been naked or something?" She teased, standing and waltzing out of her tent.

"Well, considering you only have the clothes you're wearing… It would have been a pleasant surprise." Bellamy's tone was cocky as Reigna whipped her head around and smacked his chest on reflex. Bellamy chuckled and placed his hand on Reigna's back, steering her in the direction of Raven and Finn's tent.

"Pretty sure Clarke's in there."

"Wouldn't be surprised." Reigna commented with an eye roll, "Despite the fact that Finn's actual girlfriend has plummeted down from space, Clarke still seems pretty obsessed with him."

"Doesn't help that Finn isn't really pushing Clarke away either." Bellamy noted.

"If i was in Raven's shoes, i'd be pretty fuckin' pissed at both of them." Reigna mumbled before the two reached the flap of Raven and Finn's tent. Bellamy pulled back the flap, allowing the two of them to poke their heads in on Raven, Finn and Clarke.

"Time to get a move on, Clarke." Bellamy said, looking between the three of them.

"Yea, give your kisses goodbye, we've got places to go." Reigna continued, backing out of the tent after saying her piece. The two walk away, not waiting for Clarke to exit with them. Before heading to the front gate of camp, Bellamy stops by Monty and Jasper's table to grab rations. Reigna furrows her brow watching Bellamy shovel packs of the nuts into his bag.

"That's a lot of rations. You do realize this is only a day trip, right?" Clarke asks, walking up to the two.

"Yeah… seems like a bit much for just a few hours." Reigna commented, watching Bellamy drop one more pack into his bag.

"A lot can happen in a day." Bellamy said dismissively before shooting Reigna a smile and walking toward the front of camp. Reigna looked to Clarke, confusion written on her face. All Clarke could offer was a shrug before following after Bellamy.

-0-

The trek through the woods turned out to be longer than Reigna thought it would be. Clarke was leading their small pack, walking ahead of her and Bellamy, who was walking beside her. Reigna took this time to admire the woods around her. As they walked she realized that the only times she had been out of camp were either at night or under too much stress to actually enjoy real nature. These weren't artificial Ark lights, or the retina burning lights in lockup, this was the sun. The grass and trees were a shade of green Reigna didn't even know existed. And for some reason she never believed the sky could be as blue as it was. Clarke was attempting to relay the information Jaha had told her about the depot to Bellamy and herself, but not a single word entered her ears. Out of the corner of her eye, Reigna saw a butterfly take off from the ground, startled by her stomping feet. Following it with her eyes she saw it flutter toward a shrub covered in bulb shaped red flowers.

"Reigna, are you listening to anything i'm saying?" Clarke's exasperated voice didn't reach her ears as Reigna mumbled for a break and jogged to the bush.

"There are roses, Clarke. Real roses." Reigna said in awe as she crouched down next to the lone bush. Roses were the one plant Reigna had been fascinated by on the Ark. One of the flowers they never bothered to try to grow because of their temperament for perfect soil. Even though Reigna remembers the day they gave up trying to maintain flowers on the Ark. Took up too much space that could be used for foods. Reigna sat enamored by the bright red flowers and Clarke huffed. Opening her mouth to scold the older girl, Clarke was mildly surprised when Bellamy held out his hand to stop her.

"Just give her a minute." Bellamy said softly, as to not break Reigna out of her trance. And as Reigna leaned forward to finally catch a whiff of the flowers, the patch of sun the bush had been growing in highlighted Reigna's amber hair in just the right way, and Bellamy swore he had never seen anything as beautiful.

-0-

"You know the first dropship is gonna come down soon," Clarke spoke back to the two. The rose bush still lingered in Reigna's mind. Thankfully she had half a mind to carefully pluck two from the bush, only nicking her finger once before carefully cutting off the thorns, she had thankfully read about in a book on the ark, and poking the stem through the bun on the top of her head and carefully setting the second on in Bellamy's bag.

"You know I was just beginning to learn how to tolerate you until you said that." Reigna grumbled. Clarke huffed and looked at them both over her shoulder.

"You can't avoid Jaha and Kane forever."

"We can try." Bellamy replied flatly. Clarke rolled her eyes angrily before stopping at the crest of a hill. Looking around at the semi flooded area, Reigna internally groaned at the prospect of getting her single pair of socks wet.

"The depot should be somewhere around here. There's gotta be a door." Clarke said before beginning to walk into the ankle deep water. Reigna cringed as Bellamy hesitated before following after her, in a different direction. Curling her lip in disgust, Reigna chose to patrol all the dry areas for some kind of hatch.

"Maybe he'll be lenient." Clarke spoke, directing the statement at Bellamy. Reigna rolled her eyes at the thought. Jaha locked up kids for keeping themselves alive, she doubted he would spare the man that almost killed him.

"Look, I shot the man, Clarke. He's not just gonna forgive and forget." He said angrily before sighing and looking away. "Stay within shouting distance, both of you." he said before wading away angrily.

"Nice job, princess." Reigna hissed out to Clarke as soon as Bellamy was out of earshot.

-0-

'God, this is pointless' Reigna thought irritatedly, kicking around fallen leaves and branches and hoping to knock her boot against some kind of hatch. At this point, Reigna was almost desperate enough to descend into the shallow water until, in her angry boot dragging, her toe knocked against metal.

"Clarke! Bell! I think i found it!." Reigna called out, squatting down to hurriedly brush away all the twigs and leaves out of the way. By the time Bellamy and Clarke made their way to Reigna, she was already trying to tug the hatch open to no avail.

"Damn it." Reigna huffed, letting go of the handle and standing back up, "I think it's rusted shut."

"Back up." Bellamy extended his arm to back Reigna away from the hatch before pulling his axe from his belt. Reigna backed up next to Clarke as Bellamy brought his axe down on the seam between the two doors a few times before replacing his axe and leaning over to grab the handle.

"Ok. One of you give me a hand." Bellamy gestured toward the door. Reigna moved forward before Clarke could, gripping the other handle and tugging at the same time as Bellamy. The old hatch finally gave way and squealed as they pulled it open.

"Well…" Reigna sighed, standing to her full height once more and patting her hands off on her pants, "Ladies first." Reigna gestured for Clarke to enter first. Clarke gave Reigna an exaggerated eye roll and descended into the bunker, leaving Bellamy and Reigna to themselves.

"Ladies first." Bellamy smiled and gestured down the hatch the same way Clarke had.

"Such a gentleman." Reigna fake smiled before turning to the hatch and slowly easing herself down.

"Don't worry. I'm right behind you, your highness."

Reigna looked up at him in disgust before giving him a quick smack to the arm once he was inside the bunker with them.

"Call me that again and i'll steal your kneecaps." Reigna grumbled glancing around the semi dark room and Clarke and Bellamy finally turned on their flashlights.

"You really think this place hasn't been touched since the war?" Bellamy called up to Clarke, who was leading the three down the stairs.

"A girl can dream." Clarke mumbled, casting the flashlight around as they descended. Reigna stuck close to Bellamy since she was the only one without a flashlight. As they rounded a flight of stairs both Bellamy and Clarke focused their lights on a decaying skeleton on the stairs.

"Hell of a place to die." Bellamy mumbled. A shiver ran through Reigna as she turned away and hurried down the rest of the stairs.

"This place is disgusting." Reigna commented once she reached the bottom, watching Clarke rummage through some shelves. Reigna stuffed her hands in Murphy's jacket, not being too keen on touching anything down here.

"So much or living down here." Clarke sounded angry as she later huffed out a soft 'dammit' before shoving more garbage back on the shelves. Bellamy joined in on shuffling through the contents on the shelves before giving up and walking back towards Reigna.

"Anything left down here is ruined." Bellamy's face portrayed anger along with a bit of distress. Reigna shrugged.

"They must have given most of the shit away before the bombs dropped." She said and peaked around a corner where Clarke was pulling a few folded blankets off a shelf.

"I found blankets." Clarke called out before checking under the folds for any rips or damage.

"Excited about a couple of blankets?" Bellamy asked incredulously.

"Better than nothing." Reigna commented, looking over the blankets as Clarke walked over with them.

"How about a canteen or a med kit or a decent fucking tent." Bellamy yelled before turning and kicking over one of the large barrels they passed when they came down. Reigna recoiled and backed away quickly as a black substance began pouring out of the barrel. Bellamy stopped, staring down at the opening of the barrel in shock.

"Holy shit." he mumbled.

"What." Both Clarke and Reigna asked. Instead of answering, Bellamy bent over and grasped an oil slicked gun.

"Wait is that…" Reigna hesitated, taking a small step forward.

"Guns." Clarke finished for her, looking at the pile of guns on the floor in shock.

"This changes everything. No more running from spears." Bellamy smiled and grabbed two guns, passing one to Reigna and another to Clarke, "Ready to be a badass, Clarke?" he asked. Hesitantly Clarke took the gun before sighing.

"Look. I'm not gonna fight you on bringing guns back to camp. I know we need them, but don't expect me to like it." Clarke said. Reigna ignored her, instead bringing her gun up to look down the sights. Reigna aimed the gun down the small hallway at a piece of cloth Bellamy hung up with an X on the front.

"We're lucky the guns were packed in grease. The fact they survived means we aren't sitting ducks anymore. You both need to learn how to do this." Bellamy told them both.

"I mean it can't be that hard can it?" Reigna mumbled as Clarke fumbled around with her gun.

"So I just hold it on my shoulder?" Clarke asked, haphazardly attempting to set her gun on her shoulder.

"Yea. Just a little higher-" Bellamy instructed, coming up behind Clarke to help her adjust her gun. Reigna glanced at them out of the corner of her eye and, for just a moment, felt her blood boil.

'Really not that hard' Reigna thought again, peering down the sights and tapping on the trigger once, making both Bellamy and Clarke flinch.

"Not nearly as bad as i thought it would be." Reigna spoke, lowering her gun and staring down the single bullet she used dead center of the red X Bellamy hung up. "Clarke, you gonna try or what."

"No, we should save the bullets." Clarke relented and lowered her gun as well, snapping on the safety.

"But you need practice." Bellamy countered.

"No, we need to talk about how we're gonna keep guns around camp. Where are we gonna keep them. Who has access." Clarke listed as Bellamy turned away, lifting his own gun and firing a shot that hit the outer edge of the banner.

"You two left Miller in charge of the grounder. You guys must trust him." Clarke said, looking between the two of them.

"Yeah, i think he's trustworthy. Actually listens when someone tells him to do something." Reigna said.

"Reign's right, you guys should keep him close." Bellamy sighed, lowering his gun and making Reigna pinch her brows together.

"You guys…?" Reigna asked.

"Bellamy what's going on. You've been acting weird all day." Clarke asked with concern, Bellamy didn't reply. Reigna looked over at him, catching his eye for a moment before he hastily looked away. Guilt.

"All those rations…" Reigna mumbled, tossing her gun down on the ground, making both Clarke and Bellamy's attention snap to her, "You're gonna run. That's why you agreed to come with Clarke so fast. You're just gonna grab shit and bolt? Are you serious?" Reigna's voice got louder the longer she spoke. Bellamy looked away and shook his head.

"I don't have a choice. The ark will be here soon." He tried to explain but Reigna was having none of it.

"And? I'm not running away. I don't want to see my father or any other piece of living shit that lives up there. And what about Octavia. You didn't tell her, were you just gonna leave her?"

"Octavia hates me." Bellamy interrupted her. "She'll be fine with you around. You're more family to her than I am now."

"You don't know that-"

"Reigna, I shot the chancellor. They are going to kill me." Bellamy looked Reigna directly in the eyes as he spoke, "Best case scenario they lock me up with the grounder for the rest of my life, and there is no way in hell I'm giving Jaha that satisfaction." Bellamy finished, a look of pain flashing across his face as he looked over at Reigna. Her face portrayed a mixture of betrayal and disgust. Bellamy sighed, casting his gaze to the floor. "You two keep practicing, I need some air." Bellamy mumbled, walking around Clarke and Reigna and heading up the stairs. Reigna stood motionless, listening to Bellamy's steps get quieter until he left the bunker before whirling around and kicking the fallen barrel hard enough to leave a dent in the metal.

"Reigna-" Clarke tried to speak.

"I'm going back to camp." Reigna mumbled angrily, grabbing her gun off the ground and flinging it over her shoulder.

"You can't walk back to camp by yourself! It's getting dark and the grounders-"

"Stop me then." Reigna glared at Clarke, stunning the younger girl into silence before turning on her heel and storming up the stairs of the bunker. Outside the sky was beginning to darken and the moon was full and bright. Scanning the area for a moment, Reigna was unable to spot Bellamy and huffed. Reigna stepped away from the bunker and began walking in the direction she hoped they came from. She hadn't walked far, maybe a few yards from the opening of the bunker before she began to hear hurried steps through the woods. Whiping her head to the side she stared into the woods, scanning for movement. It felt like ages before Reigna saw a flash of white and, like lightning, all movement was gone in the forest. Reigna was tempted to step into the woods to see what the hell that was before she heard a yell from behind her. Immediately, Reigna's mind began to race.

'That was Bellamy's voice. What the hell is going on?'

Without thinking, Reigna spun on her heel and sprinted back towards the bunker and towards Bellamy's voice. As she approached, Reigna saw Bellamy flat on his back with one of the delinquents from camp standing over him with a gun.

"Hey! Put that fucking gun down before i shoot you." Reigna yelled out to him, clicking the safety off on her gun and aiming directly at the delinquent's head, recognizing him as Dax when she glared at her over his shoulder.

"Was wondering where you ran off to, Kane." Dax hissed at her. "I was gonna leave you alone when i noticed you weren't down there with Clarke, but Shumway said no witnesses."

"What the hell is he talking about." Reigna yelled to Bellamy, keeping her gun trained on Dax.

"Shumway set it up, he gave me the gun to shoot the chancellor." Bellamy yelled back and Reigna cursed. Of course Reigna knew Shumway, he had tons of dealings with her dad. At the mention of his name she could only hope that Marcus Kane wasn't the one that put Shumway up to it.

"Walk away now, Kane, and i won't shoot you." Dax called out, moving to train his gun on Reigna.

"Put it down!" Reigna yelled back louder, her pointer finger twitching on the trigger.

"Your choice." She barely heard Dax say before she pressed down on her trigger, only to hear a faint click in response. Reigna's mind flew into a panic as soon as the sound reached her ears, having to move her body before her brain could fully process it. Throwing herself behind a thick tree to avoid the bullets from Dax's gun. She could vaguely feel a stinging in her calf but her mind was racing. She could barely hear the sound of Bellamy yelling and the sound of Dax and Bellamy throwing punches at each other. Once she noticed Bellamy's voice was significantly quieter than it had been, Reigna's brain finally caught up. She didn't have time to sort out the dud bullets in her gun, she grabbed it off the ground where she dropped it and raced towards Dax and Bellamy. She could almost feel her blood boil when she saw Dax pinning Bellamy to the ground by his neck with his gun.

"Get the hell off him!" Reigna yelled, sprinting towards Dax. Gripping the barrel of her gun, Reigna attempts to swing the shoulder brace of the gun and hit Dax with it. He easily ducks under her gun and swiftly punches Reigna in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her. Reigna hears Bellamy yell above her and looks up to see him stabbing Dax in the neck with a discarded bullet from his gun. Shoving away his limp body, Bellamy breathes heavily and slumps against a nearby tree. Dropping her gun, Reigna follows suit, dropping down beside him and breathing deeply.

"You're okay." Reigna mumbled, more to herself than to him.

"No… I'm not… My mother, if she knew what I've done, who I am-" Bellamy paused and stared up at the sky, "She raised me to be better, to be good." He sounded broken as he spoke.

"Bell-" Reigna tried to start, but he interrupted her.

"All I do is hurt people. I hurt you. I'm a monster." Bellamy sounded like he was holding back tears.

"No, you shut the hell up right now. You saved me today, you realize that right?" Reigna asked, turning to face him and taking in Bellamy's teary face, "You may be a self righteous ass and totally full of it most of the time, but I… We all need you." Reigna had to catch herself before she actually admitted 'I need you'.

"If i'm being honest, which i am, I don't think nearly as many of us would have survived if we didn't have you. You want forgiveness? Bell, I forgive you. For everything, even Murphy. You're forgiven. But i'm not gonna let you run away. You have to come back, you have to face this." Reigna didn't realize through her speech her own eyes had begun leaking small tears out of the corners of her eyes.

"I have to face this? Just like you've faced your dad?" He said, making Reigna pause and look away. He was right. He was always right.

"Yeah, i know i'm a wimp. I don't want to face him, I don't even want to think about him. Every day I wake up I sit and I hope that Clarke is gonna come to my tent and tell me he's dead. But i'm not that lucky." Reigna sighed, feeling a lone tear drop off her chin. Without thinking Bellamy reached forward and swiped a rolling tear off the apple of her cheek.

"Jaha will kill me when he comes down." Bellamy said, deathly serious.

"We'll figure something out. We always do." Reigna said with a hint of a smile.

"Can we figure it out later?" Bellamy responded, mirroring her expression.

"Whenever you want." Reigna closed her eyes and leaned back against the tree. After a moment, she felt Bellamy do the same and allowed a smile to creep across her face.

-0-

The trek back to camp felt like a long one. Reigna didn't know what happened to Clarke or Bellamy while she was trying to figure out how to get away from them, but she didn't want to ask either. If they wanted to tell her, they would eventually. All Clarke told her was Dax came down into the bunker looking for them both and knocked Clarke out when he found her. Reigna accepted this answer and didn't ask any more questions about the matter. The three of them had gathered up all the guns in the barrel and found a bag that more or less held them all for easy transport. Clarke led the way back to camp, Reigna hanging behind to walk beside Bellamy.

"Maybe you can talk to Clarke and get something worked out with Jaha. This doesn't have to end badly." Reigna spoke quietly to him, watching his face out of the corner of her eye as they walked.

"What if he doesn't agree to anything, though. What if he decides to kill me anyway." Bellamy voiced his concern and Reigna looked to the ground.

"Then I'll leave with you. But we're bringing Octavia." Reigna looked back up to Bellamy with a wicked smile. Bellamy laughed silently, sending Reigna a grateful smile before looking back in front of them. Bellamy's face dropped for a moment before he looked back to Reigna.

"I doubt you think you need it but i forgive you too. I know you think about your mom a lot-"

"Bellamy." Reigna attempted to stop him.

"No let me finish," Bellamy continued, "Like i said i'm sure you think about her all the time. But from what you've told me and what you've told Octavia, to me it sounds like you did everything you possibly could have for her. But you can't save people that don't want to be." Bellamy said. Reigna didn't respond but she did let his words swirl around in her head. Reigna never thought she needed to be forgiven, but maybe subconsciously she really did.

-0-

Bellamy, Clarke and Reigna strode back into camp just as a few voices were beginning to raise at the discovery that the grounder they captured had escaped.

"Let the grounders come," Bellamy spoke above everyone else, "We've been afraid of them for far too long, and why? Because of their knives and spears. I don't know about you, but i'm tired of being afraid." Bellamy finished and dropped the bag of guns on the ground in front of him. Miller nudged open the bag and looked up at the three of them in shock.

"No way."

"Hey, remember, these are weapons not toys. When the guard comes down we have to be prepared to give these up when the guard comes down, but until then they'll keep us safe." Clarke attempted to quell the growing excitement among the delinquents.

"And there are plenty more where these came from. We can start training tomorrow." Reigna said and looked up to Bellamy for confirmation. He nodded once before looking back out at the camp.

"And if the grounders come, we're gonna be ready to fight."

-0-

Reigna tried to look inconspicuous while she loitered around the tent that held the communicator to the ark. Reigna had convinced Clarke to get Jaha to talk to Bellamy and possibly pardon him. Clarke had been successful in getting the meeting, but as soon as Clarke walked away from her Reigna's anxiety spiked through the roof. Her distrusting and skeptical nature getting the best of her. She needed to be in there. She needed to make sure Bellamy was safe on her terms. As much as she was growing to trust Clarke, after Murphy she couldn't trust her to keep someone she cared about alive. Reigna's eyes snapped to Bellamy's tall form as he followed behind Clarke towards the tent.

"I'm coming in there too." Reigna stopped them in front of the tent entrance.

"Wha- Reigna no you can't i-"

"I want her to come in." Bellamy interrupted her.

"You do?" Reigna and Clarke said simultaneously. Clarke glanced over at Reigna after hearing her exclamation and Reigna coughed, squaring her shoulders.

"I mean- Of course he does. Anyway, I think it's time I actually use my last name to my advantage for the first and last time in my life." Reigna explained, "Jaha usually trusts what my dad has to say so maybe he'll listen to me." Reigna shrugged before turning and walking into the tent, not waiting for an answer. She heard Clarke sigh behind her before both her and Bellamy filed in, Bellamy sitting in the middle of Clarke and Reigna. Slipping the makeshift headphones over her head, Reigna finally brought her gaze up to the small screen before her. Jaha's face filled the screen and she had to fight back a sneer.

"Mr. Blake, I've wanted to speak with you for some time now.

"Before you do, I'd like to say some things." Clarke sat up straight, "When you sent us down here, you sent us down here to die. But somehow most of us are still alive. Largely because of him," Clarke gestured to Bellamy, "He's one of us, and he deserves to be pardoned for his crimes, just like the rest of us." Clarke finished. Reigna was tense, her shoulders straight across as she glared silently into the camera. She kept her fists balled in her lap, out of sight, but her nails were digging into her palms to keep her grounded.

"Clarke, i appreciate your point of view, but it's not that simple." Jaha said with a sigh. Before Reigna could even think about what she was saying, words came flying out of her mouth.

"If you want to know who on the ark wants you dead, you can make it pretty damn simple." Reigna all but growled. Clarke snapped her head to Reigna, opening her mouth to scold the older girl but Jaha's voice hit their ears before she could speak.

"Ms. Kane, what are you-"

"I'm saying that Bellamy shooting you was a cover for someone else. I've heard some things since i've been down here. And if you want to know who's up there trying to kill you, you'll pardon Bellamy." Reigna spoke, fire behind her words. Jaha could get shot again for all she cared, this was information Bellamy had ready for him and she'd be damned if he just gave it away to him. Reigna's fists clenched tighter as she saw Jaha's face change to consider her words. After a tense minute, Jaha looked back to the trio.

"Bellamy Blake, you've been pardoned for your crimes," Jaha said, making Reigna physically deflate as all the anxiety left her body, not even flinching when Bellamy's hand came in contact with hers, gripping it tightly.

"Now tell me who gave you the gun."

-0-

Reigna had never felt more relief in her life. After the talk with Jaha, Reigna scurried off to talk to Octavia after the wild day she'd been through. After talking with Octavia and discovering she had let the grounder loose, Reigna was eager to hear everything she'd learned about him. His name was Lincoln and Octavia was sure she was in love with him. These thoughts brought a small smile to Reigna's face as she sat on the ground in front of one of the many fires in the camp. Octavia had long since gone to bed and Reigna had shed her jacket for the first time that day. Turning her arm over, she inspected the long car running up her arm.

"It still hurt?" Reigna heard Bellamy's voice behind her.

"Nah, I almost can forget it happened." Reigna smiled as she turned to face him.

"You nearly gave me a heart attack during the talk with Jaha, you know?" Bellamy laughed as he sat down beside her, shedding his own jacket and setting it aside with hers.

"I was just using the cards I was dealt." Reigna shrugged as she looked back to the fire.

"More like a card you found and ended up winning with." Bellamy mumbled, making Reigna slap his arm in mock anger.

"Shut the hell up, Blake, i just saved you from having to run off into the woods and live like a grounder." She laughed.

"I don't think you know how much i appreciate that. I don't think i would have had the strength to leave when it comes down to it." Bellamy admitted, taking a more somber tone.

"You talk like I would have let you leave. You aren't allowed to go anywhere without me, Bellamy Blake." Reigna leaned back against the log behind her.

"I don't think i would want to go anywhere without you, Reign." Bellamy said. Reigna wasn't usually one for sappy shit, in fact it repulsed her more often than not. Coming from a family that never hugged her or told her they loved her really made her avoid anything she didn't initiate herself. But she couldn't lie to herself and say her heart didn't skip at least one beat when Bellamy said that to her, along with the feeling of his sliding her hand into his and weaving their fingers together.

"Good." She almost sounded breathless, "You'd probably get yourself killed anyway, you're a total dumbass." Reigna continued, regaining some of her composure. And when Bellamy laughed, truly laughed, Reigna swore she would destroy anything and anyone that tried to take this happiness away from him.