The small group gathered in the dropship hurriedly worked to make Raven semi stable before they all ran out of the gates. Reigna, however, stood around and watched everyone bustling around like ants while she stewed in anger over Clarke's decisions.
"I don't understand. How did Murphy get a gun?" Finn asked after Clarke finally stopped Raven's external bleeding.
"Long story." Both Bellamy and Reigna spoke simultaneously.
"We got lucky. If he had hit the fuel tank instead of me we'd all be dead." Raven said through clenched teeth.
"Wait, there's rocket fuel down there? Like enough to build a bomb?" Clarke asked. Reigna glared.
"So now you don't want to leave? Once you have the prospect of building more bombs? Not like we have guns or anything to defend ourselves with." Reigna hissed, her hands gripping her crossed arms to keep herself from pouncing on Clarke.
"Hey." Bellamy's voice called her as she glanced out of the corner of her eye and seethed at Bellamy shaking his head at her but calmed down slightly nonetheless.
"Doesn't matter anyway," Raven spoke up, "There's enough rocket fuel down there to make 100 bombs but we don't have the gunpowder."
"What about the reapers? Maybe they'll help us. The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Bellamy said, moving to stand beside Reigna.
"Not this enemy." Clarke said with a strong shake of her head.
"We saw them. Trust me, they're not an option." Clarke said firmly before turning back to Raven. Reigna rolled her eyes.
"This isn't going to end well. I can feel it, I just know it won't." Reigna mumbled, turning slightly to Bellamy as she spoke. Bellamy nodded at her statement.
"We shouldn't be going anywhere. We're more than capable of defending ourselves from grounders."
"People are gonna die today because of this decision." Reigna huffed before they both looked over to Finn who was rushing away to get a stretcher for Raven.
"Can't run away fast enough, huh. Real brave." Bellamy said mockingly to Finn. He glared up at Bellamy once he returned with a stretcher to carry Raven with.
"Dying in a fight you can't win isn't brave. It's stupid." He spoke as if he was proving a point to them.
"Spoken like every coward who's ever run from a fight." Bellamy retorted.
"Okay, that's enough. It's time to go." Clarke ordered, watching as Raven's stretcher was gathered and she was finally lifted up. Reigna rolled her eyes and stormed out of the dropship, Bellamy hot on her heels.
"What do we do if they follow us, huh? Won't have an opportunity to turn around then." Reigna asked, throwing out a reasonable possibility. Clarke opened her mouth to argue with Reigna but was interrupted by Finn.
"This is a waste of time. If they want to stay and fight they can."
"No, they can't. We can't do this without them. Both of them." Clarke clarified and Reigna narrowed her eyes at the blonde.
"What do you want us to say, Clarke?" Bellamy asked exasperated.
"That you two are with us? Those kids listen to you, even if they do happen to also be scared of you." Clarke directed the end of the statement to Reigna who scoffed.
"I'm not gonna endorse a move that i can't agree with. Leaving here isn't going to end well. I can feel it in my gut, this is a bad idea." Reigna spoke her mind before sending a look to Bellamy and retreating to her tent to gather her few belongings.
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Reigna emerged from her tent with Murphy's jacket over her shoulders. Basically every pocket or inch of space in her clothing was filled with a knife. Including her waist, boots, and jacket pockets. Looking around, Reigna was disheartened to see the majority of the camp had already gathered at the gate, anxiously waiting for the signal to leave. All of the fires were put out and all of the tents were ransacked. Nearby, Reigna spotted Bellamy looking over the entire camp just as she was.
"This feel off to you too?" Reigna asked as she strode up to Bellamy's side. Bellamy gave her a single nod before looking down to the shorter girl.
"We shouldn't be doing this." He said, watching Reigna as she glanced around the camp before looking up at Bellamy.
"We don't have a choice anymore, i guess." Reigna sighed, turning to look at the group of delinquents that was slowly growing as Bellamy and Reigna watched. Reigna felt Bellamy slide his hand into hers, pulling her attention from the group back up to him.
"Stay by me. It's miles to the ocean and I don't want anything happening to you." Bellamy emphasized with a squeeze to her hand.
"I would worry less about me and more about yourself." Reigna said with a smirk, giving Bellamy a once over. Using her free hand, Reigna effortlessly pulled one of her numerous knives out of her pocket and pressed it into Bellamy's free hand.
"Let's just hope this one's good luck." Reigna pressed a kiss against Bellamy's cheek before quickly running off at hearing Octavia's voice calling out for her. Reigna pushed through the thick crowd to reach the front where Octavia was standing with Jasper, Drew, and Miller.
"I wanted you in front with me, in case things go sideways I trust your aim." Octavia confided, stroking Reigna's ego slightly.
"Let's get this show on the road then," Reigna sighed, walking alongside Octavia behind Drew and Miller once they finally started moving.
For a few minutes, all was silent. Reigna, however, couldn't escape the sinking feeling in her gut. She could feel the palms of her hands sweating as she gripped her knife with white knuckles.
"You know the first thing i'm gonna do when we get to the beach?" Miller directed the question to Drew, but Reigna could tell it was just to end the silence.
"No. What?" Drew replied, looking over at Miller who had a smug smile plastered over his face.
"I want to go surfing." He proclaimed boldly, making Reigna scoff and Miller send her an easygoing smile over his shoulder.
"Quiet. Keep your eyes open." Jasper urged from behind Reigna.
"No more woods. A view of the ocean. No more damn trees, just pale, blue water."
As Miller spoke, Reigna's stomach plummeted for seemingly no reason. Reigna looked to Octavia, only to see her sending Reigna the same look of concern.
"Miller, shut up." Reigna silenced him as Octavia pushed in front of them to make everyone stop walking.
"What is it?" Jasper asked as Reigna joined Octavia by her side, carefully scanning the woods. Reigna's fingers twitched as she thought she heard the near silent sound of tree branches moving.
"Why are we stopping?" Raven asked from further back.
"I dunno." Finn replied quietly.
"I don't see anything." Jasper spoke before Reigna hushed him and moved to stand beside Octavia. Reigna skillfully maneuvered the knife in her hand down to settle between her fingers, ready to throw it as soon as she saw any sign of movement. Out of the corner of her eye, Reigna saw something glint in the sunlight and instinctively reeled her arm back and threw the knife in her hand as hard as she could. Not quick enough to stop the grounder in the tree from throwing what looked like a serrated disk through the air. The disk cut through the trees and, before Reigna had time to warn anyone, it embedded itself into Drew's head. Reigna heard what sounded like a body falling out of a tree but was too distracted by Drew's fallen corpse.
"Grounders!," Reigna heard Jasper yell. Reigna and Octavia looked up to each other for a moment before beginning to usher everyone back in the direction of camp. Reigna could hear Bellamy yelling from within the crowd along with Jasper's confused ramblings.
"It doesn't matter what you can and can't see, just move!" Reigna yelled at him, practically shoving him to turn around and move with the crowd. Octavia and Reigna stayed in the rear to watch for any grounders that may be approaching from behind. The run seemed short once everyone was behind the walls once more, Finn yelled for the gates to be shut. Reigna gasped for air once they were safe behind their walls, placing her hands on her knees to catch her breath. Reigna saw Bellamy jump onto the gunner's platform out of the corner of her eye. Pulling herself together, she jogged over and pulled herself up, followed closely by Clarke. The three of them scanned the woods carefully, Bellamy through the scope of a rifle, but saw no movement.
"Where are they?" Reigna heard Clarke ask.
"Why aren't they attacking?" Bellamy asked the significantly more important question.
"Because we're doing exactly what they wanted us to do." Clarke's tone turned frustrated as both Bellamy and Reigna turned to her with confusion. Clarke turned around and looked down to Finn.
"Lincoln said the scouts would be the first to arrive."
"If they're just scouts, we can fight our way out. That's what Lincoln would do." Octavia butted in.
"We're done doing what that grounder would do. We tried it and now Drew's dead. You wanna be next?" Bellamy asked angrily, spinning on his heel to face them all. Reigna groaned at the impending argument that was about to ensue. He was right, although Reigna might have said it significantly less harsh just for Octavia's sake.
"That grounder saved our lives. I agree with Octavia. For all we know, there's only one grounder out there that I'm pretty sure Reigna killed anyway." Finn argued back.
"That is a theory I'm personally not willing to test." Reigna chimed in, finally facing the crowd with her arms crossed over her chest, "I may have killed him, but I didn't kill him fast enough to save Drew."
"Clarke, we can still do this." Octavia pleaded.
"Looking to you, Princess. What's it gonna be." Bellamy asked while narrowing his eyes at Clarke.
"Clarke, if we're here when Tristan gets here…" Finn trailed off at the end.
"I mean, if you want to put it in fair terms for once in your life, it's two to one. I agree with Bellamy, there's no reason for us not to stay and fight when we could all get pick off one by one out there." Reigna gestured out towards the woods.
"Lincoln said 'scouts'. More than one. He said 'get home before the scouts arrive.' Finn, they're already here." Clarke sighed heavily and glared at Bellamy and Reigna out of the corner of her eye, "Looks like you two got your fight."
"Good choice." Reigna replied quickly, hopping down from the perch to stand beside Bellamy.
"This is what we've been preparing for. Kill them before they kill us. Gunners, to your posts. Use the tunnels to get in and out. From now on, the gate stays closed." Bellamy ordered the delinquents, who immediately began scurrying to their posts as soon as he gave the word. Through all the commotion, Reigna was barely able to catch Octavia, who was taking long confidant strides to the foxholes.
"Hey hey, where are you going? You aren't a gunner." Reigna questioned with brows furrowed.
"I may not be a gunner, but I am a grounder." Octavia said confidently, gripping her sword tightly. Reigna hesitated to let go of Octavia's arm as she glanced over her shoulder to the foxhole.
"Don't worry, i'll be fine. You of all people should know that." Octavia soothed, "I'll always come back for my big sister."
"Okay," Reigna nodded once, gripping Octavia's shoulder tightly before pulling the younger girl into a tight hug. Letting go, they looked at each other for a moment longer before Octavia turned and darted into the foxhole. Reigna let out a shaky breath before moving to find Bellamy. When she finally spotted him, he was already watching her, Reigna assumed he saw her let Octavia go. Reigna made her way over to him and opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a swiftly moving Clarke.
"So how do you two propose we do this?" Clarke asked flatly.
"We have 25 rifles each with 20 rounds a piece-"
"Give or take," Reigna butted in.
"Roughly 500 rounds of ammo," Bellamy continued, "While you two were gone, we made some improvements."
"Thanks to Raven we have landmines set in place." Reigna finished.
"Partially mined. Thanks to Murphy." Raven commented from nearby. Reigna almost bristled at the tone of her voice, but realized she didn't really have room to get angry with her. He had kinda fucked them over.
"Still, it's the main route in. If the grounders use it, we'll know. She also built grenades."
"Again, thank you-"
"We get it, Murphy fucked up. Moving on," Reigna cut Raven off coldly, "Doesn't matter how many we have, we'll make them count."
"She's right. Guns and grenades should force them back if they get through the gate." Bellamy backed Reigna up, much to her relief.
"And then?" Clarke asked expectantly.
"We close the door and pray." Raven replied. Reigna's face twitched. When she put it that way it sounded awful.
"And pray what? That the ship door keeps them out? Because it won't," Clarke's tone was critical as she looked between Bellamy and Reigna for answers.
"Then we don't let them in," Reigna said with a shrug, as if the answer was obvious. Clarke glared and opened her mouth to tell her off, but Bellamy interrupted her by lifting up his talkie and speaking to the foxholes.
"All foxholes, listen up. Keep your eyes and ears open. Inflict casualties, as many as possible. You can hold them off long enough to make them turn back. That's the plan."
"That's always your plan," Finn said irritated, "Just like the bomb at the bridge."
"In his defence, it worked didn't it?" Reigna asked with a steady glare at Finn, "Oh, and do you have any better ideas?" She asked, lifting her brows as she spoke. "Didn't think so," Reigna replied steadily when Finn didn't respond. She heard him scoff quietly and almost lunged at him out of pure instinct. The only thing that stopped her was Bellamy's hand on her back and Clarke's irritatingly distracting voice.
"You said there's fuel in those rockets, right? Enough to build 100 bombs?" Clarke directed her question at Raven.
"I also said we didn't have any gunpowder left." Raven replied with a sarcastic tone.
"I don't want to build a bomb. I want to blast off." Clarke replied, making reigna tilt her head in confusion.
"Draw them in close. Fire the rockets. A ring of fire." Raven said while nodding.
"Barbequed grounders." Bellamy said, making it sound mildly like a question.
"I like it." Reigna replied, "Not really quick or painless, but that's never been my style anyway."
"Will it work?" Finn asked.
"You give me enough time, I'll cook 'em real good." Raven said confidently.
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After their conversation, Bellamy and Reigna made their way away from Finn, Clarke, and Raven as they descended into the dropship to prep the rockets for grounder barbeque. Reigna was almost overwhelmed watching the delinquents in camp rushing around and preparing for a battle. Reigna and Bellamy walked to the end of the dropship ramp and did a once over of the camp.
"Do you really think this is gonna work?" Reigna asked, not bothering to look over at him.
"If we try hard enough, i think we have a fighting chance." Bellamy said honestly. Reigna nodded at his words, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.
"I hope a fighting chance is enough at this point." Reigna mumbled, beginning to walk towards the gunner's perch.
"Hey, where is Octaiva?" Bellamy asked Miller as they approached.
"She still isn't back?" Reigna echoed Bellamy's tone as she stood beside him.
"You knew she left?" Bellamy directed the question at her. Reigna ignored him and urged Miller to speak.
"No she isn't back yet. Didn't say where she was going either. She thinks she's a damn samurai." Miller grumbled with a roll of his eyes.
"If she wants to be she can be." Reigna mumbled to herself as the three of them moved up onto the perch.
"You see anything?" Reigna asked, moving to stand beside Monroe.
"No," She sighed angrily, "What are they waiting for?"
"The longer they wait the better," Bellamy said gravely, "This is about buying time for Raven."
Suddenly, all the walkie talkies crackled to life. Sterling's voice rang out, full of anxiety over the line.
"I see them. They're moving! I count two, no three, wait, there's more. I don't know, man, there's so many of them."
As soon as Sterling finished speaking, all of the gunners on the perches began firing round after round into the woods. Attempting to hit the grounders who seemed to move faster than the bullets could travel. Reigna's ears were ringing as the gunfire continued on, not seeing any of the bodies in the woods before her drop.
"Stop! Hold your fire!" Bellamy called out as the runners finally disappeared from their line of sight, "Reload. Now."
"Those were our last clips," Miller replied.
"We… We should fall back," Monroe said nervously, looking at the empty rounds on ehr gun.
"No. No way, if we lose this, they'll just walk right in." Reigna replied coldly with a shake of her head.
"I don't see anyone." Someone spoke over the radio.
"I hit them. I think I hit them." Someone else spoke quickly. Reigna huffed, moving along the wall to look out unhindered by the gunners. Watching carefully, she could see people darting past every couple of seconds. None of them were running at the walls.
"What the hell are they doing?" Reigna mumbled to herself.
"They're everywhere! Harper gets down! We need backup!" Reigna heard Jasper yell over the radio. After a few long seconds, Jasper spoke up again, "Raven, our mines actually worked!" Jasper yelled and Reigna sighed in relief.
"Jasper, we need you in the dropship right now," Clarke spoke up over the radio. Reigna strode over to Bellamy and ripped the radio out of his hands before he could speak.
"No way, Clarke. Jasper needs to be watching the west."
"The west woods are mined, Reigna. The grounders know that now. Jasper get in here." Clarke responded quickly, making Reigna send a nast look to the radio as if Clarke could see it. After a moment, Jasper came back in over the radio.
"All gunners, listen up. The grounders are not attacking. They're making us waste bullets. Don't shoot when they're running laterally."
"I knew they were being weird, none of them ever ran at the walls." Reigna said to Bellamy who nodded before facing the rest of the gunners on the wall.
"Jasper's right," Bellamy also spoke into the radio, "Don't fire until you're sure it's an attack. Repeat, do not fire until you're sure."
"Everything's going to shit, Bell." Reigna said, pulling Bellamy aside by his arm.
"You're right, it is. But we haven't lost yet." Bellamy said, trying to be encouraging.
"Losing isn't an option. Losing means we die." Reigna said matter of factly. Bellamy didn't respond, but instead looked Reigna over once before turning and walking to his place on the wall. Sighing, Reigna turned to look out as well, hoping to see a glimpse of Octavia, or even Murphy again at this point. The silence in the woods was almost deafening. The silence didn't last too long as Reigna heard gunshots ring out from the east wall and soon what seemed like hundreds of grounders pouring out over the hill before them.
"Here they come!" Reigna heard Miller yell to her left. Beside her, Reigna saw Monroe turn and dash off.
"Hey get back here!" Reigna yelled, attempting to turn to grab her but a grounder launched himself over the wall and onto Bellamy. Miller attempted to help, but was speared in the shoulder onto one of the wall's posts. Reigna ducked under a punch from one of the grounders and threw the knife in her hand into the head of the grounder on top of Bellamy. Before she had the time to pull out another knife, Reigna felt the back of her knee get kicked by the grounder. Harshly falling to the ground, Reigna struggled to move onto her back so she could reach her knives, but was stopped by the grounder above her straddling her torso and wrapping his large hands around her throat. Reigna trashed and squirmed in his hold, but began to panic as the edges of her sight began to blur. Suddenly she felt blood dripping onto her face and saw the grounder with a sword through his jaw as her eyes began to focus once more. Reigna quickly shoved the grounder aside and was met with Octavia, holding a hand out to help her up.
"Just admit i'm awesome and that you want one. Make it easier on yourself." Octavia smirked as she hoisted Reigna to her feet.
"You are awesome, but i still prefer my knives, Little Sister." Reigna said with a smile, pulling Octavia into a brief but tight hug. Bellamy stood to make his way over to his sister. Octavia looked over to him, opening her mouth to speak, but was quickly silenced by an arrow imbedding itself in her leg.
"Octavia!" Reigna yelled, catching her before she could hit the ground.
"You're hit! Miller, fall back, now." Bellamy yelled out to him , darting over to Reigna to help her carry Octavia, "Can you walk?" Bellamy asked and Octavia gave him a weak shake of her head.
"Reigna, help me get her back behind the wall." Bellamy said and she nodded, lifting Octavia's arm over her shoulder as Bellamy took her other side. As they attempted to help Octavia back to camp, frantic yelling was constantly being heard over Bellamy's radio.
"Reigna, go ahead, i've got Octavia. They sound like they could use a leader." Bellamy urged and reigna hesitated.
"I'm not their leader-" Reigna started, but Octavia surprisingly interrupted her.
"Yes you are. Now go. I'll be fine, Big sister." Octavia smiled, clinging to Bellamy to keep her upright. Reigna looked away but quickly nodded, hugging Octavia tightly around the neck before beginning to sprint back to camp. Reigna dove into one of the foxholes, quickly making her way into camp while hearing the panicked yells of the other delinquents. Rushing towards Miller he noticed her and turned to face her as she approached.
"Reinga, there's too many of them. They're gonna break through." Miller yelled as Reigna hopped up on the post beside him. Glancing over the wall then back to the delinquents Reigna nodded.
"There's too many of them to fight. Everyone back to the dropship, now." Reigna yelled to them, "Gunners, stay where you are. The rest of you, get inside. Hurry." Reigna called out, scanning the now frantically moving crowds of teens. Spotting Clarke outside, Reigna met her gaze..
"Almost ready," Clarke called out to her and Reigna nodded. Suddenly, as Reigna was about to call out more orders, a loud explosion rang out from the sky. The sound caused everyone, grounders and delinquents alike, to pause and cast their gaze to the stars. A bright ball of fire was tumbling out of space, much like they had what seemed like ages ago.
"Is that from the Ark?" Reigna heard Fox ask Clarke.
"That is the Ark." Clarke replied in awe. Reigna watched as the Ark fell from the sky and the sight took what felt like a weight from her shoulders. A place that had caused her nothing but pain finally meeting its end. Before Reigna could reel herself back in, she heard yelling from the woods. Reigna looked to Miller in confusion before the two both turned to Clarke with bewilderment plastered on their faces. Clarke moved to hop up onto the post, Reigna grabbing her hand to help her up, as the three stared out into the woods. Finally, Reigna spotted Finn and Lincoln leading a group of what looked like grounders in red over the hill. Finn and Lincoln disappeared around a tree as the red grounders came to a stop.
"Reapers," Reigna heard Clarke mumble under her breath. The reapers and the grounders were at a standstill for a moment before one of the reapers in the front let out a strangled battle cry and began charging at the gounder army, the other reapers behind him. The grounders all turned, forgetting about the camp for the time being, and raced towards the horde of Reapers. To their right a light appeared in the foxhole, Finn appearing out of it moments later. Clarke jumped off the post and raced towards him, enveloping him in an embrace.
"What did you do?" Reigna called down to them , breaking up their moment.
"I kicked the hornet's nest," Finn replied coolly.
"You brought the Reapers?" Clarke asked
"I just bought us some time. How's Raven?" Finn asked worriedly. At this point, Reigna became disinterested in their conversation, instead choosing to bide her time by being worried at the fact that neither Bellamy nor Octavia had come into camp.
"Should i go look for them?" Reigna asked mostly to herself.
"Bellamy and Octavia still aren't back inside the wall?" Miller asked beside her, to which Reigna responded with a shake of her head.
"Reigna, i'm sorry, but i don't think we have the time for that." Miller motioned to the now rocking gate to the camp.
"We need to get everyone inside." Reigna paled at the sight, jumping off the platform and beginning to usher everyone left outside without a weapon into the dropship. Once inside the dropship Reigna looked down to Clarke and Finn on the ground above Raven before turning on her heel and looking back out to the camp. Nervously glancing around, Reigna hoped to just catch the sight of Bellamy with Octavia, but instead she saw the gate being pulled away from the wall by the grounders.
"I'm closing that door!" Reigna heard Miller yell behind her and panic finally set in.
"Miller, you can't! Bellamy and Octavia still aren't back!" Reinga pleaded, rushing out beside Clarke only for Finn to push all three of them behind cover as arrows rained above them. The few delinquents that were at the gate had finally used the grenades on the entering grounders, so the air was dry with the heat of the fire. Reigna frantically scanned the burning walls and grounder hoard for a glimpse of the people she cared for most when she finally felt her heart stutter.
"Bellamy! There he is!" Reigna almost hurdled over the barricade in front of them.
"He isn't gonna make it." Finn said, a hint on fear on his voice.
"Bellamy!" Reigna called out to him, Risking an arm to motion him to the dropship. Reigna isn't sure if he heard her but Bellamy swiftly picked a discarded gun off the ground and attempted to shoot the leader of the grounder army. The gun was either empty or full of duds because no pullets shot out at the grounder. Tristan swung the axe in his hand at Bellamy's stomach, which he narrowly avoided, before he landed a punch to Bellamy's chin, bringing him to his knees. Reigna trembled, moving to run and protect Bellamy, but Finn beat her to it. Grabbing a gun from a delinquent fleeing to the dropship, Finn aimed and shot Tristain in the shoulder, distracting him from Bellamy. Finn charged forward and tackled Tristain to the ground, Bellamy finally getting to his feet and moving to stadle Tristain's chest, attempting to strangle him. Miller already wrangled Clarke back into the dropship, but Reigna would not go as easy.
"You can't help them not, Reigna! You need to get inside!" Miller yelled over the chaos. Reigna watched as Tristain tossed Bellamy and Finn aside as if they were paper.
"No, I have to help them," Reigna stood, making a move to dash towards them, but Miller anticipated her idea and grappled Reigna at her waist, dragging her back into the dropship. Reigna felt like she was reliving a nightmare, kicking and screaming but nobody was listening to her. Except this time she was calling out for Bellamy instead of Murphy.
"Sterling, help me hold her down or she'll make a break for it. Clarke, close the door!" Miller called out over Reigna's screams of anguish.
"Let me go! I can still help them! We have time! LET ME GO!" Reigna's screamed, but her cries were met with deaf ears and pitied looks, just as they had the day of Murphy's supposed execution. Clarke looked down at Reigna, a solemn expression on her face as she lifted the lever and the dropship's door began to slowly lift. The only mistake they had made this time was trapping her arms under her torso instead of holding them behind her back. Reigna began thrashing wildly against Sterling and Miller's grasp as she saw the door slowly begin to close. Finally, Reigna freed one of her arms, shoving herself up off the ground and ripping one of her knives from her waist as she stood, but before she could attempt to crawl out of the steadily closing door, Anya tumbled in just as the door closed. The sound of the door clicking into place washed a sense of dread over Regina she had never felt before. The sight of Anya infuriated her beyond belief. Bellamy should have been inside. Not her. Before Reigna could move to attack the woman before her, Clarke yanked her back to stand behind her.
"Anya, you can't win this," Clarke warned, standing off against her. Anya seemed to weigh her options as the hoard of grounders descended onto the dropship, their angered yells and slamming on the walls echoing through the room.
"Jasper, now!" Clarke yelled back to him and Reigna fumed.
"Jasper! Don't you flip that switch I will end you!" Reigna whirled on him. Despite her protests, Jasper flipped the switch on his makeshift control. Everyone in the dropship waited with baited breath as seconds passed. Jasper frantically looked back to the control and started flipping the switch over and over to no avail. Reigna moved to charge at Jasper but was grabbed by Sterling, pinning her arms to her side. Behind her, Anya made a move to attack Clarke but was quickly stopped by Miller who slammed the butt of his gun against her head. She heard the delinquents on the dropship move to attack her, but all Reigna was worried about was stopping Jasper. Reigna kicked her legs and flailed as best she could to stop Jasper from completing his current for the dropship. But her attempts were in vain. Jasper ripped the bottom off of his electric lantern and ripped the wires out of his control.
"Jasper, no!: Reigna yelled right before Jasper pressed the two exposed wires into the battery, activating the rockets and boosting the dropship into the air slightly. Reigna heard the fire roaring outside the door and struggled in Sterling's grasp. When the dropship finally slammed back down to the ground, Reigna was unceremoniously dropped onto the ground. She immediately charged at Jasper and held him to the ground, a knife to his throat and tears filling her eyes.
"Reigna, stop!" Clarke called to her, grabbing the older girl beneath her arms and pulling her off of Jasper, who let out a grateful sigh, "It's over," Clarke's tone was as defeated as Reigna felt. In a moment of weakness, Reigna pulled Clarke closer by her shoulders, bringing the blonde into a tearful hug. Clarke hesitantly reciprocated, rubbing Reigna's shoulders as she sobbed.
"Come on, let's get out of here." Clarke said as she pulled away from Reigna, who nodded once in agreement. Once the dropship door was opened, Reigna and Clarke walked out first, side by side. The smell of burnt bodies was almost too much for Reigna to handle as she glanced around the decimated terrain. Reigna and Clarke looked to each other briefly before stepping down onto the ash covered ground, taking careful steps as they began to walk away from the dropship. Clarke hesitated at the sight of two skeletons lying near eachother. Reigna quickly tugged Clarke's arm, pulling her away from the sight but keeping her eyes averted.
"You never know, maybe they made it out in time. They knew the plan." Reigna said, trying to convince herself of the words as she spoke them. Clarke nodded in agreement, though not looking like she was completely convinced herself. Clarke opened her mouth to speak but was caught off guard by a canister landing near their feet, leaking a red gas. Reigna looked up as more began to rain over what was left of their walls, all oozing the same red gas.
"What the hell?" Reigna heard Jasper question as all the remaining delinquents looked around in fear.
"Mountain men," Reigna heard Anya say to herself as she began to feel lightheaded. She heard the delinquents around her begin coughing and felt Clarke grab on to her to stay stable, but Reigna couldn't keep herself upright and fell to the ground, fading away to the sight of people filing through the hole in the wall in hazmat suits.
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Reigna awoke with a start, the light in the room instantly blinding her. Flinging herself into a sitting position, she began to frantically pat down her pockets and panicked when she felt nothing. Looking around, she noticed she was in an all white room with little left to the imagination. In one corner was a sink and toilet. A famous painting she recognized was hanging on the wall opposite the bed she had been lying on. The sunflowers were taunting her. Flowers always seemed to taunt her. Shifting to the side, Reigna pulled the IV needle out of her arm angrily and stood up. Her bare feet made an unsettling noise on the shining floor. Reigna checked every inch of the room, not finding any of her belongings or any sign of life outside of her tearing everything apart. Finally, she rushed over to the door, peering out of the window. The room. Her blood ran cold at the sight of the plaque fastened to the wall across the hall from her room.
Mount Weather.