A/N: Sorry for the late update but I am sick. The next chapter might also take time as currently I have not written a word of it.

Chapter 6

"How could you let her go with that grounder? That grounder who had kidnapped us and wanted to kill us." Finn all but yelled. Murphy had managed to drag Finn's unconscious form to a nearby clearing. There was no way Murphy was going to drag him all the way to camp. He decided to stay the night there and wait for the other boy to wake up so that they could go back. It was when the day broke that Finn woke up. And ever since waking up, he was on a warpath.

"Hey! She had our guns. What would you have me do? Refuse her and be killed?" Murphy was regretting not leaving Finn on his own and going back to the camp alone. The only reason he did not go because he knew the people of Ark would lock him up for sure. Probably do even worse since he would have to leave the other boy unconscious in the grounder territory and knowing his luck they would find out what he did sooner or later.

"Clarke wouldn't have killed you." Finn said with conviction.

Murphy gave a snort and retorted sarcastically, "Just a day ago, everyone thought you were a peacemaker and wouldn't kill anyone in cold blood. Thank you very much but I'd like to not have any bullet holes in my body." Finn flinched at the words as he remembered pulling the trigger on the grounder.

He shook himself out of stupor and said, "We need to stop Clarke."

"How do you plan to do that? Dude, in case you forgot, we are currently unarmed. Also by this time, I think princess would have already reached the place. I think we should just go back." Murphy just wanted to get back to the camp. There was no way in hell he was going to end up in grounder's hands again for them to torture him.

Finn was indecisive. He wanted to run after Clarke. But with no weapons, there was nothing he could do. What he could not understand was why Clarke was willingly going to grounder village with Anya. 'Maybe she was threatened. That must be it. There is no way Clarke would go with that grounder willingly.' Finn's eyes widened with realization. 'Anya must have others as hostages and is making Clarke follow her.' But there was nothing he could do. As much as he hated it, Murphy was right. Without any weapons, it was useless going after Clarke. It would be better to go back to the camp and get help.

The light was starting to dwindle by the time Octavia reached the entrance of Camp Jaha. It caused a minor commotion when she entered the camp but she quickly found her brother and Raven talking. However, before she could reach them, Abby intercepted her.

"Where had you been?" Before Octavia could reply, Bellamy and Raven approached them.

"O? Are you alright? What did he want?" Bellamy rapidly asked questions to his sister. Octavia turned her attention from the Chancellor to her brother and said, "I have news. Apparently our friends are not with the grounders but inside the mountain."

Abby decided to cut in, "How can you be so sure and where did you get this information anyway?"

Octavia scowled at the woman but answered anyway, "Lincoln had been captured by the reapers earlier. Clarke saved him." Octavia was going to say more but was again cut off by Abby. "What! Where is Clarke? Is she hurt?" The girl looked irritated on being interrupted and was ready to blow off at the other woman. Before that could happen, Bellamy placed an arm on his sister's shoulder and asked, "Whats going on O?"

Octavia took a deep breath to calm herself before launching into an explanation regarding the information she gained from Lincoln. She had only managed to finish telling her audience about how Clarke freed Lincoln from the reapers before she was interrupted again but by a different source.

Finn and Murphy had finally managed to reach Camp Jaha. Just as they entered, Finn rushed towards Bellamy with Murphy following at a subdued pace. Without even stopping to take a breath, Finn spat out the words hastily, "We need to stop Clarke."

Raven decided to interject, "What are you talking about Finn?" Finn looked annoyed that they were not moving fast to comply with his request.

"Princess decided to go to a grounder village. Apparently she thinks she could gain an alliance with them." Snarked Murphy. Octavia nodded at the statement in agreement. Abby was shocked but the girl explained that was what Lincoln had mentioned Clarke was going to do. Abby was getting angrier as she found what her child was doing. To make matters worse, the boys had found Clarke but did not bring her back with them. She looked ready to launch at the two boys but controlled herself. However, she did let out a snarl at them, "You let her go just like that?"

Murphy was annoyed that everyone seemed to blame him for everything and said, "Hey its not our fault that she did not come with us." He explained the circumstances that resulted in them coming back to the camp.

"It does not matter; we need to gather forces to get Clarke back from that grounder." Abby was worried about her daughter. She needed to have her back in the camp where her daughter would be safe. She turned around to collect few guards.

Raven followed Abby and stopped her from going too far. She told the older woman, "I don't think we should do that. Clarke said she did not want anyone to come after her."

Abby turned to face Raven and bit out, "Raven, Clarke is just a kid. She cannot possibly know what it means to form an alliance with those people."

Raven looked into her eyes and said, "She stopped being a kid the moment you sent her to the ground to die." There was a flash of anger at the accusation in Abby's eyes. She raised her hand as if to slap Raven but then stopped herself as the delinquents approached them.

"Sending guards to get Clarke back might create problems for her." Said Raven.

Abby looked at her in disbelief. But it was Finn who voiced the question. "Why is that Raven? In fact, what I think is that grounder has our friends as hostages and is making Clarke go with her. There is no way Clarke would go with her." Murphy gave a snort at the last statement and muttered something like, "Yeah right. It sure did look like that."

"I told you what Lincoln said. What are you implying?" Octavia said fervently. She looked at Finn, daring him to say that Lincoln lied.

It was Abby who said, "I don't know how reliable that information is. If Clarke escaped the mountain as he said then she would have come here instead of going to the grounders."

Octavia was angry at the accusation and exclaimed, "Lincoln wouldn't lie!"

Bellamy sided with his sister and said, "O is right. He has saved our lives before from his own people. He wouldn't lie about this." He ran his fingers through his hair and continued in a resigned tone, "If you are correct Finn then if we send people after Clarke, wouldn't it make them kill our friends? Those grounders had not hesitated earlier to try and kill any of us and now if they have our friends what do you think will happen?"

"Then you would have us do nothing? Let them suffer?" Finn said hotly.

"I am not saying that!" Bellamy exclaimed.

Abby interjected by asking, "Do you know where Clarke was going?" She looked at Finn and Murphy to start talking.

"She was heading in the direction that grounder had shown us in the map but I can't be sure. There could be many grounder villages in that way." Murphy said.

Abby nodded at him and told everyone, "We need to find both Clarke and Kane. I will gather some search parties. With any luck, they would find them. But I want you lot to remain here. I don't want any more missing people to search for. We don't have enough manpower right now."

Raven wanted to protest with the decision but the look Abby was sending her made her pause. She disagreed with the Chancellor's decision, knowing that Clarke must have made the decision to go to grounders for a reason. And after explicitly being told by Clarke not to follow, sending guards after her would not be a good idea. Raven though could not find a way to dissuade Abby. So, Bellamy, Octavia, and Raven reluctantly gave their consenting nods. Murphy remained disinterested but gave a nod as well.

Finn on the other hand was fuming. He wanted to go with the guards to rescue Clarke. But he held his tongue knowing that if he appeared to be going against or even disputing the orders from the Chancellor, he would be locked up. Then there would be no way he would be able to go. He would need to find another way to arm himself and get out of the camp.

After Abby left giving them all a stern look, Raven proceeded to lead everyone to the dining area to have some dinner and to plan what to do next. They would not sit idly while Clarke was out there doing god knows what.

Clarke was exhausted. She and Anya had been walking nonstop since leaving Tondc. They had not stopped even once. Clarke knew that she had to build up her endurance again. She never realized that she was this weak before.

The sun was high in the sky when Anya showed the signs of stopping. Clarke knew that Anya was somehow making a signal of their arrival to the scouts surrounding the village. They took few more steps ahead before Clarke decided to take action.

"Maybe this will seem less like Natrona to your people." Clarke whispered in Anya's ear before poking her with the gun. Clarke then loudly ordered her to call the scouts that were nearby. Anya was surprised at the Skaigada's words but did as she was ordered to.

The blonde knew that if Anya was seen as helping the Skaikru then these people would consider the grounder a traitor just like Lincoln. She would not be able to help Clarke to build an alliance. Clarke hoped that with her actions, this would not happen and she would be taken to Lexa directly.

One by one all the scouts and the warriors were standing in front of them. "You will not get an audience with Heda if you are armed. Give up your weapons and they will take you to our Heda." Anya said with a stoic expression. Clarke had to give kudos to the grounder. Even at the gunpoint, she was making demands. Clarke knew from the start that the Trikru would never allow her near Lexa with her guns. But going inside without any weapon was making her queasy. After a few moments of indecision, Clarke dropped her gun.

The warriors took all her weapons. Clarke was relieved that she had thought of hiding some of her things because these people would have destroyed them, even without knowing what it was. They would destroy it just out of spite because the things looked like they belonged to mountain men.

Just as the warriors started moving Clarke in the direction that she hoped lead towards Lexa, Anya caught her eye. The other woman gave Clarke a look, which the blonde could not decipher. Clarke did not have much time to dwell on it as a warrior poked a sword in her back to get her going ahead. Though, she did saw Anya going in other direction with two warriors and talking with them rapidly in Trigedasleng.

The warriors guarding Clarke were taking her towards what appeared to be an old world's train station. They were walking in it for a few minutes before one of the grounder split off from them and went to talk to the group of people that were already standing in the corner. Clarke could not see whom he was talking to as they were standing at a distance and the other warriors surrounding her made her move faster away from that area.