A/N: Hey guys, just a shortish chapter tonight, I'm heading back to uni tomorrow and I'm really tired. I hope everyone had a really amazing Christmas and new year! xx
"What the hell is going on?" Lexa barked at them as Clarke and Raven carried Ontari between them through the gates.
Clarke just looked at her helplessly, at a loss to explain how the attackers had gotten so close to the city wall.
"Where's Octavia?" Lexa asked quickly, as she realised that the other girl was seemingly missing from the group.
A path through the crowd appeared as Octavia called out from where she was resting her weight against the wall of a house just inside the gate.
"Of course, you're hurt too." Lexa muttered under her breath before waving her arm at two of her guards who had followed her down from the market when the first reports of the fighting at the gate had started. "You two, take up positions at the gates, I don't want anyone in or out until you hear otherwise from me."
"Sha Heda." They bowed quickly, before jogging towards the city entrance.
Walking over to Octavia quickly, Lexa wrapped her arm around her waist before slipping her arm under her friend's legs, lifting her easily.
Tilting her head towards the tower, Lexa waited until Clarke and Raven started moving again before turning to face the crowd of people that were gathered, addressing them calmly and normally, as though she wasn't holding her injured friend in her arms as her wife carried her student away for urgent medical attention.
"I know you are all wondering what has happened here today, as am I, and I promise you that I will find out, and those that are guilty of attacking my city will face the consequences of their actions. All I ask is patience for me to ensure the continued health and wellbeing of my family, whom you all love and then I will hunt down those responsible for this."
A smile briefly flitted across her face as the crowd cheered and parted easily for her to slip through, keeping a tight hold on Octavia, who didn't seem particularly bothered by the arrow still sticking out of her leg.
"What Octavia?" Lexa sighed, as she started up the steps in front of the tower.
"Nothing, you just seem remarkably not angry right now." Octavia mused as the tower guards opened the doors to let them through and they headed towards the lift.
Lexa looked down at Octavia, "Of course I'm angry, you got shot and Ontari really didn't look so good."
Octavia grinned, "I don't believe you, I think you've been bored."
Lexa just rolled her eyes, "Don't be ridiculous."
"Then don't lie to me." Octavia chuckled as they got into the elevator. "You've hated not having anything to do these last few weeks. But more than that, you now have a genuine reason to be happy and the only reason you haven't already started raving about it is that it would be in poor taste to bring up right now."
"Really," Lexa said, her voice dropping dangerously, "And what could that reason possibly be?"
"Clarke's the only person who came back pretty much intact and uninjured."
Before she could help it, a grin tugged at the corners of Lexa's mouth and Octavia laughed aloud, pointing at her face, "I knew it, look at you taking so much pride in your wife, it makes me feel so warm and tingly inside."
Lexa swatted her hand away from her face impatiently, "I hate you."
"Hmm," Octavia hummed, pretending to think, "No you don't, you know you love me. And you can't hate someone for being right, that's just rude."
"Another Skaikru rule you haven't told me about yet?" Lexa asked curiously as they got off the elevator and headed toward her room.
"Nope." Octavia grinned, "Just an Octavia one."