Harper and Jasper are sat around a fire just a few feet from the Dropship./p
"I know he's probably dead but I can't help but hope that maybe he is out there. He could have been captured and being kept prisoner" Jasper said./p
"I'm sure he's fine. Monty's strong" Harper reassured Jasper giving his hand a squeeze.
"Great idea, Clarke's probably gonna force you into the inner circle now" Jasper joked.
"About time. Everybody wanted to be in with you, Monty, Clarke, Bellamy, Octavia, Raven and Finn" Harper told Jasper.
"Your more than welcome to be in with us" Jasper replied.
Harper smiled up at him. They both looked up at the sky and saw something falling down.
"Oh my god" Harper gasped.
"The ark?" Jasper questioned.
"They died" Harper reminded Jasper.
"Clarke. Clarke get out here" Jasper shouted before banging on the Dropship door.
Clarke came outside along with Fox and Raven who was being helped to walk by Miller.
"Look" Harper said pointing up to the sky.
They all looked up and saw the mysterious object fall to running distance from them.
Jasper sprinted forward first followed by Harper and Fox.
Clarke took Raven's other arm around her shoulder then she and Miller followed after the others.
Bellamy and Finn are sat in a cell. They're both healed, wounds stitched and dirt free.
"Why did you lie? About Octavia?" Finn asked Bellamy.
"I don't want them targeting her. It's better they think she's dead" Bellamy explained.
"If we ever make peace with them your gonna have to admit you lied" Finn stated.
"I don't think I'll be seeing Octavia again anyway" Bellamy told Finn.
"I'm sorry but at least you know she's in good hands. Lincoln will take care of her" Finn said to Bellamy.
"That supposed to comfort me?" Bellamy questioned with a slight smirk.
"Take it or leave it. I'm just saying she's a survivor" Finn responded.
"Yeah she is. She'll outlive us all" Bellamy smiled.
Murphy opened his eyes and looked up to see Ontari hovering over him. His heart began to pound and he can feel sweat trickling down his forehead.
"What did you do to me?" Murphy stammered.
"Nothing. You had a nightmare" Ontari told Murphy.
"I don't have nightmares" Murphy retorted.
"You just did. I didn't touch you. Your yelling woke me" Ontari snapped.
"Well I'm awake now so go to sleep" Murphy said before turning away from Ontari.
"Come with me" Ontari instructed Murphy.
Murphy groaned then stood up. Ontari opened her bedroom door and lit a candle then headed out into the long corridor.
"Where we going?" Murphy asked as he rubbed his eyes.
Ontari smirked lightly at the sight of Murphy so sleepy.
Ontari led Murphy into a sort of kitchen and grabbed a cup then poured a cup of calming tea.
"Drink. It will help with the nightmares" Ontari told Murphy pushing the cup towards him.
Murphy lifted the cup and took a sip hesitantly.
Murphy screwed up his face. "Yes. Doesn't taste so nice but it does work" Ontari said.
Murphy sighed then quickly gulped all of it down.
"I wouldn't have done that" Ontari admitted.
"Why not?" Murphy asked before clutching his stomach and vomiting over the floor.
"Because that might happen" Ontari mumbled. Murphy grabbed a rag then kneeled down to clean the sick.
"I'll get it. You should have another glass but drink slowly it really does help with the nightmares" Ontari told Murphy before taking the rag from him.
"Thank you" Murphy said. Ontari nodded then kneeled down and began cleaning up the sick.
Monty is lying on the ground. The man with the deformed face is gawking at him. Emori, a brunette and Otan are also there peering down at Monty.
"Get out of his face, Gideon. Your scaring him!" The brunette snapped.
Monty looked up at all of then terrified. Besides Gideon the others looked normal. Otan had a cloth wrapped around his face covering his disfigurement. Emori had a cloth wrapped around her deformed hand and the brunette was wearing two different sized shoes.
"He looks healthy... take his jacket too" Otan said.
"Wait! Maybe he can be of use to us" The brunette suggested.
"Go on" Emori told the brunette.
"Let's find out where he is from first. If he's trikru perhaps we can use him to get good rations and better clothes" The brunette said looking around for approval.
"He's no warrior. No scars" Emori noticed as she glanced at Monty.
"My name is Monty" Monty announced. "You speak english?" Gideon questioned.
Monty cowered away from Gideon. "He must be a sky person" The brunette realised.
"Yes. I am. I got lost then that man kidnapped me" Monty explained glancing at the dead grounder next to him.
"My name is River, your in the dead zone" The brunette informed him offering him a hand up.
Monty took River's hand and she pulled him up to his feet.
"What's the dead zone?" Monty queried.
"It's where people like us live. After our families abandon us" River told Monty.
"I don't understand" Monty said shakily. "Frikdreina" Emori informed Monty.
Monty looked at Emori baffled.
"That means mutant. We were all born with deformities, we were seen as bloodstains and banished as babies" River explained.
"That's horrible" Monty muttered. "Yeah. We get over it" River stated.
"Can I uh get my shoes back? Or..." Monty trailed off. "Of course. Gideon pass him his shoes" River ordered Gideon.
Gideon threw Monty his shoes back. Monty picked them up and began putting them back on.
"So what will we do with him?" Emori asked River.
"He can come with us. We could always do with an extra set of hands, right?" River replied.
"He's unmarked. He could be a spy for us" Otan suggested.
"After a year or twos training" Gideon sighed.
"We're not killing him. We are better than that" River insisted.
"Are we?" Emori questioned. "You know we are" River retorted.
Clarke, Raven, Miller, Jasper, Fox and Harper are stood in front of a small pod.
Clarke stepped forward and opened the pod revealing baskets full of Guns, Shock batons, knifes, medicine, shampoo, paper, soap, pens, clothes, walkie talkies, needles, thread and books.
"They sent us the last of what they had" Raven realised.
"They really are gone" Harper cried.
"They could have sent themselves down but instead they sent us supplies" Jasper stated.
"We could take on the grounders with this stuff" Miller said.
"If we have to. Yeah it's gonna help" Clarke agreed.
"I'll go wake the others. Get them to come help us bring it back" Harper announced before running off.
"Maybe we will survive" Clarke murmured. "We will" Raven insisted.
Lexa entered Bellamy and Finn's cell. They both turned to look at her.
"Anya met with a girl, Clarke? Is that correct?" Lexa asked them.
"Yes" Finn said quickly. "She is your leader?" Lexa questioned.
"Co-Leader. Alongside me" Bellamy corrected.
"As a fellow leader, Bellamy you must understand that we do what is necessary to keep our people alive. So tell me why you thought it necessary to burn one of my villages to the ground, kidnap one of my people and torture him then burn 300 of my warriors" Lexa said walking around the cell as she spoke.
"On our first day here our people sent us on a mission, to find a place that would have supplies for us. On the way there your people speared one of mine for absolutely no reason. Then one of our people was kidnapped and your grounders killed 3 of my people as we tried to find her. The flares were to contact our people and tell them they were alive and obviously it didn't work out too well. As for burning 300 of your warriors, let me remind you that you sent John Murphy back to infect us which killed some of my people and also weakened us, we blasted the bridge to buy ourselves more time because you had ordered your people to attack us. We found rocket fuel and we used it the best way we could by burning your people" Bellamy justified.
"That boy came into our territory that is why he was speared. The girl kidnapped is the one that Lincoln has snuck off with, he helped her. Again the 3 people you lost trying to find that girl were in trikru territory. The flares were a stupid careless idea. John Murphy was also trespassing so he was took in and tortured, the boy had no loyalty to you anyway. Only took him 3 days of torture to give you up. We attacked because you attacked us during your co-leaders meeting with Anya" Lexa retorted.
"Your territory? How was he supposed to know that? Yeah we attacked during the meeting because your people were armed and hiding in the trees. We assumed you would attack" Bellamy responded.
"You made the wrong assumption. They were there as a precaution" Lexa told Bellamy.
"Well... that's in the past now. What's done is done" Bellamy uttered.
"Finn do you agree with your leader?" Lexa asked.
Finn opened his mouth to speak then realised that as a leader herself she wouldn't like to be defied or second guessed so just simply nodded.
"Very well. I have a decision for you two to make. You both stay here and we try to discuss a truce or one of you goes free and the other faces death by a thousand cuts" Lexa proposed.
"We'll stay" Bellamy told Lexa. "A pod fell from the sky today. Are you expecting more people?" Lexa questioned.
"No. They're all dead. Or at least we think they are" Finn told Lexa.
"I'm sending a group to investigate it. Nobody will be killed unless they attack first" Lexa informed Bellamy and Finn.
"The ark are dead. It was probably just a mishap. If they see you approaching they will attack" Bellamy argued.
"Then they shall face the consequence. 300 of my warriors were killed, there has been no justice for that yet. Jus drein jus drain one way or another" Lexa said before leaving.
"Jus drein jus draun?" Bellamy repeated the words rolling off his tongue like venom.
"It doesn't sound good" Finn stated.
Nia, Echo, Ontari and Murphy are eating breakfast around a long table.
Murphy was scoffing his down, this had been the most food he'd seen in his life.
"They don't feed you in space?" Nia questioned looking at Murphy in disgust.
Murphy looked up at her with berry juice dribbling down his chin.
"Nothing like this" Murphy replied and he continued eating.
Ontari and Echo looked at each other and they both smirked.
"Apparently something else fell from the sky today... Any ideas what that could have been, John?" Nia asked staring at Murphy.
"Uh no. I thought all the ark were dead. There isn't enough oxygen for them to survive" Murphy responded with his mouth full.
Echo smirked once again, she knew how much respect Nia expected to receive from more or less everyone and Murphy just wasn't giving it.
"We must find out. Echo you are to go to polis" Nia announced.
"Me? My Queen they know I'm a spy. I do have a suggestion though" Echo replied.
"What would that be?" Nia asked.
"Zak... He is trained. Very well. He can go into polis fleeing from Azgeda and find out what is going on" Echo explained.
"Sha. Do that" Nia ordered Echo. Echo bowed then left to do her queens bidding.
Monty and River were walking ahead of Emori, Gideon and Otan.
"So your parents just gave you up?" Monty questioned.
"Yes. I never knew them. They left me by a river when I was a mere couple of hours old. Lin found me and she raised me. She died 4 years ago. Ever since I've been with Emori and Otan they are my family" River explained.
"What about Gideon?" Monty asked.
"I've known him all my life. He's a thief and a killer. I don't trust him. Otan does" River told Monty.
"That's a pretty tough life" Monty said sadly.
"What is your story? Skai skat?" River asked.
"My story? Well I was born on the ark in space. I lived on farm station, where our food was produced. I made friends with Jasper when I was 5 he's like my brother. My parents were in charge of the pharmaceuticals. My friend and I used to steal weed and once I forgot to put back what we took and we got caught then we were arrested and sent to the ground" Monty informed River.
"Weed?" River repeated. "A drug that makes you high" Monty confirmed.
"Like Jobi nuts" River stated. Monty nodded.
"Where is Jasper now?" River asked Monty seeming genuinely interested.
"With my people I assume" Monty told River. "How did you end up here?" River queried.
"My friends were missing. I went to find them and well I guess that grounder found me first" Monty answered.
"Gideon may try kill you. We don't tend to trust people who aren't frikdreina" River admitted.
"I pose no threat to you. I just want to get back to my people" Monty responded.
"I know that but Gideon isn't as understanding" River replied.
"River. Otan and I are going to sangedakru, see what we can steal. You guys should head for Rockline" Emori called.
"Okay. Meet back here?" River said. "Sha. Set klir" Emori muttered as she gave River a hug.
Emori and Otan left leaving Gideon, Monty and River.
"Let's go!" River exclaimed. Monty sighed and began trudging after Gideon and River.
Raven, Clarke and Harper are sat in the dropship sorting the supplies.
"Okay. So we have a good amount of medical supplies for now but who knows how long it will be until we're able to get more. We're gonna have to really ration with our medicine" Clarke stated glancing at the pile of medical supplies.
"Food is done. We're gonna need to go hunting" Harper told Clarke.
"It's not safe to leave camp yet" Clarke argued.
"We have weapons. We can fight back but not if we're hungry" Harper retorted.
"Okay. Fine but just a small group, no more than 5" Clarke said reluctantly.
"Okay. I'll go and grab the others" Harper smiled before standing up.
"Wait. Use the spears to hunt. Take the guns as a precaution but do not use them unless it's necessary" Clarke warned Harper.
Harper nodded then left the dropship.
"She's pretty smart. You should listen to her" Raven told Clarke.
"I do. I listen to all of them but they don't have the responsibility that I do. I tell them to do one thing and it results in them all dying it's on me. I need to think everything through" Clarke responded.
"I know. You do well" Raven uttered. Clarke smiled at her.
Echo is talking with a dark haired guy.
"I don't know if I'm ready for this" The guy stammered.
"It's what I've trained you for, Zak. You don't even have to talk to anyone just listen in amongst crowds. If anybody does ask your fleeing Azgeda, that's all you have to say" Echo told him.
"Why can't you do it?" Zak asked. "They know me" Echo explained.
"What if I slip up?" Zak questioned. "You won't" Echo said firmly.
"Nia will have my head" Zak stated.
"I know it's scary but you have to overcome it. Your mother died so you could live honour her by serving Queen Nia as she would have" Echo replied.
"If he's not up for it, I'm free" A blonde girl offered as she joined them.
"Orla! What are you doing listening in to our conversation?" Echo snapped.
"Being a good spy. He hasn't got the guys, Echo. I do. Send me" Orla responded.
"No. I have chosen Zak. Leave us" Echo spat. Orla frowned at Echo before storming off.
"Why didn't you let her go?" Zak asked.
"Hatred is her fuel, she would threaten people and end up exposing herself. You know better than that, come on Zak it has to be you"
"Fine. I'll do it but if I end up dying during it. Just know that I told you so" Zak sighed.
Lincoln and Octavia are laid on beds unconscious. Luna is watching them.
Lincoln opened his eyes and looked around before seeing Luna.
"Well it's about time" Luna smiled at him. Lincoln quickly got out of the bed and went to hug his old friend.
"It's so good to see you. I'm glad you are well" Lincoln greeted Luna.
"So this Octavia? She a friend of yours?" Luna asked glancing at Octavia.
"More than a friend actually" Lincoln said. "You love her" Luna realised.
Lincoln nodded. "I'm happy for you, she seems sick. What is wrong with her?" Luna questioned.
"The antidote. Sorry she got hit with poison. Do you have the antidote?" Lincoln rambled.
"Yes. I have only 3 left but she may have one" Luna told Lincoln and she opened the door to leave. "Bring her"
Lincoln lifted Octavia carefully and followed Luna.
Harper, Miller, Monroe, Fox and Jasper were out hunting.
Miller, Monroe and Jasper were armed with guns, watching over Fox and Harper carefully as they gathered berries.
"We need proper meat" Miller groaned putting a hand to his stomach.
"Well I haven't seen any animals, have you?" Harper retorted as she put more Berries into a basket.
"Maybe we should go further into the woods" Miller suggested.
"No way that's grounder territory" Monroe stated. "So is this" Miller pointed out.
"Yeah but there will actually be grounders further out" Fox said.
"Let's just take what we have and get back" Jasper interjected.
"There's not enough" Harper announced. "We need a lot more than this" Fox tolf Jasper.
A twig snapped from behind them and they all turned ready to attack.
"Put down your weapons" A cold voice ordered. "Show yourself" Miller yelled pointing his gun at the direction of the voice.
Indra emerged from the shadows with Gustus and Artigas behind her. All 3 holding spheres.
"Put down yours" Harper told them.
They heard more rustling and turned to find they'd been surrounded by grounders. Ryder, Penn and Fio appeared in front of them.
"What do you want?" Monroe asked them trying to sound as calm as she could.
"We're on orders not to attack unless you attack first. That pod that came from the sky what was in it?" Indra asked.
"Sup-" Fox began. "Don't tell them" Miller cut in.
"They'll kill us" Fox cried.
"They've been ordered not to attack first so if we don't attack them they can't attack us. Just shut up" Miller snapped.
"We have two of your people. The commander can kill them at any point. Is that what you want?" Gustus questioned.
"Bellamy and Finn" Jasper muttered.
"It was just supplies. Clothes, books and medicine" Harper lied.
"The one you call Bellamy said they were all dead" Gustus responded.
"They are now. They used what was left of the fuel to send us those resources" Harper explained.
"No weapons?" Fio enquired. "Nope. Just clothes, books and medicine" Harper insisted.
"How many of you are left?" Indra queried. "48" Fox answered.
Miller glared at Fox. "We want Bellamy and Finn back" Monroe spat.
"They belong to the commander now" Ryder announced. "Yeah? well we have on of yo-" Monroe began.
"Our leaders left. Clarke will get us through" Jasper said loudly, cutting Monroe off.
"300 of our warriors are dead because of you. Jok yu all" Penn snarled before leaving.
"This isn't the last you've heard from us" Indra told them before also leaving.
The other grounders followed. "They're just leaving" Harper realised.
"They really do follow their orders" Jasper mumbled.
"Monroe, Fox are you two completely out of your minds? You both were just giving them information. You could have got us all killed" Miller yelled.
"Screw you, Miller" Monroe retorted. "Let's just get back now. We can ration what we have" Harper announced and the 5 of them made their way back to camp.
Monty and River were asleep in a cave. Gideon had a knife and he leaned over Monty about slit his throat when suddenly River lunged forward and tackled Gideon to the ground sending his knife to the other end of the cave.
"Let him die or you can die with him. I'll tell Emori and Otan you were killed by Rockline warriors" Gideon spat as he put his hands around River's throat.
"Jok you" River whispered as she struggled to breathe.
Gideon tightened his grip on River's throat and just as she was about to pass out, Gideon fell on top of her.
River quickly pushed him off her and looked up to see Monty holding a rock.
"You okay?" Monty asked and he offered River a hand up.
River took the hand and with Monty's help got up on her feet. "Yeah. I'm fine"
"He tried to kill me" Monty realised as he noticed the knife.
River nodded then she went over to the knife and picked it up.
"You saved my life" Monty stated. "And you saved mine" River replied before slitting Gideon's throat.
Monty watched in horror as the blood poured out of Gideon's throat.
"He was never going to stop" River told Monty. "You didn't have to kill him" Monty argued.
"Yes I did. You will understand one day, Monty kom Skaikru" River said.
"So what now?" Monty questioned.
"You may return to your people. You are not a bad person. Your good you deserve to be with the ones whom you love" River explained.
"I can't just leave you" Monty responded. "You have to. I will go back to the desert and await Emori and Otan's return" River insisted.
"I'll come with you then" Monty offered. "No. Your life is at risk there you must go back to your own people" Ricer argued.
"But you saved my life twice! I've seen the way you live it's wrong. You deserve better" Monty exclaimed.
"It's all I've ever known. Don't worry about me, I will be fine" River said adamantly.
"I can't just leave you" Monty repeated. "Yes you can and you must" River whispered.
"Come with me" Monty suggested. "No. I will never be accepted" River retorted.
"Yes you would. My people won't care that you have a disfigured foot. Trust me" Monty pleaded.
"No I have to get back to Emori and Otan" River cried.
"You can at least come for a while you can go home with proper food and water for them" Monty stated.
River looked at Monty torn. "Why are you being so nice to me?"
"Because you saved my life. Your good too" Monty told her.
"Your people hate my kind" River reminded Monty.
"My friend Octavia she fell in love with a grounder, Lincoln and my friends were kind to him. They will treat you the same" Monty informed River.
"I bet he was not frikdreina" River muttered.
"They won't care. Please just come" Monty held out his hand to River in a last attempt to convince her to come.
River looked down at Gideon's dead body and her bloody clothes then took Monty's hand and they both headed off.
A/N ~ Review and let me know what you think x