Queen Nia and Echo are stood chatting.
"I don't care what sort of business you have with the skaikru boys but I do care when you threaten my only Natblida" Nia yelled.
"It won't happen again" Echo insisted.
Nia slapped Echo hard across the face piercing Echo's skin with her nails.
"Don't you dare tell me what's going to happen Echo kom Azegda, you bow to me and to me only. Ontari remains untouched she is my way into ruling everyone" Nia snapped.
"I'm sorry, ai Reina" Echo apologised and she bowed before her queen.
Nia kicked Echo stomach putting her on her back.
"Your parents were worthless, I brought you here suspecting I could make a worthwhile warrior. Perhaps I was wrong. If you continue on the way you are now I will kill you myself, Echo. Is that clear?" Nia asked.
Echo nodded and attempted to get up. Nia kicked her down once more.
"You do not get up until I give you permission" Nia spat.
Echo stayed on the ground as tears slid down her cheeks.
"Get up and get out. Keep that Bellamy boy out of trouble, if not you will pay for it.
Echo got to her feet and left the room then ran to her own room.
As soon as she went in both Bellamy and Murphy stood.
Murphy glanced at the cut on Echo's cheeks and the tears.
Echo walked past both of them, kicked off her boots and climbed into the bed pulling the quilt up to her face.
Murphy sat on the edge of the bed and wiped the blood from Echo's cheek.
"I'm sorry" Murphy apologised.
"Don't be" Echo told him.
"Murphy, maybe you should go" Bellamy said.
"I can't go back to Ontari" Murphy protested.
"He can stay" Echo said then she lay on her side and shut her eyes.
Bellamy glared at Murphy then he sat on the sofa.
Anya, Clarke, Lexa and Finn are stood in a tent.
"Anya tells me you want a truce. Why?" Lexa asked Clarke.
"I don't want to fight anymore. We've lost people and so have you. This is our home now and we need to learn to live in peace" Clarke told Lexa.
"You burned 300 of my warriors" Lexa reminded Clarke.
"There was 100 of us now there is 52" Clarke retorted.
"That is hardly a comparison" Lexa stated.
"We have losses on both sides" Anya reasoned.
"Can we talk about Azgeda? I mean they have Bellamy" Finn spoke up.
"We will discuss that but first Clarke and I must discuss terms" Lexa replied.
"We work together. Share supplies. You show us the best way to live down here and we can help you develop the stuff you have into bigger things. We share our knowledge you share yours" Clarke proposed.
"If you learn our ways you must follow them. You must respect our faith and abide our laws" Lexa responded.
"Of course but you also have to understand that we have our own beliefs and we would like to continue believing in them. We have traditions of our own, we would like our traditions to be respected as well as yours. We are willing to share our technology and our skills with you if you promise to help us"
"At least 5 of you must learn our language you need to be able to speak to our people that are not warriors"
"That's fair. You need to promise us safety from the other clans"
"I can do that so long as you promise not to attack them"
"We won't"
"Okay" Lexa gave in.
"Okay? Okay what?" Clarke questioned.
"You want your truce you have it but it needs to be done officially. You can bring your people to polis. They will all be welcomed and treated well. We will do the summit and welcome Skaikru as the 13th clan in our coalition" Lexa informed Clarke.
"Thank you, we will not let you down" Clarke smiled.
Lexa extended her hand and Clarke shook it.
"Finn, who helped you escape?" Lexa asked Finn.
"An azgeda spy" Finn told Lexa.
"Echo?" Lexa questioned.
"I have no idea who that is. He said his name was Zak" Finn informed Lexa.
"Zak? I haven't heard of a Zak before. How did he get away with Bellamy?" Lexa asked.
"We asked him to get us out after we caught him watching us. We didn't know how long you were gonna keep us there and we just wanted to come home. He took us outside then he stabbed Bellamy in the leg and knocked me out" Finn explained.
"You can return to your people for now. I will send warriors to bring you to poils at first light, be expecting us" Lexa said.
Clarke and Finn both nodded then the four of them left the tent.
Serena was listening into a conversation Luna and Lincoln were having.
"She wants to return home, Lincoln but if she tells anyone how to get here, we will all be killed. I can't risk that. You must talk her down" Luna insisted.
"Luna, I can't talk her down. Her brother is-"
"I know. This has been peaceful for years she can't just leave and bring us trouble!" Luna exclaimed.
"She wouldn't tell-"
"Her people already know how to get here. If they somehow survived and come here seeking safety I will have no choice but to ignore them. They'll get angry perhaps tell a fleimkepa then this place will be destroyed and floukru will be no more" Luna interjected.
Serena heard a creak come from behind her and turned to find Octavia.
"Shh" Serena whispered. Octavia nodded and crouched down next to her.
"How can I convince her not to find her own brother?" Lincoln asked.
"What if I told her I found out there were no survivors that her brother was definitely dead" Luna suggested.
"She would need proof" Lincoln said.
"This is ridiculous, Lincoln. We're supposed to be friends and yet you have came here and endangered my people" Luna snapped.
Octavia went to charge forward, Serena grabbed her arm and shook her head.
"We had nowhere else to go" Lincoln stated.
"Perhaps you should have thought about that before getting involved with a sky girl" Luna hissed.
"I love her" Lincoln told Luna.
"I know. I don't like this anymore than you do but I have made this a safe place for people like me. If anything happens here it will be on me" Luna responded.
"Okay. Okay. I'll talk to Octavia see if I can convince her to stay but I am not promising anything" Lincoln gave in.
Luna nodded then she walked off. Lincoln stood for a few more seconds then left.
"How do we go about escaping?" Octavia asked Serena.
Serena grinned. "Steal the boats"
"How?"
"They're unguarded for approximately 5 minutes during the night. There's a light that shines when there's any movement but if we shot it down we could get away quickly. It takes 45 minutes to get to the shore. We can take the boat until they start shooting when they do we would have to swim" Serena explained.
"Those vials can you get them?" Octavia asked.
"Not easily but yeah. My sister works where they are I could get her to steal one, why?"
"I'm bringing Lincoln, I can use the vial on him and knock him out. With your help I can drag him to the boat" Octavia said.
"He can't swim if he's unconscious" Serena pointed out.
"I can't just leave him" Octavia argued.
"He'll have a kill order" Serena revealed.
"What?"
"He didn't tell you because he didn't want to worry you but he will. If he returns he'll be killed, death by a thousand cuts" Serena informed Octavia.
"I love him I-"
"Sometimes to show someone you really love them you have to let them go"
"Maybe if I find my brother. My friends. They can make a truce and get rid of Lincoln's kill order" Octavia suggested.
"It's possible" Serena said.
"You talk to you sister you need to make sure she really wants to leave"
"She will come with us" Serena insisted.
"Let me know when you've sorted out our plan" Octavia told Serena before walking off.
River, Monty, Harper and Jasper are sat in a tent with the map.
"I'm frikdreina. A mutant. You might not want me here because of it" River announced and she took off her shoe showing her deformed foot.
"How could you even think that? What's on the outside does not define what's in the inside. We don't care about how your foot looks" Harper told River.
"Yeah. We don't judge on appearance. Everybody has something that isn't perfect" Jasper added.
River smiled at them both.
"I told you my friends aren't like your people" Monty said.
"I don't trust that Orla. You know she says she can't write she's never had a pen-"
"Isn't she Azgeda?" River cut in. Harper nodded.
"Azgeda is the richest of the clans. They have the best of supplies. The most popular books and the best clothes. They have more rations than the other clans too" River informed them.
"So she lied?" Jasper asked.
"She must have. Lin stole from Azgeda a few times a year and when she did we ate royally" River told Jasper.
"Lin?"
"My mom. Not biological but the only one I've ever known. We had to steal to survive. We were all banished. We lived in the wasteland"
"That's horrible!" Harper exclaimed.
"I'm used to it" River said with a small smile.
"I've already told you it'll never be like that again" Monty said.
"If she's lying she must have a reason, right?" Jasper questioned.
"I guess so" River replied.
"We have to tell Clarke" Jasper blurted.
"No!" River cried.
"What? Why?" Jasper asked.
"I've just arrived. I'm a frikdreina. That girl obviously has something to hide. If Clarke talks to her and she says I'm targeting her, Clarke might distrust me. You have to be smart the best way to find out what someone is up to is to work from the inside" River explained.
"You mean spy on her?" Harper asked.
"Not spy exactly. Just find out her true intentions" River said.
"Harper you should do it" Jasper told Harper.
"Me?"
"Yeah. Your nice to everyone it'll be the least suspicious"
"Jasper's right. It has to be you Harper" Monty agreed.
"Okay. I'll try" Harper said.
Echo and Murphy are sparring while Bellamy watches.
Echo elbows Murphy's stomach and he hits the ground.
"Can I try?" Bellamy asked.
"Give him your sword" Echo told Murphy.
"Be my guest" Murphy said and he passed Bellamy his sword.
Bellamy swung his sword against Echo's and she swung hers back. After a few hits back and forth, Echo swiped her leg sending Bellamy to the ground. As he fell he grabbed Echo's arm and pulled her to the floor with him.
She landed on his chest and they both lay on the ground laughing.
"Bellamy, you must have trained before" Murphy said.
"I haven't. I must just be a natural" Bellamy laughed as he stood up.
"You wanna go?" Murphy asked glancing at the fallen swords.
"You really want me to kick your ass again?" Bellamy asked with a smirk.
Murphy chuckled and he picked up a sword. Bellamy picked up the remaining sword.
Echo pulled herself up and moved out of the way. She watched as Murphy and Bellamy sparred, Bellamy had the upper hand but Murphy wasn't giving up either. Eventually Murphy fell to the ground after Bellamy kicked his stomach.
"Told you I'd kick your ass" Bellamy teased.
"Yeah. Yeah" Murphy muttered.
Bellamy offered him a hand up and he took it. Bellamy pulled Murphy up to his feet surprising both of them.
"Thanks man" Murphy muttered.
"Bellamy you do seem pretty good. You sure you haven't did this before?" Echo questioned.
"I haven't" Bellamy replied.
Echo bent down to pick up the sword and groaned.
"You okay?" Bellamy asked. Echo nodded.
Bellamy grabbed the bottom of her top and pulled it up showing fresh bruises all over her stomach.
"Echo... you need to rest. That was Nia wasn't it?" Bellamy said.
Echo looked away and nodded. "Does she beat you often?"
"Only if I do something she doesn't agree with. It happened almost daily when I was a child. I learned to obey her" Echo explained.
Bellamy put a hand on Echo's shoulder and gave it a squeeze.
"One day she'll get what's coming to her" Murphy blurted.
"I wish that were true" Echo said.
"We could make it true" Murphy mumbled.
"What?" Bellamy questioned.
"Kill her. Make a run for it. Echo your a spy, you must know tons of hiding places" Murphy responded.
"Killing Queen Nia would be the most dangerous move anyone could make" Echo replied.
"Wouldn't it be worth it? To finally be free"
"She would kill us all if she found out" Bellamy stated.
"She can't kill us if she's dead" Murphy retorted.
"I couldn't. I know she's evil but she is My Queen-"
"I need to get out of here. I don't where I'll go but I can't stay here not with Ontari" Murphy said.
"How will you escape?" Echo asked.
"I'll find a way" Murphy replied.
"You'll get killed, Murphy" Bellamy told Murphy.
"What do you care?" Murphy snapped.
"I don't" Bellamy spat.
"Later" Murphy said before walking out.
"Murphy" Echo called after him.
Clarke and Finn are stood in front of the delinquents making an announcement.
"We will be going to polis, the grounder capital city and we are gonna have a summit. We will join their coalition as the 13th clan and we will no longer be at war. Not all of us have to go but I would like a few of us to go" Clarke announced.
"Can we trust them now?" Monroe asked.
"Yes. We can trust them" Clarke told Monroe.
"How do we know this isn't a set up? They could kill us the minute we get there" Miller said.
"If you don't wanna trust the grounders, don't. Trust Clarke, she knows what she's doing" Finn replied.
"Where's Bellamy?" Fox asked.
"An enemy clan took him. We'll get him back" Clarke responded.
"How do you even know he's alive?" Sterling questioned.
"I have hope. Bellamy's strong" Clarke said.
"What about Octavia?" Miller asked.
"Gone" Finn revealed.
Clarke glanced at Finn confused.
The delinquents murmured and a few put their heads down.
"Octavia's dead?" Jasper yelled.
"Why didn't anybody tell us?" Monty asked angrily.
"Everybody start packing" Finn instructed.
They all left besides Monty and Jasper who made their way over to Finn and Clarke.
"You didn't tell me Octavia was dead" Clarke snapped.
"Why the hell wouldn't you tell us?" Jasper yelled as he joined them.
"She's not dead. Bellamy told Lexa she was so they wouldn't go after her. They don't trust Lincoln anymore he told me himself they would banish him for helping us. Bellamy didn't want Lexa to know who Octavia was in case she ever returned. Lexa can't know he lied, she won't trust him or me" Finn explained.
"But she's safe?" Clarke questioned.
"Yeah. She's with Lincoln they went to the sea clan" Finn responded.
"Thank god" Monty whispered.
"Monty, Jasper will you two stay here with River and Orla?" Clarke asked them.
"Can Harper stay too?" Jasper asked. Clarke nodded.
"Cool. Yeah. Is Raven going with you guys?"
"I'll talk to her but I think she'll want to" Clarke replied.
"We should go tell Harper and River what's going on" Jasper said then he and Monty left.
"Anything else I should know?" Clarke questioned.
"Yeah Murphy is with Azgeda" Finn informed Clarke.
"Fuck! Not Murphy" Clarke groaned.
Murphy is following Zak who is going into his room. Zak goes in and shuts the door. Murphy goes over and kicks the door open.
"What the hell?" Zak snapped.
"You seem to get in and out unnoticed" Murphy said.
"What do you want?" Zak asked.
"Out of here and I know you know how" Murphy told Zak.
"Does Echo know your here?"
"No. She doesn't and she won't find out either" Murphy retorted.
"I can't just let you escape" Zak told Murphy.
"Because your queen will kill you? I'll tell her Finn Collins is still alive, see how she feels about you then"
"That would get Echo killed too" Zak stated.
"Not if I tell her you lied to Echo. I need to get out of here, Zak. If you can get me out why don't you leave too?"
"I promised my mother I'd obey Nia before she died" Zak explained.
"This is about honouring a promise? Zak your moms dead she's not coming back. My parents are dead too. They wouldn't proud of me or the things I've done but I keep on surviving. That's all I can do and it's the same for you. If you stay here you'll just be Nia's bitch the rest of your life. That what you want?"
"I don't break my promises, Murphy. If you want my help to escape fine but you should take Bellamy and Echo with you. She'll kill them both if you escape"
"Alright. Tell me how" Murphy said.
"You need to officially become Azgeda first" Zak told Murphy.
"I don't want to become Azgeda" Murphy argued.
"Nia will never fully trust you until you do. You'll have to work with Echo she can convince the queen to have the ceremony"
"Ceremony?"
"Yes. To become Azgeda you have to marry an Azgedan and you get a scar. An azgeda scar. Only then will she fully trust you"
"You want me to marry Echo?" Murphy blurted.
"No. Ontari" Zak revealed.
"I'm escaping her. Getting away from her. Now you want me to marry her?" Murphy snapped.
"Yes after you're married and your one of Azgeda, Nia will trust you. Then we send you to find Orla amongst your people. Echo will have to show you how to get there then you just sneak Bellamy out"
"That seems highly circumstantial"
"It's the only way" Zak stated.