"Skaireina," Lexa greeted as Clarke walked over to her. She looked at Bellamy to acknowledge his presence, "Belomi kom Skaikru."
"Heda," the couple answered in unison, and Bellamy nodded in responce. He walked over to Octavia and Miller to give them charge over the camp in their absence and walked over to the two leaders.
Lexa stepped to her side and motioned for two wagons to be pulled inside of the camp walls. Clarke gave the commander a confused look.
"What is all of this?" Clarke asked.
"These are the gifts that were meant to be presented to Skaikru the night of the ceremony; however, it wasn't prepared in time."
Bellamy walked up to Clarke, and she grabbed onto his arm. He looked around at the wagons.
One was filled with potted plants, seeds, other vegetation and pulled two horses; the other wagon was filled with a some sort of straw like grass which Bellamy and Clarke both assumed was hay, crates of five hens and two roosters, two pigs and two sheep, and pulled two cows.
The co-leaders were too surprised to noticed the rest of the camp gathering around in awe of the animals before them.
"We thought they had gone extinct after the Cataclysm!" Clarke exclaimed. She laughed and walked over to the animals. Bellamy followed as she stopped to look at each one.
"Lexa, this is all so much. How can we ever repay you?"
"As I said, it's a gift. All I ask in return is your loyalty to the Coalition. Two members from Louwoda Kliron Kru have volunteered to stay behind for a few days to teach you how to care for these animals and plants."
"O," Bellamy said turning to his little sister who walked up beside him, "can you get Monty, Jasper and anyone else here from Farm Station to help with these animals? There's a couple of grounders here from Louwoda Kliron Kru to show us how to take care of them. I'm thinking once Monty and Jasper learn everything, then they can teach everyone else. We've got to leave now."
Bellamy hugged his sister
"May we meet again."
"May we meet again."
They Blake siblings parted ways, and Bellamy watched as Octavia ran off to find her friends. He turned around and held his hand out to Clarke to help her into the wagon after the commander.
They blonde found her seat across from Lexa, and Bellamy found his beside Clarke. Four tall armed grounders intimidating looks both stood and walked behind the wagon as it began to roll forward. Clarke did her best not to stare as her mind flashed back to the moment after the ceremony during which Lexa warned her of possible threats.
"I am telling you this because even though I betrayed you all and even though you are now my subjects, I wish for us to be friends," Lexa said looking over at Clarke, "When you return to your people tomorrow, I will be sending two of my most trusted guardsmen with you. They will remain in the camp with you until I say otherwise. Your life is in danger."
"What?" Bellamy asked. She watched the worry and the fear wash over his face.
"Legend has it that whoever takes the life of the mighty Wanheda will also control her powers."
"Wanheda?" Bellamy half asked. He and Clarke had heard a few grounder call her that when they first entered Polis, but neither knew what it meant.
"What powers?" Clarke asked.
"The Commander of Death. After you single-handedly took down the mountain, my people believe you are Wanheda, and very little will stop them from attempting to assume your power over death. I will take action against anyone who tries to make an attempt on your life. Your pregnancy should keep you safe for the time being. A child for us is rare because of the high levels of radiation that we withstood over time. So, I believe you'll be safe until you have your child, but the guards are simply a precaution for now," Lexa warned.
"Thank you," Clarke said. She hadn't noticed that she had reached for Bellamy's hand as Lexa spoke to her. She knew Bellamy would more than likely never let her out of his sight now that he knew she was in danger.
Nervously, Clarke reached for Bellamy's hand as the wagon shook with every bump in its path. He could tell she was uneasy, and he gave her hand a squeeze.
Lexa's and Bellamy's eyes fell on Clarke when she decided to break the silence by informing them of the successful communication with the Ark, and the commander discussed her terms with the co-leaders for allowing the rest of their people to come down to Earth.
For the duration of their journey to the mountain, the three discussed how they would split up the items from the mountain. The commander gave them the food and medical supplies and decided that the clothes and shoes should be divided equally between Polis and the Skaikru camp for trading.
Once they arrived at Mount Weather, very little was spoken. They all knew what they were supposed to find.
Clarke noticed a different feeling during their return. The white halls had an eering sense about them. If walls could talk, Clarke thought. It was an Old Earth saying she had once heard her father say. Yet, there was no need for these walls to speak. She and everyone else with her knew what these walls had witnessed. Bloodshed. Tears. Torture.
They all silently agree to ignore their haunting feelings and sadness. Their focus was important. In and out. That's all their mission was, but the mass pile of lifeless bodies in the halls made it difficult to focus.
Harper grabbed reaper sticks and the radios needed to share with the grounders. She found televisions, computers and other tech she knew Raven could set up in her workshop. Raven's goal was to set up a video chat between Polis and the camp.
Ashleigh and Evan went to the kitchen and dining hall to find any food, furniture, dishes, silverware and appliances they could possibly use or simply for parts.
Bellamy managed to find guns and rovers. He and Clarke offered to share them with Lexa, but the commander wanted no part in them and wanted her people to fight as they had been for the last century.
Lincoln and Clarke went to find the medical equipment and supplies. He never understood what she was talking about when she pointed; so, he made it a practice to gather whatever seemed to be in the path that followed the tip of her finger.
After they finished raiding the Mount Weather Medical Facility, as the sign read, Clarke left to divide clothing and household items with the commander. She often wondered why Lexa agreed to give the Sky People the greater portion of the spoils from war. Perhaps, it was because the commander felt remorse for betraying them or because Skaikru was the one to take the Mountain, or simply because the Sky People truly needed more.
As the sun began to set, they loaded their things and parted ways with the commander and her selected men. Bellamy, Ashleigh, Lincoln, Harper, Evan and Clarke loaded everything into the rovers and drove them back to camp. Lincoln remained on horse and pulled a wagon that carried the bodies of Maya and the six delinquents who had lost their lives in Mount Weather.
Those who stayed behind in the camp greeted them at the gates. One by one, they all help unloading items from the rovers and wagons. They took them to their proper places to be sorted through later.
Medical equipment, supplies, and books were taken to the drop ship for Clarke to sort through later. Electronics and other similar items were taken to Raven's workshop. Food was taken to the structure behind the drop ship which they deemed "The Pantry". Mattresses were leaned against the newly extended walls, and boxes of clothes were stacked beside the mattresses. Guns were left in the back of the rovers and were parked inside the walls on either side of the gate.
Much was brought back from Mount Weather meaning much was to be done. Bellamy had always imagined what an Old Earth Christmas morning felt like. He had read about it and had heard about it, but he never felt that same joy. He concluded that the excitement in everyone's eyes which was brought by the unloading of the commander's gifts and the items from Mount Weather was the same sense of joy that was felt on an Old Earth Christmas morning. He smiled because he felt it to.