A/N: I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! And I wish you all a Happy New Year! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: The 100 is not mine no matter how much I wish it was!
"I think I found something." They all heard Clarke call from up ahead.
They hurried forward to see her standing at the entrance to a cave.
"Oh good. I'll get started on a fire." Monty said turning to gather wood. Clarke watched as Madi walked over to help him. Out of the corner of her eye Clarke saw Harper come up to stand next to her.
"You're a good mom. I don't think any of us had expected to come down and find you alive, much less alive and with a child." Harper said.
"We just kind of found each other. She saved me." Clarke said.
"Saved you?" Harper asked turning to look at Clarke.
"I was ready to give up. I wanted to give up so many times. And then she was just there. If she hadn't shown up… I don't know what would've happened to me." Clarke answered.
"And by give up, you mean..." Harper started.
"Death. Yes." Clarke finished "Being alone day after day after day… you kind of go a little crazy."
Clarke laughed dryly.
"I'm sorry Clarke. I don't know how we'll ever be able to repay you for what you did for us." Harper said. Clarke turned to look at her then.
"You can help me keep Madi safe. She's the most important person in my life." Clarke said.
"We can do that." Harper agreed.
"Thank you." Clarke said. Harper reached for Clarke's hand and gave it a squeeze.
"No. Thank you Clarke." Clarke squeezed Harper's hand back. They both turned back to watch Monty and Madi chatting while they gathered wood.
"So how old are you anyways?" Monty asked.
"I'm 12." Madi answered.
"So you were only around 6 years old when Clarke found you." Monty said.
"Yeah. I don't remember much from before Clarke. I know I had parents and I had a baby brother. But I don't even remember their names or anything." Madi said.
"Well you're lucky Clarke found you. She protects the people that she loves. No matter what." Monty said.
"Yeah. She does. She was always so scared that you guys didn't make it because she never got any response when she called Bellamy on the radio." Madi said.
"Radio? What radio?" Monty asked pausing his search for firewood.
"I shouldn't have told you that. Please don't tell Clarke I told you." Madi said wide eyed.
"I won't tell. What radio Madi?" Monty asked again.
"Clarke has a radio in the rover. She called Bellamy on it every single day." Madi answered.
Monty looked over at the two girls standing side by side. Harper sent him a smile, but Clarke didn't notice him looking because she was busy sneaking glances at Bellamy and Echo.
"Clarke called for him?" He asked just to confirm.
"Well she talked to all of you sometimes, but it was mostly Bellamy." She said.
Monty turned to look at the girls again. Harper gave him a questioning look this time. Clarke was looking at the ground now. She looked sad. He looked over at Bellamy and Echo. They were hugging.
"Oh Clarke.." Monty muttered.
"This is probably more than enough wood. Right Monty?" Madi asked.
"Yeah. Let's get started on that fire." He said. She skipped ahead of him into the cave.
"You really are like a mini Octavia you know." Monty said. Madi just smiled.
Once they had the fire lit in the cave everyone gathered around it.
"Clarke, how are we going to get our home back? Octavia and her people won't accept us back. And those prison people won't just hand over the land." Madi pointed out.
"I don't know Madi. Maybe I can talk to the prisoners. Maybe we can help each other. We might be able to come to a mutual understanding." Clarke answered.
"That would work if Octavia and Wunkru weren't moving to take the prisoners out and claim the land as their own." Echo replied.
"So we can't go to the prisoners and we can't be a part of Wunkru. What are we supposed to do after we get the others?" Harper asked.
"That's a good point. Even if we manage to pull all of this off and get all of our friends back, where are we supposed to go? I mean, we can't stay here." Monty said.
"Well...you're good with plants right?" Madi asked Monty, who nodded in reply.
"Maybe you can figure out a way to grow things for us to eat. Clarke says you're good at that stuff."
"Maybe.." Monty trails off lost in thought.
"We need to come up with a plan. Getting to the others won't be easy. Murphy and Emori are in the woods somewhere. Murphy still has the neck tracker on, so they will be constantly moving to keep the prisoners off their trail. Unless they've been captured again since we left. Hopefully we find them quickly. Raven is in the camp though. Getting her back will be more of a challenge." Bellamy said.
"We could scout the woods first. Find Murphy and Emori. Maybe they've come up with a way to get to Raven." Harper suggested.
"Or we could split up. Some of us search for Murphy and Emori and the others go to the camp and see if they can find a way to get to Raven." Echo said.
"And my mom." Clarke added softly. "Yeah. I like that plan. We split up."
The two girls looked at each other nodding in agreement.
"You, Madi, and Harper will go for Emori and Murphy. You two know the land and would probably be best at tracking them. And Monty, Bellamy, and I will find a way to get Raven and your mom." Echo proposed.
"No. We're not splitting up." Bellamy said.
"Why not?" Madi asked.
"Every time we split up it takes forever for us to find our way back to each other. It's better if we stick together. I like Harper's plan. Murphy and Emori might have more information on getting into the camp. And even if they don't have any info at least we have two more people fighting on our side." He said.
"But we don't know what they're doing to Raven and my mom, Bellamy. They could be hurting them. We could be running out of time." Clarke said.
"So let's get Raven and your mom first, Clarke. I can go up into the trees to see their camp and find a way in. Then, after we get them out, we can focus on getting to Emori and Murphy. And Raven can probably get that thing off Murphy's neck that way we don't have to worry about it shocking him when we try to leave. I don't know where we'll go though. Maybe we can go to that spot just off of this land. Remember the one Clarke? Where it gets really hot." Madi finished looking thoughtful.
They all just stared at her.
"Uh. Well. Yeah. That sounds like a really good idea Mini." Bellamy said. Madi beamed at him.
"What spot are you talking about?" He asked.
"I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Madi you're a genius." Clarke started. She stood up and started pacing back and forth. "There's an area in between this land and where the desert land begins. It's empty. There's nothing there. Just dirt. It gets pretty hot there during the summer days. Obviously not as hot as the desert, but still. I never really thought about living there though. I guess it would be an ideal place for us." Clarke said.
"That sounds perfect. We can build a fence and shelter. We'd have to find a source of water. And way to get food." Bellamy was thinking of all the possibilities.
"There's a pond here that's not far from that area, so we'd have to get water on someone else's land. But we could make it work." Clarke said offered sitting back down.
"And I'm sure while we're traveling we can find things to grow. Seeds or something that we can plant somewhere. I mean we can have our own garden." Monty said getting excited.
"We can build a home here." Harper said. She took Monty's hand. They all sat there letting it sink in. They could do this. All they needed was each other. They all fell asleep thinking about the future.
The next morning the group decided to set their plan in motion. They got as close to the camp as they could without being spotted. Madi climbed into the trees to see the best way in. Lucky for them Raven and Abby we're both in the same building. It was too easy getting them out. They should have known something would go wrong.
A/N: I just want you all to know that I don't have a story line mapped out for this, so I'm just writing it as ideas come to me. Also I know that I haven't had very long chapters, but i'm working on that, so I hope y'all stick with me. I had to throw in some time with Harper and Monty in this chapter because I really loved their characters! I'm sure I can't be the only one to feel that way. I've already started on the next chapter and it will have more Bellamy and Clarke, so stay tuned!
Review review! Let me know what you think! -Rey