Chapter 2: Communication
Tori and Jade follow Raven through the ark and they're amazed on how the 100 have been surviving here. Raven stops for a second.
"You two can share this room. It's a good size." Raven said opening the door.
Jade nods and walks in with Tori. "Thanks Raven." Jade said putting her stuff in a chair.
"Sure, so how is it 97 years back?" Raven asked sitting down to rest her leg. The Goody powder Tori gave seems to be kicking in.
"It's pretty cool but being in the future is awesome." Tori said putting the rest of her food away.
Raven nods. "Look, it's rough here. The things you guys do in the past is different from how we do things here. We have rules and I don't want you two getting into trouble." Raven said.
"Thanks Rae. So, Lexa is the commander, I heard Clarke say something about 12 clans. What's that?" Jade asked.
"Well…Clarke can explain it better than me. She knows about all this stuff, I'm more of a technical kind of girl." Raven said proudly.
"Cool, so you like building stuff, right?" Tori asked with a smile.
"Yep." Raven said nodding at her.
Jade smiles. "You think, you can help us with our science project? We have to charge an electronic with using a chord." Jade said.
"That's easy. It's all about Solar energy. I can get things to charged without chords." Raven said with a shrug.
"I'll give you an extra sandwich if you help us." Tori said with desperation in her voice.
"Deal. Have you guys tried getting in touch with your friends?" Raven asked.
"No. I can't use up all of my cellular data. It costs a lot without wi-fi." Tori said turning her data off.
Raven nods. "Look, if you give me some time, I can try to get my friend of mine to help me out. I will need your phone though, so we can get you guys to talk to your friends." Raven told Tori.
"Okay, please just do what you can. Thanks Raven, I owe you." Tori said handing her phone to Raven.
"Sure. Give me a few hours." Raven stands up and heads to her shop.
"Come on Vega. Let's go talk to Octavia." Jade said pulling Tori out of their room.
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Outside
Tori and Jade sees Octavia with her brother Bellamy, they walk over to them.
"Hey you two." Tori greets them both with a hug.
"Hey, you guys settle in okay?" Bellamy asked with a smile.
"Yeah, Raven's amazing. I didn't know she could build stuff." Jade said with a proud smile.
"Yeah, she is. It's gets her mind off the whole leg thing. She's a tough girl." Octavia said.
"What happened? If you don't mind me asking. I hate the pain she's in." Tori said with a sad voice.
"This guy named John Murphy shot her in the spine. He's a bad guy, I still want to beat his ass after what he did to her. Raven didn't deserve this." Bellamy said.
"Is he here in the camp?" Jade asked looking around for him.
"Yeah, he's around here somewhere." Octavia said. "Just be careful around him."
Tori and Jade nod. "Is Clarke back yet?" Tori asked. Tori wants to know about this whole 12 Clans thing.
"She should be on her way back." Bellamy said.
"Open the gates!" A guard yells. The gate opens and it's Clarke walking back in by herself. Tori sees the look on Clarke's face, and she can tell she's not happy.
"Clarke, what's wrong?" Tori asked the blonde. Clarke looks up at her friends and sighs.
"Lexa, wants Finn." Clarke told them. Tori and Jade are confused.
"What do you mean she wants Finn?" Octavia asked with her arms crossed.
Clarke gulps. "She wants him dead, for what he did at the village." Clarke said.
Tori and Jade look at each other then back at Clarke. Jade speaks. "Uh…what did he do exactly?" Jade questions.
"He killed 18 innocent people. He was looking for me, because he though I was dead, but I wasn't." Clarke said with a hint of guilt.
"18? Fuck, if it was 97 years back, Finn would've been in jail for life, they wouldn't kill him, but he'll be locked up for the rest of his life without bail." Tori explained.
"Really? Is it still like that now?" Clarke asked them.
"Yeah, but it all depends on the judge and jury. Sometimes people might get off easy without no witnesses. If someone witnessed Finn doing this then, he's guilty, if not then he's free." Jade said.
They all nod understanding Tori & Jade. "Guys, what do I do? I don't want Finn dead and I know Raven doesn't either." Clarke sighs sadly.
"Look, I don't know who this Finn guy is but what are the rules with Lexa?" Tori asked Clarke.
"Um…blood must have blood. In order for us to work together to get our friends out of this mount weather place we have to make a truce with the grounders, in order for us to have peace we have to give them Finn. 18 deaths for 1." Clarke said.
"Woah. This girl is serious." Jade said with wide eyes. Usually Jade isn't scared of anything, but the way Clarke speaks about these people has Jade shaking in fear.
"She is. I don't know what to do. I can't even think straight." Clarke groans running her hand through her hair.
"What if we hide him or something?" Bellamy suggests.
Octavia frowns. "Hide him where big brother? Finn is not safe, not even in here. Lincoln told me that Lexa's not the one to mess with. I hope we can convince Lexa to do something about this."
"What about banishment?" Tori asked. "I mean it's better than having his blood spilled."
"That might be a good idea. I prefer that, then death." Clarke said. "What do you guys think?" Clarke turns to Octavia and Bellamy.
"To be honest. Talk to Raven and your mother Clarke. I think it's the only way to keep Finn from getting killed, but where is he going to go?" Octavia asked.
"I agree." Bellamy said.
Clarke nods. "Okay, look. Jade can you help Octavia and Bellamy keep Finn out of sight. While, Tori and I go talk to Raven."
"Sure. Show who this Finn guy is." Jade said patting Bellamy's shoulder.
"Sure. This way. Come on O." Bellamy said walking to go find Finn.
"Let's go find Raven." Clarke said taking Tori's hand and pulling her inside.
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In Raven's shop.
"WHAT?!" Raven yells with wide eyes. Raven can't believe what Clarke and Tori just told her.
"Rae, what are we supposed to do? I can't let Lexa kill him." Clarke said taking Raven's hands into her own.
Raven looks down at her and Clarke's joint hands. "Clarke…I can't let him go...he's my only family." Raven said with tears in her eyes.
Tori feels bad for Raven, she can feel for the young Latina right now.
"What do you want to do Raven?" Tori asked putting a hand on her shoulder.
Raven swallows the lump in her throat. "I don't know, Tori. He's my family, it feels like I'm losing my whole life." Raven said sitting back down into her chair.
"Do you need some time alone, Rae? You know, to think things over?" Tori asked the mechanic.
"Yeah, just a little time. Thanks, you guys. Just let me think." Raven said putting her face into her hands.
"Okay, you know where to find me Rae." Clarke said as she rubs Raven's back. Clarks walks out.
"I'm here to Raven." Tori kisses her head, and leaves Raven's shop.
"Fuck!" Raven yells in anger knocking over a stack of papers that's on her desk.
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With Clarke
"Shit." Clarke said sadly as she thinks about Raven.
A knock disturbs Clarke.
"Come in." Clarke said not caring who enters her room at this moment.
"Clarke? You okay?" Tori asked shutting the door.
"No, I'm not." Clarke said shaking her head.
"I'm sorry. What can I do?" Tori asked sitting down beside Clarke.
"Put Finn into a time machine to the point where he didn't kill all those people. I can't send him out there, but I have too." Clarke looks up at Tori with sad blue eyes.
"He did something else to you didn't he?" Tori asked.
"How did you know?" Clarke asked in shock. Does Tori have mind reading powers?
"I know a guy did it to me once. I know about boys too Clarke. I know how they do. So, what did he do?" Tori asked.
"We slept together, I lost my fucking virginity to this idiot. I could've saved it, but I didn't. When Raven came down, I found out they were together, romantically. I fell for him." Clarke said as tears fill up in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Clarke. He no right to do that to you, or Raven. As for your virginity Clarke, just take one day at a time. I was in the same situation you were in. Trust me, it'll come back and bite him." Tori said kissing Clarke's head.
"Thanks Tori." Clarke kisses her cheek, and blushes as she does so.
"Damn, I like kisses." Tori smiles at Clarke.
Clarke giggles and rolls her eyes. "So, have you tried to communicate your friends?" Clarke asked looking at Tori.
Tori sighs. "It's going to be weird seeing their faces Clarke. I don't know what to do. Wanna try with me?" Tori asked pulling out her phone.
"Sure." Clarke said with a nod. Tori calls Andre, but the service goes out.
"Shit. We have to go outside." Tori said getting up.
"Good idea. This place is like made of metal." Clarke giggles walking out her room with Tori. Tori & Clarke heads outside.
Tori holds her phone up in the air. "Yes. Come on." Tori facetimes Andres.
"Tori?!" Andre asked with wide.
"Andre?! On my god! Jade! Come over here!" Tori waves Jade over. Jade runs over to Tori with Bellamy and Octavia.
"Andre? Holy shit! Dude, where's stuck in the future." Jade said to him.
"We know. Apparently, Cat messed with coordinate system." Andre said looking back at the redheaded girl.
"Sorry! Don't kill me." Cat whines as she sees Jade glaring at her through the phone.
"Cat, what have I told you about touching things?" Jade asked the redhead.
"Not touch them. But Jade…." Cat gets off.
"But nothing Cat. How do we get back?" Jade asked.
Andre sighs. "Well, Robbie & Sinjin are working on the time machine now." Andre said.
"Andre, meet Clarke, Bellamy & Octavia." Tori turns her phone to a better angle, so Andre can see them.
"Hey, Andre." They all wave at him.
"Hey, thanks for taking care of our girls." Andre said with a smile.
"Sure. Tori makes the best sandwiches." Octavia said as she craves for another one.
"She can cook, Octavia. So, how are you two?" Andre asked with a sad face.
"We're surviving." Tori said winking at him.
"Hey Tori!" Raven said walking over to the group. "I…who's this?" Raven asked looking Andre through Tori's phone.
"Oh, this is Andre. He's our best friend. Andre, this is Raven. She's a mechanic." Tori said.
"You're hot." Andre said winking at Raven. Raven bushes.
"Andre! Don't you have a girlfriend?" Jade asked him.
"That don't mean a brother can't look Jade. Anyway, Robbie said they should be done with the time machine in two weeks. Can you girls stay low until then?" Andre asked taking some bibble away from Cat. "No bibble Cat." Andre said sternly.
"Yeah, we got back-up. Andre let us know when they get done." Jade said.
"I got ya'll. Hey, I got to go to my next class, be safe girls. I love ya'll." Andre said.
"Love you too, Andre." Both Jade & Tori said as Tori disconnects the call.
Tori looks over at Jade. "You okay, Jade?" Tori sked.
"Tori, I hope we can survive two weeks here. I'm killing those idiots when we get back." Jade snarls.
"Oh, I'm right behind you." Tori chuckles.
Raven speaks up. "I might go with that plan guys. As much as I don't want Finn to die. We have to let him go." Raven said sadly.
"You're thinking banishment?" Bellamy asked with wide eyes.
"What other choice do we have Bellamy? Death by a thousand guts. Finn won't survive that." Raven said.
"I know, but still. He's one of us." Bellamy sighs rubbing Raven's back.
Jade shakes her head. "Is there a place where Finn can hide?" Jade asked Raven.
"The bunker. He can hide in there." Clarke said.
"Yeah, but what about food, and water?" Octavia asked Clarke.
"Leave that up to me. I can cook some food that can last him. He eats dried meat it shouldn't go old." Tori said with smile.
"You do that?" Raven looks up at Tori with wet eyes.
"Of course, Rae. You don't deserve this. Now, how do we hunt. Might as well and try too while we're here." Tori shrugs.
"Yeah, good idea." Clarke says running her hand through her hair.
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With Jasper
Jasper bangs on the radio again. This is the third time he's tried to contact his friends. "Shit, why won't this thing work!" Jasper said in frustration.
"Jasper, you'll get it to work." Maya said.
"This is more of Raven and Monty's thing. I need my friends, Maya. I didn't know I needed them until now. It's hard not having leadership here." Jasper said looking at Maya.
Maya looks at him with a sad face.
"I'm sorry/ Are you okay?" She asked Jasper. Jasper shakes his head no.
"I need this radio to work, so I can contact my friends. They need to know what this place is doing for us." Jasper said playing with the radio again.
"I'm sorry. I hate that their doing this to you guys." Maya said.
"Thank, but we have to get out of here. If we don't then we're all dead." Jasper turns the radio to a station. "Anybody there? This is Jasper Jordan of the 100." Jasper said into the radio.
Jasper hears nothing, but static. Jasper doesn't give up, because he needs his friends more than anything. Jasper was a fool not to listen to Clarke, when she told him this place was sketchy, but all he wanted was the cake.
"You miss her don't you?" Maya asked Jasper. Jasper turns to look at Maya with a sad face.
"Yes, I do. Clarke told me to come with her, but I didn't. We all would've been out of here. All I wanted to do is eat cake. I can't believe I didn't listen to her." Jasper puts his forehead on the wall.
"It's okay. She knows you mean well." Maya said rubbing his back.
"Thanks Maya. I'm going to try one more time." Jasper plays with a radio again until he reaches another station. "This is Jasper Jordan, the rest of us are alive. Can anybody hear me?" Jasper asked.
"Jasper? Is that you?" A familiar voice asked him.
Jasper smiles. "Raven! Holy shit!" Jasper jumps up and down like a little kid.
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End of this chapter. Jasper got in touch with Raven. Now, all they need to do is get out. Clarke, and her friends come up with a plan to get their friends back with Tori & Jades help. Tori & Finn will have a talk next chapter. Lexa & Clarke will have a moment as well. Till next time.
