I know that I did not upload anything for many days now. I was really busy with my real-life and the free time I had I spent with my horse - Honey - at the farm. Hihi...Yes - Lexa's and Clarke's horses in this story - Honey and Jack - were both inspired by two of the horses that mean a lot to me. Especially Honey would be a perfect Heda-horse with her fast gallop. :P

Anyways - enjoy the next chapter and I hope I will be able to write the 17th soon!

May we meet again!


Raven POV

This one. Space. Code. Code. Space. Enter key. And again this code. She sat in front of her computer in the office of the Blake-house and stretched her arms when she saw the outcome. "Damn it. Not working! Again." Raven let out a desperate and sort of angry sigh and tensed her jaw muscles. "Come on Reyes, do what you did the last time." – "They say that talking to yourself is the first sign of madness." Raven raised a brow and turned her head when she heard Octavia's voice from behind. "Says the one who fell in love with our greatest enemy – the grounders. I mean they are no enemies anymore but still", she shrugged and saw the bottle of orange-juice Octavia now handed over to her. "I thought you might be thirsty. I mean Anya said it would be better to not disturb you, but you stayed in here for hours now. And Clarke and Lexa went to the farm, Lincoln and the others are at their soccer match or something and I just…" – "You were bored." – "Got me, Reyes." Raven grinned and drank a sip of the juice. Mhmmmm. "I'd say Anya was right when she said do never disturb Raven Reyes when she tries to solve a problem with her computer but let's just say I will accept that for now 'cause you got me orange-juice." The mechanic pointed on the seat next to her and focused on her screen again. "There must be something I missed. I mean… with A.L.I.E. How comes that she is here again although Clarke used the kill-switch? It should have killed her, you know." Octavia sat down next to Raven and eyed the computer codes on the screen. Her confused look showed in an obvious way how she thought about it. "Sorry but I don't speak the mechanic-language", Octavia confessed as if it was not obvious already and leaned back on her chair. The mechanic typed some more codes, sighed again and eventually looked at her friend again. "You probably don't remember but you used to speak trigedasleng, you know? The language of the grounders. You were the first one to do so. Of the Skypeople. I have to confess that I was really impressed by that back then." Raven saw that Octavia was deeply in thoughts from time to time and right now was a moment like that. I bet she wishes to remember it all. Octavia kom skaikru… "I don't remember", Octavia said and sighed sadly. "I will find out what is behind all this. Promise. I just need some time." Code. Code. Why isn't this working? I remember all the things I typed in the last time. The kill-switch. … "This is frustrating", Raven rumbled and stretched her arms. Octavia stared at the codes – again – and bit her tongue. "Not sure what it is but I missed something. One single code or something like that…", Raven went on and clenched her fists. Come on, remember everything.

Octavia POV

I don't even know what she's up to but … "If I were A.L.I.E. I wouldn't use the same codes again. I mean she knows exactly, that you were the one who found the kill-switch last time, right? At least that's what you told me. And I don't know that much about your codes and the computer-language but IF it is possible – I don't know – she probably uses something else. Another kind of… code?" – "This is it. I didn't.." Before she said something else, Raven typed in a few codes and changed something Octavia did not understand. She clicked here and there, typed and typed for a few quiet minutes. It was weird but her facial expression lightened more and more with every code she typed. Then finally, Raven smiled brightly and pulled Octavia into a surprisingly tight hug. "Oh. My. God. Octavia I love you! You are a genius! You are the best of the best!" – "Wait what, I didn't do anything, I just.." As a quiet but convincing answer Raven hugged her even tighter and placed a kiss on Octavia's cheek. "Raven, I can't breathe, let me go you mad mechanic!", Octavia ordered and finally was set free, although Raven still smiled like she was about to set a new world record. "Will you now tell me what you found or will you kill me first by hugging me too tight?" Octavia raised her brow and involuntarily had the typical warrior's gaze again. As if that was already her natural look. The one she had back when she was Indra's second. It seemed to work in this world, too, because Raven became more serious again and nodded.
"She is still intelligent but even an A.I. like her can't hide something from Raven Reyes." Her complacent smile nearly made Octavia laugh – but the situation was way too intense for that.

What did she find? Raven breathed in and Octavia was about to explode because of the growing tension and curiousness. The mechanic raised her gaze again and looked directly at the girl in front of her. "I think I finally know why we are here. I found the important information I searched for the whole time."

Lexa POV

"Say it." – "No." – "Clarke." – "Fine. You're the best. You won 4 times in a row now. I got it. You and your horse, best team ever. I will never beat you, and I will never again underestimate Heda's small horse Honey again. Being small doesn't mean being slow." The smile on Lexa's face widened while she listened to Clarke's words and gently stroked the neck fur of her horse – Honey. When Clarke rolled her eyes, she let her gaze wander over the area again and chuckled quietly.
"Jack is still the best horse", Clarke then added a bit more quiet and grinned in a cheeky way, totally aware of the fact that the other one heard her, but Lexa did not look at her anymore. She focused on the landscape and seemed to be somewhere else. "I knew you would like him", she said and breathed in. Salty sea-air… A small breeze touched their faces and made the manes of the horses move gently from side to side. Lexa knew that Clarke focused on her; she felt her gaze on her skin. Lexa's skin prickled pleasantly. They were here – together – on their horse's backs and enjoyed the moment. Lexa turned her head and returned Clarke's look. The blue eyes… they always had something special in them. Lexa lost herself in them although she also found everything she ever searched for. Both things at the same time. It felt like being able to read Clarke's mind from time to time. Everything changed for us. We are here. We were safe for a few moments. Clarke is with me. I have to protect her this time, even if that means to sacrifice myself. I'd die for her.
"What are you thinking of?", Clarke wanted to know and Lexa knew, that the blonde was aware of her inner conflicts. "It's nothing." – Lexa felt how Clarke reached out and touched the back of her hand before she entangled their fingers. "Lexa… please. I see right through you." Right. She always knew so much more than I told her. "Let's go back. It feels wrong to not focus on beating our enemies", Lexa answered shortly and swallowed, before she propelled Honey. She knew that Clarke did not want the moment to end right now – and neither did she want to end it herself – but as always, Lexa put the safety of their people over her happiness. Over everything that did not help to fight this war.

When Clarke and Lexa finally got home – the Woods-house – they saw that everyone already gathered in the huge kitchen to eat whatever Harper prepared for them. The day was nearly over and everyone was hungry. Harper herself still stood in front of the stove and stirred something inside the saucepan that smelled like mashed potatoes, while Bellamy fried a few pieces of meat in the frying pan. Meanwhile Lincoln set the table while Monty, Jasper, Octavia, Raven and Anya discussed a topic that seemed to be really intense. Lincoln placed a calming and warm hand on Octavia's shoulder the moment Clarke and Lexa entered. It could have been a normal evening; supper with friends. They usually chose one out of the houses – Blake or Woods – for supper and gathered there while somebody cooked for the whole group, but today the atmosphere was different. Tense. "Finallyyy! Since when are your mobile-phones broken?", Raven asked and Anya gasped relieved. "I thought you two would never come back. Raven and Octavia found something you need to know. And we called you guys a hundred times."
Wow. Didn't take them long to bring us right back into reality, Lexa thought and sighed quietly.