Three:
Lauren
We weren't dead. That's something, but I kept my eyes squeezed shut as I listened to the screams of the other kids around me and thought back to what might have been my last words. I would always hate Wells… I hated his dad and I always will, but seeing Jaha's face on that screen brought back all those memories of Mum's death and I took it out on Wells. Clarke was the one who really betrayed me, my feelings of hatred for Jaha were nothing compared to my anger towards Clarke. That was a rage that I didn't even understand, but it was the most real thing I had in my life these days and it was the only thing I had in my life that kept me from breaking.
I slowly unbuckled my belt and stood up, my feet felt uneasy as I braced myself for God knows what. Finn was bent over one of the guys that had taken off his belt and dread filled me as I hurried over to see him trying to find a pulse, but he was dead still.
"Is he?" I asked softly, Finn nodded grimly and I glanced over to the other teenager that was just as still as the first. Two deaths all over a moron acting like an idiot… this was messed up.
"Hey, are you okay?" a hand appeared on my shoulder and I flinched as Clarke touched me, turning to glare at her with such detestation that she took a step back in shock "sorry!"
"Don't fucking touch me!" I hissed as Clarke's brown eyes filled with tears that had no effect on me "if you know what's good for you, you'll keep out of my way and don't speak to me or radiation wouldn't be the only thing you'll have to worry about!"
Clarke breathed in a sharp breath and opened her mouth to reply, but we all turned when a guy in a uniform and jet black hair went to open the ship's door. Well, this was the moment of truth whether we live or die, I guess getting this over with was better than being trapped in here wondering what was awaiting us outside.
"The air could be toxic!" Clarke piped up as the guy slid the bolt across the door, his finger inches away from the button. He turned to face her, his handsome face in a permenat frown that was strangely sexy and he had an air of confidence about him like he really didn't give a shit. This was a real bad boy, not the stupid pretty boy rebel that Finn was, but this soldier looking guy had a bad vibe that also made me feel slightly wary of him.
"If the air's toxic, we're dead anyway," the soldier answered briefly, his eyes turning quickly as a small voice said in a surprised tone "Bellemy?"
I turned to see a brunette girl who was taller than me, but around my age and I noticed she shared the older boy's olive skin and dark brown eyes that made the resemblance between them shocking. The girl looked at Bellemy in slight shock, approaching him as if she had seen the ghost of a loved one.
"Octavia…" Bellemy beamed, pulling the girl into his arms and then looking down at her with a wide smile "look how big you got."
"What is this?" Clarke demanded, frowning as the girl turned to face her with an annoyed look that I could seriously relate to.
"Do you mind?" Octavia said coolly, her irritated tone mirrored the look on my face perfectly "I haven't seen my brother in over a year."
Brother? Holy shit!
On the Ark, oxygen supplies were low and reproduction was reduced to one couple having only one child and if they had another it would result in the parents being floated and the child being sent to the Sky Box. During my time in lock down, I heard rumours about a girl that had been sent to the Sky Box for being a second child and she had actually been raised in secret by hiding her under the floorboards. Kind of reminded me of Flowers in the Attic, but this girl looked tough and I wouldn't wanna see her pissed off.
"That's Octavia Blake!" a bloke yelled behind me "the Girl under the Floorboards!"
Suddenly, Bellemy gripped Octavia's elbow as she spun around with a furious look in her eyes and she looked just about ready to punch the guy's lights out.
"Hey, let's give them something else to remember you for," Bellemy said calmly with a sly grin that made Octavia hesitate briefly "like being the first human to set foot on Earth in years."
That seemed to be the key to calming her down and I noticed the two siblings share an excited grin before Bellemy finally pressed the button and the doors slid open. A gust of wind blew in as a bright white light poured in through the doorway and I was half expecting burning pains on my skin or gas filling my lungs, but none of those things happened and as I squinted through the light I saw Octavia take a hesitant step forward.
My eyes adjusted to the light and I noticed the ship was shrounded by a beautiful rainforest, full of vibrant greens and the purest blue sky. It was truly beautiful and I was so amazed, I barely noticed Octavia jumping off the ship and landing on the luscious green grass.
"WE'RE BACK BITCHES!" Octavia screamed and the silent spell broke as the other kids screamed and sprinted off the ship with yells of victory. I took my time as I stepped slowly stepped onto the clearing, taking in the scenery that I had only ever dreamed about or seen in History books on the Ark before I was arrested.
Breathing in deep the fresh air was amazing, hearing the sounds of the birds was surprisingly endearing and one thing was for certain. We were alive!
Clarke walked up beside me, holding a map and looking out between a break in the trees where a black mountain was clearly visible. I was just about to make a move to put some well deserved distance between us, when Finn walked up and smiled what he obviously thought was a charming smile
"So, we made it Princess…" Finn grinned at Clarke, but she chose to ignore him "you don't like being called Princess, do you Princess?"
"See that?" Clarke asked me, but then obviously remembered I wanted nothing to do with her and quickly grabbed my arm as I went to leave "no, listen! See there, that's Mount Weather and that's where we're supposed to be right now because that's our main food and water supply."
Oh God. While everyone was freaking out about crash landing from space and discovering Earth is survivable, no one except Miss Blondie realised that those idiots on the Ark gave sent us to the wrong spot.
They dropped us on the wrong mountain…
Fuck!
Wells
Right, we needed a plan about what we were to do about food and as soon as Clarke filled me in on the situation we gathered around a small rock we used as a table and Clarke mapped out our route to Mount Weather. I was only partly listening, the other part of me was focused on Lauren and it was like I was trying to memorise every detail about her from all those long months apart. She was still as beautiful as ever, but there was a hardness about her and detachment in her eyes mixed with resentment that made my chest ache. Hearing her say she hated me, I wanted the ship to explode to erase the look of hatred from my mind and knowing that she wouldn't feel that way if she knew the whole story - I couldn't tell her, because if I did it would shatter her already messed up life that was already ruined because of me. If I told her what really happened to stop her from hating me, it would be selfish and it wouldn't make up for what happened.
Clarke may have tried to turn her in, but Lauren's arrest had nothing to do with her mother knowing about the low oxygen supply.
A shoulder suddenly slammed into my back and I turned to see that asshole Murthy looking at me with a gloating sneer, his hand moving to Lauren as he stepped closer.
"Back off!" I warned, instinctively pushing Murphy away as he stumbled back and glared at me with utter hatred. Every kid on this planet was going to hate me for who my dad was, but I was only here to protect Clarke.
"You know my Dad begged for his life as your dad floated him," Murphy said dryly, pushing against my chest and goading me to retaliate.
"Leave it!" Lauren warned, but Murphy was beyond reasoning as he suddenly throw a punch and his fist collided with my jaw "NO!"
I was quick to dodge the next punch and I saw out of the corner of my eye two guys holding Lauren and Clarke back, wanting to see blood like wild animals instead of letting anyone stop it. I threw another punch, drawing blood from his mouth and holding up my hands ready to block another punch. Instead, Murphy kicked his leg, catching my artificial leg and sending me crashing to the ground. Even though I had more muscle definition and better upper body strength than Murphy, my disability was my only set back that Murphy knowing would use ro his advantage.
"Enough!"
I looked up just in time to see a guy in a beanie hat jump between us, shoving Murphy away and with this guy having twice the height and muscle Murphy didn't attack him.
"Back off, the dude only has one leg." the mixed race guy warned fiercely "why don't you be man enough to even the playing field."
"Whatever, Miller…" Murphy hissed, but when Miller showed no sign of moving did he reluctantly walk away.
"Hey, Miller." Octavia called flirtatiously, winking at Miller with a confident smile "rescue me next."
"You okay?" Lauren rushed over, not waiting for my response as she helped me to my feet my right leg couldn't move properly. Shit, that asshole must have knocked it out of its socket. Lauren helped me sit down by the bolder, rolling up my jeans to see my metal leg that did not bother her as he began to secure it.
She didn't speak, but her silence spoke volumes.
I was beyond furious as I marched into Dad's office, unable to control my anger. Clarke had told Dad Lauren's mom was involved with the oxygen supply scandal to save her dad and now Monica Rivers was dead and my best friend was now in prison for something she didn't even know about until a few hours ago. I had just watched the guards drag both my friends away, but my main concern was Lauren as she genuinely had nothing to do with this and needed to be released.
Dad looked up from his papers as I slammed the door shut, glaring at him as my whole body shook with rage.
"You can't do this," I told him firmly, not waiting for an answer "Lauren had nothing to do with this, Jake was the one who was going to go public and Clarke put all the blame on Monica. You can't arrest her, she's innocent!"
Dad tried to look reassuring, but he didn't understand how I was feeling. I never asked my father for anything and here I was, begging him to let Lauren go and he looked at me like I was just an irate subject.
"Son, you don't understand," Dad said softly, standing up and looking at me on an even eye "this is out of my control…"
"You're the fucking Chancellor!" I practically screamed, my eyes imploring as I met his angry ones and not even caring I just swore at my father "please, this isn't fair on her and she shouldn't be punished for this."
"Watch your mouth," Dad warned firmly, holding up his hand to silence me "Lauren's arrest had nothing to do with the air supply incident, it was to do with the fact she is an illegal child."
I couldn't quite process this. How could she be an illegal child when she never told me she had any other siblings and she's told me all her secrets. Unless she didn't know…
"What?" I asked and Dad sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose between his thumb and fore finger before looking at me seriously.
"This remains confidential, you are to tell nobody and that includes Lauren." Dad warned me and waited till I reluctantly nodded before he continued "Monica only had one child, but Lauren's biological father has another child and this is still an illegal act in our society even for a man to father more than one child… Jake Griffion was Lauren's father and Clarke is her half-sister…"
Author's Note: Hey guys, I have finally updated (YAY!) and I hope you guys like this chapter as it included some key elements that'll play important roles in future chapters. I'm sorry for the lack of updates, but I have been so busy with college and I have been accepted into a university so my main priority is getting good grades before the end of term - so I most likely won't be able to update as regularly until then.
I'm loving the second series of "The 100" and I've decided to add my own twists on this story so it won't follow the exact narrative of the show but I will be keeping key elements in this story.
There will be a character death in the next chapter and there will be some Ark scenes with Abby and Raven (who is my absolute favourite female character... well, ONE of them as there are so many great female protagionists on this show lol) so I will be writing a Raven POV.
Thanks for reading and make sure to leave a review to let me know your thoughts and opinions on this fic so far :)