Yesterday may have been terrible but what has unfolded in the evening that has yet to be discovered is unfathomable.
Minho, Newt, and Thomas are sitting around the outskirts of the delinquents 'camp' when the delinquents start to mob together, with Murphy at their center getting jostled around.
Minho glances over and says, "It's probably Murphy just causing trouble like usual."
Minho glances to his right where he sees Thomas shrug and Newt focus on the crowd.
"I don't think Murphy is the cause of this, I think they are attacking him." Newt says.
Thomas looks between Newt and the crowd before saying, "Yeah, and Bellamy isn't doing much about it."
Minho looks over, "Well lets go see."
The boys make it over to the crowd when Chuck runs up to Thomas, "Wells fingers were found dead with a knife beside him, they think it's Murphy's knife."
"So it's not grounders. Now what?" Minho asks.
Chuck glances nervously between Thomas and Minho, before focusing on Thomas and saying. "They want justice."
Newt grabs Minho's shoulder and gestures to the frenzied children around them, "They want blood."
They chant 'float' and soon some of them have Murphy surrounded while someone ties a noose.
Then Clarke starts arguing and Bellamy hangs Murphy.
Thomas begins yelling, "This is exactly what the Ark would have done!"
Minho pushes his way past people with Newt following him and apologizing for "his shuck faced friend".
Minho might hate murphy but he doesn't deserve to die like this, and he's about to grab him when a little girl with dirty blonde hair omits to killing Wells.
Minho stops in shock causing Newt to run into his back, Newt mumble something about a 'shuck faced idiot' before both boys spring into action and help Murphy down while Bellamy and Clarke argue.
Finn grabs Charlotte and says, "Maybe we should take this some place more private."
Bellamy just storms off grabbing Charlotte along the way, Clarke rolls her eyes but follows him anyway, and Finn obediently follows Clarke.
Minho rips the noose off of Murphy as Murphy claws his neck as he gulps air. Newt and Minho help Murphy to the ground before they look over to the tent where Bellamy, Charlotte, Clarke, and Finn are.
Newt takes off toward the tent and Minho was about to follow when Murphy wheezes out "Thanks."
Minho shakes his head and looks for Thomas, he finds him trying to calm down Chuck who appears to be crying.
Minho goes after Newt, making sure to glare at everyone he passes.
Bellamy storms out with Newt following behind him, Minho heads over to Newt while Bellamy goes to talk to Murphy.
"Apparently Clarke condemned Murphy the moment Jasper and Octavia brought the knife. It was a poor decision, but she did just lose someone close to her. And now there will be no punishment since Charlotte is just a kid." Newt explains.
Minho sees movement in his the corner of his eye and he turns his head slightly, and sees three figures escaping to the forest.
"Well there they go." Minho says.
"Idiots." Newt murmurs.
"Aren't we all." Minho says.
Then Thomas walks over, "What the hell is going on?"
Minho snorts, "Not much."
Thomas deadpans.
Newt clears his throat, causing the two boys to look at him, "We may no longer be in space anymore, but we still carry the shackles from our existence up there."
"How can a little girl just kill a man?" Thomas asks, his face filled with disbelief.
Minho looks over his shoulder and sees Murphy and Bellamy arguing, "Well that can't end well." Minho states, and the other two look over.
Then Bellamy turns and heads for the tent when Murphy strikes, or is about to when Minho runs over and blocks the hit.
Murphy might be on the scrawny side but he packs a punch, which Minho soon learns when he is on his but nursing a bruised shoulder.
Bellamy turns around when he feels Minho breeze by him, and he discovers Minho on the ground holding his shoulder and Murphy holding his right fist mumbling curse words.
"What the-?!" Thomas yells. Newt just looks amused and slightly concerned.
"That was not my intention." Minho says as he stands up. He walks over to his friends and they watch the rest of Murphy's meltdown.
Jasper says, "Whoa, whoa-" before he could finish whatever he says Murphy sucker punches him. Bellamy catches Jasper before he could fall, and Murphy uses the distraction to storm the tent.
"What-where are they!" He demands.
Bellamy leaves Jasper as he goes over to the tent and begins swearing at Clarke.
"See this is why she wouldn't make a good leader, she lets her emotions cloud her judgment. And she lets her bias cloud her logic." Minho says.
Newt rolls his eyes, "We get it you don't like Clarke, but would you slim it! We have more important things to worry about like the gang Murphy is forming to track down Clarke. And the wall that needs to be built to protect us form the grounders, who don't like us in their territory."
"Not to mention a bloodthirsty 12 year old." Minho remarks.
Newt throws his hands up in exasperation, "I give up!"
Bellamy walks over to them, "I need your help."
"Us?" Thomas asks.
"No the guy standing behind you." Bellamy deadpans.
Thomas being the gullible guy he is, looks over his shoulder and sees no one.
"Actually I was talking to Minho, but you two can help as well. We need to get to Charlotte before Murphy does, or he will kill her." Bellamy says.
Miller walks over to them and Bellamy looks around the camp, the delinquents are all sitting idle probably in shock from everything that happened today. Bellamy nods at Miller and Miller yells instructions at everyone.
Bellamy grabs one of the crudely make spears and puts his gun in his waistband, "Lets go."
Thomas and Minho look at Newt who nods at them, and they follow Bellamy into the forest.
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It takes hours, and it's nightfall by they time they find Charlotte.
Thomas stops and asks, "What's that?"
Minho squints and sees a figure, "Maybe a grounder."
But Bellamy recognizes her, "Charlotte!" He calls.
She turns to face them, her face falls when she sees it's them.
"Charlotte, come with us." Bellamy says.
Charlotte looks torn for a second before saying, "I can't." Then she begins yelling, "MURPHY!" at the top of her lungs.
Bellamy makes a grab for her but she dashes out of the way, luckily she runs right toward Thomas who grabs her shoulders.
Bellamy kneels in front of Charlotte, "We are going to help, just come with us."
A few tears leak out of her eyes, as she shakes her head 'no'. She starts yelling for Murphy; Bellamy takes her from Thomas and begins dragging her back to camp with Minho and Thomas on his heels. They stop by a cliff when they hear Murphy and his gang, they are quiet when Charlotte escapes from Bellamy's hold and yells for Murphy.
Murphy shows up. "Just give her up, she deserves it for what she did to Jaha."
Bellamy pushes Charlotte behind him and says, "No."
Minho turns when he hears some noise, hoping it's not grounders, but it's just Clarke and Finn.
"No, you aren't taking her." Clarke says.
Murphy rolls his eyes and says, "Get of your tall horse princess, you were ready to kill me, and I'm totally innocent in the death of your boy friend."
"Just let me go with him." Charlotte protests.
Everyone ignores her and then Murphy grabs Clarke and presses a knife to her throat. Finn makes a move forward but is stopped by the boys with Murphy.
"Don't kill her!" Charlotte protests.
Clarke's eyes are wide with fear, but she is determined to not give in to Murphy.
"Then come with me." Murphy says.
"No!" Bellamy bellows, and Clarke croaks, "No."
"I can't let any of you get hurt anymore. Not because of me. Not after what I did." Charlotte says.
Minho feels rather then sees Charlotte move closer to the edge, he knows what she's going to do and reaches for her, but his fingertips ghost over the edge of her hands and she's off to the abyss.
Minho's momentum is about to pitch him over as well, but Thomas grabs him and pulls him back.
Bellamy and Clarke both shout in protest, but all Minho can hear are Charlotte's last words. His brain also conjures up the sound of a body hitting the rocks below.
Minho is aware of Bellamy banishing Murphy, and the walk back to camp, but it feels like he is watching it happen rather then experiencing it. His wristband shocking him snaps him back to the present.
Newt walks up to them and says, "All the wristbands are fried."
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The three boys are sitting around the campfire in silence, absorbing today's events, when someone shouts about something falling.
"A shooting star! Make a wish!" One of the younger delinquents yells.
"That's not a star." Newt says.
Minho looks closely and discovers Newt is right.
"Then what is it?" Thomas asks.
A/N Sorry for the really boring chapter, a lot happened in this episode but not much action.
I hope I did the episode justice, while keeping Minho, Newt, and Thomas in character.
Please leave your thoughts in the comment section below.
Until next time!