Author's Note: Another epic episode last night! I used it again to mesh with my story but had to obviously cut certain parts out or change them to fit my story. You guys haven't seemed to mind before so I'm hoping that's still the case.

(BELLAMY)

Murphy stared back at him and Bellamy took in the look of him, bloody and bruised. His whole body was shaking and there was a frightened look on his face.

Before Bellamy could even decide how to proceed, they weren't alone anymore. Clarke had brought others from camp to rescue him.

They all just stared in disbelief at the scene before them.

Murphy finally spoke up, "I was running from the Grounders."

Instantly everyone was on the alert and looking around the woods.

"Anyone see Grounders?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Well, in that case-" Bellamy lifted his weapon again and aimed at Murphy.

"Hey, what the hell is wrong with you?"

Apparently Clarke had also brought Spacewalker with the group as he suddenly appeared and grabbed Bellamy's rifle in an attempt to push it down. Finn then stepped in front of Bellamy when he tried to aim back at Murphy.

"We were clear what would happen if he came back."

"No. If he was with the Grounders, then he knows things that can help us."

"Help us? We hanged him. We banished him, and now we're gonna kill him. Get the hell out of my way."

"No. Finn is right."

Bellamy stood in shock as he heard Clarke agree with Finn. She knew that Murphy was bad news. He was the reason for Charlotte's death.

"Like hell he is. Clarke, think about Charlotte!" he pleaded with her.

"I am thinking about her, but what happened to Charlotte was as much our fault as his."

He watched as Clarke walked over to Murphy to check him over. Bellamy wanted to yank her away from him but knew that would only make matters worse with her.

"He's not lying. His fingernails were torn off. They tortured him."

Finn piped up, "You and the Grounders should compare notes."

"The grounders know we're at war." He turned back to Murphy because if looked at Spacewalker for one more second, he was going to punch him. "What did you tell them about us?"

"Everything."

(CLARKE)

They all agreed that they would get the information from Murphy about the Grounders and that he would have to leave afterwards. And if he didn't...then they would kill him.

Murphy was transported back to the camp and was escorted into the drop ship where it would be easier to keep an eye on him.

Afterwards, Clarke went to the communications tent and found Raven working on the radio. No one had been able to make contact with the Ark and it was troubling them all.

"Oh. Sorry. I didn't know anyone was in here."

Raven stood up when she saw Clarke enter the tent. The two girls were feeling awkward around each other and neither knew what to say.

"Clarke, wait."

She had been about to leave when Raven's words stopped her. Clarke was slightly afraid of what the girl was about to say. She didn't really want to talk about Finn right now.

"I'm sorry about your mom."

Those weren't the words that she had been expecting to hear her say. The box in her head started to crack.

"Oh, my God Clarke. Your eyes."

When she reached up to touch her right below her eyelid, her hand touched something wet but it was thicker than tears. Clarke pulled her hand away and stared down at the blood on her fingertips.

This was not good.

Off in the distance, she could hear Connor calling her name and inquiring to her whereabouts. He sounded nearby and in a panic.

She rushed out of the tent, Raven following behind her as they went to investigate.

What she saw caused her alarm. Both Connor and Derek, the boys that had helped bring in Murphy, were coughing up blood.

"Raven, get away from us."

Raven looked at Clarke in confusion, "What?"

"They're the ones who brought Murphy in."

She raced off to the drop ship to get answers.

(BELLAMY)

He had heard the commotion from the gate where he had been walking the perimeter to check for weak points. There were loud cries and people yelling to others to get back.

Bellamy ran to the gate.

Both the guards that had brought in Murphy were kneeling on the ground, looking pale. Raven was standing nearby looking concerned. They looked like they needed a doctor.

"Clarke?"

She nodded towards the drop ship.

He rushed inside and found Clarke kneeling by Murphy. She looked up when he came in and he felt true fear for the first time in days.

Clarke's eyes were rimmed with blood.

She held up a hand to stop him from coming closer. "Bellamy, stay back."

"Did he do something to you?"

She shook her head in response.

"What the hell is this?"

Clarke looked scared and hesitant to answer his question. He soon knew why.

"Biological warfare."

Bellamy swallowed past the lump in his throat. The Grounders had sent in a virus to kill them all and Clarke was already infected.

"You were waiting for the Grounders to retaliate for the bridge? This is it. Murphy is the weapon."

He wanted to kill Murphy more than ever. That asshole had infected Clarke with a virus.

"Is this your revenge, helping the Grounders kill us?"

Murphy protested that he didn't know anything about it but Bellamy could barely hear it. He was too busy envisioning his hands around the boy's neck and squeezing the life out of it.

He stepped forward, intending to do just that when Clarke threw out her hand to stop him.

"Hey, don't! Whatever this this is, it spreads through contact."

Clarke was telling him that he couldn't touch Murphy. Or her.

(CLARKE)

She wished more than anything that she could reach out and touch Bellamy but she couldn't risk him getting sick as well. They needed at least one leader alive.

Derek had died shortly after their talk, coughing on his own blood. Clarke and Conner were getting worse by the minute and she didn't want to have Bellamy watch her die too.

Bellamy finally left the drop ship after much pleading and cajoling from Clarke. He wasn't going to give in until Connor mentioned that Octavia had helped Murphy with his wounds when Clarke had left earlier.

Clarke knew she couldn't forgive herself if something happened to Octavia because she had left. She wondered if Bellamy could either.

There was a sudden influx of patients experiencing similar symptoms as well as others that were reported to have had contact with Murphy. They were setting up a quarantine system in order to help keep the rest of the camp uninfected.

Bellamy returned after awhile with Octavia in tow. Clarke checked her over and found no symptoms, which she took as a good sign and gave her an idea.

"OK, we're done. No visible signs of swelling or bleeding."

"So you're saying she doesn't have it?"

"I'm saying she doesn't have symptoms, but that could change. We need to keep her here just in case."

Clarke could see the instant denial in his face as she had been speaking. She knew it was hard on him just to let Clarke stay here and she was sick.

"No way. Look at this place. She'll get sick just being here."

"Do you want to stop the spread or not?"

Clarke hated to manipulate Bellamy like this but she knew it was the only way. She needed Octavia here and away from Bellamy's ever watchful eyes. She saw the indecision in his face and gave one last push.

"Look, I'll keep her on the third level with the people who aren't symptomatic yet. Think of it as a way to stop her from sneaking out again."

Octavia looked hurt at Clarke's suggestion, "Screw you, Clarke."

Clarke ignored her for the time being, she would fix that problem in a minute but first, she needed to convince Bellamy.

"I'll let you know if her condition changes."

Bellamy finally nodded and walked away, leaving his sister in her hands. Clarke just hoped that he wouldn't come to hate her for what she was about to do next.

Octavia started up the ladder towards the third level when Clarke stopped her.

"Octavia, wait. I need you to sneak out again."

(BELLAMY)

It was late afternoon when he saw Clarke again. A crowd had gathered outside the drop ship as another body was removed. The count had rised to 3 so far since the infection had started.

"All right. Show's over. Get back to your posts."

Bellamy walked towards the bottom of the landing and looked at Clarke; she was pale and sweating.

He couldn't bear to lose her.

"You got enough food in there? Water?"

"Yeah. Some medicine might be nice." Even now, sick as she was, she was trying for humor. To give him comfort.

He grinned at her, delighted that she was well enough to joke with him.

"I'll see what I can do."

She nodded and started back for the ship. Knowing that Clarke was so sick made him worry about Octavia.

"Octavia, you okay?"

He saw Clarke pause and turn around. He knew by the look on her face that he was about to get some bad news. He started for the ship, if they were both sick then he wasn't going to stay away any longer.

They went, he went.

"Bellamy, wait. She's not here. I sent her to see Lincoln."

He stopped, feeling like she had punched him in the stomach. Clarke had sent O to see that Grounder?

"Look. If there's a cure, he has it. I didn't tell you because I knew you wouldn't let her go."

He slowly shook his head in disbelief. She had tricked him? He felt betrayed by Clarke, even if he understood why she had done it.

"If anything happens to her, you and me are gonna have problems."

Bellamy walked off, pissed at both her and his sister. He could hear Clarke calling his name but he ignored it. If he didn't walk away now, he knew he'd say something he'd regret.

(CLARKE)

It killed her to see that hurt look on Bellamy's face. And she had been the one to put it there.

Clarke saw him walk to the gate to go after his sister but suddenly he stopped. He started telling one of the guards to go to the dropship and guns were being aimed at the boy.

Then a girl dropped to the ground and coughed up blood into the face of another boy. The boy freaked out and before she could take another breath, several people were pointing guns at each other and shouting.

She knew that if she didn't do something that someone would get seriously hurt.

Bellamy and Finn were trying to calm the crowd when she came back from the ship with a gun. Clarke fired a few shots in the air and everyone froze.

They all turned to look at her.

"This is exactly what the Grounders want. Don't you see that? They don't have to kill us if we kill each other first."

A boy whose name she didn't know stepped forward, aiming a gun at her. She felt a trickle of fear that he might actually shoot her.

"They won't have to kill us if we all catch the virus. Get back in the damn drop ship."

Clarke watched as Bellamy grabbed the gun with both hand and lifted it out of his hands, elbowing the boy in the throat as he did. The boy tumbled back, grasping at his throat.

Apparently the boy had thought that their public fight meant that Bellamy would suddenly be onboad with aiming a gun at her. She was relieved to see that he wasn't.

Bellamy looked at her for a long moment.

"Not to state the obvious, but your quarantine isn't working."

Clarke wanted to tell him that she was sorry again but she was feeling lightheaded and dizzy. Her arm started to feel weak and the gun fell from her grip to the ground. She felt her knees give out and knew that she was going to hit the ground.

She didn't.

There was a pair of warm hands grabbing her and swinging her up into their arms as she fell. The person cradled them against their chest and felt safe in their arms.

Bellamy.

(BELLAMY)

When he saw Clarke start to fall, his heart jumped into this throat. She was dying and he was being petty and stubborn by being mad at her when all she had wanted was to save everyone.

He felt like the asshole that Clarke always called him out as.

Bellamy grabbed her and saw out of the corner of his eye that Finn had started to move as well. He got to Clarke first and was thankful that he had been closer to her instead of Spacewalker.

"Hey, let me go. I'm okay."

"No, you're not."

"Octavia will come back with a cure."

No sooner than the words had left her mouth then someone pushed through the crowd.

"There is no cure..." Octavia had returned and was out of breath, "But the Grounders don't use the sickness to kill. They are coming at first light to attack us."

The crowd stated murmuring to each other. Bellamy wanted to calm them but first, he needed to tend to Clarke. She was limp in his arms and looked about ready to pass out.

Octavia noticed Clarke's condition and ran up to them. She looked worried and that made Bellamy worry.

"Come on. I'll help you get Clarke into the drop ship."

They were walking into inside when he heard Clarke whisper to him, sounding so weak that it was like a physical pain for him to hear her like that.

"What do I have to do to stop you from coming in here?"

He smirked at her, "Get better."

Bellamy looked around for a place to lay her when Murphy offered up his hammock. Not wanting to refuse, he laid Clarke down. He didn't trust Murphy but he appreciated the gesture.

He turned to Octavia, "What else did the Grounder tell you?"

"The virus doesn't last long."

Murphy looked over at them from his new spot on the floor, "It's true, I feel better."

"They need to stay hydrated." Clarke, always worried about everyone else but herself. Bellamy only cared about her at the moment.

"You need to stay hydrated." He pushed down on her gently when she tried to get up.

Stubborn woman.

With Octavia's help, Clarke was able to drink some water but then pushed the cup back into O's hands.

"Okay, them too." When his sister hesitated, Clarke begged, "Please?"

She patted Clarke's knee. "It's okay. I'll do it."

Octavia left to go give water to the rest of the sick with Murphy's help, surprisingly enough. Clarke looked to him and he got that sense again that she was going to say something he wouldn't like. But then she wouldn't be his Princess if she didn't.

"You need to save yourselves. Just leave camp. Take anyone healthy enough with you."

"If you think that's even a possibility Princess, you don't know me very well."

"I know you."

He saw the look of love in her eyes and knew that she didn't want him to die too. Clarke wanted to save him.

Yes, I had Bellamy be the one to catch her instead of Finn. If you are a purist then I'm sorry but I still thought the move and lines were capable of being said by Bellamy too. And yes, I didn't finish the episode but there is so much to go over! I will probably finish the episode in the next chapter as well as start back with just my original content.