EXAMS… Fuuun
Oh and I just whacked my hand and now my knuckles are bruised… How great is this?
The song was used in the season finale of the 100 in season 1. Love this song. The Other side by Woodkid.
We're on borrowed time people! Limited chapters left! OMG
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I heard a whisper on my shoulder
Pretending life is worth the fight
Oh, can you hear the song of thunder
When fear strangles a soldier's pride
And on the surface of the waters
Will dance reflections of the fire in the night
Abby stepped back into the medic tent silently praying to herself that she wouldn't have too many casualties today and praying that none would come from the group entering the mansion. People were still recovering from the mountain without adding to it.
She watched them cover Murphy's body and sighed. Too late for that. The absence of Nyko was weighing heavily on them especially amongst the healers.
I remember cheering from towers
A face is smiling in the light
I remember the bells, the flowers
Those days are dying in the dark
Raven returned Wick's weak smile from across the room but frowned once he turned away. Her eyes went back to the empty passage where Octavia and the others had disappeared down. She prayed for their return.
Boy, I was shaped for the fury
Now I pay the price
Of the human race's vice
And I was promised
The glorious ending of a knight
But the crown is out of sight
Echo's hand rose up to meet Bellamy's and he grasped it tightly within his own refusing to let go. He had to protect her now. Echo and his child.
I'm slowly drifting into slumber
'Cause I have lost the force to fight
It's like a cold hand on my shoulder
I'll see you on the other side
And in the arms of endless anger
Will end the story of a soldier in the dark
The tunnel seemed to continue on for miles. It was a narrow dark passage way that smelt damp and hard underfoot despite the occasional squelch that reached Clarke's ears. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness once the light from the bunker behind them faded away but still she found herself gripping the walls for direction. The sound of the others footsteps mixed in with hers reverberated around the confined space and the heavy breathing could be heard as the passage stooped upward.
Lexa stopped suddenly and Clarke had to plant herself against the wall to prevent her colliding with her. Octavia wasn't as quick and walked into Clarke followed closely by a disgruntled Bellamy and Echo.
"Sorry" She gave Octavia an apologetic look in response to the glare she was receiving through the shadows.
"Can you see that?"
Clarke looked up and peered through to where Lexa was staring. She squinted slightly and shook her head, "No. What are you looking at?"
Lexa shrugged and indicated around them, "The light has returned. It isn't complete darkness anymore"
She looked around and was surprised that she hadn't noticed the gradual return of her eye sight. They must be nearing the end of the tunnel. Clarke turned back round to see a dip in the path ahead round a bend.
"Do you think the exit is behind their?"
Lexa nodded and looked down at her, "Are you ready?"
"Yes" Her heart jumped a little but there was a sense of adrenaline rushing forward and Clarke realised with a sickening jolt that she was, to some degree, enjoying this.
Lexa gave her a brief glance before unsheathing her sword and leading the way again. Passed the archway a mental door stood slightly ajar causing her to falter ever so slightly and Octavia sucked in a breath.
"Definitely a trap"
"Definitely" Clarke murmured. Lexa and her shared and understanding look before the commander led them the rest of the way through.
They pushed the door aside and were blinded for a moment by the pristine white marble floor that continued up walls and pillars to the roof. They were in a corridor that led left and right. Right carried up to a bend as did the left however ahead of them a staircase stood large breaking from the wall up and disappearing at a turn to the next level below them.
The lights were on from the stairwell.
Bellamy was the last to step through the door and he pushed the door shut behind them. He stepped to Clarke's left and raised an eyebrow.
"Are we going to keep following the directions that have lead us this far?"
Clarke grimaced, "It might be the only way to find out what is going on here"
"So we follow the lights?"
"Looks that way"
Lexa nodded to the steps, "We should go. They know we are here anyway so we have lost the element of surprise"
Echo and Octavia both unsheathed their swords whilst Bellamy pulled his gun round and Clarke raised her own. She stepped forward and led the way with Lexa at her side and the others following close behind them.
The steps turning down and they passed two other levels before the walls gave way from marble to the fragmented rock that had lined the passage from the bunker. Clarke's feet echoed in the cool air and she stepped off of the last step. In front of her lay another white passage with frosted white glass double doors at the end of the hall.
Clarke swallowed and raised her chin before crossing the space and pushing the two doors wide. Together the group stepped inside the close room. Echo gasped and Lexa tensed to her right alongside Octavia who sucked in a breath.
The small part broke away into a large room that was the equivalent of a large hanger. In the middle sat the missile Murphy had briefly talked about and on one wall sat a line of computers that were connected by wiring to the engine. At the engine stood a man Clarke thought she would never see again.
"Jaha"
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"Get back!"
Marcus ducked down just in time as another grenade exploded where he and Monroe had been standing a few moments earlier.
The whole thing was ridiculous. Androids were hovering around the air of the mansion yet each one was firing off as many bullets as they could at the grounder army. They had also discovered the land in front of the building to be mined after one group was blown apart upon their approach.
"We should move back" Monroe shouted through the dust, explosions and cries around them.
Marcus shook his head and looked up briefly from the ditch they were crouched in, "Clarke and Lexa need as much time as possible. We can't afford to fall back!"
She nodded and looked to the two grounders behind her, "You heard him"
They nodded and jumped up quickly departing to another sector. Marcus gasped and sat back. This was going to be harder than they originally thought.
"How many droids are there?"
"Currently? Seven. But I saw two others move back to the mansion a few moments ago"
He peaked out again and watched another droid break away from a group of grounders and fly overhead. Marcus frowned and ducked down again to face Monroe.
"Where are they going?"
"I don't know"
She looked over as well and shrugged, "They go and then return a few moments later" Monroe paused, "It doesn't make any sense"
He watched as another set of droids returned causing two more to leave. Marcus followed their path and his eyes widened in realisation.
"They aren't going back to the mansion"
"What? Where are they going?"
He jumped up and darted away from the fighting and back to the beach shouting over his shoulder, "They're going for the boats!"
His breath caught in his throat, "And the medics… Abby!"
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The old chancellor looked up from where he was standing and smiled at them briefly before turning back to the machine and closing the hood that had previously been propped up.
"Ah Clarke! You're just in time"
They all stepped closer to him as he moved away from the missile and to the computers. He began tapping away looking up at the screens as he did.
She tried to ignore the slight crazed look in his eyes, "In time for what?"
He finally turned to face them and raised his arms in a god-like fashion, "The recreation of the new world"
"Recreation?" Lexa snarled.
Jaha gave her a reproachful look, "We were meant to be the new world. We were meant to care for it and undo all the damage we did before but instead we just created war and suffering… We were given a second chance and look what we've done with it"
"You said sending us down here was our second chance" Octavia pointed out.
"Yes" He smiled at them, "And look what you've done with that"
Clarke didn't miss the disgusted look that he shot at Lexa and Echo. She growled and stepped forward, "You treat them like they're beneath us, like they're savages, and yet you are the one building a missile. You're no better than the mountain men"
Jaha shook his head and lowered his arms to link them at his back, "I survived for a reason Clarke, we all did, and yet you sit here insisting that that they're the good guys"
"I've learnt a lot over the past year and one of them is that good guys don't exist. We all have the capability of being good and evil… Nothing is ever black and white"
"True" He agreed, "I don't believe in good and evil Clarke. I believe that we all have a destiny… Yours was to discover that earth was survivable and mine is to replenish the world so we can start again"
"Destroy it you mean"
Jaha looked perplexed for a moment before he let out a burst of laughter and shook his head, "I'm not trying to destroy it Clarke. I'm trying to save it, before humans destroy it. Can you honestly say that in a few years the grounders won't start another war… that this will truly end? War destroyed our world once Clarke. I'm trying to prevent that"
"No you're not" Clarke stepped forward and looked at him in desperation, "You're going to start a new war"
Jaha sighed and let his shoulders droop. He seemed saddened by her response and turned to Lexa.
"Look her in the eye and tell her you won't start another war"
Lexa narrowed her eyes but didn't drop her gaze from him, "I will not lie. War is a necessity for protecting my people"
He looked to Clarke with glee and indicated to Lexa, "See… She won't stop"
"I'm not asking her too" Clarke ignored the surprised look Lexa and Echo sent her way, "I haven't asked for anything"
"You would let her destroy the world Clarke?"
"Lexa won't destroy the world"
Jaha was standing back by the computers and he seemed slightly conflicted for a moment. Before he could say anything another figure appeared from the door behind them.
"I had hoped it wouldn't come to this"
They all spun to see a brunette smiling at them. She stood politely but her eyes held a glint that sent a shiver down Clarke's spine and she knew Lexa felt it too when she tensed next to her.
"Who are you?"
"My name is A.L.I.E"
Lexa's grip tightened on her sword, "You killed the boy"
The woman sighed and stepped around their group so she was standing directly in front of the commander, "A necessity I am afraid. He knew too much… and he warned you. Not that it matters though because nothing you do here today will stop what is coming" She looked between them with a beaming smile, "You can't stop this"
Lexa snarled and jumped forward with her sword raised. A.L.I.E didn't flinch at all and merely stood unmoving as the blade came barrelling toward her. Instead of slicing through her like they were all expecting Lexa tumbled through the woman and landed against the wall behind her. She spun to face them eyes wide chest heaving.
A.L.I.E smiled and blinked. Clarke closed her eyes in realisation, "You're a hologram"
"I am a machine" She corrected and Clarke nodded.
"You survived the first war"
Bellamy stepped forward and shook his head, "She caused the first war"
A.L.I.E smiled again, "I am afraid that is true"
"Why?"
"Humans have a terrible habit of destroying beautiful things. You have no care for the world around you and you tear through everything as if it is your own… I had hoped that by killing the human race those of you that survived would learn to appreciate these things again but instead you are just as focussed on war as you once were. Nothing has changed. So finally I am forced to come to the conclusion that the human race is not capable of understanding and nor is it capable of change"
"But you're going to tear through the world?" Octavia frowned.
"For the greater good. Before the world can flourish we must destroy it"
"And us"
"And you"
She smiled another sickening grin and Clarke felt her body fill with dread. There was no talking these two around, especially a machine.
"You're talking about cleansing the world" Bellamy said, "But you can't just kill everyone when things aren't going your way the world isn't a machine. It doesn't have a delete button… You can't play god"
A.L.I.E shook her head, "Humans don't learn"
"You're not giving them a chance" Octavia snarled, "You just kill them off the first time. Learning takes time and yes humans make mistakes but they learn from them and that's what's important"
They all nodded but she was just watching them with a raised eyebrow disbelievingly, "It's touching how much faith you all have in the human race but I'm afraid that I don't hold your sentimentality"
A.L.I.E turned to Jaha briefly, "See that it is done" Before turning back to them, "It was lovely meeting you Clarke and you too Lexa, I just hope you learn from this"
The hologram dissolved leaving them alone with Jaha who was still standing behind the computer. He indicated to the screen and Lexa sucked in a breath, "Polis"
He was going to destroy the capitol.
"You can't" Clarke snarled, "You don't want that blood on your hands"
"Once Polis is gone the clans will be in uproar. They will turn on each other and eventually kill each other off… There's nothing you can do Clarke"
Clarke blinked and raised the gun aiming it at Jaha's head, "There's something"
He paused momentarily then smiled nervously, "You wouldn't"
"Try me"
Their stare down lasted only a few moments. Jaha refused to blink and Clarke wouldn't allow her arm to waver. It was trained on the man in front of her following his every movement as he, in returned, eyed her warily.
Jaha raised his hands slowly in defeat and Clarke nodded, "Walk away from the computer"
He stepped away and instantly Octavia and Bellamy were at the controls instantly trying to shut it down. Clarke lowered her gun and looked to Lexa who was still eyeing Jaha warily.
"We need to work out what we're going to do with the missile after today"
"We should take it back so Raven can dismantle it" Lexa looked to Octavia, "She can dismantle it?"
Octavia nodded in confirmation, "If anyone can it'll be Raven"
Lexa nodded and Echo moved to the door whilst Octavia and Bellamy finished up at the controls.
"It won't get that far"
Lexa and Clarke spun round to see Jaha standing next to the missile. None of them had been paying attention to the man and in their carelessness he had placed himself out of their reach. Lexa snarled and her hand went for the dagger at her side whilst Clarke moved her gun to aim at Jaha but they were too late and he knew it.
Jaha shook his head and slammed his hand down on the control panel of the missile.
Instantly the screens around them buzzed for a few seconds before bringing up the number thirty. It stayed like that for a second before buzzing down to twenty-nine. Clarke's heart dropped.
"We have to get out of here"
Lexa didn't seem to know how to react so she screamed, "Move!"
That got them moving. Echo and Octavia were the first out the door followed by Clarke and Lexa with Bellamy brining up the rear. Clarke ignored Jaha's cries behind them and didn't bother to turn round to see if he was following, her only thought being that they all needed to get out of there, and watched Octavia's heel dispearing up the steps. They clambered up the way they had come.
27…
Clarke could hear the countdown buzzing in her ear but tried to ignore it.
25…
Lexa was keeping up next to her and they shared a panic look once they reached the marble hallway. Octavia and Echo propped the door open.
"Come on we have to go"
20…
Clarke nodded and watched Echo slip out of the door. She turned to Lexa, "We have to warn the army"
The commander nodded grimly, "We have to get out of here first"
Clarke let Lexa slip through the door first before following her.
15…
"Clarke!"
She was halfway out of the door when the cry from behind her forced her head back round. She felt Lexa stop behind her.
Bellamy was being dragged back by Jaha who had his own gun and was pulling the elder Blake back by his collar. Back towards the missile.
"No!" She roared.
10…
She darted back out and towards the two men grappling for control.
9…
"Clarke!"
8…
She ignored Lexa's cry from behind her.
7…
Bellamy was disappearing back down the stairs with a panicked look.
6…
"Bell!" Octavia.
5…
"Lexa!" Echo.
4…
She heard two set of footsteps but didn't turn back.
3…
Her own feet carried her back down the stairs jumping steps to try and reach him…
2…
Bellamy's arm was stretched out next to Jaha's gun that was pointed directly at her.
1…
The gun went off just as a force pushed her back colliding with a body behind her.
Everything went black.
People are dying… Just so you know… O.O… Saying no more…
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