Her head ached, her stomach throbbed and the stitches on her back had clearly broken. Growling Rhea pushed herself up, not wanting to open her eyes but knowing she had to get to Octavia. Once she was standing she finally opened her eyes. It was a few hours later in the day so she could still see her way around, but barely, turning slowly she looked for any sign of Octavia, her eyes resting on where she last saw her. She could see someone in the trees not far from where Octavia had fallen, someone she didn't recognize but she didn't risk going down the hill. Growling she turned around and ran back to camp, her vision still quite blurry from the damage done to her head. She needed back up before going into Grounder territory.

She felt stupid as she ran through the woods, getting lost at every turn. Her vision not having recovered from the hit just yet. It was much darker when she started to see the light from camp ahead. The walk back had taken a lot out of her so she stopped for a moment to lean against a tree, closing her eyes to try to get rid of the blurriness.

"Rhea?" she jumped slightly making her lose her balance and forcing her to grab onto the tree with both hands to stop herself from falling to the ground. Looking up she came face to face with the boy that had held her at knife point on the cliff. Her eyes widened with fear as he reached for her, her hand reaching for her gun pulling it out of the holster to point it straight at him. She was not going to let him hurt her, not again, not when Octavia's life was at stake.

"Don't come any closer," Her voice sounding shaky, "I will shoot you."

"Whoa, I'm not going to hurt you." His hands flying into the air, but his show wasn't fooling her and she refused to fall for it. That was until she saw the group and the man leading it just behind him.

"John, what's the hold up?" Bellamy asked, not noticing the girl holding the gun at the boy's face.

"Bellamy" She whispered, her hands starting to shake by this point. His face paled at the sight of the blood that soaked the left side of her face and the front of her shirt.

"Put the gun down Rhea, he's not going to hurt you." Taking one last look at 'John' she clicked the safety on and put her gun back in it's place. Bellamy moved towards her, placing his hands on her arms.

"What happened? Where's Octavia?" He was almost frantic at the sight of the woman before him, if she was in this state he could only imagine what might have happened to his sister.

"She fell, I tried to help but someone hit me. I just woke up not that long ago."

"Okay, you are going back to camp, Jasper take her back then come back here." He ordered, but Rhea was having none of it.

"Do you know where she fell?" Rhea challenged, looking him right in the eye. His hesitation told her everything. "That's what I thought, you were hoping to find her using Finn's magic tracking skills huh? Well you kind of have to have a place to start." She knew she had won when she watched his mouth open but close right after.

"Fine, but that cut needs to be patched up first." He motioned for the girl behind him to get to work. Rhea tensed when she recognized the girl in front of her, she had been one of his flings.

"Hi, I'm Roma." The girl smiled as she began to wipe Rhea's face down with a damp cloth. She wanted to punch the pretty smile off of her face, but she knew Roma was not the one at fault, Bellamy was so she just gave the girl a small smile.

"I'm Rhea." The name seemed to peak some form of recognition from the girl because her green eyes lit up and she smiled even brighter.

'You are the guard from the ARK! I was beginning to think you were just a myth." Snorting at what the younger girl said Rhea just shook her head.

"No myth, just an idiot that followed orders." Before the two could continue their talk Bellamy came over, clearly restless.

"You look much better," He stated, looking over the damage done to her face.

"Ready to go?" She stood up to show him, determined not to give him any reason to send her back to camp.

"I'm good." He nodded, looking a little awkward as Roma gazed at him lovingly, the look on Rhea's face showed him that she knew and that he had dug himself a very deep hole. Clearing his throat he stepped away,

"Alright, let's get going." Motioning for Rhea to lead the way but instead she motioned for Finn and Jasper to walk with her, using Jasper as support, her vision not completely clear just yet and her body throbbed from her previous injuries.

"I came from this way, see my prints there." She told Finn as they walked, he nodded having caught the sight of them before the girl had pointed them out.

They followed the path Rhea had taken to get back to camp for what felt like eternity but was actually only around a half hour, John had been ordered to scout ahead.

"Over here" He shouted, Bellamy and the others taking off in the direction John's voice had come from, Jasper looked down at her as if begging to go so shrugged his arm off and gave me a slight push in the direction the others went,

"Go find your girl lover boy" She joked, laughing when he instantly bolted off into the trees. Finn, noticing that she wasn't too sturdy on her feet still, decided to take over as her support.

Once they caught up Rhea realized where they were, the slope where she had last seen Octavia, the slope that Bellamy was already halfway down.

"Finn," she called but it fell on deaf ears as he left her and went down after Jasper. Sighing she grabbed onto the rope and went down the slope as fast as her legs would let her, stumbling a little at the end. Before she hit the ground John managed to catch her, deciding to keep a firm grip on her arm.

"I'll help you." He offered sincerely. Not having the energy to fight him she let him lead her along the path that Finn was bringing them down. He had managed to find footprints in the mud, that they hoped would lead them to Octavia. Rhea's vision had cleared by now so she gave John a signal to tell him she was okay.

"Stay right beside me, just incase." He ordered, his eyes flickering to Bellamy for a brief second. Now it made sense, Bellamy had ordered him to keep an eye on her. Rolling her eyes she quickened her pace, with John right on her heels. When she caught up to the boys she stopped dead in her tracks. The trees before them were covered with skeletons.

"I don't speak grounder, but I'm pretty sure this means keep out." Finn breathed out causing the rest of the group to panic.

"Go back if you want" Bellamy offered, while he turned around muttering something else that Rhea didn't catch. Jasper following right behind him,

"I'd walk into hell to find her." He stated, the look on Finn's face giving away his thoughts as he followed the other two.

"I think we just did." Rhea watched the three men move away from them and then turned to look at the other kids as they made their decision, some even looking to her.

"You heard him, you can go if you are scared, no one blames you." Giving them a slight smile before she turned and walked into Grounder Territory, not regretting it for a second.

They walked straight through till morning with still no sign of Octavia, the worst part being that the trail had disappeared so now they were aimlessly wandering. That's when Roma spoke up,

"Where's John?" which caused everyone to look around wondering where he had gone off too.

"He was right behind me." Rhea said, confused by how he could have disappeared so fast.

"I just saw him a second ago." added Jasper.

"Spread out," ordered Bellamy, " He couldn't have gotten that far." The rest of them started to move, following his orders, Rhea just stood there her hand hovering over her gun looking at the trees around them, something didn't feel right. A loud thud sounded behind her, spinning around she saw the lifeless body of John. Finn and Bellamy ran towards where John had fallen but Rhea didn't move, her eyes frozen on John's lifeless face, his throat having been slit.

"They use the trees." Finn stated, trying to look around to see anything or anyone. Everyone was beginning to panic, each of them looking around in the tree and bushes, anywhere that someone could hide. By this point Rhea had forced herself to focus again, moving her eyes to the trees above.

"We shouldn't have crossed the boundary." A boy she had never seen before pointed out. His eyes wide with fright, Roma, feeling the same thing, looked to Bellamy,

"Now can we go back?" She questioned their leader, but Jasper drew everyone's attention as he pointed out a figure to his right,

"There" Rhea turned towards the figure her gun drawn, safety off.

"Another one." The boy from earlier shouted, Rhea was starting to realize that they were becoming surrounded.

"We should run" Finn suggested, he didn't need to tell them twice because they were running after Finn and Bellamy in an instant. As she ran she noticed that the grounders kept making them change direction. She was so focused on their movements that she didn't notice Bellamy stopping in front of her, slamming into him, she fell on to her ass. He swiftly yanked her up as Roma ran after the boy, his fear had prevented him from stopping. Rhea didn't even give Bellamy the chance to check on her before she was running after their missing people. She didn't want to lose anyone else.

Her feet came to a halt after rounding a large tree, the sight infront of her made her let out a horrified shout. The boy's body had been impaled by a trap the grounders had set. He was dead on impact. Rhea's body was shaking when Bellamy and the others had finally caught up. Roma was gone, clearly spooked by her friend's death, and Rhea was out of it, not being able to comprehend what was happening around. She didn't realize that she had started to walk in a circle, keeping her eyes on the trees.

"They are leading us here." Jasper pointed out, "It's the only direction we could run"

She felt sick to her stomach when she noticed, the grounders had left, "They are gone" she whispered.

"Where did they go?" Finn asked, making everyone wondering for a minute.

"After Roma" Bellamy ran off in the direction they had seen her go, without a thought. Rhea was ripped out of the state she was in and took off after him. They ran for a short piece, trying to close the gap between them and the scared girl, but when Bellamy slowed to a walk the rest of them did too. Rhea was thankful that he had, because walking made it easier for her to keep an eye out for Roma and the grounders. She kept her eyes peeled, making sure to look out for any other traps that may have been placed for them. That's when she saw her, just up ahead behind a tree. Giving Bellamy a nudge to point it out just as Monroe noticed as well.

"There she is" Monroe motioned, "Roma" she called, hoping that the other girl would hear them, but when they heard no answer Bellamy and Finn ran to check on her. Something wasn't right, Rhea could feel it. She watched Bellamy's face as he moved towards the girl on the other side of the tree. Her heart breaking even more when she saw grief passing over his features, Roma was dead, they had been too late.

"They're playing with us." Finn whispered, more to himself than anyone.

"They can kill us whenever they want." Rhea took this time to move closer to Finn and Bellamy, even though it hurt her to admit, Roma's death had hurt Bellamy, he had cared for her and she wanted to comfort him in some way. She stopped beside him, placing her hand in his. He looked down at her almost like he was in a daze, not wanting to see him like that she switched her gaze to Roma. She had been speared through the chest, like Jasper had. The situation at hand didn't make sense to her. The grounders had landed two spear shots with perfect precision, what was stopping them now?

Rhea was pulled from her thoughts by the sound of a whisper to her left, her eyes drifted back to Bellamy. The dazed look was gone, now he looked fierce, she felt his hand tighten on hers. Holding her gaze he mouthed,

" Stay with me." Those words helped her understand the look on his face. He had lost Roma, now he was determined to not lose her. Their moment was broken by the sounds of angry shouts.

"Then they should get it over with!" Jasper began to yell, taunting the predators that were around them. "Come on! We know you're out there!" He kept shouting, even though Finn was trying to make him stop. Fear set in when Rhea noticed that they were being surrounded and fast. Letting go of Bellamy's hand she whipped out her gun ready to fire at the grounder that was coming straight for her, surprisingly he stopped abruptly as he caught her gaze, the axe he had been twirling now resting at his side.

A horn blasted around them, making the other grounders stop for a brief second and then run off into the woods. The one in front of her hesitated still holding her eyes contact and then ran with the rest of them.

"They're leaving." Bellamy said clearly confused, but he wasn't the only one.

"That horn, what does it mean?" Jasper questioned, but Finn already knew the answer as he pulled a makeshift tent out of his bag.

"Acid fog" He answered, which caused panic to flash over everyone's face. Flashes of what the fog did to Atom jolted Rhea's brain making her breath quicken. Bellamy must have noticed her panic because he grabbed hold of her hand. The horn blast sounded again causing her to jump in fear.

"We have to run." Monroe stated, clearly not having encountered the fog like they had.

"There's no time." Finn told her, shaking out the tent so they could get in.

First went Jasper and Monroe, and last was Rhea and Bellamy. His hand still firmly gripping hers, he knew she was on the verge of freaking out so he pulled her to his chest, whispering in her ear.

"It's okay Rhea, we are safe in here." He told her, kissing her gently on the head.

"How long are we supposed to wait?" Jasper asked, clearly getting impatient. Monroe commented right after, "Will this even work?" Just as impatient as Jasper. That's when Rhea noticed, there was no noise, not like at the cave.

"It's too quiet." Rhea whispered against Bellamy's chest.

"We'll find out." Finn stated, but Bellamy had heard what she had said, with one last kiss to Rhea's forehead, he moved so he could open the flap, clearly not patient enough to wait out the fog.

"No, we won't." Peaking his head out Bellamy confirmed that there was no fog, the rest of them following. Once it came time for Rhea to get out, Bellamy grabbed onto her hand and gave her a gentle pull, making sure to pull her close to him so she wasn't out of his reach.

"Maybe it was a false alarm" Finn offered before they noticed the grounder running in the woods not far away

"They're coming back." Bellamy stated, his grip tightening on his axe, stepping in front of Rhea slightly. They all stiffened as they looked around them, waiting for when they would be surrounded. But that never happened, so Jasper voiced what they all had been thinking.

"I think he's alone." Rhea nodded, agreeing with his statement. Almost chuckling when Monroe asked, "Now can we run?" Everyone but Rhea ignored her.

"He doesn't see us." Bellamy pointed out, "I'm going after him."

"And what? Kill him?" Finn didn't sound too happy with that option, and neither was Rhea.

"No," was Bellamy's answer, which made Rhea alittle bit happier,

"Catch him, make him tell me where Octavia, then kill him." After than he left, Rhea didn't know what to do. Stay and die, or follow him and become just as bad as the Grounders.

"How do we know that he isn't leading us into another trap?" Jasper asked Finn but before Finn could respond Rhea walked past them,

"We don't, but would you rather wait here?" She questioned before jogging to catch up to Bellamy, her decision made.

They followed the Grounder to a wooded area, hiding behind trees whenever he looked around. This time though, when Rhea looked out from behind the tree he was gone. She didn't even think before she ran to where they had last seem him, afraid that they had just lost the last person that could tell them where Octavia was. Skidding to a halt by a bush she noticed she was the only one that had dashed, even though Bellamy's face told her that he was itching to follow her.

Hearing movement on the other side of the bush made her breath catch, turning, she put her hand up as she noticed that Finn and Bellamy were about to run towards her. She knew if they came over, whatever was around the bush would most definitely hear them. Slowly she put one foot in front of other as she rounded the bush, halting when she heard metal grinding as if something was being lifted.

Listening closely she decided it was safe to move again and peered around to see what was going on, but nothing was there. Confused she walked out of her friend's eyesight to investigate, knowing that she would be scolded about it later.

Bending down she dragged her hand along a bush that didn't look like it was in the right place, that's when she noticed the metal bars that seemed to create a gate. That's why he disappeared, he had gone underground.

Creeping back into the other's view, she noticed Bellamy had been 'stress' pacing, his head jolting towards her when Finn nudged him. She motioned for them to follow and then walked back towards the gate. Pulling her gun out as she yanked the gate upwards making sure to not be too rough with it, fearing that it might creak loud enough to warn the grounder inside.

She went to enter but Bellamy placed his hand on her arm to make her step back. This was something he needed to do.

"Be my back up." He requested softly so only she would hear. She nodded in response and then followed behind him as he descended into the pit. She kept her eyes on the shadows around them, just in case the grounder was using them for cover. While she looked around she noticed all of the pre-war items that were spread throughout, under different circumstances, she would have felt like a kid in a candy store, if she even knew what that felt like.

Saying she was distracted was an understatement, which is why she didn't notice when Octavia came into view, or the injured Grounder on the floor.

"Bellamy?"

"Octavia?" Bellamy shouted, relieved to see his sister, that's when Rhea jumped to attention realizing that she could have gotten them killed by not focusing. Her eyes caught sight of the grounder unconcious on the floor, his blood coming out of a wound on his head. Knowing Bellamy had Octavia covered she moved closer to the grounder to check on the wound, Finn seemingly having the same idea. Rhea was pulled from her examination by Bellamy's voice.

"Monroe, watch the entrance" Bellamy ordered, while trying to unlock his sister's restraints.

"How did you find me?" Octavia asked, the question making Rhea think of the people they had lost while looking for her, Octavia pulling her in for a hug made her push those thoughts out of her mind.

"We followed him." Jasper motioned to the injured Grounder on the ground.

"We should go, now, before he wakes up" Octavia suggested, making Rhea focus back on the man below them. Moving towards him she stood beside Finn.

"He's not gonna wake up." When Bellamy said this it make Rhea take a step back to put herself between Bellamy and the wounded man. This was not who they were.

"Bellamy, stop." She stated firmly, clearly set on preventing any unnecessary bloodshed.

"He didn't hurt me, let's just go." Begged Octavia, trying to make her brother see reason.

"They started this." he growled, still angry about losing the others. "Rhea, Finn, move. Now."

"Foghorn" Finn whispered, completely disregarding Bellamy, Rhea turned to look at what he was talking about, leaning down so she was level with him.

"What?" She questioned, but before Finn could give her an answer the grounder had launched himself at him, scratching Rhea across the arm with the knife he used to stab Finn in the chest. Completely a swift move he kicked Bellamy's legs out from underneath of him. Her shock got the better of her as she fell backwards trying to get as far away from the angry grounder as she could. What brought her back was when he started to try to kill Bellamy with the spear Bellamy had intended on using on him.

"No!" She roared, jumping up she kicked the spear out of his hands. The force of her kick threw the grounder off balance and made him unfocused enough for Jasper to hit him over the head knocking him unconscious again. They didn't waste time worrying about when he woke up next because Finn was gravely injured. With ease Bellamy lifted him into his arms and moved towards the exit of the cave they were in.

"Hurry, we have to get him to Clarke." Everyone realized that Clarke was the only one that could save Finn's life. Rhea ran out first, giving Monroe a sad nod as she walked past, she needed to make sure the coast was clear, even braving running ahead just a little, still staying in their line of sight. With Finn out of commission they wouldn't stand a chance against another Grounder attack.

Monroe caught up pretty quickly, the two of them looking left and right, and up into the trees, Rhea gripping her gun and Monroe had her spear ready for anything. They stayed like this for the entire journey back, not even stopping to pay respects to their friends that had died when they walked past their bodies, for fear that Finn would soon join them in the spirit world.

Jasper and Octavia had caught up too them and moved past them, Rhea nodded at Monroe telling her to continue on while she took the rear. They were so close to camp that the only threat was from someone attacking from behind.

"Clarke!" yelled Jasper, the panic clear in his voice, "Clarke! Where's Clarke" he continued to yell while they walked through the main gate to camp, Octavia using him as a crutch due to exhaustion and pain from her injuries. "Get Clarke now!" He ordered, Rhea turned back to the trees, her job of protecting the group wasn't done until everyone was in camp. Something caught her eye while she was watching, giving a quick glance towards Bellamy, who was too focused on getting Finn the help he needed, she moved to get a closer look.

As she moved closer, she could see movement, someone was watching her from the bushes ahead. She didn't know if exhaustion was clouding her better judgement or if she was just stupid but she kept walking towards the bush.

"Hello?" she spoke softly, not wanting to be deemed a threat. "Please come out, I won't hurt you." At this she put her hands up to show that there was no weapon in them. She almost let out a startled shriek when she felt someone grab her wrist, pulling her behind the bush and putting her arm behind her back, a knife also being placed at her throat. Closing her eyes to hide the fear that may show in them she tried pleading her case,

"I am not here to hurt you. I just want to talk." This time she opened her eyes to look around, her eyes landing on a man, the one that had twirled his axe to taunt her before the horn sounded.

The grounder beside him, who was much smaller, let out a small gasp, something shocking her, and began to speak in a language that Rhea couldn't even begin to understand. The smaller grounder seemed to be getting increasingly agitated the more she spoke, making Rhea become confused.

"Please," she tried, not knowing what she was going to do,"I don't understand why you haven't kill me." Testing her luck, but she couldn't help it, these people hadn't given John, Diggs or Roma a chance to make nice before they murdered them, why were they giving her one?

The man with the axe moved towards her, she tensed at first as she saw his hand come towards her face, but all he did was touch beside her left eye gently.

"Your eyes are gold like the rays of the sun." Rhea would be lying if she said she had been expecting them to speak to her in English, her eyes widening. Of all the things he could have said, he decided to mention her eye color? Yes the color of them was quite rare, the woman of her family being the only ones on the ARK to have them, but it still didn't make any sense. Instead of questioning him she just looked up into his dark navy blue eyes, fearing that turning away would be a sign of disrespect to him. His hand moved once more but this time he moved it so he could gently pull the hand that was holding the knife away from her throat, his mouth opened to speak once more but the sound of someone calling her name interrupted. His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked in the direct of the sound, but then they switch back to her.

"You must stay save, you have much to do" he stated, brushing her face one last time before the three of them disappeared into the trees. What did he mean?

"Rhea!" a voice yelled frantically behind her, pulling herself out of her thoughts she walked out from behind the bush.

"Calm down, I'm right here." She managed to get out before someone collided with her body, pulling her into a bone crushing hug. She knew who it was right away a smile gracing her lips while she returned the hug

"Don't go wandering off again, I can't handle losing anyone else today." Bellamy pulled away lifting her chin to look up at him, "You hear me?" He demanded, his face one of stone.

"I hear you Bell, I mean who couldn't? You are yelling." She smirked, but his face didn't change. Sighing she tried the route of reassurance.

"I'm fine Bellamy, just tired." She managed a small smile to prove it to him, though he seemed to remain unconvinced. Instead of scolding her anymore he just stared at her, as if he wanted to say something to her. As if he didn't want to ruin the moment with words he just rested his forehead against hers and continued to watch her. His mouth opened again within a few minutes,

"Rhea, I need to know," She could feel movement against her forehead as his brow started to furrow,

"What you said, was that true?" This question made her mind flash to the day before, to the moment in time when, after so many times of being crushed, she opened up and told him that after everything, she still loved him. It felt like decades ago.

"Yes." Was her simple answer, her eyes dropping out of fear of rejection.

"Every word." the last part coming out as a whisper. His response was what she had expected, he had pulled back as if looking for a lie in her expression. He didn't have the chance to respond.

"Bellamy man, a storm is coming, we gotta go." A boy she didn't recognize yelled, once he saw their close proximity and the glare Bellamy was sending him he turned red with embarrassment and his eyes opened much wider with fear.

"Go be the leader, I'll be here when you get back." Then she left, not daring to look back. Everything that was happening with Bellamy, the hot and cold, back and forth , was giving her a headache. Adding what just happened with the grounders on top of that made her head spin. She needed sleep to recover from everything, so she headed towards the drop ship. This time, she decided, she would sleep inside, no longer fearing retaliation for what the guard had done to the juveniles in camp.

The walk to the drop ship felt longer than usual, most likely due to the exhaustion she felt. As it got closer she could feel relief going through her, she was actually excited to get sleep. She shuffled up the ramp and pushed through the parachutes that were hanging at the entrance, only to be greeted by the desperate cries from a girl she didn't recognize as she tried to get through to the ARK on the radio. Rhea ignored the new suprises though, all she could see was a mat in the back corner of the ship, it was almost like tunnel vision.

"Rhea, is everything alright?" Clarke question, worry lines beginning to form on her forehead as she looked at the older woman. Rhea had heard her, but it was as if she no longer had the energy to respond, like she was running on just enough fumes to get her to the mat and that's it.

"Rhea?" Clarke tried again, this time moving towards her, but again she just kept moving towards the mat. Her body gave up once she reached it, her eyes closing shut almost immediately.