CHAPTER 10

(DAY 7)

Clarke's POV

Octavia and Raven were right. There was something special about Alicia. Alicia had a specific charm to her. She was able to put people at ease and make things relatable so easily. It was almost like second nature to her. She even had the same broody nature as Lexa. I looked forward to her company now.

Last night's talk with her calmed me down so much. I felt like a burden was released and I was glad that she was willing to open up to me about her life. The talk was honestly so overdue, but I was glad where and when it happened.

I was heading over to the fighting room at Polis to supervise Alicia and her family's self defense training when Indra joined me on the walk.

"Clarke the clans are getting restless it's been more than two weeks since Alie's destruction. The clans need a commander or else there will be chaos. I was thinking. If Lexa doesn't make the transfer soon we should have Alicia stand in for now. You know, just as a figure head, for the time being. I've talked to her. I trust that little one. What do you think?" Indra asked.

"I think that would be a good idea but I don't want to bring it up just yet to her. It could scare her. She seems strong on the outside but her strength does not match Lexa's." I said firmly. Indra nodded. We walked the rest of the way to the battle room in silence. I smiled when I opened the doors and saw Alicia and her family.

Alicia's POV

That was the sixth time I saw Indra throw Chris on the mat. It was just Ofelia, Chris, Nick, and me that decided to show up for this class. My mom was back at the ward helping Abby. Travis was hanging out with Marcus again because Travis always likes to be a part of the politics of everywhere we go. Strand who even knows honestly. Probably up to some sus buisness. Whatever. It was probably for the best that the old and more breakable people were not with us today for this painful training session.

Ofelia and I practiced together while Chris and Nick practiced together. Now we were being tested on what we learned. We were fighting with the experienced ones, and our side was definitely not doing well. Picture superheroes, the ones with muscles, skills, and super powers, fighting inanimate objects. Hint: We were the inanimate objects being thrown around. It did not look pretty for those inanimate objects. Trust me.

Nick was the only one so far to defeat his opponent, who was Bellamy. Oh, Bellamy. Didn't anyone tell you that the training session didn't allow guns. Bellamy was the weakest of the experienced trainers. You take away the gun from the Bellamy and bam he was a 5 year old boy slamming his face on nothing but mat against my thin, big brother. Ofelia didn't have much luck with Octavia, and Chris was a goner now with Indra. It was actually pretty funny seeing how bad Chris was. Haha! At least now he could complain about something that was worth complaining.

The doors to the battle room opened and a blonde entered. Clarke looked surprised and immediately got up. Clarke nervously glanced at me before following the blonde. They walked to the side and started talking. I clenched my fists a little in jealousy when the blonde touched Clarke's forearm during their talk. Octavia sat next to me.

"That's Niylah. Apparently they had a thing for a little bit when Clarke was mad at Lexa, but it wasn't ever serious. Niylah shows up once in awhile to see how things are going, but mostly to just check up on Clarke. Don't worry you can unclench your teeth now Alicia." O said. She looked over me and laughed a bit before she put on a thinking face.

"What?" I said blatantly.

"Oh, you'll see leesy boo boo." Octavia said in a baby voice before standing up.

"Clarke! Alicia's next. Why doesn't she go against Niylah?" She said. What? Me against Clarke's lover. God!

"I mean only if Niylah's okay with it, but Niylah, Alicia hasn't fought before so go easy on her." Clarke responded. Aw. Was Clarke worried about me? Cute.

"Okay. Alicia you ready?" Niylah asked me. I nodded and we both headed towards the mat. I waited for her to strike first. When she did, I used her momentum to flip her over onto the mat. I let her get back up again. I saw Indra crack a proud smile.

"I thought you don't fight Alicia." O said. I didn't answer. Just because I didn't fight didn't mean I didn't know how to.

"Her ex-boyfriend taught her to fight because he was worried about her safety too. After they broke up, Alicia took up boxing to keep fit." Nick told Octavia from the side.

I don't know why but maybe it was because she was into Clarke or something that got me so fired up. She went at me again but this time with a punch. I ducked and got her square in the jaw. Yasss! Her head was thrown back but she recovered. We danced like that around the mat for awhile. Clarke caught my eye when she smiled. That darn, wonderful distraction got me in a choke hold. I elbowed her stomach for her to release me, but surprisingly she wouldn't release me. This girl got some stamina and a high pain threshold. Slowly and slowly I was losing oxygen and my vision started to blur. I needed to do something. Hell no was I going to let her show me up in front of Clarke. No way. I'm fuckin Alicia Lexa Clark, badass mothatrucker. I will not go down as a fool. I used the wall in front of me and climbed up with my legs in the front and did a 360 in the air catching Niylah for a surprise and throwing her over me again. I took a breathe in and sighed. Mmm oxygen. I waited for her to get up which was taking awhile. I think she hit her head on the mat pretty hard, but I could tell she wasn't done with our fight yet.

"Go sis." Nick shouted.

"O my god. That was awesome." Ofelia said from the side.

As I waited for Niylah to stand up, I started to daydream. How good would it feel and how awesome would it be to sharkeisha Niylah. The face Clarke would have afterwards. I giggled a little. I couldn't help it.

I was so stuck on my fantasy that I didn't see Niylah get up from the mat. She socked me right in the face. Woah I think I actually saw stars. The room got a little dizzy for a second. Something started to bother my nose. I reached up with my hand to brush my nose. On the back of my hand there was black as night liquid. Black, thick droplets fell from my nose and onto my hand.

"What the hell." I said. The room got dizzy again and my legs gave in. My head hit the mat.

Okay. I thought. Just this once Niylah. I'll go down as a fool in front of Clarke.

I saw a blurry Clarke running over to me and then everything went black, just like my night colored blood.