We had only been walking for about 10 minutes before Bellamy stopped us "Hey, hold up. What's the rush? You don't survive a spear through the heart."

I sent him a fierce glare, before training my eyes on his gun which he had out.

"Put the gun away, Bellamy." Wells voiced my thoughts

Murphy stepped forward smirking challengingly at him "Well, why don't you do something about it, huh?" Seriously were we 5?

Clarke turned around to join the conversation. "Jasper screamed when they moved him. If the spear struck his heart, he'd have died instantly. It doesn't mean we have time to waste."

She turned away to continue on but Bellamy grabbed her arm, the one with the wristband on it.

As soon as you take this wristband off, we can go." Seriously this again?

Clarke sent him a glare, grabbing her arm back. "The only way the Ark is gonna think I'm dead is if I'm dead. Got it?"

Bellamy raised his eyebrows "Brave princess."

"Hey, why don't you find your own nickname?" A voice called out and Finn suddenly appeared.

"You call this a rescue party? Got to split up, cover more ground. Clarke, come with me." And with that he pulled her away, leaving me alone with Bellamy, Wells and Murphy.

Great.

~100~

We continued to walk, I sped up ahead of the three boys not wanting to be involved in their conversation.

"Oi!" I heard one of them shout out to me, causing me to roll my eyes and turn around.

Bellamy smirked at me "Slow down will you?"

I glared at them "The grounders aren't just going to wait around for us to save Jasper." Before turning back to my fast paced walk.

"God," I heard Murphy complain. "Teacher's Pet can walk fast."

I immediately froze at the nickname, swivelling on the spot to send him a deathly look "What did you just call me?"

I said this at the same time Bellamy asked "Teacher's Pet?"

I saw an evil grin spread across Murphy's face at Bellamy's confusion "Don't you know why she was locked up in the Skybox?"

"Murphy." I warned.

But Bellamy ignored me speaking up "She won't even tell me her name."

Murphy's grin grew "It's probably because you would recognise it. Every one knows who Lola Stangard is," seeing the confusion still evident on Bellamy's face he elaborated "The girl locked up for having sex with a teacher?"

I stepped closer to Murphy, ignoring Bellamy's questioning eyes on me. "Don't you dare talk about something you have no idea about,"

"What's there to know about? You had sex with Mr. Carson and everyone found out, so he got floated because you were underage and you got locked up."

My skin burned with rage. I took another step forward ready to lunge at Murphy but the frantic calls of Clarke and Finn stopped me.

I closed my eyes, taking in a deep breath. Calm down, Lola I thought to myself Jasper needs you.

I send Murphy a scathing look, pushing him back slightly, causing him to stumble slight, shocked. "Watch yourself, Murphy, we aren't even close to being over."

~100~

Finn and Clarke had found a whole lot of blood on some rock, seeing this made my stomach lurch, tears prickling at the corners of my eyes. I blinked them back and followed the others through the forest.

"Hey, how do we know this is the right way?" Murphy spoke pessimistically.

"We don't. Spacewalker thinks he's a tracker." Bellamy answered sarcastically.

Wells rolled his eyes "It's called cutting sign. Fourth-year earth skills. He's good."

"You want to keep it down or should I paint a target on your backs?" Finn called back to them before kneeling down by a rock, Clarke following soon after.

I ignored the other three bending down next to them stating at the small dark red patch on the rocks "Blood," I whispered causing Finn to nod at me.

A strangled sound echoed through the trees, it sounded almost like a moan of pain...

I lurched forward ignoring the others protests, slamming through the trees. All I was thinking about was saving Jasper.

I finally burst through the trees, the others hot on my tail. I froze when I saw Jaspers limp body hanging from the tree. The sight rooted me to the spot. I was unable to move or even process anything other than the image of Jasper.

I didn't notice Clarke moving forward until it was too late, the ground gave out underneath her.

Bellamy lurched forward, grabbing her hand just in time, but it was as if he was contemplating if he should pull her back up. Finn ran forward, leaning down to grab her and pull her up. "Clarke! Get her up! Pull her up! Pull her up! Get her! Pull her up!" Wells and I exchanged a look before leaning down to help too, all of us quickly lifted her up over the edge. "You okay?"

Clarke nodded, trying to catch her breath "Yeah. We need to get him down."

Finn nodded moving carefully towards the tree, cautious of any more traps "I'll climb up there and cut the vines."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm with you." Wells went to follow but Finn held him back.

"No. Stay with Clarke." He then sent Bellamy a harsh look. "And watch him." He waved Murphy over to follow him "You. Let's go."

As they went to retrieve Jasper I noticed a large green thing over the spear wound. "What the hell is that?" I asked.

Clarke examined what I was talking about "There's a poultice on his wound." A poul-what?

"Medicine?" Wells said, confusion laced in his voice. "Why would they save his life just to string him up as live bait?"

"Maybe what they're trying to catch likes its dinner to be breathing." Bellamy suggested.

Finn's comment sent shivers down my spine "Maybe what they're trying to catch is us."

It was as if right on time there was a low growling sound.

"What the hell was that?" Murphy said, obviously scared.

"Grounders?" Bellamy suggested.

There was another sound that was close to a snarl "That doesn't sound human to me." I took a couple of steps back as a large black panther came into view.

And maybe I was being paranoid or something but it felt like it was looking straight at me.

"Bellamy, gun!" Clarke screamed as the Panther started towards me.

I turned to see Bellamy grab at his waist band but the gun wasn't there. A flash of panic crossed his features as he stared at me.

I squeezed my eyes shut, flinching away. Then...

BANG.

A loud gun fire shot out at the creature, the first missing then the second hitting its shoulder.

Bellamy started towards me but the Panther roared leaping forward again.

A large force pushed me down to the ground as Wells shot the gun again until there was just the clicking of an empty clip.

I let myself open my eyes to find Bellamy hovering over me, protecting me from the panther. I let out a deep breath as our eyes connected.

After a moment I cleared my throat "Do you want to get off me now?"

Bellamy's eyes widened as he scrambled to get up, then pulled me up next to him. He looked over at the dead panther then to Wells. "Now she sees you."

Whatever that meant.

~100~

When we got back to camp I helped Clarke get Jasper into the drop ship as Clarke barked orders to others to get cloth for bandages and such.

I heard Bellamy call out "Who's hungry?" To the crowd. He obviously showed them the panther because there was a cheering from everyone

I sat with Octavia and Monty as Clarke worked over Jasper when we got into the drop ship.

"Is he going to be okay Clarke?" I asked her when she got up. Jasper had passed out by now.

She looked at me grimly "For now but I'm going to do whatever I can for him."

I nodded looking down at Jasper, tears gathering in my eyes. I felt a hand touch my shoulder "Why don't you go get some food?" I'll stay here with Jasper."

I started to shake my head. No way was I leaving Jasper's side. "I'm not even hungry." I couldn't even think of food as my best friend was laying there dying.

But my stomach defied me with a low grumbling sound.

Monty sent me a look "Go, you'll only have to be gone for a few moments, then you can stay here for as long as you want."

I sighed knowing that he wouldn't let up. If there was one thing I had learnt about Monty in the years I had known him, it was that he was stubborn when it came to his friends welfare.

That was a trait that all three of us shared. It made us fiercely loyal but not very inclusive to others.

I exited the drop ship to hear Clarke say "They're taking off their wristbands for food? No way. I… I won't do it."

I looked over at the fire which just confirmed Clarke's words. Kids lined the side of the fire, a pile of bracelets next to it, the ones without carrying a slice of panther meat.

"You don't have to." Finn said stalking over to the fire, grabbing a piece of meat. Murphy came up to him. I couldn't hear what they said but soon Finn was returning to Clarke leading her away from the crowd.

Another kid seemed to think it was a good idea to follow Finn's example and went to grab a stick too. Bellamy obviously saw this because he went straight up to the kid, punching him in the face.

Woah now. That was so not okay.

Before I could register what I was doing I was across the camp and standing in front of Bellamy. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Bellamy just sent me an amused look that grated me deep to my core. "Hungry, Firecracker? All you have to do is take that little metal thing off your wrist."

I looked down at my wristband, covering my sleeve with it before looking back up at him "I thought you said you'd never force me to take off my wristband?"

He shrugged "That was a moment of weakness."

I gave him a challenging look, reaching for a stick of meat, biting off a chunk. I raised my eyebrow with a look that said "what are you going to do about it?"

I didn't even have time react. One second I am standing in front of Bellamy and the next I'm strung over his shoulder as he walked away from the crowd that had gathered around us.

"Put me the hell down, Bellamy Blake!" I screamed, pounding on his back full force.

I felt him wince slightly but he didn't relent until we were in his tent. Once he put me down I sent him a glare. "What the hell was that for?"

He stepped closer to me a murderous look on his face. If I was being truthful it kind of scared me. "Don't you get it, Sweetheart? I need them-" he gestured to outside the tent. Obviously talking about the rest of the 100. "to follow me and you and your band of merry do-gooders are ruining that. So I'll ask you one last time before I make you. Take. Off. Your. Wristband."

I crossed my arms across my chest a defiant look on my face.

He sighed, rubbing a hand over his face "Why do you even care if the Ark thinks you're dead? They locked you up for a stupid crime-"

"Don't talk about something you have no idea about." I interrupted him.

He held his hands up in defence. "Fine. Is it your parents or something then?"

I shook my head "My parents were both floated when I was six." I sent him a glare "Why should I even have to tell you this? I don't owe you anything, Bellamy. Why are you so vested in the Ark thinking we're dead?" This was the second time I had asked him this question but instead of closing himself off like the last time he seemed to ignore the question completely.

"I'm sorry, Lola, but I won't be defied."

I was just about to ask him what he meant but Murphy and another kid came into the tent, grabbing me and holding me down. Bellamy walked forward with a piece of metal they had been using to take off the wristbands. I started to struggle "No! Bellamy, stop. You don't understand! I nee-" but he didn't listen.

After it was done Bellamy's two goons quickly left as if they knew there would be a harsh backlash.

I looked down at my red raw wrist, rubbing it slightly due to the pain. I didn't look up as I started to speak "Honestly. I don't know why you are going to such lengths to stop the Ark from coming down, even though they will all die if they don't. But I swear to god," I looked up then, ferocity evident in my eyes. "I will find out."

And with that I left back to the drop ship but not until I caught the slightly scared look on his face.

~100~