1. Opposition

Once Clarke reached the crash site of the drop ship she just stood there, unsure what she was going to do. Check it out, stay where she was or leave the scene, those were her choices and she had no idea what was the best idea. For what she knew the people inside wasn't even alive, and even if they were didn't mean they were completely harmless either. However her curiosity was getting the best of her as well her need to help if there was anyone who needed medical attention. She was just about to take a step towards the drop ship when she felt a hand on her shoulder, keeping her from moving forward. Surprised, she turned around and saw Lincoln behind her with a stoic expression on his face.

"What?" Clarke tilted her head questionably, not seeing why he wouldn't let her go. "There might be someone in there, someone who needs help."

"They could also be dangerous and try to hurt you the minute you try and approach them," Lincoln argued quietly. He began stepping away, pulling them both out of plain sight and found a better position to observe without them getting exposed in the process. "Which is why we will wait and see if anything happens."

Clarke wanted to argue, however there wasn't much she could do about it since he was physically stronger than her and he wasn't going to back off his argument. Then there was also the fact that he had a point and she couldn't argue against it. So they stood there for a while, watching and waiting for something to happen and it stayed like this until the drop skip hatch suddenly opened. It was at first hard to see who was in there, but then a young woman with long dark brown hair stepped forward and breathed in the earth's air and nature before she exclaimed in joy. Shortly after that more people stepped out of the ship and reacted the same way as the young woman had done. What shocked Clarke the most other than the fact that people from the Ark was here on this planet, it was that these people was children or teenagers. Some was her age, but there was some that was even younger than fifteen. The only person who appeared older than the rest was an attractive young man with thick dark brown hair, and he seemed like a loose cannon and not exactly trustworthy in her opinion. Which was why Clarke was almost angry with the Council for sending these children down here, especially since they had no idea how dangerous the planet was and weren't prepared to face the dangers either. Did this mean the Ark was finally dying and the Council decided to send these kids down here in order to spare oxygen for the rest of them?

"What do you think?" Lincoln asked, interrupting her thoughts. "Are they harmless or dangerous?"

"I don't know," Clarke replied as she continued keeping her eyes on all the kids that was running around with smiles and silly grin on their faces. She wondered if this was how she looked the first time she stepped on the ground and realized that she was free from the Ark's control. "I really don't know, but what I think I know is that they were sent down here to die, while the Ark gather more time to spare oxygen before all life-support up there fails and everyone else dies. However I'm pretty sure if that's the case then these kids don't know about it, since the Council was pretty bent on keeping that information a secret from the rest of the people."

Lincoln nodded, but didn't say anything. He was obviously thinking how he and the tribe were going to react and handle the newcomers. And though it would be considered wrong to attack without being provoked, the grounders were determined to destroy anything that could pose as a threat to their tribe.

"I need to go back and alert my people of this sudden change," Lincoln finally said. Then he turned look at her before he continued in a warning tone. "I don't want you to approach them until we know more about these strangers."

She was about to argue when he held up his hand to silence her. She scoffed in annoyance over the fact that he was afraid she could handle people from the Ark on her own, but she could understand his worry about her wellbeing. Besides he didn't give her time to argue about because he left in a hurry, leaving her standing there alone in the forest while she continued observing the newcomers. She stayed out of site and observed from a distance. And she wasn't sure how long she had been standing there, but it wasn't until she noticed a group of teens walking away from the drop ship perimeter and was heading in the direction of Mount Weather. Fear hit her in the stomach fast and hard. She knew far to well about the dangers that was up on that mountain and she wasn't about to let these kids go there by themselves, especially when they had no clue the dangers that lied on that territory. So without a second thought she followed after them. She knew that Lincoln would not be happy with her once he found out she went against his order, but he was pretty much used to her opposition by now that he shouldn't really be surprised and expect otherwise. Besides the plan was that she would stay out of site and watching from a distance, but if things turned for the worse then she had to intervene and help them. There was no way she was going to let those teenagers deaths on her conscience, especially when she had already more than enough death on her shoulders.

The teenagers managed to stay alive for most parts; however there had been one incident where they had been too close to end up dead. One of them, the first girl who stepped on the ground, had taken a swim in the lake and was attacked by a sea creature. Luckily for the girl she had been saved by one of her companions who was wearing huge goggles on his head. Clarke let out a relieved breath she didn't realize she had been holding. She had been close very close to step in and try help the teenagers against the sea serpent, however she saw that they somehow managed to have it under control and decided again not to intervene unless she really had to. Anyways after this incident they all continued walking the next day and it didn't take long before they had finally reached the Mount Weather fence, which marked their territory and the only thing that was standing between was a river. She could feel the hair on her arms just stick up with fear and anxiety, never once did she imagine returning back to this place especially after what happened the last time, which almost lead her to her death. So she had a difficult time understanding why these teens wanted to approach and entered that horrible place, but she shook her head and continued following them despite her resistance.

The teens found another way to cross the river, using vines to swing to the other side. The goggled boy swung across first and once he landed safely on the other side he found an old sign that indicated that they were indeed made it to Mount Weather. The boy held up the sign and the rest of them cheered, however suddenly out of nowhere he gets pierced in the chest by a spear. Clarke's eyes dilated in shock and couldn't even make words of the horrible picture she was seeing in front of her. She didn't expect the Mountain Men to act so quick and vicious against a clueless kid, and it seemed like the teens didn't expect it either. And before they could do anything about it the goggled kid disappeared and the teens ran away, heading back to the camp where the drop ship was located. Meanwhile Clarke stood there for a second, thinking over what she had just seen before she began heading in the direction of where the goggled kid had been taken and vanished. She was probably insane and suicidal for even thinking about going after the kid, but from a medical standing he was still alive so there was still hope that she could help him. Then there was also the fact that she wasn't going to let the kid die, especially since he had just gotten his freedom and wasn't going to lose it to some crazy and dangerous people. Not if she had anything to say about it.

After she had crossed the river and followed the footprints and the blood that were left behind by the Mountain Men and the bleeding kid. The ground was soft and slight wet, so she almost tripped a few times as she followed the trail the way Lincoln had taught her. The trail leads her to a clearing and she was shocked to find the goggled kid tied up to a tree. The boy was unconscious, but still alive based on his breathing and the painful moaning. His chest was bare and had several injuries including to the injury from the spear. They must have beaten him up badly before they left him there to be someone or something's dinner, Clarke thought to herself. She approached the tree carefully, while keeping an eye for any traps hidden in the ground. However she managed to misstep her path over to the tree and felt a pressure underneath her foot. She was stepped on a trap and she was about to fall into the ground. Quickly and almost instinctively she grabbed the closest thing, which was a root that miraculously kept her from falling to the bottom. She let out a shaky breath before she pulled and climbed herself up from the trap. Once she felt the safe ground on her knees and hands, she looked up to see if the goggled kid had awaken by the sudden action that had just happened, but thankfully he was still pretty out of it. Then Clarke continued even more careful than the first time and approached the tree, and this time ended successfully as she reached the tree, cut the ropes and carefully pulled the kid down.

"You are going to be okay," Clarke whispered as she laid the boy who was probably a little younger than her on the soft grass. "You are not going to die, not here and not if I have anything to say about it, but you got to fight and stay alive, okay?"

The kid didn't answer only responded by groaning in pain. It was at least a sign that he wasn't in death row yet. Without waiting for any other response or sign she pulled forth her medical bag and pulled out everything that was necessary in order to heal him.

"Promise me, you stay alive," Clarke said desperately. She was well aware that it was no use to talk to him, but it worked to motivate her despite the nagging thought in the back of her head that told her otherwise. "Be strong until I have healed you and then you will be back with your friends soon enough."

Her right hand removed the goggles and pushed his dark brown hair back in a caring manner. Then she began working on healing his injuries and keeping him alive.

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