32. A Plan In Mind
Of course Dr. Griffin wasn't easy to work with despite her promise to do things their ways. Bellamy wouldn't say that she was completely unreasonable in her arguments, but the main reason why she was giving him and the rest of the kids a hard time was because of she really didn't support the fact that the man who had attempted to kill the Chancellor was in charge and had certain rules including banishment out of the camp for serious crimes. However he paid no heed about her opinions, seeing as it was because of her and the other council members that they were in this position in the first place, so she was in no place to judge and comment on how they did things back in the camp. It was then he was happy that working with Marcus was a lot easier than Clarke's mom, even though he really didn't care much about the man when he used to live back on the Ark.
Anyway after explaining how things worked and how things had escalated to the point where a few of the kids including Clarke had been taken to Mount Weather. And like expected Dr. Griffin or should he say Abby was upset about Clarke's kidnapping, but thankfully managed to keep her feelings to herself and tried to think of a reasonable and safe plan to get her and the other kids back.
"So how many of the kids were killed in the ambush and how many kids were taken to the mountain?" Marcus asked with his arms folded against his chest, meanwhile keeping his dark eyes on him and Octavia as he waited for one of them to answer the question. Bellamy felt sort of odd and awkward being spectated by this man, but he maintained his cool and collected self and answered the question smoothly.
"Around fifty-three kids were killed and twelve kids including Clarke were taken to the mountain for some reason we don't know," Bellamy said wearily, although his tone also indicated that he was upset how many of the children who had arrived on the drop ship with him were dead. Their meaningless deaths were on him, since he had been the one in charge to protect and make sure they stayed alive in the first place. "However according to what Clarke had told me about the Mountain Men and Mount Weather, they are experimenting on something that involved her and the Grounders, but nothing was really completely revealed. Lincoln assured us that the kids are hopefully taken good care of and not in any harm as of yet, however we can't expect them to keep this attitude going for long, so we need a way to enter the mountain. Hopefully without being detected as well as getting in and out of the mountain without risking anyone's life."
Marcus nodded and his face expressed that he was in deep thought, meanwhile Abby glared at him like he was a serial killer or something. Sure, he did try and shoot the Chancellor, but seriously what other crimes did he do to make her dislike him so much? And that wasn't the worst part, she was glaring at Octavia in the same manner, but it wasn't hard to figure out why she was like that with his sister. After all Octavia was a child that was not supposed to exist and was a huge reminder of his mother's apparent crime to have a second child and hid it for sixteen years. Still it was needless to say; Dr. Abby Griffin wasn't a very huge fan of the Blake siblings. Bellamy couldn't help wonder how Abby would react once she found out about her daughter's close and intimate relationship with both him and his sister.
"All right, in order for us to at least have surviving chance to get them all back alive then we must at least check how things works up at the mountain," Marcus explained, once he seemed to have thought the situation through. "We need to learn their routines, guard shifts and other things that might be important. We need to know as much as possible if any rescue attempt should be successful. Do you think Clarke can do what she did when she delivered messages from the inside to the Grounders?"
Bellamy shook his head to answer his question. He didn't believe the Mountain Men would take another risk in allowing Clarke to gather information, let alone try and communicate with the outside world. They were probably more cautious about it all this time and would make sure Clarke wasn't causing any mischiefs. Still if he knew Clarke right, then there was no way she would sit around and wait for them to come to her and the other kids rescue.
"If I know the princess right then she is not sitting around and is probably working from the inside to get the kids out," Bellamy answered with a smirk. "She is quite resourceful, but I do worry because sometimes her plans tend to get herself even in more trouble than what she was in before. Hopefully she manage to keep a low profile and stay out of trouble until we get to them."
Clarke was glad to be reunited with Jasper and Monty, happy to see them all good and well, but during their reunion she got the impression that Jasper was more reluctant to get out of the mountain despite the fact that he had been kidnapped and apparently had his blood tested for a specific reason. And her guess seemed to be proven right when she saw how he began flirting with Maya when she came in to check in on them, who in return began flirting with him making her and Monty extremely uncomfortable to witness this courtship. Although she didn't like Maya she was sort of happy that Jasper had found some love and happiness down on the ground considering how things had been for him, but right now was not the really the time to woo someone.
Once Maya snapped out of her flirty mood she turned to look at her and told her it was time to escort her back to her new room, seeing as she had kind of ruin the last one. When she realized that she was reluctant to go Maya promised that she was going to see her friends and the other delinquents again soon, so Clarke nodded and agreed to follow the young girl. The entire trip back was in an awkward and uncomfortable silence, and Clarke was honestly glad to be left alone when she entered her room and the door was locked behind her. She sighed heavily and sat down on the stiff bed and simply was in deep thought until the door once again opened and President Wallace entered the room with a disappointed frown on his face.
"Clarke, for some reason you are distrust our intentions and get yourself in harms way by trying to escape," President Wallace said softly, but his tone indicated that he was tired and disappointed by her actions. "Why can't you understand that we are not here to hurt you? Our intention is to keep you and your people safe and sound. You don't have to fight for survival anymore."
She only stared at him; thinking to herself how foolish that man could be to think that living inside the mountain was wonderful. She was quiet for a moment before she answered with edged voice, "And what is the price for such an offer? To experiment on us to what…figure out how you can survive the radiation like the Grounders and my people do."
"How did you know about that?" President Wallace was taken back by the sudden assumption, which only proved that she was right. "Did you hear someone say that?"
Clarke shook her head and turned her head downwards as she placed her hands on her lap before she looked once again up with a hard and determined expression on her face.
"No, I didn't hear it for somebody," Clarke said hard. "I figure it out after I heard that you were drawing blood from Jasper and Monty as well as remembering the fact that you did the exact thing back when I was here the first time. You want to research and test our blood to see how we are able to live despite the radiation and that way try and use it on yourself, so you too can leave the mountain that you and your people have lived in for many years. Funny how it is when you are the one who tells me this place is safe when it is you and your people that wishes to get out of the mountain."
President stared at her, intrigued and fascinated at the same time, before he began move closer to her.
"You are really clever, I give you that," President Wallace said with intrigue. "You are right about our motive to test and research your blood and hopefully use it on us, but that doesn't mean I wasn't telling you the truth about keeping you safe here."
"Why us? Why my people and not the Grounders?" Clarke asked, seeing as that was the only thing she could quite figure out about President Wallace and the Mountain Men's plans.
"I believe your people is good, which is why I'm trying to hard to convince you that I only want to help you," President Wallace assured her. "Unlike the Grounders, such brute and vile people incapable that should not be allowed to be roaming around here on the ground."
Clarke didn't like what he was saying about how her people were more privileged and above the Grounders, even though she did the same regarding the Mountain Men as she viewed them as horrible people however she had every reason to because of what happened last time. She might not have the greatest opinion about the Grounders other than Lincoln, but she at least didn't judge and think they were beneath her.
"Anyways, I remembered that you were an artist as well," President Wallace changed the topic of the conversation, obviously didn't want to continue the subject about the reason why she and the others were there as well about the whole experiment. "So I thought that you might find it entertaining to have a pencil and paper for drawing."
Then he pulled out empty paper sheets and a pencil from his jacket pocket and handed them to her, which she took reluctantly and placed it on her lap before she tilted her head in suspicious manner. Was this some sort of bribe or something? If it was then what exactly was he bribing her for?
"And please don't hesitate to ask for more paper and pencils," President Wallace stood up and began moving back towards the door. "Hopefully in time you will forgive us for what happened the last time and understand what exactly we are trying to do here."
With that he left her alone, locking the door behind him. Clarke let out a relieved breath once he was gone and out of sight. She never relaxed around that man and didn't believe for a moment that the paper and pencil was not a peace offering on his account. He was up to something, but what exactly she didn't know and she was sort of afraid to find out. That was why she had even more reasons to get herself and the other kids out of here as soon as she could. And by giving her art equipment she had way to strategize and think of a possible way to escape. So she grabbed a paper and began drawing a map of what she had seen and remembered from the inside of the mountain. She sat there on the bed for hours, drawing and thinking and an escape plan began forming inside her head as well as on the paper. It was a perfect plan really it was, however there were a few glitches she had to work out. Now the only things she needed to figure out was how to gather up the rest of the delinquents and get them through the escape plan without being suspected or detected by President Wallace, his son Cage Wallace, who was head of security of the mountain, and the guards. She had an idea how to do that, but it was sort of unlikely at this point if she was the one who was asking, unless she found someone who could convince that person to cooperate.
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