35. Sacrifice

Maya visited Jasper and Monty later in their room in order to some blood check up. Monty was more or less reluctant to do so after what he had learned about the Mountain Men from Clarke, but did it because he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble before the escape. Jasper on the other hand was more than happy to help Maya with her job for more reasons than one. So once Maya was finished with Monty, his best friend lay down on the bed and decided to catch some sleep, leaving him alone with her as company. He watched her do her work, admiring her strength and gentleness in her touch, before she asked quietly, "How do you feel about Clarke?"

His eyebrow rose by her question, as it was the oddest question he has ever heard, and especially considering he was known for being odd and humorous in most situations along with Monty, his partner in crime.

"Huh?" Jasper managed to say. "How I feel about Clarke? I don't understand why you would ask me that, I mean I'm not romantically involved with her or anything."

"No-no-no," Maya quickly reassured and used her hands to indicated further assumption by waving them around. "I don't mean like that and I know that you are not because Clarke told me that she didn't see you that way at all."

"Then why would you ask me that?" Jasper asked quietly. He was barely able to contain the hurt in his voice.

Maya sighed heavily and sat down on the floor. He sat down next to her shortly after and didn't take his gaze away from her as he waited to hear her reason for the question.

"I was talking with Clarke before," Maya began saying, her face was turned towards him, but her eyes weren't facing his. "I asked her about her life outside the mountain, seeing as I never even seen a ray of sunlight in my entire life, and I thought that maybe if I knew her better I could understand why she do the things she do and maybe we could be friends or something I don't know. Anyways after she was done telling me and told me what my favor was supposed to be…I wondered if she really is trustworthy."

Jasper nodded his head, understanding what she was saying. The same question has been lingering in his mind too. If he could trust her or not because her actions relieved that she cared enough, but she didn't trust anyone with the secrets that she had. He didn't believe even Bellamy, one of the few closest to her, knew the entire truth. So how did he feel about Clarke? Someone he trusted or someone who could get him killed because of her actions?

"I have been thinking the same thing, especially after Clarke confessed to me who tried to kill me the first day we arrived here," Jasper admitted. "After she told me that it was your people who did it I was confused to what to believe and why she kept it from me. And then I remember that she was the one who saved me, from what Monty told me just a few believed that I was alive and going to live, but she continued to nurse me back despite the odds and she never gave up. And she hasn't given up before and isn't going to give up now. So if I was going to say how I feel about her then I have to say she is a good person, although secretive and afraid to trust anyone with her whole being, but she cares a lot about us and would do anything to save and keep us alive. Sort of like a mother now that I think about it."

He smiled thinking about it, the blonde haired leader was like the mother for the delinquents while Bellamy was her counter part and fulfilled the role as a father to them. Monty told him that they were all a family, a family of misfits, maybe? But nonetheless they were a family who cared and gave them a chance to live.

Maya didn't say anything, but her facial expressed that she was considering his words with care. He placed his hand over hers in order to calm and reassure her, and she froze for a moment before she placed her other hand above his and tighten the hold.

"She asked me to deliver a message to her people and I assume it is an instruction to the escape you have planned," Maya said finally. He didn't say anything, but he didn't have to because his silence only confirmed her suspicion. "I know someone in the guard patrol, who is part of the resistance of the Wallace leadership, and is willing to help and deliver the message without looking too suspicious. However I don't want to be a part of your escape, but if you ask me to help I will."

He could only blink over what she was telling him. This girl was willing to give up everything she had worked for just so that he and his people could escape and be free with the rest of the delinquents. He didn't know what to say, which is why he leaned forward and kissed her gentle and passionately. She responded almost immediately and they continued their make-out session for a while until they pulled away to catch their breath. He caressed her cheek and said quietly, "I truly wish to be with you, but my family is important to me as well and I can't let them die here. So I'm asking you to help them at least escape and I'm willing to stay behind for you until we can find a way for you to come alone with me outside these rock walls."

The tears from her eyes streamed down to her cheeks, touching his skin, and she leaned in to feel his warm touch before she gave him one last kiss and said with a hollow voice, "Okay, I'll do it, but only for you."

Bellamy reported the message from Clarke to Marcus and Abby and he received an unexpected response from both of them. The two of them, who usually disagreed on what kind of action should take place, were actually reluctant to believe and take the message seriously. No, that was wrong way to say it. They were reluctant to listen and do what Clarke was asking from them. They honestly believed that they had to wait to see how things played out before they should take any action. There a lot of things he could tolerate with the council members and the rest of the Ark, but when they were unwilling to take his princess's message seriously then he was not going to stay quiet and agree to what they suggest anymore.

"What if it is a trick?" Abby called him out. "What good will that do for you if you get everyone in danger and captured? How much help will you be for Clarke then?"

He was gathering a group of kids who were willing to come along on the rescue mission, meanwhile both Abby and Marcus was on his heel trying to get him to change his mind about the whole thing. Too bad that he was just as stubborn as Clarke in situations like this and wasn't going to let any adult tell him how to run things here in the camp.

Once he had gathered enough volunteers he went back to his tent with Abby and Marcus right behind him, much to his frustration and annoyance.

"At least then we are all together and work something out," Bellamy said lightly with his back turned, packing some supplies and his gun. "So unless you are here to help me, which I frankly doubt, please leave me alone and let me go and get my people back."

Abby glared at him with a sourpuss expression and was just about to say some rude and ill-mannered comment when Octavia stepped in and informed him that everyone was ready to leave.

"Okay, tell them to meet by the gates. I will be there shortly once I have ditched the Doc and her terrier," Bellamy replied with mock. Octavia rolled her eyes, but the grin and the light in her eyes told him that she found his mocking of the council members amusing as well before she left his tent leaving him alone with Abby and Marcus. He and Abby only glared at each other while Marcus tried to be the peacemaker in the situation, although he was not really doing a great job seeing as he and Abby hated each other with great passion and would never get to an agreement on anything.

"Look, I don't care if it is a trap or not," Bellamy said, fed up with arguing and defending his actions. "I'm going to go anyway, because I trust Clarke and everyone including me are going to have her back. Maybe you should think of a way to get Clarke to trust you again, because what you are displaying right now is definitely not going to help your case with her, Abby."

"I did what I believed was right and I stand by my actions," Abby tried to remain strong and tall, but her voice was betraying her as she showed that he had hit her in a soft spot. "Unlike you."

He knew that she was talking about shooting Jaha, one of many things the woman could somehow never let go about. He shot the guy, didn't kill him and was pardoned for his actions, what more did she want from him?

"At least I did it to protect someone I loved, what is your excuse? Because of that choice you made not only did you lose your husband, but you lost your daughter as well. Must be fun to be alone in that righteous world of yours."

With nothing less to say Bellamy threw his bag on his shoulder and left the tent. Then he began making quick strides to catch up to his sister and her boyfriend before he and the rest of the delinquents left the camp. Time to get his princess and their kids back.

She wasn't sure how things turned out the way they did with Maya and the escape plan without anyone raising suspicion, although she believed it was because of Jasper's influence that she was willing to help at all, but Clarke didn't complain as everything was starting to fall into place with the escape. Soon they all could go home and she could finally be with Bellamy, Octavia, Lincoln and the others again. It was only matter of opportunity then they were good to go.

She continued to meet up with the kids during the next few days, while avoiding as many encounters with President Wallace and Cage as possible, and she noticed that Jasper was keeping his distance from her and continued to hang out with Maya more than Monty. However she didn't blame him for his distance, especially with the way she has been handling things, but she hoped that he could find it in his heart to forgive her and understand she did the things she did to protect him and not to hurt him. So she and Monty hung out more and their friendship only grew more from that point.

Anyways after gathering the necessary information regarding the guard shifts and camera locations she planned with the other kids that they were going to try and escape during the time when they normally leave to get back to their rooms and escape through the sewer system. More precisely go through the hatch that was located on the floor in the hallway that led to the underground sewer system.

So later that day when the guards came to escort the kids back to their rooms, they gathered themselves in a crowd and waited for her signal to execute their plan. When they walked into an empty hallway she waited for a moment before she used her fisted hand as signal and then everything happened so fast that she could barely catch on what was happening. The physically stronger surprised attacked the guards and disabled them temporarily before Clarke ran in the direction of where the hatch would be located meanwhile the others followed after her. It was only a matter of time before everyone in the mountain realized what was going on and by then the kids had to be in the sewers and follow the flow that would lead them to the river and hopefully Bellamy and the others would be there to pick them up. They ran down the hallways and turn a few corners, while alerting the guards about their escape since they saw them running down the halls like crazy. When she found the hatch she stopped and opened it with some difficulty and then began helping the kids down the opening and told them which direction they were supposed to go. Slowly the small group began to grow smaller and it was only she, Jasper and Monty left when the guards found them. Of course nothing ever could go as smoothly as one has planned, why would this time be any different?

With so little time and no back-up plan they were literally trapped since the guards came from every direction. Clarke thought fast what to do and made a decision she knew that she probably would regret later, but she would do it if it meant to save the people she cared about. She pushed Monty and Jasper down, not letting them argue and try and convince her to do otherwise.

"Go!" Clarke ordered very agitated. "Take care of the others till you reach Bellamy."

"We can't leave you…" Monty begged, grabbing her arm and tried to pull her down with them. She only shook her head and pulled her arm back. She made this decision with a heavy heart, knowing exactly what was going to happen after this, but she needed to do it for them even if it broke her heart knowing that she might not see them again.

"Please tell Bellamy that I'm sorry," Clarke said with a sad smile while tears were running down her face. "And that I love him."

In one movement she closed the hatched, while Monty and Jasper were yelling and begging her not to do this and began banging on the door, but she didn't listen as she locked the hatch and stood up. She waited for the next moment where she would be caught and be brought to the darkest part of her personal hell. And as she stood there all she could think about was how regretful she was that she probably would never see the kids again. Not her best friend, her brother figure or the man that she loved ever again. However she knew that she was doing the right thing, even if it broke her heart to do so because she was willing to sacrifice herself for them in a heartbeat.

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