43. Busted
Clarke only stared into empty space, not sure how to feel about everything that was apparently going on outside the mountain fortress. She was simply numb, barely listening to Bellamy talking with Octavia and the others through the radio, and was unable to maintain a calm and collected about Lexa's deal with the Mountain Men and the fact that she once again betrayed her for what she claimed to be for the sake of her people. Sure, they weren't allies or friends for that matter, but still Clarke had hoped that at least a part of the Commander's conscience would kick in and actually not do something like this. However why was she really surprised? After all when it came down to it she was just not important enough for Lexa to fight for her or care about her enough on par with her own people. To be simple, she was just an outsider that caught her eye for a moment until that moment disappeared forever.
Bellamy was actually planning on killing Lexa should he ever come across her, which both warmed and disappointed her heart a little, but now wasn't the time to plan the future murder of the Commander. They had far more important things to worry about like how they were going to get out of the mountain hopefully without merciless killing involved.
"What I can't figure out is why they even took Grounders and you guys inside the mountain?" Octavia said thoughtful. "I mean it wouldn't it have been easier just to kill whatever threat that approached and be done with it. So why keep prisoners and experiment on them? Or rather what exactly is the point behind the experiments? What is it about our kind as well as the Grounders that is so important to the Mountain Men?"
That was indeed the million-dollar question, Clarke thought to herself, but didn't voice her opinion. Then she began thinking back on what exactly she knew about the Mountain Men, Grounders and their people. They all people who descended from the humans that managed to survive the radiation, but these people had resolved in different solutions to survive. Her people went up to space and lived in a spaceship for ninety-seven years, meanwhile the Grounders continued to survive on the ground and somehow managed to withstand the radiation. The Mountain Men on the other hand, they went to live inside the mountain and couldn't survive living outside the mountain for long. So they must have some different body structure or something that was unlike the Grounders and their people. In other words, their people and the Grounders was in many ways similar meanwhile the Mountain Men was the oddity between them.
It was then it hit her like lightening. Everything that has been going on and the motives behind their actions suddenly became crystal clear to her. The answer was so simple. The one common indicator they all shared, their need to survive and would go through desperate measures in order to do it. After all it was a basic instinct they all had inside themselves.
"They want to survive," Clarke stated with regard. "The Mountain Men can't live let alone survive outside the mountain, so in order to find a way that will solve their problem they test it on the people who can withstand the radiation like us and the Grounders."
Bellamy turned to look at her with astonished and concerned eyes, meanwhile the radio went quiet and she could almost imagine the looks on Octavia and the others faces about her realization. They were quiet for a moment until Bellamy broke the silence by shaking his head and asked, "How…how can you be sure about that? I mean they seemed pretty content living here and it is a lot more safer than what is outside."
Clarke shook her head, "Exactly. This place is like a prison to them the same way it is for us. So it is no wonder why they are trying to find any solutions to get out of their prison. And that is why they were drawing the blood from the kids before and they drew blood from me recently. There must be something about our blood that is different and very important and relevant in their search for a cure."
Bellamy or any of the others disagreed with her deduction since she was the reasonable and one of the smart ones in their group. However that didn't mean they would simply just trust her reasoning and go with it blindly either, which is why Bellamy frowned and said, "If that is the case then it is more than enough reason to get out of here before they have a chance to continue their experiments on us, which could lead to our deaths in the most painful and undignified way possible."
Clarke nodded and reached out her hand to reassure him and more importantly calm him down enough to they could plan their next steps with caution and cleverness. Bellamy squeezed her hand back before she sat down next to him and leaned her head on his shoulder. Moments later Bellamy did the same quietly, and neither of them spoke or commented about it, seeing as it was their own weird way of feeling safe and calm by being physically close to one another. Then they went back to the discussion with Raven and Miller, who had apparently decided to join in and try and come up with a plan. No one complained, since two heads were better than one as the saying goes, and with so many heads already they were bound to come up with some good idea that would work out for them and possibly remove the Mountain Men as a threat in later future as well.
"So how are we supposed to do this?" Miller stated with seriousness. "Are we going to try and attack from the outside while you guys tries to sneak out or you guys try to work things from the inside."
Bellamy used his available hand and his thumb to touch his chin in a thinking manner, which she thought was quite adorable, before he removed once he had finished his thought. "We don't have a lot of options working from the inside, thanks to Lexa, but we could have snuck out as guards but then we would have to think of an even more elaborate plan to get past the guards and the monitors that is all over this place. And as the outside attack, we don't exactly have that much fire power to do so and I'm not going let you guys confront them face-to-face either."
"And besides," Clarke interrupted. "Even if you did an attack from the outside the Mountain Men will use their greatest weapon, the Acid fog, to get rid of you. That is why Lexa and her people never could get any closer to the mountain since whenever they got too close the Mountain Men would release the fog to scare them away or simply remove them from existence."
Bellamy clenched his teeth in frustrated manner. They all had apparently forgotten about that damn Acid fog that had taken the lives from one of their own including Atom. And if there were anyone who was hurt by the painful remainder it would be the Blake siblings.
He breathed in and out a couple of times, trying to calm himself down and push away the memory of a suffering Atom begging him to end his life and only to be mercy killed by her, before he turned to ask her with a hint of frustration, "So what do you suggest we do?"
It was a brilliant plan he was willing to admit that. Who wouldn't consider that it was a plan that he and Clarke constructed together with a few insights from Octavia and the other kids involved? However the thing that he had a problem with was the fact that Clarke had a major part in it in order to make it work and his overprotective impulses was going haywire by the thought to let her do it, but whenever he tried to argue and convince her of doing otherwise both Clarke and Octavia were on his ass and said quite bluntly with a few profanities that they were big girls and that they didn't need the constant protection. In other words, if Clarke had a job to do she would do it and didn't want him hovering over her like an annoying fly, her words not his.
"So everybody gets the plan?" Bellamy asked strongly. He needed to be absolutely sure everybody on each end understood their part and did their job correctly and at the right moment because if anything were to go wrong then they all be screwed and with no more attempts to do it again. "You guys prepare for an outside attack, meanwhile I will find the switch and destroy the Acid fog system and Clarke will be the bait to distract the guard from finding me. Sounds okay?"
That last part came out with exasperated tone and sigh, but he didn't bother to try and hide it. They all knew that he didn't like the fact that his girlfriend was going to be the distraction, but it was easier if he was the one dealing with Acid fog since no one of the Mountain Men currently remembered or recognized him, which made the whole sneaking around so much simpler and less messy than if he was the bait.
"Sounds good to us," Octavia replied. "Now we only have to compartmentalize with Abby, Marcus and the other Arkians."
Octavia's comment obviously caught Clarke's attention when she turned in a quick and furious manner and stared at him with pissed eyes, "What is going on? My mother and the rest of the Ark are down here. When did that happen, Bellamy!"
Crap, Bellamy thought to himself. He had forgot all about Dr. Griffin and Marcus and that the entire Ark is down here on the ground and in their camp. And to be honest, he really didn't feel that guilty over forgetting them either since they were a major pain in the ass when he dealt with them, but he felt bad over not telling Clarke the truth. Then again he had had other things on his mind than a judgmental and frustrating doctor who happens to be his girlfriend's estranged mother.
He held up his hands, signaling to drop her offense, "Okay. I forgot to mention that part to you, but we had other things to deal with so calm down. And as much fun as it is to talk about your mother and the other Arkians can we talk about this later. I don't know…when we are not trapped in here and is hopefully back in the camp."
She folded her arms against her chest and scoffed before she grumbled an answer that sounded like fine, but he didn't pay any heed to that and talked some more with the kids before he quickly ended the radio conversation and shut down the radio.
Then he and Clarke began gathering everything they needed and whatever they found and could easily carry with them that were in the room, which wasn't much when he thought about it. Clarke found a black jacket that was many sizes too big for her, but she couldn't exactly continue running around in that thin long-sleeved shirt either since it was still slightly chilly inside the mountain despite all the lightings and torches. They also found a couple of knives that they placed in various hiding spots around their body that was easily accessible just in case something were to happen up and close with an enemy. Sure, it might be a little extreme, but based on what they were up against he wasn't going to take any chances and neither would Clarke, considering when she hid a knife in her boot and seriously looked like a badass.
Anyways when they were about to leave they checked the monitors to see if any of the guards were approaching and just their luck that a whole herd of guards were coming their way and they wouldn't have time to slip out without getting caught.
"Damn it," He sneered angrily. "We are definitely trapped now."
Clarke didn't comment and simply turned her head to stare at the door. Meanwhile he continued to look at the screen and saw the guards all standing outside the door where they were hiding and communicated how to bust through it. What the hell were they going to do?
As he thought overly anxious and protectively over what was going on and how he could in the best way keep him and Clarke safe, he felt Clarke's hand slip into to his and squeezed it tightly. He looked at her, confused over what she was doing, but oddly enough she expressed a silent message with her eyes telling him to go along with it and that she had an idea. He didn't have the chance to ask or object on the matter because seconds later the door burst opened and the herd of guards entered the room, surrounding them like they were a couple of sheep. And as the guards began closing in on their space he hoped that whatever Clarke had in store for them that it didn't involve her getting herself hurt or worst killed.
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