44. Promise Me

No matter how you looked at it from an outsider's perspective, she and Bellamy were in deep trouble with the guards surrounding them, leaving them without any way of escaping. However that was based on an outsider's perspective, while in reality Clarke felt like she was more in control than she had ever been before. Her plan had been quick and well thought out despite the fact that she had only stumbled upon it by accident earlier. And before she had time to tell Bellamy about it the guards showed up and now she had to follow through with her plan without Bellamy really knowing what they were getting themselves into.

The guards were closing in on them so she and Bellamy got closer and closer together. They were so close that there was absolutely no space between them, and even though in normal circumstances she would have actually enjoyed being so close to him, but right now she needed him to trust her and hopefully these guards would follow into her plan and not decide to be stupid and risk all their lives. She slipped her hand into Bellamy's while she used her other hand and slipped into the inner pocket of her jacket. However because of her sudden unexplainable action the guard closest to her pointed the barrel of his gun right at her.

"STOP!" The guard exclaimed on anger. "SHOW US THAT HAND!"

Clarke had barely listened to what the guard had said and focused more on what she was looking for in her pocket. When she finally found it her focused back on the guards and simply answered, "Okay."

She nodded her head and shrugged her shoulders and removed her hand from the pocket, however she continued to hold on to what she had been searching for. It was a small object, fitted perfectly in her hand, but it was a dangerous object that could cause so much damage and could kill everyone in the room in the manner of seconds, but then again that was the purpose of a grenade. It wasn't something that they had back on the Ark, but she had read about them in books as well as seeing them here on the ground. Now they would realize how big of a threat they could be. And it worked too because the moment they saw the grenade in her hand they stepped back like she had cooties or a plague.

"Stand back," Clarke ordered. Bellamy looked at her with dilated eyes and she could almost predict what was going on in his mind. He was fearful for her life, both of their lives, and possibly how reckless and unlike her she was being. "If you make any hasty moves I will detonate it."

Bellamy leaned his head closer to her, whispering, "What do you think you are doing?"

She leaned back and whispered back, "Please go along with it for now, I promise that it will work out somehow."

Bellamy nodded, but his reluctance was still apparent as well as his overprotectiveness. Clarke understood his reluctance and fear about her plan and this situation, but they had to get out of this mess and in order to do that she had to make hard decisions and improvise demanding on how the current situation was going to escalate from this point on.

"Right now that I have gotten your attention, listen up," Clarke said out loud, while her voice expressed seriousness and determination that could actually make a person more fearful over what was going to come next. "My friend and I are going to leave this room and out of this mountain and you are simply going to let us walk away. And if you don't do it then don't think I'm going to hesitate detonating this bomb and kill all of us in one big swoop."

The guards were silent for a moment before a few of them smirked and chuckled at her.

"You don't have the guts, Blondie. You probably don't even know how it works," one of those guards stated cocky. She wasn't exactly sure what pissed her off more about the man's responds the nickname for her or the fact that he believed she was a stupid twit, even Bellamy didn't insult her intelligence like that and they butted heads together like no other.

"Oh, he shouldn't have said that," Bellamy murmured, more to himself than to her, but she heard it clearly. "He is going to pay for that."

Clarke didn't say it, but it was her thoughts exactly. If these men didn't believe she had the guts to do it and was stupid enough to say it out loud then she guess that she just have to prove her point with how serious she was about it. So her slipped out Bellamy's grip and in one movement she pulled out the silver pin that was used as a safety in order for the grenade not to detonate and now she had an active grenade in her hand. Her action immediately caused them to stop laughing and was instantly replaced by worry and fear for their lives. A reckless and possibly a stupid move, but they finally understood the seriousness of the situation and how she wasn't going to negotiate or change her mind about anything.

"Now that I have finally gotten you guys to take me seriously," Clarke almost hissed. "You will do as I say or else we are all dead. Hopefully you guys will be smart and let us go."
The guards looked between one another, not saying a word, which was good enough for her because she started to walk out of the room, dragging Bellamy along with it. The guards kept their distance from them as they left the room and entered the same dull hallway before. When she got in the middle of the hallway she watched back at the room she had just left, just to make sure they did what they were told before she quickly put back the safety pin and she and Bellamy began running down the hallway like their lives depended on it, which in reality they were, but it was only a matter of time before they would realize her bluff and the next time they saw them the chances of being killed on the spot were most likely happen. That is why she could only hope that they managed to shut down the Acid fog system and get the hell out before they were dead.

Bellamy has never in his life as he seen someone being so reckless and stupid regarding their own life, and what was worst was the fact that his girlfriend had done it just a few moments ago and she seemed as calm as one could be, which is totally unlike her and more like him. Maybe he was rubbing on her in a bad way, seeing as she was taking dangerous risks like this?

They took another left turn and headed upwards, the same way Clarke described as the place where she and the others had first spent their time. How they knew this was because one, Clarke remembered which way she came down from and two, because while they had kept their eyes on the monitors they managed to locate the strict off-limits area. They went up a couple of stairs after running in the never-ending hallways and now they were currently working their way up to another set of never-ending hallways. Everything played out easily enough, but he found it strange how none of the guards had followed them from earlier and why there were showing up more now since he was sure they already knew they were wandering around the mountain. However his priorities at the moment was focused else where, seeing as he was still pretty pissed at Clarke for risking her life, everyone's lives in order to escape.

"Have you seriously gone crazy or something?" Bellamy exclaimed, even though his voice was kept low and was practically hissing in frustration about her carelessness. "Do you realize what you were doing back there? You told me to trust you and that you had a plan and this was the plan!"

"No, I'm not crazy or have a death wish or something like that. I had everything under control," Clarke replied easily. "And I'm glad that you trusted me and went along with my plan despite the fact that you had not idea what was going to come, which I didn't either should I be honest. However we needed to act fast or else we would be on our way to another prison cell or worse to Dr. Tsing's operating table and die in the end. So I acted and besides if you wanted a more safe proof plan I would have needed a lot more time to think it through, but because of the circumstances I didn't have that kind of time so I had to think fast and improvise."

She had a point that he could admit she at least had a plan and went along with it. That is more than what he could say, but still he didn't like the fact that she could have almost died. He wanted her more than anything to live because she has not been able to live and actually be happy with her life, which is something she desperately deserves. She told him that back on the Ark she had been lonely, even before she had been said into the isolation cell after she got arrested, and people in her life keeps on abandoning her by either dying or betraying her. The only people she has left in her life that she loves and still care about is him and the other kids, and he was going to let her down or get herself killed before she has truly gotten the chance to live and not for the sake of survival either.

He stopped in the middle of their run, which lead to Clarke stopping a few moments later and turned around looking confused to why he suddenly stopped in the middle of nowhere when they both knew the risks that could happen by doing so. However he didn't say anything instead just reached out for her arm and pulled her close to him. Her head was resting against his heart and he was pretty sure it was beating even faster now than it did before, and that it certainly had nothing to do with the fact that he had just been running either. His arms were wrapped around her and he leaned and said softly, "Look, I worry about you and there is nothing I want more than simply want to protect you from all the dangers around you, and I know that you can take care of yourself and all that, but you don't exactly make it easy for me especially since I love you so much."

Clarke didn't respond, just simply listened to what he had to say. What was going around them could wait a moment, he thought to himself before he continued on with his reasoning.

"Just promise me that you wouldn't do any more unnecessary risks or try to throw your life away for the sake of another including me," Bellamy sighed heavily. It was getting harder to stay calm and collected talking about this, but he needed her to promise him as a reassurance for both him and for herself. Clarke's body stiffened for moment when she heard about his promise or what she probably thought was a demand, but he wasn't going to let her drop it. So he kissed the top of her head and gently caressed up and down her arm to calm her down and reassure her. Clarke relaxed slightly, but not completely and said quietly, "I promise I will try because I can't be certain if I can follow it through, but I will try and not throw my life away. Okay?"

"I guess that's good enough, for now at least," Bellamy said nonchalantly and pulled away from her. "But trust me, when we get out of here you and I will talk about these chances and risks about life and death because honestly we don't need another me on the ground."

Clarke chuckled about that last part before she stood on her toes to kiss his lips quick and gentle. The kiss itself ended quicker than what he would have liked, but they both knew that time was of an essence and something they didn't have a lot of. So they once again began running in the direction of the area where the Acid fog system was located. It was time to end this craziness and misery.

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