46. Tick, Tick, Tick...Boom!
Maya just stared at them with disbelief and concern probably because she didn't know what to do or what to believe seeing the state of appearance Clarke and Bellamy had, both dirty and bloody, but it was as clear as day that she knew why and what they were about to do since she opened her mouth a moment later and said, "Your intention is to destroy the Acid fog system, right?"
Bellamy didn't relax the slightest and he didn't move away his weapon that was aimed on Maya, meanwhile Clarke continued to stare at the dark-haired girl with skeptical eyes. Sure, she didn't like the girl personally, but she had not betrayed her trust by turning her in before when she got the other kids so she really didn't have any reason to doubt her either.
"Yes," Clarke said straightforwardly. Her gaze didn't move away and simply kept on staring at Maya with determined eyes. "What are you going to do about that? Alert the guards and the rest of the mountain."
Maya stared back at her with the same determined eyes before she answered, "President Wallace has been overthrown by his son, Cage, who is now in control of the mountain. Everything has simply changed for the worst and with things going on like this it will only get worse, so to answer your question I wouldn't inform the mountain. Unless you give me a good enough reason not to that is."
Clarke wanted to scream and shout over the information she had just learned. It was already bad with Dante Wallace as leader, even though he didn't appear to be as cruel and selfish as his son, but things would only get more horrible with Cage as leader and with Dr. Tsing as his personal ally and supporter of these brutal experiments.
Another reason why both she and Bellamy needed to get rid of the Acid fog and get the hell out of this mountain.
"So what exactly are you suggesting to me?" Clarke asked tiredly. "You should know by now what exactly we are planning to do, since half of the mountain already do based on the number of guards that are chasing after us. The question is what are you going to do about it, now I hope that this time you will be answering my question with a straight answer instead of walking around the bush."
Maya sighed heavily, realizing that resistance was futile, so she replied bluntly, "All right. I know the truth, but I'm not sure which side I'm supposed to be on so can you blame me? However if I help you will you promise me to bring me out of here as well? I want to reunite with Jasper again and live outside this hellhole."
Clarke's eyes widen by the request and condition the young woman was asking them. Bellamy as well was shocked to hear about her and Jasper, something that had not surprised Clarke much since she had seen the gentle and sincere expressions the two had shared. It was no wonder that Maya had been willing to cooperate with the first escape, because it had all been for Jasper's sake. However what concerned Clarke the most was if Maya really wanted to get out of here then how was it possible for her to do so, seeing as Dr. Tsing was conducting experiments so they could live outside the mountain without the risk of radiation poisoning.
"H-how…I mean what about the radiation, you can't possibly survive out there for long because of it," Clarke stumbled in her words. Maya closed her eyes for the first time since appeared in front of them, then she sighed once again and answered, "I'm one of Dr. Tsing's successful experiments or so she believe. The only way for me to know for certain is to test it out. Now will you let me help you or not?"
Clarke thought hard about it. In every scenario she could think of about what was going to happen, by having Maya with them, as an ally their chances would increase more than without her. And besides Jasper would be more than happy that they brought Maya back with them.
So after what seemed like forever she finally made a decision and nodded her head strongly and said, "Okay. You're in, now let's get back to work. Can you open this door?"
Bellamy turned to look at her with disbelief like he couldn't understand why she agreed on letting Maya tag along.
"Are you sure we can trust her, Clarke?" Bellamy asked to make sure. Clarke only gave him a reassuring glance, because honestly she didn't know whether she could trust her. However she trusted her people, and in this case she trusted Jasper's judgment on Maya since he must have seen something more than what she and the other kids did, which explained why he was willing to trust her and actually fell in love with her in the first place.
"No, I don't know for sure, however if Jasper trust and loves her then I will try and do the same. And hope for the best I guess." Clarke shrugged her shoulders she turned her attention back on Maya, who had walked up to them and was working on unlocking the lock pad mechanism with her access Clarke waited for Maya to open the door, Bellamy stood behind them with his gun still not lowered down. Even without turning her back around, she knew that Bellamy was not happy about this recent development and she didn't need to look at his face to know that either. His entire presence glowed in frustration and distrust, unfortunately she wasn't sure if his anger and frustration was directed mostly towards her or towards Maya, but in the end it didn't matter because whether he liked it or not Maya was a part of this and was going to help them with their plans as well as could only hope that her decision wouldn't bite her in the butt later like she has been done many times before.
Despite his initial first impression of this strange dark-haired mountain girl, she seemed to have some valuable abilities since she had access to the room, which allowed them to enter fast and easy. Once they entered the room they quickly locked the door behind them, so that the guards would get an easy access to them since no one wanted to take any chances in case they finally caught up with them. If they did then they all would be dead, which meant game over and no retries.
Bellamy and the girls walked down a dark hall with metal-layered walls and floors. Not a single light was shed inside, but Maya seemed confident as she walked up front leading the way down the hallway.
At the end of the hall they stopped in front of another door, which Maya opened up with ease as well before they entered a nicely lit-room with the same where monitors were set against the front wall while underneath the monitors were a computerized desk with millions of buttons and levers that could mean anything. Bellamy's initial thought when he saw the desktop was they were officially screwed.
"What are we going to do? How are we supposed to turn off the system?" Bellamy asked agitated. He turned to look between Clarke and Maya, expecting them to answer, but Clarke had a blank expression on her face as she just stared at the monitors while Maya held the same defiant demeanor from before when she said strongly,"We need to access the system, hopefully we can overrule the system, but in the worst case scenario we might have to take more serious and drastic measures to stop them. I'll try to do the easiest way, which would mean fewer risks and casualties for both yours and my people, however I can't do it then we will have to get rid of the system by releasing the acid fog inside the mountain, killing everyone in here possibly even us too."
Bellamy nodded his head, completely lost in his own thoughts. He understood the risks that she was presenting him with despite the fact that he really didn't like either of those options, but with things being as they are there weren't many other choices. And besides it wasn't like he or Clarke could do much about the system by themselves anyway, so they might as well trust Maya to do what she said she was going to do and hope for the best like Clarke said.
"Okay," Bellamy said finally. "Do what you have to do or at least try the best as you can. If things escalate to the worst then we will deal with it till then. You're fine with that?"
Maya agreed, even though her response seemed unsure and conflicted like she was now starting to regret her decision to help them, but if she did then she didn't say anything out loud about it instead got to work, leaving him and Clarke to stand guard for anyone approaching their location.
And just their luck they didn't have to wait long before the monitors showed guards running fast through the corridors and stopping in front of their door, trying desperately to break in. Bellamy knew that it was only a matter of time before they managed to break through the first door, the real problem would be if they managed to break through the second door where they resided inside then they would definitely dead. So instead of focusing on keeping them from getting through the first door, he and Clarke came to the conclusion that they needed to do everything they could to keep the second door sealed, which is why they took every measure they could think of to keep the door shut tight.
Clarke was pushing against the door, meanwhile he adjusted the lock pad mechanism to the state where it was impossible to open it without rebooting the system, or at least that was what he thought he did. He even shot the lock pad to piece just in case, so that the guards were currently locked out on one side of the door and they were trapped on the other realized exactly the small problem just a little too late, "Wait…doesn't this mean we have ourselves locked inside here as well, without any way for us to escape from this room even this mountain?"
Bellamy looked at her, tilted his head slightly to the left in a thinking manner before he nodded his head to answer her question. He felt stupid and ashamed by his impulsive action and without any backup plan in case something went wrong or any other plan on how they were supposed to get out of here once they had finished the first step of the plan they were no officially screwed. Clarke was vivid and looked like she wanted to punch him in the nose, which he was glad that she wasn't going to do at the moment seeing as they didn't have the time for it and she could heal him afterwards for it.
He sighed. In a way he agreed with what she was saying, they were out of luck and options and the only thing they could do now was to destroy the Acid fog system. With that said, they still might have chance for survival and actually get out of here afterwards. However Maya burst that bobble when she informed that she couldn't overrule the system, and that left with the option to release the acid fog inside the mountain in order to get rid of it. She told them that they only thing they needed to do was to pull a lever, it was that simple. It was that simple to change everything and taking one of the hardest decisions in their lives, possibly even the hardest decision they were ever going to make.
Clarke reached for the lever, seeing no point in waiting and wasting more time than necessary since the outcome would still be the same. Everyone inside were going to die, including them, so Clarke was right that they had run out of miracles and now could only accept the cruelty of reality. Which is why he glanced at her and placed his hands on top of hers and said, "Together. We will end this together, okay?"
If they were to face reality without getting more luck and miracles, then he wanted to at least meet the finish line with her. Clarke glanced back at him with such love and gentleness that it was almost sad to look at her, quietly nodding her together they pulled the lever in one moment. In that same moment it was like the world around them simply stopped, with the difference that it wasn't going to start up again. It was truly the end.
"We are good to go, all I need is the signal and then we activate the bomb," Raven informed Octavia as well as Lincoln and the rest of the kids that had joined the rescue mission/attack against the Mountain Men and getting rid of them once and for all. They were standing inside the forest, overlooking the mountain while waiting for some kind of signal from Bellamy and Clarke. However nothing came and it was driving them all mad with worry and concern since they should have seen or heard something by now. Time was of the essence and if they continued on waiting they get noticed and most likely caught by the guards and dragged inside the mountain, losing the chance of opportunity to attack and actually get their leaders out of there alive and back home where they belonged.
Octavia groaned. They all knew that they couldn't wait any longer for a signal from her brother and that they needed to do their part of the plan, no matter what the circumstances was inside. Still she didn't feel comfortable doing it, but it seemed like she didn't have any other choices. She could only hope that Bellamy and Clarke was all right and that they would continue being so once the bomb was activated.
"Okay, activate the bomb," Octavia said heavily. This decision weighed heavily on her chest, but she ignored and reached out for Lincoln to keep her calm. However Lincoln seemed just as worried and concerned about them as she was, but he at least didn't voice his concern and instead focused on relaxing her while keeping his gaze solely on the mountain.
Neither she nor Lincoln looked at Raven as she and Monty activated the bomb that they had placed as close to the mountain as they could without getting noticed by the guards. Everyone was silent as the waited for what to happen next. The only sound that was apparent was the sound of the bomb countdown.
Tick…
Tick…
Tick…
And then the sound came faster and louder as it was closing in on its ending time. Before anyone had the chance to say or regret the decision, the explosion came as loud and damaging as they expected it to be.
Boom!
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