I can see how this fic is lacking Clexa at the moment but let's face it nothing more heart-warming than Lexa ripping up trees to find Clarke and Clarke going all ape shit to get back to her?

So it's The 100's version of cuteness :)

Honestly I'm watching Apocalypse Now for my Film Studies Class right now and I have no idea what world I've just walked into... I feel like I should be high, In a good way?, becuase I am enjoying it... It's just so weird...

Anyway on with the fic oh pre warning for violence at the end but I'm sure that won't surprise anyone?

Disclaimer: Owning nothing over here

Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Abby hadn't expected her morning to start like this.

In her head she would see to Raven, make sure she was healing after having the bullet removed, and then move on to check on Bellamy and Monroe buefore questioning Octavia further on Clarke's whereabouts. Nobody seemed to know where her daughter was and they kept repeating that she was with a grounder but still she didn't have an exact destination. At least with Octavia's arrival she had a name. Lexa. Though she didn't know what that would mean to these people; Octavia and Raven had both mentioned that Lexa was the commander so surely wherever she was Clarke was too?

In theory. Not for the first time.

No this was how she had expected her morning to start. What she had not anticipated was being dragged out of the Ark by Kane to find Jaha on his knees followed closely by a woman and a man. The woman had dark skin and scars across her face along with tattoos. The man was light skinned with tattoos and a large beard. Both were intimidating.

"Who are you?" Abby demanded.

It was the woman that stepped forward to face her, "My name is Indra and I have been sent by the commander"

"What do you want?"

She indicated to Jaha with her sword, "He is one of yours. We have brought him as a sign of good faith. The commander wishes to meet you"

"And if I don't?"

"Then he dies"

Abby's blood ran cold and she looked to Kane who was watching warily from the side. Octavia appeared on her left. She had been wearing a sword on her back since her arrival and during the night her hair had been braided. Abby didn't ask.

"You should go. Find out where Clarke is"

Abby nodded, the commander was the key to finding Clarke after all, "Go and get your brother, I want you both with me" She turned to Indra, "I will meet with your commander"

Indra gave a single nod and shoved Jaha forward where Jackson and Kane both moved to pick him up from the floor. She raised her sword to outside the gate, "Halfway across in the clearin. You may bring two guards with you, try and harm her in anyway and we will kill you"

Her. So it was this Lexa after all.

Abby watched them leave and had the gates closed tightly behind them. These people were nothing like they could have imagined all those months ago when Jaha first proposed the 100 project and now look where they were. On the ground. Yet they were still separated.

She turned to Kane who was still watching her, "We have to at least try and reason with these people"

"They have no reason to Abby. We have nothing they could possibly want; they'll wipe us out before they listen to anything we have to say"

"Yet the commander wants to meet with me"

Kane didn't have anything to say to that so she shook her head and carried on, "I need you to stay here and see what you can get out of Jaha"

He nodded and made his way inside after Jackson. Octavia reappeared a moment later followed by Bellamy who was carrying a gun and she shook her head, "I don't think guns are a good idea"

"They'll be armed" He warned.

"Yeah and the last time we took guns to a peace meeting… what happened then?" Octavia stared at him with a raised eyebrow and he shrugged.

"Alright fine bring the gun but that's it"

Abby stayed by the gate and waited until any signs of movement appeared by the trees. They wouldn't move until the grounders moved.

XoXoXoX

Finn was watching the whole thing from inside the Ark and Raven was watching him from her position on the bed. She was relatively healed and could walk but she tired easily and needed to return to the bed.

"Finn come on move away from there?"

"They have her" He whispered.

"You don't know that"

"We know that she was with them… We know that she was with the commander and if the commander is back here then Clarke must be with her"

"I trust her"

"I don't"

Raven sighed and pushed her body into an upright position, "Finn, Clarke can take care of herself, and the commander seemed pretty eager for peace. Maybe that's why she's here"

"Not if she's already killed Clarke"

Raven shook her head, "Lexa hasn't killed Clarke"

"Don't you get it Raven?" He spun round to face her, "We kidnapped and tortured that grounder and we practically handed Clarke over to them!"

"We have to wait and sit it out. If Clarke's with them then there's nothing to worry about"

"And if she's not?"

Raven didn't know how to respond to that and Finn nodded.

"That's what I thought"

XoXoXoX

Lexa stood on the edge of the tree line with Indra on one side and Gustus on the other. They had guards in the trees just in case the sky people tried anything but Lexa wasn't stupid, they wanted answers, and they weren't prepared for a full scale war. It would be only too easy to wipe these people out if it came to that. Only the possibility of Clarke being amongst them was keeping her from giving the order.

"They aren't moving Heda"

She nodded, "They're waiting for us to move"

"We should not bow to their whims Heda. Let them move first"

"I asked for the meeting Indra" Lexa pointed out and raised a hand, "We will move half way out"

She didn't wait for a response and made the first steps. Not far enough out to be a target but far enough that they could see her arrival from the fallen ship. Sure enough she could see the gates being opened and three figures started up the track towards them.

"Come"

Together they made their way over. Lexa kept her hand firmly atop the sword at her side and kept her head held high. The two groups met in the middle. She recognised the brother and sister from her time amongst the sky people and Octavia had last been seen with Lincoln; Lexa wondered briefly where her old friend was. The third middle party was a sky person she did not know. Her thin hair and worn features made Lexa realise she was significantly older than the other sky people and must have come down separately like Clarke told her of.

"You are their leader?"

"Chancellor" The older woman corrected and smiled slightly, "We followed the kids down previously"

Lexa nodded. She already knew this, "Where is Clarke?"

"You mean she's not with you?" Octavia was staring wide eyed and shared a look with her brother, "You left together"

"We were separated" Lexa's eyes narrowed at the woman, "I had thought she would return here"

"She hasn't"

"Heda. Anya is too still missing, can we trust them?"

Lexa didn't respond. Her eyes were trained on the Chancellor who was watching her with equal entrapment and she realised that they needed the privacy to speak.

"Indra, Gustus, stay here" She nodded her head to the woman, "Shall we speak in private?"

The Chancellor looked to Octavia who nodded and she followed Lexa away from the group. She waited until they were out of ear shot before speaking.

"I promised Clarke peace between her people but I had hoped she would be here to over-see the discussion"

"With all due respect Commander Clarke isn't our leader, I am, and she may have taken leadership whilst down on Earth but I would kindly like to take that burden away from my daughter"

Daughter. So this was Clarke's mother. Lexa kept her gaze impassive but she wanted to scream with the infuriation of the situation. Where was Clarke?

"Chancellor, Clarke may not be your official leader but the sky people I have met certainly follow her lead and I would like to discuss this with Clarke as leader"

She looked at Lexa, perplexed, "I'm sorry, she isn't here to deal with this, and I don't know where she is. I had hoped you would Commander… Where is my daughter?"

Lexa raised her chin slightly, "I do not know"

XoXoXoX

The two men arrived just as the heart monitor stopped for the second man dangling. As they moved to drop him down Clarke turned to Anya and gave her a short nod which was reciprocated. They waited until the men were walking between the cages and peering in.

Clarke glared out at them and the one closest nodded to her, "This one"

The second grimaced and opened the cage. He held the taser at the ready but he did not need it because Clarke went willingly.

Each griped an arm tightly and pulled her toward the machines.

She allowed her head to roll against her shoulders and waited patiently until they were level with Anya's cage. Then she moved.

Quickly she dove into the man on her right pushing him up against Anya's cell where she was ready and waiting. The moment he touched the bars are arms snaked through and wrapped around his neck and she tightened them, cutting off his air supply. He grasped desperately at the hands holding him but she was unrelenting.

Clarke turned instantly to the second man on her left and spun him round, smashing his face into the bars. They were doctors, not soldiers, and Clarke used that to her advantage. She was no fighter but could at least defend herself against these people. She wasn't like Anya and the others; her body hadn't been used for the bleeding process. She wasn't weak.

He pulled back and struck her with his leg, winding her, and causing Clarke to fall to the ground. He used that moment to dive for the taser that had been dropped. Panicking because she wouldn't get a second chance Clarke grasped at him and tripped him up. The second he was on the floor she used her body weight to pin him there and gripped the side of his head. She pulled it back and, ignoring his yells and cries of pain, smashed it against the ground. The doctors head made a sickening crunch and his body writhed in pain but she didn't relent and thrust it down again. Clarke did this again and again and again even after he was dead. She only stopped once she noticed the blood now coating her hands.

Immediately Clarke flew back off the body. His head was lying in a pool of his own blood and you couldn't see where his head ended and the mess began. She felt visibly sick. He was dead. There was no denying that. She had killed him.

Clarke heard a thump to her right and looked to see the second doctor slumping to the ground. Eyes wide and unseeing. She shook her head and choked down the bile that had risen up her throat. The burning sensation stayed and she felt her vision sway for a moment.

"Sky girl"

Clarke looked up to see Anya watching her with wide eyes and arms outstretched.

"Get the key"

She looked down and wanted to be sick again. The key was still tightly clasped in the dead man's hand.

Well that was fun to write…

So Clarke and Anya are mid-escape… I wonder where this will take us for the future…

Sooooo many questions…

Let me know what you think?