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Sometimes I think there's a beast that lives inside me, in the cavern that's where my heart should be, and every now and then it fills every last inch of my skin, so that I can't help but do something inappropriate. Its breath is full of lies; it smells of spite.

Jodi Picoult

Silence fell upon tonDC. The fourteen dead lay motionless on the ground, eyes wide, and drowning in blood. One boy's mouth was still open with the scream he never uttered. His father lay dead just behind him.

Octavia watched from the side her eyes moving from the figures in front of her; sword now hanging loosely at her side.

Bellamy's eyes were wide in fear as he stared down at the bodies. His gun had long since been discarded but his gaze moved to the boy in front who to had dropped his gun but he only had eyes for the hill top ahead of him. Bellamy looked to the Chancellor who was staring in horror at Finn but her eyes followed his gaze and her jaw dropped.

The commander was seething in rage. Her eyes screaming the fury she couldn't yet Lexa to struck dump at the hill top.

Everyone was looking now. The two figures stood above them caked head to toe in mud but still recognisable.

"Clarke"

3 hours earlier…

She was going to have to hit her. Anya was forced to grinding her teeth in frustration but the desire to spin round and strike the girl across the face was increasingly growing. She was sure that would still be more silent than the girl herself.

Every step she made caused an eruption of birds from the ground and Anya wanted to roll her eyes at the predictability of these sky people.

Another crack followed by crunching sound had Anya sighing heavily. Her feet landing softly against the soft earth, "You would be useless in a hunt"

"I was told I was sneaky"

"Maybe by sky people standards but by ours you might as well scream out a warning"

She heard the sky girl huff behind her and the sounds of a (failed) attempt at being quieter. Anya looked to the sky to see how much daylight was left and smiled to herself. They would arrive before the sun set.

"Why did you save me?"

"That is not quiet" Anya snarled out.

The sky girl ignored her, "Because you were all for leaving me back in that tunnel and then ten minutes later you're pulling me out of the river"

Anya rolled her eyes and spotted a small pond to the left and veered toward it. They needed water and better cover in case the mountain men came down after them.

She knelt by the water and Clarke came stomping over to join her. She watched Anya take a sip and then followed suite.

"Seriously. Why did you save me?"

Anya didn't bother to respond or face the girl instead she cupped a hand full of mud and smacked the girl across the face. Something she had wanted to do since the river.

Clarke gasped and stared at her mouth and eyes wide.

"W-What the?" She spluttered.

Anya merely began to cover her own body, "You are too loud. Camouflage might be a more appropriate approach"

Clarke scrunched her nose up and watched her move but showed no desire to cover herself. Anya rolled her eyes and pushed another clump of mud against Clarke's face.

She pulled back and stared at Anya, "How is this supposed to help?"

Anya was tired of the continuous questions and gripped the girl by her shoulders. Clarke watched her and shook her head, "No don-"

She shoved her head first into the mud and spun her over to plaster her back in mud as well. Once she was satisfied Anya let the girl go and watched as she raised her head retching at the smell and wiping mud from her eyes.

"What the hell!"

"There" Anya said simply, "Now you really are filth"

Clarke merely glared back at.

She smiled slightly and stood back up, "Come. We have some distance to go"

XoXoXoX

Finn crunched through the undergrowth. He could feel the watchful eyes of Octavia and Bellamy behind him and hear their hushed whispers. Finn rolled his eyes as his name was mentioned again.

"You know I can hear you right?"

"We're just worried about you" Bellamy argued.

"Worry about Clarke"

Octavia rolled her eyes and stomped past him to take the lead, "I'll take you to the village but I'm telling you Finn, they don't have her"

Her shrugged, "I just want to find her"

They allowed Octavia to take the lead and Bellamy fell into step beside Finn. He was eyeing the boy with fearful eyes. Clearly he was worried for his well-being but Finn didn't care; as long as Clarke was alive.

"Promise me that this isn't going to go wrong? Promise me that you're going to be level headed about this"

"Says the guy that brought guns to the bridge and allowed Jasper to open fire on them"

Bellamy sighed, "I'm worried about you, we all are, you haven't been the same since Clarke left"

"I was so worried about Raven being okay but now that I know she is I can focus on Clarke" He paused, "I love her Bellamy. I need her to be okay"

"Clarke's a big girl she can look after herself"

"I know… doesn't mean I'm not worried about her"

They didn't speak after that and just proceeded to follow Octavia to the village ahead of them. Bellamy kept a close eye on Finn. He didn't miss the nervousness in his eyes or the way his hand gripped the gun, his finger twitched against the trigger and how his whole body was tense.

Earth really had changed them.

XoXoXoX

Abby waited for the gate to open and walked out followed by Kane to meet the commander. Today they were heading to meet the other generals and discuss further terms for the alliance. She hadn't realised the whole thing would take this long.

"Chancellor" Lexa greeted.

Abby nodded, "Commander"

The grounder looked to Kane and turned to the edge of the trees where a line of horses were waiting for them.

"Do you know how to ride?"

"I know the theory" Abby had read about it but she assumed reading and doing were to very different things. Still the commander nodded.

"Gustus will show you your horse"

Abby allowed the guard to assist her up and watched as Kane successfully mounted his own steed. The road was unsteady underfoot and made the whole thing even more unpleasant for her. She grimaced as they passed over another bump in the road. So this was travel sickness. Suddenly she wanted to enter the Earth's atmosphere again.

The group moved in silence with the commander leading up front. She sat with her head high and posture straight on the horse. No doubt years of experience. Was this the type of life they would have on the ground?

The village came into sight first by the signs of the metal protruding from the ground and Abby watched as the buildings formed from the ground when they approached. The woman called Indra dropped from her horse first and approached the guards at the front. They looked uneasy.

Abby jumped down from hers and met Kane to stand beside Lexa. The commander looked as if she would say something but then a call demanded her attention. All three of them looked up to see Indra racing for them eyes wide.

"Sky people" She snarled.

Lexa turned to Abby eyes unwavering but she just shook her head, "I didn't know about this"

"There is a group of them holding the people of tonDC captive demanding that they hand over Clarke"

Abby shook her head again, "I don't know who they are but let me speak to them" She turned to Lexa with pleading eyes, "Allow me to speak to them. I can convince them"

The commander nodded and led the way. Once they reached the gate she moved to the side to allow Abby to enter first but she followed closely behind with Indra.

She winced at the sight.

The people were kneeling in the middle of the village staring up at the boy with wide fearful eyes pointing a gun at them.

Finn.

Abby knew he had been desperate for Clarke's return but didn't relaise he was truly this desperate. Bellamy was just watching him with a disbelieving look and Octavia too was watching in fear.

Upon her arrival the two Blake's looked up and seemed relieve.

"What is going on here?"

"Finn's gone mad" Octavia snarled.

Bellamy shook his head, "I don't know. One minute they were letting us in and the next he was screaming for them to give back Clarke"

"Finn put down the gun"

The boy shook his head and raised his panicked eyes to her, "I can't. They have Clarke I'm sure of it"

"We do not have Clarke" Lexa spoke from Abby's left. Her eyes were trained on the gun.

Abby knew she had to act quickly. Lexa was a leader whose priority was her people and right now Finn was a threat to them. She wouldn't hesitate to kill him.

"Finn I want Clarke back just as much as you but this isn't the way. They're just in the dark about her disappearance as we are"

"No" He lifted the gun higher, "You don't understand. You put us down here so whatever happens to us on you but Clarke wanted peace and these people attacked us! We can't trust them. All of my friends are gone and Clarke is gone too. The only explanation is that they have them"

Abby raised her hands and attempted to step closer, "They have lost people too Finn, we aren't so different, and we can help in getting her back. All you have to do is put down the gun"

He shook his head. Tears spilling over in desperation, "No…" He moaned, "I need her to be okay"

"We all do Finn and I promise you we will find her just please… these people are innocent"

She just hoped the commander would be merciful after this.

Finn hesitated and a few things happened at once. First, Lexa moved away from Abby's side to approach her people causing Finn to aim the gun at her. Instantly the people of tonDC went into uproar. A young boy no older than twelve darted out from the group and made to protect the commander. Upon seeing this movement Finn open fired and shot the boy down.

He hit the ground marred with his own blood. Eyes and mouth wide.

Another man roared in anger proceeded to stand but Finn rounded on him as well. He lay dead just behind the boy.

The death of two people caused the next sequence of events that Abby thinks she will never ever forget. The front row of grounders stood from the ground and charged towards Finn. He was screaming now and crying tears of anguish. He didn't want to shoot them but instinct had taken over. Instinct to find Clarke. Instinct to kill. Instinct to survive.

Bodies littered the floor and there was a pile growing the time the last one fell. Abby raised a hand to cover her mouth and looked to Finn who had stopped shooting. His gaze wasn't on the group but rather somewhere away from them she turned to see what and gasped.

Abby felt Lexa approach her side and heard the name escape the commander's mouth at the same time she heard Finn yell it in joy. But her face was displaying anything other than joy rather the horror of the scene she had just walked upon.

"Clarke"

Well this is a pleasant chapter I'm sure…If any of you are wondering why I chose to follow the series on this then please do ask because I will justify this is I have to... If not... Well then please wait patiently for the next one :)

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