Here we go. Ready for the start of the end? and so... we begin.
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Lexa and Clarke stood side by side in the commander's tent before all the generals preparing for the attack that would soon happen. Clarke watched as the last few members of the Ark flittered inside and nodded to Anya who dropped the tent flap.
Clarke watched as Lexa stepped forward to address the generals, "Today's the day that we get our people back. Thanks to our alliance with the sky people we have now been able to get closer to the mountain than ever before. We have never had a better opportunity to take it"
She nodded to Clarke and the blonde stepped in beside her, "This attack is aimed to save as many lives as possible. We're saving our people and there are those in mount weather have worked tirelessly to help do the same so they too we aim to save. We kill the soldiers, their leadership, but the innocent are to be left alone"
Clarke watched a sea of nodding heads move around her and she raised her chin, "The commander and I are leading a small group inside the mountain through a back door that remains unguarded and unprotected. Inside we will take control of the control room and the leadership. Currently Raven's team are inside the dam where they will blow the generators… Once that happens there will be a short window to blow and open the door which Anya, Indra and Lincoln will be in charge of at the main door. Sergeant Miller and Monroe will take care of the explosives. Once the door is open we will take control of each level of the mountain, the mountain people will be locked inside level 5, and our people will be freed from the cages"
The generals nodded in agreement and Clarke waited for Lexa to speak again. The commander was dressed in her full armour but Clarke knew she would get changed into her lighter armour before they left for the tunnels.
"The mountain" She side-stepped Clarke so she was in the middle of all the generals, "has cast a shadow over us for too long. We've sat by whilst they've charged down from that mountain taking our people, torturing them, bleeding them and turning them into monsters. Today that ends. Today we get our people back"
The generals all murmured together nodding in agreement and Lexa began pacing so she could stare between them all, "We save the innocent, they have no part in this, as for the guilty… Jus drein jus daun. Jus drein jus daun"
Clarke watched as the tent erupted with the chant amongst the grounders, "Jus drein jus daun" and soon enough the sky people were joining in, "Jus drein jus daun. Jus drein jus daun"
The blonde joined in with a quick glance at Lexa, "Jus drein jus daun. Jus drein jus daun. Jus drein jus daun"
XoXoXoX
Lexa was just sheathing her sword behind her back when Clarke arrived with Octavia. They decided that it would be best for the three of them to go alone with Lexa's guard Ryder as it would be easier for them to slip through undetected by mount weather.
Ryder was standing to the side, briefly looked up at their approach, gave Clarke a short nod and then looked back to the tree line behind them.
"Are you ready Clarke?"
She nodded and looked to Octavia who was standing motionless beside her, "Let's go"
Entering the tunnels was easy. Entrances littered the forest and the grounders knew where each and every one was so they knew where to avoid the reapers. The closes tunnel to their camp was a direct line to the mountain with only a few turns and crosses into other lines but Lincoln had assured them that this was the safest route for their approach. Although Clarke didn't doubt the man there was a sense of unease about it as they delved into the eerie blackness.
Once torches started to appear along the walls Lexa, Ryder and Octavia unsheathed their swords lowering their bodies into a low crouch. Clarke took the safety off her gun staying at Lexa's side as they crept carefully through the tunnels awaiting any signs of the reapers.
The group stayed in that position until the door appeared. They were at the end of the corridor leading to the entrance to mount weather and Clarke let out the breath she had been holding as Octavia made her way over to knock against it. Hopefully Bellamy was waiting on the other side.
Lexa turned around to face the blackness of the tunnels and gazed off into the distance. Clarke came to a stop beside her and tried to see what she was looking at.
"What is it?"
"That was too easy" Lexa whispered, "These tunnels were flooded with reapers just a few weeks ago so where are they?"
Clarke shook her head, "I'm not complaining. As long as we get inside that mountain I don't care"
Still she couldn't help but feel the unease. Lexa was right, it had been too easy, and Clarke couldn't help but feel that there was something she was missing… Something she should have noticed.
Lexa turned to speak to Ryder and Clarke continued to stare where the grounder had been watching so intently. Her mind went back to her escape of the mountain with Anya. They had navigated the tunnels purely by luck and yet not once had they come across the reapers during their escape. The mountain men had been charging through the tunnels.
Suddenly it clicked. She whipped round and shouted, "Get away from the door!"
Octavia looked at her oddly for a second before backing away whilst Lexa seemed to realise something was wrong as well. The door burst open just as Clarke grabbed Octavia around the waist and pulled her behind the cart as Lexa ducked behind the cave wall. Ryder wasn't so fortunate and the moment the mountain men opened fire he was pinned to the ground by a ricocheted of bullets.
Clarke glanced around the side to see four mountain men in hazmat suites holding guns aimed into the tunnel. She looked over to Lexa who was watching her with wide eyes from the shadows and saw the brunette was grasping her sword tightly trying to avoid looking at Ryder's fallen body. Clarke tightened her grip on the gun and turned to Octavia.
"Don't let that door close"
Octavia nodded just as Clarke pulled her gun around and aimed at the closest guard. The first bullet caught him in the leg whilst the second tore into his suite. He let out a quiet scream and dropped to the ground but the other three ignored him in favour of aiming their fire at Clarke. Lexa used the momentary distraction to come up behind them.
Clarke watched as her blade pierced through the chest of the second man before being pulled quickly and swiping across the body of the third. The fourth, realising what was happening, turned on her with his gun but didn't get the chance to fire before Clarke fired a round. He crumpled to the ground next to the others and Clarke stood from her hiding spot.
She walked over to Lexa who was still taking a deep breath. The commander's war paint was almost masked in blood now and Clarke pushed back the nausea that flooded her at the sight knowing she was equally covered. She turned to the door and was pleased to see the Octavia had managed to reach the door before it could close.
"We need to get inside"
Lexa nodded and, with one final glance to Nyko, followed Clarke inside the mountain.
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Anya turned to Indra and raised an eyebrow. The shooting had finally stopped and they were waiting for the lights to go out over the door. The general seemed to be on edge waiting and Anya knew she would have much rather have gone with the commander but Lexa had trusted them to lead the army in her absence.
She was unnerved by the amount of fear threatening to overtake her. Anya was no stranger to a fight and yet here she was fearful for the safety of her commander, her friend, and, dare she admit it, the sky people. Lexa had really fallen hard for the Sky heda and Anya wasn't sure that Lexa would be able to take it if anything happened to her.
That wasn't the only thing.
It irritated her how fearful she was for the safety of the mechanic. Despite being a nuisance and what Anya believed to a complete waste of her time she had grown quite fond of her over the few days at camp Jaha.
"They should be inside" Indra mumbled.
Anya nodded, "They will get it done"
Suddenly another round of shooting sounded. Anya's hand went to her sword just as Lincoln appeared at Indra's shoulder and he glanced warily at the door.
"It's coming from the damn"
Monroe was at Anya's side, "They know we're going for the power"
"They know we're going for the door" Anya corrected her. Unlike the other members of the Ark Anya found that this girl was actually relatively tolerable. Clarke had placed her at Anya's side telling the grounder she would be useful and at first she had been wary but the girl was slowly proving herself.
"Stay the course" She warned and they all watched the door in apprehension.
XoXoXoX
Clarke was wary. Clearly the mountain had known about their attempt to get inside mount weather by placing guards at the door but that didn't explain as to why Bellamy and the others were currently missing from their rendezvous point. She tried to ignore the pang of fear in her chest telling her that something somewhere had gone seriously wrong. They had a job to do and, despite her own feelings, Bellamy's position wasn't their priority.
She peered around the corner expecting to see guards lining the corridor but instead she was met with an empty space. Clarke frowned and stepped out of the cover with Octavia and Lexa at her side.
"Where are they?"
Octavia raised an eyebrow, "Level 5… That's where they've all locked themselves in"
"I mean the guards" She whispered, "Why only have four at the door if they knew we were coming?"
"Maybe they didn't know. Maybe it was just for extra precaution. Coincidence" She suggested.
Clarke shared a look with Lexa. Unlikely. There were no coincidences in this war; especially where the mountain men were concerned.
Lexa gripped her sword tightly and turned to Clarke, "Your people will be on level 5 with the mountain men. We should release my people first then make our way up there"
"We can't just barge into level 5, we'll kill them and then Cage will kill us"
"We can still release the grounders" Octavia argued.
Clarke sighed. She didn't like leaving her people but they were right. There was nothing they could do for the people on level 5 at the moment but they could reach the grounders.
"Alright" She moved passed them back down the passageway, "It's this way"
She led them back down the way she had come with Anya all those weeks before and still felt the unease at not passing a single threat all the way down to the bleeding room. Clarke eyed Lexa carefully as she pushed the door open knowing that grounder would find this harder than them. Only Lexa didn't have the reaction she expected.
Instead of the shock and anger at seeing her people kept in cages and the state of them Lexa furrowed her brow as she stepped inside the room. Octavia glanced to Clarke with a frown and a question on her lips.
Clarke turned to the room and felt her stomach drop. The cages were empty.
Lexa turned back to Clarke and her eyes flashed for a moment, "Where are my people?"
"I don't know"
She stepped further inside the room glancing into each cage as she passed them as if she was expecting to see them hidden away in there. Clarke felt a hand wrap around her arm and she was spun to face Lexa.
"Clarke" The commander growled, "Could my people be on level five?"
"Maybe… I don't know Lexa. I honestly thought they'd be here" She gasped.
Lexa let go of her and looked around the room desperately. She stepped over to reassure the comfort for a moment but Octavia's voice distracted her.
"Clarke"
The click of a gun.
Her stomach dropped further if that was possible. She and Lexa turned at the same time to be met with the Octavia being held at gunpoint by ten guards. At the front stood Emerson smirking down at Clarke with the gun pointed directly at her face.
"Hello Clarke"
She swallowed, "Emerson"
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