"Since when are we in the rescuing business, huh?" Murphy asked Bellamy "Since we need every person we can get, if they are telling the truth about grounders… which judging by the look on Octavia's face they are… we'll need Jasper." I said walking away.

I walked up towards Clarke and Wells. "So which way do we think he headed anyway?" I asked them. "By he I mean them, where do you think they took him because this is an awful lot of forest to comb through." Wells nodded agreeing with me.

"We'll have to start where we lost him, go from there." Clarke said.

"That's still a lot of ground to cover Clarke. We only have so much daylight." I told her.

We had been walking for what felt like hours, not doing in any specific direction. Changing our direction way to many times to count. We had to admit sooner or later that we were lost, that Jasper was lost. What was the point in looking for someone who was probably going to be something's dinner tonight anyway? We needed to be looking for out own food. God I was starting to sound like Bellamy.

"Hey hold up! What's the rush?" Bellamy asked running up to catch up to us. "You don't survive a spear through the heart."

"Put the gun away, Bellamy." Wells said as I stood between them.

"Why don't you do something about it, huh?" Murphy said pushing Wells backwards.

"Arguing again really. This needs to stop or we'll never find this kid." I told them.

"That kid, has a name. His name is Jasper." Clarke snarled.

"Clarke. Grow up." I said causing Bellamy to snicker. "Bellamy. Put the damn gun away. It's not going to help anyone you waving it around like this is a game." I told them.

"Jasper screamed when they moved him. If the spear stuck his heart, he'd have died instantly." Clarke said getting in Bellamy's face.

"Doesn't mean we have time to waste." She finished saying as she turned to walk away. Bellamy grabbed her arm. "As soon as you take this wristband off, we can go." He said to her as she ripped her arm out of his grip.

"Really Bellamy… am I next?" I asked him causing him to straighten up and look at me. "No." He said sternly.

"The only way the Ark is gonna think I'm dead is if I'm dead. It goes for Rayne too, got it?"

Speaking for me, just great. "I'll take it off when I feel like taking it off, not because you asked me to Bellamy, and not because you beg me to keep it on." I told them turning to continue walking.

"Brave Princess." Bellamy began to say as he was interrupted by someone coming out of the forest.

"Hey, why don't you find your own nickname?" Finn said walking over too the four of us.

I knew he would end up coming, he's got a hard on for Clarke. I wonder if he told Clarke about Raven. I'd met her many times in the food hall, and med bay when she would come in for check ups. Finn was all she would talk about, however it's not my place to meddle in others love affaires. I don't care anyway.

"You call this a rescue party?" Finn said motioning for me to come back from the spot I had ended up walking to during their squall. "We got to split up, cover more ground." Finn continued.

"Clarke, come with me." He said as she followed him. I looked at the three guys I was left with. I would have rather taken off with Clarke. As angry as she's been making me, she's the most tolerable person here, Next to Finn.

Bellamy, Murphy, Wells and I started walking off in one direction as they had walked in another. So much for splitting up. We were still in the same size group we started with. Murphy and I ended up walking ahead of Wells and Bellamy. I could still hear them if they spoke but there was a comfortable distance between us.

"You know he's just trying to protect you. I think he might know about your family." Murphy finally spoke up.

"What makes you say that?" I asked.

"Well for starters, I can tell he's pissed off your walking with me and not him. The night we took Wells wristband he was more than terrified when he couldn't find you. He feels guilty about being with that girl." Murphy explained.

"Well than he can simmer in the thought of me hating him for a while longer. I'm sorry, doesn't cut it with me. Not anymore anyway. I heard it enough times from Abby, and Kane after they sent my parents to get floated." I told him.

"'I'm so sorry Rayne, if there was any other way, trust me we'd have found it.' When I found out Jaha, Abby and Kane where behind my parents being floated… I lost it. I got lost in my work, stopped looking for a partner, just stopped living. It was like everything I knew was a lie…" I told him.

"I know how you feel Rayne. When the chancellor floated my parents I completely lost it. I attacked anyone and everyone that got in my way. Eventually it caught up to me and they tossed me in the skybox." He told me. "Bellamy would understand too if you let him in. Trust me, he isn't all that horrible."

I sighed, looking around at the trees when I heard Bellamy talking to Wells. I wanted to look back so badly but eaves dropping seemed to be a whole lot better of an idea.

"Guess we got more in common than meets the eye, huh?" I heard him say.

"We have nothing in common." Wells said harshly.

"No?" Bellamy said, "Both came down here to protect someone we love. Your secrets safe with me."

"'Course, for your it's worse." Bellamy continued telling him, "With Finn around, Clarke doesn't even see you. It's like you're not even here." Bellamy finished talking.

"So than what is Rayne to you? You didn't come here for her, yet you walk around like you own her. Yet look at her, she avoids you because of the horrible things you do… she's picking Murphy over you… look." Wells said to him, clearly trying to get a rise out of him. How did everyone know how Bellamy was with me?

"Rayne is none of your business. I will protect and care for her like I will my sister. At least she talks to me and notices I'm alive." Kind of hard not to you're everywhere.

"You know, it's not polite to eaves drop." Murphy said lightly pushing my arm.

"Well maybe I like to know things, and aren't you the one telling me I need to give him another chance anyway?" I smirked.

"Yea but you where going to make him suffer were you not?" He chuckled. "Maybe, yes I am. Still a girl likes to know she's desired and wanted."

Murphy chuckled and stretched the back of his neck, "Trust me Rayne. You are more than wanted and desired."

I looked him out of the corner of my eye, was he actually admitting to liking me while telling me to be with Bellamy? That is so backwards, why would he do that? There's no way he's that loyal to Bellamy.

Soon Clarke and Finn ran towards us, I could hear rushing water. Must mean there is water close by to where we were. At least water wasn't going to be a problem if we have a source of it near by.

"We found blood, it's fresh… Jasper's near by." Clarke said as Bellamy and Wells rushed over to where we all were. We began walking again till we reached a small waterfall, and river. Walking along in for a short time Murphy seemed to grow impatient.

"Hey, how do we know this is the right way?" He asked.

"We don't. This spacewalker thinks he's a tracker." Bellamy answered causing me to giggle slightly. He turned his head to look at me and smiled softly at me.

He wasn't so bad, maybe everything but screwing that girl was forgivable. Maybe a second chance would be a decent idea. However knowing Murphy had feelings for me, feelings I didn't return made me feel guilty.

"It's called 'cutting sigh.' Fourth-Year Earth skills, he's good." Wells told us. Well then thanks for that explanation as to how we knew where we were even going. We were losing daylight, that's really all I knew and it's not like any of us had a flashlight.

"You want to keep it down or should I paint a target on your backs?" Finn snapped at everyone. Finn soon noticed a snapped branch on a small sapling; maybe he was good at tracking.

Finn knelt to the ground, followed by Clarke. This caused Bellamy to lean into Wells. "See, you're invisible." He told him. He was antagonizing him about his feelings for Clarke. How did I not notice that before when I was listening to them in the forest.

That was around the time we all heard a groan, followed by moaning. Was that Jasper? I hadn't realized the moan had startled me to the point where I was now holding onto Bellamy's hand. I looked up at him to see he was gripping a small knife in his other hand. Looking around cautiously, was he worried something was going to happen to me?

I took my hand from his. "We should probably find where that came from." I said looking at everyone while pulling my hand back from Bellamy's.

"What the hell was that?" Murphy said, as he looked at me. "Find it, are you nuts?" He asked me, I just shrugged my shoulders. "Maybe?" I answered.

"Now would be a good time to take out that gun." Clarke said as Bellamy did just that, handing me the knife he was holding. Oh this is rich, I would probably just end up hurting myself I had no idea how to use a knife for anything but medical procedures.

I really was useless to these people. We started making our way through a small wooded area before stopping just before a clearing. There was a massive tree in the middle of the clearing, however that was only one of the things in the clearing.

"Jasper." Clarke said quietly.

Jasper was tied to the tree and he didn't look like he was in very good shape. His shirt, sweater and jacket were missing, his arms where tied up above his head, and he had blood all over his chest. The poor guy, I looked at them. "We need to get him down, wait…" I paused.

Clarke had already started freaking out and making her way towards Jasper as Finn stopped her telling her she needed to be careful. Bellamy put the gun back into the back of his pants and made his way over to me. He stayed close to me as we all walked closer to Jasper and the tree.

"What the hell is this?" Bellamy asked keeping me hidden behind him. He must have thought that there was some sort of trap near by. Why was he so intent on trying to make things like they were on that first night?

Clarke took a step forward falling into a hole, Murphy and I gasped when Bellamy was quick to grab her arm holding her steady. I could tell there was conflict in his face, he wasn't actually thinking of letting her drop into the hole. I leaned my head a bit to see into the hole. Spikes. What a wonderful, savage way to kill someone. What were these grounders?

"Clarke!" Finn yelled, "Get her up!"

I moved to go help Clarke but Murphy wouldn't let me move. "What're you doing Murphy." I said to him.

"He'll pull her up Rayne… just stay here. It's not safe where that trap is." He said to me. He knew something; he was keeping more from me. Why was I not surprised?

Why was Bellamy waiting to pull Clarke up, was he contemplating killing her? The only back up he had out here was Murphy. Knowing both Finn and Wells wanted Clarke it only told me they would kill Bellamy in an instant.

"Pull her up!" Finn yelled again. "Pull her up!" Wells then yelled.

"Get her out of there!" I finally yelled to Bellamy, my voice pleading with him. "Please." All three boys finally rushed to Bellamy helping him pull Clarke to safety. Murphy must have finally realized that I would never forgive either of them if they let her die.

"You ok?" Finn asked Clarke when she was finally on solid ground.

"Clarke…" I whispered pulling her into a tight hug. As mad as I could get with her, death was not something I would wish on her. She was like a little sister to me. I cared about her. "Yea, I'll be fine." She said scurrying away from the hole in the ground. I stood up and moved towards Bellamy. "What was that?" I asked him.

He looked at me, "I panicked." He told me. "Bell…" I whispered. "I wasn't going to drop her." He said to me.

"I trust you… please… don't hurt her… she's the only thing I have close to a family anymore. When I found out what her mom did… look… just please." I begged him.

He looked at me studying my face; "There's a story behind this, and I want to hear it when we get back to the camp." He said. I just nodded, "that's fine." I told him turning back to Clarke and the others.

"We need to get him down." Clarke said as she adjusted her bag on her shoulder.

"I'll climb up there and cut the vines." Finn said to her.

"Yea, yea, I'm with you." Wells said to Finn.

"No. Stay with Clarke and Rayne, and watch him." Finn said to Wells nodding his head in Bellamy's direction. Guess he caught the same thing I did when Bellamy was 'helping' Clarke out of the hole.

I turned and looked at Bellamy feeling Clarke tense up near me. Bellamy wasn't even watching the guys or the surrounding area. His eyes where locked on me, why me? Did he actually have real feelings for me? There's no way he did, if he did he wouldn't have slept with that girl.

"You. Let's go." Finn said to Murphy. I looked at Murphy grabbing his arm. "Be careful." I told him as he nodded to me and headed towards Finn.

"You see that?" Clarke asked me.

"Yea, there's a poultice on his wound." I told her, "I noticed it before, why would they do that if they just planned on doing this?" Maybe they weren't so savage but then what this all this for?

"Medicine? Why would they save his life just to string him up as live bait?" Wells asked.

"Good question." I commented. Bellamy put a good space between Clarke and I pushing me behind him slightly.

"Maybe what they're trying to catch, likes its dinner to be breathing." Bellamy explained to us causing my eyes to widen.

"You don't think this is a set up?" I asked, "Do you?"

He shrugged, "Who knows, Rayne just stay behind me." He commanded me.

"Maybe what they're trying to catch is us." Finn said from beside the tree trunk.

I felt myself cling onto Bellamy's arm; I really wasn't ready to be some cannibal's dinner right now. Maybe when I'm old and defenseless but now… no that's quite all right.

Murphy was finally up the tree and was starting to cut some of the vines as Finn was on the other side while trying to hold onto Jasper. "Murphy hurry up." Finn said to him.

"Guys be careful." I called up to them.

I began to move around looking at some of the plants around us trying to see if I remembered any from Earth studies classes. I remember being pretty good in botany classes. Which is why they recommended me go into the medical field because once on Earth I would need to know which plants help with what diseases.

I heard a low distant growl come from just beyond the tree line. I stood up straight and turned to face where the sound had come from. Made me wonder if anyone else had heard the noise. "What the hell was that?" I heard Murphy say as I turned to see he and Bellamy both where searching the area for me. I was perfectly safe, it was probably nothing.

"Grounders?" Bellamy asked as he started to walk slowly towards me. Trying to be as quiet and cautious as he possibly could. Now I was starting to freak out.

That's when I noticed it; a large black cat came into a small clearing up near the tree line. It was walking crouched trying to hide itself in the brush of the plants. Stalking us, we where it's pray. However it was pretty obvious the panther or jaguar was not what put Jasper in the tree.

I noticed the animals eyes where dead set on me. It was like it hadn't even noticed the others where there. Even thought they all made much more noise than I had been. Was this how I was going to die? I could feel my heart pounding in my chest to the point where I gripped the skin over my heart. It hurt.

I watched, as it gradually got closer to me, I could feel the sweat dripping off my brow. I was absolutely terrified at this point, was time going slowly for everyone but this beast and me? I wished I hadn't left Bellamy's side than at least I would be safe. I knew I was safe with him, always have. Didn't matter how mad I would get with him. He promised me he'd watch over me.

The panther soon began to charge at me, Clarke saw it first and looked directly at Bellamy. "Bellamy gun! Bellamy kill it or it's going to kill Rayne." Great.

I shut my eyes tightly; it wasn't like there was really anything I could do at this point? That thing was going to kill me it didn't matter what I did. Running would only make it think I was playing a game with it. I heard sharp distinct gunshots go off. Bellamy killed it? I opened my eyes and saw that the creature was running through the grass it was playing with all of us.

Bellamy looked at me, "Rayne, stay put I'm coming to you." He told me as the Panther leaped out of the air aiming to pounce on Bellamy, "No!" I cried out, I heard another two shots go off and watched at the Panther landed on the ground next to Bellamy.

I ran over to him pulling him into a tight hug. "Rayne, I'm fine are you all right?" he asked me. I nodded him holding me closely in his arms. I had my head tucked into Bellamy's chest holding onto his shirt. I heard the clicking on the empty gun, and everyone was panting. "Now she sees you." I heard Bellamy say as he pulled me out of his arms.