"Rayne this way!" I laughed as Clarke ran around the corner.
"Seriously not this again where are we even going?" I asked her, "If we are in the right place on the Ark, we will be able to see Jupiter or at least her moons… come on thought we only have an hour left till it happens!" She said running back to drag me with her.
We ended up crawling around in some shafts and tunnels till we reached the observation deck, we weren't allowed up here. Clarke could get sent to the Sky Box for six months. Me? Yea I don't even want to talk about what they would do to me.
"Come here." She said motioning for me to follow her to a small space we'd have to lay down in. I lay there next to her watching the planets and stars around us move slightly. "Look!" I exclaimed to her pointing to our far left.
Clarke gasped in amazement, "It's honestly so beautiful." She said. "I know, thanks for bringing me here." I told her.
"Obviously I would, you're practically my sister." She said with a small grin on her lips. "Wanna get dinner with me before you're mom and dad come hunting for us?" I laughed.
"Of course than, you can help me with my Earth Sciences home work." She said.
"Oh, I see how it is." I said lightly punching her arm as we climbed back into the shafts. Once we where back out Clarke grinned at me. "So how did that date go with that guy the other night?" She asked me as we both started towards the dining hall.
"Oh god it was so terrible Clarke, he kept saying some of the weirdest crap. Than he tried telling me how he was going to be the first man back on the planet."
"What a dreamer." Clarke laughed.
"However, whoever the first man back on the planet is. I'll be sure to date him." I laughed.
"Gross, I hope its some old nasty man." She teased me as we got our food.
"Well aren't you just the sweetest." I told her. We quickly ate our food and she rushed throwing her tray into the garbage but missing. "Rayne lets go!" She hollered to me as she ran out of the mess hall.
I knelt down picking up her tray only to grab it the same time as someone else. He had this ugly hat on his head and a mask covering his face. "Sorry, about that." I told him picking it up and standing up.
"No, don't be. It's my job." He said his voice sullen. "Even so," I told him with a smile.
"I'll see you around Mr. Clean." I told him after I saw Clarke standing in the doorway ushering me to hurry up. "Of course!" He called out to me.
"Really flirting with the garbage man?" She asked me once I'd gotten back to her. "He sounded hot? That a problem?" I laughed with her. "Hey, I forgot I took the early shift from your mom. See you in the morning?" I asked her.
"I hate that they made you have your own home. I miss you living with us. Made having someone to talk to so much easier… didn't have to run halfway around the Ark just to find you."
I nodded, "Who knows maybe you can come live with me." I laughed.
"That would literally be so amazing!" She said to me pulling me into a tight hug before walking into her home.
The next morning I was woken up to someone pounding on my door. It was well probably better than the alarm I had set to wake me up in two hours. Oh my god it's only four in the morning whoever it is better have a damn good reason for waking me up so early. I walked to the door wrapping a towel around my body quickly before opening it.
"Clarke?" I said, she was crying. I quickly pulled her into my home. She sat down on one of my couches and looked around the room. I felt heartbroken looking at her, I sat next to her pulling her closer to me.
"Remember years ago when your mom and dad. Thought there was something wrong with the oxygen in the Ark? Remember when they where talking to my dad about it all the time?"
Of course I remembered, her dad had told my parents about his sneaking suspicion that there was something wrong with the Oxygen in the Ark. He told them that he thinks it might be broken and that the air is depleting. My parents ended up bringing it up to Kane and Abby… who in turn floated them. Of course I remembered that.
"What happened Clarke?" I asked her
"They were right, my dad was telling my mom how he found out that it was all true. That the oxygen is depleting and we have at most four years left of oxygen. Rayne I … I … I told Wells. He told his dad… their floating my dad tomorrow! I don't know what to do!" She said "I'm so scared, Rayne…" she said as I pulled her into a tight hug. "We'll figure this out. You can stay here as long as you need too, and tomorrow morning we will figure out what to do. I'm sure there's a way to help your dad Clarke there has to be." I told her.
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I woke up in the middle of the night to Jaspers moaning and screaming in pain. The other kids yelling and screaming for Clarke to kill him and end the pain. I sat up off the floor and looked as Bellamy sat up and wrapped his arm around me. "You alright?" He asked me, I nodded.
"Yea, I'll be fine… I just need some air. I'll be right back." I told him softly. I gave him a light kiss lingering my lips over his lips possibly longer than I should have.
After leaving the tent I watched Clarke walk back into the Drop ship leaving a young girl next to a tree shaking and crying. I walked right over to the girl once Clarke was out of sight. I missed the days when she and I were close. It kind of killed me knowing she and I were so distant now. I didn't even know why we were.
"Charlotte." I said once I'd gotten closer to her. I remembered her from the Ark. The floated both her parents for some conspiracy, leaving her an orphan. She went a little far with her anger attacking a guard and being sent into the skybox. She was the youngest person in the detention wing on the Ark.
"Rayne?" She said standing up and running to me pulling me into a hug. "I haven't seen you since the day they floated my mom and dad." She said softly. "I was locked up shortly after you…" I told her softly.
She looked down; "What troubling you, I heard you screaming… are you alright?" I asked her.
She shook her head, "Nightmares." She told me. I sat down with her on the ground. "Tell me about them." I said to her softly.
"They're of the day my mom and dad got floated. I see his face and then I wake up. I haven't slept in days, his face gives me nightmares." I lowered my head.
"Jaha." I said softly, "I used to get them too when they floated my parents too. I'd love to say it gets better quickly but it doesn't I am here for you… whenever you need Char… get some sleep all right. Or at least try too…" I told her.
"Clarke thinks being down here is our second chance…" She began to tell me. "It very well could be sweet heart." I told her as I gave her a hug. "Get some rest and find me in the morning Char." I gave her one last long hug before making my way back to Bellamy.
"You where gone for a long time." He said once I entered the tent.
"You waited up for me?" I asked him as I sat down next to him.
"Of course I did, didn't feel right sleeping with out you." He told me causing me to grin. "You really are completely cheesy."
"But you like it too much to walk away." He said causing me to giggle as he pulled me back down into the bed. Well the leaves and sticks we made into a bed.
The next morning I woke up to Jasper's groaning again, and to the empty bed. Bellamy was gone, to who knows where. I got up leaving my sweater and jacket in the tent. Pulling my white tunic back on and walking out to go look for Bellamy.
"He's over there teaching Murphy how to throw a knife. Unsuccessfully might I add." Octavia laughed. "Very funny." I smirked.
"Where's that boy you where telling me about?" I asked her.
"He went on a patrol last night with Bellamy, and has been ignoring me ever since." Octavia said wondering off.
Of course he was the one Bellamy was with last night. The one who apparently disobeyed him? Guarantee it had something to do with his budding romance with Octavia. Sometimes I think Bellamy can just live on double standards.
I made my way a little ways into the forest when I stopped realizing they where all discussing something I was probably not supposed to hear. I tried my best to stay hidden, "We searched a half-mile all directions." The tall brown haired boy who scuffled with Wells the other day about the clothing had said. "No sign of Trina or Pascal." He continued saying.
"Visit your special tree when you were out there?" Murphy snapped at him.
Not sure why Murphy was so angry lately, however I felt like I was part to blame for it. I moved a little closer only to freeze in place when Murphy walked closer picking up a small make shift knife.
"Atom took his punishment. Let is go." Bellamy said harshly. So it was the boy, this was Atom. The one Octavia was crazy for, why would Bellamy ruin her happiness and yet go out of his way to have his own.
"Could be grounders." Atom said softly.
"Yeah, or they could be in pound town. There's a lot of that going on recently." Murphy said. I watched as both Atom and Bellamy looked away from the group uncomfortably. Well at least he didn't tell anyone that we had had sex the night before. That could have just been wonderful to have going around the camp.
I quickly walked away from where I was hiding and made my way to the drop ship. I didn't need to hear anymore of that awkward conversation. However I was stopped when Bellamy and a group of his people where gathering things near by.
"You're leaving?" I asked Bellamy.
"We're going hunting… I'd ask you to join me but I assumed you where looking after him." He said as Jasper moaned really loudly in pain.
"I can't do much else until someone goes and gets me something to cauterize the wound again, or this type of seaweed… its red… it should work as a poultice like the one he has… and a tea to ease his pains." I explained to him.
"Well we're not leaving for a bit, you can quickly check on him before we go. If there's a plant or something you need I'm sure we can go looking for it while we're out." I smiled at him. "Thanks." I told him as I rushed up into the drop ship.
Finn, Clarke and Monty where surrounding Jasper. "We need to help him." Clarke said once I got closer to them,
"Tell me what's going on." I asked her.
"The grounders cauterized the wound. It saved his life." Clarke informed me as I knelt down next to her checking out the wounds for myself. "But why save him if they only intended on using him to get to all of us?" I questioned, she just shrugged her shoulders.
"Saved his life so they could string him up for live bait." Finn said walking over to us and leaning against a wall. "Garden of Eden this ain't" he finished.
"His wound is infected. He could be septic." I told them as Clarke continued to clean his wounds.
She turned to face Monty. "Any progress of using the wristbands to contact the Ark?" She asked him, "Monty?"
"That would be a firm no." He spoke softly.
I was looking at the wounds more carefully. "How's he doing?" Wells asked as he leaned in close to Clarke.
"How does it look like he's doing Wells?" She snapped at him.
"Calm down Clarke, he's only asking." I said to her.
"Why don't know what to do?" She asked me, well barked at me.
"We're trying our best here Clarke, this is all new to us." Wells said slowly.
"Yea sorry, this happens to be my first spear in the chest victim." I snarled at her. Two could most defiantly play at this game.
"Look you guys want to help me," I sighed, knowing what I needed to do. Clarke and Wells looked at me.
"Hold him down." I told them.
I took my knife and pushed it into the fire that was set up next to me, burning the blade roasting it as hot as I could get it. "I'm not gonna like this, am I?" Monty asked me as I looked at him shaking my head no.
I started to cut away the infected flesh as Jasper began to scream out in pain and began to move. "I need you three to hold him still. I need to cut away the infected flesh." I told them as Monty came over now helping the other three as they were all holding him down.
"Stop it! You're killing him!" Octavia yelled at me once she had gotten up here. I looked next to me and she was sitting there next to me.
"She's trying to save his life." Finn answered for me.
"She can't" I heard Bellamy say from behind me.
"Gee thanks Bellamy for the strong vote of confidence." I said rolling my eyes, as Finn smirked at me.
Wells stood up and walked closer to Bellamy. "Back off."
"We didn't drag him through miles of woods just to let him die." Clarke said as she too was now standing. I looked at Octavia as she began to clean some of the new blood that was forming on Jasper. "Sorry." I whispered to her.
"Kids a goner" Bellamy said,
"You can't see that Clarke, you're deluded." He said to her as I now stood up next to her. "Guess that must mean I'm deluded too then."
Bellamy took in a deep breathe before responding to me as I knelt back down next to Jasper. "He's making people crazy Rayne." He said to me.
"Sorry if Jasper's an inconvenience to you, but this isn't the Ark" Clarke said, "Down here, every life matters." I looked up at her with a soft smile.
"Take a look at him. He's a lost cause." Bellamy said slowly.
"Octavia, Rayne as spent her whole life watching my mother heal people. Only for her to start healing them herself she's a great doctor. If she or I say there's hope, there's hope."
I smiled to myself; it was good to know Clarke had faith in me. I just wish Bellamy would have the same faith in me that she did.
"This isn't about hope, it's about guts." Bellamy said, "I don't know about Rayne, but you don't have the guts to make the hard choices. I do." I turned to look at him.
"When he gets to that point of no return. I will make the final call on what happens to him. Till then I'm going to keep fighting for him." I told Bellamy.
"Yea and when you're not here and its just Clarke than what?"
Bellamy knelt down and put his hand on my shoulder. "He's been like this for three days Rayne. If he's not better by tomorrow, I'll kill him myself." He said.
"Octavia, let's go." Bellamy said, "I'm staying here" she said to him. I squeezed her knee, before looking at Clarke. "Keep this wound clean I'm going to go talk to him." Clarke nodded taking my spot next to Jasper cleaning his wounds.
"Good luck." Octavia whispered.
"Power, hungry, self-serving, jackass. Doesn't care about anyone but himself." Monty said quietly.
"No offence." He said looking up at Octavia and I. Octavia just looked away from everyone as I just gave him a weak smile.
"Yea, Bellamy is all that. But he also happens to be right." Finn said as I got up and left
Once I was out of the drop ship I immediately walked into the tent Bellamy and I had been sharing together. "What was that up there?"
He looked up at me and shrugged; "You know I'm right Rayne." I rolled my eyes. "Yea, you are right but that doesn't mean you should rip everything apart. I'm sure if I send some of them out there they can find the herbs I need." I told him.
"Yea maybe." He said, "Or maybe they wont."
"Bellamy I told you if it comes to it I would kill him myself. Don't put that onus on them. Their just kids, we're the adults here. It's about time we start acting like it." I said to him placing both my hands on his shoulders only for him to look up at me, he looked broken.