Chapter 11
A small settlement, the dead zone
Finn tried to look on the positive side. At least they weren´t thirsty anymore. Everything else was definitely lacking. They were kept as prisoners in a small tent, although not tied up. But there was a guard outside though. After their swift capture by the two men on horses – they didn´t look like grounders - they had just been locked up and told nothing. But they were given two large buckets of water and some food which gave Finn a small hope that they wouldn´t just be killed.
A sinking feeling that this dream of the city of light was not the answer he was hoping for had entered his mind
He missed Raven.
The woods, close to Mount Weather
"Let´s take a moment and make a plan, I have a bad feeling that there could be booby traps or at least some reinforcements at the entrances, there was a lot to protect here!" Bellamy took his leadership role seriously. No one disagreed.
They had spotted a side entrance, and Raven could se the small opening mechanism with the binoculars. "I can make that one work", she said to no one in particular. "We can use the panel on the outside to hack the code, we just need to let the computer try the combinations, just give me 30 minutes"
And so it was. Monroe snuck up to the panel controlling the electronic door and used brute force to yank it open and plugged in the wire Raven gave her. Murphy was standing next to her, it was frustrating not being able to help, but Monroe sure had this one. She was a tough one.
There was something eerily familiar about Monroe, but he couldn´t place it yet. He was sure they had known other on the Arc before they were put in the sky box. That was not a good thing.
He had a suspicion exactly who she was but didn´t want to go that place in his mind. The life as a child fighter on the ark was not something he had shared with anyone. He was not proud of what he had done. After his mothers death he was acting out and fighting a lot with anyone and everyone. Someone noticed.
The ark space stations didn´t really have sports. What they had were illegal child fighting rings, almost irresistible to many of the inhabitants used to the dull existence on the ark. A ten-year-old grief-stricken Murphy was an easy target as a fighting prospect.
He was a natural.
After fighting his way up he had as a twelve-year old hardened "veteran" been made somewhat of a leader. He was increasingly sure Monroe was the fledgling whose life he had made miserable. Hell, he had only wanted the girl to make it. But when he though about the way he had done it. He shuddered at the thought, he wouldn´t have wished that on anyone.
"Fuck!" He is brought out of his thought by Raven cursing in annoyance "It´s not reponding!"
She is having problems with the hack, the door isn´t budging. The group are looking at her for answers. But she just doesn´t have them. The encryption is more difficult than she imagined.
But suddenly the door opens wide. Raven looks puzzled at the others and gestures "It wasn´t me".
They don´t really believe her until they jaws drop in unison. There are two people walking out of Mount Weather in hazmat suits. They obviously are not grounders. Who are they? There should not be any survivors at Mount Weather, they hadn´t even considered it.
The two people wave in their direction.
a/n
I have changed a more spelling mistakes and plot inconsistencies in previous chapters. If you see more…feel free to let me know. I don´t have a beta reader.
The plot bunny about child fighting rings comes from another fic; hope it´s ok to "borrow" it. It won´t be the main plot line. It´s from this story:
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