Chapter 26.
Octavia acts quickly, better to attack them before they get to whatever control room they are heading too. That acid fog didn´t bear to think about. It said a lot about these guys mentality that they are willing to sacrifice their own people so easily.
While she still has the element of surprise she moves forward and pushes one of them roughly into the other. The two of them stumble and before they have time to react further she has served the male a brutal kick to the face – all the training was paying off - and he falls down to the floor in a bloody heap.
The woman had gotten her bearings and had taken out out a gun. She points it straight at Octavia.
"I don´t want to kill you know, you have something valuable I want. Behave and I will let you live."
Annoyingly the man she had kicked was getting up. He glared at her.
Octavia was disgusted at how badly she had handled the situation, and how fucked she was. How fucked they were! No one had a chance against the acid fog.
Jasper´s group has unbelievably enough made it all the way to Bellamy, Lincoln and the others without being noticed. They divide into smaller groups, designate leaders for each team and Bellamy, Lincoln, Clarke and Lexa make the final adjustments to the plan of attack over the radio. The countdown has started. The plan is simple.
They would spread out – the largest group were to attack the mountain men fighting at the entrance. That would be the main battle line. They expected most of the soldiers or guards to be where the actual fight was. No one seemed to have discovered the entrance at he ventilation shaft.
Other smaller groups would search the entire mountain, round up all they come across, fighter and non-fighters alike. Jasper knows very well that not all the mountain´s inhabitants have ill intentions towards grounders or other newcomers. Hopefully that will tip the fight in their favour. Jasper would head the small team tasked with searching the lower levels. Anyone who was not fighting back would be kept under guard in a large room on level five. Anyone fighting back though was to be shot on sight.
He wondered if Craig and his group had gotten Murphy and Monroe out. Before the evening was over he would know… He was even more desperate to find out what had happened to Monty. Actually his whole body pounded with anxiety when he thought of his friends. It was almost funny - almost - how that dysfunctional group from so many years ago were again entangled in the same fucking fight. They had survived so much shit together. This couldn´t be the end. It just couldn´t!
Clarke has passed on to Lexa that the attack from Bellamy and Lincolns group is imminent. Their best shooters are intensifying the frequency to the keep the mountain men soldiers occupied. Their main body of warriors are ready to enter the mountain as soon as the inside team gets the doors open. The warriors are ready. Here and now there is no more sky person vs grounder. They had become one team with one goal!
They get the final message from Bellamy over the radio; the attack has started.
Lexa and Clarke share a look. They give the signal for the first team to move forward-
Raven and Murphy have made it just a few hundred meters from the ventilation shaft entrance when they are caught up by a panicked Maya. What was she doing there? She is clearly exhausted from running but speaks while she tries to catch her breath.
"She will kill them!" OK. Now the mountain girl had both their attention. She had already proved herself when she told tem – told Monroe - about what was going on at the mountain. Raven feels pangs when she thought about her adorable flirting with Monroe. Murphy had filled her in on what had happened there. She decided not to say anything, the taking of the mountain had to have priority. Muprhy wouldn´t say anything, he didn´t have a clue about that connection..
Raven takes the girl's hands; she guided her over to a more hidden area, and makes her sit down. Still holding Maya´s hands she tells her to breathe deeply and to explain to her who will kill who exactly.
"I overheard Doctor Tsang talking to Cage, the presidents son remember, about your attack. They will kill Clarke and everybody else!"
They were heading to the part of the mountain where all the control rooms were. "I have known about Tsang being involved in the kidnappings and bone marrow extracts but now she plans to just let out the fog. Anyone by the main entrance, inside and outside will be killed!"
The words come out frantically. Raven decides that she is clearly telling the truth and feels panic set in. She looks at Murphy who has kept his distance and sits a few meters away with his eyes closed. He could sense that the girl, Maya, is uneasy around him. And honestly, he needed to sit down anyway. The physical toll of the escape and the raw feelings from thinking about Monroe´s last minutes had him exhausted. This new information from Maya makes him pay attention though.
"That is not all, She has Octavia with her".
He is impressed by Maya´s bravery. Murphy knew they had to do something, but he is not in good shape. He is nauseous and struggles to keep alert, let alone stand up on his own, feeling the familiar tug of unconsciousness. He´s lost too much blood. He fights back and asks the very frightened girl.
"Do you know where they are now?"
Maya jumped, she had forgotten about him.
"Yes"
"Take Raven to show you where - and stop her".
Raven loved that he had so much confidence in her, but wished it was both of them going. It is not that she couldn´t handle herself, but honestly, she also wanted to keep an eye on him. Every time they had been apart lately he would end up nearly dead or at least with a very serious injury. Now that she felt like they had moved their relationship towards something else, she was terrified that the ugly statistic would just continue.
His words to them are surprisingly clear considering the colour of his face and the amount of blood staining his shirt. Raven knows that she has to leave him there and it breaks her heart. But they have no time to waste.
Maya looks away as Raven leans in and gives Murphy a quick kiss on the lips before the two girls head down the corridor.