Chapter 3

The next morning Octavia went straight to the drop ship to check on Clarke. She walked in to see Bellamy and Finn fast asleep. Bellamy was leaning on the equipment's table his head lent back and his mouth open, while Finn had his hand wrapped around Clarke's and his face on the table she slept on.

"HEY!" Octavia shouted. Bellamy jumped up pushing the table as he sat up and Finn looked straight at Clarke to see if she was okay

"You should have gone to sleep" she sounded so motherly. She sounded a bit like Clarke

"Technically we did" Finn replied.

Octavia rolled her eyes and moved forward standing opposite to where Finn held onto Clarke's hand - still. She looked at him wondering how Raven would feel if she walked in seeing him so attached to her. She lifted the blanket off Clarke and opened the bandage. She noticed the rag was slightly wet but there was only a small amount of blood on it. She pulled it off and saw that the entire wound was now covered in the white and yellow liquid and was oozing out of her. She picked up a new rag and cleaned it up but she could tell that the poison was spreading.

"O what is it?" Bellamy said moving near Finn "It's getting worse Bell. See this white liquid I'm cleaning off the fact that it's so much shows how its spreading. I remember Clarke teaching me this. It happens when there's a really bad infection too. But her wound isn't infected. I don't know what kind of poison this is but its moving fast"

Bellamy itched the back of his head as Finn stood up banging his hand on the table "Dammit Bellamy let Octavia call Lincoln" he said shoving Bellamy.

Bellamy punched Finn right in the jaw and pinned him to the wall. "STOP!" Raven said standing in the doorway "stop being such children. Now isn't the time"

"Guys" Octavia said drawing everyone's attention they moved towards her "Hey Clarke. Can you hear me" Octavia spoke to Clarke as if she was a child. To be honest with how vulnerable she looked I understand. Bellamy thought moving towards the table.

Clarke simply scrunched her face and groaned. She opened her eyes and looked at Octavia before her eyes rolled back and her body began thrashing. Her body hitting the table she was on was loud but was drowned out by Finn and Bellamy panicking and screaming at Octavia to do something.

Octavia didn't have time to freeze this time she saw Clarke's body contort the way Murphy's did during the biological warfare. She remembered Clarke turning him on his side. She looked up to hear Finn asking what should they do and Raven was trying to speak to Clarke as if to calm her down. Bellamy simply stood there shocked.

Octavia grabbed Clarke "put her on her side" Finn and Bellamy helped put her on her side and foam flew out of her mouth she began coughing as Octavia rubbed circles on her back "it's okay let it out. you're okay" Raven said. Clarke coughed a few more times before her body went limp once again.

Finn straight away checked for a pulse and nodded to the rest of them to let them know it was still there.

Octavia stared at Bellamy "Your really gonna let her suffer like this. All because you want to be stubborn" she threw the rag she was holding on the table and walked out.

Bellamy followed "O! Octavia"

Octavia turned around "What"

"We'll go meet him. Ten minutes, get Miller and we'll go to Lincoln" he said giving up. She was right he was letting Clarke suffer for selfish reasons.

Octavia ran and hugged him "thanks big brother"

It had been about a half hour since Bellamy Miller and Octavia had left to go ask Lincoln for a cure. They took the bow with them for Lincoln to able to see what poison was in Clarke. Finn still sat at Clarke's side. Raven walked in and placed a cold rag on Clarke's forehead. "Finn you have to rest. Or at least eat"

"I'm okay. I have to make sure she's okay" he said

"You know it's not your fault right. Even if you somehow managed to carry her all the way back to camp the arrow would still be poisonous." she comforted.

"I know. I just i feel like I let her down somehow. I mean she took that arrow for me. She pushed me out the way. I can't let her die because of me" he let a tear fall out before slowly wiping it off.

"You know that Clarke would never let anyone get hurt. Any of us at least. She would rather be here poisoned then see you poisoned" Raven said. Finn knew it was true. Clarke had a big heart and was really stubborn no one had a chance in arguing with her.

Before their conversation could go any further Clarke moaned. "Bellamy" she called Raven saw the jealousy on Finns face but ignored it

"No, it's Raven. Clarke how are you?"

"Feel like I got skewered" she grinned.

Raven laughed. "Where's Finn? Everlyn and Jacob-" Clarke said trying to move

"They all made it. Everlyn Jacob and Adam came and told us they got separated. Bellamy found you guys then" Raven explained

"Finn. Is Finn okay? The grounder attacked him" she asked concerned.

Finn found this the time he should speak up "Yeah Clarke I'm right here" he said standing up so he was in her view. He held on to her hand "I'm so so sorry for leaving you"

"I'm glad you did. Only way we would have been found" she whispered.

Raven brought over a cup of water. Finn helped her sit up and lean on a wall just enough that it wasn't too much strain on her stomach and she could drink.

Clarke drank a few sips "thank you" she said handing it back to raven. "Where's Bellamy and Octavia"

Raven looked down "well Clarke" she started "You shouldn't have pushed me out the way!" Finn blurted suddenly "why would you do that"

"Finn why don't you give us a minute" Raven said.

Raven walked him out and came back "Clarke the arrow was poisonous." she said getting straight to the point

"Well just my luck" she laughed. She suddenly started coughing. Unable to control it she was grimacing from the pain it was causing in her abdomen.

Raven kept a hand on her back unable to do anything to help her spasm of coughs. Clarke moved her hand from her mouth and both her raven saw her palm covered with her blood.

Clarke felt the warm red liquid drip from her hand on to her legs as she watched it. Raven quickly grabbed her hand and wiped the blood away "so it's bad" Clarke said.

Raven simply nodded "but Octavia's gone to Lincoln, they'll bring back a cure. They have to" Raven said trying to give Clarke a bit of hope

"Wow it must be real serious if Bellamy let Octavia meet Lincoln" she laughed then winced at the pain it caused.

"It took some convincing, but he really cares for you, so we all knew he would" Raven said.

A part of her was hoping that if she had Clarke think about Bellamy then Finn would stop going after her. She knew she was being selfish thinking about her relationship with Finn while Clarke is basically dying but she couldn't help but feel like she'd already lost Finn to her. She saw the way he looked at Clarke, the way he worried and stared it was the exact same way he looked at her when it was just them against everyone on the ark.

Bellamy and Miller followed Octavia as she led them to meet up with Lincoln. They had walked for at least an hour now.

"You mean you walked this route for an hour alone at night to meet him every time you snuck out" Bellamy said angry at the danger she was putting herself in on purpose

"Well for most of the times he'd come pick me up" she smirked

"Ah so chivalry isn't dead" Miller laughed

"Most of the times?" Bellamy asked.

"Well, try not to get angry, but this isn't exactly the route to Lincoln I take. I mean where we're meeting him now is not where I normally meet him. Couldn't have you memorise the way and then come get me." he looked at her angrily "not that I'd ever sneak out again" she said walking ahead of them.

After about another half hour walk they finally met up with Lincoln. Octavia kissed him making Bellamy grab her upper arm and pull her off. She pulled her arm out of his grip and whacked him.

"What's wrong" Lincoln asked concerned.

Octavia stepped forward "Clarke's been poisoned. I need your help" she pulled out the arrow from her pants pocket and handed it to him.

He looked at it n then smelt it "you removed the arrow, and she lived" he questioned.

Bellamy stepped back. Had removing the arrow killed her. Octavia looked shocked "yeah, there's just this white and yellow liquid coming out of the wound"

Lincoln nodded "I know what it is" he said walking to the cave nearby to get to his things. He began speaking in grounder and Octavia translated it back to Bellamy "it's a plant called Ricin. They make it a liquid and dip their arrowheads in them" suddenly she stopped translating and spoke to Lincoln "and? Do you have a cure please tell me you have a cure"

Lincoln nodded and began looking through his herbs. "What did he say" Miller asked Octavia

"That Clarke doesn't have long. She's probably worsened since we left" she answered.

Bellamy looked back at Lincoln as he picked up a box. "Make the herb a paste. Mix it with this" he said holding up a vial "not too much of it though. Then drop the paste into the wound"

Octavia looked at Bellamy "Bell, let him come do it. We can't take any chances messing this up"

Bellamy knew he had no choice and nodded. Lincoln grabbed his bag and put it on his shoulder "okay let's head back" Miller said walking out first.