Everyone was dragged into an area with bags over their heads to block their vision by the captures. The bags were removed from her head. Clarke scanned the room frantically. She looked to her left to see Bellamy and Monte and on her right she saw Octavia, Harper and the rest of the group.
She then looked forward to see Lexa sitting on a throne that appeared Neolithic. Lexa made direct eye contact with Clarke. She then rose up out of her chair and then approached Clarke. She bent down to wear her face was directly in front of Clarke's. Clarke's face was stern and strict. She spit in Lexa's face. Lexa backed away after enduring the sign of disrespect.
"Well Clarke, way to be a great guest," Lexa said. "But don't get me wrong I'm surprised you turned yourselves in, i mean at the battle of what you call the drop ship there was no peace. No one I guessed you there head then. So, what changed?"
Nobody spoke. Nobody answered her. Nobody moved a muscle.
"I see," Lexa acknowledged. "Everyone wants to keep their mouth shut. Can't say I didn't expect it." Lexa paced in front of the line of teenagers. "You know I bet your all wondering why all of you are here. Why the 100?" Clarke's chin rose up showing her curiosity to the words coming out of the commanders mouth. "Well I guess many reasons actually. To see if you're noble. To see if you're strong and what you're all cracked up to be. To see if your resourceful, to see if your able, to see if you not as stupid and pathetic as said to be. I question you existence but everyone is here for a purpose. I'm mean are you guys so sort of joke sent down to screw with us or some sort of people to wipe out are existence. Or are you just a bunch of kids who need a lesson or two in life. You see-"
"What do you want from us, really?" Octavia demanded to know.
"Wow, someone is eager so I guess I'll tell what I need from all of you," Lexa uttered. "Now well I need each of you for different reasons. Like justice, knowledge and most importantly there was an object buried near your campground. Now it was there before you were but oddly enough afterwards it somehow vanished. Now explain to me how that happened."
"Why do you think we took it?" a girl asked.
"Well who else. Nobody knew it was there and you people seemed to use every bit of land in that area. So someone of you people has it, and I want it back," Lexa speculated.
"What is the object?" Monty inquired.
"Well it's a box with something very important inside. Now which one of you posses said box?" Lexi questioned.
"What if it was someone who your people already killed," Harper pestered.
Lexa moved so her face was in Harper's, "Well then, everything wronged is punished in our society. So until we are brought the box then we will kill one of your self absorbed people in Sky Crews camp each and every day until no one is left. And well we will start with those who you care about most. What's your mom's name Monty? Hannah? Or you Octavia and your boyfriend Lincoln. You know he's loyalty used to be with us but I presume your the reason his life is about to get destroyed."
"Shut up," Bellamy shouted while trying to get Lexa to stop pestering his sister.
"What was that?" Lexa proclaimed.
"I said shut up," he repeated.
"Alright then moving on," Lexa complied. "Ah lets see. Clarke you have someone care about back home don't you? Your mom perhaps, Abby. She is a remarkable women, trust me I admire female leaders. I really do knowing once it was unheard of in society. Taking charge and all. But sadly your stupid mistakes cost her everything. Now how would you feel if I grabbed her from little camp. Head of Sky Crew great accomplishment I mean if your proud of the shortest living nation in history. How would you like if I took her right in front of you in this very room." Clarke's fist clenched. "To watch me slice her neck to wear her head rolls on the floor. All the way up to your feet."
"Shut up!" Bellamy yelled.
"Talking again out of place. You really are the protecter right. Doesn't suit you very well. Now lets just ask one more, who has the box?" Lexa urged to know.
Nobody responded.
Lexa headed back toward her throne.
"You said all you wanted was us. That you wouldn't go near the camp," Clarke reminded.
"You're two people short," Lexa remarked.
Clarke remembered Raven and Jasper who selfishly chose to stay behind. Clarke was pissed.
Clarke then spoke to the bitter commander, "You know the story of snow white."
"What?" Lexa asked.
"You know the seven dwarfs, the hunter, the prince, the poison apple. The fairy tale by this company named Disney." Clarke paused. "Then again you have no idea what a company is yet alone a movie with a bunch of animated characters." Lexa looked dumbfounded so Clarke continued. "I saw a hundred times on the Ark. It was my favorite for years. You know the nature of Earth was indescribable yet it was a cartoon with a super pale princess."
Lexa turned to Clarke. She stood in front of Clarke waiting for her to tell the story.
Clarke remembered, "Well allow me to tell you. There was a women so gorgeous who married a king with a daughter as white as snow."
Bellamy wondered what Clarke's point was, and he wasn't the only one who was thinking along the same line.
Clarke went on, "Now eventually the king died and the wife became the king. She had this magic mirror, sort a say. It had the ability to tell her anything. And so everyday she asked 'Mirror Mirror on the wall, whose the fairest of them all?' and every time the mirror answered her. Until the princess grew up. She was stunning and flawless. One day the queen asked and the mirror said it wasn't her. That there was one who was more beautiful then the queen and that was her very own step daughter. Snow White as they called her."
"Clarke," Octavia interrupted.
"Just let me finish." Clarke continued, "So this made the queen furious. So she sent her best hunter to kill her. But the hunter failed as the princess ran into the dark forest. She found cabin outside it in the woods. There she found seven dwarfs and made friends with them. There was Doc, Happy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, and Dopey. Now they were all named after their personalities. If you couldn't tell. So she stayed with them did the cleaning until the queen found out where she was hiding. She disguised herself as old women who was giving out apples. Snow White took a bite and then fell until a deep sleep. The dwarfs came home from their mining jobs to find her asleep. They put her in a casket. And until one day a prince came by and was drawn to her beauty. He opened the casket and kissed the princess on the lips. Snow White awoke was defeated. And they all lived happily ever after."
Everyone expected more to hear from Clarke including the guards. But Clarke just sat their, dead silent watching the others in the room.
Lexa realized Clarke was done speaking. She asked, "So tell me, what was the point of your little Snow White?"
Clarke smirked, "nothing. Nothing at all."
Bellamy was so lost and he wasn't the only one. Lexa stared at Clarke. She was beyond irritated.
So Clarke marveled at the sight of everyone so lost. She finds it entertaining but she knew her point had to be told. So she went on, "The point was the queen, she reminds me so much of you commander. But i should to tell you she is more commonly known as the Evil Queen. Her lack of judgement and loyalty make her destroy herself. In fact she was so caught up in this one person she didn't think about her kingdom. She was misguided and down right selfish. See that's why she's the Evil Queen."
Lexa was livid. Lexa went back down in her throne. She sat holding her head up high.
Bellamy was proud of Clarke. You could literally vaporize the girl but she has a way of knowing what makes a person tick. He watched Clarke studying her every move. He watch her smirk and almost smiled himself.
"Take them all away." Lexa commanded. None of the guards moved they were all flabbergasted. Lexa's veins were popping out of her forehead. "I said get them out of here," Lexa screamed.
The guards grabbed their prisoners and dragged them out of the room. Clarke gave Lexa a death glare as she was escorted from the room.
The kids were thrown in a room pasty and dark. Filled with dirt and rock. Grey like no other. They were individually chained up against the walls and floors. Their faces filthy. They were all drained from their exhausting day.
Bellamy was chained up against the wall a few feet from Octavia. He looked at his sister with sympathy. "Are you okay?" he asked.
"That's the dumbest question anyone has ever been asked," Octavia remarked. Bellamy laughed. His sister could always make a gloom situation a little less gloom.
Bellamy then looked at Clarke. She was sitting down diagonally from him. He watched her. Octavia saw Bellamy doing this and she grinned.
"It's obvious you know," Octavia pointed out. Bellamy turned to her. She motioned to Clarke who was deep in thought. "Don't worry it's only because I'm your sister. I know you."
"What are you talking about?" Bellamy asked.
"Oh come on Bell. You love her. Your in love with her," Octavia whispered.
Bellamy quietly responded, "Yeah right."
"Seriously? You stare at her every second you can. You react when she's threatened. You beat up Jasper for I'm sure was about her. You spend every second with her." Octavia noted.
"That's all you got?" Bellamy questioned.
"All? That's more than enough but if you want more okay then. She understands Bellamy. Besides me, she is the only one you can talk to. You love her because she tests you, always has. You risked everything to save her. You were heartbroken when she left."
"She betrayed me," Bellamy defended.
Octavia looked at her brother but she knew exactly what he needed to hear. "She saved you, over and over again and you do the same. You two have always lead us, you two have always been those leaders. Finn's gone Bell and i think you've always thought she was different. Eventually it turned into wondering which transformed into feelings. But those feelings are consuming you know Bell. You love her, stop denying it and start realizing that maybe she might like you too. Maybe you should tell her when the times right because to her your everything. I don't know if its friendship or more but it really seems so."
Bellamy paused, he didn't respond because he knew everything that Octavia was true. He doesn't want to admit it, he wants to hide it and hope it will disappear. He turned away from his sister. "I'm going to sleep now," he covered up and he did go to sleep. After staring at a wall for three more hours only thinking about Clarke. He closed his eyes and the night went to morning.