I should be studying for my finals instead of this...but well...tomorrow I'll be writing English test. So we can say I was studying...by writing another chapter, right...? :D
Kudos as always to my beta mini .moogle5 =)
Trigedasleng in italics.
Clarke was walking through the dark corridors of the Polis prison. Octavia led her to the farthest cell. "We caught him right after the shooting and brought him here." Clarke was silent.
Octavia opened doors into the cell and both of them went inside. Clarke immediately recognized him as one of the Ark guards. She clenched her jaw. "Leave us."
"Clarke, I don't think…." Clarke interrupted Octavia and raised her voice. "I'm Kwin and I gave you an order. Are you refusing to do what I said?" Octavia gulped. For the first time in her life, she was really afraid of Clarke. She looked like she was ready to kill someone with her bare hands, but at same time, she was frighteningly calm. Octavia looked between Clarke and the shooter. After a moment, she bowed her head. "No, Kwin."
"Then leave." When Clarke saw that Octavia hesitated for a moment, she added in commanding tone. "…now!" Octavia bowed once again and moved to the doors. "No matter what you hear, you will stay outside. Understand?" Octavia gulped once again. "Sha, Kwin." With that, she left the cell.
The shooter was chained in the middle of his cell by his hands to the chains hanging from the ceiling. His legs were chained to the floor, so he couldn't move.
Clarke took her dagger and started to play with it in the same way Lexa always did. She gulped at the memory of her.
She looked at the chained guy. Clarke could clearly saw how afraid he was. "Are you the one who shot?" He didn't give any answer to her.
She tightened her jaw. In one swift move, she got closer to him and put her dagger on his neck. "I will ask you only once. Are you the one who shot her?!"
She felt how he started shaking. "I…I…She deserved it! You don't remember what she has done?! If she ever got the chance, she would kill us all."
Clarke ignored most of his babbling and moved to the only table in the room. When the shooter saw what was on it, his eyes widened. "You can't do that Clarke. You're not like them."
Clarke took one of the iron instruments from the table and put it into the fire. She talked with her back to him. "You're right. I'm not like them." She could hear the sigh of relieve from behind her. She turned and looked him dead in the eye. "I'm much worse." She could see fear in his eyes.
"You will answer my question and I will not torture you as much as I want to right now. Understand?" The shooter just opened his mouth and closed it again.
Clarke moved closer to him and cut open his cheek with her dagger. He screamed. "Do you understand?" He nodded. "I don't hear the answer." She moved her dagger a little further on his cheek. He screamed again. "Yes, yes. I understand."
She nodded. "Who sent you?" Instead of answering, he looked away. Clarke sheathed her dagger. She moved to the basket with fire and took the burning iron from there. She moved back to him and put it on his thigh. Burned meat could be smelt in the cell. He screamed again. "Ok, ok, ok. We have alliance with the Ice nation. I was one of guards who were sent there to trade with them and teach them how to use guns." Clarke eyes slightly widened. "They know how to use guns?" He just nodded.
She clenched her jaw again and took her dagger from her belt again. She cut into his arm with it. "What? I was answering your question!"
"Not fast enough." She was ready to cut into him again when he started talking faster than last time. "The Council sent me into the Ice nation territory but orders to kill her was from Keith."
Clarke moved little away. "Who is that?"
The shooter slightly relaxed. As much as he could in his chains. "One of council members. He wants you mother's position."
She scoffed. "By killing the Commander, he gets nothing."
He shook his head. "The Ice queen promised him that she would give him what he want when he got rid of the Commander."
"How did you get here?" She moved closer again.
"Some grounder's helped me." She stabbed his right shoulder. "Who?" He screamed. "I don't know." She turned the dagger in his wound. He screamed more. "In my pocket is a paper. Keith told me to find someone with one of these tattoos."
Clarke reached into his pocket and put outside some paper. She recognized symbols immediately. One of them was the Marsh clan symbol and the other belonged to the Rock clan. It was worse than she expected. They will stand against three clans. They have no chance if Coalition fall apart even more.
When Ark guard saw that Clarke is not moving or doing anything, he tried to talk with her. "I don't know anything. I was just doing my job."
She looked at him and moved closer again. She lifted his shirt and cut over his stomach. "You shot my wife." Clarke grabbed his neck and bury her nails into it. Then she moved her head to his ear and whispered. "And I'll make sure you'll suffer for it."
He tried to move his head away from her but only thing he accomplished was that Clarke's grip on his neck tighten.
Before anything else could happen, Octavia came in. "Clar…" She cleared her throat to hide her mistake. "Kwin."
Clarke moved little away from the man in front of her and spoke without turning to other girl. "What is it?" Annoyance evident in her voice.
"The meeting will start soon." Clarke nodded and turned her head halfway to Octavia. "Wait outside."
Octavia wanted to argue but she knew better this time. With one last look at Clarke, she left the cell again.
When Clarke heard the door closing, she tilted the man's head and cut one of his ears off. The Ark guard screamed and started crying. "Don't kill me. Please, Clarke. I'll tell you everything and I'll do everything you want."
"Everything I want?" She raised eyebrow at him. He quickly nodded.
She moved closer to him again. "The only thing I want…" She clenched her fist around the dagger. "…is for you to suffer." With that, she stabbed him into his good shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll be back soon." She turned away from the screaming man and left his cell.
She saw Octavia and few guards waiting for her outside of cell. "Make sure that no one gets inside." Guards just nodded to her order.
Clarke and Octavia made their way outside of the prison and moved in the direction of the building where meeting was to take place. Their walk passed in silence. Clarke wasn't in the mood for anything and Octavia was afraid of Clarke's reaction to anything she could possibly say.
In front of the meeting room was Anya waiting for them. "Kwin." She bowed her head to Clarke.
"Bring warriors inside. I know who let him inside." Without anything else, Clarke moved inside.
Octavia just shrugged at Anya's confused look and moved inside with Clarke.
All ten clan leaders was already here. Clarke moved to her spot at the head of table where usually Lexa stands. That enraged the Rock clan leader. "You have no right to even be in the room with us. It was one of your people who shot Heda!"
Clarke looked him dead in eye and with calm voice said. "I could be born as one of Skaikru but my people are Trikru! I would never hurt my people or Heda."
That enraged him even more. "Lies! How can we know it wasn't you who let them inside?" He looked at other clan leaders and they started murmuring with each other.
Luna sided with Clarke. "Why would she give order to kill someone she's uniting with?" Before the Rock clan leader could answer her question, Anya and some warriors came into room.
Clarke nodded to Anya. "Two members betrayed our Coalition by helping Skaikru assassin get into Polis and by this they committed a crime against Heda. The Rock clan leader and the Marsh clan leader will be taken into prison and later punished by our laws." Warriors moved to both leaders and started dragging them out. "Jus drein, jus daun."
They were dragging both of them around Clarke. When the old lady from the Marsh clan was close to her, she started talking. "You have no idea what is happening. If you will not do what she want you will all die."
Clarke hissed. "I'm not afraid of the Ice queen."
"The Ice queen isn't the one I'm talking about. The Ice queen is your best friend in comparison to her." Clarke was looking after her with an open mouth. She had no clue what was the old lady talking about.
Clarke cleared her throat to get attention of rest of the clan leaders. When all of them were looking at her, she continued. "Is there anyone else who wishes to withdraw from the coalition?" When no one even dared to move she added, "Or someone who has a problem with me?" Once again was dead silence so Clarke nodded her agreement with silence.
She sat on Lexa's throne. "Then we have some problems we need to talk about. Skaikru attacked Heda. That's a clear act of war. Because they are in alliance with Azgeda, we can expect to be in war with them as well." She looked at door "As with the Rock clan and the Marsh clan." She made a pause and looked at every one clan leader separately. "We will act as is expected in war times." She paused again and gulped. "We will kill them all. Jus drein jus daun."
All clan leaders started chanting "Jus drein jus daun." Clarke silenced them with her hand. "Prepare your armies. In a few weeks, we will attack." Everyone started cheering again. Clarke nodded and left the room with Octavia close behind her.
When they got outside of building, Octavia decided this is a good time to talk. "Do you know who was that crazy lady talking about?"
Clarke shook her head. "No, but I'm on my way to find out."
They both got into the prison once again. They made their way into the cell of the Marsh clan leader who was sitting on the ground. Without any greetings Clarke talked. "Who were you talking about?"
Old lady looked at her and shook her head. "If I tell you, my destiny would be worse than death and my people would suffer for it as well. You understand that I can't do that."
Clarke tried to reason with the other woman. "She is not here. She can't see it. You tell me and I can promise you a quick death by my hands."
She shook her head again. "She can see and hear everything. You should leave, Kwin, I already told you more than I should."
Clarke moved closer. "You call me Kwin but at the same time you are helping someone who is trying to kill me and my wife. Why?"
"She would wipe out my clan. I couldn't let that happen." Clarke could hear desperation in woman voice.
She didn't know the enemy but she knew she couldn't have a bigger army than the grounders. "The Coalition can protect you and your people."
Lady shook her head and looked at ground. "No….not this time."
Before Clarke could argue one of guards came in. "Kwin, we found another Skaikru member not so far away from Polis. We took her into prison."
Octavia was surprised. "They didn't believed that one would be enough?"
"Take me to her." She turned to clan leader. "I'll be back and we will continue." Old lady didn't even bother to look at her.
The guard took them to the prison cell of the newly captured Skaikru. When Clarke saw who it was, she was left standing with an open mouth and wide eyes. "Raven….?"
Clarke and Ice Queen as BrOTP?...I think that old lady jumped on a ship that already sank….she is Rose from Titanic! :D
Dark Clarke is back! :D
