Marcus answered the door. Abby was sitting on the couch with a book. "Hi, Mom."

Abby put a marker in the book and closed it. "Hello, Clarke."

"Raven seems fine. Roger and Fay are going to keep an eye on her during the day. I'd like to get the chips out of the rest of them tomorrow."

"I think we should wait."

"We can't wait. The longer they're in, the more Allie is learning about us and about Polis. We need to cut her off."

"Clarke, I'm not convinced there aren't side effects."

"They're better than the side effects of the chip. They don't remember anything except what Allie allows. I'm worried about Raven. She was walking around without any support. What did that do to the bullet? Did it move closer to her spine?"

"Stop, Clarke."

"Tomorrow, Mom. I'd rather you do it, but I'll do it on my own if I have to," Clarke said and left.

Abby looked at Marcus. "Is she serious?"

"I think so. Can she do it?"

"Yes. It's not difficult."

"But you'd feel better if you were there."

"I don't know. I don't recognize Clarke at all any more."

"This is who you raised her to be, Abby."

"No." Abby shook her head. "My child was a healer and an artist. She wasn't hard like this. She didn't make demands and issue orders."

"She took every lesson you and Jake gave her when we sent her down here. Both of you taught her to stand up for what she thought was right, to protect those who can't protect themselves, to be a leader."

"I just want her to be my baby again."

"That won't happen. Clarke's in charge of Skaikru. She's Azgeda's ambassador. She's the Commander's primary adviser. The plans she's making aren't just about her or Skaikru. It's no different than the Ark, except that there's no veneer of niceness over it." Marcus put his arm around Abby and squeezed her close. "Do what she wants tomorrow or you'll be worried about everything that might go wrong."

Abby nodded. She sighed and leaned into Marcus.

"Everything will be fine," he reassured her.

100 – 100 – 100

Raven looked up from the thick book on the table in front of her. "Hey, Clarke, where've you been?"

"I have a meeting after supper every night."

"That sounds dull."

"It was tonight. What do you have there?"

"Brush up on electrical engineering. Moving the Medbay here isn't as easy as disconnecting everything and putting it on a cart."

"Yet you'll do it and make it look easy."

"Duh."

Clarke laughed. It was good to have Raven back. "How's your neck?"

"Fine. My back's a little sore."

"You might stop in to see the healers. Maybe they can help."

"I think it's from the crutches, but I'll think about it."

"So, Ontari stays here?"

"No, Ontari's rooms are on the top floor."

"But she was here last night and wearing the same clothes at breakfast." Raven smirked at Clarke. "Something you want to share?"

Clarke sighed. "Nothing like that is going on."

"Seriously? Because she's got it bad for you."

"It's probably Lexa."

"No, it was Ontari who sat there giving you sad puppy eyes this morning."

"Raven, don't. It's complicated."

"You like her."

"She's my friend. Of course I like her. I like you, too. It doesn't mean I want to have a romantic relationship with you."

"Why not? I'm awesome."

"And extremely heterosexual."

Raven shrugged. "Kinsey says everyone's bi."

"We are not having this conversation. If you're horny, go upstairs and find one of the guys. I'm sure they'd love to scratch your itch."

"Easy, Princess," Raven laughed.

"Are you done?"

"Maybe," Raven laughed again, and more when Clarke glared at her. "I missed you, too."

"No, you didn't. Allie didn't let you."

"Her name's an acronym. A. L. I. E."

"Wow, that's appropriate. What's it stand for?"

"I'm not sure. Probably something soothing and reassuring."

"Probably," Clarke agreed. After a moment, she told Raven, "I'm going to pull the chips out of the rest of them tomorrow."

"That's a really good idea. She's learning way too much from them. The guards talk to them."

"Skrish." Clarke got up. "I'll be back."

The door opened just before she reached it. "Klark, is something wrong?" Ontari asked.

"The guards are talking the Skaikru in the cells."

"Sha, you said to treat them well."

"Everything they learn, A.L.I.E. learns."

Ontari nodded and turned to her guard. She told her to go to the basement with the order that the guards were to stop answering questions. She closed the door and entered.

Raven smirked at Clarke, and Clarke glared at her.

"Hello, Raven."

"Hi, Commander. I'll take this to my room. See you tomorrow."

Ontari looked at Clarke. Before she could ask, Clarke told her, "She thinks we're more than friends."

"I will explain," Ontari volunteered.

"I already did. Talking about it more will just make her more convinced she's right." Clarke pointed at the small stack of dispatches that arrived since they last went over them. Ontari moved the chairs so they could sit side by side and they went to work.

100 – 100 – 100

Abby was waiting when Clarke arrived in the morning. She had everything set up and was ready to start.

"Thank you. I really didn't want to do it by myself."

"I know."

Clarke went to the door and sent her guards to get the first patient and two additional guards to help keep everything moving.

By lunchtime, five Skaikru slept on the cots. The chips they removed were in jars lined up on a table against the wall. The filaments moved sluggishly in the alcohol. Clarke asked her guard to get them some lunch and he told her it was on the way.

"What's next?"

"For you? Work in the hospital with the other healers until Raven gets the Medbay equipment moved here and working."

"For you."

"Waiting. Meetings. Training."

"What are you waiting for?"

"Jaha to be caught."

"He's still alive?"

"Yes. Probably still holed up in the Ark, but he'll have to come out eventually."

"What will you do when he's caught?"

"First, I'm going to have a long chat with A.L.I.E. And then I'm going to start removing chips. She doesn't have any power without followers."

"If you bring them here, I'll remove them."

"I will if I can, but it probably won't work out that way."

"I'll pack up what you need."

"Thanks. Once Raven's settled, I'm going to give her one of these to check out."

"What do you think she'll find?"

"I don't know, but if anyone can figure them out, it's her."

"True."

Their lunch arrived, and they ate without talking. After, they kept an eye on their patients. The first woke an hour after lunch. At the end of the work day, Clarke and her guards escorted them up to Skaikru's floor and turned them over to Miller while Abby went to meet Marcus at the library.

Once Clarke was sure Miller and the others would get them settled, she took the lift up to Ontari's floor. While they ate, Clarke told her that to her knowledge, there was no longer anyone in Polis with one of A.L.I.E.'s chips. Ontari dug picked up the one message she held aside, from the soldiers at Arkadia. They caught six of A.L.I.E.'s followers in the woods, and, as instructed, took their names and sent that information, with a general description, back to Polis.

When Clarke finished eating, she copied the names onto another sheet of paper, and put it in the satchel that she always carried, and went downstairs to meet Titus and Fair.