Clarke rolled her eyes when she saw Finn floating. How had she found him charming and had even been attracted to this moron before was something she still couldn't completely understand.
In her memory lane trips and reflections, while in solitary confinement, she concluded that it had probably been the loneliness of losing Wells, long before his death at Charlotte's hands, and the grief for her father's death that prompted her to cling to him like a life line.
"Spacewalker bandit strikes again." Someone shouted joyfully, celebrating his act of defiance.
Clarke sneered at his foolishness, did he have no self-preservation instinct whatsoever?. "More like stupid bandit" She said loud enough for almost everyone to hear. A chorus of aws and ouchs was the instant reply of the other passengers.
To the blonde's aggravation some things were meant to repeat themselves, just like before, Finn stopped in front of them while floating horizontally "Check it out. Your Dad floated me after all." He said mockingly to Wells and laugh unabashedly like he had told the greatest joke of all times.
Clarke dismissed him easily as soon as she noticed the other two who, trying to copy Finn, started to get their seatbelts off.
"Hey you two! We are about to start landing and it will not be an easy ride. Hold tight in your seats before you break your neck trying to imitate this idiot!"
Luckily the lean built boy with short black hair and tan skin, whose name she would later learn was Glen Dickson, decided to heed her warning and stopped fumbling with his seatbelt, the other guy just rolled his eyes and started floating around carelessly. She sighed but easily put the incident away from her mind, in the end everyone had free will to make their own choices.
"Hey, you're the traitor who's been in solitary for a year"
"Yeah and you are the idiot who will get himself and that other moron killed before we find out if the earth is toxic or not"
"But it was fun" he said petulantly "I'm Finn by the way" he added while smiling, trying to be charming.
"I know who you are, you wasted a month worth of oxygen on an illegal spacewalk" She retorted with disgust. His and Raven's careless actions had costed people their lives in the end.
Before he could say anything more she grabbed a hold of his leg and pulled him towards her. When he was close enough she hold him by his arms and forced him to practically sit on top of her.
"Trying to cop a feel princess?"
"More like saving your sorry ass" the blonde said as the ship started to tremble and shaking so hard that for a moment she thought it was gonna fall apart before they landed.
She continued to hold Finn down until they seemed to have finally hit the ground and as soon as the movement ceased she threw him to the floor like a rag doll.
The blonde rapidly made her way to the boy who had also been floating and had been thrown backwards when the dropship started to shake. Hoping against all hope she checked his pulse but exactly like before there was nothing there.
She easily saw the remorse on Finns face, his I didn't mean for that to happen look, which she had, regrettably, been extremely acquainted with in the past. She briefly thought of comforting him but instantly dismissed the idea, she was not responsible for his idiocy and she had far more important things to do.
"Open the doors, goddammit!" This time she felt no dread at the words, instead hope and elation filled her entirely. Of course knowing the air wasn't toxic was a big help.
"Stop, the air could be toxic."
"Wells if the air is toxic, we're all dead anyway."
"Yeah, I guess you are right" he said chuckling
"Bellamy?" Everyone turned to the brunette running down the ladder. She wasted no time and fling herself to his open arms.
"My God, look how big you are" He didn't even tried to hide the tears in his eyes and the slight quivering of his voice. Clarke was the only one in the group who knew how deep his love for his sister run and what he was willing to do for her.
"What the hell! are you wearing a guard's uniform?" everyone close to the brunet boy took an unconscious step back, the girl's angry voice was a little frightening.
Clarke understood her reaction, there was no one Octavia hated more than Ark guards. They had taken everything from her, starting with her mother.
"I borrowed it to get on the drop ship. Someone has got to keep an eye on you"
Like you can. She thought sarcastically. Octavia was a grounder warrior at heart; independent, fierce and incredibly strong. Absolutely no one, least of all Bellamy, could stop her.
She needed to get the ball rolling if they were going to leave this place anytime soon "Where's your wristband?"
"Do you mind? I haven't seen my brother in a year". And just like that the whispers, rude stares and even more obnoxious comments started
"Nobody has a brother." Someone said. "That's Octavia Blake. The girl they found hidden under the floor." Someone else called it.
Clarke wonder if she should she do something but ultimately decided against it. Not only was Octavia was more than capable of defending herself but knowing how prideful the brunet was she wouldn't take kindly to her interference.
"Octavia, no. Let's give them something else to remember you by"
"Yeah? Like what?"
"Like being the first person on the ground in 100 years" Bellamy said smiling at her
Clarke could feel the tears coming to her eyes when she heard Octavia's voice resonate deeply inside the dropship. One step closer to Lexa were the words she kept repeating in her head like a mantra.
"We're back, bitches!" Octavia yelled while jumping down from the platform onto the ground.
