Persphyni : I am Destruction

12

The storm outside had been raging on for the past two hours. Everyone had been rushed inside as the first crack of thunder roared. They all went to their rooms or hung around in the mess hall, none worrying about anything except the storm right on top of our heads.

"Shh, Erebus." My voice whispered as I pet along the black gelding's neck. I had pulled Erebus and his tack inside the hangar bay right after I had gotten the rest of the people inside. No one but the small group of us knew why I had ushered them in as quickly as I did. I wasn't ready to find out if the acid rain decided to make its appearance after two days of us being back in Arkadia.

I had prepared a small section of the hangar bay in the case the rain had come and covered shelter for Erebus was necessary. It was off towards a corner and away from everyone so no one would mess with him. It also meant he was on edge as he couldn't see the storm outside and only could hear the rain hitting the metal and the roar of thunder.

"Chil au, Erebus." I pressed my forehead to his as I whispered quietly. His heaving breaths slowing as he matched mine. This storm was frightening for him. Worrisome for me as I had never had to deal with this degree of responsibility as the last time I was in a storm like this I was an unofficial official leader of a band of misfits in the middle of a hurricane. Not to mention stressed about several things that night both down and upstairs.

As Erebus calmed down slowly, some of that pressure lifted from my shoulders as I gently pulled away from him.

"I have to go now, I will be back." I informed. Saying the words aloud even if he didn't understand me or couldn't. With a delicate kiss to his forehead, I turned and walked away. Listening as I heard him lay down on the hay covered metal with a huff. I rolled my eyes but kept moving, my feet taking me to where I knew I'd find the blonde and curly.

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"You don't know that." Raven's voice drifted out the door as I slipped inside, my eyes scanning the room as I felt the tension and stress of everyone inside. Not to mention the hostility between the three in confrontation.

"That's it." I stayed in the shadows waiting for what Monty had to say.

"What are you talking about?" Clarke's question clearly asked what everyone else was thinking.

"Think. Alpha station survived for 97 in space through elevated radiation levels and extreme temperature fluctuations. Sound familiar?" I crossed my arms as I looked up at the big metal ceiling. "All we have to do is patch up the ship. We're standing in our viable solution." I watched amused as the four of them glanced at one another before they each took in the metal ceiling as well.

"Boy Genius at it again." I spoke drawing attention from the four who spun to find me.

"You get your horse tucked in?" I rose a brow towards Bellamy as I walked forward and joined them in the light.

"Someone sounds jealous, you need me to tuck you in too?" I cooed watching as the others looked onward amused.

"Only if you'll tuck yourself in right next to me." Bellamy's smirk adorned his face and I had to hold back a smile as I rolled my eyes.

"Thanks for the offer. But I don't need to touch sheets that haven't been disinfected." Bellamy's smirk grew and I waited for his response. My anticipation growing as I tried to come up with something better to use if necessary.

"Never said we had to use mine, we could always use yours again." I felt the entire room just shift on it's axis. My throat felt dry and my cheeks seemed to slowly heat up as I kept my gaze on Bellamy and his stupid smirk. His face full of arrogance as he saw I wasn't ready for his response.

I felt the other three looking at each other, Clarke and Monty more confused then Raven but they were all trying to figure out what had happened in my room between the two of us.

Sneaky asshole.

That was the only thing that came to my mind as I searched for my own response. The silence ticking away as I tried to come up with anything at this point to make sure he didn't win.

"Next time you're a fugitive and it's the only way to save your ass, gladly." Vlákas. If it was possible, his eyes seemed to light up even further as he watched me crumble with words. Causally he took a step towards me and bent to whisper in my ear.

"I can be bad whenever you want me to be so you can save this ass." When he pulled away I had a half-mind to punch his smug look off his face. The other half was handling a lot of mixed emotions and thoughts.

"You totally could have done better. I literally gave you so much to work with, and that's what you chose?" I asked incredulously, chuckling in disbelief before he joined me. The other three staring at us confused.

"I didn't want to make you pass out with my smooth talking." Bellamy said as we settled down.

"Yeah from boredom." Finally the rest of them snapped out of their daze and laughed with me. Bellamy's eyes rolling before he turned and stepped towards me slightly, my right shoulder touching his left arm as we both faced the others.

"Now that that's over." Clarke began the other two nodding in agreement. "We can get back to business. Monty, find out ev-" Clarke continued to speak but I grew sidetracked as Bellamy began to whisper.

"You know, when you blush it's kinda cute." I rolled my eyes and sent a discreet elbow into his side.

"I don't blush." I hissed back as Clarke turned to speak with Raven.

"Sure, and thunder doesn't make noise." I opened my mouth to retort back but Clarke had turned her sights on us.

"As for us, we're going to need to come up with a plan to figure out how to tell everyone what's going on." We both nodded towards the blonde, practically oblivious to what she had said prior.

"Ma'am yes ma'am!" I gave her a mock salute causing a smile to cross over her face as we all chuckled at my antics.

Laughter was the best medicine these days with Clarke and the rest of us being so stressed out. And something that began to be a rare occurrence. But just a small laugh or even a smile could appear, then there was hope.

And you know, I've determined from my talk with Hope nearly a year ago, Hope wasn't so bad after all.