Chapter 32: The Beginning Of The End

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"You know the first thing I'm gonna do when we get to the beach?" Miller asks as the 100 walk through the woods

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"You know the first thing I'm gonna do when we get to the beach?" Miller asks as the 100 walk through the woods.

"No." Drew replies, shaking his head. "What?"

"I want to go surfing." Miller says, picturing the waves that are awaiting them on the coast.

"Quiet." Jasper mutters, scanning the woods for any grounders. "Keep your eyes open."

Drew nods his head, agreeing with Miller and ignoring Jasper's instructions. "No more woods. A view of the ocean. No more damn trees, just pale, blue water."

"Something's not right." Rory whispers to Octavia. "Do you see that?"

"The canopy, it's dark." Octavia whispers back, Rory nodding her head. As soon as Octavia confirms her suspicions, Rory comes to a sudden stop, Octavia and the rest of the group following suit. "No sunlight coming through like the other trees."

"What is it?" Jasper whispers, his eyes wide as he scans the area. "I don't see anything."

"Everyone needs to be silent, ok? And I want you all to pass a message to the back, all gunners there need to get to the front now." Rory explains to those behind her. "Slowly and quietly, they need to come through the main group, we can't look suspicious."

"You're going to check it out, aren't you?" Octavia asks, Rory nodding in response. "I'm coming with you."

"Alpha team, when Bellamy gets here, we're moving forward." Rory says not looking away from the trees up ahead, deciding that Octavia would be safer if she was by her side. Anyways, she knows if she forbids her from helping, she'd come regardless. Better to have her where she can see her than having her running wild taking risks. "Slowly, quietly, kill shots only."

Octavia looks away for a miniscule of a second, glancing at Rory. But, thankfully, Rory doesn't. She sees a hunk of metal flying straight at Octavia and doesn't hesitate. She screams "get down", mainly for the benefit of the rest of the group, and throws her whole body at Octavia. She manages to knock her to the ground and to safety. The weapon flies past Rory's head, slicing some of her hair and leaving a shallow cut on her arm. But, it's all ok. Octavia's safe. She's ok, it's all ok.

"Grounders!" Jasper shouts.

But, as Rory stands back up, helping Octavia to her feet, she turns around and sees that it isn't all ok. She lets out a gasp, along with everyone else in the vicinity, when she sees Drew. His body is lying on the floor and, right in the middle of his head, the grounder weapon is protruding. Gasps erupt from everyone stood nearby, most standing still out of pure shock at what they have just seen.

"Retreat! Everyone back behind the walls!" Rory screams out, everyone tuning and starting to run back to camp. Everyone except the gunners. They all step forward, surrounding Rory on all sides and aiming at the treeline. She holds her arms out, stopping them from progressing forward. "No! Don't waste the bullets! Get back to camp, now." They all nod their head and follow the others, only Octavia needing a further push from Rory. "Octavia, run. Go."

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