trepidation |BELLAMY BLAKE| [1]

CHAPTER 53

BELLAMY SIGHED, STARING AT THE FIRE IN FRONT OF HIM.

Once the sun had gone down, they stopped to rest. Right now, he'd rather be trying to find a way into Mount Weather, getting Avery back rather than searching for Finn and Murphy.

That's all he wanted to do since Clarke told him she was alive.

"What's on your mind?" Clarke asked, sitting up,

"Last time I saw you, you were closing the dropship door." He stated. It was the last time he saw Avery, too.

He noticed the guilty look on Clarke's face, "Had to be done."

"Did you get any sleep?" Clarke asked him,

Bellamy shook his head, "It's ok. I'll sleep when we find Finn." He sighed, "You haven't seen him, Clarke. Losing you, the others, the war, it changed him. He executed the Grounder that drew us the map. Pulled the trigger without even blinking and walked away."

"That doesn't sound like Finn." Clarke stated,

"No, it doesn't. I saw what he was capable of, and still I let him go with Murphy and two automatic rifles."

"I'm sure that had to be done, too." She replied,

Bellamy was quiet for a moment, "When we got back to the dropship and no one was there, we assumed it was the Grounders."

"Of course, you did. You couldn't have known it was the Mountain Men. No one could have." Clarke responded,

"How long until chocolate cake turns into being hung upside down and drained for their blood?"

"I don't know, but we don't have much time." Clarke reached over and squeezed his arm, "We'll get Avery back. She's strong. And smart."

Bellamy nodded. "Ok. First we find Finn, then our people in Mount Weather."

"And Lincoln." Octavia spoke up, getting to her feet, "Think we've slept long enough."

They began walking once again, not stopping as the sun came up. Octavia led them through the forest and they were lucky they didn't stumble upon any Grounders.

Octavia paused and Bellamy pulled out his map as they gazed at the statue in front of them, "This is it. Which way to the village?" He asked his sister before looking over at the panicked look on her face, "O?"

"The Reapers came from there." She gestured to the statue with her sword, "I couldn't save him, Bell. I couldn't save him."

Bellamy wrapped his arms around his sister as she cried.

He understood what she felt. He couldn't save Avery either.

Once she had grabbed hold of her feelings, they continued towards the Grounder camp. They heard gunshots and Octavia looked back at them in confusion before Bellamy and Clarke sprinted forward.

Only the Sky people had access to guns and bullets. So it had to be Finn and Murphy pulling the trigger.

As they got closer to the village, they heard screams of terror and fear.

What were they doing?

"Finn!" Murphy screamed, "Finn!"

They made it past the trees and into a clearing. The trio stopped when they spotted many bodies littering the ground.

Finn stood their, his gun aimed towards a group of Grounders that had been crowded into a gated area.

Octavia sprinted forward to check on one of the bodies while Clark and Bellamy wandered in shock.

Finn was always the one that wanted to take the peaceful way out. He hated the guns. He hated the violence.

Bellamy thought he would never see the day where Finn aimed a gun at another human being, even a Grounder.

Oh, how wrong he was.

Finn lowered his gun as Clarke approached him, "I found you." Finn whispered.