It doesn't end here !

Chapter III

Perspective Octavia kom Ski Kru:

It was one hour after midnight. Over the last few minutes everyone has left the medical area. I promised Niylah to take care and monitor Tara just in case Sheidheda would find a way to come back. I maybe never had the flame but, in the bunker, I was the commander. I was Blood Reina back then. Those aren't good memories, but it was to survive Praimfaya. I am strong enough to fight against Sheidheda if I have to. It wasn't easy at all to stand there, at the bed of a girl I wanted to protect, together with Clarke and my brother and Raven. In her mother's eyes, she still had been a child when they saw each other the last time but the truth is, Tara stopped being a child when the 100 was being send down to earth to die. Like we all did. Six of us are left but none of us will ever forget that we used to be 100 people. I took a chair and sat to the bed as close as possible to Tara. I was holding her hand. A tear fell down to my cheek and someone patted my back. I turned around and looked into dark brown eyes. Lincoln! I stood up and hugged him as tight as I could and so we both sat close down, being ready to protect Tara from everything. Lincoln fell asleep quick. I couldn't. I started thinking about everyone we had lost over the last years, the people I killed to protect and save the people I love but the truth is, those people loved others too and were loved by others. It was a never-ending carousel. And at some point, I fell asleep.

Perspective Lexa kom Trikru:

Last night was like a nightmare. Neither Aden, nor Clarke could sleep so I of course wasn't able to sleep too. Around one am in the morning Clarke was finally sleeping but then she woke up and cried and screamed. She told me Tara was gone. She had seen her sister while dreaming and she told her she should not worry, and that Tara would find peace till we all meet again. I was shocked because I could not believe it. I mean it was only a nightmare but what if it really happened. What if Tara was really gone?

Clarke calmed down quite quick because she was so tired. But I couldn't. So, I went to the balcony where I was just standing there. Polis was so peacefully in the early morning. The sun started rising far away on the horizon and with the sun, my hope Tara would survive started coming back. I knew my little sweetheart was a fighter so she wouldn't give up easily. I was frightened. Did I really just realize that in my head, I always called her my little sweetheart, but never told her. How stupid could I have been to be quite about that. Before I could think more about it, I felt a warm hand on my shoulder. It was Aden and without saying anything, I pulled him into a hug. He was my son and so was Madi my daughter and Tara my sister. Blood doesn't count. They all were my family and from now on I would make sure that everyone would be protected.

Clarke woke up with eyes full of tears and it hurts to see her this way. She is the love of my life and she kind of lost everything and everyone she loved. I could feel her pain and I wanted to reduce it, but I knew that I couldn't. Time would heal all wounds like it was with me and Costia. She was still in my head, and she would always. She was the first person I ever loved, and I could never totally forget her, and I would never. Around eight am we all all just sat there on the bed, waiting for Titus to arrive so we could start going to Arkadia. First, I really did not want to take Aden with me but then I started to think and to realize that I could protect my son way better when he would be with us. Titus couldn't protect him the way Heda and Wanheda can do.

It felt like hours, but it was only a few minutes till Titus arrived to tell us that the horses were ready. Clarke took Aden's hand, and they walked to the stables while I took the radio hoping someone would be awake to call. I needed to know that Tara was fine. '' Raven, Octavia, Murphy, anyone? IS there someone who hears me? '' No one was answering so I expected them to still be asleep. Just as I was about to put the radio down, I heard a sleepy Raven talking into the radio. '' Lexa? Is it you? Or am I hallucinating ''. I was smiling. '' Not funny Lexa! I just had to remove Sheidheda from Tara's mind don't ask me how the hell he ended up in there, but he did. And before you worry. He is saved on a mind drive I took from Russel when we were in the Palace in Sanctum before Clarke burned it down. It seemed like Sheidheda has killed Tara but NO he hasn't. Thanks to Ontari who saved Tara by telling us that it was Sheidheda.'' I was about to jump to hear that she was okay. '' but again, Raven interrupted me. '' I don't want to make you worry or so, but we still don't have a prove that Tara will survive. It is possible since we have Sheidheda on a mind drive that Ontari will destroy in a few hours, but it never happened before so we don't know if it will work or not. BUT we can start being optimistic, slowly at least. Octavia and Lincoln are with Tara at the moment '' I wasn't sure if I should be relieved or scared that Tara wouldn't make it but being optimistic like Raven told me, seemed like a better way. I talked with Raven for a few minutes more and then joined the other two and like I had agreed with Raven, I would not tell her what I knew. It would break Clarke.

I came right in time to see my son sitting on a horse for the first time. If I wasn't so paralysed from what I just heard I probably would have laughed because it really looked funny. As quick as I came, I sat on my horse, and we started our four hours long ride to Arkadia.