"Aiden!" Madi smiled and rushing to hug me.
I smiled and hugged her back, "What's up, kiddo."
My smile vanished when I looked up to see Clarke crying. She wouldn't stop. She just kept crying and shaking her head. I couldn't help but question what had happened.
"Bellamy is dead." She sobbed.
Murphy scoffed, "He was fine when we left him. How?"
"I killed him."
"Why?" Echo cried.
My heart instantly dropped back into my gut. She kept explaining how she didn't have a choice, and that he just kept pushing her. He wouldn't stop. If Clarke hadn't killed him, they were going to take Madi. They were going to put her through M-cap no doubt. They needed her memories.
"I tried everything, I promise! I'm so sorry." Clarke shook with tears.
Octavia pulled her into a hug. "I understand. So would the old Bellamy."
We all let out a quick breath of relief, and then turned to Echo. She had already gone through so much rage in order to find him. She just plotted a mass murder in order to get revenge on his death.
"We lost him a long time ago." Echo nodded.
I couldn't stop my own eyes from filling with tears. Bellamy and I may have fought, and bickered... but we all did. That didn't mean we all didn't have an immense love for one another. That love doesn't just vanish. The last person I expected to comfort me wrapped an arm around my shoulder and pulled me into a hug.
"Careful, cockroach." I smirked, letting more tears out.
Murphy smirked, "Don't ruin my rep, alright?"
***
"I'm not going back down there." Octavia sighed, starring at the fire.
I nodded, "Fine, neither am I. You were gone for YEARS and you haven't made peace with what happened down there."
"I thought I did. Until I saw the pits again... all I heard is the chanting. The fighting. You..." She made quick eye contact, "I was going to kill you."
"I'll sit out here with you, and freeze my ass off. Or, I can finally tell you that we did what we needed to in order to survive. You weren't bloodreina. Wonkru was bloodreina. We all are responsible for what happened down there. You were no one's monster. Especially not mine." I sighed, brushing her hair behind an ear and rising to my feet, "Come on. Let's go face our demons. Tell them to 'screw off', right?"
She rolled her eyes and took my hand, "You win."
I shrugged with a smirk, "Don't I always?"
"Wait." She paused, pulling me back to her, "One more thing."
She smiled as she placed a gentle hand on both sides of my face and looked me directly in the eyes. I returned a smile when she pulled my face to hers and pushed her lips onto mine. We both inhaled deeply, as it had been so long since we shared a moment. The moment ended when I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her into a long, tight hug.
We made our way inside and right away we were being challenged. The bridge had opened, but quickly closed. No one had come through. Well, no one that we could see. They were able to be invisible so it was no doubt that someone did in fact come through. Octavia and I rushed to find Clarke, while Gaia and Indra stayed in the pits.
We were searching levels, but we were having zero luck in finding Madi. I decided to check floors on my own and found her with Gabriel in the Rec room. I let out a breath of relief and couldn't help but smile at the two of them. He was teaching her to play the piano.
"Kid, do you have any idea what is happening right now? Someone is here to take you." I shook my head, "Come on we have to get you out of he-"
My sentence was interrupted when something hard hit the back of my head. Everything became so fuzzy that I couldn't even get back up to my feet. I fell back to the ground in time to see Gabriel risk his life in order to give Madi time to run away. He was stabbed over and over again, there was no way he was going to survive that. I attempted to crawl to him, but everything eventually went black.
***
"Aiden..." Clarke sighed, rushing to my side.
Octavia held me down, "Don't. You're head is bleeding. Just relax."
"Gabriel?" I questioned. "Where is he?"
"I'm here friend." He stuttered. He was dying."
"Where's Madi?" Clarke asked.
"He's here." I sighed, sitting up, "Sheidheda. He wants Madi."
"Find the stone." Gabriel coughed, "Just find the stone."
I heavily leaned into Octavia as the pain in my head was still causing dizzyness. After some time, Gabriel finally drifted off into death... just like he wanted. He was ready for it after living for so long. Madi refused to allow anymore people to get hurt for her. She refused to be the reason for more deaths. She had snuck through the vent.
"You need to help them. They need you." I stated to Octavia.
"There's no way in hell I am leaving you." She scoffed.
Murphy knelt down beside me, "We got her."
She slightly shook her head at me before finally agreeing. She placed a quick kiss onto my lips before rushing down the hallway behind Clarke and the others. Murphy and Emori helped me balance my way onto a chair while Jackson examined me.
"I'm ready for this final war..." I sighed
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Second Born ~ The 100 FanFiction
FanficFrom the Skybox to the ground, Aiden slowly learns about who she really is. Her family and the others must learn to work together in order to survive anything on the Ground. Relationships will grow, and some will die. Who will survive? Who is safe?