My Immortal

Chapt 17: Escape From Weather Mountain

Clarke:

Something wasn't right. None of this made sense based on what Kiran and Mako had told us. The Mountain Men to the grounders, were monsters. But here they were, treating us Skaikru with respect and giving us cake. It was like night and day. Cage, the head of security, and his father President Dante seemed way too good to be true. They had captured nearly 90 people, and based on who was missing, I could see that something wasn't quite right. Octavia went hunting with Lincoln; Kiran was off who knows where doing whatever it was she was doing; Raven and Murphy were both missing as well.

"Miss Griffin?" one of the guards came up to me. "President Wallace would like to talk to you."

I nodded, looking at the others at the table. I caught Monroe's eyes and nodded to the others at the table. She would look after them while I was gone.

I followed the guard to the President's office, rolling my eyes. This man was as bad as Jaha. He held me in his office for over an hour asking indirectly about the missing sky kids and how close we were to the grounders. After answering him with yet another 'I don't know', he let me go back to the dorms. Along the way, I wandered by the security office to find that they had cameras looking out over our dropship camp and even what looked like a village. Inside the village, I spotted Kiran, looking very much like a grounder.

"Sir, the Savages are gathering again. Should we send a missile out?" one of the techs in the room spoke up. I couldn't see the man.

"No. We will wait for more of them to gather first. Once they have a larger force there, release a missile." Another voice answered, this one I recognized. Cage Wallace.

I had to get out of here and warn them, but how? I needed a plan.

Raven:

I had heard the gunshots and taken off, I don't know how far I ran, but I ended up running straight into a small village. The young warrior guards began yelling at me in a language I didn't understand. I threw my hands up, in a surrender gesture and spoke the only words I knew.

"Ai laik Reivon Kom Skaikru. Jak ai op Onya Kom Trikru." I hoped that I said that correctly.

They looked at me, and my hope dwindled.

"Skaikru?" One of the older guards spoke. "You are Skaikru?"

"You speak english. Good. Yes. I am Skaikru, I need to speak to Anya, General of the Army. She will know who I am, or at least, who I am with. Please."

Before the young guard could speak again, a figure appeared at the edge of the village, just a few feet from where I had come from.

"Murphy?"

"What are you doing here Mechanic?" He asked, before spotting the guards.

"Currently trying to get them to take me to the General that Clarke met up with two days ago."

"Who is he?" The guard spoke again.

"Mofi Kom Skaikru." I answered quickly before Murphy could speak again. "He's with me." I gave Murphy a look to urge him to play along.

"Yeah, with her." He echoed, throwing up his own hands, a knife visible on his hip.

The guards chattered to themselves for a bit before the same guard spoke again.

"We are going to take you to Tondisi to see Onya. To do this, you will be tied. Do not fight back, and no harm will come. Understand?"

"I understand." Offering my hands to be restrained. Murphy merely nodded, following me in offering his hands as well. The march to Tondisi took two days. As we got close, one of the guards ran forward, to advise of our arrival. We were met at the gates and our weapons taken. As they went to take my tools, a familiar voice spoke up.