My Immortal

Chapt 19: Planning A War

Clarke:

I stood at the war table, looking at the diagram of where everyone was, and I sighed. My mother had for a moment refused to turn over the guardsman, but the threat of complete destruction forced her hand.

Kiran and Mako stood side by side speaking quietly to each other as Lexa talked with one of her many generals. As the tent flap opened once more, Lexa looked around and nodded.

"We begin now." All eyes were on her as she called everyone to focus.

"Ideas?"

"We need an inside man. Someone that can shut the fog off. A Skaikru can do that." I offered, looking at Lexa.

"Relying on one man is not a plan, it's a foolish dream." one of the generals spoke up, venom in his voice. "We should just storm the Mountain."

"And when the Acid Fog descends and kills you all?" Kiran spoke up. The general didn't speak. "That's what I thought, now sit down, the adults are talking."

"You stupid Skaigada."

Kiran turned to face the man, standing as tall as she could, looking the man in his eyes. Her hand leveled with his chest, partially blocked by her own body, but I could see something forming in her hand. It looked like a gray cloud, warping pulsing just above her palm.

"You boy, need to learn some respect. Should you learn it by my hand... or by Heda's? If she feels you don't need it, I would be happy to take you on, to the death." Kiran's voice was hard as steel, the cloud in her hand just growing denser and larger.

"You dare challenge me? You will not survive." The general growled, looking at Heda. "A challenge has been issued."

"So it has, Kiran, are you positive you wish to do this?" Lexa asked, her face impassive but her eyes showing concern.

"Sha Heda, you will need a new general."

Lexa sighed, motioning out the tent flap. The general made his way first, before several others followed. Leaving Kiran, Mako, Lexa and I for last.

"Kiran, you don't know how to fight." I reminded her.

"Actually, I do. And add to the fact that I can do this." She held up her hand. "They have Acid Fog, I have acid clouds, among other things. You see, every time I disappeared, I was training. Getting stronger. Mako, may I have a drop?"

Mako sighed, rolling her eyes and holding up a small vial. "One drop, you idiot, no more than that."

Kiran smiled, pressing a kiss to Mako's forehead and taking the single drop of the vibrant liquid. She shuddered slightly and smirked. "Let's do this."

I kept close to Lexa as we gathered at the training grounds. I was uneasy at the idea of Kiran fighting the mountain of a man, but she seemed to think she had it handled.

"Clear the field!" Lexa called, and quickly the training fields cleared, everyone forming a large circle around them. "A challenge has been issued and accepted. Kiran Kom Skaikru, Quint Kom Azgeda, to the field." The two appeared in front of her, Kiran shrugging off her jacket.

"Love can you hold this for me?" Kiran handed it to Mako, who took the jacket with a sigh.

"Quint, as the challenged warrior, you will choose the weapons." Lexa spoke loud enough for everyone to hear.

"I won't need weapons." Quint spoke loudly, laughing at the idea that he would need a weapon to defeat the smaller woman.

"Do natural talents count as weapons?" Kiran asked, a weird gleam in her eye. Lexa shook her head and looked slightly confused. "Perfect, I accept combat to the death with no weapons."