Death is not the end

23. Let me speak

Madi's POV

After Clarke left I knew she wasn't coming back or intending on leaving with us, neither was Lexa. While Octavia was helping everyone sneak out of camp I disappeared into the forest and found my way back to the camp. I had to get them both on the ship before they are left here to be slaughtered.

While running through the forest I could but only think about why, why had Clarke found it so easy to leave and let me go. I had done the thinking already and Lexa had enough people staying to stall so we all would make it on the mini ship unharmed. But that is the thing that I had hated about being a commander is that your people are your people no matter what and they come before anything, even if they have different views as to you, and Clarke and Lexa both understand that and would do anything for their people even if it meant leaving behind the ones they cared for.

I had hoped that Octavia hadn't noticed my disappearance by now and I still had time to change their minds. They had just found each other barely even been together for a few weeks and now they would have to die. I knew Nia was here and I had recognized her from the stories Clarke used to tell me and when I saw her scouts in the trees then it had clicked I knew Becca would send someone else and wouldn't come herself but what I couldn't understand is why had Maffei said nothing, yes Becca was above her but all the previous commanders had a say in this attack and why Nia.

As I got closer to the camp the smell of fresh blood lingered through the air the war has begun and maybe I am too late and will end up getting myself killed too. The closer I got the stronger the blood reek got, but I was smarter I knew that you never walk through the front door into a war you go through the back and that is what I am gonna do. I climbed up into one of the trees the scouts most probably would overlook because of the number of branches but little did they know that was the best because it offered full coverage and if you found the right spot you could see perfectly without being spotted.

I scanned the camp and there was no one alive, the bodies lying there not even covered I had never seen so many in one peace before, and the way they were killed by the sword and not a gun had me worried Clarke hadn't made it and that only scared me even more then I was before. The worst thing that could happen now would be me walking into enemy territory without knowing and by the stories, Clarke had told me I would hate for that enemy to be Nia.

I think by now the adrenaline had calmed down and I realized what I had walked into. I had heard a slight sound of something most probably a branch of some sort and then spotted movement, the movement came from the supply tent, then I had noticed Rider standing guard with Gustus. Wait...wasn't rider with Octavia.

I jumped out of the tree not caring if I was spotted or not I had to get there to see what had happened and that possibly meant Clarke was alive and Lexa too. Running up to the tent I had noticed Rider had disappeared and then it hit me that they were just attacked I cant run up like this before i could even process what had happened and what I just thought a sword was to my throat with the words following "Who sent you".

With that Clarke ran out with Lex, Rider then realized it was me and lowered his sword.

"Madi where have you been we have been looking for you. You had Octavia and the rest worried not to mention me and Lexa. Madi you can't just run off especially with everything happening." Of course Clarke went into mom mode. Lexa just stood there with Rider and Gustus discussing something.

"I know I know but I was careful to not get caught. Also while funning I noticed someone got away and they are probably going to report back to Becca" I walked over to Lexa because I need to know what happened how did Becca get the final say what had happened to Maffei.

"Lexa...errr I mean Heda" this got her attention "what happened to Maffei"

"I do not know. I have been trying to figure that out" I knew when Lexa said that that Maffei was in on it.

We went back to the tent and all that was running through my head was the fact that Maffei betrayed her own people. While we were in the flame she was the last person I would ever think or expected would turn on her people.

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So there is going to be a part two to this and should be posted now so enjoy reading that.

I got confused with the chapters so that is why there is a part two and the fact that I need to change pov's but hate when other writers do that so yeah.

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