From the Ashes

47

"'Her unknown
Strength
Was revealed and excelled, when she had no other
Choice
But to prevail'"

- Unknown

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。・°°・Bear・°°・。

"Your hopeless," Bear sneered, brushing past Bellamy's shoulder, as she made her way back to the ark.

"Your hopeless!" Bellamy cried out, laughing.

"I know you are, but what am I," Bear said, pointing out her tongue, now red from strawberry lollies.

"Your a strawberry kid," Ember smiled,"and what do strawberry kids do?"

"Stick together!" Bellamy and Bear cried out, the younger of the two, blurring the letters together and making the word 'stick' sound like 'shtick.'

"Your hopeless," Bellamy sighed.

"I know," Bear smiled, stealing a lolly from his hand,"but what would'ya do wiv' out me."

"I know," Bellamy sighed, slightly hanging his head low, his hand tightening on the gun.

From the side of the crowd, Pike and Kane were like a snagged rope, stuck. Their words lingering on each others minds, trying to work themselves free.

"Well fuck!" Tangerine huffed, suddenly breaking Bellamy from his silence, as she gripped the front of his shirt and pulled him down to her height.

"She's got a life now, Bellamy... Bear isn't a little girl anymore, if you still want her in your life, you better grow the hell up fast... or you'll end up loosing us all, especially her."

But he didn't listen, and they still went, like the idiots they were. Even after all that was said, both unspoken and spoken words, Pike drew the blood of innocence blood.

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"Everybody, listen up!" Pikes voice called out through the crowd, catching Kages attention, his eyes catching sight of the blood.

"Holy fuck," he whispered, turning to Miller,"get..."

"On it," Miller sighed, letting go of his grip, making his way into the fallen Ark.

"Twenty four hours ago... I was made Chancellor by majority. Every action I've taken since, and every action I will take will be to achieve one sacred goal," Pikes voice carried out in the stunned morning, the air still crisp from the morning dew settling on the grass.

"The creation of a self sustaining, prosperous and safe Arkadia."

Those that held belief in his words cheered.

"This morning, on a muddy field, our people paid tribute to those who have been taken from us by sending a message to the Grounders. This land is ours now!" As he spoke those words, Kage made his way to stand by Octavia, worried for Lincoln's sake.

"Resist and you will be met by force, fight and you will be greeted by death-"

Suddenly snatching a gun from a soldiers holster, Tangerine stood beside the man. Gun raised, safety off, she didn't let her eyes leave her target.

"I'd prefer death, than listening to another word you have to say," Tangerine scowled, her mother standing amongst the clustered crowd, smiling up at her daughter.

Watching as one of Pikes men drew their gun, Tangerine moved, silencing everyone by the shot of a bullet. Snapping, like a snake, the bullet engraved itself into the man's shoulder.

Eyes widening at the sound of his pain, cortisol screamed through the girls veins, a horrifying smile etching across her soft features. Watching as the man fell in anguish, the only thing she could think of was how it felt to shoot a gun for the first time...

"I am your fath-"

An echo, cutting him off, his body slumping to the floor revealing a little girl holding a stolen gun.

"And I am your daughter."

She seemed to always have a knick for getting her hands on guns that never quite belonged to her. What was a girl to do for fun, anyways?

"Tell your men to stand down," Tangerines voice came out as an order, her voice steady, not a shake or a shiver coursing through her body.

Raising their guns, Pike held up a palm, indicating not to shoot. He wanted to hear what she had to say, and it wasn't much.

"Say the word," Tangerine called out, as everyone noticed all the teenagers move out of the way of one girl,"I'll only listen to you."

Bear.

Raising her hand, briefly, those that followed her with their eyes drawn at the bloodied soldiers dropped back. She had power, it ran in her blood.

"Gun down, Tangerine," Bear called out,"we aren't killers, we're not like them."

Lowering her gun, she holstered the weapon, eyeing off the soldier she had stolen it from. A dare, twinkling in her eyes. There weren't many options they could take, outbeat the gunner, get shot, or step back.

They seemed to choose the smart choice, slowly stepping back into the crowd, causing Tangerine to lower her head and stare up at them through her lashes like an innocent girl.

"You are," Pike countered, causing the crowd to usher at the words,"worse than us... you kill your own."

"Maybe," Bear sighed, her cub standing by her side, growing in size and muscle.

Soon enough, it won't be so nice as to stand by its owners side as she is berated.

"But at least I kill for a reason, not an agenda. Can you say the same for the guards I killed, that had tried to rape me?" Bear wondered, running her thumb over her scared, bottom lip.

"I didn't spare their blood, but they didn't spare my fucking consent... now did they, Pike!" Bear sneered, sleep still present in her voice,"Don't bloody lecture me about killing when wearing the deaths of innocent people as if it were for a noble cause. You aren't a king, your a coward."

Quiet, like the calm before the storm, Bear didn't care as she let a sleepy yawn loose. Kane, on the other hand, was livid at the news and was ready to make bait out of the man standing before him.

Turning to Bellamy, Bears eyes like that of forming rust, seemed to tear him from the inside out,"you've made a monster out of a situation that was tame. How fucking stupid can you be?"

Lowering his eyes, the boys jaw tightened, his shoulders shaking from the weight of the gun still loose in his arms.

"Come, Tangerine," Bear called out,"anyone thinking of shooting her, and I'll make sure your death was just as bloody as those... innocent, poor jail recruits that I had slaughtered without a care in the world."

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