Harlai has spent two years in the dusty Skybox and she's ready to get out in either two ways: death or liberty.
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Chapter 19 "I saw the sea, dull and dark, just like the sky without stars."
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THE WRECKAGE OF THE dropship was unlike anything Harlai had ever seen before and that was saying a lot. The explosion itself created somewhat of a crater where it landed. Not only that, but the dropship was reduced to mere pieces scattered around everywhere and, unfortunately, it was the same for the people that were inside.
Harlai had to force the bile down that was threatening to creep up her throat as she stepped over detached remains of the people from their home. She knew there couldn't be any sign of life, but she still found herself looking. Her eyes shifted to see Clarke stumbling across the site and grief settled over herself. Abby was like a mother to Harlai and she was on that dropship. She had to be.
"Stay sharp," Bellamy said, his voice drawing Harlai's attention as well as everyone else that had joined them. "Grounder retaliation for what happened is coming, just a matter of when."
"Can you blame them?" Finn asked and it took everything in her to not groan, so she did it inwardly.
"No, but I blame you."
"Maybe if you didn't bring the guns-"
"If we didn't bring guns, we all would've been killed," Raven cut Finn off, but she averted her eyes.
Finn looked at her as if had been stabbed in the back. It didn't matter that she was right, he thought she was on his side. Unfortunately for him, he was wrong on this one.
"Why they're coming doesn't matter anymore," Bellamy interjected again as he looked at Finn. "It's our job to be ready when they do. We're on our own now."
At that moment, Harlai couldn't agree with Bellamy more. The past was the past and this strange feeling came over her as she recalled herself saying the same thing about Murphy.
Harlai began to walk around again and she stopped when she saw some sort of dark red liquid pouring out of a tank. She bent over to get a better look at it and when she began to breathe in a foul scent that came out with it, she began to cough a bit.
"Harlai, stop!" Raven exclaimed, making the other woman straighten up in shock.
The dark-haired woman jogged over and Harlai tilted her head once she looked at Raven.
"Rocket fuel?"
"Hydrazine," Raven responded, making Harlai's eyes widen in response.
"Shit," Harlai backed away as she grasped the bow on her shoulder absentmindedly. "Hydrazine is highly unstable in its nonsolid form.
Raven nodded. "If this stuff meets fire-"
"We're all pink mist," Harlai said a little too excitedly as Raven motioned to her arrows. "Maybe even worse."
