Her Weakness

Chapter 13

"Any ideas on how to get out?"

"Killing them is out of the question." The scrawny kid sounds at first like he is in charge, but then acts as though he remembers who he is talking to. Clarke, the unofficial but acknowledged and highly respected leader of the Sky People.

"If we need to we'll kill soldiers, but there are children in here and innocents. We will not harm them." Clarke responds and her people nod. Though some seem hesitant to let any of the Mountain Men live. I am afraid that their grief may consume some of them. They have lost close friends. I will keep an eye on them, make sure they do not crack like that Finn boy Clarke loved. I hope its past tense.

I begin to brainstorm aloud. "There is the ladder we got in on, but I am not sure all of you are strong enough to climb it. They have shut down the elevators to preserve power. If we can get to the Reaper tunnel, we might be able to sneak out."

"Opening the doors to the tunnel will let radiation in. It'll kill them." Another boy says. Bellamy, I think. He looks like a couple of guards roughed him up. He is the boy Clarke has so much faith in and worries about. From their interactions, I can tell there is only friendship between them.

"I am sure your thinkers will find a way to get through without killing the Mountain Men."

"Thinkers?" A voice from the crowd of Sky People sounds out and the rest of them look just as confused at my wording.

"The engineers," I point to where Kyle and Raven are standing hand in hand.

Raven makes a face, "We're both not engineers. But I'm sure we'll find a way Maybe if we..." She turns to Kyle and it is as if they speak another language. The other Sky People seem just as lost I am with this conversation.

"If we run into an army of guards at least we have those two to bore them to death." I say when Clarke comes and stands next to me. She laughs quietly and it is a truly beautiful sound.

Clarke clears her throat and the lovebirds stop bickering in their engineer language. "If we want to get out, we should get moving. The soldiers could at any moment realize that Lexa and I are here and that you all are out."

As if on cue, an alarm blares.