Ark Kingdom: The Magic Within (Bellarke)

Chapter 31

Wick's POV

"Bellamy trusts them. We're okay. He won't let anything happen to any of us."

"If he even tries to touch her I will snap his neck."

"I hope Octavia is at camp. She should be there by now. I need to talk to Lincoln. There's something about him. I wonder where his people are. Is it a trap? Will they follow him? Are they going to attack?"

"Bellamy needs to stop worrying so much. I should calm him down. I can't touch him though. I can't let them see what we can do just yet."

The voices are rushing through my mind. The thoughts go so fast that I can barely catch them before they are gone. Only Raven's thoughts are comfortable for me. I've been around her enough to be able to drown hers out. When we got to camp it was overwhelming; all of the voices. I could barely control myself long enough to ask to speak to Bellamy alone.

It was so intense that I couldn't even manage to speak aloud. I wish that Clarke weren't coming just because I have to focus on blocking two voice instead of one but I can tell from their thoughts that I couldn't get them to separate.

"Wick better know what he's doing." Raven's thoughts flow into my mind easing the tension somewhat.

"I do. But, keep an eye on them. They're keeping something hidden and I can't tell what it is." I speak into Raven's mind after a moment longer to catch my thoughts.

"Wick, I'm fine. I can handle myself." She thinks back.

"I know, but please just stay back, okay? For once just do as I say." I know that she probably won't but I have to at least try. This will be dangerous enough without me having to worry about her. If I didn't need her here I would have forced her to hide somewhere so I could know that she was safe. Granted I think I'm too selfish for that to ever work. I wouldn't want to be away from her.

"What is going on?" Bellamy's voice is harsh. He has his arms crossed and is standing as close as he can to Clarke without touching her.

"Some people in Ark Kingdom want to get rid of us with magic and they plan to start with you." I say with a raspy voice from lack of use.

"The man who got me to stab King Jaha?" He asks.

"Yes, well he's one of them but he's not the leader. He is a pawn just like you, just like me." I answer him and see Raven shift out of the corner of my eye.

"Okay, so what do we do? How can we stop them? Clarke speaks up. Bellamy nods his head and once again I am bombarding by their thoughts. It's always worse when strong emotions are connected.

"You two need to back up." Raven steps in front of me and grabs my hands. When her rough yet small hands cover mine I instantly feel better. "Try and clear your minds."

"Sorry." They say together or think. At this point I can't tell. I continue to focus on Raven's hands and her calming thoughts.

"Sorry about that." I say once I've blocked their thoughts again. "What was your question?"

"How do we stop them?" Clarke asks in an unsure voice.

"We don't. At least not yet." I add when I see the surprise and anger on their faces.

"Then why are you here?" Bellamy asks taking a step closer.

"I'm here to save your sorry butt. Raven and I can help you get through the veil. We can help keep you alive, but make it look like you are dead. That way we can have time to plan out what we're going to do."

"I don't trust him. Not yet." Clarke thinks and it's as if Bellamy can read her thoughts because he gives her a nod.

"Alright, how do you plan to help us get out of here?" He challenges.

I tell him about our plan with Raven's help to clarify at moments. Bellamy and Clarke both listen patiently and only interrupt to ask questions to clarify. After at least half an hour we decide that it will work and head back to camp to tell the others.

"I'm going to stay back here if that's okay with you." I say because I know that I won't be able to take so many thoughts especially from scared teenagers.

"Fair enough. Clarke, go ahead and tell them. Make sure that they are all ready. I'll stay here with our friends." Bellamy says and I can hear the silent fight they have. Without hearing the last comment I can tell that Bellamy has won when Clarke gives a slight nod of her head.

I watch in wonder as Bellamy reaches forward to lightly touch Clarke's hand. When they touch both of them look around and let out a sigh of relief at the same time. Their reaction strikes me as odd. I reach into their minds to see what they were expecting but only manage to be kicked out. That doesn't happen very often because people don't know how to block me, especially because they don't know what I can do. 

A/N What do you think of Wick's POV? I just wanted to try something different. Thanks for reading, voting, and commenting!