Crows Will Fall (The 100)

Tin Can Spaceship

Paramore- Future (Paramore)
(9 days later)

"Mardi we have a problem." Raven called out to me from inside the pod.

"Great." I said sarcastically, "what is it?"

"The ship doesn't have a pressuriser, we will need one."

"Have you ask Abby?" Abby Griffen was Clarkes mother, she had been helping us with the pod. Helping us hide it and making sure no one found out.

"No, I'll go tell her we need one, can you fit these wires together." She held up a yellow and blue wire.

"I can try.."

"It's easy, I already taught you how it's done." She got out the the pod and started walking towards the exit. "I'll get you some food while I'm out "

"Thankss" I said and she left. For nine days we had been working on fixing the pod, Raven had tried to teach me some stuff but I'm better at chemistry than physics and mechanics. We got Abby Griffen involved pretty early on, to have part of the council helping us commit a crime was a pleasure. My knees and hand where healing well, just various scabs and healing scratches left. I jumped up to connect some wires, which was very easy to be honest, but I'm not very good with fiddly things. As I twisted and intertwined two wires I started to think about how free the ground would be. Being locked up in a basement was the worse thing ever, I wasn't made to be locked up, I was build for climbing, running, just being free. Down on the ground I could climb trees and run in the woods.

The 100 were dropping like flies, apparently. Abby had told Raven that she doesn't think they're dead, and that someone or something is interfering with the bracelets. In reality a bunch of adolescent prisoners finally getting freedom, they took them off themselves, I sure would've done. Which meant that Bellamy might possibly be alive, but because he was one of the first to go blank, I don't know, he might have been hurt in the crash.

After I connected the wires, I walked back over to where I spent most of my time, I had made a little home for myself. By home I mean laid out a crate on the floor and a broken mattress the other side of it. Throwing myself down on the lumpy mattress I thought more about the ground and my friends. Monty and Jasper are smart, Monty knows the ground and Jasper has good plans and knows his chemistry like me. We both learnt it from our parents, my mum worked in medicines and my dad, I had no idea what my dad did but he worked with Jaspers dad. My dad used to shout at lot at me when I was a kid, so I used to hide in various different places, the air vent being my favourite. It got worse when my mum got sick, I don't know what she had, I was only 11, but my dad got stressed and couldn't handle looking after her, me and his job. After my mum died he didn't talk for days, until I went to find Jasper and Monty in the science lab. My dad was there covered in sweat and a bottle in his hands. As soon as I saw him I ran the other way but he caught me and grabbed me by the shoulders.

" WHY ARE YOU SCARED OF ME!" He shouted in my face, I didn't answer, I was too afraid to move. "You don't listen, you don't talk! We only allowed one child and we got you." he shook me but then let go and looked at me like I wasn't there. " you killed your mother you know. Didn't give her enough space, caused her too much stress. You made her sick with all of your stupid games and hiding from us." His anger grew with every word and tears rolled down my eyes as I stood there still. Suddenly he completely lashed out and threw all types of chemicals everywhere. One hit me, sulphuric acid, down my left shoulder and arm, I screamed out in pain and ran away into Jaspers dad.

After that my father was floated and I was looked after by various different people who all gave up on me over time. Until I was 14 and got arrested. Between being 11 and 14 I must have had at least 15 guardians but they all gave up on me. Which messed me up pretty bad, I was always trying to do it right and try and belong but I always became too much, or not a main priority.

Anyway I didn't like dwelling on the past, I'm over it know it's been 3 years. All I wanted was to get to earth and be with my friends.

"Here catch." Raven threw me a bag of crisp type things, I caught them and put them next to my mattress. "I couldn't get a pressuriser, but Abby's gonna try and.."

"Pressuriser then Earth right?" I interrupted.

"Listen, Mardi. I promised Abby that I would get her to earth with Clarke and all the bracelets went out a minute ago...."

" What!"

"Mardi calm down, they probably malfunctioned or something."

"Right, sorry."

"Anyway Mardi, I don't think I can get you to the ground." She mumbled.

"What why? Don't worry we can find another way."

"No the pod is going to work it just that there is only two seats, for me the driver and Abby.." The words she was saying hurt really bad.

"Yeah, okay I get it." I smiled but inside I was crumbling.

"But when I'm down I will contact you as soon as possible."

"Thanks Raven." I felt rubbish but Raven had to let Abby come. No one meant more the Abby than her daughter, I've never seen someone love some else so much. Also she was the only member of the council I didn't want to cut.