FIRE FLY ( BELLAMY BLAKE FIC )

THE GROUND

I was laying in my bed looking up at the curling my eyes tracing the cracks like they have a million times.

"What are you doing Ray?" My best friend and cell mate Octavia huffed sitting up from her place on the floor, oh yeah did I mention we are prisoners and are being held in the sky box until our 18th birthday where we will then be floated for our crimes.

"Just staring off into space." I muttered in reply causing Octavia to scoff at my use of space I sat up in my bed looking at her as she came over sitting on the bed with me "what do you think our families are doing?" Octavia questioned.

"The way my parents where going they're probably dead" I shrugged off my answer. Before Octavia could answer our door swung open three guards immediately stomping their way in "prisoner 255 and 301 face the wall" I slowly stood up with my hands in the air and faced the wall while Octavia sat on the bed staring at the three guards.

"Octavia stand up" I whispered to her desperately Octavia huffed but then did the same as I a watched from the side as two guards stepped to us one with a box that held shiny objects and some missing from their place in the box.

"What are those for?" I questioned gesturing towards the thick silver bands "hold your right wrists out" the guard insisted I rolled my eyes but held my right wrist out causing the guard with the box to step up and pull one out before clasping it to my wrist.

A snap sounded the room as the band snapped shut on my wrist I hissed at the pain of something feeling like it had pricked my wrist.

Octavia doing the same when they secured the wrist band to her wrist, "what is this" Octavia demanded showing her wrist to the guards "follow us" the one closest to the door stated before turning on his heal and marching out.

When we did budge the other two guards left walked to us "don't make us cuff you and drag you with us" with a shove forward I grabbed Octavia's hand and followed the guard out as the other two trailed behind us so we don't try something we would regret.

Once out of our cell I looked around to see other prisoners being escorted out and in the same direction that we were being directed too, "oh my god they decided to float us all" Octavia said looking at me eyes widen in fear.

I glanced around as some prisoners fought off the guards resulting in a dart being shot at them knocking the prisoner to fall unconscious and a guard to scoop them up and carry them off as the kid was being carried off I looked at their wrist tangling by their side and noticed the wrist band.

I shook my head at Octavia "No they're not floating us. They shot a dart at the kid fighting back, wasting material on a kid they're planning to kill doesn't make sense. They're not floating us." I stated.

"Stand in line" one of the guards turned to us and pointed to a long line of prisoners under the age of 18. I nodded my head and got in line making sure Octavia was behind me I grabbed hold of her hand as to not lose her.

"What the hell is this?" Octavia whispered looking around "I don't know. But whatever it is we will get through it together" I determined giving Octavia's hand a squeeze to which she returned.

Octavia and I continued to look around and try to see if we could get any information we could find knowing asking a guard they would not tell us. I saw a sad looking Abby Griffin leave the hall where our cells were "hey you're Abby Griffin right? On the council?" I said shooting my hand out to stop her from walking by us

She nodded wiping tears at her eyes "please, tell us what's happening" Octavia pleaded causing me to nod my head Abby sighed "we are sending you to the ground" I was too shocked at her words to notice how she gently pushed my arm down and rushed by me.

"What?!" Octavia gasped as I blinked my eyes at the realization "Ray, the ground isn't survivable not for another 100 years right?!?" Octavia said scared I nodded my head "that's what they have been saying" I told her still stunned

"They're sending us to die, what about my brother I didn't get to say goodbye" Octavia whispered tears in her eyes I looked at her "Bellamy, he. He knows you love him and you know he loves you. It'll be ok" I told her facing forward as the line moved forward.

"It has to be." I whispered to myself.