Defiance • Bellamy Blake [1]

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Octavia stared at the grounder, fury in her eyes.

"Nyko? Is it true?" Octavia asked.

"Yes. Death is the only way," he admitted.

"Hold on. There could be a way to bring him back," Clarke said.

"None that I've ever seen." Nyko said, throwing his knife to the ground.

"We have to go. The camps leaving," Finn said, climbing up the pot hole and into view.

"You!" Nyko shouted, his voice filled with anger.

"We have to stop -"

Finn got cut off when Nyko slammed him into the wall, screaming at him in grounder language, holding him by the neck. 

"Get off him!" Bellamy shouted, raising his gun to Nyko.

"You slaughtered my people. Elders. Children. Innocents." Nyko bellowed.

"Nyko, you're killing him." Octavia shouted.

"Blood must have blood!" Nyko yelled.

"Get out of the way!" Bellamy shouted, his finger close to pulling the trigger.

Octavia stepped in front of the gun.

"Bellamy, you're not shooting him! No!" Octavia screamed.

I looked around, trying to find something that could help me control this situation. My eyes landed on the electric stick. I grabbed it and brought it to life, then pressed it to Nyko's neck. He shook before falling to the ground.

"Lincoln?" Octavia whispered.

I looked at Lincoln and was horrified to see that he wasn't moving. As I peered closer, I realized that he wasn't even breathing. Octavia ran over to his side.

"He's not breathing," she said, terror in her voice.

Clarke ran over to Octavia's side and checked for a pulse. My hand searched for Bellamy's and he gripped it tightly. 

"His heart stopped. Move." Clarke ordered.

Clarke leaned over Lincoln and started doing compressions. I didn't want to be watching, but my eyes couldn't move away. Suddenly, Lincoln inhaled. His breathing was raspy, but he was breathing.

"He was dead," Nyko said. "How did you do that?"

"You've tried bringing reapers back before?" Clarke asked. Nyko said nothing. "And they died like this?"

Nyko nodded his head. Clarke looked at the ground and I could practically see the wheels spinning in her head.

"What is it?" Bellamy asked.

"I know how to stop the attack." She said.

"How?" I asked.

"I'll explain on the way. Harley, you're coming with me." Clarke said.

"Okay."

Clarke climbed down the ladder. I went to follow her but then Bellamy called my name, making me stop. He walked quickly towards me.

"Hey. Be careful." Bellamy said, grabbing my cheeks, making me look at him.

"Aren't I always?" I said, placing my hand on top of his.

Bellamy shook his head and placed a soft kiss on my lips.

"That's disgusting." I heard Octavia mutter.

I laughed before turning my attention towards her. "Make sure he keeps breathing."

"Like I would let his heart stop." Octavia said.