Chapter 10

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Bellamy's P.O.V
"Stop it!" I yell at Raven.
"I can't. The system is wired from the outside. Plus the dropship has an automatic function that locks the door when the rockets start!" She yells back at me. My heart races a million miles per hour. Octavia is out there. I start pacing the room trying to think of something.
"Bellamy, you need to stay calm. You don't think rationally when you panick." Clarke says.
"Octavia is out there, Clarke. I can't lose her." I say.
"No, she isn't." I give her a confused look. Why wouldn't Octavia be outside. She takes the clue and starts to explain. "O, went to see Lincoln. She didn't want to tell you because you wouldn't let her, but she didn't want anyone to worry so she told me."
"You didn't think you should have told m-" I started.
"Guys. I'm trying to figure out how to save , like 90 people from being burned to death in about less than two minutes. Could you save it for later?" Raven snapped.
"How can we stop this?" I ask Raven.
"We can't. Unless someone goes down underneath the dropship from the inside and empties the rockets of it's fuel before it blows up... they're all toast." She sighs.
I'm about to volunteer but Clarke beats me to it. "I'm going."
"No you're not." I argue. "It's too dangerous. Im going."
"No, Bellamy. I can't lose you." She uses the words i had used for Octavia. She cups my face in her hands and whispers "I'll be fine. I promise." Then i kiss her. "I love you" i say as i rest my forehead on hers. "I love you too." She replies. Then she runs off towards the latch but Raven stops her. "Here." She hands her a walkie and says "I'll talk you through it." Clarke nods then opens the hatch and disappears.
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Clarkes P.O.V
The first thing i feel when I enter the latch is the intense heat but i ignore it and look around. There are so many mechanisms down here and the worst part is they all look the same. "Raven, what am I looking for?" I ask in the walkie.
"Look for a red and white striped cylinder about ten feet ahead of you." She says. I walk a few steps ahead when i spot it.
"I got it, Raven. What now?"
She sighs "Now , you empty it out. There should be a black box near the cylinder. Twist open the cylinder and just pour the fuel out." She pauses then says "Clarke, you need to be careful. If even a drop of this fuel drops out there will be an explosion but only down there."
I wipe some sweat of my forehead, it was about 40 degrees down here. I notice my hands are shaking but i tell myself that I need to pull it together or everyone here dies. I place the black box under the cylinder and then I do as Raven said and twist the cylinder but just as the last of it is flowing into the black box, the dropship starts to shake. And the last part of the rocket fuel spills all over the floor.
"No." I whisper, realizing what is about to happen. I make a run for the latch but i only make it out halfway and my top part of my body is on the dropship floor when i feel the most pain i have ever felt shoot up my legs and the last thing i see is Raven running over and then it all goes black.

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