On the Ground

His Sister's Keeper

    When I woke up, there was plenty of commotion outside. I sat up and listened. "Hurry!" Bellamy yelled. I got up and listened. "Finn, come on!" I heard Bellamy yell. It was still dark out. I pulled on my boots and walked out. Bellamy, Jasper, Mbege, Roma, Monroe, and a kid named Diggs were standing by the door of the wall. I jogged over to them. "Whats going on?" I asked Monty. "Octavia is missing. They are going out to find her." Monty said. Jasper was going too. "Jasper, are you sure you want to go?" I asked. He half smiled. "Its Octavia, I have to." Jasper stood close to Monty. "Come on Finn! We are leaving!" Bellamy yelled. Finn walked out of his tent. His hair was shorter. "Haircut?" Clarke asked. He pulled her aside and started talking. "Look up there!" Someone yelled. In the sky there were hundreds of little lights. "It didn't work. They didn't see the flares." Raven said. Those were bodies. "They didn't get our message." Clarke looked to Raven. "This is all because of you!" Raven yelled at Bellamy. Clarke and Finn reached out and grabbed her. "I helped you find the radio." Bellamy said, defending himself. "Yeah, after you jacked it from my pod and trashed it!" Raven yelled. Clarke held on to Ravens shoulder, "Yeah, he knows. And now he has to live with it." Clarke looked to Bellamy. "All I know is that my sister is out there and I'm going to find her. You coming or what?" Bellamy said, looking at Finn. "Then what are we waiting for? Move out!"  Bellamy was already walking out but Jasper was still waiting. "Guys? They're leaving we have to go." Jasper asked. Raven grabbed Finn's arm. "I gotta do this. Stay and fix the radio, okay?" Finn said to Raven. "Fix it? Unless there's a parts depo down here, we're not talking to the Ark." Raven held tight to Finn's jacket sleeve. Finn looked to Clarke. "Art supplies store." Clarke suggested. Raven looked from Finn to Clarke questionably.  "I know a place you might be able to get a transmitter." Clarke told Raven. Finn looked at the ground. Raven noticed. "Great... then it looks like your coming with me instead." Raven said to Clarke. "Finn? I'm not gonna find her without you." Jasper said. Finn nodded "Be careful." Finn said to Clarke and Raven.   "Hey." Raven pulled Finn into a kiss. Clarke looked away. Finn followed them out, Jasper at his side. "Uh its, uh this way." Clarke pointed behind her. Raven was already running off in that direction. Even though I had only slept for about an hour or so, I decided to work. Monty and I started separating food. Monty kept looking up. "They just left. It's going to be awhile before they are back." I said, Monty looked over. "I know, I'm just worried." I understood that, but at least Jasper wasn't alone. We had been down here for about 2 weeks now. So much had happened in those two weeks. Good and bad.

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    An hour or two later, the sky was becoming lighter. Monty had fallen asleep on a chair next me. We were still in the food area sorting. Or at least I was. Monty fell asleep a little while ago. Miller was half asleep standing by the wall. Things were stressful, just sitting and waiting. One of the guys got down off the wall and opened the gate. I got up to look but it was just Clarke and Raven. Looks like they found what they were looking for. I tapped Monty's shoulder lightly. He opened one eye and looked at me. "Clarke and Raven are back with supplies." I said. He looked over at them. "Clarke!" Monty yelled. She turned to him. "Do you need help with anything?" He asked her. She smiled and shook her head. "Its fine, go sleep, you look exhausted." Clarke disappeared into the drop ship, Raven close behind her. "She's right, I will look out for the others." I said, shooing him away. I got up, going to my tent as well. Connor walked right into me. I fell onto my butt. "Watch were you are walking, traitor." Connor sneered at me. One of his friends came up behind me, laughing. "Not so scary without your boyfriend, huh?" He laughed. "Get away from me." I said, glaring at Connor. He laughed again. I pushed myself up from the ground. The guy behind me shoved me forward and I landed on my knees. "Go to hell." I told him. I carefully pulled my knife from my pocket. As the guy reached forward towards me, I spun on him and cut his hand. "Ahhh! You bitch!" He yelled at me. Connor grabbed my other arm, trying to pin it behind my back. I heard a clonk and he dropped my arm and yelled. I kicked the other guy in front of me, bringing him to the ground. I turned and Monty and Miller stood behind me.  Monty was holding a bucket. I laughed at the sight. Miller kicked Connor. "I don't want to see you near her again. Got it?" He whispered in Connor's ear. Connor took a minute to get up. Connor's friend was still yelling about me cutting him. "What is going on?" Clarke yelled. She was standing a few feet from us with her arms crossed. "She is a traitor! We can't trust her! She was with Murphy!" Connor yelled. "I trust her." Clarke said quickly. Connor glared at her. "This is what they want! The Grounders are just waiting till we turn on each other." Clarke preached. "Now, we need to stop this! Some of our people are out there right now! And Raven is in there trying to find a way to contact the Ark. So stop fighting and get back to work!" Clarke's speech had caused a crowd. Connor's friend went up to Clarke, complaining about his hand. Clarke looked at it. "Clean it and wrap it up. It's your own fault." She turned and went back into the drop ship. I cleaned my knife off and stuck it back in my pocket. One of the girls, Harper came up to me. "For the record, I trust you." Harper said, smiling. "Thanks Harper." I said, half smiling. Clarke came back out of the drop ship, she looked unhappy. "Monty, see if you can help Raven." Clarke said. Monty nodded and handed Miller the bucket. He stared at it confused for a minute and sat it down. "Come on. Lets collect some fruit or something." Miller grabbed my elbow and pulled me away. He picked up a spear and some gear and we headed out. Once out of the camp he stopped me. "Take me to were you last met Murphy." I stared at him with wide eyes. "You- what?" I asked. "You want to see him? Then I'm not letting you go alone." Miller said. I nodded and made my way towards where I had met him. It was a good 30-40 minute walk. We finally found the cave. "Stay here." I told Miller. I crept out of the trees. I heard nothing, just the sound of water. "John?" I called as quietly as I could. "Murphy?" I asked again. Nothing. I looked over to Miller who had come out of the trees. "John? Its me and Miller." I said. I walked into the cave. It was dark but when my eyes adjusted I could see that it was small. No one was here. Miller moved ahead of to something on the ground. He picked it up and sighed. He turned to me and put it in my hands. Murphy's jacket. It was wet. I stepped back out of the cave. "Miller..." I said. The jacket was soaked with blood. "Grounders." Miller whispered, looking around. "I'm sorry Y/N but, we need to go." I wiped tears away. "Please, now." He said urgently. I shrugged off my bag and tossed the jacket in. There was a rustle in the bushes. "Run." Miller said, grabbing my arm. "But, Miller!" I pulled him. "If they took him, they could still be here!" He pulled me back. Right on que one came from the bush. He yelled something in Grounder. Miller shoved me behind him. "Run!" He yelled at me. "NO! I will not leave you here!" I yelled. The Grounder charged at us. I threw one of Millers knives and it hit the Grounders stomach. I took up my own knife and slashed out. Miller kicked out and the Grounder fell back. His head it the rocks hard, he tried to get up but failed. "Now we run!" I said pulling Miller to the trees. I kept my knife out still. There was no sound of pursuit but Miller and I continued to race back to camp. Once we were in sight of our lookouts I yelled to them. "Open the gate now!" They opened it right as we ran to it. Once inside we collapsed, breathing hard. "What happened?" People were asking. "Did you get food?" Another asked. I shook my head. "Grounder." Miller breathed out. Harper ran to us with water. "Bellamy?" I asked. She shook her head. It was afternoon now and they should have been back. I got up and made my way to the drop ship. Raven was sitting at the radio. "Any luck?" I asked. She turned and smiled. "Oh hey, getting there." She said. "Good, I'm starting to miss my family I think." I joked, even though I did miss them. I was about to leave when Raven asked, "Hey, what happened to you before I got here? You were so upset." She looked concerned. "They tried to hang my boyfriend. Calling him a murderer and a traitor. Then they banished him for nothing." I said. "I'm sorry... Finn wouldn't tell me anything. He just said it wasn't his business." Raven told me. Finn was apart of that banishing. So it was his business technically. "I'm just trying to keep a clear head. Get through everything and maybe I will see him again." I said. Some of that was true. But I didn't know if I would see him again. The Grounders have him now. I smiled and Raven and left. There was lots of commotion outside. I threw my bag and jacket in my tent and ran to the gate. "They're back!" Someone yelled. Jasper came through the gate, Octavia leaning on him. "Get Clarke now!" Jasper yelled. Monroe was right behind him. Clarke came running over. Bellamy came walking through the gate holding Finn, he had been stabbed. "Clarke!" I yelled. She ran to them. "Finn?! Oh my god!" Clarke said. Raven appeared at the entrance of the drop ship. She ran over. "Oh my god." She whispered. Clarke felt for a pulse. "He's alive!" Clarke yelled. "Bellamy wouldn't let me take the knife out." Jasper informed. "No, that was a good call." Clarke said, she looked frantic. "Get him in the drop ship now! Go!" Clarke ordered, four guys helped move Finn. Raven was behind me pacing. "Clarke! Can you save him?" Raven cried. "No... not me. I need my mother. I need to talk to her." Clarke said, she was shaking a bit. "There's no radio!" Raven said, trying not to cry. "Raven. Fix it. Go!" Clarke said, grabbing Raven's arms and pushing her.  Octavia walked by. "Hey, are you okay?" Clarke asked her. "Just go." Octavia breathed. Clarke ran to the drop ship. Octavia turned towards the open gate. "Woah, hey!" Bellamy yelled to her. "Why are you defending him?" He asked her. "Because he saved my life. That spear that hit Roma-" Octavia explained.  Bellamy cut her off. "No I saved your life. For all you know, he was keeping you alive to use you as bait for one of their  traps." Octavia stared at him in disbelief. "No...I don't think so." She said. "You don't think O. That's the problem! They killed 3 of our people today. And if you would have let me kill him when I had the chance Finn wouldn't be in there dying right now!" Bellamy yelled. "Stop blaming me  for your mistakes! What happened to Finn, is not my fault! I wanted to leave, so if Finn dies in there, that's on you!" Octavia yelled back. I could hear the anger in her voice. Bellamy's eyes had widened. "Everything that's gone wrong is because of you. You got me locked up on the Ark, you wanted me to go to that stupid dance, you got mom killed!" She continued to yell and blame him. He shook his head, "Me?" He asked. Both of them looked like they would cry. "Mom was floated for having you, shes dead because you are alive. That was her choice. I didn't have a choice. My life ended the day you were born!" Bellamy shot back at her. Octavia stared in disbelief. She turned away to leave. Bellamy grabbed her arm. "Where do you think you're going?" He asked. "You can't keep me locked up in here forever." Octavia said, yanking her arm free. She walked back through the camp, probably through the tent. Bellamy turned towards the gate. "Get back inside." He ordered. There was a storm starting. The clouds became dark quickly. "A storms coming." Bellamy closed the gate. I stopped Monroe as she walked past.  "Mbege?" I asked. She shook her head. If Murphy found out, he would be upset. Mbege was his friend. I knew Clarke had not checked for injuries from the ones who returned. Bellamy was close. "Are you hurt at all?" I asked him. He shook his head. Still angry from his fight with Octavia clearly. "Good." I said. I moved on to Jasper who was walking around a lot. "Hey, Jasper. Any injuries?" I asked again. "Uh... no. Is Finn going to be okay?" He said. "I have no idea. Clarke will do what she can." I looked towards the drop ship. Clarke had been upset and didn't know what to do. A few people were rushing back and forth from the drop ship. I could hear Clarke calling orders to them. Jasper walked around trying to find a way to help. "Jasper, go rest." I told him, stopping his pacing. The storm was about to get bad, lightening lit up the area. "We need to take cover!" I yelled out. Others were already running to the tents. The tents may not hold up. I ran to mine and grabbed my things that were scattered about. Mine and Murphy's actually. I wadded it into my bag. The rest would have to stay out here. I made my way towards the dropship. Everyone was rushing about. Inside the drop ship, Finn was laying on a table and Clarke leaned over him. Trying to help. His breathing sounded normal so the knife didn't hit his lungs. Raven worked on the radio in the corner, occasionally looking at Finn. I snuck past and made my way up the ladder. I wanted to get to the 3rd level. No one went up there really. Miller was sitting by the ladder on the 3rd level. "You are just everywhere." I said, laughing a bit. He smirked and watched as I threw my bad in the corner. "Storm's coming. I kinda want my stuff to stay dry." I explained. "Good idea." He said, nodding. I half smiled and went back down the ladder. Clarke and Raven were still busy. "Clarke, there is a huge storm coming in." I said. She looked at me, worry all over her face. "Get them ready out there. Do what you can." Clarke pointed outside. There wasn't really anything she could do for Finn yet. We needed that radio. I nodded and ran out of the drop ship.

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