Fallen

Chapter Fifty-Seven: A Deal

Bellamy watches as a woman drags Clarke out of a building. One guy there presses a button and Clarke moves like she's being electrocuted. There is small girl in the Rover next to him. The girl saved him and his friends before saying Ash and Clarke were in danger. Knowing that, he couldn't wait. He jumped into the Rover and she drove him to where they are. 

"You need to head back," he quietly orders. "I'll get both of them."

With that he walks straight out to where the woman and Clarke are. Several guns aim at him, but he tries not to look scared. He holds up his hands.

"I'm unarmed."

"Give me a reason not to kill you where you stand," the woman commands. His eyes glance towards Clarke. It's obvious the woman had been torturing her for a while now. Ash is nowhere to be seen, so there's a chance she's still alive. Or a chance she's dead. 

"How about two hundred and eighty-three?"

Some of the people around her shift their stance a bit, but the woman doesn't seem to react.

"What do you want?"

"I suggest you let Clarke and Ash go," he tells the woman.

"And why should I? And who are you?"

"Well either you let them go or my friends will blow up the ship you came from."

"They must be very important to you if you're here threatening us."

"They are."

The woman mutters something to the man. He disappears for a moment before dragging Ash out. Ash is pushed to her knees next to Clarke, a gun pointed at her head. A sense of relief rushes his system seeing both alive. It's one thing to hear they're alive, but it's another to see them. But now is not the time to let his guard down. If he fails at this, all three of them will die on the spot.

"I say you're bluffing," the woman says to Bellamy. He reaches into his pocket and pull out a mug. One from the ship the strangers came from. He holds it so she can see the image on it.

"Now two people or two hundred and eighty-three people. Your choice."

One of her men disappears. Bellamy locks eyes with Ash for a moment. He's so glad that she survived. 

'I want to kill them,' Ash mouths towards him, anger filling her eyes. And to think, when they first landed she was so unsure about fighting. His eyes look towards Clarke. Ash would want to kill them for what they've done to Clarke. Most likely the two of them ended up together these past six years and he's happy for them if that's the case. But given the situation, he knows Ash is pissed.

"I can't access the cryochambers," a voice over a walkie states. "Somehow they blocked the remote access to the cryo-room and the pods. We can't wake anyone up."

The woman looks at Bellamy before motioning for Clarke and Ash to be taken away. He wants to chase after them, but he can't. That could ruin everything he's doing.

"Do I have your attention now?" he asks.

"If anything happens to my people-"

"Nothing will happen to your people if we can make a deal."

"Then what do you want."

"Besides the two of them free, your help. We need your help opening a bunker. Since you're miners, that shouldn't be problem for you. If you do that, I'll let your people go. Afterwards, we can split the valley right down the middle. There is no point in senseless murder if can live together."

He's starting to sound like Ash and Clarke. The woman thinks for a moment before looking at the others.

"Do I have your word?"