Atlantis

Chapter Fifteen

"They've got the boy." Nia told Faye when the sun had set.

"Finally."

They joined the crowd of people who were waiting for their justice. The sky people stood on the other side of their wall, watching.

Everyone cleared a path for a girl walking towards the center of the crowd.

They stood just outside of the commander's tent and saw Clarke demand to speak with Lexa.

Indra held out her spear, pressing it against Clarke's stomach. Clarke looked at Faye for any kind of help, but Faye was surrounded by her people, there was nothing she could do.

"Let her pass." Lexa said, exiting her tent. Indra let Clarke pass, and Clarke walked over to Lexa. "You bleed for nothing. You cannot stop this."

"No. Only you can."

The people all shouted when Finn was dragged out.

"Show my people how powerful you are. Show them you can be merciful. Show them you're not a savage."

"We are what we are." Lexa said.

"Then I'm a killer." Clarke confessed. "I burned 300 of your people. I slit a man's throat and watched him die. I'm soaked in Grounder blood. Take me."

"But Finn is guilty."

"No. He did it for me. He did it for me." Clarke's voice broke as she tried to beg with the commander.

"Then he dies for you."

Clarke looked at Finn. "Can I say goodbye?"

Lexa gave a simple nod. Clarke walked over to her friend.

It was barbaric, but Faye missed the ways of her people. She missed survival.

Clarke took her time with Finn, and when she was finished, a liquid red spot appeared on his shirt.

Everyone started moving forward before Lexa stopped them all. "It is done."

Raven's pained cries were heard from both camps.

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When it was done, and Lexa calmed her people, she was ready to talk with Clarke. Faye shadowed her the entire way.

"Blood has answered blood. Some on my side say that's not enough. They wanted the murderer to suffer as our tradition demands. But they do not know that your suffering will be worse. What you did tonight will haunt you to the end of your days. Still, there will be restitution. The body will be given to the people of Tondc. Murderer and murdered joined by fire. Only then can we have peace."

"No. No, we've done enough." Kane interrupted. "The boy should be buried by his own people."

"Enough?" Indra questioned. "We were owed the pain if 18 deaths. We were owed our righteous kill. My village deserves Justice." Faye had to stop Indra from drawing her knife and threatening the visitors.

"You don't want justice." Abby spoke up. "You want vengeance."

"You have not seen my vengeance." Faye held out her hand to keep Indra away from Abby.

"You wanted an alliance, this is the only way." Faye reminded Abby. She waited for Clarke's answer. Clarke had already shown herself to be the leader, so Faye waited for the leaders call.

"We'll do it. But when it's over, we talk about how to get our people out of Mount Weather. All of our people." Clarke said. Even if it was just moments ago, you could see the grief starting to form in Clarke.

"We want the same things, Clarke." Lexa reminded her.

"Good. When do we leave?"

"Now." Lexa stood. "Choose your attendants." She walked through the group with Indra, Faye, and Gustus behind her.

"We can't trust Abby or the other one. They don't listen to Clarke." Faye said, only loud enough for her and Lexa to hear.

"There is nothing we can do about that."

Faye rode next to Lexa and Gustus the entire time. She had a tent close to the commander's and when they arrived at Tondc, she watched the Sky People surrender their weapons.

Everyone in the village was outraged by the presence of the Sky People, but Lexa ignored them.

"Skaikru don jak ething op kom ai." A man said, expecting Justice for his wife and children.

"Move aside." Gustus ordered the man.

"Murderers are not welcome here!"

Gustus moved to beat the man to death.

Clarke stepped forward. "Commander, stop him. Please. They'll blame us for this too."

"Let him live." Lexa said. She turned to address all of Tondc. "The Sky People March with us now. Anyone who tries to stop that...will pay with their life."

No one objected so Lexa kept moving, with everyone following her.