Atlantis

Chapter Nineteen

The Reapers spoke while they ripped the blindfolds off of every Grounder they captured. They were all so desperate for the Red.

The door opened and four men walked out, followed by a female. They kept the high-pitched buzzing noise going. "Stay back, or you don't get your dose."

Faye lowered her head. The girl next to her was trembling and on the brink of tears, she couldn't be older than 12.

"Harvest." The doctor said, pointing at the little girl.

She came to Faye and looked at her. It had been too long, surely the doctor recognized her by now.

"Harvest. Harvest." Faye tried not to let her relief show when both her and Bellamy were tagged "harvest."

"What's the hold-up?" A guy asked. They had gotten to Lincoln. Lincoln knelt to the ground, leaned his head to the side.

Faye watched until Lincoln fell back with his eyes shut. Her eyes were wide open as she stared at nothing but the ground. 

"Harvest them all." The doctor waved her hand at them.

Bellamy escaped their grip and punched one in the face. Faye had forgotten the plan. It was too late when Bellamy had been knocked out. 

Faye and the little girl were taken to a different chamber than Bellamy and the rest.

When they woke up, a green light shown down on them. It was all the same. Same noises, same cages, same fear. 

From across the aisle, Bellamy banged against his cage. Echo was in the one next to him. She leaned against the cage and spit on his face. 

"Echo." Faye said from her cage.

"I take it no one has told you we're not enemies anymore. I need to get out of this cage."

"And then what?"

"And then I'll kill everyone in this mountain." Bellamy banged against his cage door, expecting a new outcome. 

"This is the definition of insanity." Faye said dryly. 

"How many times are you gonna come back. You're at what, three?" 

"Third time's the charm." Faye raised her arm to her lips. 

"What are you doing?" Bellamy asked. He watched her bite into her arm, black liquid came from her mouth when she pulled away. "What is that?" 

Faye held back many sounds of pain as she dug her fingers under the skin and pulled out the needle. She was sure her teeth would crack under the pressure of each other. 

"Our way out." Faye was able to get her hands through the bar and get the needle in the lock. 

It seemed like forever, Bellamy had given up on her way and kept fighting with the lock his way.

"Here they come." Echo retreated back to a weak and limp form. "Quiet." She hissed at Bellamy. 

Faye's hands slipped back into the cage.

"Yep. This one will do." One of the guards said, putting a key to Echo's cage. Echo's wide eyes met Faye's. Faye, while the guards weren't looking, kept trying to pick the lock.

Bellamy kicked at the cage door, getting the guards attention.

"We got us a live one." They shocked Bellamy so he was weak, then opened his cage and dragged him out.

They hung him up, taking his blood like everyone else.

"He's not the brightest." Faye said and resumed picking the lock. She finally was able to get the lock free.