Skye & Earth ||| Bellamy Blake

18 ~ Forgive

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I just wanna feel something, I just wanna feel

I just wanna feel something, I just wanna feel

Something really real

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Skye wakes up to find herself on the concrete floor of the supply depot. She has a pounding migraine. She touches the back of her head and can feel dried blood.

She glances around, remembering the events that transpired prior to her injury. Dax is gone. Bellamy still isn't back. She quickly picks up the gun lying next to her and rushes up the stairs to the surface.

It's getting dark. The woods are quiet. She listens. Her ears are ringing. She runs through the woods trying to find Bellamy. She trips, still dizzy from whatever it was that caused her hallucinations. She picks herself up.

She sees figures in the distance. Bellamy is on the ground. Dax is standing over him, holding his gun. 

Skye watches in horror as Dax pulls the trigger.

CLICK.

Misfire.

She approaches Dax from behind, holding up her rifle. "Put it down, Dax."

He turns around to face her. "Should've stayed down there, Skye. I tried not to kill you, but here you are, and Shumway said no witnesses."

Skye furrows her brows and glances at Bellamy, his face all bloody. "What is he talking about?"

"Shumway set it up. He gave me the gun to shoot the Chancellor." Bellamy groans out.

Dax aims the gun at Skye. "Walk away now, and I won't kill you."

She grinds her teeth. "Put. It. Down."

He shrugs. "Your choice."

She pulls the trigger of her gun, but it doesn't go off. The bullet was a dud. She dodges behind a tree as he shoots off three rounds of his own.

Bellamy screams. "No!"

She reloads the gun as Bellamy tackles Dax to the ground. She comes out from behind the tree right as Dax throws Bellamy off of him.

The taller boy kneels over him, pressing his rifle into Bellamy's throat, choking him.

Skye tries shooting again but it's another dud. "Screw this." She mumbles, holding the weapon high above her head, attempting to knock the man to the floor.

She doesn't get very far because he turns right as she is lowering the gun to his skull, and punches her in the stomach, causing her to collapse in a fit of wheezing.

Bellamy's hand drops to the dirt, picking up a large gold bullet. He slams the bullet into Dax's neck, causing him to choke on his own blood. He collapses to the ground, shaking for a minute before his ragged breathing finally stops.

Bellamy crawls over to Skye, panting. He leans against a tree. She pulls herself up next to him, with a wince. She grabs his hands. "You're okay."

He shakes his head. Tears are in his eyes. "No, I'm not. My mother... If she knew what I've done, who I am. She raised me to be better, to be good."

"Bell-"

"And all I do is hurt people. I'm a monster."

She squeezes his hand tightly. "Hey... You saved my life today. You may be a total douche half the time, but... I need you." He looks her in the eye at that. His face relaxes the slightest bit.

She continues. "We all need you. None of us would've survived this place if it wasn't for you. You want forgiveness, fine, I'll give it to you. You're forgiven, ok, but you can't run, Bellamy. You have to come back with me. You have to face it. Please."

"Like you faced your mom?"

She sighs. "You're right. I don't want to face my mom. I don't want to face any of it. All I think about every day is how we're gonna keep everyone alive, but we don't have a choice."

"Jaha will kill me when he comes down."

She squeezes his hand again. "We'll figure something out."

He gently lays his head down on her shoulder "Can we figure it out later?"

She nods. "Whenever you're ready."

After a few minutes she speaks softly. "Bell?"

"Hm?" He hums.

"Can I tell you something?"

He lifts his head and looks at her. "You're scaring me."

She huffs a laugh. "My real name is Skylar."

He smiles slightly. "Skylar" He repeats.

She nods.

"That's pretty."

Her lips curl up in a small grin. "My birth mother named me. She named me after the sky."

His smile remains. He gently brushes a strand of her hair from her face. "I like it."

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The two walk back into camp, large packs hanging over their shoulders. They are bruised and bleeding, but alive.

Miller runs out of the drop ship, panicked. "He's gone! The Grounder is gone!"

Jasper spins around. "What if he brings other Grounders back?"

Someone calls out. "He'll kill us all."

"Or worse." Someone says.

Bellamy and Skye walk to the middle of the anxious crowd. "Let the Grounders come." Bellamy says loudly.

People murmur quietly. "We've been afraid of them for far too long, and why? Because of their knives and spears. I don't know about you. I'm tired of being afraid." He nods at Skye.

They both drop their bags at the same time, showing off the guns they got from the depot. This time the murmurs turn into whoops and excitement.

"These are weapons, ok, not toys, and we have to be prepared to give them up to the guard when the dropships come, but until then, they're gonna help keep us safe." Skye tells them.

She looks up and makes eye contact with Clarke who stands beside a disgusted Finn. Clarke nods once. She isn't happy with the idea either, but she knows it's necessary.

"And there are plenty more where these came from. Tomorrow, we start training, and if the Grounders come, we're gonna be ready to fight." Bellamy says.

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Later, Skye and Bellamy walk into the tent with the video chat. They both sit down and put on the headsets.

Jaha is on the screen. "Mr. Blake, I've wanted to talk to you for some time now."

Skye clears her throat. "Before you do, I'd like to say something. When you sent us down here, you sent us to die, but miraculously, most of us are still alive. In large part, that is because of him, because of Bellamy. He's one of us, and he deserves to be pardoned of his crimes just like the rest of us."

Bellamy looks at her while she talks. He doesn't say anything.

Jaha clasps his hands together and rests them on the table he sits at. "Skye, I appreciate your point of view, but it's not that simple."

Bellamy finally turns to the Chancellor. "It is if you want to know who on the Ark wants you dead."

Jaha lowers his head at that. He takes a deep breath as he thinks. He looks back up at them.

"Bellamy Blake. You are pardoned of your crimes."

The two look at each other, smiles on their faces as they sigh of relief.

"Now, tell me who gave you the gun." Jaha says.

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