this side of paradise [jasper jordan x fem! oc]

bodyguard of lies must have blood

we've been in hiding for a few days now. between those who have been helping us, we've been split into groups of three to five. me and jasper and monty had been staying with maya and her father, but they moved us to another wing that had already been searched. by now bellamy has taken out the acid fog, and our people should be marching on the mountain. 

as we sit in mr. and mrs, peterson's living room, cages voice comes through the PA.

 "my fellow citizens, this is your president speaking. i have news to share with you, that will all of our lives forever.  for 97 years, mount weather has been our home. it has kept us safe, but it has also held us captive. most of us have made peace with what we've done to survive. we've done these things for one reason. so that our people could someday return to the ground. that day is today... before my friend, lorelia tsing was murdered by the outsiders still at large in this mountain, she found a cure. it was in their bone marrow." 

me and jasper look at eachother, "he's going public." i confirm. 

"this has been a dream for our people since the bombs. but to reach it now, i need your help. the criminals that irradiated level 5, killing 15 of our people, are now keeping us from that dream. although we've repaired our home, we can not replace the lives that were so viciously taken from us. yet it is hard to believe, there are others among us who would help the people who did this. and i'm speaking to you now, if you want to stop the blood treatments once and for all, then the 44 murderers your now hiding, are the key to doing that. you have one hour to turn them in without punishment... after that, we'll be forced to consider you enemies of the state. im asking you... please... do what's right for your people, our people. so that we can all, take our rightful place on the ground. we're almost home." 

"not all of us." i mummer, staring into space. jasper grabs my hand from across the table. we all go quiet for a moment, processing. we hear pounding, and i give myself whiplash as i turn to the door. maya quickly stands up and moves the painting. me, her, and jasper step inside the wall, and mrs. peterson covers the hole. 

we watch as tillings interrogates the petersons. tillings looks at the coffee table, noticing three rings, and pushes mr. peterson onto the couch. i grabbed jasper's hand with my own, holding it tightly, then grabbing maya's on my other side.  

"where are they?" tilling asks, pointing the gun at them. "one.... two.... three.. four!" mrs. peterson begins to cry, "five." 

jasper lets go of my hand and quickly moves the painting, "wait. wait. please, dont shoot. please. we're here, okay? just.. leave them alone." 

"im so sorry" 

tilling speaks into his walkie, "this is tilling, just found three more. we're bringing them in now." the other guards cuff us, and tilling kills the petersons in front of our eyes. the guards drag us out of the room, and escort us down the hall.

we stop as maya's father stands in the middle of the hall, "out of the way Vincent" tilling orders, 

"thats my daughter.."

"dad, dont-" 

"quiet. she's been aiding and abetting the outsiders. you need to get out of our way."

vincent shakes his head "i wont let you take her paul."

"listen carefully, we have orders. she knows where they're hiding. now, step aside. im not gonna ask you again."

"if you want her, you have to go through me."

"dad, please, they'll kill you." maya cries. 

tillings pulls out his gun, "dont make me do this, vincent."