Atlantis

Chapter Ninety-Three

"Clarke, what's going on?"

"We have to go. They kidnapped Delilah." Clarke told Faye as she continued to follow the escort.

They ran into the harvest field, following Cassius as he checked every wheel barrel.

"Russell's here somewhere. I have to warn him. You two keep looking."

Clarke and Faye ran around the fields looking for anyone running or seeming suspicious.

"Stop!" Faye yelled as she chased after a man running with a wheel barrel. "Hey!"

Faye jumped back from his knife but he still got her palm.

"Ah!" He talked her to the ground and Clarke pushed him off.

Clarke ignored the pain in her hands as she pressed against his knife, keeping the blade from her face.

Faye grabbed the knife from his hands and held him by the collar of his shirt. She pressed the knife to his throat.

"You have the blood." The man realized.

"There. They've got him." Cassius shined a light at them.

When Faye was blinded by the light, the man got free and started running.

"He's getting away." Faye stood to chase after him.

"Okay. He won't get past the shield." Russell held her back. "We'll get him."

"She's here." Cassius uncovered Delilah's body.

"Set a guard detail to check on Rose. Tell Cillian to bring his bag to the greenhouse. Go." Russell ordered Cassius. "Here."

Russell offered two pieces of fabric to the girls when he saw they were bleeding. He noticed both of them had black blood.

"I'm fine." Faye pulled away from Clarke and finished tying the knot herself.

She was still in a bitter mood about not being able to stay.

They met Cillian in the greenhouse later.

"What was wrong with her?" Clarke asked. "She looked like she couldn't move."

"She couldn't. They used a paralytic derived from a beetle my daughter discovered a long time ago, wears off in a few hours." Russell explained.

"I didn't know you had a daughter." Clarke said. Faye wondered if she was intentionally pulling the empathy strings.

"She died in a fall 6 years ago."

"Your friend Murphy has red blood." Cillian said.

"Most people do." Faye snapped. Clarke sent the doctor an apologetic look.

"We're not most people, are we?" Russell said. Russell pricked his own finger to reveal what had made Faye special all her life. "We have the same blood, Faye, royal blood. That's why they went after Delilah."

Faye was frozen. On a whole different planet, there were still some with the same radioactive blood as her.

On Earth, Nightbloods slaughtered each other to become the last one standing and take charge as Commander. On Sanctum, they were treated with a different kind of respect.

Their respect didn't stand on the back of blood and death. They were like gifs to them.

"Where is Russell?" A woman asked frantically. "The Children of Gabriel got past Jade and took my Rose."

"We know they're still here." Russell said. "We'll search everywhere inside the compound."

"How did they get inside the compound?" The woman asked.