Skye & Earth ||| Bellamy Blake

44 ~ Chant

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What reason are you fighting for?

When I wake up, I'll reach for you

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Skye walks into medical where Octavia sits with Lincoln. Abby is there too.

She looks down at his arms and sees restraints around him.

"He's not a Reaper anymore. He shouldn't be restrained." She tells her mother.

Lincoln speaks quietly. "Yes, I should."

Abby sighs. "Just tell us, is there a way to make peace?"

"Did she leave riders behind?" He asks.

"Two just outside the gate."

"They're waiting for Finn. You don't have much time to decide."

Octavia shakes her head. "She can't expect us to just hand over one of our own people. Would she do that?"

Lincoln looks over at her. "She wouldn't let her people die to protect a murderer." He looks back to the two Griffins. "If you don't do this, she will kill everyone in this camp."

"There has to be something else that we can offer." Abby says.

"Finn took 18 lives. The Commander is offering to take just one. Take the deal."

Skye rubs the bridge of her nose. "Finn was the first one to come to you to offer peace."

"He massacred my village."

"But that's not Finn. You know that's not who he is." Octavia says.

"It is now." Lincoln says. "We've all got a monster inside of us. We're responsible for what it does when we let it out."

Skye bites the inside of her cheek. "What will they do to him?"

"Fire. He killed innocents. It starts with fire."

"Starts?" Abby whispers.

Lincoln looks down. "They'll take his hands. His tongue. His eyes. And anyone who grieves will have a turn with a knife. Sunrise, the Commander will handle it with her sword. I've never known anyone to survive until the sword. He killed 18. He will suffer the pain of 18 deaths. Then we can have peace."

Suddenly a whimper is heard from around the doorway. Skye looks back to see Clarke, hand over her mouth.

"Oh god. Clarke." She tries to approach her sister, but Clarke runs in the opposite direction, tears in her eyes.

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"Jus drein, jus daun! Jus drein, jus daun! Jus drein, jus daun!"

The chant echoes throughout Camp Jaha. It's daybreak now.

Grounders in the distance repeat the words in Trig.

Bellamy turns to the guards closest to him, weapon in hand. "They're trying to scare us."

Skye stands close to him. She lowers her voice to a whisper. "It's working."

He looks over at her with a soft expression. "We will figure this out, princess."

She sighs. "I hope so."

Abby walks up to them. "It's time."

They nod and follow her as she nears the gate of camp. A guard opens it.

Abby approaches the two riders.