"Bullet holes. Bellamy?" Miller asked.
The moment they heard the news, Faye and Miller rushed to the machine shop to find out what was happening.
"Had to be. He had the only gun." Faye said.
"Maybe not. The foragers that found it said that they saw no sign of our people." Gaia corrected.
"Well, let's see who's in there." Jackson began to take off the helmet.
Gaia grabbed a hammer. "Whoa, no. We need it intact." Clarke stopped her. "Raven will figure it out. Where is she? You said she was here?" Clarke looked at Niylah.
"Scene of the crime. The reactor. She's taking it pretty hard."
"I'll get her." Clarke offered.
The door opened and Jordan walked in with someone behind him. "Another one?" The man asked, seeing the suit in the table.
"Oh. Golden Face has friends." Miller said.
"How many were there?" Clarke asked.
"It's okay. He came to the tavern looking for you." Jordan told her. "Tell her how many you saw."
"Just one outside the shield."
"Alive?" Gaia asked.
"Apparently, he asked for Faye by name." Jordan said when the man next to him nodded.
"They have our people." If they had their people, they had Bellamy. "We'll need backup."
"Wait a minute. You're going just like that?" Jackson asked.
"Of course she is." Niylah said with no surprise.
"No backup. Thanks to Gaia, everyone we fit's on duty." Miller said.
"We are the backup." Gaia said.
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They went to the shield where they were met with men dressed in suits like the one at the machine shop.
"Faye kom Trikru, thank you for—"
Fay's pulled out a gun and aimed it at the man. "Where are my friends?" She demanded. Everyone behind her aimed their weapons.
"Your friends killed 3 of mine. I believe you have one of their bodies. I'll need her back." The man requested.
"Maybe you think we can't shoot through the shield." Faye said. "We can."
"Good. That means we can, too." Faye watched four bodies appear, all aiming through the shield. "Your friends are safe for now."
"What the hell does that mean? Who are you?" Miller demanded.
"We are the Disciples of a greater truth, and we need your help, Faye. Our leader believes that you are the Key to winning the Last War mankind will ever wage."
"Just that, huh?" Niylah scoffed.
"Come with us, Faye. You have my word you'll be unharmed." The man said.
"You're out your mind if you think she's going—"Miller raised his brows in shock when Faye stopped him.
"Fine." She lowered her gun, and without an verbal objections, all her people did, too. "First, I want my friends back."
"Done. We'll retrieve them. You can meet them at the bridge." The man said.
"Bridge?"
"I believe you call it the Anomaly. We've harnessed it's power. Gabriel Santiago's camp. Shall we?"
"We'll meet you there." Faye said.
"You should know time moves much faster where your friends are. Every second counts." He put on his helmet and they all disappeared.
Faye rushed back to the machine shop. "I need a minute." She heard Raven say.
"We don't have that long. What have you found out?"
"What have you found out?" Jordan asked, seeing the urgency on Faye's face.
"Invisibility." They both looked up at her.
"No way." Jordan said in disbelief.
"Way. And they have our friends. I'm leaving now to get them back, but I need to know what else we're dealing with." Faye said.
"We're on it." Raven said.
"We're taking two of the bikes to Gabriel's camp. Miller claims he can ride. If you find out anything else about these suits—"
"I'll ride out and meet you." Raven finished. "Ryker showed me." Raven shrugged.
"Okay. Work fast." She began to leave.
"Faye, wait. Bellamy, Octavia, Rich, and Echo— Where are they?"
Miller gave Faye a crash course on riding a bike and she made her way through the woods.
She hoped none of the strange Disciple people saw her brake suddenly and almost fly off.
"Nice fence." She pulled her helmet off. "Not sure Gabriel would approve, but i like what you've done with the place. Where are my friends?"
"In the woods watching your back, no doubt."
Faye held up a fist and green targets were on the man. "Good guess. Not those friends."
"They were on Penance. They're not anymore." The man explained.
"Penance?" Faye questioned.
"Penal planet. I told you time moves much faster there. They managed to kill 5 more of my people. We found the graves along with the body of a Disciple prisoner, who apparently spent 5 years with them. He killed himself after they betrayed him."
"You're lying." Faye insisted.
"Then he is, too." He pulled something from his suit. "Suicide note."
"Toss it." Faye shrugged. The man opened the gate and walked through.
"I've been civil with you despite the fact that at last count 9 of my people are dead."
"I'd rather not make it 10." Faye meant it, but one more wouldn't hurt her.
"On this we agree." He whistled and suddenly Faye was surrounded and surely her friends were too. She was getting very tired of the magic suits already.
"Good trick." She pulled out a gun. "Trust me. These things only work if you're willing to pull the trigger. Since you already said you need me, give me the damn note."
"It seems our intel on you is correct. You're smart, brave, willing to risk your own life. Too bad you're not willing to risk the lives of your friends. Once she shoots me, kill her friends." He told his guards. "Now you can answer my questions voluntarily, or you can wake up connected to a machine that will extract everything we need to know. Either way, you're going to serve the Shepard."
"Good. I'm in time." Jordan said, walking through the woods with his hands up.
"Jordan? What are you doing?" Faye scolded.
"Saving you. You can thank me after you get down!" He yelled.
Raven appeared out of nowhere, killing all the guards and removing her helmet.
"Raven Reyes, ladies and gentlemen." Miller said. "Everybody, eyes on the woods. There may be more of them."
"Now let's go find that wormhole and bring our friends home." Raven said, her voice breaking.
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Atlantis
Hayran Kurgu"I'm sorry, I just can't pretend to be something like that." "But you are something. You are Worheda." Faye kom Trikru will have to put her past behind her to save her future and people.
