Atlantis

Chapter 117

"Faye." Madi ran over to Faye when she came through the light. "What is it? What happened?" Madi grabbed her hands.

Raven came to her side, rubbing her back.

Faye finally opened eyes and came to the reality. "Where are we?" Her voice shook as she looked around.

"The Second Dawn bunker." Indra told her.

"Otherwise known as Hell." Jackson added.

"Earth? How?" Faye gasped.

"This place is perfect for you." Cadigan stood among Faye's friends. "Nano-tracking program." He swallowed a pill shaped item. "What is it you say? May we meet again."

"Welcome home, mother." A voice said. Gaia came from the office that was used by Octavia during her reign.

"Gaia?"

"Seda, how are you here?" Madi ran to her.

"Good question." Gaia explained how the bridge defaults to your planet of origin and her victory over the disciple that brought her here.

"Where's the head?" Murphy questioned, looking down at the helmet.

"Buried with the rest of him."

"Until today, no one even knew you were missing. How long have you been alone here?" Indra asked.

"A few days until the others arrived this morning. I thought it would be the rest of my life." Gaia explained.

"We're together now."

"Octavia—Where is she?" Faye asked.

They went outside and found nothing but green forest. It looked like home.

When Faye turned around, she saw the crumbling remains of Polis, the tower now standing only a few stories and covered in green.

"It's so green." Madi said.

"They're over here." Jackson headed towards Echo and Octavia.

Miller and the girls had set up a tent made out of things they found in the woods. Jackson woke them up and everyone enjoyed the homecoming.

Faye waited for Octavia to come to her, she knew it would be hard no matter what.

"Where's Bellamy?" Echo asked.

At Faye's hesitation, Octavia spoke up. "Faye?"

Faye could feel her face twisting as her eyes watered. She tried to keep her face calm. "Dead. He's dead."

"Bellamy? Faye, he was fine when we left." Murphy said. "I'm a little confu—"

"I killed him." Faye admitted. Just the look on Octavia's face made her break. "I had to." She told her.

"Why?" Echo asked.

"My sketchbook. He had it. And he knew that I still have the memories of the Commander. We would never be safe. I begged him to stop, I swear. I tried to get the book back, but he... I tried everything, I promise. I tried."

Faye sounded like a child begging forgiveness as she explained to them all. She tried drying her eyes with the edge of her sleeves and wiping her nose. She felt weak and broken.

"I'm so sorry." She wishes with every thought that he was still alive, that she didn't do it and he would still be alive when she opened her eyes.

Octavia grabbed her, stroking her hair and holding onto her tightly. "I understand." Octavia let Faye melt into her as she tried to share the pain, take it away from her if she could. "So would the old Bellamy. The one that would do anything for his baby sister and the people he loved."

Clarke came over and took Faye's hand. She knew Bellamy was the last thing Faye was holding onto. Clarke knew that everyone here thought they had the magic words to make everything better, but those words didn't exist.

- - -

Clarke destroyed the only way to the stone, forcing them to make do in the old bunker.

"This'll do until we can rebuild above ground." Clarke lit a set of candles by her bed. "Pick a bed. You'll be less mad at me in the morning."

Madi stood by the door and watched Faye begin to place everything in a a bedside drawer, all her weapons thrown into the bottom drawer.

"All these beds should be filled with people."

"Oh, Madi, I'm really not in the mood to argue." Clarke laid on her bed.

"You decided for me...Again." Madi reminded her.

"I decided for everyone. That's what I do." Despite Clarke's earlier statement about arguing, Madi did not agree to her terms.

When the fighting began, Faye left in her hurry. All Madi did anymore was argue with them both, she didn't know how to stop it, if she could be stopped.

Raven was able to turn on the lights and everyone enjoyed being able to navigate the halls.

Faye found Jordan and Hope dancing to the music Gabriel was playing on a piano. Hope and Jordan laughed as he tried to spin her around.

Faye left quickly.

Wandering the halls alone, it felt like Bellamy could still be beside her. In her head, he was still alive and would come back to them at any moment.

She truly thought a miracle could change his mind, giving them the rest of their lives together on Earth.

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