Second Children ʚїɞ Octavia Blake

The Bunker

Third POV:

After the group woke up from cryo sleep and Octavia landed on Sanctum she continued to see Robin, there were no words just stares.

Octavia saw Robin was during the red sun toxin. She opened the box and red butterflies flew all around her.

She looked around again and realized she was in the second dawn bunker. Her eyes traveled down to the spot of blood she knew was Robin's. People were screaming as they pushed on the gates. She saw flashes of everything.

"No!" Octavia yelled. "Let me go!" She screamed. Her leg was chained to the middle of the arena. She laid on my side curled into a ball. Then she screamed.

There were no more people in the arena, she was alone. Well, until the door buzzed open.

"What do you want? Leave me alone!" Octavia called out. She looked to her left and saw the woman she loved most.

"I'm sorry, I can't do that. We've got unfinished business you and I." Robin said.

"No, Robin. We don't. It's over, you're dead. End of story." Octavia responded with.

"Was it? You think watching someone murder me in cold blood is the end of our story?" Robin questioned.

Octavia stared ahead for a moment before replying with "Yes."

"And yet, it turned you into this." Robin motioned to the arena.

"Think what you want. I'm not here for you." Octavia shook her head.

"No you're here because of me. The path of the future goes through the past O, Psychology 101 we are what we've done and what's been done to us. Now you've had a rough go I'll give you that. And it's made your dark side strong. I suppose you needed that to protect yourself under the floor. But what about now? Who are you now? What do you want O?" Robin asked.

"I want you gone." Octavia spoke barely above a whisper

"No, that's not what you want. In fact you want the opposite. It has to be something else." Robin says calmly

"I want to know what happened inside the anomaly. That's why I'm here!" Octavia stood.

"Maybe nothing happened, or maybe you're not supposed to know. They don't call it the anomaly for nothing. What I know is you chose the red box, so stop wasting my time and answer my damn question. What do you want!?" Robin yelled. Octavia stayed silent. "How does it feel to know that, everyone hates you, everyone you care about, even your brother?" Robin asked, now standing directly in front of Octavia.

"Not good." Octavia whispered.

"No, I expect not. But that's not the worst part, is it?" Robin asked as Octavia shook her head no as more tears fall. "You hate yourself too. Good. One more time. What do you want?"

"I want forgiveness." Octavia looked up at the lights and said it barely above a whisper.

"Deeper. Much, much deeper." Robin said. "Forgiveness is for minor offenses." She began to circle Octavia. "You murdered people to get them to eat their friends and families. You forced me to fight in this very arena and watched me die. Then you burned the farm to get them to march because you couldn't live with the idea of not getting to that valley, even when there was another way. You got 400 people killed in that gorge. You caused the world to be destroyed! What you want needs to be earned. Say it!"

"Redemption..." Octavia whispered.

"What's that? I can't hear you?" Robin tilted her head.

"Redemption!" Octavia screamed.

Robin raised her hands in the air. "Ding! Ding! Ding! Gold star for you, O. I was trying to earn mine when that man put a sword through me. Which brings us to big question number two. What are you willing to do to get it?"

"What if I don't deserve it?" Octavia whispered.

"Deserve's got nothing to do with it." Robin got interrupted by another voice.

"Shut up, Ro." A voice similar to Octavia said.

A sword dropped in front of Octavia's feet. Her sword.

Robin's hands were in chains as the buzzing sound of the zoom echoed the room.

A familiar figure walked through the door. It was Blodreina.

Blodreina looked to Octavia and stated. "Pick up the sword...and strike her down. Do what you know has to be done."

"Here we go again." Robin begins. "Only this time you'll do it."

Blodreina began to circle the pair. "You are Wonkru or you are the enemy of Wonkru." She pulls out her sword and aims it at Robin. Octavia was now on the ground sitting with one knee to her chest.

"I'll ask you again. Who are you now, O? Your sister's brother or the one who would have watched him die in this very arena, just like me." Robin said.

"I'm not afraid." Octavia whispered to myself.

"Yes, you are. You always have been. My gosh your pathetic. I guess she needs me after all." Blodreina looks back to Robin. "Robin Reyes Kom Skaikru. You have been sentenced to death in accordance to the laws of Wonkru." Robin's death flashed in front of Octavia's eyes. "Any last words?" Blodreina asked.

"Not for you, Blodreina." Robin said while still looking to Octavia on the ground. "I love you."

Blodreina brought her sword back to stab her. But Octavia grabbed the sword and blocked the kill. She needed to earn her redemption.