The Unwanted Child {2}

Gimme Shelter

Jaycee, Clarke, and Roan, split their ways with Bellamy. He needed to talk to his sister and Jay understood that. She told him to take care of Nova because she wanted to help Raven. Bellamy nodded.

Now here they were, Jay and Clarke had their stuff while Jackson was guiding them through the lab.

"This is Becca's main research lab, but there are 5 other levels," Jackson said. He then led them to the main part near the rocket.

"Incredible," Clarke looked around.

"You're telling me," Jay smiled.

Abby then looked up at her daughter, Clarke walked down the stairs to talk to her mom.

Jay turned to Jackson, "So where's everyone else." He looked at her, he then spoke for Abby to hear him, "I'll go check on Raven and Luna," Abby nodded as Jackson was leading her to where the two females were.

Jackson told Jay about what has been going on with Raven, the strokes, her overdoing herself, and other things.

•••

After they talked, Raven seemed okay, but not really. She then remembered she needed to talk to Clarke. She was walking back when she heard Abby and Clarke talking.

"It's bone marrow. Luna's. A theory that Jackson and I agreed should remain untested." Abby's voice echoed the room.

"What theory?" Clarke asked her mom.

"We can't create Nightblood unless we go to space. But Luna can. Theoretically, we can inject ourselves with her bone marrow," Abby said.

Jaycee started to think, being grateful that she said no to Nova tagging along.

"Then we become Nightbloods. Will it work?" Clarke asked her mom.

"I think so," Abby whispered.

Jay thought that it wasn't much of a whisper if she was able to hear from up stairs.

"Then why'd you take it off the table," Clarke asked her mom another question.

Abby sighed, "Because the only way to know if it works is to test it, and that would mean..." Abby paused as Clarke finished for her.

"Exposing someone to radiation." Clarke realized, "Can we do that here?"

"Yes. Becca was trying to find a cure for cancer using this radiation chamber." Abby said as she looked at her daughter, "Clarke... we would have to expose a human being to enough radiation that would implode every single cell in their body," Abby paused before continuing, "That's what's coming for us,"

Jaycee couldn't believe it, they were going to be fine with killing someone, Jaycee didn't want to assume, but unless they could either find a volunteer, they're gonna force someone.

"I know that, but you just said it. We have no choice," Clarke said to her mom.

Jaycee scoffed quietly, there Clarke goes again, deciding when people can live and die.

"No. We have to make a choice," Abby said.

Clarke nodded, "Who do we test?" She asked her mom.

Before she could answer, Jay heard Jackson, "Emori, hey,"

Jaycee took this as her chance to walk away and pretend she just arrived at the same time as Jackson.

She looked at Emori who was worried. "I'm heading up to the house. Does anyone want anything while I'm up there?" Emori asked.

"No, we're fine, thanks Emori." Abby said, she was going to walk away but Abby stopped her, "Hold on," She looked at Clarke, "Honey, you should go with her,"