Through the vents

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Adina hopped from the top bunk of the cell
bed being met with a shriek from Harper and
a muffled giggle from fox her cell mates
shared a glance as she ran to the vents on the
tips of her sock covered toes. Harper Mclntyre was a pretty dirty blonde haired girl she was here for beating her ex to death for cheating on her. Then there was Fox the newest to the addition and still opening up. The dynamic between the three was strange they where all perceived as weak there "leader" per-say was Lily Cortez she kept them safe but now she was gone floated a week ago on her 18th birthday.

Adina lowered herself to the floor in the
corner of the room and she made herself as
close as she could to the vent in the room
before knocking on it three times. There was a
shuffling of feet before a voice was heard from
the other side of the grate.

"Another story already Adina?" Came a voice
laced with humor and some annoyance from
the other side.

A smirk graced Adina's cheeks as she smiled
"come on Clarke you always have the best
story's and u draw for me" she said in a
begging tone.

"Ok" the voice known as Clarke begun "I feel
the sun on my face I see trees all around me
scent of wildflowers and a breeze is so
beautiful in this moment we're not stranded
in space it's been 97 years since a nuclear
apocalypse killed everyone on earth leaving
the planets simmering in radiation fortunately there were survivors 12 nations had operating space stations at the time of the bombs there is now only the ark one station Forged from the many were told the earth needs another 100 years four more space like generations and then back to the ground ground that's the dream thi-"

She is cut off as Adina begins "can you tell the one about the spacewalker" she begs.

"Adina he wasted 6 months of oxygen nobody should be talking about him" she states annoyance filling her tone. annoyance filling her tone.

A buzzing fills the room and Adina bolts up
from her position on the ground as two
guards enter the room.

"prisoners file line" a deep voice announces
amongst entrance- that was enough to make
them obey as Adina, Fox and, Harper filed up
for earth skills. As they where escorted from
the room they saw many kids being moved as
well.

As they entered the room Adina's jaw couldn't
help but clench seeing the black haired girl
sitting with her knees balled up to her chest at
the front of the room. It was her fault her
brothers where gone "no" she hastily thought
she could not blame her because she was her
a child forced to hide, forced to be silent,
forced to not be seen or ever leave the room.

-FLASHBACK-

As the alarm rung the children began to grow
nervous no solar flare alarm had ever gone on
for this long Fradrin Ventura glanced hastily
at her children wondering if it was time for
them to hide in her forty three years of life
had a solar flare alarm ever went on this long.

"Something is wrong" her oldest and only
legal ark son Charlie Ventura claimed glancing up at his mother from his position on the bed. He glances at his other siblings he can tell there growing restless especially Wylder as his twin attempted to calm him.
Wylder was born restless being trapped in
one room definitely didn't help the poor boy
and the only thing that could seem to calm
him was Casimir for twins they where severely different.

"What do u suppose we do" asked Fradrin as
Charlie her only legal child bolts from the
room in an attempt to find the source of the
alarm. There mothers question angered
Wylder like someone had lit a match beneath
him "what do we do? WHAT DO WE DO?"
He raged as Adina passed off the young
Mateo to Achlys as her and Casimir tried to
console there hotheaded brother as his
screams continued "YOU ARE OUR
MOTHER YOU ARE MEANT TO TELL US
WHAT TO DO".

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