𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 | bellamy blake

𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏

arabella had changed into some cargo-type jeans, a tank top that hugged her figure, and then the black boots she had previously seen. after she and clarke had both changed they headed to find dante.

they walked through a large metal door, close to each other's side, just in case.

dante greeted them with a smile. "sorry about the noise." he spoke loudly over the whirring machines in the room. "hydroelectric power from the philpott dam. fresh water from our own underground reservoir." he explained to the girls. "fresh food from our hydroponic farm."

"i don't understand. you're on the ground." clarke began, looking around with confusion. "you know it's survivable. why would you stay here?" she asked.

"it's not survivable for us." dante simply replied.

"but the grounders seem to have managed." arabella spoke up, looking past clarke and at the man.

"natural selection works. the grounders who couldn't survive in the radiation didn't. those who could passed on their dna. for better or for worse here, we never went through that process." dante explained, looking at arabella and clarke as he spoke.

"well, neither did we." clarke interjected. "we've been on the ground now for..." she trailed off for a moment. "solar radiation."

"very good. your dna ran the same gauntlet as the grounders. only because radiation levels in space are even higher, your ability to metabolize that radiation is even stronger." dante added on, the three of them slowly came to a stop and clarke and arabella both looked at the man. "truth be told, our scientists were blown away by the efficiency of your systems. if not for that, your friends would still be upstairs in quarantine."

the elevator door opened behind dante and he moved to the side allowing the girls to step inside first. arabella and clarke looked at each other with a hint of hesitation, but clarke took the girl's hand and they walked into the elevator. as they were inside the doors were about to shut before dante held the door open.

"first, both of you, give me the heels." dante told them, his voice not as kind as it was before.

clarke looked at him for a moment before pulling the heel out from her sleeve and passing it to dante.

arabella pursed her lips, a hint of annoyance on her face as she pulled out the heel from her pants, holding it out to the man not wanting to make eye contact.

"you girls aren't fighting for your lives anymore. you've both made it. welcome to mount weather." dante spoke softly to them, his voice now kind and caring again. he stepped back and let the elevator doors close.

...

the elevator took them to level five, and the two girls walked ahead as soon as the doors opened, still hand in hand. they looked at the guards who simply nodded at them.

arabella and clarke slowly walked towards the beautiful hall room in front of them, there was the rest of the hundred with their backs to the girls a woman was speaking to them about the packs they had been given.

monty was the first to see the two girls, his face lit up and arabella ran to him pulling him into a tight hug.

"monty." arabella laughed softly, and clarke joined in on the hug.