The Ruling - Bellamy Blake

9. Spears and Knives

We've been looking for Octavia all around camp and she's not here.
"Hey guys look!" One of the guys yell. We run over in hopes to find something showing us where Octavia might be. I see everyone looking at the sky and look up to see what looks like a meteor shower.
"They didn't work." Raven says.
"A meteor shower tells you that?"
"It's not a meteor shower, it's a funeral. Hundreds of bodies being returned to earth from the Ark. This is what it looks like from the other side."
"This is all because of you!" Raven yells lunging at Bellamy.
"I helped you find the radio." He says in defense.
"Yeah, after you jacked it from my pod and trashed it!"
"Yeah, he knows." I say pulling her away, blaming him doesn't bring the dead back.

"All I know is my sister is out there and I'm gonna find her. You coming?" He asks turning to Finn. He nods. "What are you waiting for? Move out!"

I follow Bellamy who is very clearly stressed. He was ready to kill someone to be able to stay with Octavia. He would clearly do anything for her.

I don't know how long we've been looking before Jones calls us over.
"What is it?" Bellamy asks.
"Right there. Is that Octavia's?" He asks pointing down a steep hill.
"Rope." Bellamy says.
"What are you doing?" Finn asks.
"Need it to get back up. Flashlight." He says and I hand him mine. Bellamy slides down to a bush and picks it up. "It's hers! I'm going all the way down." He says continuing.

Jasper grabs the rope and follows. I go after him.

I get down and see Bellamy looking at a rock. I look down to see the blood splatter on it. Finn jumps down.
"Someone else was here." Bellamy mutters staring at the footprints.
"The prints are deeper going that way."
"She was carried." I say feeling my blood run cold.
"If they took her, she's alive. Like when they took me." Jasper says.

We continue walking following the footprints until we get to skeletons and freeze.
"I don't speak grounder but I'm pretty sure this means keep out." Finn says.
"Let's get out of here." I hear people behind us say.

"Go back if you want. My sister, my responsibility." Bellamy says starting to walk.
"I'd walk into hell to find her." Jasper says following. I take a deep breath before doing the same.

We continue to walk as the sun comes up.
"I got nothing. We lost the trail." Finn says looking around the ground.
"Keep looking." Bellamy says quickly.
"Walking around aimlessly isn't the way to find your sister. We should backtrack."
"I'm not going back."

"Hey, where's John?" One of the girls asks. I turn around and he's gone.
"Spread out. He couldn't have gotten that far." I say as my eyes scan the grounds around us.

We hear a loud noise and turn to see his body on the ground. His throat was slit.
"They use the trees." Finn says. We're all looking around us scared.
"We crossed the boundary." I mutter. They only attack us when we're on their side.
"Now can we go back?"

"There." Jasper points to a grounder not too far from us.
"Another one."
"We're circled." I say looking at yet another one.
"We should run." Finn says, and we do.

As we run I pull my knife out just in case. I'm not sure what a small knife can do against their impeccable aim, but holding it gives me a sense of security.
"What are we gonna do, they keep cutting us off?" I hear behind me.
"Don't stop running!" I yell, feeling like it's an obvious solution.
"I can't run much longer!" Jasper yells.
"I'm not stopping for him!" Diggs says.

Bellamy stops.
"I'm sick of running anyway." He says.
"So what? We're gonna fight them off?" I ask catching my breath as I stop by his side.
"They know where she is."

Roma runs off calling for Diggs while a grounder is getting closer to us. We start running again before her scream echos through the trees.
"Roma! Stop! There could be more!" I yell. Finn stops infront of me so I do too. Diggs is impaled.

"They're leading us here. It's the only direction we could run in." Jasper says.
"They're going to kill us all." I mutter turning to Bellamy as I feel myself clench onto my knife.
"No, they're not." He says.
"Hey, where'd they go?" Finn asks talking about the grounders.
"After Roma."

"Whatever we do, we can't split up. They'll kill us off." I say. They nod. We hear Roma yell and start walking to her.
"There she is. Roma!" We can see her against a tree. We run over and see she has a spear through her.

"They're playing with us."
"She only came because of me." Bellamy whispers closing her eyes.
"They can kill us whenever they want." Finn whispers.
"Then you should get it over with!" Jasper yells. He's got a point. Finn runs to him.

"You know where we are! Stop playing this twisted game and face us!" I yell. Bellamy grabs me covering my mouth with his hand.
"Bellamy!"

The grounders are all running full force towards us. I lift up my knife getting ready. I see one lift its arm to throw a spear and next thing I see is it coming flying towards Bellamy. I push him and feel it graze my arm before falling down next to me. I yell grabbing where it hit, already feeling the warm liquid flowing through my shirt.

Bellamy grabs me keeping me from falling. There's a loud horn and they start leaving.

"Nova, are you okay?" He asks in a low voice. I nod even though my arm feels like it's on fire. "Let me see it."
"Guys, it's acid fog." Finn says to us while he pulls out a large tarp. I nod going to turn to help him. Bellamy pulls my arm, turning me to my side so he can look at my arm.
"I'll be fine, we have to hide from the fog." I say. He looks at me about to speak before I pull away from him and get under the tarp.

We lay on our stomachs covered by it and start to wait.
"How long are we supposed to wait?"
"Will this even work?" I ask.
"We'll find out."
"No we won't." Bellamy says standing up. "There's no fog."
"Maybe it was a false alarm."

"They're coming back."
"He's alone." I say looking at the single grounder running away from us.
"How can we run?"
"He doesn't see us. I'm going after him." Bellamy says. I grab his arm.
"And what?"
"Catch him and make him tell me where Octavia is." He says. I can't argue with that idea, it's smart.

We follow after him. The grounder walks into a cave and Bellamy walks in after slowly.
"Bellamy?" I hear Octavia say. I run in after him.

The grounder is laying on the floor unconscious.
"Monroe, watch the entrance." I order as Bellamy is unlocking Octavia's locks. They hug tightly.

"How did you find me?" She asks hugging Jasper next.
"Followed him." I say. She turns and hugs me.
"Your arm." She says looking at it with concern.
"I'm fine." I smile.

"We should go now. Before he wakes up."
"He's not gonna wake up." Bellamy says looking down at the grounder.
"Bellamy, stop. He didn't hurt me. Let's just go."
"They started this. Finn. Move." He says grabbing a spear. Finns on the ground by him looking at his horn. In a quick motion the grounder stabs him and kicks Bellamy to the ground. He steps towards Bellamy and without thinking I grab my knife and push it into his stomach. He yells before throwing me to the wall. I feel every bone and muscle start to ache as I feel my knees hit the ground.

Bellamy stands up and they start fighting over the spear. I manage to get up and move to Finn who still has the knife in him. I put pressure around the stab wound, in an attempt to slow the bleeding.

He gets Bellamy to the ground and has the spear to his neck.
"Stop! That's my brother!" Octavia yells.
"Don't touch him!" I scream. Jasper hits the back of his head and he falls to the ground.

Jasper and Bellamy walk over to us.
"We need to take the knife out." Jasper says.
"No! We can't take it out." I say quickly. Keeping the knife in might be the only thing that keeps him from bleeding out right now.
"Can you help him?" Jasper asks looking at me with hope. I shake my head.
"I can't do it alone. I need Clarke, and supplies." I say. What I really need is a real doctor. My dad would know what to do. Bellamy picks him up as we start to walk out. My entire body is killing me but Finn is dying so that's a priority.

We get back to camp and start screaming for Clarke. She runs over.
"I need your help I can't do it alone." I explain quickly.
"Get him in the dropship!" She yells.
"Can you save him?" Raven asks as her voice breaks.
"No, not alone. I need my mom." She says.