All I wanted

Chapter 24

                                 Warning!!!
     mention of sexual abuse

"Work Station, do you read me? Is anyone there?" "Bellamy, you're late. Every three hours means every three hours." "Are you finished?" "Have you found the source of the acid mist?" "No, it'll have to wait." Bellamy looks at me and Maya.

"What? No. Nothing is more important than that." "Our friends are. They've started taking them out of the Dorm one by one every few hours." "Where are they taking them?" "We don't know. We tried to follow them, but they've gone to a secret level. Maya borrowed the plans of the ventilation system from her boss and we're still trying to find a way in. Anything?" He looks up at Maya, with whom I'm studying the map.

"I think we've found a way in, but it's going to be tight. Here's the walkie-talkie, Raven asked for the earpiece." "Bellamy, you have to find them." "That's the plan." "If you don't, this was all for nothing."

We stop talking to Clarke and Raven and look at each other. I'm much stronger today. Maya has brought us food and drink so we can fortify ourselves, I'm terribly sorry I treated her so shittily in the beginning here along with Clarke. "I've got something for you." I give her a confused look and she holds a guard up to me. "Thanks, Maya." I immediately take off the white T-shirt and put on the suit. It's quite tight and a bit unusual.

I swing my head down and tie my hair into a high tail before putting on the cap that Maya has also brought me. "Okey, we're good to go." I turn to Bellamy, but he just stares at me, almost drooling. "Bellamy?" He shakes his head to regain his senses and I start to grin. "Come on."

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We're currently crawling together through a manhole that's at the top of the ceilings. Me in front and Bellamy close behind. "Okey, so tell me where you're at now." Raven's voice rings out over the microphone that, thanks to her and Maya, we can now take with us and talk to her at any time. One microphone for my ear and one for Bellamy. "We're at an intersection. Witch way?" "We think your close, The lab should be up ahead." "Any chance you can be more specific?"

The channels go in four directions and we look around. My heart tightens as I hear a drilling noise. "Are you okay?" "Yes." I pull myself together as best I can and crawl on. We arrive in a room and this makes the shaft a lot bigger so that we can even sit down. I kneel down on the floor of the shaft and look through the opening into the room.

Bellamy also kneels down next to me and looks through the manhole. Tears gather in my eyes as I see a boy of ours lying on the table and a drill boring into his back. She takes a liquid out of the boy and walks over to a man. "You ready for the last treatment you'll ever nead, lieutenant?" "You have no idea. I've waited my whole life to breathe fresh air." "Let's get back to this secret army that she claims to have. She tell anything that might help us find it?"

My body immediately starts to tremble when I see Cage. Just hearing his voice sends a chill down my spine. My breathing quickens and Bellamy seems to notice. "Stop drilling, please." Cage turns to the man, who is still busy removing the fluid from my body.

"The window for extraction after death is incredibly short." "I only need a minute." The man in the chair shakes his head. "No, sir, nothing about the army. She did say she was coming for you. And that if we let her people go, she'll let our people leave." "Well, it's a little late for that. "Im sorry I failed sir." "No, its okey. We'll finish the job tonight. Whitman just radioed in. Apparently there's a War Council meeting happening tonight in one of their villages. The leaders are gonna be there." "Sir, I feel good. Let me take a team out, support Whitman." "No, he has less chance of being spotted if he's alone." "Sir, Whitman's good, but he can't take out that many targets alone." "Witch is why we're gonna use a missile."

As soon as Emerson has left the room, Cage turns and looks at the doctor. "Where is she?" "Who?" "The girl?" I know exactly who they're talking about, which gives me goose bumps all over my body. "She's still alive, I hope?" "I don't know sir, I haven't needed her for two days." "I told you to keep her alive." He gives the doctor a sour look, but quickly calms down and walks out of the room.

I crawl along the ventilation shaft as quickly as possible until we arrive in another room where we can even stand. "Lillya." I feel Bellamy grab my wrist and I turn round. "Did they do this to you too?" I can't get a word out. "Lillya?!" "Yes." His eyes widen and he looks at me with concern. "Yes they did." "And were you the girl he was talking about?" My eyes fill with tears and I want to turn away, but he holds me tightly and takes my face in his hands so that I have to look him in the eye.

"Tell me." I say nothing. "Lillya tell me, damn it! What did he do to you?" "He touched me." I can feel the tears slowly running down my cheek and dripping onto the floor. "He touched you?" "Yes... almost every day." "That arsehole! I'll kill him." "Bellamy." I grab his arm. "Leave it, please, we have to help the others now. Please."

He stares at me for a few minutes, I'm sure, and then kisses me on my forehead. "He'll suffer for this." I hug him and press my head against his chest as I sob quietly.

"Lillya, I'm so sorry sweetie." Raven's voice rings in my ear. "He will suffer for this. I promise you." I forgot that she can hear anything too.

After a few minutes, Bellamy is talking to Clarke and Raven about the conversation we overheard earlier, while I'm still clinging to him like a little kid. I hate being weak. I hate it so much, but Bellamy makes me feel safe. Always. His hand gently strokes my back. When he does that, he can always reassure me and he knows it.

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A few hours later, they take another person out of the room. Bellamy mingled with the guards to tell Jasper the plan and give him a gun. I wanted to come along, but it was too dangerous, as there are hardly any women guards here and I could attract attention much more quickly.

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After Bellamy had finished, he made his way to President Wallace, who apparently could help us, according to Jasper. I can hear everything they're discussing through the microphone in Bellamy's ear.

"Your supper, President Wallace." There is silence for a while, but then I hear the music in the room being turned up. "Who are you?" "Jasper sent me. We need your help. You sonnis killing my friends." "I'm a prisoner, just like them." "A prisoner who knows every inch of this mountain. Every safety precaution."

"Who's helping you?" "That's not important right now." "After Clarke escaped, I had all the exits fortified and under special surveillance. My son has no doubt changed all the access and entry codes by now. Your friends won't even make it down from level 5." "I'm not going to let them die here." "I'm sorry. I can't help them escape, but maybe I can buy them some time."

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As soon as Bellamy is back, we set off to let the outside air into level 5. We only move through air shafts and ladders so that we can't be discovered. When we reach the room, I run straight there and listen to Raven. "Okey Sweety, you gotta pull the outside air in to reverse the air-filtration system."

"Just tell us how we know if it's even working." Bellamy speaks to Raven as I begin to follow her plan. An alarm goes off and the loudspeakers announce: "Containment breach." "I'd say its working." I turn and smile at Bellamy before getting back to work.

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