Her reason: Bellamy Blake

Chapter 10

"Amy"

I dropped the tent that was uncomfortably tucked in my arms because shocker my hands still hurt.

"Why are you holding things? You should be resting your hands "

"I'm fine George, I need to help somehow "

"Good because I need you" He holds out a backpack.

"Um listen dude I know we had a whole 'I'm not mad at you' moment but I do not want to run away with you. Hate to break it to you but I am not in love with you" his face looks unamused.

"Jaha found a bunker so we are checking it out" "Jaha?" I say confused. "Where have you been? Raven fixed the radio. We can talk to the Ark"

My heart drops. We can talk to the Ark. "They know we are alive?" I whisper and it's his turn to look confused. "Yeah?"

"That's unfortunate" I mumble. "You know we are the only two people who don't want the Ark to come down. You know my reason, what's yours?" he asks as we step out of the gate.

"I don't know what are you talking about?" I ask. "You really do live under a rock" he stays quiet for a moment.

"I shot chancellor Jaha" "What?" "I know it was stupid and I did it to get down to Octavia" I held out a hand.

"Dude, that's amazing. Good job" I hold out a hand and he stares at it.

"High five me" He hits my elbow instead which was good considering I'm in immense pain. I start laughing.

"I've never been so proud" I wipe away a pretend tear. "Why are you ok with this?" He asks. "Um, maybe because I don't like Jaha?"

"I can't tell if I admire you or if I'm terrified of you" "I'll take them both"

"Ok let's split up, yell if you hear anything" He suggests. "Split up? Have you ever watched a horror movie?" He rolls his eyes and leaves my sight.

"Idiot" minutes later I trip and fall, my hands catching game and I cry out immediately standing up. "Amy! You ok?" I look to see Bellamy running over.

"I'm good, found the bunker" I point to the handle and he nods. "Are your hands ok?" I nod and he bends down pulling the handle up and gestures for me to go down first.

"Yeah let me die first" I roll my eyes and hop down. "George, look blankets" I point to a pile and he scoffs. "Blankets? How about some weapons? Or a decent fucking tent!" He kicks a barrel and it goes toppling over and guns spill out.

"Good job, next time say we need shampoo my hair is way too frizzy" he looks over amused and smiles wide.

"You got a nice smile" I say and he looks down sheepishly. "Are you blushing?" I ask and he looks up surprised. "No" He clenches his teeth.

"You were, you totally were" I snorted. His face gets even brighter. "I can't believe you were blushing" I point at his face and he looks over smiling.

"Please out of the two of us you're more likely to be the flustered one" "Aww your bad boy facade isn't working. I saw you" I clicked my tongue.

He tilts my chin and leans close to my face. My heart starts beating fast and I feel frozen. He leans so close I can feel his breath on my face. He pushes me against the wall and my heart skips.

"You look so pretty "I snorted and his serious face cracked for a second. "If you're going to try and make me flustered you shouldn't lie"

"I'm not lying "he says and I want to believe him I want to do bad. "Yeah and my name isn't Melantha" "your full name is Melantha" He says confused. "Who's the one not paying attention?" I ask jokingly and he shakes his head, stepping back.

"I like your name. Also this isn't over" I roll my eyes as he bends down and picks up a gun smiling even more now. "Do you know how to shoot?" He asks. "Well considering I've been locked up since fifteen and I was a doctor healing those bullet wounds. No "

"Your sarcasm is slowly killing me"

I shrug at that as he holds the gun up lining up his target. "Watch this" He pulls the trigger and all that happens is a clicking sound. He does it again.

"Watching" I sing and he gives me an annoyed look.

"The bullets must be duds" he picks up another gun and holds it out to me. "Cool" I stare at it and hold it up until he chuckles. "What?" My turn to be annoyed.

"Your posture is horrible '' he places a hand on my arm moving it upwards. My heart is pounding once again. At least I'm good at hiding my emotions. "And your other arm like this' ' He moves to my other side moving my other arm.

"Y-yeah t-that's good" He steps back, clearing his throat. I glance over, letting a smirk grow on my face.

"Shut up," He says. I raise the gun and point it at the sheet hanging up and pull the trigger missing the X by a lot.

He lets out a laugh and I rear my elbow back into his chest as he gasps.

"My first time. You're a horrible teacher ""Thanks, we'll take these back, you should keep Miller close ""Why? Because you're running?" I ask and set the gun back into the crate.

"How is it that you know everything before I say anything?" "It's a gift. If you're leaving I'm going with you" He gives me a look. "No" "Yes, I don't want to be here when the Ark comes down too"

"Did you kill someone?" "No" And I leave it at that. "You can't go with me. The people need you" I sigh and lean my head back. "They don't need me, no one does. ''

His face falls slightly and he goes to say something but I interrupt him. "Please don't say some stupid words to try to encourage me, I won't listen. You should get some fresh air, I'll pack these up" He slowly nods and climbs up the ladder.

"Melantha" I turn around fast and see my father, mother, and Atom standing there. "What the hell" I stepped back, tripping and falling to the ground. I look up to see them still there.

"You killed me" Atom's fried face comes closer and my eyes widen. "I-I had to "I scooted back , hitting the wall. "And what about us?" My mother says.

"You will never escape us. We will be down soon and you'll be ours once again" My father says. "No, no, no, you aren't real!" I scream and stand up stumbling slightly.

Then a gunshot. It's like it all goes back to normal. The reason for my nightmares are gone and I'm back in the real world. The real world where someone is shooting. I scramble up the ladder to see Dax have a gun to Bellamy's head.

I run forward without any thought and jump on him, making him fall off Bellamy.

I look to see the gun and Dax and I look at each other before racing for it. "Mind your business Mercantile. Don't make me kill you" He says and I reach for the gun, grabbing it and pointing at him.

"Don't make me kill you" I say slowly and he steps back slightly. Then he catches me off guard and runs at me throwing me to the ground. The gun goes off but hits nothing but air.

He goes to grab the gun from my hand but I hold it tightly. Well until he digs his fingers into my palms. I cry out and let go of the gun as my hands start bleeding again.

"You didn't have to die'' He holds the gun to my forehead and I smile the first real smile I have in a long time. I don't have to hurt anymore. The gun goes off but I don't feel anything. I open my eyes and Dax gasps as a bullet is in his neck.

He goes falling on top of me and I quickly push him off looking over at Bellamy who is leaning against a tree.

"George? You ok?" I ran over bending down in front of him.

"I'm a monster" He mumbles.

It didn't work. I killed Atom to prevent him from falling apart but here he is.

"You're not a monster "

I say. "If my mother knew what I had become. She would be so disappointed" "I highly doubt that. I for one am impressed with you. I've followed you since the beginning and for the most part I agree with you on things. If you're a monster then I don't know what that makes me"

He glances over tears in his eyes. "Do we have to go back yet?" I shake my head.

"No, we can stay as long as you want"