Strangers

The ark

 I'm Kaleigh Marie Kane most people call me Marie. at least. anyone who i didn't want to know i was Marcus Kanes daughter which was surprisingly easy. he's a part of the counselors, along with Abby griffin. Jameson jones, and our chancellor. Thelonius Jaha. in my opinion, they all suck.

controlling who lives or dies, controlling who gets locked up. 

i was sent to the skybox when i was 15. it's been a year, my father has came to see me 3 times since i was locked up. i only did it because i wanted his attention. i didn't kill anyone, just severely harmed them. but i guess i still get locked up because of it.

i look out my window at the earth. it's been 97 years since the nuclear apocalypse that destroyed earth, fortunately. there were survivors, 12 nations came together and now there is only the ark.

i only can dream of how beautiful and amazing the ground was, it's only been my dream for the past 16 years. 

but this is reality, where I'm locked up for wanting my father to notice me. to show me any kind of affection. but reality sucks.

suddenly the door opens and i look up. "prisoner 317 face the wall" one of the guards say, i stand up and turn facing the wall. "what is this?"

"quiet" he says. I hear him open something and i turn my head. "hold our your right arm" 

"no. no, it's not my time. i don't turn 18 for another 2 years"

on the ark. any crime, no matter how little like beating 2 guards. is punishable by death, unless your under 18. 

i know, stupid right. it's to save oxygen, saying that the criminals of the ark, don't deserve to breathe the same air as the innocent. 

i hold my right arm out and the put a bracelet on me. "where are you taking me?" i ask.

they grab my arms and force me out of my cell. "let's go" they push me the same way everyone else is going. 

we get into a line and I'm behind murphy i think, i walk into the ship and i sit down in a seat on the first floor.

...

we felt the ship detach from the ark. i close my eyes, as it shakes.

 "prisoners of the ark, you've been given a second chance, and as your chancellor i hope. that you see this as not just a chance for you, but a chance for all of us, indeed for mankind itself. we have no idea what is waiting for you down there. if the odds of survival were better we would've sent others. frankly, we're sending you because your crimes have made you expendable"

 "those crimes will be forgiven, your records wiped clean"

"bullshit" i mumble, "lying piece of shit!" i yell. people cheer after i say that.

"the drop site has been chosen carefully. before the last war, mount weather was a military base. built within a mountain, it was to be stocked with enough nonperishables to sustain 300 people for up to two years"

suddenly the ship starts shaking and the electricity. goes out.

i close my eyes and we land and wait for it to stop.

...

i stand in front of the crowd as someone wearing a guard uniform stopping everyone from moving any farther, he's cute.

"hey, just back it up guys"

"stop!" a blonde girl says. "the air could be toxic" she states pushing past me. clarke griffin. abby griffins daughter.

"if the air is toxic we're all dead anyway"

"Bellamy?" we look at the ladder as a girl walks through the crowd, she walks closer to him and he smiles. "my god, look how big you are" she hugs him and i smile slightly.