Strangers

the calm

i stare out into the distance. "anything?" bellamy says running up next to me. "it's been 2 days. maybe the bomb at the bridge scared them off for good" i say,

i feel him look at me, "you believe that?" he asks. i look at him, and then look away "no. they're coming" 

i feel his eyes still on me. 

"jasper thinks he can cook up some more gunpowder, get some salt and raven says she can turn that into landmines. so be careful where you step" he says as we start walking around. "ha, funny" i say.

"no, what i really need is 1,000 more of her tin can bombs i can roll into their village and blows those grounders to hell"

 i look at him, "that's what they want to do to us" he states. "i can't believe we survived 100 years just so we could slaughter each other. there has to be another way" i say. "any word from the ark?" i shake my head, "radio silence" i say looking at him. "finally ran out of air" i nod. "maybe my dad was lucky. being on the exodus ship, it was quick" 

"no ones coming down to save us" i mumble.

...

i stare at the burning fire. murphy gets up and starts fighting del, "this is all your fault. she told you it was too much wood!" murphy yells. "enough, save it for the grounders" bellamy says. "bell, now what are we gonna do. that was all our food!"

bellamy looks at me as i stare at the fire. i shake my head. 

...

"each group takes someone with a gun, and they're for killing grounders. not food, we don't have the amoo. use the spears for hunting, get what you can and be back by nightfall. no one stays out after dark" bellamy says, 

"hey, kaleigh. you alone?" i nod. "you maybe want to go together?" this kid asks, i nod. "sure, i'll get some gear" i turn and go grab a spear. "you ready to go?" i look at finn. "i don't think so"

"come on. i'm a good tracker, you're lousy with a spear but you're sneaky. we make a good team" i look at him,

he's giving me this look. "hey, partner we're wasting daylight. oh, finn, you're joining the band?" 

"sure" i grab a spear and we start walking,

"awesome. i haven't really got to hang with you guys much. hey, do you even know how i got arrested on the ark?" he asks. "i'm dying to hear about it" i look at finn. we leave the dropship.

this should be fun.

...

we're walking in the woods and we see prints. finn kneels and looks at them, "one of those scaly panther things?" myles says. "boar" finn states, 

"good, because that panther meat is nasty, but i could eat a whole boar by itself no joke" we continue walking forward, we stop to look at more prints. "want to know the best part it. of the boar? it's gonna sound gross but-"

"myles quiet for a second" i kneel next to finn, "what are you thinking"

"these tracks"

"they're perfect" i state. "too perfect" 

"we're the ones being hunted" he states, myles stands up and looks through his gun. "i don't see anything" suddenly an arrow hits his leg and shoulder. "myles!"

"kaleigh, come on. we have to leave him" we stand up and start running, suddenly i get hit by a grounder. "kaleigh!" finn yells. i shake my head as the grounder hits him. "no!"

suddenly my vision starts going blurry and i see a woman standing in front of me.

...

the grounders drag us and force us done on the ground, "yea. we walked about 3 miles after crossing that creek, another two or so before we got to the road"