Strangers

inclement weather

"hey mon" i say sitting next to him. "hey" 

"so you like mount weather?" he nods. "do you?" i look down at my hands, "it's fine"

"kaleigh-"

"i want to see my friends, i want to see our people" i say looking at him, "we are your friends, we're your people" i shake my head. "you know what i mean"

i don't look at him, "i'm sorry. i just- i can't seem to think of anything else but them" 

"you really love him don't you?" he mumbles, me love bellamy? monty's insane for that. "no, why would i love bellamy"

"kaleigh, i was talking about finn" i nod. "oh. yea i do" 

why was i thinking he meant bellamy? i don't like him. "miller!" i hear jasper say. i stand up and walk over to the the bed next to clarke, "hey miller. i'm glad you're ok" he smiles, "yea. only took what 3 surgeries"

maya nods, "i heard you're fitting right in" he says. i look at him then maya. i roll my eyes, "here. twice a day, don't forget. he'll be ok in a few days" maya says. she hands him a bag. "thanks"

"maya. top of the morning is a... very dumb thing to say in an old movie once" jasper says walking away with her. "hey" i look at clarke. "hmm"

"look" she shows me her map. suddenly an alarm starts. clarke gets off her bed cutting maya off, "what's going on?"

"that signal means a surface patrol is back, and someone needs medical attention. i have to go to quarantine" i look at clarke, we start walking and jasper grabs my hand. "what are you doing?"

"they might've found survivors, if our people are hurt, we have a right to know" clarke says. "pretty sure we shouldn't go wandering around" clarke and i walk out of the room following maya. 

we run down the hall and i see maya and them putting on suits. i walked past them, "he'll need treatment soon"

"who attacked them?" i ask. "what are they doing here" i turn and grab the keycard from a man, "stop it's not safe!"

"it is for us" clarke says. i open the door, "let's go jasper" i walk through clarke and jasper following. i run and look for an open door, "stop pushing so hard, these people are-" i see a body and i look at it. "are lying to us. that's a bullet wound, grounders don't use guns"

"unless the grounders got the guns from us" jasper mumbles, "i don't think so. i think our people are live out there" clarke mumbles, 

"get them out of here!" i turn and my eyes widen as i look at a man, who's body is burnt. oh my god. 

...

i walk into the mess hall with clarke and see dante, "we need to talk" 

"sure, let's talk over breakfast" he says. "who shot that soldier?" i ask. he grabs my arm and we walk away, "the patrol that was looking for your people was attacked by what you call grounders"

"i've fought grounders, they don't use guns" i state. "i never mentioned guns. sergeant shaw was shot by an arrow"

"that's not true, i- i saw the wound" 

"sometimes we feel so strongly about our people, that we see things that aren't there" he says. "i'd like to see the body, clarke too"

"of course" i look at clarke as he sets his plate down. i nod and she walks closer to me, "come with me" 

he walks with us to go to the body.

...

"sorry to keep you waiting" the doctor says, "we had to finish decontamination"

"thank you doctor sing" dante says, "the man with the burns, how is he?" clarke asks. "he's improving"

"we'd like to talk to him" i say. 

"sir, only patients are allowed in medical" she says, "we can arrange something" she goes to remove the cover and we see something metal on his chest, "what is this?" clarke asks. "it's a dialysis shunt" she says. "we all have them in case of exposure. would you like to see the exit wound?" i nod and she turns the body over.

"sergeant langston was forced to push the arrow out in the field" i stare at the wound and stand up straight, "thank you sire. we've got it right here" she opens a cabinet grabbing something. she walks back to us and shows the the arrow head.

i look at clarke, we were wrong. 

...

i walk into the room with clarke and we walk to our bed. "what did president wallace say?" jasper asks, "he showed us shaw's body" i shake my head, "it looked like an arrow wound" 

"maybe because it is an arrow wound?" jasper says, "or that's what they want us to think" i mumble. he looks at me, "what? they could have doctored it"

"kaleigh, you sound like a crazy person" he mumbles. i look at clarke, "why do you want to screw this up for us?" he asks, "i don't know what this is"

"this is safe. this is food, a bed, clothes. my personal favorite, not getting speared by grounders" i look down. "how long do you think they'll let us stay here if you keep this up?" he asks. i look at him and step closer. "jasp, did someone threaten you?" i ask.

he chuckles, "no. ha no. it's common sense. we're guest here, not prisoners. what would you do with a guest who kept calling you a liar? and generally acted like an ungrateful ass?" he asks. "i'd kick their ungrateful ass out" miller adds, i look at him. "right now, the biggest threat to us is you" i stare at him. he walks away and i look at clarke tears in my eyes. 

i'm not going to break, i'm not going to break. i blink away the tears, "i'm fine. i'm fine" i say as i notice the way she looks at me. "just tired"

i sit on my bed and rub my face.

the biggest threat to us. is you.

...

i watch as everyone laughs and talks in the mess hall. i look at the map of mount weather. i crumble it up and throw it to the side, no point in having it now.

i'm a threat to my own people now. "hey wanna arm wrestle miller?" monty asks, i shake my head. "no but you go, you seem like your having fun" he smiles. "i am"

"good" he walks back over to the table, "Langston where are you going? tonight's movie night" someone says. i look and see the man with burns walking through the room, "i gotta pass. doc, says i got one more treatment"

i watch as he walks past me, he was just covered in burns not even just yesterday. he leaves the room and i stand up. clarke looks at me and she follows. i follow the man out of the room and he goes to the elevator, 

only patients are allowed in medical. 

guess i'll become a patient.

i run to our room and walk over to my bed, "kaleigh what are you doing?"

"only patients are allowed in medical" i state staring at the side of my bed. i roll up my sleeve and rip off my bandage. "kaleigh what are you-"

i put my arm up against the bed frame and push my wound up against it reopening the wound. 

i look at clarke, "if you want to figure out what the hell's happening. you have to" she nods. she takes off her bandage and goes to the bed reopening her wound as well.

...

i fake sleep as the doctor rebandages my wound, she walks away and i watch her walk out of the room, "clarke come on" we walk over to the guy and i shake him, "langston" i mumble, i repeat it shaking him then i notice a blood tube. "what did they do to you?" i follow the blood tube through the wall and follow the pipe to a door. "clarke come on" i try opening the door but nothing budges, "kaleigh look" clarke walks over to a vent, "let's do it"

we crawl through the vent and i look through the room. i see two bodies hanging upside down. blood being taken from them, "oh my god" i turn and see the cages full of people. "what the hell" i mumble walking through the middle as arms reach out for us, "kaleigh look" we kneel and look at a cage, "anya?" i mumble.