Strangers

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i walk into the radio room, "has he checked in yet?" i ask. "no" she looks at me then the grounder, rider behind me. "worried someones gonna try take a shot of you inside the ark?" she asks. i look at rider. "wait outside rider"

"lexa's orders"

"whatever kaleigh" i look at the radio. "he hasn't checked in yet, what if something's happened to him?" i ask. "he'll be fine" she says. i look at everything. "you've been busy" clarke says, "why are you focusing on the damn? i told you acid fog was our priority" she says, "until bellamy gets eyes on their disposal system. there's only so much i can do"

"fine" calrke says. "tell us about the damn, can we cut off their power?" i ask.  "maybe, i'm still playing with a few things" raven replies. 

clarke clicks a button on the reaper sticks. "how many of these have you made?" clarke asks, "only two so far, but-"

"two? that's not enough. there will be reapers everywhere" clarke snaps. "hi-frequency tone generators don't grow on trees, clarke. wick is scrounging for parts"

"raven, i am about to leave for tondc, where lexa and the heads of all twelve grounder clans are waiting for me to tell them we're a go. only, we're not a go. because they still have acid fog, and we only have two tone generators" clarke says. "hey, we'll be ready. we will" raven says.

"ark station, do you read me? anybody there" i hear over the radio. i grab it, "bellamy you're late. every three hours means every three hours"

"are you through?" i look at clarke, "have you found the source of the acid fog?" i ask. "no, that's gonna have to wait"

"what? no nothing is more important than that" clarke says taking the radio from me. "our friends are. they've started taking them from the dorm... one at a time, every few hours"

"taking them where" raven asks, "i don't know. we tried to follow them, but they went to a classified level. maya borrowed the schematics of the vents system from her boss... and we're still trying to find a way in"

i sigh, "we're going to make him mobile so he can talk to us from anywhere" raven says. i nod, "bellamy, you have to find them"

"that's the plan"

"if you don't all of this was for nothing" 

"yea"  clarke looks at us, "i'll be right back" she walks out. "i thought you were going to tondc" raven says. 

i look at raven, "focus on helping bellamy" she nods. "and raven" she looks at me. "you're doing the best you can right now" 

...

"ok, so tell us where you're at now" raven asks. "at an intersection which way" bellamy asks. "he just passed the infiltration system on this floor. which puts him about here" raven says, "bellamy we think you're close. the lab should be up ahead" i say.

"any chance you can be more specific" bellamy mumbles. i look at raven, "never mind. i got this" we hear drilling over the radio. "is that a drill?"

i look at clarke, "bone marrow extraction" 

"ready for the last treatment you'll ever need lieutenant" we hear the doctor say. "you have no idea. i've waited my whole life to breathe fresh air" we hear someone say. "that's emerson" clarke states.

"let's get back to this secret army that she claims to have. she tell you anything that might help us find it" we hear more drills continue. "stop drilling please" 

"the window for extraction after death is incredibly short" 

"i only need a minute" "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 live"

"well, it's a little late for that"

"i'm sorry i failed sir" "no it's ok. 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" i look at raven, "sir, i feel good. let me take a team out, support whitman"

"no, he has a better chance of not being spotted if he's alone"

"sir, whitman's good, but he can't take out that many targets alone"

"which is why we're gonna use a missile"

my eyes widen, "this time we're not gonna miss" 

we hear bellamy moving. 

"please tell me you heard all that" he says, "we heard it"

"we have warn them" raven says. "did my father take a radio?" i ask. "no, this is the only unjammed frequency. we have to keep it open for bellamy" 

i nod, "if i leave now i can make it in time"

"in time to be blown up, you mean" raven says. "when i get back, i wanna know our friends are safe and the acid fog is down. can you handle that?"

"yea, we can handle it" i nod. "kaleigh wait"

"octavia was in tondc when i left. is she?"

"she's here. she's safe"

"ok, good, you be safe too" he says. "i will" i put down the radio, "octavia's in tondc for the meeting. why did you lie?"

"bellamy can't be distracted, it helps no one" raven hugs me, "don't get blown up" she mumbles, i nod. i walk out of the room.

"kaleigh" i turn and look at clarke, "i'm going with you"

"no. your needed here"

"i was supposed to go to that meeting, i'm going" i look at her. "fine"

...

i ride the horse into tondc. i stop and hop off the horse, clarke and i start walking. "clarke, kaleigh you made it"

"i need you to take us to lexa" clarke says, "what's wrong?" octavia asks. "nothing"

we continue to walk into the village. "is bellamy ready? did he get the acid fog down?" octavia asks, "he's working on it" clarke says. 

we continue walking through the village. we get to lexa, "clarke, and kaleigh of the sky people have honored us with their presence"

"i'm sorry i'm late commander" clarke says. "made good time. i assume the kids at mount weather are ok" my father says. "for now. can we talk in private" clarke says, "yes. this way" 

clarke looks at me and i shake my head, "just you" she nods. i look at my father, "what's this about?" he asks. "you weren't planning on coming, but you're here. why?"

"long story"

...

"where's the commander, where's clarke?" indra asks. "i don't know, last time we saw them they were heading downstairs"

"they're not there now" i look at indra, "what?" 

"we should search the woods" my father says. "i agree"

"i'll tell the others"

he starts walking away and i follow, "dad. dad stop" he looks at me, "we have to go, now. we have no time, we have to leave now"

he shakes his head. "no, we'll have our guards search the woods for our people"

"dad, it's not safe here. please listen to me, we have to go" he shakes his head, "no" he walks downstairs and i shake my head, "no. no. no. no" i mumble, i hear something flying and hit camp. 

...

i sit up, ears ringing. "dad?" i mumble, i stand up and hear screaming. clarke and lexa left us. i should've warned everyone, "dad! octavia!" i yell, suddenly i feel something hit my arm, i scream in pain,

i move behind something hiding. i look at my arm and groan in pain. i see octavia and lincoln. "octavia" i mumble, she sees me and runs over to me. "mount weather, they- they-"

"shh, i know" 

"i'm sorry" i groan. she shakes her head, "i should've- warned- you" i say feeling myself lose breath. "ok kaleigh, slow down. stop"

"i knew- and- and i didn't warn. i didn't warn you, because- because- be-" i close my eyes slowly. "kaleigh"

"kaleigh no" i hear her say as i lose consciousness.