Skye & Earth ||| Bellamy Blake

49 ~ Protect

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Are we all such fragile things?

And may we remember the past

But not hang on to our old ways

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Whispers are the only noise heard in the dim-lit room.

Kane and Abby stand off to the side, occasionally looking in the direction of Raven.

Lincoln and Octavia sit near the table.

Bellamy and Skye rest on the steps in the corner.

Clarke walks up to Raven who is bent over, hands on her knees. "I need to know the truth."

"I'd step back if I was you." Raven mumbles.

"You wanted me to kill Lexa yesterday. If you tried to poison her, we need to know."

Raven stands up straight, connecting her fist to Clarkes face in a hard punch.

Skye jumps up from her spot next to Bellamy. The whispers stop.

"You're the only murderer here." Raven says tearfully.

Skye and Abby quickly make their way to the pair. Clarke sees the look on their faces and nods, letting them know she's ok.

Skye gently pulls Raven away from Clarke before anything else can happen.

Suddenly Clarke stares off near the locked door. "Leave me alone! You gave me no choice." She says to the air.

Confused glances are exchanged across the room. What is she looking at? Who is she talking to?

"Why did you turn yourself in?" She asks.

Abby steps in front of Clarkes view. "Baby."

Clarke shakes her head and walks away to sit in an empty chair.

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It's been a while since anyone has spoken.

Skye sits near Bellamy once again. She keeps looking over at her sister. She sighs.

"You should try talking to her." Bellamy says.

She shakes her head. "I don't even know what to say."

Bellamy squeezes her hand. "You always do."

She huffs a tiny laugh. "Not right now, I don't."

Her mother takes a deep breath before walking over to where Clarke still sits. "Listen to me, honey. I know how you feel. Like the pain will never go away. You won't be haunted by this forever. The pain will fade. What got me through is loving you and Skye." She says quietly.

Clarke pulls away from Abby, her face hardening in anger. "You're talking about dad?" She raises her voice. "What I did to Finn was nothing like what you did to him."

The others in the room lift their heads, listening.

"Don't do this now." Abby says.

"I was protecting everyone. I didn't have a choice, you did." She's practically yelling at this point.

"No." Abby shakes her head.

"You turned him in." Clarke says angrily.

"No, I trusted Thelonious to talk to your father and convince him not to go public." Abby pleads, her voice cracking.

Clarke scoffs. "You knew dad would never stop. You knew what would happen to him."

"I was protecting everyone too. I was protecting my girls."

Clarke stands. "My best friend is dead, and I spent the last year of his life hating him. Skye loved him and then she broke things off because we thought that our father getting floated was his fault. He lied to protect us from finding out that it was you all along. You didn't protect us. You're the reason dad is dead, and you're the reason Wells is too." She spits.

Abby wipes a tear from her face. "Clarke, please."

Clarke says nothing, instead walking to a different side of the room.

Skye feels a hand on her face. She turns to see Bellamy drying her tears. She didn't even know she was crying.

She leans her head onto his shoulder. She sniffles.

"Skye." He says quietly.

She looks up at him. She blinks and another tear falls.

"It's okay to miss him. He was your first love."

Skye shuts her eyes tight. Bellamy kisses her forehead. "It's okay, baby." He mumbles, wrapping his arms around her.

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Later, Skye paces the room. The tears are long gone and now she just thinks.

Kane walks over to her. "Lexa needs this alliance just as much as we do. She's shown herself to be flexible. She listens to you."

She stops pacing. "She thinks we tried to kill her."

"But we know we didn't." He speaks. "So, let's figure out who did. Who would want her dead?"

Lincoln, who is standing a few feet away with Octavia, speaks up. "Too many to count. Forming an alliance with you was a risk. Especially after what Finn did to this village."

Octavia looks at him. "So, it had to be someone trying to break the alliance."

The doors to the room suddenly open. Nyko, Indra, and two other Grounder guards walk in.

"How's Gustus?" Lincoln asks.

"Gustus will live." Answers Nyko.

Indra says something to the guards, and they begin to walk towards the group.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Kane says.

The guards push past him, trying to get Raven.

Bellamy stands in front of her. "She didn't poison anyone."

Indra's voice shuts everyone up. "I argued for all of you to die. But the Commander is merciful. She wants only one."

Lincoln shuffles his feet. "She's innocent."

"I don't care." She looks to her guards. "They move, they bleed."

One of the guards, grabs hold of Raven. Skye grabs onto the guard's arm. "Hey, let her go."

They push past her, taking her friend out of the room.

Indra speaks. "The rest of you are free. When she's dead, so is the alliance. You should run."

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