Strangers

resurrection

"kaleigh" i hear someone say, i open my eyes and see abby looking at me. "kaleigh"

"abby" i mumble, 

"where's my dad" i ask. i'm scared, "i don't know but we'll find him"

"abby- i'm scared" she nods, "i know. you're gonna be ok, i patched up your wound. just stay here ok" i nod. 

"please- find- him" she nods. "i promise" she stands up running away from me, every other sound is blurry. i look at my arm and see something stuck in me. 

i try to stand up and suddenly something hits my leg. "ahh" i scream. i fall to the ground in pain, i turn to my side and see a gunshot. i'm gonna die. 

i crawl to a spot where i can hide, i lean up against the stone and look ahead of me. "in peace, may you leave the shore- in love- may you find the next, safe- safe passage on your travels- until- until our- our final journey- journey on the ground- may- may we- may we meet-" i start losing feeling in my legs and arm, "meet again" i mumble.

don't close your eyes kaleigh, you're strong, stay awake. just stay awake. i have to stay awake, i can't die leaving monty and jasper in there. i can't die knowing this is my fault.

i close my eyes. "no" i mumble, "no"

...

octavias pov*

i look around and see kaleigh, she's not moving. eyes closed. "Lincoln, you help indra" i move turning and i quickly move to kaleigh. "kaleigh" i mumble shaking her, "no" i look at her leg and see she was shot. "no. no. no"

i grab a piece of her shirt and cut it off. i wrap it around her arm. "come on, wake up" i start shaking her a bit, "kaleigh wake up please" i mumble. fuck, she's not moving. i put my fingers on her neck checking her pulse. it's barley there. no, i can't let her die. "kaleigh, i need you to wake up, please" i move her so i can push on her heart, "come on" i mumble. "kaleigh please" 

i push even harder, "come on" 

i continue pushing, as hard as i can to help her.

kaleighs pov*

i open my eyes gasping, "octavia?" 

she nods, "you're ok" i shake my head. "where's my dad"

"i don't know, but we'll find him. but right now you need to stay here" i nod. "ok, i can do that"

"and stay awake, don't stand up. we're gonna figure this out" 

i nod. stay awake, just stay awake.

...

"any other ideas?" a grounder says, "just one" i hear another explosion go off and my ear starts ringing. i squint my eyes in pain, "now" i hear octavia says. i watch as they all run across the field. nyko looks at me, "you ok sky girl?" i nod. "i'm fine. just a gunshot and a knife in me" i look at my leg and see it wrapped up, "am i going to die?" i mumble. "no, you're going to survive, just like indra" i nod, "i want my dad" 

i feel a tear fall down my face as i stare at the area octavia and the other surviving grounders are. i'm so sorry dad.

i should've warned them, all of them. i should've told everyone to evacuate, clarke ran, her and lexa ran away. i look at nyko, "i have to find my dad" i try to stand up but nyko stops me, "stop. the gunner will shoot you. again"

"i need to find my father"

"if you want to die go ahead, but if you move they will kill you"

i look away. he's right, i can't die now.

...

i hear a horn. "lincoln did it" i mumble. i try standing up, i groan in pain. i see octavia. "keep trying" she says going back to moving the rocks, i limp over there. "let me help"

"no, kaleigh you shouldn't even be standing" octavia says. "my father is down there, and i'm going to help"

"kaleigh no. sit down" 

"if my father is still alive i-" i start coughing. "kaleigh sit down" she helps me away from the wreckage. "sit, we'll get them out" i nod, i watch as she runs over to help get the stones off. 

they start pulling the rope, "it's not working" the grounder says. we hear another horn blow. 

"look, sky people! a group of them!" i stand up and look at them. "we saw the missile, heard the blast. thought you could use some help" sinclair says. "just in time thank you"

jackson looks at me, "here" he runs over and helps me back down, "you've lost alot of blood, it's a miracle you're still alive"

"yea" i mumble. he unwraps my leg and sees the shot, "when we get back to camp we'll get the bullet out ok, but it doesn't look like it hit anything major" i nod. "but to be sure lean forward" i lean forward and i grunt in pain, "no bruises. means no internal bleeding, that's good. that's really good" 

i nod, "and my arm?"

"i got to pull the knife out" i nod, "i'm gonna wrap you up, but it's gonna hurt" he says. "just do it please" he nods, he grabs the knife and rips it out of me. i scream in pain, he quickly wraps me up before i start bleeding again. "all good" i nod, "for now" 

he re wraps my leg with something cleaner. "i'm going to help" i nod, "go" 

he runs over helping them pull the rope, i watch as they start moving the stone, once they do octavia crawls down. "we got two survivors"

"dad" i mumble, "abby, kane!" i hear her yell. i smile. i feel a tear fall, he's alive.

my smile grows a bit wider, my dads alive. i watch as they continue moving stones.

...

sinclair and a grounder bring my dad out on a stretcher, here you go" octavia says. 

i limp over to him, i sit down next to him and look at octavia. "thank you" i mouth. she nods and looks around, she sees lincoln running to him.

she kisses him and looks down. i suddenly see clarke and lexa. i stare at them. 

the crowd starts chanting for lexa. "what happened here will not stand, the mountain will fall. the dead will be avenged"

everyone cheers. "there are still others in the wreckage, we heard them. go to work!" abby yells.

i look at my father, i grab his hand. "i love you dad" i mumble, i look back up at clarke. she looks at me, i shake my head. 

she betrayed me, she betrayed us all. i might've known but i didn't run.

... 

"kaleigh" i look at clarke, "what?" 

"i'm glad your alive" i nod, "you too. but i guess you were going too either way"

"how's kane"

"he'll survive" i mumble. "i'm sorry" 

"yea"

"i'm going back to camp with my dad" she nods. "we need you" i shake my head, "he needs me. good luck" i walk away and back to my father, sinclair and the grounders pick him up. i walk next to him "you're gonna be ok dad, i'm right here" 

i look at sinclair, i nod and continue walking. "kaliegh you shouldn't be walking" jackson says, "jackson. we have no other stretcher, they are all being used for more important people, i'm fine"

"at least let me help" i nod. i wrap my arm around his shoulder and he helps me walk. 

clarke and lexa lied, but they aren't fully to blame. i knew, and i did nothing. i let myself, my father, indra, and abby all get injured. and so many others get killed, because i was waiting for the commander to do something. well, i'm done waiting for her.