Chapter 11 - The bomb

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Only for this chapter: Bold= Memory / Remembering a recent event

Only for this chapter: Bold= Memory / Remembering a recent event

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"Madds and Clarke shouldn't be out here." I heard Finn say. Now he wants to care? He nearly got us killed yesterday and now he's worried about us? I've been quiet the whole way from camp to here, all I wanted to do was cry and sleep but I have a duty to fulfill.
Though that's not the only reason I'm quiet as ever.

I woke up with one hell of a headache, I don't open my eyes I got drunk but like dangerously drunk, I don't even know where I am. I opened my eyes and that's when I realized I was laying on top of something more like someone. Bellamy shirtless, god he's SO sexy and hot and- wait did we-. I looked down at the covers and we were both naked. I relaxed one day, got drunk one day and I just can't trust myself can I?
"Shit" I muttered as some of the events of yesterday came back to my mind. We- we had sex. Crap, I need to get the hell out of here. I got up slowly trying my best to wake him up then as fast as I possibly could I got dressed and before I walked out of the tent I looked at him, he looked like an angel sleeping, cute.

We hadn't talked since then he didn't woke up so technically we haven't talked since we-. I had been trying to avoid him but it was either avoiding him or my grief, but hey I can cry later now I need to avoid Bellamy so I can focus.  I still don't know how to feel about what happened, I mean I kinda know what I feel- I just don't know what to do about it. It was one of the best nights of my life. It was great and Bellamy is hot and funny and nice and protective- the thing is... Why would he like me? I was probably just a one time kind of thing. Why do I care? I mean I think I know why, but I can't. I shouldn't. Damn it, I'll just avoid the problem until I can't so I have a bit of time to not feel overwhelmed- I mean I already feel overwhelmed but whatever.
"Their parents were on the ship. They're looking for answers. You want to help them, find me the black box, hard drives, anything that will explain why this ship crashed." Raven defended
"Stay sharp. Grounder retaliation for what happened on the bridge is coming, just a matter of when." Bellamy said
"Can you blame them?" Finn asked rhetorically. Mental note: Give Finn a piece of my mind later or punch him. Honestly he deserves a lot of both
"No. I blame you." Bellamy said
"Maybe if you didn't bring guns--" Finn started but Raven wasn't having it
"If we didn't bring guns, we all would've been killed." Raven interrupted
"Why they're coming doesn't matter anymore. We need to be ready when they do. We're on our own now." I said tired of their bullshit
and Raven nodded towards me which reciprocated, then I turned back and saw Clarke about to touch-. Shit
"Clarke, stop!" Raven and I yelled in unison as we ran to her
"Rocket fuel?" Clarke asked
"Hydrazine"
"Highly unstable in its non solid form. If this stuff meets fire, we're all pink mist." Raven said her nerd explanation while I took a fairly small step rock and placed the rock close enough to the hydrazine so it would be wet enough but without turning me into pink mist
"Fire in the hole!" I yelled before throwing it to a nearby fire and it made an explosion, it was a bit bigger than I expected but hey it's better if it's too much instead of not enough
"We need to clear the area." Raven said towards Clarke, Bellamy, and me
"Okay, then. We move in formation, no straggling, weapons hot. We got to get back before dark." Bellamy said then we all walked back to camp and I was still quiet as ever. When we arrived Nate came running up to me
"Murphy is back" Nate said out of breath
"Where is he?"
"Dropship. Madds don't do anything stupid"
"Never" I said before walking angrily towards the dropship, I felt this need of revenge trying to take over but I don't think it was directly towards Murphy. As a soon as I walked in every anger I felt vanished. Karma is a bitch. But even THIS is too much. Murphy was all bloodied, you could barely recognize him.
"Everyone but Connor and Derek out... Now!" Bellamy ordered
"He claims he was with the Grounders." Derek informed . Claims? Look at him idiot
"We caught him trying to sneak back into camp." Connor added
"I wasn't sneaking. I was running from the Grounders." Murphy defended
"Anyone see Grounders?" Bellamy asked
"Nope ." Connor said
"Well, in that case--" Bellamy started as he was trying to shoot him dead. Not a bad plan may a add BUT he's half dead already kind of
"Hey, what the hell is wrong with you?" Finn snapped standing in between Bellamy and the half dead Murphy
"We were clear what would happen if he came back." Bellamy hissed
"No. If he was with the Grounders, then he knows things that can help us." Finn said
"Help us? We hanged him. We banished him, and now we're gonna kill him. Get the hell out of my way." Bellamy hissed
"Madds a little help over here" Finn asked hopeful
"Put the gun down" I ordered in a warning tone not to test me today but he just stared at me as if saying "You know I'm right"
"Now Bellamy" I ordered and he put it down
"So what do we do with him?" Clarke asked more towards me than the idiots in the room
"He's staying" I said and Bellamy grunted
"Like hell he is. Maddi, think about Charlotte."
"Charlotte is dead, Bellamy. Our duty is with the living, plus it's not forever alright? Just till  tomorrow. Clarke make sure
he doesn't look half dead by tomorrow morning. Then his banishment is back on" I finished then Clarke and I crouched down in front
of Murphy to check on him, I took his hands to check on them, he was shaking like crazy and his fingernails were cut off. He looks even worse closer.
"He's not lying. His fingernails were torn off. They tortured him." Clarke said
"You and the Grounders should compare notes." Finn hissed towards Bellamy
"The Grounders know we're at war" Bellamy defended and they both started death glaring each other. Why are boys so stupid?
"Relax both of you. Bellamy screwed up we all know that Finn, but you did too yesterday so keep your mouth shut" I said getting in between the two
"What did you tell them about us?" Clarke asked making us turn our attention to her and Murphy
"Everything." Murphy answered in a weak voice. We really are screwed aren't we? No one is coming to save us- not anymore
"Maddison is right, when he's better, we find out what he knows, and then he's out of here, okay?" Clarke backed me up
"What if he refuses to leave? What do we do with him then?" Bellamy  asked
"Then we kill him." I said before walking out of the dropship, I'm not heartless maybe I should be, I need to be able to do everything and anything for my people but I can't, I can't kill him, he's been through hell, he needs someone to help him not torment him. Ineed time to think or fight someone.
I took my knifes, sword, jacket and handgun then I sneaked out of camp.
"Finally some me time. I should probably visit Alec though" I said then started walking towards the cave which was about twenty minutes far from there. When I got there Alec was shooting arrows at a tree that was marked with a red X
"Can I?" I asked announcing my presence
"Hey Maddi" Alec said as he handed me his bow and quiver but he kept avoiding my gaze, I was too damn tired to ask so I just took the bow and shot. It went right on the center of the X. Damn I really am awesome, but this isn't helping me process at all, it's too easy. I need to punch something.
"Can we fight?"
"How about you tell me what's bothering you instead?"
"Let's fight"
"What's wrong Maddi? You used to talk to me more about- well everything" Alec said as we both got into our fighting stances
"My dad was in the ship that crashed last night, we were started to fix our relationship" I said as he threw a punch at me, and I ducked and punched him in the gut
"I'm so sorry Madds. But I know that's not why you're acting weird"Alec said catching his breath before he threw a punch towards my face but I blocked we were both extra focused but I knew he was hiding something, I could see the guilt in his eyes as we circled each other
"Meaning what?"
"Meaning you look distracted, you're overthinking. What did you do Maddi?" Alec answered as I threw a punched which he blocked and put me a headlock
"What about you huh?" I asked and Alec looked at me as if he didn't know what I meant
"Come on Alec, you know I'm not stupid. What did you do?" I asked while stepping on his left foot at the same time elbowing him on the ribs making him fall
"I- my people sent a virus into your camp, it's to weaken the battlefield but I don't know when exactly they'll attack" Alec said finally looking at me. No. Damn it. Wait how? We would have noticed. No one was sick when I left. Murphy. I'm so gonna kill him, I can't believe I actually thought of pardoning him
"I need to go back. Is there a cure?"
"I'm not a doctor so I don't really know, just keep them hydrated and if they start coughing blood put them on their sides. Lincoln told me you were stabbed with the same poison as Finn, meaning you're immune, but just- be careful" Alec answered as I helped him up
"I always am" I said
"Liar" Alec yelled. I ran all the way back camp. My people need me, I need to make a choice should I kill Murphy for infecting us or banish him or maybe just let him stay?

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