Skye & Earth ||| Bellamy Blake

62 ~ Gone

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And the air is thick with loss and indecision

I know my pain is such an imposition

Now, you're runnin' down the hallway

And you know what they all say

You don't know what you got until it's gone

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"We don't have much time." Bellamy says.

Skye nods. "The last 12 are on this level."

"Including Monty." Jasper says. "Which way?"

Maya, who chose to go with them, points. "This way."

The loudspeaker dings. "Attention, class 1 quarantine protocols are now in effect. All citizens must report to level five immediately. Hard-seal lockdown in T-minus-30 minutes. This is not a drill."

Maya freezes. Jasper runs over to her. "Listen to me. It's gonna be okay. You're gonna be okay. We're not gonna let anything happen to you, will we?" He looks at Bellamy and Skye.

They both nod.

"Jasper." Maya says. "In 30 minutes, all backup power gets diverted for species continuity. That means level five for life support and security. Radiation will seep in everywhere else. I can't go to level five without being shot in the head."

"Guys, we need to keep moving." Bellamy says softly.

Jasper stutters, shaking his head. "We- we'll get you your hazmat suit. Extra oxygen. Enough to last until your engineers get the power on."

"Then what? Think Cage Wallace is gonna let me live here after that?"

"Then we kill him." Jasper says.

Suddenly a gunshot erupts down the hall. A woman screams.

"Monty." Jasper whispers.

All four of them quickly rush down the hall, towards the voices.

Bellamy stops in front of them. "Slow, slow. Be ready for anything."

He turns the corner to the elevator door shutting. He looks down and sees a dead woman lying on the floor, 20 feet in front of them.

Maya walks closer. "It's Mrs. Ryan."

Skye notices the shot to the head. Blood pools around the woman. Skye covers her mouth, not saying anything.

"She was hiding the last 12." Bellamy says.

"Where'd they take them?" Jasper asks.

Maya turns to him. "It's gotta be level five."

Jasper tries walking towards the elevator, but Skye stands in front of him. "No."

"Get out of my way." He says, clenching his jaw.

Bellamy narrows his eyes.

"Every person inside this mountain is on level five. Every soldier." Skye says.

Maya shakes her head. "Jasper is right. After the lockdown, it'll be almost impossible to get them out. It's now or never."

Skye is silent for a moment, thinking. She nods. "Alright."

"But how do we even get-" Bellamy is cut off as a door opens.

Skye steps in front of Maya, holding up her gun. Jasper and Bellamy hold theirs up as well.

A head peeks around from the door frame.

Jasper lowers his gun. "Monty!"

Monty drops to the floor, holding his hand up as he stares at the corpse before him.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Jasper asks.

Monty looks up slowly. "They know about the Grounders. That's why I hid. I didn't do anything to save the others. I let them kill Mrs. Ryan."

Skye's breath is shaky as she speaks. "What do you mean they know about the Grounders?"

"It's on a soldier's walkie. They're going for the harvest chamber."

Bellamy looks at her. "If they take it, we lose everyone."

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Jasper kicks open the door to the chamber.

Bellamy and Skye enter first, guns raised. Jasper, Maya, and Monty are right behind.

Skye is the first to see him.

Vincent. Maya's father. On the floor.

Dead.

She lowers her gun slightly, faltering at the sight.

Maya's scream ricochets off the walls as she collapses to the floor. "No!! No!"

Bellamy walks forward.

Every single cage is empty.

The Grounders are gone.

And so are their people.

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"What the hell happened?"

Bellamy looks at her as they walk quickly down the hallway. "I don't know."

"Something changed." She speaks.

They make their way to the intake door, where they were brought in, days ago.

They were supposed to meet Octavia, Indra, and some of the Army there.

Bellamy holds up his gun, nodding at Skye to open the door.

She does, flinging it open to find Octavia and Clarke.

"Bellamy!" Octavia exclaims, wrapping her arms around her brother instantly.

Skye relaxes immediately, tackling Clarke in a tight hug. "Thank god."

The group exchange hugs. Monty and Jasper both walk out as well.

Maya exits, wearing a blue hazmat suit. Her breath is quick.

"Where's the army?" Skye asks Clarke.

"Gone. Just like yours."

Skye runs a hand through her sweaty hair. "I don't understand. What went wrong?"

"Lexa betrayed us. She made a deal that only saved her people. She told me that she was just doing what you would do." Clarke says.

"What I would do?? What the fuck does that even mean?" Skye asks, angrily pacing the alcove.

"It means we're on our own. Say you have a plan." Clarke says, placing her hands on her anxious sister's shoulders.

She stops pacing. "We need to talk to Dante. He's still in quarantine."

Maya's oxygen tank starts beeping rapidly. Jasper leans down to read the dial. "30 minutes. We just changed it. That can't be right. Um... shit. It's her last tank."

"We can find you another one." Clarke offers.

Maya's voice is muffled from the helmet. "All the supplemental oxygen is on level five."

"Then we have to get you to level five." Jasper says.

"Five isn't safe for any of us." Maya replies.

"We'll take the trash chute again. It'll work."

"To get in maybe." Bellamy says. "But Maya is right, every soldier in this mountain is there. We'll never make it."

Jasper looks at Maya. "We can do this. We'll split up."

"Okay. You guys go for Dante." Octavia says, looking at Monty, Bellamy, and Skye. "We'll help Maya."

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