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It's been 97 years since a nuclear explosion radiated life on earth and life support on the Ark is now failing. In a desperate attempt to grant the citizens of the SpaceCraft more time, 100 juvenile delinquents are sent down to the groun...
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The next morning the fog was gone and Avery, Bellamy and Charlotte came out of the cave.
- Is there anyone here? Jones?- Bellamy shouted looking around. - We're here- The boys answered him. Blake asked them where they had been all night, and they answered that they had found another cave. - Where's Atom?- He asked worriedly, inside his head he kept hearing the boy's bloodcurdling screams. No one knew, so they split up to look for him when at a certain point they heard a scream. - Charlotte.- Avery whispered as she started to run towards the noise along with Bellamy.
They found her looking scared something in front of him. -Oh damn.- Avery and Bellamy said at the same time, in front of them was Atom's lifeless body covered in red bubbles. They approached the body, and Avery noticed the white coating on the eyes of the now blind boy. - Kill me.- He whispered desperately to Bellamy, she had recognized him by his voice. Bellamy's eyes widened, he was surprised and terrified by that request.
Charlotte approached Bellamy and passed him the same knife he had given her the day before. - Don't be afraid.- The girl whispered. - Go back to camp.- Avery ordered the boys, they immediately followed the order, but Charlotte did not move - You too- She said and then turned away. Bellamy and Avery bent over Atom's body as he continued to pray to kill him. - Bellamy, if you want I can do it.- She said noticing the boy's shaking hand who was holding the knife. - No... I...- He was interrupted by the arrival of Clarke who stared at Atom in shock. - I heard screams.- Griffin explained with a shaking voice, he analyzed the boy's waiting, but it didn't take much intelligence to understand that there was no way to save him. - Charlotte found him, I sent her to the camp.- The other girl answered her, Bellamy couldn't say a single word while he looked terrified at the boy in front of him. Atom for the umpteenth time begged to kill him to put an end to his suffering. - Okay, let me give you a hand.- She said trying to calm the boy while she took the knife from Bellamy's hands. Clarke with tears in her eyes began to hum a song as she pushed the knife into the boy's jugular. A few seconds later the boy took his last breath.
They returned to the camp at night with Bellamy and a boy carrying Atom's body wrapped in a blanket. - Hey! They're back!- shouted some of the boys as they saw them pass the fence made during the day to defend them from the grounders. - I need boiling water to make medicine.- Clarke said to Finn, her priority at that moment was to be able to save Jasper, they couldn't afford more losses. - Give Clarke what she needs.- Bellamy said with a shocked expression, for once he hadn't even tried to repress his true emotions to only show his authoritative side to the hundred, he was too tired. - I'm going to dig the grave.- Wells said after the eldest Blake and Avery had placed Atom's corpse on the ground. - They were finally going to kill Jasper.- Octavia said as she exited the ship and headed toward them. Clarke tried to stop her, but she didn't listen. - Octavia stay back please.- Avery tried too, but to no avail. From when they came down to earth Octavia didn't listen to anyone anymore, she had been locked up for too many years, and now she wanted to fully experience her long-awaited freedom. - What?- She asked confused as she crouched down to uncover the boy's face. - Atom- The girl put a hand in front of her mouth shocked. - I couldn't do anything.- Bellamy said sorry. - No.- Octavia stopped him by raising her hand. She covered the boy's face and left. - Stop, wait.- Bellamy said with an increasingly desperate voice. He had always done everything to protect his sister and not make her suffer, he had already failed once in this intent when they had discovered her and their mother had been ejected, and now he had failed again. - It wasn't your fault.- Avery whispered so as not to be heard by the others. He looked at her feeling a weight on his chest, he didn't know if it was the memory of Atom's voice begging him to kill him that hurt him more or his sister's eyes full of disappointment and pain.
John had come closer to them in the meantime. - Did we lose anyone else?- Bellamy asked in a low voice. - No.- Murphy replied, almost annoyed by that question. - Jasper?- The eldest of the Blakes asked, hoping that the boy had recovered, was not ready to carry out the threat he had made that morning. - He's still breathing, that psycho of a sister of yours stopped me from...- Murphy began to inform him calmly, but was interrupted by Bellamy who took him by his shirt, lifting him a little off the ground. Avery immediately took a step forward, even if she hated Murphy she didn't want any more people getting hurt. - What did you call her?- Bellamy shouted angrily. - Your little sister.- The younger boy replied, pushing his hands on Bellamy's chest to get him to let go. - Yes, exactly. My little sister. Do you have anything else to say about her, Murphy?- - Nothing, sorry.- The smaller boy replied, pressing his hands on Bellamy's chest to free himself from his grip. - Take him away.- Bellamy ordered referring to Atom's dead body before leaving, leaving with him a trail of anger and melancholy.
~ Hi, so this is the following chapter and of course shorter but the next will be longer