The Lost Grounder

Chapter 6

     Raven and Wick helped Clarke, Bellamy, Artemis and Octavia get out of Camp Jaha so they could search for Finn and Murphy before something terrible happened.

"So my brother is in love with a Grounder" Octavia said to Bellamy as they walked through the forest.

"I'm not in love with Artemis." He protested.

"Who said I was talking about Artemis?" She asked innocently, "I didn't say I was talking about her-did you? Oh yeah, you did." She grinned. Bellamy nudged her gently. "Oooh" she chimed. "Artemis and Bellamy sitting in a tree-" she was cut off by Bellamy's hand over her mouth.

"Shhh. She might hear you." Octavia rolled her eyes at him as she pushed his hand away.

"Would that be such a crime?" She asked. They glanced ahead to Artemis who was walking beside Clarke a few metres ahead.

     They all admitted that she looked very different in clothes from the Ark, after she had washed off and changed she looked like one of them. She wore slim fitting mossy green coloured trousers, a tight fitting sleeveless navy top with a green jacket and black boots. A bow and quiver of arrows slung over her back-the only weapons she knew how to use other than a dagger. Her hair had been brushed and the parts at the front that constantly got in her face had been pulled back in two small plaits joining at the back of her head. Bellamy struggled to form words when Clarke and Octavia brought her out that morning, she was absolutely stunning, her blue eyes shining brighter than he thought possible. Out of everything he had to say that her eyes were the most beautiful part of her, they captured all of her and held it within a crystal blue. Just thinking about them made him smile.

     The tranquillity that surrounded the four of them was shattered by the sound of gun fire. Clarke sped towards it without looking back to Bellamy or Octavia. Artemis glanced to Bellamy to make sure he was alright before running after Clarke, closely followed by Bellamy and Octavia. She knew the gunfire was ahead of them but something made her check that he was unharmed.

They froze in shock at the sight before them. Finn stopped when he saw Clarke. The four of them couldn't believe the sight before them. Artemis was the first to move, she ran down the hill they were stood on.

"Artemis" Bellamy called before running after her. Clarke wandered down the hill in shock at the scene before her, the caring man she once knew had killed all these people because of her.

     Artemis dropped to her knees beside Artigas and Nyko.

"Artigas" she muttered cradling his head in her hands. Tears formed in her eyes as she crouched over her brother's lifeless form.

"Artemis I'm sorry" Nyko said softly. She shook her head,

"you didn't do this." She mumbled. "Finn did." She felt a hand on her shoulder gently pulling her from her brother and turning her into the owner's chest. When she felt the soft fabric of Bellamy's shirt and his arms around her she couldn't stop the tears from falling from her eyes.

"I've found you" Finn said to Clarke but she shook her unable to understand how he had managed to do this. How her absence had driven him to this.

     When they arrived back to Camp Jaha Bellamy left everyone else deal with Finn and instead dealt with Artemis who hadn't uttered a word since he had pulled her away from her brother's body. Bellamy sat her down inside the medical tent which was currently vacant.

"Who was he?" Bellamy asked softly. She looked to him tears filling her eyes again as she thought about her brother.

"Artigas is-was" she corrected. "My older brother." She muttered nearly in tears.