Prisoner 138 {The 100} [1]

Chapter 3: Jasper

"Clarke! Finn!" I yelled standing up from the rock. They both quickly ran out of the water, worried something had happened.

"What's wrong?" Finn asked as I pointed to the rock.

Both their eyes widened. "Look," Clarke said, picking up the same pair of goggles that Jasper was wearing on the dropship. "Jasper was here."

Finn reached down and touched the puddle of blood that sat on the rock. It was still wet. "We're close."

Taking a deep breath, I took off ahead of them, looking around for a tree I may be able to climb and quickly stumbled up it. Once on a steady branch, I took a moment to catch my breath and think about my next move. Analyzing where I would go next.

"Damn it, Ari, where'd you go!" Clarke yelled, but I ignored her, staying up in the trees, climbing through the branches.

"Hey, where is the kid?" Bellamy asked once everyone's paths aligned again.

"Somewhere in the trees," Finn answered out of breath from the running.

A loud shriek of pain caused me to jump into action. Dropping down from the tree, I rushed towards the direction the scream came from. 

"Where the hell did she come from?" Murphy asked.

Pushing a large branch to the side, my body froze at the sight before me. Jasper had been tied to a tree with a large gash on his chest. He was dirty and injured and clearly scared.

"Ari, wait!" Clarke yelled with a groan. The rest stopped behind me and looked up at Jasper. "What the hell?"

Once the initial shock wore off, I took a step forward to make my way towards the tree but my foot fell right through a pile of leaves and sticks that had been hiding a huge hole in the ground. Luckily I thought fast and gripped onto a tree root that was coming out of the ground and held onto it with all the strength I had so I didn't fall into the pit below me.

"Ari!" someone screamed. I wasn't sure who, as all my mind could focus on where the sharp rocks and sticks at the bottom of the pit that had already been covered with blood. My heart raced and my palms were sweaty. The tree root cracked under my weight and I slipped further down with a scream.

"Get her out of there!"

I hung tight to the branch for a few seconds until the root broke and I started to fall. Flailing my arms up, I tried to feel for anything I could grab onto that would keep me from falling while I screamed the loudest I could. At the very last second, I felt someone grab on my wrist and pull me up, holding me against their body. My heart was racing out of my chest as I stared down at the pit and what my fate could have been.

"Are you okay?" Clarke asked. I nodded my head and looked up at Bellamy who was still holding onto me. "We need to get Jasper down," Clarke said, turning to the boy.

Dusting off my pants I nodded. "I'll climb up there and cut the vines," I said and started walking closer to the tree before anyone could protest.

"No, wait, Ari," Finn said, trying to stop me, but I kept walking, ignoring him.

The tree was easy to climb, the branches were perfect. For me at least, Finn had some trouble as he made his way up to the other side of Jasper. I started to cut the vines with a knife Finn handed me.

"Hurry up, Ari." Murphy rushed.

"But be careful," Clarke added as I rolled my eyes.

A growling sound from the other side of the tree made Finn and I freeze and glance at each other before looking back down at the other.