Prisoner 138 {The 100} [1]

Chapter 6: Crazy

Time passed faster than I had realized. It had felt like a black cloud loomed over me for days, causing my body to go numb, leaving me with no energy. There was no motivation to get out of the bed Finn set me down on days ago. Nothing to keep me going.

Bellamy and Jasper had tried to get me to eat, visiting a few times a day, but my eyes stayed glued to the gray metal wall of the dropship. Others had come and gone, but I didn't care to interact with them or hear the stories that Jasper told me at the end of every day.

They had tried every approach. Starting off with understanding and sweet tones of voice, to them motivational and lastly they tried ordering me in stern voices. Nothing worked and finally they left me alone.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the third day after Charlotte's passing that I actually found the energy inside myself to sit up and take in my surroundings.

Sitting a few feet from me was a girl who looked about 18 wearing a red jacket. I didn't think I had ever seen her before. Thinking back to what Jasper had told me, he did mention a girl and something about a radio. Opening my mouth to say something, I stopped by a sudden raw and burning sensation in my throat. I could barely open my mouth to speak, it was so dry. Suddenly I was regretting not drinking any water that was brought to me.

The girl noticed this and turned to face me. "Oh hey, welcome back kid." She smiled before going back to the device she was working on.

Sitting up a little more, I rubbed my neck, choking out a question. "Where is Bellamy?"

"I don't know anything, just got here yesterday. You were still out," she answered, putting a set of headphones on her head.

Jasper's face lit up upon walking into the dropship and seeing me. "You're up!" he practically cheered, bouncing over to me. "How are you doing? Are you okay?"

Nodding, I asked, "Water please?" Jasper obliged and handed me a metal cup. I instantly drank it almost in one sip, not leaving a single drop behind. Dropping my hand to my lap, I ran my finger around the rim with a sigh. "So it wasn't a dream?"

Jasper's eyes dropped as he shook his head. "They told us all about it when you guys got back. I'm so sorry Ari, I know you and Charlotte were close-"

"Hey, how are you doing?" Clarke asked, cutting Jasper off as she walked into the dropship.

With a shrug, I answered, "I have a headache."

She nodded. "Yeah, you're probably going to feel a bit light headed for a while, you haven't eaten anything or drank water so you're probably dehydrated. It should pass soon and you'll be alright, just keep drinking water and don't go running around just yet." Clarke tried to give me a weak smile that I didn't return as she turned to Raven to talk with her.

"So, what did I miss?" I asked as Jasper sat down on the bed next to me rubbing his hands together with a smile.

"Where do I even begin?" he said more like a statement.

For the next 20 minutes we sat in the dropship as he retold me everything that had happened since we got back to camp while I nodded along.

"So, just to summarize," I began, "Ravens from the Ark, you guys had to set off missiles to try to get the Ark to believe we're alive, but it didn't work so 300 people were killed to save oxygen. Octavia was taken by a grounder and held hostage and that same grounder also stabbed Finn, poisoning him, so Clarke had to save him. Then Bellamy took the grounder and had him locked on the top floor of the dropship. Raven fixed some radio from her pod so now we have contact with the Ark. Is that it?" I asked, summing up everything he said.