Prisoner 138 {The 100} [1]

Chapter 7: Unity Day

Talking and movement from outside the tent woke me up one morning a few days after the events of everyone seeing things and going crazy. Sitting up, I rubbed my eyes before pulling my boots on and rehiding my knife in the laces like usual.

The past few days had consisted of us gathering more food and finishing building the wall. We had full contact with the Ark now and it was looking like they would be joining us on the ground soon.

Moving the curtain to the side, I took in the sight before me. Monty sat on the floor, mixing together some kind of drink while Jasper stood next to the boy, handing him various items to add to the brew.

Both their attention turned to me for a second as they froze before quickly turning back to their concoction.

"I'm not even going to ask." I put my hands up and walked past them, leaving the tent and looking for something to eat because I was starving.

Today was Unity Day, a yearly holiday celebrated by the people of the Ark. It was meant to acknowledge the day that the 12 space stations came together 100 years ago. Now everyone just uses it as an excuse to party. everyday. It didn't help that no one ever seemed to mention that the day was built off of lies.

The Ark came together only after the 13th station was blown out of the sky as an example to the rest of the stations if they didn't comply. Unity day was built by the deaths of many, just like a bunch of other dumb holidays.

A group of teens gathered around a monitor Raven had set up by the dropship, watching as the Chancellor went on and on about Unity day and how important it was to everyone.

But Jasper's yells from our tent pulled everyone's attention. "Monty strikes again!" Goggles over his eyes, Jasper held a pot in the air. "We'll call this batch Unity Juice!" Everyone cheered as he began to hand out cups of whatever the hell it was that Monty had made.

Not even thinking twice, Jasper handed me a cup and when I held it up to my nose to sniff it, I gagged at the sour stench.

Walking back into our tent, I held the cut out to Monty who was still boxing more stuff together. "Are you going to drink the juice?" he asked, taking the cup from my hand.

"After the other night, I choose to not consume things that could alter my thinking."

He smirked, shaking his head. "It won't 'alter your thinking' I promise."

"With you, I'm not so sure." I chuckled.

Jasper stumbled into the tent, his hair all over the place and he was out of breath. "We're going to need more Unity Juice, these people are going crazy." Monty and I exchanged looks before chuckling to ourselves. "Hey, you going to drink that?" he asked, pointing to the cup now sitting beside his best friend.

Monty shook his head and pushed it towards Jasper. "Alright more for me." He grabbed the cup and drank the whole thing in one gulp, not leaving a single drop.

Later that day, as the sun had begun to set, replacing the light with darkness and the feeling of recklessness, I found Bellamy hanging around one of the campfires by himself.

"Bellamy!" I sang out to him.

Looking over his shoulder he gave me a fake sigh, shaking his head. But I could see the smirk on his face. "Oh boy, here comes trouble."

"Trouble?!" Acting offended, I stopped in my tracks and put a hand to my chest. "Wow, how rude. Fine." Turning around I went to walk away but Bellamy quickly caught up to me.

Laughing he said, "Hey, I'm sorry. What's up?"

"I just wanted to wish you a happy Unity Day, but now I don't think you deserve it." I crossed my arms over my chest.