If you're going through hell... Keep going! (Bellamy Blake LS)

We're not alone

- Calista's POV -

We start running back as fast as we can when Monty suddenly falls to the ground. "Come on, Monty. Get up!", Octavia says as she and Finn help him up. Eventually I see what he's staring at. Bones. Clarke picks up a deformed skull. "Who are they?", Finn asks. "What are they?", Clarke corrects him. "We are so screwed", I say when I hear an ear piercing scream. Jasper! "He's alive", I realize as I take off into a death sprint towards the scream. "CALI, WAIT!", Finn yells and tries to catch up with me. When I reach the spot where Jasper was hit, I stop dead in my track. He's not here. I slowly walk forwards and try to investigate the area when I'm pulled back. "Don't! Stay in the trees.", Finn orders. "Where is he?", I hear Monty's shaky voice. "They took him", I say. "We need to go back to camp and get help."

When I catch sight of the camp we can hear commotions. My side burns like hell and the bandages are soaked in blood. "Wells", I hear Clarke yell. "Let him go!" When I'm on top of the little hill I can finally see what's going on. Wells shoves Murphy to the ground who gets up immediately and starts to run for Wells again when Bellamy stops him. "Murphy! Murphy, enough", Bellamy says. When he sees Octavia limping down the hill with the help of Monty he rushes over to her, "Octavia! Are you alright?", he asks concerned. His eyes wander over to me and get wide when he sees the blood soaked cloth around my stomach. "What the hell happened out there?", he asks as he helps Octavia to sit down. "We were attacked", Clarke replies calmly. "Attacked by what?", Wells asks worried. "Not what. Who. Turned out when the last man from the ground died on the Ark he wasn't the last grounder.", Finn explains while he stands next to me. "It's right. Everything we thought we know about the earth is wrong. There are others down here. Survivors. The good news is we can survive. Radiation won't kill us.", Clarke says to all the others. "Yeah. Bad news is, the Grounders will.", Finn says sadly. I notice Wells' bare wrist but Clarke beats me to it. "Where's your wristband?", she asks angrily. Wells pulls his arm away and nods his head to Bellamy. "Ask him", he says. I turn my head to Bellamy with a blank expression and stare at him. "How many?", I hear Clarke. "24 and counting", Murphy snickers. "God damn idiots!", I say as I look at Murphy and then back to Bellamy. "Life support on the Ark is failing. That's why they sent us down here. They must know that earth is survivable again.", I yell in disbelief. "If you take off your wristbands, you're not just killing them! You're killing us!", Clarke screams. I can see the guilt in Bellamy's eyes as his face gets hard and he turns away from me. "We are stronger than you think. Don't listen to her.", Bellamy says and gestures over to Clarke. "She's one of the privileged. When they come down here, she'll have it good. How many of you can say the same? They say they'll forgive you your crimes? I say you're not criminals. We can take care of ourselves. That wristband on your arm makes you a prisoner. I say we're not prisoners. The grounders should be worried about us!", he screams and the crowd starts cheering. Bellamy turns around and his eyes land on me. I stare angry at him as I rush past him to the drop ship. He stops me.

"You okay?", he asks me. "Why do you care?! Looks like you don't care about anyone but Octavia and yourself!" He stares at me with a blank expression. "You should clean up Octavia's wound." "What about you?", he looks down at the blood soaked bandage. "I'm fine." I walk away and into the drop ship. I can hear Clarke and Wells arguing as they come down the ladder. "It's not your ankle, Wells. It's you.", Clarke spits at him. "He's right, Clarke. We need him. We came back to camp to get help to find Jasper", Monty says. "You're not coming either.", I simply say to Monty. "What?! Like hell I'm coming. Jasper is my best friend!", he protests. I step forward. "Monty. You're too important. You grew up on a farm station and were educated in engineering.", I tell him. "What's up there", I point to his temple, "is gonna save us all. You try to get communication back and I'll bring Jasper back. I promise", I reassure him and hug him. "Okay", he says reluctantly. I turn around and see Finn entering the drop ship. "You ready to leave?", I ask him but he just shakes his head. "I'm not going. Neither are you", he tells me. I just look at him in disbelief. "Calista, you are hurt. You're not going!" "I won't let him die out there", I get in his face and leave the drop ship while Clarke starts to discuss with him. I make my way over to Octavia who is sitting on a log while Bellamy cleans up her leg. "Hey. How's your leg?", I say as they turn around to me. "Obviously better than your side", she says with concern. I look down and wave it off. "No, I'm fine. It looks worse than it is.", I lie. My left side burns like it's on fire. But I don't care. Jasper needs me. "You should let someone have a look at that", Bellamy agrees with her. I look at him as I try to keep my unreadable face. "No, it's fine. Let me see your leg, O", I say as I tap Bellamy's shoulder so I can finish to bandage her leg. I crouch down in front of Octavia while Bellamy stands next to us. "What was it?", he asks with his deep voice. "I don't know. The others say it looked like a giant snake", Octavia answers. "You two could have been killed", he says. "Yeah. But we're fine. And she would have been if it wasn't for Jasper who jumped in to pull her out.", I say as finish the bandage on her leg and get up. "You guys leaving?", Octavia asks as Clarke and Wells make their way over to us. "I'm coming." Bellamy and I both push her back down to sit on the log. "No, no. Not again.", Bellamy says to her. She just rolls her eyes. I smile slightly to myself. "He's right, Octavia. You shouldn't walk that much on your leg", I tell her. "Yeah. Your leg's just gonna slow us down", Clarke says. Yeah, Clarke. That is the biggest of my worries when she would come with us. "I'm here for you", Clarke says as she turns to look at Bellamy. "I hear you have a gun." Instead of responding he just lifts up his the side of his shirt to reveal the gun. "Good. Follow me", she demands as she walks away. "And why would I do that?", he asks her. "Because you want them to follow you. And right now they're thinking only one of us is scared", I challenge him and raise an eyebrow at him. "Murphy! You're coming with me. Atom? My sister does not leave this camp. Is that clear?", I hear Bellamy command. "Anyone touches her, they answer to me." "I don't need a babysitter!", Octavia mutters annoyed. I grab her arm and drag her away from them. "Hey. I know you don't want to stay back at camp but I need you to do something for me, okay?", I ask her in a low voice so no one else can hear us. "What do you need?", she responds curios. "Go and find Sterling. He's an old friend of mine. I need a bow and arrows. He knows how to build them. Can you do that for me?", I plead and look at her. "Uhm.. Yeah. I can do that. Please, be safe, okay? And bring Jasper back.", she hugs me. "I will. I promise." I start walking towards Bellamy and Murphy. "Can we go now?", I ask when I reach them but a voice stops me. "Calista!" Finn. I turn around and see him heading to me. "What do you want?", I snap. "I said you're not going!", he yells back and grabs my arm. "Yeah and I told you I am going. I won't let him die out there. So stop telling me what I have to do!", I yank my arm away and stare angrily at him. I take a few steps back and find myself standing between Murphy and Bellamy. Bellamy looks confused between Finn and me but Murphy takes a step in front of me. "Your sister can handle herself, Spacewalker. She always could. And if you're not able to make her stay in camp, you should join the group and protect her yourself. If not, stop crying like a kid." Finn looks at him surprised but doesn't know what to answer. I turn around and start walking in front of Bellamy and Murphy and behind Clarke and Wells. I slow my pace down and wait for Bellamy and Murphy to catch up with me. "Thank you, Murphy." "It was my pleasure, princess", he says and puts his arm around my shoulder. I lean into him and chuckle at his words.