BADLANDS [1] bellamy blake

26; we are not grounders

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

THIS IS IT!!! THE LAST CHAPTER OF BOOK ONE OF BADLANDS! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO READ THIS AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU ALL TO SEE WHAT I HAVE IN STORE FOR BRIGID AND THE REST OF THE GANG IN SEASON TWO. ANY PREDICTIONS THUS FAR??

ANYWAY, HERE IS THE FINAL CHAPTER AND THANK YOU FOR BEING APART OF THIS JOURNEY AND BEING AMAZING PEOPLE.

MAY WE MEET AGAIN.

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Bellamy and Jasper stared at the mess that was in front of them, the huge gaping hole that was blasted into the middle of the Dropship. Jasper sidled up beside him as they watched Murphy and Brigid make their great escape, "The guy knows how to make an exit. Should we go after them?" Jasper asked, shooting him a look.

Bellamy kept staring out the hole, until Brigid turned her head around and gave him a small smile before running behind Murphy. Bellamy turned to look over at Jasper, "No. We're going after Clarke, Finn, and Monty. Then we'll find Brigid, and the grounders can have at it with Murphy, as long as she's safe."

Jasper swallowed hard, noticing the way that Bellamy's eyes never left her body until she disappeared behind the trees. Or how his jaw tensed when she finally was out of his sight. Out of his protection.

"I care about her too."

Bellamy's dark eyes snapped over towards Jasper with knitted eyebrows and questions floating in his head, so Jasper continued what he was saying. "She caught my eye the day that we landed down here. She had this lightness about her, one that I haven't seen in a very long time. And I definitely know what that look means." Bellamy's freckled face was still etched in confusion on what the goggled boy was talking about, "The one that's screaming that you're falling in love with her."

Bellamy clenched his jaw, darting his eyes away from Jasper and letting out a breath. "She's strong, and she won't give up without a fight. We'll get her back." He glanced back over at Jasper, changing the subject entirely. "We'll get them all back."

Bellamy started to walk back over to the ladder, "Two guns - you and me. That's it. Raven stays here to build up defenses. We already lost a day because of this, and our gunpowder."

"Bellamy, wait," Jasper chased after Bellamy, causing him to stop at the ladder and turn around. Jasper stood in front of him, "Look, I just..." Tears were welling up in his eyes and he took a few more steps forward, hugging Bellamy tightly. Bellamy didn't hug back, his arms staying strictly at his sides and confusion covering his features. Jasper sniffed loudly, pulling away from him, "Thank you."

Jasper snickered at the way Bellamy was just staring back at him. Like he was trying to figure out the situation but he couldn't quite place it. Jasper let out a light laugh, "Long way from whatever the hell you want."

Bellamy laughed back at him but then Miller's voice rang through the radio, "All gunners! We got movement outside the south wall!"

"Someone's coming!"

Bellamy and Jasper both ran outside of the Dropship and headed towards the gates, Rory meeting them halfway with Harper on her side. But then Miller shouted out into the crowd, "Wait! Hold your fire, it's Clarke and Finn. Open the gate!" Everyone rushed forward to open the gate, and the two ran through the gate and into the camp, but they realized that Monty wasn't behind them.

Clarke came to a stop in front of Bellamy, "Hey. We heard an explosion. What happened?"

"Murphy happened."