Meizen ≫ the 100

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blood coated the drop ship floor as murphy continued to puke it up. kodie was rubbing his back softly while he threw up and as the two other boys in the room started to cough up blood the brunette was on high alert. murphy coughed, allowed more blood to splatter the floor.

clarke came rushing in with bloody tears streaming down her cheeks and she made her way over to murphy. "murphy, hey, look at me. i need you to tell me exactly how you escaped from the grounders? what happened?"

he shook his head lightly, "i don't know. i woke up and they forgot to lock my cage. there was no one there, so i took off."

"they let you go." clarke catches on and kodie quickly moved away from murphy.

"biological warfare."

clarke nods, "exactly." bellamy quickly came in, noticing the commotion, and clarke quickly stood in front of him, making sure he kept his distance. "bellamy, stay back."

bellamy noticed the bloody tears that stained her cheeks and looked at murphy. "did he do something to you?" clarke shakes her head and bellamy huffs. "what is this?"

"biological warfare." kodie repeats. "you were waiting for the grounders to retaliate for the bridge? this is it. murphy's the weapon."

bellamy clenches his jaw as he looks at murphy. "is this your revenge? helping the grounders infect us?"

murphy quickly shook his head. "i didn't know about this, i swear."

"stop lying." bellamy snapped. "when are they coming?"

"bellamy," kodie snaps back.

"murphy, think." clarke sighs. "what can you tell us about the grounders?"

"they're vicious, cruel."

bellamy scoffs, "i'll show you vicious." he steps forward with his fist clenched, but clarke stands between them.

"hey, don't. whatever this is spreads through contact." she explains.

kodie tasted the blood in her mouth and she wiped at her lips, seeing the blood on her hand afterwards. "yeah, i can see that."

kodie could've sworn she saw a look of concern flash across bellamy's face, but it quickly disappeared as finn walked in the drop ship once again. "clarke?"

clarke sighs, "finn, you shouldn't be in here."

finn ignored her. "i heard you were sick." his gaze turned to kodie. "kodie? you're sick too?"

kodie coughed, "it seems so."

"it's some kind of hemorrhagic fever." clarke says. "we just need to contain it before—" she was cut off by derek spazzing on the floor as he coughed up blood. finn reached out to grab his shoulder, but clarke quickly shouted. "don't touch him. you'll get infected."

"what the hell is happening to him?" finn asks.

"you need to wash your hands." clarke ignores his question as derek continues to have a seizure. he coughed a few more times and then all was still.

finn swallowed a lump in his throat as he washed off his hands. "is he—"

"he's dead." clarke confirms.

kodie's heart nearly jumped out of her chest at the sight of derek and she shrunk back in one of the corners.

"what do we do?" finn asks.

"quarantine." clarke answers. "round up everyone who had contact with murphy. bring them here."

finn quickly left the drop ship and bellamy spoke up. "and what about everyone who had contact with those people?"

"well, we have to start somewhere." clarke shrugs before turning to connor. "who was with you when you found murphy?"

"kodie and octavia." connor answers and all heads turned to kodie. her knees were pulled up to her chest and she continued to cough into her knees as she kept her head low, away from everyone's gaze.

"i'll get her." bellamy spoke quickly and left.

tears filled kodie's eyes as she sat there. her tears were probably blood like clarke's and that scared her. she kept staring at derek's body until they drug him out and the only thing that ran through her head was that she was most likely going to die also.

bellamy came in with octavia a few minutes later and octavia frowned at kodie. "kodie, oh my god."

"let me check you." clarke says and kodie drifts her attention to the wall next to her. after clarke does a checkup with octavia she clicks off her flashlight. "no visible signs of swelling or bleeding."

"so you're saying she doesn't have it?" bellamy asks.

"i'm saying she doesn't have symptoms," clarke retorts, "but that could change. we need to keep her here just incase."

"no way." bellamy responds. "look at this place." about ten more people had come in coughing up blood. "she'll get sick just being here."

"do you want to stop the spread or not?" clarke asks. "look, i'll keep her on the third floor with the people who aren't symptomatic yet. think of it as a way to stop her from sneaking out again."

octavia rolls her eyes, "screw you, clarke."

clarke ignores her, "i'll let you know if her condition changes." bellamy left the drop ship after that and as octavia started climbing the ladder the blonde stopped her. "octavia, wait. i need you to sneak out again."

"what?" octavia hopes off the ladder and faces clarke.

"i need you to go see lincoln and find out the cure. we need a cure so more people don't die."

octavia nods quickly, "i'm on it."

× × ×

four more dead.

thankfully kodie was still alive, but she felt weak and couldn't even open her mouth to speak. there was a lot of commotion going on outside, but she was too tired to listen in on the conversation.

finn soon came in carrying clarke in his arms. murphy slowly got up from the small hammock that had been made for him. "here, she can have my spot."

"what do i have to do to stop you from coming in here?" clarke asks weakly as she looked at finn.

finn answered, "get better."

octavia spoke up, "if he's not sick by now then he's probably immune like me."

"what else did lincoln tell you?" finn asks.

"the virus doesn't last long." she answers.

"it's true." murphy spoke up. "i feel better."

"they need to stay hydrated." clarke states.

"you need to stay hydrated." finn responds.

"okay, them too, please?" clarke commanded.

"i'll do it." octavia says. "just rest."

"i'll help you." murphy says.

"you need to save yourselves." clarke spoke quietly. "just leave camp. take anyone healthy with you."

"if you think that's even a possibility, then you don't know me well." finn responds.

clarke eyes him. "i know you."

"look," murphy spoke up again "at this rate, when the grounders get here their won't be anyone left to fight back."

"that's the point." octavia says.

finn looked from clarke, to murphy, to octavia, then to kodie's fragile body in the corner. "then we'll slow them down."